the, the, this is due to be news long from berlin job. i'm addressed to the american people and lays out his reasons for not seeking a 2nd term in office. so i decided the best way for the past and source for new generation. by makes way for complet harris after a weeks of pressure and questions about his health, also coming up typo and k me roars into mainland china after leaving a trail of destruction across the taiwan. the island to assess the damage from its worst storm in years. and climb and protesters close down frame for the airport

as active as glue themselves to the tarmac and halt slice at one of your busiest travel hubs. welcome to the show on the call for our lease. on sunday, the us president announced he was not going to see a 2nd term an office last night he explained to the american people why he had chosen to abandon the campaign trail and endorse his vice president. kala harris, for weeks by me, had been under pressure over his health and doubts about his ability to be republican candidate donald trump. i reviewed this back in front of the cameras for the 1st time since biling out of the race to be re elected for joe biden, laid out the reasons for his decision. democracy no racial weeks has become clear to me. i need you 9. my party is critical and better,

i believe i recognize presence, my leadership in the world. my vision for america's future. all marriage and 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 water. many democrats felt was a disastrous based performance against the republican nominee. donald trump, in june, in the days and weeks that followed very public gaffes by biting boot in tooting, quoting 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 about his age and cognitive ability,

the little to quell the calls for a new democratic candidate. and to know that he's out of the race by and made it clear who he wants to see winning the white house in november. just a few months. the american people choose the course of america's future. i made my choice. i made my views now, and i like to thank our great vice president. come 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 caliber and researches us politics of the european university via trina here in germany. and i asked him what

he makes of binds explanation, that he is stepping aside to save democracy. so 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 the speech 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 a ready made a tackling 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 lean on, implement 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 the trump is a threat. and so to use this as a kind of attack line against, from an even kind of gone us to assume 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 full 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 of races have pushed him into . and what his own personal belief might be. i 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 a to, to necessarily a trump. but i think what we still say should be in the last few weeks is pressure from the donors pressure from leaks within the policy, particularly nancy pelosi and 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, are willing to continue just for him without the simple advice thoughts of the party. then yes, of course. then then wouldn't be election in november. i kept became

a very difficult to impulse, political scientists, my caliber and there is really a prime minister. benjamin netanyahu is in the united states where he defended his country's conduct in the war and gaza in an address to lawmakers speaking to a joint session of congress. not, and, you know, described the military campaign against from us as a proxy fights with iran. that must be one at all costs. he also to game an anti war protesters outside the capital, calling them, quote, iran useful idiots. dozens of democrats boy caught at the speech. our special corresponding abraham joins me now from jerusalem. now is due to meet with president biden and vice president cala harris. later today tomorrow will be the turn to meet with donald trump. how is this trend being seen in israel? a while i was walking around the streets here in jerusalem as the speech was going on and you could really see the people in cassie's and little corner stores

watching and following the speech closely. i mean, the prime minister netanyahu makes this a trip at a time when his popularity a pardon his popularity is an all time low. as, according to polls up to 70 percent of his release, actually want to see him resigned. so this was an opportunity for him to appeal to a domestic audience by going to the united states and receiving the warm welcome that we saw in congress yesterday. it's his opportunity to show people here at a time of all time like of popularity that he is still someone that has an influence in washington. everybody here in israel, whether they're against the prime minister or for the prime minister, acutely aware of the importance of america's support for israel. and so you'll have, we've heard of families of hostages and people that want to see the prime minister resign hoping that you know that he will receive more pressure or criticism in the

united states. and for his supporters. we've heard them, you know, express that he is able to get the kind of audience that he's got a in the us in washington at congress. and that means that he is still the right man for the job. so certainly very closely watched here. and certainly i would say that the prime minister play to the domestic audience pretty well at that speech yesterday. and walnut and ya is in the united states of israel recover the bodies of another 5 hostages from gaza with more. can you tell us about that? a lot of details on that are still very soon, it is actually still unclear if these were bodies of hostages or bodies of soldiers . so it's, it's just something that we're going to have to follow in the coming hours and, and bring you more nicole negotiations over a hostage deal. something that you just mentioned, a lot of people, especially there in israel, or are hoping to see very soon are set to resume and know how to day. are we

nearing an agreement? very difficult to say this. another agreement to bring back more hostages has proven elusive. so for many, many reasons, hesitations of the parties and negotiations are due to restart in the countries capital. in the how we've heard it is really media that is really delegation that was set to flight to do hot. today actually had its departure date, the late at the request of the prime minister because he wants them to travel after he has had that meeting with by then and harris in washington. and of course, because of the president biden's cove. it a sickness that meeting has been delayed and our hearing reports, media reports that is really delegation, going to cut side will be flying only next week, but that the negotiations and conversations are continuing virtually at the same time. this has angered hostage the families and friends of hostages,

