the, the, you're watching people, the news coming to live from berlin, joe biden, and donald trump a go head to head and the 1st us presidential debates, 90 minutes of insults from false hoods and a faltering performance from joe biden. this is less the democrats doing damage control, also coming up on the show. and you leaders endorsed or so left on the line for a 2nd term as commission president. but the confirmation to vote in the european parliament could a close. and iranians go to the polls to elect a new president after the death of abraham. right, you see last month one performance candidate is up against 3 hardliners. so here

what his chances are the i'm quite richardson. welcome to the show, joe biden. and donald trump have faced off at the 1st presidential debate ahead of november selections. it was a heated showdown between the 2 oldest presidential candidates ever with each man accusing the other of being unfit for office. by dint often stumbled in his answers, and his voice was rasp well shrunk repeatedly, ignore the moderators questions, and made a false statement. just to give you an idea, here's an example from last night's exchange. the we put for covered or excuse me, with dealing with everything we have to do with a more if as we finally b,

medicare take you president and president trump. he's right. he did beat medicaid beat it to death on the to do the total initiative relative to what we can do with more border control and more asylum of present drunk. i really don't know what he said at the end of this is, i don't think he knows what he said, either look, covering the debate from washington dc. we had d up use benjamin of ours gruber, i assume is biden's performance would re assure voters that he's up to the job. so not really well, president biden himself thinks he did well and database many spotty, see that differently. it was it biden's most important job to put to rest, voters concerns about his age, but he definitely felt it to do so. he fumbled on many topics. some of them very important. and for the democrats in this use elections like abortion. well, some analysts set that this debate sent shock waves through the democratic party. the debate organize us is cnn chose the following title. on his own page, it reads,

and i quoted biden's poor showing and trumps repeated falls. so it's and the fact that the general focus and discussion right now is name on the 1st part of the titles and not the 2nd part is already a huge window for donald trump. so what do american voters make of this? our team in washington got reactions from democrats and republicans after the debate the oh, i think the democratic party is going to red alarm at the democratic convention for sure. i don't know if they're going to keep president biden as their candidate. i think this was a disaster for him from the moment it started to the moment he was a disaster. and do you have these, rosie bershard has the reaction from brussels to this us presidential debates. well,

when joe biden was 1st selected as president a few years ago, you could almost hear sighs of relief from european leaders all the way across the atlantic. this morning here in europe, i think it's much more of a sense of a really sharp nervous intake of breath. i'm not is because you leaders have been through donald trump presidency before and for them. i think this one word to somebody. and that is unpredictable. the rules, sorts of strange transatlantic relations under donald trump, including for example, on trade ties, which the possibility of a 2nd donald trump presidency looming. you leaders are really having to think about concerns around, for example, their own defense and security, something of which they've traditionally relied on the us and the so much so that there's been one word on the lips of different lots here in europe for the last few months and not in speed, trump proofing. there are measures underway in europe to try and boost european

autonomy to not be at the mercy of the flames of what could be unpredictable precedent till 5 and on the other hand is very much seen as a known quantity. predictable, certainly in his foreign policy at least. so what do we do is i think we'll have quite a lot of nervous months ahead. they were already in talks well into the night here in brussels. so this morning, very little to help them sweep silently until those critic criminal critical us alexis later this year. and is there consensus on that? is there support for joe biden, among most or all you leaders? well, i think it's important to say what you leaders would say officially, is that this is a choice for the american people that it's not up to them to comment on who americans should vote for. but i think it's clear to say that most you leaders are very much wary over 2nd donald trump presidency. whether it's because of their concerns about what that mean for what might mean for the rule of law, for example, or what it might mean for their own defense. but there is key outlier,

and that is how gary and permit is through victor, oregon. he is often at all with the rest of his fellow leaders on, on base to he is very much has been in the past stridently pro trump, so not for the 1st time. there is somewhat of a division along you leaders on this topic. thank you. so much that is our correspond, it really burned hard and brussels staying and brussels, where you leaders have not to nominate candidates for the blocks top positions they've endorsed or so the funder line for a 2nd term as president of the european commission. as tony and prime minister cairo, tell us likely to become the use next foreign policy chief and former portuguese prime minister antonio costa has been appointed as new head of the european council or slough on july. and later, thanks the readers for their backing. and what plain and simply like to express my gratitude to the leaders when doors my nomination for a 2nd mandate as president of the european commission. for me,

