GB News host Darren Grimes says it will be a "miracle" if Sir Keir Starmer doesn't send Joe Biden "straight to sleep" during their upcoming meeting. “I think what’s crucial here is that Sir Keir Starmer wants to immediately start discussions on issues like Ukraine or demanding a ceasefire in Israel,” he told Sky News Australia host Danica De Giorgio. “He has big populations with Muslim votes, and that’s a real key issue to a lot of his voter base.”

Sky News host Danica De Giorgio has criticised Kamala Harris as being “one of the most unelectable people” in the history of the Democratic Party. Former Obama advisor Van Jones has suggested Vice-President Kamala Harris is effectively being positioned as the party’s de facto nominee. “I mean, talk about desperation,” Ms De Giorgio said. “Kamala Harris has been one the most unelectable people in Democrat history, and yet she’s the de facto.”

Newsweek Senior Editor-At-Large Josh Hammer has slammed US Vice-President Kamala Harris for being a “bad politician”. Former Obama advisor Van Jones has suggested Harris is effectively being positioned as the party’s de facto nominee. “Kamala Harris is a bad politician,” Mr Hammer told Sky News host Danica De Giorgio. “She did not win a single primary vote in the 2020 Democratic Party primary. “She was out well before Iowa, which voted first that year in the caucuses.”

Former US President Donald Trump has speculated Hunter Biden is now the mastermind behind Biden's administration. Trump made the comments on Sean Hannity's Fox News program today as he discussed his campaign. The 45th president slammed President Joe Biden's abysmal first debate performance and concerns about his cognitive health. He then speculated Hunter Biden was now the mastermind behind his father's administration. "I think Jill [Biden] would like to see him stay, she’s having a good time," Trump said. "I noticed she seems to be having a good time, and I’m hearing that Hunter is calling the shots."

Sky News host Liz Storer has taken aim at some of Joe Biden’s recent gaffes saying the President has been busy lately trying to prove to everyone he is still “up for the job”. President Biden has faced widespread scrutiny following the recent first presidential debate against Donald Trump. Pressure continues to build on Joe Biden to withdraw from the race amid a series of recent public gaffes and after his debate performance. Ms Storer assessed footage of recent Biden gaffes as the President remains defiant he is the right person to lead the Democrats into the 2024 US Presidential election.

Former US President Donald Trump has said US President Joe Biden looked “extremely pale” during the presidential debate. The 45th president appeared in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity on Monday night. During the interview, the 78-year-old discussed the first presidential debate on June 27 and Biden’s appearance. “He was a very pale man, to put it nicely. I don’t know, maybe it was a good makeup job, maybe it wasn’t a good makeup job,” he said. “When he started to speak I thought his voice was weak, I didn’t know exactly what was happening. It was strange.”

ASPI Senior Analyst Malcolm Davis says hackers targeting cyber infrastructure is China’s approach to “unrestricted warfare”. “It uses all aspects of state power, including the civilian population, to wage ... people’s information warfare,” he told Sky News Australia. “It uses hacker groups as a convenient, non-state actors that it can exploit and mobilise.”

ASPI Senior Analyst Malcolm Davis says “anyone” who has a device connecting to the internet who uses it for work and does not regularly update its security is at risk of being exploited by hackers. “So hackers, be they in China or be they elsewhere, exploit these gaps, these vulnerabilities, not to gain access to the computer per se but to use the computer as a conduit into other networks that have far more valuable information,” he told Sky News Australia. “So if you’re working from home for a company, Chinese hackers can get into your computer and then get into your company’s networks and extract useful information.”

Sky News host James Morrow has reacted to a “bizarre moment” involving the US President being given money by a pastor so he can take it down to the collection plate. “There was this bizarre moment – just watch it on your screen here. What you see right now is the pastor of the church giving the President money so that he can then go take it down to the collection plate as if he was a child,” he said. “Seriously, watch him, is he ok there?”

