Biden suffering Covid infection

Global News Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Daily News, News, Documentary

4.2 • 7.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

The White House says the US president is experiencing 'mild symptoms' after testing positive during a campaign trip to Las Vegas. The news comes as top Democrat Adam Schiff called on Mr Biden to 'pass the torch'. The California congressman is the most prominent Democrat yet to publicly call for the president to step aside. Also: the Caribbean island of Carriacou struggles to cope with the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl, and the skeleton of a stegosaurus sells at auction for more than 44 million dollars - a record amount for a dinosaur.

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
0:05.6	Hello, I'm Oliver Conway.
0:06.8	This edition is published in the early hours of Thursday the 18th of July.
0:10.4	Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff calls on Joe Biden to abandon his re-election
0:14.9	campaign, but is there anything that could persuade the president to step down?
0:18.8	If there is some medical condition that emerged, if somebody, if the doctors came to me and said,
0:23.5	you got this problem, that problem. As we record this podcast, President Biden has just
0:28.9	tested positive for COVID.
0:32.8	Also in the podcast, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh promises justice for six students
0:37.4	killed during protests.
0:39.5	The Caribbean island of Karyaku struggles to cope with the aftermath of Hurricane
0:43.6	Beryl. It's truly heartbreaking 98% of properties of homes infrastructure has
0:50.0	either been destroyed or damaged on on an island of just 10,000 people.
0:55.0	And it turns off the interlucan 11 signal, so when you turn off interlucan 11, you turn off their
1:02.2	aging switches.
1:03.4	Have scientists found the secret to extending life.
1:07.0	In the days after the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, the Democratic effort to replace Joe Biden as their presidential candidates went quiet.
1:19.0	Now, though, the campaign appears to have resumed in earnest with Congressman Adam Schiff becoming one of the most senior
1:25.0	Democrats yet to call on the president to stand aside.
1:28.7	Mr Biden resumed campaigning a few days ago and continues to insist he is the best person to take on Donald Trump.
1:35.6	However, in an interview with the black media outlet, B.E.T.
1:39.2	He is said for the first time that if he was found to be ill he could step down.
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