this means that i now will seek confirmation from the european parliament on my appointment. after presenting my political guidelines for the next 5 years, so there's another step to do on the way forward. thank you. and turning now to some other news. one person has died and several others been wounded after part of the roof collapsed at dudley's indira gandhi international airport. the roof outside of departure hall came down after heavy rain and high wind flights, leaving the terminal were cancelled and rescue proves or clearing the debris an earthquake and struck off the coast of southern peru. the quake had some 8 kilometers west of as a keep up which lies south of the capital. lima authorities issued a so nami alert, but later rescinded at so far, no reports of any fatalities. the south korea has released for it. it's as it shows

a north korean missile exploding mid flight. john young has claimed wednesday's test launch of an alleged hypersonic missile was a success. the launch is believed to have been in response to military drills involving the united states, south korea and japan. and 7 people are dead and to several others injured. after a train collided with a boss and a railway crossing and southern slovakia. it's not clear at what caused the accident. the local media speculating that the signaling system at the crossing court has been damaged by recent flooding. poles have opened in iran for a special election to replace the late president abraham raw. you see who was killed in a helicopter crash last month. around supreme leader of the scene here has cast his vote. i told him in a, is the highest authority in the country and had broad control over selecting the 4 candidates who are running for president. he has called for a high turn out for the sake of the countries reputation and the vote for new political leadership in iran comes emitted domestic anger over

a government crackdown on protest and tensions with israel. or after 3 years of the brain, raise these hearts and i need to ship it on 61000000 borders once again, have a choice. stewart a bore economy, western sanctions, and women's rights among the most pressing issues. right, so you put in a lot of efforts for the economy, but on the ground things didn't change much for the general public and people were not happy about 20 of the time of the election the he job will be taken seriously. but when the vote is the things we'll go back to the way they was, the young people are not allowed to remove that head scarves. it's a to practically team of to bring the to a deluxe. how many detroit i do make follower in eat on. but the union president sets domestic policy and has some influence over foreign policy. oh,

sure presidential candidates usually a lie, confessed with a consultative supreme leader 20 but in an effort to gardner's support from a public that largely feels a unique and destructive site. the candidates have campaigned by public, he criticizing the government. one of the presidential candidates is mohammed by category above a former commander of the blue smitty god, he has promised it audience to devise. they've gone to me, which has been factored by rest infections. we will definitely compensate for the gap between the inflation rates and wages, by raising your wages and providing you with necessary goods and staples in such a way that your dinner table will never shrink. and that their leading candidate is se deleting the drug. and so that this is the former chief new peer the negotiator

and wants to press the head with it on long standing in the western policy. the solar reform, this candidate is doctor mistook for the skin. he has been the most critical voice against him. indeed, 3 who job and the morality police. he also fevers, engagement with the west. how long? by the way we can talk to each other. we can also learn to talk to our neighbors and the rest of the world. and then we kind of fight everyone. we shouldn't find, we should not show aggression to others on the somebody. human rights organizations criticize the fitness of food on indications. and the worst thing historically, lower levels of water turned out remains a big challenge. and deflection estimate to hundreds of kenya and police officers have arrived in haiti on a un back security mission touch down in port au prince, just as their own country faced it's worst unrest. in decades,

the forces are being deployed in haiti to help tackle the rampant of gang violence in the islands nation. canyon troops on the haitian soil, the prime minister of haiti's, keeping them a warm welcome. the countries consume to the gang violence and the government says it can bring the situation under control without for an intervention back by the united nations. if you don't, my might be on the way to. i want to know one to doubt the purpose of the mission. we will not go by you. the state will regain power and reaffirm itself sovereignty . so all haitians, because you're not right in this country who are going to be in the peace keeping mission, has been a long time coming. the government requested help 2 years ago since then, the haitian population has been plunged into the stream poverty. a raging gang

sites have destroyed homes, women and the girls have been kidnapped, and right. that's no surprise. the patients, many of them displaced opinion of their helps on the floor and soldiers we heard and i had to sort something out because we really in trouble houses and phone town homes are set on 5 and looted and that's where we are. i really living here. so the last 10 months i'm sure it's more of what i believe they'll bring about to change. people will support the ongoing loan or the door without me going look not be i would like 100 countries to think about us and the reference id come in the same way as they think about restoring order in the country. because we have victims. and we want to have a solution tomorrow. so the country get back to us with that lawyer. the suck in the lodge with the people here had been living in abject poverty for years. the

situation became much worse a few months ago when the gang started that i can see that infrastructure like the main international airport and also haitian prisons that they do. and i didn't, nations can use the term and to restore order in haiti. we know we know and can associate with the haitian peoples aspirations for freedom for justice, just for the rule of law we comes, we came to haiti because the people of haiti like the people everywhere else in the world. in the 47 countries where we have served as peace supporters, the people of haiti deserve peace deserve security, and deserve sustainable development, development change in the office so so won't be the only 4 in presence in haiti for long. soon, troops from 15 other nations, including germany and france,

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