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Fact check: The first 2024 US presidential debate

AFP fact-checked what the candidates said on key issues

Republican presidential candidate and former US President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally ahead of the Republican caucus in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, 27 January 27, 2024. REUTERS/Ronda Churchill/File Photo
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Trump challenges Biden to a cognitive test

Democrat candidate, U.S. President Joe Biden, speaks during a presidential debate with Republican candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., June 27, 2024. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
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Putin looms large as Biden, Trump clash on foreign policy in first debate

A TV screen shows the debate as The New Hanover County Democratic party hosts a watch party as U.S. President Joe Biden and former U.S. President Donald Trump face off in the first presidential debate of the 2024 election, in Wilmington, North Carolina, US 27 June, 2024. Photo: Reuters
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Biden, Trump point fingers at each other on inflation during debate

Republican candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks as he attends a presidential debate with Democrat candidate, U.S. President Joe Biden, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., June 27, 2024
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Biden’s disastrous debate accelerates doubts over candidacy

The first presidential debate between U.S. President Joe Biden and former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is projected on a screen projector during a watch party hosted by the Michigan Conservative Coalition in Novi, Michigan, U.S., June 27, 2024. REUTERS/Emily Elconin
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Biden's shaky Trump debate alarms Democrats, raises questions for his campaign

Democrat candidate, US President Joe Biden, and Republican candidate, former US President Donald Trump, stand at their podiums at the start of a presidential debate in Atlanta, Georgia, US, 27 June, 2024. Photo: Reuters
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Biden falters as Trump unleashes falsehoods during presidential debate

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A 'disaster': Biden's shaky start in debate with Trump rattles Democrats

Elizabeth Wolf, 42, has been accused of attempting to drown a three-year-old child. Photo: Euless Police Department
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Biden 'disturbed' by alleged drowning attack on US-Palestinian child

Combination picture showing former US President Donald Trump attending the Trump Organization civil fraud trial, in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, US, November 6, 2023 and US President Joe Biden participating in a meeting with Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, US, March 1, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Brendan McDermid and Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
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Trump and Biden do battle in first US presidential debate

US President Joe Biden looks on during his visit at the Chavis Community Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, US, 25 March 2024. Photo: Reuters
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US philanthropist Melinda French Gates endorses Biden

Democrat Joe Biden has enjoyed a solid lead over Trump in the national polls for months, but US presidential elections are not decided by the popular vote MANDEL NGAN, JIM WATSON AFP/File
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Biden and Trump suit up for first televised clash of 2024

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Biden and Trump suit up for first televised clash of 2024