the the, this is dw, use live from burden. pamela harris has said 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 votes to win the parties nomination. also in the program, one of the 3 fried russian dissidents tells reporters that he refused to beg vladimir putin to be released. i can take him to be a dictator by yourself. i am not here and i'm not going to sign any positions from us or to him. let's or prize winning right here. a lot of mirrored kyra moore's and

his fellow regime opponents say they'll keep fighting for freedom english, the pop off on india as welcome to the program. common a higher says officially secured enough support from democratic delegates in the us to win the parties. presidential nomination. she'll be formerly nominated at the democratic national convention later this month has been slipping into the presidential race coming. the 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 the fictive and failed to make the most of the role support is argued. she was sidelined and held to a highest standard because she was a woman and blink, you'll be doing 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 is continued support for israel in the fighting as well as its backing of ukraine's defense against russia's invasion as describing himself as the and the dog and the election personnel faces an uphill battle in the sprint to know them despite well, earlier i asked dar washington correspondent, janelle, do my own, how come on harris has managed to wrap up the selection process? so some movie well pablo, it's 1st noting that a lot of things when her way from really early on from clinching those key

endorsements from joe biden himself to the clinton. so the fall buzz 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 put her ahead of trump anywhere from between $1.00 to $3.00

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 the setbacks for 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 she says she still wants to do with donald trump, and every one of those locations is an opportunity for her to really sharp in her message and tell voters of what they're getting. if she becomes president, janelle is being reported that harris is 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 named starting with josh shapiro, the governor of pennsylvania. he's

a very popular governor and also that capital harris has started in 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 bugs in recent days about tim was 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 this year of kentucky, j. b pritzky are of illinois and put a judge, but who the v p is going to pick for the 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 washington correspondent, janelle, do my own. it's a quick look now at some of the stories making headlines around the world. the

pentagon has an ice reinforcements of the u. s military presence in the middle east . additional naval ships on the fighter squadron will be deployed, as well as more land based anti ballistic missile systems. the us aims to protect israel from possible attacks by iran and its proxy city and informed the minister of assassinated hamas leader is miles. honey. a has been buried in the guitar, a capital dough, thousands of tens of the funeral service, which also paid respects to his slain body guards. yeah, i mean, yeah, i've lived in ags all in guitar for many years. was assassinated in want around, says was in his really attack on wednesday. to show you a secretary of defense, lloyd austin has overturned a p deal with alleged and 911 mastermind khalid shaikh mohammed and 2 others. the 3 had agreed to a guilty plea to avoid a possible death sentence. austin's decision means they could still face execution

. they're being held at the u. s. military base at guantanamo in cuba. police of clashed with the protesters in nigeria. i made the ongoing demonstrations over food shortages and corruption. when police officer has been killed and rights groups say, 9 demonstrators. i've also died. the military has threatened to intervene to end the violence. curfews have been imposed in some areas 3 police officers have been injured and 8 people age people arrested after clashes in the inner city of sunderland. it's the latest in the string of riots and british cities following the killing of 3 young girls in a stabbing attack this week. far right groups have been blamed for aggravating violence. 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, the opposition activists told of their experiences and their shock,

and certainly being released a free again and ready to tell their stories. brushing dissidents flooding mere car more. so la shien and andre, because offer of spoke publicly for the 1st time since being released from russian prisons. i was inside the area just the week ago. we have kids today. we were in the a, i look forward to the prison and then we are here know the price conference and on the one to full. ryan river. it's like cereal. that's actual thing that is happening to us or car moors. 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 one of determination to make russia a better place even from abroad. i am a citizen of russia, i am a russian politician and 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 on the they have to suffer 10 of the conditions and i think they would be happy to hear thoughts on this soon. it's possible to be saved while the men's release as a wind for diplomacy. it is also fueling a debate over whether it is justified the trade convicted criminals for the

unlawfully detained. all parties in pakistan's, i flooding this, we killed at least 13 people. this followed heavy monsoon rains, the city of the horse, so it's heaviest rainfall in more than 4 decades. but dive in, flood water goods, maybe enjoying it, but many others stuck in flooded streets. regard hiring father brought the buck hasanti city of la hart to a standstill. the the lo morsa has entered the basement. oh my god, the drainage system is so poll. water is coming into the house instead of going out in systems, yada, photos of the thirty's pay some attention. the 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 and emergency officers and schools remain closed. we had heavy rain full within a short period of time, so it will take some time to clear the most of the insurance cause more damage in the countries. montane is provence of time buckling far of 12 children, but i'm of the 2 dozen people who died there. the last 2 days heavy then fall is going on in the region during the summer months of the season. but changing the buttons, the textbooks attribute to climate change and putting lives interest in focused on music funds and unit cont, got a trade on friday as a british singing sensation at dell kicked off. i tend a residency, some 80000 firms where i had actually seen or talked to the stage of unix crates.

our grants organizers created a custom built a 130000000 euros pop up arena to get ready for the concerts, which featured a mazda of 214 major long l e. d. screen. the there's a reminder of the top story we're following for you to us vice president's pamela harris has received enough. folks from the democratic convention delegates to secure the parties nomination for presidents party is holding an online role called to make or stages official head of the convention in chicago, which begins on august 19th. you're up to date sabbath to stay with us. our motor show rev looks at truck art in pakistan, that's after a short break. and for more news, you'll find updates on our website,

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