who say that these negotiations have to continue that israel should be making all efforts to continue these negotiations and not have it hands on that meeting with biden, and accused the prime minister of using this for his own political interest, it always a for him in jerusalem. thank you so much. always great speaking to you and a quick look down some other stories making news around the world today. australia is sanctioning 70 is rarely settlers in the occupied west bank over their involvement and violent attacks against palestinians. prime minister anthony albany, see says settlements in the west bank are an impediment to tuesday, dilution. you and the us have already sanctioned. some is really settlers to chinese and to a russian bomber is on for troll, have been intercepted off the coast of alaska for the 1st time and joined us and canadian defense agency. nor ad says the war planes were in international airspace

and we're not seen as a threat. canadian authorities have ordered residents to evacuate as wildfire as blaze across british columbia, alberta. the flames also threatened jasper national park, around 600 fires already recorded. it's feared canada could see another exceptional wildfire season. typing, tammy has slammed into mainland china or residence or bracing for a strong winds and heavy rainfall. the storm has left a trail of devastation across taiwan, killing at least 3 people. and the 6 sailors are also missing from a cargo ship that's inc. typhoon k, me has left the trail of destruction in taiwan and the philippines. it's the strongest tropical storm to hit taiwan in 8 years. now the storm is battering mainland china is food john, province with strong winds and terrestrial rainfall. china is national marine for

cause. 3rd issue to red alert. the highest warning level for a storm storage and the province. the local media shows preparations and food john for the impending tailors buying them to a china has been experiencing a summer of extreme weather with heavy rains across the east themselves. coming as much of the north spots are under successive heat waves. the time when he is, authorities are forced to shut schools and offices cancel military maneuvers and evacuate thousands from landslide prone areas. more than 200 people were injured and to killed before it came, he made land fall at around midnight. a motorist and the southern the co showing the city was crushed by a tree while a woman in eastern while lean died after a part of a building fell on her car. taiwan is still experiencing persistent downpours and flooding in the cell. it's flooding everywhere. it's all

flooded. there's water in the washing machine. water in the refrigerator came a packed winds of 190 kilometers per hour as it slammed into the island. the cargo ship sank off the southern coast, and several crew members were missing. came a also exacerbated seasonal rains in the philippines, triggering flooding and land slides, streets, and manila were devastated a tanker carrying $1400000.00 leaders of oil sank off the coast of the filipino capital with authorities racing to contain a spill. the region is use the tropical storm and some july to october, but experts say climate change has increased the intensity of typhoid and season leading to worst flooding and heavier rainfall. germany's busiest airport has resumed operations after hundreds of flights were suspended because of

a climate of protests active as broke through offense and friend for the airport and glued themselves to the tarmac. police detained. the 8 people and politicians are now calling for tighter security. it's germany's busiest airport serving almost 150000 passengers daily. it almost ground to a halt early thursday when climate active as from the group last generation got the airports perimeter fence and headed towards the runways. operations were halted and more than $100.00 flights were cancelled. the airport was back in operation after a few hours. the active is said they are targeting airports across europe to remind travelers and the impact of fossil fuels used by plains on climate change outside airport. some general, like some politically and also effectual. the place for um, time of projects. right. so we've done too much fossil fuels. we need to,

we need to get officer fuels. now. the protesters blocked the cologne bonn, airports in western germany on wednesday, causing flight cancellations. there, across europe, airports in spain, switzerland, and the u. k. were also affected. following similar incidents at berlin's airports, the fence is still intact. it has so far been spared by the protest. passengers here have different views on the disruption caused by the protest. i'm going to other ways to protest not by taking the entire nation hostage during the summer holidays. some indistinct ecological footprint is not great. so if we are effective this time, we were unlucky with the protesters of doing a good job. at the height of the summer travel season in europe, concerns that the protest could further ground planes remain despite worries over climate change. the hair is, is preparing the for friday's opening ceremony of the olympic games. francis trying

to cut the carbon footprint of the 2 weeks forwarding is forever kanza. new construction has been limited, and the river send the clean down for swimming events, organizers aimed to make paris 2020 for the most sustainable games. yet the 1st time in the summer sun in paris and just in time for the olympics. first may a new dial go fix and media savvy, dip in the sand, defense capitals, this story, but once polluted, find us for a waste, sewage and debris. it had been impossible and even illegal to swim it for more than a century. until now it's a very lucky and happy day. it's also for the plan that's, you know, and for the river and for the ocean we, we did it. we did, it has invested $1500000000.00 to clean up the river also to the infrastructure, to catch most storm water when it rains. that as them can hold, the equivalent of 20 lumping. swimming pools of 13 was

a one something to the river, but that would now be treat. this is a center piece of major infrastructure improvements for the games, but to also ensure that parisians have a clean, a send and they use to come the organizers of the games one to stand out. not only by having a clean river, but with a sustainability concept of a new kind that would take them into the future. instead of building numerous new stadiums and the reno's 95 percent of the locations already existed, all of the temporary furniture and equipment have been reused. although they welcome the efforts campaign, i say it doesn't make the game screen. paris had planned the biggest infrastructure project in europe as part of the game. several metro lines were due to be built the trends with millions from the metropolitan areas into the city, boston, and in a more climate friendly way from us that has not yet been kept. so far, only one extension of

