Donald Trump holds first rally since shooting
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.2 • 7.8K Ratings
🗓️ 21 July 2024
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
The US Republican presidential candidate told supporters that he had taken 'a bullet for democracy'. Thousands had waited for hours to attend the rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Also: an American woman is reunited with her family after spending 43 years in jail for a crime she didn't commit, and how France is planning to turn the Paris Olympics into a gourmet experience.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:04.8 | I'm Janet Jalil and in the early hours of Sunday the 21st of July, these are our |
| 0:10.1 | main stories. |
| 0:11.1 | Donald Trump has addressed his first campaign rally since he |
| 0:15.1 | narrowly escaped an assassination attempt a week ago. Israel has carried out a |
| 0:20.1 | series of airstrikes on the Port City of Hoddida in Yemen which is controlled by the Iranian-backed |
| 0:25.4 | huthie movement. The government in the Democratic Republic of Congo has warned of a surging |
| 0:31.3 | outbreak of emp impacts in the country. |
| 0:36.0 | Also in this podcast, |
| 0:37.0 | This is a great way for us to welcome, you know, |
| 0:40.0 | the people from all over the world |
| 0:41.0 | and to showcase what the best friends has to offer. |
| 0:44.8 | How France is planning to turn the Paris Olympics into a gourmet experience. |
| 0:50.0 | As we record this podcast, Donald Trump has been holding his first campaign |
| 0:56.5 | rally since surviving an assassination attempt a week ago. His defiant response |
| 1:01.1 | after being wounded in the ear has galvanized his supporters and boosted his campaign. |
| 1:06.5 | In stark contrast to Joe Biden, whose defying growing Democrat calls to stand aside and is still isolating after contracting COVID-19. |
| 1:17.2 | Like Mr Trump's last rally, which was in Pennsylvania, this one is also in a key swing state, Michigan. His vice presidential running mate |
| 1:25.0 | J.D. Vance took to the stage before Donald Trump to speak about his |
| 1:28.6 | working-class background. He promised to change politics to appeal to lower income voters. |
| 1:35.0 | A big belief that I've had for a very long time is that politics, I hate to say it on both |
| 1:40.6 | sides, both parties were broken in very profound ways. Both parties, if you |
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