ringing in subjects as random as the silence of the lambs, even referencing its cautery to hannibal lecter but other core political themes such as illegal migration, very much dominated the event core character. we ve been guided to expect unity to be a theme, rhetoric being toned down, especially after the attempt on his life last saturday. he did allude to the need for unity but there was also many other things that we have come to expect from donald trump, such as attacks on his opponent. he said he would not mentionjoe biden by name but, indeed, he did. at least once that i heard and my colleague caitriona perry i think heard it twice. let s have a listen to some of the highlights. he spoke a lot about the attempt on his life and described in some detail, retelling his experience he said was very painful and he felt safe, he said, because he thought he had got on his side on that fateful day. i got on his side on that fateful da . , . ., 4 got on his side on that fate
hello. i m vishala sri pathma. jd vance, the republican candidate for vice president, has delivered his acceptance address to the party convention. he began by paying tribute to donald trump and urged delegates to follow his lead and fight for america. mr vance said republicans were united to try to win back the white house, but not afraid to debate. jd vance has aligned himself closely with the policies of mr trump and if the pair win in november, he s seen as the potential future of the republican party. never in my wildest imagination could i have believed i would be standing here tonight. i grew up in middletown ohio. a small town where people spoke their minds, build with their hands and loved their god, theirfamily, community and their family, community and country theirfamily, community and country with their whole heart. it was also a place they had been cast aside and forgotten by america s ruling class in washington. when i was in the fourth grade, career politician
welcome to bbc news. we begin in the us. former rivals for the presidential nomination have been praising donald trump on the second night of the party convention. florida governor ron desantis and former us ambassador to the un nikki haley both used their speeches to give theirfull endorsement to trump. the pair had run against the former president in a bid to become the republican presidential candidate. the four day convention kicked off on monday when donald trump pickedjd vance as his running mate in november s election. nikki haley, who had previously described mr trump as unhinged and not fit to be president again, walked out to some boos from the convention crowd. she opened her speech with an endorsement for him, and called for party unity. for the sake of our nation, we have to go with donald trump. you don t have to agree with trump 100% of the time to vote for him. trump 10096 of the time to vote for him. , trump 100% of the time to vote for him. , , trump 100
the trump campaign team called the pair the most unifying and competitive ticket in political history. our chief presenter catriona perry and senior north america correspondent anthony zurcher are at republican national convention in milwaukee. it was electric when donald trump came in. i think they probably would been perfectly happy to watch donald trump for an hour. you can tell. everything was building up to this moment. everything was building up to this moment. , ., ., , this moment. they wanted to see the matter this moment. they wanted to see the matter to this moment. they wanted to see the matter to have this moment. they wanted to see the matter to have him this moment. they wanted to see the matter to have him here - this moment. they wanted to see the matter to have him here was| the matter to have him here was a cathartic the matter to have him here was a cathartic moment for all of his fans a cathartic moment for all of his fans. ., a cathartic momen
28 year old leaderjordan bardella their first realistic chance of running the government and taking control of the national assembly. however, after hundreds of rival candidates from centrist and leftist parties dropped out to give their allies a better chance of defeating the far right, le pen s hopes of winning an absolute majority seem less certain. let s speak to matt fitzpatrick professor in international history at flinders university in adelaide. thank you forjoining us on the programme. for many decades, the far right in france were shunned, they would never get elected in parliament or run for the presidency. what changed in recent years? two thins changed in recent years? two things have changed in recent years? twr things have happened, the first is the far right has gone to a great deal of trouble to soft on their packaging. not necessarily their policies but their packaging so they seem a little bit closer to the centre than they really were. the other thing