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The job of president of the United States is one which has long stretched beyond its national borders. But this Years President ial candidates, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, have very different ideas about how to manage americas complicated relationship with other powerful nations. The outcome of the 2024 us election could have far reaching impacts on people across the globe. So what is Americas Place in the world today, and how would Donald Trump and Kamala Harris shape that role . Im speaking with our chief international correspondent lyse doucet. Hi, lyse. Hello, sumi. Really good to, well, not face to face, but at least speak to you down the line. Indeed. And we also have our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. How are you, james . Very well, sumi ....
Indeed. And we also have our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. How are you, james? very well, sumi. Good to be here. Great to have you both. And i want to start with the fact that many of our listeners will know you, our viewers will know you, you attend summits, you travel the world, you speak to diplomats, you speak to lawmakers. In these conversations, what is the broad sense you re getting on how people right now see america on the world stage? i think the one word i would use is uncertainty. I think that, in the short run, the world is watching and waiting for the outcome of the election in november to see what impact that will have on us policy. And i think more broadly, i think they re just looking at the united states, thinking this is a country that is in transition, that it s moving, and it s a country that is having a debate with itself about what role ....
in the middle. also on the programme: a us judge unseals some documents that authorised the fbi to search donald trump s florida home. we ll get the latest from washington. we speak to the former australian prime minister kevin rudd on the tensions in the pacific between the us and china, and beijing s relationship with taiwan. japan launches a nationwide competition to try to enourage people in their 20s and 30s to drink more alcohol. that was fantastic. you can t buy that feeling, frankly. and striking gold: we hear from one of the british divers who helped locate a us world war i shipwreck that s been missing since 1917. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it is newsday. singapore, this is bbc news. it is newsday- singapore, this is bbc news. it is newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we start in ukraine, where explosions have been reported at a military airbase in russian occupied crimea. the authorities say there s been no damage, and th ....
backlash after a leaked video shows her dancing and singing at a party with celebrity friends. she says she did nothing illegal. we start in ukraine, where the un secretary general who s in the country, said he was gravely concerned about nuclear safety. after talks with president zelensky, antonio gutteresh said the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant seized by russia must not be a target for military operations. turkey s president erdogan who was also at the meeting warned of the danger of another chernobyl . our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse reports. the hunt for a solution. featuring turkey s president erdogan, antonio guterres, the united nations chief, and ukraine s leader, volodymyr zelensky. one agenda item, russia s continued occupation of the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. there were repeated calls for a demilitarisation zone and for international inspectors to be let in. moscow has continually refused but ukraine is practising for a worst ca ....
and japan launches a nationwide competition to try to enourage people in their 20s and 30s to drink more alcohol. we start in ukraine, where the un secretary general who s in the country, said he was gravely concerned about nuclear safety. after talks with president zelensky, antonio gutteresh said the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant seized by russia must not be a target for military operations. turkey s president erdogan who was also at the meeting warned of the danger of another chernobyl . our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse reports. the hunt for a solution. featuring turkey s president erdogan, antonio guterres, the united nations chief, and ukraine s leader, volodymyr zelensky. one agenda item, russia s continued occupation of the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. there were repeated calls for a demilitarisation zone and for international inspectors to be let in. moscow has continually refused but ukraine is practising for a worst case scenario. in ....