Joe Biden has said US Donald Trump has "cloaked America in darkness for much too long" as he accepted the Democratic White House nomination.
The former US vice-president said his rival has unleashed "too much anger, too much fear, too much division".
Mr Biden's speech is the culmination of a political career spanning nearly half a century.
He heads into the general election campaign with a
Joe Biden accepts the nomination for president at the Democratic National Convention.
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Image copyright Getty Images Five factors that made the coup against former Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta more likely.
Western Australia's first Indigenous-run police station has helped to transform lives, elders say.
Image copyright EPA With a weak healthcare system, large population and many poorer families living in crowded living conditions, Pakistan seemed in danger from the outset of a catastrophic toll from coronavirus.
The danger appeared to increase in June, when doctors in major cities reported that their hospitals were overwhelmed with patients. Intensive care units in the largest hospitals filled up, and families were forced to shuttle relatives around in the search for a bed.
But just a few weeks
Image copyright Getty Images Spain saw one of the most draconian Covid-19 lockdowns in Europe, but two months after it was lifted, the virus is spreading faster than in any neighbouring nation.
It now has Europe's fastest-rising caseload, with 142 positive cases per 100,000 inhabitants over the past two weeks.
By the time the state of emergency ended on 21 June, Spain was registering 100 to 150 cases per day. That number has
Image copyright Reuters Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon has been arrested and charged with fraud over a fundraising campaign to build a wall on the US-Mexico border.
Mr Bannon and three others defrauded hundreds of thousands of donors in connection with the "We Build the Wall" campaign, which raised $25m (£19m), the US Department of Justice (DoJ) said.
Mr Bannon received more than $1m,
Image copyright Reuters Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny is unconscious in hospital suffering from suspected poisoning, his spokeswoman has said.
The anti-corruption campaigner fell ill during a flight and the plane made an emergency landing in Omsk, Kira Yarmysh said, adding that they suspected something had been mixed into his tea.
The hospital said Mr Navalny was in a stable but serious condition.
Mr Navalny, 44, is a staunch critic of President Vladimir Putin.
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Kamala Harris has accepted her historic nomination as the US Democratic party's vice-presidential candidate, running with Joe Biden for the White House.
In a speech to her party convention, the first US woman of colour on a major-party ticket assailed President Donald Trump's "failure of leadership".
The California senator pledged to speak "truths" to the American public.
Mr Biden