US July 4th celebrations disrupted
7/5/202624 min
Severe weather forces thousands to evacuate the National Mall in Washington ahead of the president's July 4th speech, marking 250 years of US independence. In a delayed address, Donald Trump said no one will ever take America's freedom away. Also: Venezuela earthquakes death toll rises to nearly 3000; Iran mourns the death of former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei; Ukraine strikes targets in the Russian city of St Petersburg; Germans protest against the far-right AfD party; FIFA confirms time for the England vs Mexico World Cup match; and we speak to a pioneer of wheelchair tennis.
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[short musical burst] This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. [news intro music] I'm Alex Ritson, and in the early hours of Sunday the fifth of July, these are our main stories. Americans turn out to mark two hundred and fifty years since the Declaration of Independence, but a severe heatwave has seen some festivities scaled back or canceled. A senior Venezuelan official has insisted that search and rescue operations are still ongoing following last month's devastating earthquakes as the number of confirmed fatalities rises to almost three thousand. France has become the second team to reach the quarterfinals