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• Farage on Reform's candidate controversies and immigration policy

  28-06-2024 23:57 via bbc.com
  
  The party's leader was asked on BBC Question Time about the selection of candidates for his party, and role of immigration in the UK.
  
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• Gordon to mark bike crash with cycling goal celebration

  28-06-2024 23:45 via bbc.com
  
  England forward Anthony Gordon says he will do a cycling celebration if he scores at Euro 2024 after an electric bike accident.
  
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• What we learned from IT expert at Post Office inquiry

  28-06-2024 23:31 via bbc.com
  
  Key moments from former Fujitsu engineer Gareth Jenkins' long-awaited appearance at the Post Office inquiry.
  
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• Ramsay on Green's immigration plan and electric car timescale

  28-06-2024 23:31 via bbc.com
  
  Green Party co-leader was asked on BBC Question Time about migration and the switch from petrol cars.
  
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• M&S to launch clothing repairs service

  28-06-2024 23:30 via bbc.com
  
  The move comes as retailers try to encourage more sustainable habits among their shoppers.
  
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• Key takeaways from Green and Reform leaders' Question Time

  28-06-2024 23:29 via bbc.com
  
  Adrian Ramsay and Nigel Farage are pressed by the audience on their candidates, tax and the US election.
  
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• Hitting reset: A new dawn for Final Fantasy's online world

  28-06-2024 23:29 via bbc.com
  
  Director Naoki Yoshida says the new release is a significant moment for the Final Fantasy franchise.
  
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• Rail fares, small boats and Brexit - Green and Reform claims tested

  28-06-2024 23:26 via bbc.com
  
  Train fares, small boats and Brexit - BBC Verify checks Adrian Ramsay's and Nigel Farage's answers.
  
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• North Korea says it fired a new weapon - is it lying?

  28-06-2024 23:20 via bbc.com
  
  North Korea says it succeeded in testing a multiple warhead missile, but the South and others are not convinced.
  
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• Mbappe v Ronaldo? Rangnick revenge? Your guide to Euros knockout stage

  28-06-2024 23:18 via bbc.com
  
  We set the scene for the knockout stage of Euro 2024 by picking out some of the themes to look out for.
  
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• 8-year-old dies after mom allegedly left her in car during high heat to go to work

  28-06-2024 22:55
  
  Ashlee Stallings, 36, allegedly left her daughter in the vehicle "in hot weather conditions" and the 8-year-old suffered a fatal medical emergency, police said.
  
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• Shark attacks man while he's fishing in Florida

  28-06-2024 22:42
  
  A man was fishing in Florida when a shark attacked him, severely injuring his arm, officials said.
  
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• ICC decision on Netanyahu arrest warrant may be delayed by UK

  28-06-2024 22:05
  
  Britain to make legal arguments over jurisdiction in case of alleged war crimes by the Israeli PMAn intervention by the UK government at the international criminal court is expected to delay a decision over whether an arrest warrant can be issued against the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, for alleged war crimes in Gaza.Judges at the ICC ruled on Thursday they would allow the UK to make legal arguments in the case as they consider whether to approve requests made by the ICC’s c
  
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• US removes Gaza aid pier due to weather and may not put it back, officials say

  28-06-2024 21:53 via foxnews.com
  
  The pier built by the U.S. military to bring aid to Gaza has been removed due to weather to protect it, and the U.S. is considering not re-installing it unless the aid begins flowing out into the population again, U.S. officials said Friday.While the military has helped deliver desperately needed food through the pier, the vast majority of it is still sitting in the adjacent storage yard and that area is almost full. Aid agencies have had difficulty moving the food to areas further into Gaza whe
  
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• Trump sways independent voters over Biden on immigration in Fox News Digital focus group

  28-06-2024 21:35 via foxnews.com
  
  Former President Trump appeared to earn significant approval from Republican and independent voters who were part of a Fox News Digital focus group during his response to President Biden's claims about immigration during the CNN Presidential Debate on Thursday night.When CNN moderator Jake Tapper asked Biden to inform voters how he can curb the record-high numbers of illegal immigrants crossing the border, the two presidential contenders sparred over their immigration policies, which ended in Bi
  
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• Canadian woman gets three years’ jail in first ever sentencing for a ‘Pretendian’

  28-06-2024 21:32
  
  Karima Manji, whose daughters accessed over C$150,000 in benefits for Inuit residents, pleaded guilty in FebruaryA Canadian woman who fraudulently claimed her daughters were Inuit has been sentenced to three years in jail, in what is believed to be the first ever custodial sentence for a “Pretendian”.Karima Manji, whose daughters accessed more than C$150,000 in benefits intended for Inuit, was sentenced on Thursday, after pleading guilty to fraud in February. Continue reading...
  
