Democrats panic after Biden's TV debate performance, TikTokers and tear gas in Kenya

The World This Week

This week has seen the first presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump, protesters taking the streets in Kenya against government plans for a finance bill, and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange freed and returning to Australia.

Sticking with Biden? Democrats in panic after TV debate

It was a bad week for US President Joe Biden after an at times confused and incoherent live TV election debate against Donald Trump. Critics are questioning Biden's age, as are some of his own party loyalists, after what has been described as the worst presidential candidate performance in recent history. Meanwhile, Donald Trump sent fact checkers into overdrive, with several fictitious assertions about his own success. We ask how much of a difference TV debates make to voters.

Kenya's parliament stormed in finance bill protest

It has been a week that saw the Kenyan parliament set ablaze by protesters railing against government plans for a finance bill. In the attempted storming of the building, at least 20 people were shot dead by security forces. Days later, President William Ruto withdrew the bill. We look at why the group dubbed the "Gen Z demonstrators" and "TikTokers in tear gas" are credited with overturning the planned law.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange freed in plea deal

Finally, this week saw WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange return to Australia a free man after a plea deal with the US. He had spent 14 years either in prison or in hiding at the Ecuadorean embassy in London. His lawyer called the deal a "criminalisation of journalism", while Washington insists his data dump of classified information put lives at risk.