0n the democratic side, is tim walz, kamala harris s running mate. He s the governor of minnesota. Before that, he spent 12 years as a congressman. Before entering politics, he was a high school teacher for 16 years, serving as an assistant coach on his school s football team. He spent 2a years in the army reserves, reaching the highest non commissioned rank, command sergeant major. He s 60 years old, just six months older than his running mate, kamala harris. Joining me now form the spin room floor is our correspondent john sudworth. The clock is ticking. What is going on with tim walz. Joining me now is jaime harrison, chair of the democratic party. How is governor tim walz? he s a good place but i want to say my heart goes out to all the folks in south carolina, georgia, tennessee impacted by the i live in south carolina and in these times of trouble we have to rally together as one country to support our brothers and sisters who are experiencing so much pain right now. ,, , ~ , n
Shes urged the west not to recognise what will be putins fifth term as president. Our russia editor, steve rosenberg, is in moscow with more. Russias democracy is the best in the world, the kremlin says. And at Polling Station 38 in moscow, we found a choice of candidates and plenty of voters. Democracy in action, right . Not quite. Realistically, only one man can win this. Vladimir putin the man whos been on russias political stage for the last quarter of a century. Vladimir putin faces no serious challenger. His fiercest rivals are in exile or in prison. Not that this woman, whose son is fighting in ukraine, wants any change at the top. Of course i voted for putin, she says. I trust him. But not everyone who came out today was actually voting. This, one of a string of attacks on Polling Stations across russia. They are unprecedented. After chaotic scenes here. An arsonist is detained. And green ink poured into a ballot box. The authorities called the attackers scum. Some voters were
thanks forjoining us. it s been an eventful weekend at the g7 summit injapan. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky returns home after securing a pledge of unwavering support as well as more military equipment from his allies. at the summit, dominated by talks of russia s invasion, us presidentjoe biden confirmed that the us and its allies will help train ukrainian pilots to fly western fighterjets, like the f 16, which zelensky had long asked for. biden also promised to support ukraine with more ammunition and armoured vehicles, partly as a demonstration of western resolve. we will not waver. putin will not break our resolve as he thought he could two years ago, almost three years ago. we re going to continue to provide economic, humanitarian and security assistance to ukraine so it can stand strong as long as it needs it. meanwhile, president zelensky thanked world leaders for their enduring support at the end of the summit and said russia s defeat would result in la
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