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• Vulnerable Dems won't say whether Biden should be nominee: 'President can make his own decisions'

  28-06-2024 21:25 via foxnews.com
  
  Democratic members of Congress facing difficult re-election races in November were unwilling to say whether President Biden should be the party's presidential nominee following his widely criticized debate performance on Thursday night. "The president can make his own decisions about his own campaign," said Rep. Gabe Vasquez, D-N.M."I think that we're going to continue to stay focused on our district, and that's why I'm here in Congress, is to make sure that I represent them," he explained
  
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• WATCH: Fox News Digital focus group reacts to Biden, Trump sparring on cognitive ability, golf games

  28-06-2024 21:12 via foxnews.com
  
  Independent and Republican voters in Fox News Digital's focus group appeared to have mixed reactions to President Biden and former President Trump's sparring over their respective cognitive abilities and golf handicaps, while Democrats generally disapproved.During the CNN Presidential Debate on Thursday night, CNN moderator Dana Bash presented the ages Biden and Trump would be at the end of a potential second four-year term. Biden would be 86, while Trump would be 82. FIRST 2024 TRUMP-
  
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• Panic and confusion as Democrats weigh Biden's future

  28-06-2024 21:12 via bbc.com
  
  Democratic officials, political operatives and people close to the president paint a picture of an anxious party after the debate.
  
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• Biden delivers remarks at the Stonewall National Monument during Pride Month

  28-06-2024 21:07
  Watch live coverage as President Biden and first lady Jill Biden speak at the opening ceremony for the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center as Pride Month comes to an end. The monument honors the historic legacy of the June 1969 uprising that is credited as a turning point in the gay rights movement.
  
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• ISIS remains global threat a decade after declaring caliphate, US military official says

  28-06-2024 19:11 via foxnews.com
  
  A decade after the Islamic State militant group declared its caliphate in large parts of Iraq and Syria, the extremists no longer control any land, have lost many prominent leaders and are mostly out of the world news headlines.Still, the group continues to recruit members and claim responsibility for deadly attacks around the world, including lethal operations in Iran and Russia earlier this year that left scores dead. Its sleeper cells in Syria and Iraq still carry out attacks against governme
  
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• Davey denies Lib Dems leading opposition to new homes

  28-06-2024 19:00 via bbc.com
  
  The Lib Dem leader says he wants a "community-led" approach, with infrastructure built alongside homes.
  
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• MSNBC’s Claire McCaskill admits Biden ‘failed’ to prove he’s fit for office during debate: ‘Heartbreaking'

  28-06-2024 18:39 via foxnews.com
  
  Former Democratic Missouri Sen. and MSNBC political analyst Claire McCaskill admitted that President Biden "failed" during Thursday's debate to prove he’s fit enough for another term in office.The pundit stressed that Biden’s "one job" going into the debate was to prove his age wasn’t a hindrance to his leadership and that he completely missed the mark. She also lamented having to make the claim because of her longtime support for the president."I’m not the only one whose
  
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• Supreme Court sides with fishermen in landmark case deciding fate of the administrative state

  28-06-2024 18:24 via foxnews.com
  
  The Supreme Court on Friday ruled in favor of a group of fishermen who challenged a decades-old legal doctrine that they say gave the administrative state too much power over their business.In a 6-2 ruling where Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson did not participate, the court's majority said the federal rule promulgated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) requiring the fishermen to pay $700 a day for an "at-sea monitor" is out of the bounds Congress set for the federal agen
  
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• Court order bans encampments in LSE building after pro-Palestine protest

