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Joe Biden abandons presidential race and endorses Kamala Harris | BBC News
Joe Biden has become the first president in almost 60 years to abandon a campaign for re-election.
The president announced the news on social media and stated that he would be supporting the vice-president Kamala Harris in the race to become the Democratic Party’s nominee. Ms Harris said “my intention is to earn and win this nomination”.
Mr Biden has long faced questions about his ability to serve a second term as president. A disastrous stumbling TV debate with the Republican candidate Donald Trump brought the criticism to a head and had led to pressure from senior Democrats for Mr Biden to withdraw from the race.
Following Mr Biden’s announcement, former President Barack Obama called him “one of America’s most consequential presidents”. Nancy Pelosi, the former House Speaker, also praised Joe Biden and his decision to step aside.
Donald Trump said Mr Biden “was not fit to run for president, and is certainly not fit to serve”. Some senior Republicans in Congress called on Mr Biden to resign immediately as President rather than serving the remainder of his term of office.
Sumi Somaskanda presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sarah Smith and Nada Tawfik.
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A court is due to hear the full story of how former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell spent the £400,000 he embezzled from the party over a 12-year period.
Court documents show Murrell – the estranged husband of former Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon – used the party’s money to buy more than 1,000 items.
Murrell, 61, faces a lengthy prison term when he returns to court for sentencing on 23 June.
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A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket exploded on a launch pad at Cape Canaveral in Florida on Thursday night.
The space technology company, which was founded in 2000 by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, said there were no injuries from the incident.
“All personnel have been accounted for. We will provide updates as we learn more,” Blue Origin said in a statement.
The explosion occurred during a “hotfire test”, the company said, describing the incident as an “anomaly”.
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The US has said it struck Iranian military sites over the weekend while Tehran said it responded by targeting an American base, marking the third known escalations in a week around the Strait of Hormuz.
US Central Command said it launched “self-defence strikes” in response to “aggressive Iranian actions”, which it said included a US drone being shot down over international waters.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it had targeted an air base used by US forces for an attack on southern Iran.
Kuwait said its air defence system had confronted “hostile” missiles and drones – with its foreign ministry later condemning “heinous and repeated Iranian attacks”.
Meanwhile, Israel’s prime minister has ordered attacks on the southern suburbs of Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, as the conflict with the Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah continues to escalate.
A senior Lebanese government official told the BBC that it was relying on US mediation efforts to pressure Israel to end its own violations and prevent further civilian casualties.
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Today, the week that the words flew – after Tony Blair wrote an essay saying Labour was “playing with fire” over the UK’s future and Starmer hit back in a Substack article.
Laura and Joe are joined by James Lyons, the former Director of Communications to Keir Starmer, to discuss his time in Downing Street, the essays and articles published by leading Labour figures this week and what could happen following next month’s by-election.
A full list of candidates and loads more information about the Makerfield by-election is available here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgrp1z8n4w2o
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