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US President Donald Trump says he will visit California and meet emergency services there as record fires smother the West Coast in dense smog. Speaking at a Nevada campaign event, Trump also attacks presidential challenger Joe Biden for "selling out America" and declares "nobody has ever stood up to China like we have".
President Donald Trump says "sometime in the future, China and the US will absolutely have a great trade deal" as the world's top two economies clash over their trade relationship. SOUNDBITE
Theresa May acknowledged in her speech today that Britain will have less access to EU markets after Brexit. However, she also asked for some special rules to apply to the UK after Brexit. Meanwhile, Brussels says it will not accept cherry-picking. Also, Silvio Berlusconi returned to the political center stage in Italy ahead of elections on Sunday. And Donald Trump caused an international uproar over steel and aluminium tariffs.
In a politically crucial US state where workers make cars they can scarcely afford, Donald Trump and Joe Biden face a tough battle for blue-collar votes. Both Trump and Biden are visiting Michigan this week, in what is their first major skirmish of a long fight for voters in working-class swing states ahead of the November 2024 election. Biden on Tuesday became the first sitting president to stand on a picket line, supporting calls by the United Auto Workers (UAW) union for the Big Three Detroit carmakers to raise wages. For more on this high-stakes blue-collar battle, FRANCE 24's Tom Burges Watson is joined by Todd L. Belt, Director of the Political Management Program at George Washington University's Graduate School of Political Management (GSPM).