Following president Joe Biden’s announcement to drop out of the US presidential race, the 81-year old has expressed support for his Vice President Kamala Harris to be the new Democratic party candidate in the upcoming elections, set to be held on November 5 this year. The Republican candidate, former President Donald Trump, was seemingly glad to find out about this turn of events, saying that Harris is a weaker opponent than Biden.

• 21:50 GMT

  Israeli President Isaac Herzog has thanked Biden for his “friendship and steadfast support for the Israeli people over his decades long career.”

  Ever since Israel declared war on Hamas in October, Biden’s “ironclad” support for the Jewish state has angered his party’s progressive wing. In an apparent gesture to these progressives, Biden froze the delivery of around 1,800 2,000-pound bombs to Israel earlier this summer. However, his administration has given Israel more than 14,000 of the same bombs, as well as drone-launched missiles and $6.5 billion in other military aid since October 7, according to Reuters.

• 21:38 GMT

  Alex Soros, the son of Billionaire financier George Soros and heir to his father’s philanthropic empire, has endorsed Harris, describing her as “the best and most qualified candidate we have.”

  George Soros funneled around $128 million to Democratic candidates and organizations during the midterm elections in 2022, and gifted $5 million to the main political action committee backing Biden the day after the president’s flubbed debate against Donald Trump last month.

   

• 21:25 GMT

  SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has claimed that he “heard last week that [Biden] would resign at this exact time and date. It was widespread knowledge in DC.”

  “The real powers that be are discarding the old puppet in favor of one that has a better chance of fooling the public,” Musk wrote on X, which he owns.

  Musk endorsed Donald Trump last week, after the Republican candidate narrowly avoided death during an assassination attempt at a campaign rally.

  https://www.rt.com/news/601426-biden-drops-out/