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President Joe Biden endorses Kamala Harris to defeat “loser” Donald Trump in the November election, during his emotional farewell speech at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Monday. The 81-year-old, who quit the White House race in July, urged Americans to "put a prosecutor in the Oval Office instead of a convicted felon," referring to one of Harris's previous roles. SOUNDBITE
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says Nigel Farage's claim that the West provoked Russia's invasion of Ukraine is "completely wrong and only plays into Putin's hands". The far-right leader of Britain's anti-immigration Reform UK party said in a BBC interview Friday that "we've provoked this war", while adding that "of course" it was Russian president Vladimir Putin's "fault". "This kind of appeasement is dangerous for Britain's security, the security of our allies that rely on us, and only emboldens Putin further," Sunak tells reporters while on the campaign trail ahead of July 4 general elections. SOUNDBITE
Donald Trump slams his New York criminal trial as an "assault on America." "It's a case that should have never been brought," the former president says as he arrives at a Manhattan court for his historic hush money trial. IMAGES
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres calls "shocking" a viral video that apparently shows a detained Ukrainian soldier being shot dead after speaking a pro-Ukraine slogan. SOUNDBITE
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki slams a "barbaric use of military force" after a Russian air strike severely damaged a children's hospital in the besieged southern port of Mariupol, injuring 17, according to preliminary figures. SOUNDBITE