President Biden to continue election campaign despite pressure to exit race

US Democrats are urging Joe Biden to abandon the presidential elections with four congressmen proposing Vice President Kamala Harris to be a more viable candidate. Former President Barack Obama has reportedly said the chances of Biden winning the race have greatly diminished. The President has clarified he will be returning to his campaign following his recovery from Covid-19.

Also in the programme: The first Israeli to be jailed for conscientious objection to the war in Gaza, Tal Mitnick, was set free last week after serving more than six months in prison; and Miss Merkle, a new German TV show, draws inspiration from a fictional character in an Agatha’s Christie’s book and that portrays the former German Chancellor becoming an amateur crime sleuth.

Joining presenter Paul Henley are Lesley Vinjamuri, the director of the US and Americas programme at Chatham House, a London thinktank; and professor of international relations at SOAS University of London, and French journalist, Eric Albert, who is a European economic correspondent for the French daily Le Monde.

(Picture: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at the 115th NAACP National Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., July 16, 2024. REUTERS/Tom Brenne).