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Joe Biden addressed the nation Wednesday to elucidate his choice to withdraw from the presidential race, delivering a reflective and hopeful message about beginning a brand new chapter in American historical past.

“I believe my record as president, my leadership in the world, my vision for America’s future all merited a second term, but nothing – nothing – can come in the way of saving our democracy. That includes personal ambition,” Biden stated.

“So I’ve decided the best way forward is to pass the torch to a new generation. It’s the best way to unite our nation. … There’s also a time and a place for new voices, fresh voices – yes, younger voices. And that time and place is now.”

  • Right here’s what Biden stated he’d do in his final six months: “I’ll continue to lower costs for hard-working families [and] grow our economy. I’ll keep defending our personal freedoms and our civil rights – from the right to vote to the right to choose … keep working to end the war in Gaza, bring home all the hostages and bring peace and security to the Middle East.”

  • Right here’s how Biden’s choice suits into US historical past: Biden is the primary incumbent to announce he wouldn’t search re-election since Lyndon Johnson in 1968. Many have famous similarities between Biden and Johnson, who pushed by way of home legislative achievements however have been marred by international coverage criticism – Biden with Gaza and Johnson with Vietnam.

1000’s at DC rally denounce Netanyahu speech to Congress

Demonstrators protest throughout Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress. {Photograph}: Alex Wong/Getty Pictures

1000’s of protesters demonstrated round Capitol Hill voicing opposition to Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, who addressed a joint session of Congress on Wednesday.

With tensions over Israel’s nine-and-a-half-month struggle on Gaza operating excessive, police mounted an enormous safety operation to seal off the Capitol from protesters. Officers skilled in coping with mass protests have been drafted in from the New York police division, and the Capitol constructing was fenced off.

In a fiery speech within the Home chamber, Netanyahu referred to as for “total victory” within the struggle, dashing hopes amongst some that he would announce progress towards a ceasefire and the return of Israeli hostages.

Rashida Tlaib holds ‘war criminal’ signal as Netanyahu addresses Congress – video

  • How was Netanyahu acquired in Congress? Home and Senate Republicans rose to their toes to applaud the Israeli prime minister. However Rashida Tlaib, the one Palestinian American member of Congress, held up a black-and-white signal that learn “war criminal” and “guilty of genocide”. Dozens of different Democrats boycotted the speech.

Discovery of poliovirus in Gaza ‘incredibly alarming’, Unicef government director says

Palestinians cross a road flooded with sewage water in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza. {Photograph}: Eyad Baba/AFP/Getty Pictures

The discovery of poliovirus in Gaza solely provides to the besieged territory’s standing as one among “the most dangerous places to be a child right now”, the manager director of Unicef, Catherine Russell, warned.

After Unicef helped perform checks of sewage samples from Gaza that confirmed the presence of poliovirus, Russell stated: “It’s incredibly alarming.”

Russell stated the world was “getting so close, we believe, to getting rid of polio once and for all”, so any potential emergence of the poliovirus required “close attention”. She additionally raised issues concerning the unfold of different infectious illnesses corresponding to cholera in Gaza.

  • What’s the humanitarian toll of Israel’s invasion of Gaza? After Hamas killed about 1,200 and took an extra 250 hostage in Israel on 7 October, Israel’s offensive has destroyed infrastructure, killed at the very least 39,145 folks, and led to widespread starvation and malnutrition within the coastal strip.

  • What are the Israeli army’s newest strikes? The Israeli army launched a contemporary assault on the southern Gaza metropolis of Khan Younis, killing at the very least 70 folks, based on medics, after ordering Palestinians to depart a number of neighbourhoods – together with areas that had been designated by the army as a part of a humanitarian zone.

In different information …

Fishers with a pirogue at a seashore outdoors Nouakchott, Mauritania. Boats corresponding to this are sometimes utilized by folks migrating by sea. {Photograph}: Med Lemin Rajel/AFP/Getty Pictures
  • No less than 15 folks have died and greater than 150 are lacking, after a ship full of individuals hoping to make it to Europe capsized off the coast of Mauritania.

  • An armed UK police officer has been eliminated from frontline policing, after footage confirmed him kicking a person within the face throughout an arrest at Manchester airport.

  • Vladimir Putin is “peddling lies” concerning the power of the Russian financial system that have to be refuted, stated finance ministers from eight EU member states.

  • Ten folks drowned in a swollen river whereas attempting to cross the Darién Hole, a migration route that’s a stretch of jungle connecting Colombia with Panama.

Stat of the day: Unlawful fireworks ignited California blaze inflicting $10m in harm, mayor says

Firefighters in Riverside, California, on 21 July. {Photograph}: David Swanson/AFP/Getty Pictures

Unlawful fireworks ignited a blaze in southern California over the weekend that destroyed six properties and brought about $10m in damages, officers stated. The Hawarden fireplace in Riverside county has scorched 527 acres, broken seven properties and price the county greater than $1m in emergency response, based on Patricia Lock Dawson, town’s mayor.

Don’t miss this: The godfather of aggressive consuming on secrets and techniques, success and bodily stress

‘I am always close to danger or death,’ says Takeru Kobayashi, seen right here in 2006. {Photograph}: Bobby Financial institution/WireImage

Takeru Kobayashi can eat 50 hotdogs, 41 lobster rolls or 159 tacos in 10 minutes – and it has introduced him fame and a wholesome earnings. As he returns to the fray after 5 years, what is going to he do subsequent? Chris Godfrey finds out.

Local weather examine: Monday was hottest recorded day on Earth – breaking file set in the future earlier than

Individuals cool off at a fountain in Madrid on Tuesday. {Photograph}: Óscar del Pozo/AFP/Getty Pictures

World temperatures reached the most well liked ranges ever measured on Monday, beating the file that was set simply in the future earlier than, information suggests. Provisional information printed on Wednesday by the Copernicus Local weather Change Service, which holds information from 1940, exhibits that the international floor air temperature reached 62.87F (17.15C), in contrast with 62.76F (17.09C) on Sunday.

Final Factor: Hens seem to blush when scared or excited, researchers discover

A hen resting (left) and when scared. {Photograph}: @INRAE-Arnould-Bertin

Researchers in France discovered that feminine chickens seem to blush when they’re scared or excited and fluff up their head feathers when they’re content material. The discovering presents a brand new means of understanding the birds’ feelings, which might assist farmers decide the happiness of their flocks. “The emotional world of birds remains largely unexplored compared to that of mammals,” stated Aline Bertin, a senior creator on the examine.

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