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Added on the 09/02/2024 02:57:26 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
US President Joe Biden launches an emotional response to a special counsel report questioning his memory, asking how the prosecutor dared say he could not recall the date of his son's death. SOUNDBITE
US President Joe Biden mixes up the current President of France Emmanuel Macron with former French leader Francois Mitterrand who died in 1996. Speaking at a campaign rally in Las Vegas on Sunday, Biden recalled a discussion with other heads of state at the G7 summit held in Cornwall in June 2021, a few months after his inauguration: "I said, 'America is back'". 81 years old Biden then remembers how it elicited a reply from "Mitterrand from Germany" before correcting himself : " I mean, from France". Francois Mitterrand was President of France from 1981 to 1995, serving a record two seven-years terms. SOUNDBITE
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan says that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is set to visit the White House on Thursday. SOUNDBITE
US President Joe Biden arrives in Vietnam for a two-day visit to deepen cooperation between the two nations, in the face of China's growing ambitions in the region. IMAGES
US President Joe Biden arrives for the G20 summit in India, where he hopes to seize on the no-shows by Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin to boost Washington's influence. After disembarking from Air Force One, and smiling as he attended a short welcoming ceremony, Biden made his way to Narendra Modi's residence. IMAGES