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Radio 4,22 Aug 2024,45 mins
Kamala Harris to give biggest speech of career at DNC finale
The World TonightAvailable for over a year
The Vice President will take to the stage, at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, to accept the party’s presidential nomination. Her aides say she'll deliver a robust denunciation of Donald Trump, and lay out her plans to tackle the cost of living and protect personal freedoms, including access to abortion. Also in the programme: The first drug to slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease has been approved for private use, but it won't be available on the NHS in England. And, the world's second-largest diamond was found in Botswana.
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