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Global News Podcast

US Democrats debate Biden's fitness as candidate

Global News Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Daily News, News, Documentary

4.27.8K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

After president Joe Biden's faltering performance in the TV debate with Donald Trump there are calls to replace him. Also, Iranians are voting to elect a new president to replace Ebrahim Raisi who was killed last month in a helicopter crash, and why radioactive rhino horns help conservation efforts.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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

0:04.2

I'm Alex Ritzen and at 13 hours GMT on Friday the 28th of June,

0:09.6

these are our main stories.

0:11.4

US Democrats debate whether to stick with Joe Biden after his

0:15.1

faltering performance in the election debate with Donald Trump, continuing

0:19.3

unrest in Kenya despite the government's shelving of controversial tax rises. The industry benefiting

0:25.6

from India's heat wave.

0:27.0

Also in this podcast, why conservationists want to make the horns of rhinos radioactive.

0:35.4

We significantly increase the chances of that horn being detected as it's moved across

0:41.7

international borders at airports,

0:44.0

border crossings, things like that.

0:46.0

And new balls please, how a different kind of tennis ball could change the game. It was not a rematch that anyone in America desperately

0:59.2

wanted to see but after the CNN presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump last night,

1:05.0

it is the Democrats who will be most worried.

1:08.0

The Biden campaign had been hoping the 81-year-old president would be able to put to bed questions about his age.

1:14.0

But he failed spectacularly while his rival came out swinging.

1:18.0

Our senior North America correspondent Gary Adonahohue reports from Atlanta.

1:23.0

For the first time in debate history, a former president arriving to debate a current president.

1:31.0

That current president aiming to be the oldest incumbent of the White House in US

1:36.9

history. Four years ago when these two men met it ended up in a slanging

1:42.2

match.

1:43.0

Dahl Trump, but even new rules didn't stop the insults from flying.

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