To bbc world news. President trump has praised a former white house staff member who quit this week amid allegations he abused two former wives. Mr trump said rob porter maintained his innocence and had done a good job. Our north america editor jon sopel has more. He was the clean cut, chisel george, harvard law educated rising star of this white house, in charge of controlling the flow of paper across the president s desk but after three days of confusion and chaos he has quit and missed a swell of Domestic Abuse allegations but today the president seemed to be more concerned about rob porter than his victims. A tough time to him. He did a very good job in the white house are we happy has a i walked president e5553; §§ee§§§e§§§§§f statement the president e5553; §§ee§§§e§§§§§f statement the saint seiezfl tzefiegffifi ein car 5. 22554 £2154 wishes him luck, he has so much he wishes him luck, he has so much talent. That is like saying that a cts talent. That is l
Those at the top take in more than ever. European Union Leaders agre to impose sanctions on those involved in repression and Election Fraud in belarus. Opposition supporters remain on the streets of belarus. President trump calls for a boycott of goodyear tyres, accusing the Us Based Company of playing politics with what its workers are allowed to wear. Thank you forjoining us on bbc news. Within the past hour, Kamala Harris has been formally nominated at the Democratic Convention asjoe bidens Vice President ial candidate. If the democrats win the november election, she would become the first female Vice President in us history. Earlier, former president ba rack obama warned that the very future of american democracy is at stake in the poll, as donald trump seeks re election. And Hillary Clinton, who lost to mr trump in the last us president ial election, said that for four years, people had said that they didnt realise how dangerous mr trump would be, and that they wished they could g
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