  28-06-2024 17:52
  
  University sought order after students slept in building for more than a month in response to report about LSE’s Gaza-linked investmentsThe London School of Economics has been granted a court order indefinitely barring encampments in one of its buildings after students slept in its atrium for more than a month in support of Palestine.Several students set up the camp in the atrium of the ground floor of the Marshall Building in central London on 14 May, vowing to remain there until LSE met
  
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• Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro hits CNN for not calling out Trump's 'lies' during debate with Biden

  28-06-2024 17:41 via foxnews.com
  
  Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on Friday criticized CNN for not correcting comments former President Trump made during the debate with President Biden."Frankly, I think CNN could have a done a better job in calling [Trump's] lies out," said Shapiro, who some columnists have put forward as a leading candidate to replace Biden."Joe Biden had a bad debate night, but Donald Trump was a bad president," Shapiro told CNN. "I‘ll be the first to admit that that was not a good look in that debate la
  
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• Fetterman urges Dems to ‘chill the f--- out’ about Biden, says he’s proof ‘rough debate’ isn’t deal-breaker

  28-06-2024 17:21 via foxnews.com
  
  Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., urged panicked Democrats to "chill the f--- out" about President Biden’s widely panned debate performance because he is living proof "a rough debate" doesn’t disqualify a political candidate. Fetterman suffered a stroke in May 2022, causing clear auditory processing issues that impacted his speaking abilities in the months leading up to Election Day that November. Despite a jarring debate performance that left many Americans questioning his fitness fo
  
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• UN issues warning over disease in Gaza as sewage and rubbish problems grow – as it happened

  28-06-2024 17:03
  
  Unrwa director says ‘stench in Gaza is enough to make you kind of immediately nauseous’. This live blog is closedA ship’s captain reported that five missiles had landed close to his vessel in the Red Sea, 150 nautical miles (172 miles) northwest of the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) monitor said on Friday.After posting earlier that it had received the report and that authorities were investigating (9.32am BST), the UKMTO said
  
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• Six England fans get banning orders at Euro 2024

  28-06-2024 16:57 via bbc.com
  
  Six England fans have been issued with football banning orders following disorder in the build-up to the Euro 2024 match against Serbia in Gelsenkirchen on 16 June.
  
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• Trump wins big by letting Biden be Biden

  28-06-2024 16:55 via foxnews.com
  
  Going into Thursday’s debate, I said the two candidates would have to fight their own worst tendencies to reassure voters. Rusty from years off the debate stage, they’d have to reach out to that double-hater demographic, suburban doubters and independent voters. This small sliver of voters that remains undecided needed to be reassured in different ways. From President Joe Biden, they needed to see a man who was in command, smooth and consistent in his delivery, who could defend
  
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• Bolivia’s president denounces 'self-coup' accusations as 'lies' as supporters rally

  28-06-2024 16:55 via foxnews.com
  
  Bolivian President Luis Arce on Thursday angrily called accusations that he was behind an attempted coup against his government "lies," saying the general who apparently led it acted on his own and vowing that he would face justice.Arce’s comments, his first to the press since Wednesday's failed apparent coup, came after the general involved, Juan José Zúñiga, alleged without providing evidence that the president had ordered him to carry out the mutiny in a ruse to boo
  
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• 1 confirmed dead after severe rain causes roof collapse at India's New Delhi airport

  28-06-2024 16:54 via foxnews.com
  
  A portion of a canopy at a departure terminal at New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport in India collapsed Friday as monsoon rains lashed the Indian capital, killing one person and injuring six others, officials said.All flight departures from Terminal 1 were temporarily suspended as rescuers cleared the debris to rescue anyone trapped there, the airport authority said.Terminal 1 is used for domestic operations at New Delhi’s main airport.DEATH TOLL LINKED TO METHANOL-LACED
  
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• How does Labour want to tackle poverty?

  28-06-2024 16:37 via bbc.com
  
  The political parties have been laying out how they would address poverty.
  
