This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Valerie Sanderson and in the early hours of Friday the 23rd of August,

these are our main stories.

Comila Harris is to make the most important speech of her career

accepting the presidential nomination of her party

at the Democratic National Convention.

The ousted Bangladesh leader Sheikh Hasina has her diplomatic

passport revoked. The social media influencer Andrew Tate is placed under house arrest in Romania

over new sex trafficking allegations.

Also in this podcast Russians Mark Flag Day to much pomp and ceremony and

Trent McGonians have sort of been split on the announcement to remove the three ships that Columbus came with here to Trinidad and Tobago from the Coater Farms, the National emblem.

Trinidad and Tobago redraws its coat of arms to remove references to colonization by Europeans.

A few hours after we record this podcast, Comola Harris, the woman hoping to become the first female

president of the United States, will deliver the most important speech of her career as the finale

of the Democratic Convention in Chicago.

Since President Biden withdrew from the race and endorsed her, hundreds of millions of dollars have poured into the

Harris campaign.

There's been an almost carnival-like atmosphere at the convention, where speeches have been

given by running mate Tim Walsh, former President Barack Obama, his wife

Michel and Oprah Winfrey. So can Comila Harris continue to sustain the momentum she appears

to have built up. This is the Democratic

senator for Maryland, Chris Van Hollen. Yes she can. I believe she came into

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