Sky News host James Morrow says it turns out that for some time US President Joe Biden’s event staff have been forced to use detailed instructions. According to news site AXIOS, President Biden’s staffers prepare a short document with large print and photos that include his precise path to a podium. This is according to an event template the White House sends to staffers. “It surprised me that a seasoned political pro like the president would need detailed verbal and visual instructions on how to enter and exit a room,” a staffer reportedly said.

World Vision Australia CEO Daniel Wordsworth discusses how kids in Ukraine are being impacted by the war in the wake of a Russian attack which damaged a children’s hospital in Kyiv, killing dozens. “When a war like this drags on, the impact on children just keeps growing exponentially and, so, they can’t even be safe in a hospital now,” he told Sky News Australia. “It’s the prolonged nature of the conflict, the constant anxiety, and fear that they have that has the impact on their development and their growth. “This is just the latest impact on kids in their country.”

US First Lady Jill Biden snapped at a reporter today who asked about Joe Biden's mental decline amid the fallout over the President’s poor debate performance against Donald Trump. In a video going viral online, Jill Biden was confronted by a reporter who asked her about the increasing number of Democrats urging her husband to withdraw from the race. "Dr Biden, do you have any message to House Democrats who are calling for your husband to drop out of the race? How are you feeling about the state of the race?" a reporter asked. “Why are you screaming at me? You know me. Don’t scream at me. Just let me talk,” Ms Biden told reporters on Monday. President Biden is remaining "firmly committed" to beating Donald Trump in November's election despite speculation over his health and several gaffes at campaign events.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced the government’s decision to appoint a Special Envoy on Antisemitism. “I’m very pleased that Jillian Segal has agreed to take up that role,” Mr Albanese said during a media conference on Tuesday. “Jillian has wide experience across our nation.”

Menzies Research Centre Executive Director Nick Cater discusses his piece in The Australian about the demonisation of the right. “It’s going to black and white ... good and bad,” Mr Cater told Sky News host James Morrow. “This whole idea that politics goes from left to right, as you know, comes from the French National Assembly in the 18th century – it’s an arcane idea; politics doesn’t fit it like that. “But it suits the left … to keep on with this because then they can say that anybody on the conservative side who is slightly more conservative than averagely conservative is on the hard right.”

Hurricane Beryl has made landfall on the Gulf Coast of Texas earlier today. The storm claimed the lives of 11 people in the past week. Two people in Harris County, Texas, have died after trees fell on their homes. Millions are also without power due to the destruction and collapse of power lines.

National Senator Matt Canavan discusses a Labor plan to bolster banking infrastructure in the Pacific by using an extra $6.3 million in Commonwealth funds to help counter Chinese influence. "I think the government has to get involved here, and this is an area where I will have some sympathy with the commercial business of our banks they can't be expected to bear on their balance sheets our entire national interest," Mr Canavan told Sky News Australia. "I do think there is a role here for the government to get more involved."

Woolworths will sell Australian flags ahead of the Paris Olympics after controversially pulling them off shelves for Australia Day. The supermarket giant has admitted it disappointed its customers when it removed Australian flags from its shelves ahead of Australia Day. Woolworths said in a statement: “Given the Australian flag is the official flag of the Australian Olympic Committee and of our team competing in Paris, a locally made handheld Australian flag ... will also be available for customers.”

The studio home to classic films including ‘The Godfather’, ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ and ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ is merging. Paramount Global, the owner of Paramount Pictures, has succumbed to the reality its streaming service, Paramount+, can’t compete with the likes of Netflix and Disney+. The global entertainment company, which includes Network 10 in Australia, has been bought by Skydance Media.

U.S. President Joe Biden has called in a U.S. talk show to tell the public he will not be dropping out of the Presidential campaign. Democrats are returning to Washington DC after the Fourth of July, worried about the president's recent television appearances. The US President has insisted he is not going anywhere.

Comedian Alex Stein says the first presidential debate was the “final nail in the coffin” for Joe Biden’s campaign. House Democrats are holding emergency talks to discuss the viability of US President Joe Biden's candidacy. “I just don’t see that they would let him run at this point because he’s such an embarrassment,” Mr Stein told Sky News host Danica De Giorgio. “I mean, that debate was the final nail in the coffin of the campaign of Joe Biden.”