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• Biden senior adviser clashes with CNN anchor over president's debate performance

  28-06-2024 16:27 via foxnews.com
  
  CNN's Kasie Hunt pressed Biden campaign co-chair Mitch Landrieu to answer whether President Biden would consider dropping out of the 2024 race in a testy exchange Friday. Hunt confronted Landrieu after a number of media figures, including New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, called on Biden to step down after his debate performance on Thursday. "Sir, do you think Democrats should consider replacing Joe Biden at the top of the presidential ticket? I've had several [people] raise th
  
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• Can Biden be replaced as the Democratic nominee?

  28-06-2024 15:54 via foxnews.com
  
  President Biden’s performance at last night’s CNN Presidential Debate has left the Democratic Party confronting the possibility of replacing their presidential nominee. This guide explains how such an extraordinary move could occur.BIDEN'S 'DISASTER' DEBATE PERFORMANCE SPARKS MEDIA MELTDOWN, CALLS FOR HIM TO WITHDRAW FROM 2024 RACEBiden is currently the presumptive Democratic nominee, because he has secured the overwhelming majority of pledged Democratic dele
  
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• Illegal arrivals could apply for asylum under Labour

  28-06-2024 15:29 via bbc.com
  
  The Labour leader says a government move to refuse applications has not deterred migrant crossings.
  
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• MSNBC's Joe Scarborough says 'I love Joe Biden' but questions fitness for office after debate showing

  28-06-2024 15:28 via foxnews.com
  
  MSNBC’s "Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough declared his "love" for President Biden on Friday but admitted that his performance against former President Trump calls into question whether Biden should be running for re-election. Scarborough opened his Friday morning monologue about Biden’s debate performance with a long list of the president’s accomplishments while in office, before suggesting that Biden might need to step down."If he were CEO and he turned in a performance
  
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• Tobacco giant accused of ‘manipulating science’ to attract non-smokers

  28-06-2024 15:05
  
  Leaked documents from Philip Morris reveal ‘secret’ strategy to market its heated tobacco product IQOSThe tobacco company Philip Morris International has been accused of “manipulating science for profit” through funding research and advocacy work with scientists.Campaigners say that leaked documents from PMI and its Japanese affiliate also reveal plans to target politicians, doctors and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as part of the multinational’s marketing strategy to att
  
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• ‘Shaking it off’: the science of dad dancing – and why it’s good for you

  28-06-2024 14:48
  
  Viral video of Prince William prompts experts to laud benefits of men ‘communicating their hormones’, from lifting mood to boosting trustIn his early 20s, Prince William was often seen stumbling out of night clubs after a night of grooving. Now, however, as though a clock has struck 12, this youthful cavorting appears to have transformed into something altogether more cringeworthy: dad dancing.In a viral video captured at a Taylor Swift concert, the heir to the throne was filmed with
  
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• Nigel Farage ‘has questions to answer’ over Reform racism, says Rishi Sunak

  28-06-2024 14:44
  
  PM responds to Reform campaigners’ ‘racist and misogynistic language’ on Channel 4 undercover reportUK election live – latest updatesRishi Sunak has said he was hurt and angry to hear a Reform UK canvasser calling him a racial slur, saying Nigel Farage “has some questions to answer”.The prime minister responded after a Channel 4 undercover investigation found a Reform campaigner had called him a “fucking [P-word]”. Sunak repeated the slur and said
  
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• Israel-Gaza war live: ultra-Orthodox Jews block major highway in protest against Israel’s new military service ruling

  28-06-2024 14:41
  
  Protest is in response to a recent supreme court decision ordering young religious men to enlist for military serviceA ship’s captain reported that five missiles had landed close to his vessel in the Red Sea, 150 nautical miles (172 miles) northwest of the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) monitor said on Friday.After posting earlier that it had received the report and that authorities were investigating (9.32am BST), the UKMTO said the ship
  
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• Rishi Sunak speaks of ‘hurt and anger’ at daughters having to hear Reform activist’s racist slur about him – UK general election live

  28-06-2024 14:38
  
  PM responds to comments by Reform activists, who were filmed by Channel 4 reporter while canvassing in ClactonSign up to our Election Edition daily newsletterHere’s the latest in the Guardian’s series on The broken years: Tory Britain 2010-24:Unless the polls are wildly inaccurate, the Conservative party is heading towards a catastrophic defeat in the coming election. Continue reading...
  
