the, the, the state of the news line from berlin, joe, by bows out of the race for president with an address from the oval office. so i've decided the best way forward. past the tours for new generation by mix wave for a couple of harris after weeks of pressure and questions about his health. also coming up hyphen k me, slims, taiwan, extreme wins and heavy rains to batter the island as residents hunker down for the worst storm in years. and climbing protesters close down frame for the airports. activists glued themselves to the tarmac at hall flights. ad,

one of your busiest travel, the welcome to the show on nicole fairly. you as president joe biden has given a rare oval office address to tell america why he has stepped aside from the race for the white house making room for cala harris and november's election. fine was under pressure over his health and doubts about his ability to beat donald trump review back in front of the cameras for the 1st time since biling out of the race to be re elected for joe biden. late i the reasons for his decision democracy, you know, racial weeks has become clear to me. i need your 9 my party in this critical endeavor. i believe. i recognize president of my leadership and the world

i visited for america's future. all married to the 2nd term nothing. nothing can come in the way of saving our democracy. that includes personal ambition. so i've decided the best way for it is a past the tours from new generation. as the best way to unite our nation pressure on biden, to step aside, had been growing since lots many democrats felt was a disastrous based performance against republican nominee. donald trump, in june, in the days and weeks that followed very public gaffes by buying food in tooting coating president savanski of ukraine. president putin led to more calls for him to buy lived of the race attempts by biden, and his staff to allay fears, advantage, age and cognitive ability. the little to quell the cold for a new democratic candidate. and to know that he's out of the race fight and made it

clear who he wants to see, winning the white as in november, just a few months. the american people choose the course americans future. i made my choice. i made my views now. i like to thank our great vice president. come on wires, she experienced she's tough, she's capable. she's been an incredible partner me laser for our country. one of several important endorsements for coming to harris. the vice president is already busy campaigning to win the presidency, despite having not yet officially being named the democratic nominee. the parties convention is expected to decide that next month my kilburn research, as you, as politics as a european university via trina here in germany. and i asked him what he makes of binds explanation, but he's stepping aside to save democracy. i thank you very much for having me on.

the 1st thing to say is, is very clear and bite and wants to this to know in this stage that he's been pushed into this side of the site that he says. and this dispute is line about embarrassing a 2nd to makes it really clear the why do ready to choose is this has been kind of pushed off upon it. having got to this position however, and he's in a place where he can't really talk about his kind of age or his purpose and capabilities. and the reason for that is that he talks about those things that he's kind of giving the republican party already made attached to the line against it, because then the republican policy and just to the straight away turn around the site. what, okay, if you're not fit or you're too old to, to do this job that you need to resign immediately. so what he ends up having to do is to kind of lead on implicit these kind of cool head to head polity performances that we will see against from i'm like doing so he then also kind of gives himself the spice to, to use this platform that he still has as the president to,

to kind of say that trump is a threat. and so to use this as a kind of attack line against, from an even kind of gone us. i'm assuming that the, his position by saying these lines about putting the country fast and putting you know, the interest of the country before his art interest. and i think that given the opponent, i think very many american voters would struggle to imagine. donald trump kind of taking this type of decision inside that for kind of ends on the, i'm kind of the most positive way that the democratic party can see what's been a pretty chaotic at last couple of weeks, a couple of months. yeah, it is interesting though, what a job. i didn't say that it was becoming increasingly clear that he was not going to be able to win against donald trump in november. isn't it? again i think here what we've got is, is kind of a difference between maybe what the democratic party authorizes have pushed them

into and what his own personal belief might be. um, it is true that the pony had moved and wasn't looking good off to that. i'm pretty disastrous debate performance, but again, we all still many months away from the november election. it's, it's, it's a possibility to say that, you know, there's no chance that what else being equal, he would have, would have been out to, to, to necessarily be drunk. but i think what we still say should be in the last few weeks is pressure from the donors pressure from at least within the policy, particularly nancy pelosi, really applying that pressure to him, which is why he doesn't comes out and use it as long about uniting the policy, it's clear that there are parts of the policy that at this point on willing to continue just for him without the simple advice thoughts of the party then yes, of course. then then winning the election in november i kept became very difficult to impulse. this political scientist, mike halbert and there of course,

looked down at some of the stories making news around the world. he is really military, he says the bodies of 5 hostages have been recovered from gaza. the israel defense forces say 3 of the hostages. our civilians died in ha, captivity to others for soldiers killed in the october 7th terror attacks. their bodies were then taken into the 1000 strip. 2 chinese and 2 russian bombers and joined control have been detected and intercepted off the coast of the us state of alaska. for the 1st time joined us and canadian defense agency, nor i said the war planes were in international airspace and not seen as a threat. the canadian authorities, i have ordered residents to evacuate after wildfires, blaze through canadas, british columbia, and over the provinces. the flames are also threatening the popular jasper national park and alberto with around 600 fires already recorded in the region. there,

