the, the, this is the kind of a higher speed to become her parties. presidential candidate reaches a new milestone. a virtual roll call of delegates to the democratic national convention doesn't end until monday, but she's already received enough folks to win the parties nomination. also in the program, one of the 3 fried russian disciplines tells reporters that he refused to beg for letting me, refusing to be released. i can take him to be a dictator by yourself, and i'm not doing it. i'm not going to sign any petitions for leisure. to him, let's surprise winning right here. vladimir kyra moore's and his federal regime

opponent said they'll keep fighting for freedom in russian the unpopular finally as welcome to the program. kind of the higher says officially secured enough support from democratic delegates in the west to win the parties. presidential nomination. she'll be formerly nominated at the democratic national convention. later this month, a been sleeping into the presidential race coming to harris has generated huge momentum galvanizing bodies has. she's also raised more than $300000000.00 for her campaign. she paints a picture of stock differences between herself and donald trump. today we face a choice between 2 very different visions. foundation one

focused on the future and the other focused on the past. and we are fighting for the future. just a few weeks ago, the democratic policy was in disarray with joe bite and refusing to step down in his bid for free election. despite the transformation this spill down to about with the harris can beat trump. so full time is vice president has been criticized some claim she was in a fictive and failed to make the most of the wrong supporters argued. she was sidelined and held to the highest standard because she was a woman and blank. do a lot of talking to a former state prosecutor harris is a leading voice on abortion rights. a crucial issue on the domestic agenda,

along with finding solutions for the migration crisis at the southern border. internationally, harris will need to manage growing criticism of the conflict and gaza. and america has continued support to israel in the fighting as well as its backing of ukraine's defense against russia's invasion in describing himself as the and the dog and the election personnel faces an uphill battle in the sprint to know them despite well a little earlier, i asked dar washington correspondent, janelle, do my own how come on harris has managed to wrap up the selection process so smoothly? well, pablo, it's worth noting that a lot of things went her way from really early on from clinching those key endorsements from joe biden himself to the clinton. so the obama has to nancy

pelosi and so on. and also the part of the really did coalesce around, or anybody who could have challenged her. so it was not to and they chose to support her instead. also to, to kinda like carrots as credit being thrust into the presidential race the way she was at such a short notice. so there was a huge spotlight on her. and it's worth noting that she has yet to really make any significant misstep. so ever since that debates between trump and bite and set off for this replacement discussion, she managed to walk that line very gracefully of supporting by then, but also appearing ready to step in if she had to until that decision from bite. and finally did come, and since then she generated some very strong campaign performances. she's generated a lot of enthusiasm polls, the national polls, the several of them, a port her head of trump, anywhere from between one to 3 points. so really the key challenge for her now is

to see whether she would be able to sustain that momentum until november with the understanding that of course there will be missteps. of course, there will be set backs for a campaign in what is still a very tight race. now, the democratic national convention seems to essentially be a formality now and does not give her the opportunity then to concentrate on her agenda. i mean the challenge to define herself and what she wants to do that has been there the whole time, but it really does feel like we've arrived at the moment where the relatively easy part is done and the hard work, the real work of really reaching voters begin, so there are a few points that she's already quite good at delivering her desire to restore reproductive rights. but she also says, for example, that she wants to build up the middle class. and perhaps that's a policy proposal that needs to be flushed out

a bit more. so next week she is going to go on this big campaign campaign to our campaign. bledsoe, including several swing states like our pennsylvania on michigan, arizona, and nevada, wisconsin. we might also see some hard hitting interviews between her, between her and the price in the next weeks. and every, we might even see that debate, but to so she still wants to do with donald trump, and every one of those locations is an opportunity for her to really sharpen her message and tell voters of what they're getting. if she becomes president, janelle is being reported that hire says, meeting with vice presidential contenders this weekend. who's still in the rice? it does appear that that deep stakes list has been narrow down to a few names. starting with josh shapiro, the governor of pennsylvania. he's a very popular governor, and also that come to her as