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• French court to rule on whether Bolero was Ravel’s work alone

  28-06-2024 14:32
  
  Decision in favour of claimants, backed by Ravel’s estate, would put Bolero back under copyright until 2039A French court is due to rule on whether or not Bolero, one of the best-known classical music pieces in the world, was written by Maurice Ravel alone, in a decision with big financial stakes.Ravel first performed Bolero at the Paris Opera in 1928 and it was an immediate sensation. He died 10 years later and his heirs earned millions of dollars until the copyright ran out in 2016 and t
  
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• Labour urged to step in over Tata’s plans to close steelworks days after election

  28-06-2024 14:31
  
  Owner of plants in south Wales wants to cease operations at blast furnaces in response to strike actionLabour politicians have been urged to step in to help avert a “costly mistake” by Tata Steel, which has told staff it could close operations at its steel plant in Port Talbot just days after the general election.The Indian owner of the vast south Wales steelworks said on Thursday that it plans to cease operations at two blast furnaces on the site by 7 July – three days after t
  
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• ‘It’s going to be tight’: Macron’s centrists struggle to deter voters from backing far right

  28-06-2024 14:22
  
  With the first round of France’s snap election on Sunday, the president’s allies are desperate to shore up supportStanding in a courtyard framed by the white walls of one of Marseille’s Armenian churches, Sabrina Agresti-Roubache, France’s secretary of state tasked with citizenship, took a deep breath, choosing her words carefully as she addressed a voter who had admitted she was considering switching allegiances to the far right.Agresti-Roubache, born to a family with Al
  
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• Next PM likely to inherit improved economy after UK growth revised up

  28-06-2024 14:05
  
  Updated quarterly GDP confirms UK was fastest-growing economy in G7 with consumer confidence returningBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK economy grew at a faster rate than previously thought in the first quarter of 2024, handing the next prime minister an improved economic backdrop.Gross domestic product (GDP) rose by 0.7% in the first three months of 2024, revised upwards by the Office for National Statistics from a first estimate of 0.6%. Continue reading...
  
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• Jay Slater search: Tenerife police call for more volunteers for mass operation

  28-06-2024 14:03
  
  Large search planned for Saturday in rocky area close to where British teenager went missing on 17 JunePolice in Tenerife have called for more volunteers to take part in a mass search to comb the expanse of rocky wilderness where Jay Slater disappeared.The 19-year-old from Lancashire was last heard from on the morning of Monday 17 June when he texted a friend to say he had no water and only 1% battery left on his phone. Continue reading...
  
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• Close Biden friend at New York Times says president must drop out, debate made him 'weep'

  28-06-2024 14:01 via foxnews.com
  
  Some of President Biden's longest and staunchest allies, including liberal columnist Thomas Friedman, are now calling on Biden to allow another Democrat to run for president after his performance at the CNN Presidential Debate on Thursday night. Friedman, a close friend of the president's, wrote that the debate was one of the most "heartbreaking" events he has witnessed in American politics. "Joe Biden, a good man and a good president, has no business running for re-election," Friedman
  
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• Man accused of Holly Willoughby kidnap plot tells court he spent ‘99.9%’ of time online

  28-06-2024 13:59
  
  Gavin Plumb claims previous convictions for false imprisonment were attempt to escape a toxic relationshipA man accused of plotting to rape and murder Holly Willoughby has told a court he spent 99.9% of his time online as he struggled with mental health problems triggered by his life-threatening weight gain.Gavin Plumb, 37, who denies plotting to kidnap, rape and murder Willoughby, told the judge, Mr Justice Murray, he would be unable to stand as he started to give evidence in his defence at Che
  
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• Biden struggles against Trump’s lies in first debate | First Thing

  28-06-2024 13:45
  
  Joe Biden’s disastrous performance in the first presidential debate has Democrats scrambling. Plus: the 82-year-old ‘Sword Granny’ of IndiaDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.Joe Biden’s lackluster performance in the first presidential debate of the fight for the White House sent senior Democratic advisers and operatives into panic mode. Donald Trump repeatedly made false claims about January 6, the national debt and the economy whi
  
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