worries of canada could see another brutal wildfire season like last year's tie from k me is tracking across the street of taiwan to mainland china. which is racing for a strong winds and heavy rainfall. the tropical storm has left a trail of devastation across taiwan, killing at least 2 people on the island. with 9 sailors missing after their cargo ships sink and stormy weather. type room k me has left a trail of destruction in taiwan and the philippines is the strongest tropical storm to hit taiwan and 8 years now the type food is set to batter. mainland china is food un problems with strong winds in torrential rainfall. china is national marine forecast or issue to red alert, the highest warning level for a storm surge in the province to regina don't. local media showed preparations and food in for the impending deluge. all trains out of food you and have been

suspended. china has been experiencing a summer of extreme weather, with heavy rains across the eastern side, coming as much of the north as swelter to under success of heat waves. when use authorities were forced to shut schools and offices council nutri maneuvers and evacuate peasants from landslide prone areas. more than 200 people were injured and 2 killed. before came, he made land full at around midnight, a motorist and the southern culture long since he was crushed by a tree while a woman in eastern while the and died after part of the building fell on her car. salon is still experiencing persistent downpours and floating in the sides. it's flooding everywhere. it's all flooded. there's water in the washing machine. water and the refrigerator came e parked wind speeds of

a 190 kilometers per hour or is it slammed into the island? a cargo ship sank off the southern coast. a 9 crew members are missing. k, me also exacerbated seasonal rains in the philippines, triggering flooding and land slides, streets and there were devastated a tankard car. in 1400000 liters of oil sank off the coast. of the filipino capitol is a tar, he's racing to contain a spill. the region as well used to tropical storm, some july to october. but experts say climate change has increased the intensity of type food season eating to worst flooding and heavier rainfall to bangladesh. now we're restrictions are being lifted after weeks of violent protests over a government plan to restrict civil service jobs. but the scars of the dispute and reasons for it are still wrong. it appears to be business as usual in the

bangladesh, she capital doc, the temporary lifting of a curfew as a live people back on the streets. but the scars of last week's antique government protests can still be found. like here i find to the dash of state television channels. the building was burned down during the week long demonstrations with the information minister, blaming the opposition for instigating the protesters using the students out. got it. that's what the government decides to say weekend sense. invasion of a 3rd party who got into it and started attacking the government establishment of many of the gulf, but on the public properties this started attacking and also killing. but rights groups say defined that there she government's response to the demonstrations was heavy handed, amnesty international sit bangladesh had witnessed, quote, the deadliest crack down against the protesters in the countries post independence, history, and quote, this has resulted in the depths of close to $200.00 students,

journalists, and bystanders. the government says an investigation will take place. the protests began after quotas and government jobs were reinstated. most of these have now been scrapped on the orders of bangladesh of supreme court. but the demonstrators are demanding the government to provide answers for the blood. check 5 for the airport. germany's busy it has resumed operations after suspending slice because of a claimant, protest several active as broke through a fence and delude themselves to the tarmac. police have now detained 8 people. the group last generation posted photos of a protester on x assign, they're reading oil kills. to see that we use a conscious explain that has the latest from frankfurt airport. yeah, so patients have reviewed on all the for

a run with at the airport now. now this is the busiest airport in germany to do their what about 140 flies that look on some destiny, cancellations. you can see on the board behind me, the people still here struggling with the kiosk that ensued people who haven't made plans because these that uh, you know, school holidays. they were trying to get to, uh, the, you know, their families, families. so their plans were disrupted, i spoke to some of them here, and they said that some of them said while they agreed with the other professors on the minds, they're not happy with the way the academy out these 4 tests. so this was the old very mean feeling here of anger and frustrations people are still trying to rebuild this. been stranded here with their families. and tell us more about those active is what exactly are there demands of the the activists are uh,

from an organization called the last generation. and now each of them have been detained by the drummond police. uh they basically got uh wires. uh uh, the bed in middle of the airport and entered the dial max to major to 2 of the major thought maxwell occupied to day morning. and that demand is that they're asking the gentleman guardsman to formulate and lead with the agreement on effecting on gas and cold by 20 towed fees. so they want a global agreement and they have vowed to continue with these protests unless these demands made. now these disruptions are not isolated, they will other similar disruptions that have taken place in other european cities, including at the he, through airport and the also airport. so they are a part of the global lines of at least 10 organizations in europe and north america . that was d w reporter congress, succeeding i thank you so much. i or without you're up to date. stay tuned for

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