Lindsey Hilsum , International Editor

He’s been in public life for more than half a century, but Joe Biden began his long, slow goodbye last night, with an Oval Office address explaining to the American public why he’s not standing for another four years in the White House.

Joe Biden will make a televised address tonight, telling Americans why he abandoned his re-election campaign.

In the split screen world of America’s divided politics, Fox News is focusing heavily on the resignation of Kimberly Cheattle, the head of the secret service, held responsible for failing to protect Donald Trump, while CNN and MSNBC are hailing Kamala Harris’ campaign for the presidency.

She’s spent four years battling lacklustre approval ratings and even some ridicule. But Kamala Harris will almost certainly become the Democrats’ nominee to take on Donald Trump in November. 

Recovering from Covid in his beach house in Delaware, Joe Biden has let it be known that he intends to resume campaigning on Monday.

The pressure on President Biden to withdraw from another run at the White House might be becoming irresistible?

JD Vance’s selection as Donald Trump’s running mate is making waves far beyond the Republican Convention.

America is no stranger to political violence. While Saturday’s assassination attempt was the first on a current or former President for more than 40 years, there have been attacks on politicians of all stripes recently, not least the storming of the US Capitol in 2021. 

Now while NATO allies will pledge to bolster military support to Ukraine, Kyiv has declared a day of mourning after yesterday’s Russian missile strike on the country’s leading children’s hospital. 

Matt Frei: The war in Ukraine has featured heavily in the French elections and although the once pro Russian nationalist right of Marine Le Pen has been kept out of power, President Macron’s position as one of Ukraine’s staunchest allies has been weakened. 

Kenya’s President has withdrawn a highly contentious finance bill that triggered deadly protests on Tuesday. 

Today, the United Nations said a record-breaking 117 million were forced to flee their homes last year because of war and persecution.

Extreme situations bring out the best and worst in people, and few situations are more extreme than the war in Sudan.

Ethnic cleansing. Killings. Torture and a looming famine. Millions of people in Sudan are living through a nightmare, since a power struggle between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces plunged the country into a devastating war in April last year – splitting the nation.

Russian troops have been advancing further into northeastern Ukraine, backed by fighter jets, artillery and drones.