Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. A police officer has been suspended after footage emerged of a suspect being kicked and stamped on the head at manchester airport. Greater manchester police say the officer has been removed from all duties. The independent office for police conduct is now investigating. There were protests last night after the footage outside rochdale police station. Here s lauren moss. Shouting truly shocking. The assessment of greater manchester police itself after this footage emerged of what happened during an arrest at manchester airport. An officer with a taser stands above a man lying on the floor. He kicks and stamps on his head. Greater manchester police say before this filming started on tuesday night they were called to reports of a fight at the airport. When they went to make an arrest three officers were assaulted, needing hospital treatment. A female police officer suffered a broken knows. One officer has been suspended from all duties an
Mistakes. Our north america correspondent david willis looked at the way events spiralled, leading to mr biden s withdrawal. This would not have been how joe biden would have wanted his more than 50 years in public life to have come to an end. He d faced growing calls to withdraw from the presidential race. Yet the decision, when it came, nonetheless caught many people by surprise. Joe biden was at his delaware beach house, where he s been recuperating from the effects of covid, and reports here suggest that on saturday evening, he called a meeting of his senior advisers, and they worked together late into the night to draft that statement, announcing that letter announcing that he was withdrawing as his party s presidential candidate. Now, it wasn t until sunday, those reports suggest, that mr biden informed vice president kamala harris of his decision, after a meeting with members of his family. A lot of white house aides were also kept in the dark, apparently, until the very last mi
Donald trump has previously said he thought kamala harris would be easier to defeat in november s election thanjoe biden. Let s speak tojennifer ewing from republicans overseas uk. Thank you forjoining us on the programme. Do you think that kamala harris would be easier for donald trump to beat than joe harris would be easier for donald trump to beat thanjoe biden? i trump to beat thanjoe biden? i don t think trump to beat thanjoe biden? i don t think she will end up being the nominee, when it comes down to it. While several people have endorsed her, there are notable exceptions of who has not. Obama has not, nancy pelosi has not, chuck schumer has not. I think they are putting this out there is a bit of a test balloon to see how she does for the next couple of weeks. Until that disastrous debate a few weeks ago, she pulled even lower than president biden. Trump is probably thinking it is the same policies that america is not really fond of right now. She was put in charge of looking a
That the gap between the rest of the world and the usa has narrowed ahead of these 0lympics. You keep hearing that the world is catching up, the world is catching up catching up, the world is catching up and they are. It s no secret that the world, the gap between the united states and other countries has shrunk, there are more competitive games, we have mvp is in our league they come from different countries. That year after year lately, so that is no secret but we still want to establish that we are usa basketball. To football, where defending champions chelsea get their women s super league title defence under way at home against aston villa on the opening weekend. The blues will be looking to win a sixth consecutive wsl title, although they will have a new head coach at the helm in sonia bompastor after emma hayes departed to take the united states job at the end of last season. The other standout fixture of the opening weekend sees arsenal host manchester city at the emirates. Eng
Lebronjames has been chosen to be the united states male flagbearer at that opening ceremony on the seine on friday. He becomes the third basketball player and the first men s player to carry the us flag at the start of an olympics. Lebron is set to participate in his fourth games having won bronze in his first appearance in 2004 back in athens, and back to back gold medals in 2008 and 2012. Paralympics gb announced the cycling squad for the games in paris earlier today. 17 riders have been selected for the event at the end of august including six debutants all given the task of following on from gb s most successful games in tokyo. Every member of the team won a medal with 2a medals won in total. A time paralympic champion kadeena cox is included along with dame sarah storey, who will compete in a ninth games. The idea of being in paralympics gb again, so thrilled. It s a pinch me moment. It s a dream i didn t know i had as a kid. It s been such a huge motivation sends