a line needed for the olympics has been completed and local transport tickets prices with double during the game. experts say that monitoring the olympic games footprint as being done in paris. so with the aim of making the most sustainable is essential to go green, but to truly minimize the impact in the future. such mega events would need to become much smaller. send daniel wolf is with a swift national science foundation and studies the environmental impact of big events such as the olympics. and i asked him whether the paris games can really be as green as the organizers claim. and i think it's the thing that's really important to pay attention to really is what we mean by green. uh, there are certain aspects of the organization of this gains of these games that are really important and needs to be celebrated. but that doesn't mean that they are truly authentically sustainable and ecological or social over economic terms. so

what we need to do is look, the needs to discourse and examine. i think the reality. let's look at one of the realities and, and one point that is often brought up because menus and stadiums are often only built for these mega events and then left to decay. now the parents has an approach of mostly reusing, already existing structures or building temporary ones. do you see that as an example to follow to actually yes, to be perfectly frank, that's one of the things that i and my colleagues have been calling for for a number of years. so it's like heartening to see the parents will not see a most likely the kinds of white ellison structures these empty carcasses, the stadium was that that the previous night event hosts have suffered from and that is only to the good. so i think we do need to underscore the importance of those reforms that continue. that said, there are costs, for example, when we say temporary infrastructure is. that means that those are being used like

say for the public part of the phone or something. my in front of the eiffel tower is targeted with a lovely venue for beach volleyball. but that means that local residents are not able to use their park. so it brings up interesting questions of uh, you know, who the city is for, who the games are floor. so there are, there are still costs under this festival, and i think it's important to remember that even as we celebrate the progress, that's the main. and i want to look at a different kind of cost of the, you know, the budget in paris. it was for seen as a perfect financial balance. but that goal as long been abandoned since is being more environmentally conscious, not financially sustainable. that's a very good question. and there are always tradeoffs when you, when, when, when you try to organize anything but especially the event of this size and complexity. but i think one of the for, well,

for people like me who look at these events over time, it's not surprising at all to see that that budgets are broken and they're always built in every megan in every instance. um, you know, the, the budgets are busted to a greater or lesser degree. so i don't think it has anything to do with the environmental goals even though there are trade offs. rather is more of a function of, of the hosting big events in, in the 1st place, having this giant mega projects and of doing so under a really tightly regulated deadline with the eyes of the globe on you is going to break budgets always. and as we've seen parents, unfortunately that's been the case here as well. yeah, you've looked at many such events and i'd like to get your opinion. is there a way of making the olympics of making a world comp, truly green as i would like, i would like to live in that world very much as long as we agree on the definition

of, of green is so not just logically sustainable on and not just using some, you know, clever mathematics to, to offset carbon, so to speak, but actually authentically sustainable for the cities and societies that host of these, particularly for the host to the residence. i think it's really time for some kind of a radical or if it is thinking um we could keep the very best of the games that togetherness, and that sort of magic atmosphere the brand. i think it would be a shame to lose that. but at the same time, i think it's important to remember that we are living in an era of crisis that requires bold decisions. so we do need to strength of games. we do need to continue using existing infrastructures, which probably means limiting with the games to a set number of cities. but we were clubs these these. we could also come up with new ways of hosting. so for example, of a cultural host in, in,

in paris for example. so we could have and put our hosting cultural events in paris the next time the games come here to paris. i think it's just important to remember that we either change the way we do things with these names or the biosphere will change them for us as our over them political geographer, son, daniel golf, joining us from paris. thank you so much for all those. very interesting insights. thanks a lot to go. greener nod one squad to watch at the pairs olympics is south. so don's basketball team is the 1st time the site as qualified, and they are the only basketball players from an african nation at the games. the team are hoping this will be the start of a basketball revolution back home, a it's the only basketball stadium in south through time coach spa, one of the country's national players, is there to watch a local game sound sedan currently has the most successful team in africa, it made headlines of the world cup. and it's now qualified for the olympics to

compete with the best in the world around the later. why they don't play the big name play this or why not play that because that's something that i just, you know, be proud of the supporting sensation and one of africa's poorest countries ranked by years of war. sounds to done only gained its independence from sou, done in 2011. it was only $11000000.00 inhabitants. the country's potential to make its name of the world of basketball is still enormous of the heights. so people say that they're giving people 50 percent or do so now you go to work without the proper practice, the proper way of learning to give him the best to say look as i, i don't think there's going to be offered to sort of set up a week to the work i'm i'm excited young man here or from total then to me just the few sports grounds are always over crowded. and many dream with making

their fortunes with basketball. coach ball once more than a few individual success stories. he wants to make a name for sound, so done as a basketball nation. i'll go to just on, you know, when something for 1000, then i'm going to continue the plan for the national team. as long as i can, a school is going to be more young kids coming in all the stuff so they're gonna have to wait for them, make it hard to them. so, and they're gonna come then, what is the biggest use that they need? a field coach pond is fellow players will soon be competing against the world's top teams. at this he has an impact. it will be solved, students opportunity to show it has what it takes to play with the best. here's a quick reminder of the top story we're following for you today. you as president joe biden has spoken in the oval office to explain why he ended his re election bid finds that the best way to unite a divided america is to pass the torch to new leadership. and with that,

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