a starting her campaign to our next week in pennsylvania. that's setting off a lot of speculation, but doesn't really mean anything as such. there's also mark kelley, he's a former navy captain and a former astronaut, and a he is a senator of the purple state of arizona. there's also been a lot of balls and research days about tim walt. so around 10 volts. he's on the governor of minnesota, who was the 1st to start calling. republicans, we are. the democrats have really leaned into that trend. right. but other names on the list and the bus year of kentucky, j. b. pritzky are of illinois and people to judge, but who the v p is going to pick for the to find out latest on tuesday. all right, and i'm sure you'll be keeping a close eye on that and see what they're doing. he's watching some correspondence. janelle, do my own here's a quick look now at some other stories making headlines around the world. the assassinated hamas leader is mild, honey, has been buried in the guitar e capital,

though thousands attended the funeral service, which also paid respects to his slain body guard. and he had lived in exile inc. katara, for many years, he was assassinated in water, ran, says was in his ready attack on wednesday, the us and argentina have recognized the venezuelan opposition candidate, edmondo gonzales as the winner of last weekend's presidential elections. incumbent to me for last month, what else was declared the winner with i hear evidence sparking widespread protests . venezuela is election authorities under pressure to reduce a detailed vote calmed to prove its claims. hundreds of trains are expected to face delays into one to add a for leading, following a suspected arson attack rail operator. don't you band says a fire and goes to a cable shaft in central berlin, damaging trains. communication systems dodge, yvonne has ruled a technical cause for the fire and suspects. vandalism of 3 russian prisoners freed

as part of a major prisoner swap on thursday, have held a press conference at dw is headquarters here in germany, opposition activists. vladimir at cairo, moores. that india ja sion and andre people vital told at the view of their experiences in russian prisons and their shock. at suddenly being released a free again and ready to tell their stories, brushing dissidents, flooding mere car more. so la shien and andre prove offer of spoke publicly for the 1st time since being released from russian prisons. i was inside being readjusted it a week ago. yesterday we were in a conflict for to the prison. and then we're here know the price conference on

the one to full ryan river. it's like cereal. that's actual thing that is happening to us or car more so i was charged with treason and sentence to 25 years in prison for speaking out against russia's invasion of ukraine. now he's free, and so is the only i have seen who was sentenced for reporting and brushing military atrocities. despite the ordeal in russian prisons, the message they sent was want of determination to make russia a better place even from abroad. i am a citizen of russia. i am the russian politician. i am the rest of the patriot. my goal is to have a free, unhappy russian. this is what i dedicated my life for, and i'm going to continue to do that dedicated my life for russia. andre pope offer of had been do since 2021 again and again he tried to run in elections while he is now also a free man. he reminded the public that others are less fortunate. those types of

people that are still in russian prisons and the they have to suffer 10 of the conditions. i think they would be happy to hear that it's possible to be safe, a wealth of men's release as a win for diplomacy. it is also fueling a debate over whether it is justified, the trade convicted criminals for the unlawfully detained. marianna cuts her over is the un special rep or tour on human rights in the russian federation. we have asked her what needs to be done for other political prisoners in russian jails . i believe breakfast should be put on the rest of the thought it is to fulfill their obligations. while these it changes every day, exclusively prerogative of governments. it needs a diplomatic action that has been undertaken between several governments, a massive diplomatic action to negotiate and its relays. this

exchange is, are not something that is a regular occurrence. this is, you know, something that is happening really as extraordinary mazur but what i'm advocating for and have been advocating is for other states for germany, for the european union, for united states, un member states to put the pressure on the rest of the government to release the rest of the political prisoners, but shouldn't be there in the place of hardy's, in pakistan, se flooding this, we killed at least 13 people. this fall of heavy monsoon rains, the city of the horse. so it's heavy as rainfall in more than 4 decades to dive in, flood water goods, maybe enjoying it, but many others stuck in flooded streets. picard hiring father brought the buck

hasanti city of la hart to a standstill. the lost a lot more to his into the basement on the cost to join your system is so pool water is coming into the house instead of going out in systems, yada photos of the thirty's pay. some attention doesn't result of this was the issue, the send someone they can at least do that. the extreme weather has been blamed for several debts. hospitals have been inundated, but flood water. authority is declared, an emergency offices and schools remain closed. we had heavy rain full within a short period of time, so it will take some time to clear the water to an insurance cause more damage in the countries. montane is provence of time buckling for 12 children, but i'm a good 2 dozen people. who do i do the last 2 days?

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