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Radio 4,22 Jul 2024,45 mins

Can Harris beat Trump?

The World Tonight

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Nancy Pelosi has become the latest leading democrat to back Kamala Harris after Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race. We ask how she could fare with voters against Donald Trump. As the US considers electing its first Black woman as president, we get an insight into what Kamala Harris could bring to the job from the former Mayor of San Francisco who dated her when she was a young prosecutor 30 years ago. Also on the programme: The Conservatives have revealed their plans for electing the party's next leader - who won't be in post until November. We have the latest from Westminster. And, fresh from opening the Proms, the acclaimed pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason on her call for the government to back music in schools.

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