Kamala harris has chosen the governor of minnesota Tim Walz to be her Running Mate for Novembers President ial election. News has been confirmed by the bbc s us partner cbs. We havent had offcial confirmation from the Harris Campaign yet, but all the indications are that walz is the pick. Tim walz is minnesotas 41st governor, elected to the role in 2018 and was re elected in 2022. He has a reputation as a progressive governor, citing free school meals, goals for tackling climate change, Tax Cuts for the middle class and expanded paid leave for minnesota workers among his achievements. Mr walz is an army veteran, a former high School Teacher and football coach. So why has Kamala Harris chosen him, and what will he bring to the race for the White House . Lets speak to my Colleague Rajini Vaidyanathan whos in washington. Lets begin with who is Tim Walz and his name might have become more familiar in recent weeks but he might be a relative unknown to people outside washington. figs might
Ian goldin, welcome to hardtalk. Its a pleasure to be with you, stephen. Its great to have you here. Now, in your book, the shortest history of migration, you have a pretty simple core message, which begins with the thought we are, All Of Us, migrants. Now, i understand that in sort of evolutionary terms, but why does that matter to todays debate about migration . It matters because i think we need to appreciate that without migration, there would be no human civilisation, and that it continues to be as relevant as in the past, and will be even more so in the future. We need migrants. We need to appreciate them. Of course, we need to manage migration more effectively, but we need to recognise not only that were all mixed up ourselves in our origins, but that our societies require migration in order to thrive. In your short history of migration, you go back 300,000 years to the beginnings of movement, of what we now know as the earliest humans across East Africa into north africa. And y
In moments my interview with President Trump. And he reveals something he has never before said about the day of his shooting. Plus, his reaction to the Biden Coup and whether or not he will actually debate Kamala Harris. But, first all right, democrats, i think believe they may have a new winning message. Summed up in a simple phrase. On the other side, they are just weird. The 32 ounces of weird. Donald trump and his weirdo running mate. More extreme, more weird. You have got these weird men because they are reared. We are not afraid of weird people. Really thats it thats what it comes to from a party that promotes this and i guess this is not weird for the Bidenharris Administration . Hmmm. And this was, what . A perfectly normal thing for people to do on the white House Lawn on the summer of 2023 . Welcome to the White House. Thank you. Are we topless at the White House . Laura these are the people who think Trump And Vance and maga are weird . And, of course, the man who up to a w
Commitment to deliver letters six days a week. Hello, im maryam moshiri. A very warm welcome to Bbc News this morning. The family of the missing british Tourist Jay Slater are waiting to find out if a body found on tenerife is his. Its almost a month since the 19 year old disappeared after attending a music festival. Spanish police say all the evidence suggests the remains are those of the teenager from lancashire. The body thats been discovered was found not far away from a house hed been visiting near the village of masca. Its thought he may have suffered an accident or fallen. Joe inwood has more. It was in the deep ravines near the last known location of Jay Slater, that Search And Rescue teams found human remains, along with the missing 19 year olds clothes and possessions. The body has not yet been formally identified, but local authorities are confident they have found Jay Slater. In his hometown Of Oswaldtwistle, where blue ribbons have become a sign of support, the news was me
Hes going to be here and he said it again last night and the crowd told him they want him to stay a lot of speculation whats Joe Biden going to do . Is he going to stay in the race . Youre going to drop out. Heres my running were going to win the nominee of the Democratic Party. The only Democrat Or Republican has beat Donald Trump ever. Im going to beat him again now if you couldnt decipher that they were saying, dont you quit and weve got your back and yes, its one crowd chances are, you know, if youre coming to a bidenharris rally, they support Biden Harris, but not nearly as much a collective show of enthusiasm from elected democrats on one hand, there is the president s longtime close friend, congressman jim clyburn, and he says, hes riding with biden should the conversation about the president getting out of this race. Should that conversation continue . No it shouldnt let Joe Biden continue to make his own decisions about his trichet. Hes earned that right and i am going to give