Description
Added on the 27/08/2016 22:31:18 - Copyright : Reuters EN
Known for his anti-immigration and anti-Muslim rhetoric, French far-right pundit Eric Zemmour has teased his political ambitions since the start of the year and is beginning a national book tour "to meet the French people". IMAGES
While President Donald Trump busies himself with his apoplectic rejection of Joe Biden as president-elect, world leaders have swiftly moved on. In a sign of Biden's legitimacy, leaders of major democracies have stepped up to congratulate the President-elect Joe Biden in recent days. Doubtless salt to his wound, Trump's favorite network--Fox News--and media outlets across the board have also declared Biden the projected winner of the election. Business Insider reports that as a whole, EU leaders and even Israel and Turkey have congratulated Biden. Only Russia's Vladimir Putin, China's Xi Xing Ping, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro have yet to join in.
Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden kicks off his 2020 presidential bid with a call for "unity" in America, at a campaign rally in Philadelphia. SOUNDBITE
Former mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg, has started plans for a campaign for the U.S. presidency, according to a source familiar with the situation. Yiming Woo reports.
The future of the disputed region of Western Sahara is back on the agenda as a UN mediator bids to kick-start stalled talks. Meanwhile, in Morocco, new adoption laws are sparking controversy. Until now, abandoned children could be adopted by foreigners and brought up overseas, but authorities are worried they won't offer an Islamic upbringing.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
|
Support : Technical 
- Content 
- Editors 
