serious. that very gloomy and presidential look that they are both trying to affect. but, oh my goodness, as they continue to stand at the podium, i think many people in america, in fact, the majority, almost certainly, will watch this debate will be wondering what on earth is going on. they turned to leave, and at that stage, cnn catch to a wider shot as the president and former president trump leaves the stage. they don t go close to each other. joe biden is there, and there are family members with him on the stage. but the whole thing has been the most rambling, peculiar affair. someone in a focus group, quite early on in the course of the debate said it was a choice between the circus or the nursing home. and there has been a feeling among many people watching that, number one, the questions that were asked were not answered, but number two, this is probably the biggest story of the night, president biden did not look presidential. he did not hit home with the points that
i used to, but i know what i do know, i know how to tell the truth. cheering. and i know like millions of americans know, when you get knocked down, you get back up. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal was at the rally and described whether it will make a difference for voters come november. well, bear in mind we ve got another well, bear in mind we ve got another debate potentially in september. i think for a lot of people september. i think for a lot of people here are just listening to what people here are just listening to what the supporters were saying. to what the supporters were saying, they view it as about what saying, they view it as about what happened last night. they don t what happened last night. they don t try what happened last night. they don t try and sugar coat it. i say don t try and sugar coat it. i say it don t try and sugar coat it. i say it wasn t great. one woman said say it wasn t great. one woman said to say it wasn t grea
we ve done nothing wrong. i had two minutes to get to them and get myself ready, which i did and then there was an equipment malfunction and because obviously, it was disgraceful for them and because obviously, it was disgracefulfor them if and because obviously, it was disgraceful for them if they want to play cricket like that and stoop to that level, i think there s something wrong, drastically. afghanistan are getting ready to face australia on tuesday. they still have a chance of reaching the semi finals. they were joined by a famous visitor to theirfinal training session on monday, a certain sachin tendulkar dropped in to wish them the best, coach jonathan trott knows his team must win and then beat south africa on friday if they re to be in contention we give ourselves a good chance and if we give ourselves a good chance, we really looking forward to it. as a dentist to ground to play out with a dentist to ground to play out with a lot of history and fanaticism of th
first, the latest headlines. a senior official in south africa s governing anc has said it s still too early to tell whether or not the party will lose its parliamentary majority. results released since the polls closed on wednesday have suggested that for the first time in 30 years, the anc will not command a parliamentary majority and may need coalition partners to govern. fourteen pro democracy activists in hong kong have been found guilty of subversion in a landmark trial that has effectively wiped out the chinese territory s political opposition. they were among 47 people arrested in 2021 for staging unofficial primary contests for local elections. all were charged under a strict security law imposed by beijing. the former conservative mp, mark logan, has announced he is switching allegiance to labour and endorsing sir keir starmer at the general election injuly. he was until yesterday the mp for bolton north east, and is now the third tory politician to switch to labour
centre of rafah for the first time. the hamas run health authority says at least 21 people were killed on tuesday in west rafah after an explosion in the same deemed saferfor palestinians, coming safer for palestinians, coming two saferfor palestinians, coming two days after israeli bomb swept through a fire in a refugee camp in rafah leaving 45 people dead including women and children. lucy williamson has more on the fallout. there has been no evacuation order from the israeli army. and for many, no sense of where to this is not a lie. this is not a lie. they were packing up, too, in the displacement camp at tal al sultan to the west of the city, still scarred by fires triggered in an israeli air strike on sunday. dozens dead, survivors spent. there s more than one way to lose a life. israel says its operation in rafah is key to defeating hamas and that the strike on sunday on hamas commanders in the camp was carried out with precise munitions that would not, by themselves,