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🗓️ 21 July 2024
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US President Joe Biden has ended his re-election campaign. He says it’s in the best interest of his party and the country. Mr Biden has endorsed Vice-President Kamala Harris as the new Democratic nominee. Donald Trump says Biden “was not fit to run for president”.
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0:00.0 | This is a special edition of the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. |
0:05.0 | I'm Janet Jalil, it's 20 Hours GMT on Sunday the 21st of July. |
0:12.0 | The US President Joe Biden has announced he's |
0:15.1 | ending his bid for a second term in the White House. He's endorsed his Vice |
0:20.0 | President Carmelah Harris to oppose Donald Trump in November. We'll get reaction |
0:25.0 | from Democrats and Republicans. Joe Biden ultimately has made his decision and |
0:30.1 | I think that at this point we are set up to select a ticket that is going to be victorious. |
0:38.0 | Look what he's done to our country, with millions of people coming across our border, |
0:43.3 | totally unchecked and unvetted, many from prisons, |
0:47.2 | mental institutions, and record numbers of terrorists. |
0:51.0 | And we'll also be getting analysis from our correspondence. |
0:55.0 | President Joe Biden has announced that he will no longer stand for re-election in November, bowing to weeks of intense |
1:05.9 | pressure from fellow Democrats after a faltering debate performance against Donald Trump. |
1:11.1 | Mr Biden, who's currently isolating while recovering |
1:14.3 | from COVID, posted his announcement on social media, which is read for us by a |
1:18.8 | producer. It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your president and while it has been my intention to seek re-election |
1:27.2 | I believe it is in the best interests of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as |
1:35.2 | president for the remainder of my term. I will speak to the nation later this week in |
1:40.3 | more detail about my decision. For now let me express my deepest |
1:46.0 | gratitude to all those who have worked so hard to see me reelected. I want to thank |
1:51.2 | Vice President Kamala Harris for being an extraordinary partner in all this work. |
1:56.0 | And let me express my heartfelt appreciation to the American people for the faith and trust you have placed in me. |
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