hello, i'm lucy grey. president biden has come under more pressure to stand down from the race for the white house with an editorial in the influential new york times newspaper calling on him to drop out, saying it's in the best interest of america. it followed his widely criticised performance in thursday's tv debate with donald trump, when he stumbled over words and at times seemed to lose track of what he was saying. mr biden remains defiant — at his first campaign rally since the debate, he told supporters in north carolina that the us itself was at stake in november's election, calling his opponent a genuine threat to democracy. directly addressing concerns about his age, mr biden told the rally he'd been knocked down but would get back up. our north america correspondent david willis reports. fired up by a faithful crowd, joe biden took to the stage in the swing state

of north carolina, seemingly unfazed by the torrent of bad headlines his disjointed debate performance had generated. crowd: joe! joe! - folks... i don't walk as easy as i used to. i don't speak as smoothly as i used to. i don't debate as well as i used to. but i know what i do know. i know how to tell the truth! crowd: yeah! he seemed for all the world like a new man, reading from the teleprompter with a passion that had been all too absent the night before. i know, like millions of americans know, when you get knocked down, you get back up. it was a far cry from the rasping and rambling performance on the debate stage that was all too often painful to watch. everything we have to do with, uh... look... if...

we finally beat medicare. it's left his party in a state of crisis. yet, despite rumblings about replacing their candidate, publicly, at least, democrats are circling the wagons. referring to his own lacklustre performance in a presidential debate in 2012, joe biden�*s former boss barack obama tweeted, "bad debate nights happen. "trust me, i know. "but this election is still a choice between someone who has fought "for ordinary folks his entire life and someone who only "cares about himself. despite being just three years younger thanjoe biden, donald trump has consistently condemned his rival as too old to be re—elected. but addressing supporters in virginia, he said the question was less one of age and more one of competence. the question every voter should be asking themselves today is not whetherjoe biden can survive a 90—minute debate performance, but whether america can survive four

more years of crooked joe biden in the white house. crowd boos and the calls forjoe biden to pull out of the presidential race are growing. this the headline in an editorial in the new york times, which goes on to declare, mr biden is not the man he was four years ago. i don't think so! the word from the biden camp is that their candidate has no intention whatsoever of pulling out of the race, but much may depend on how he fares going forward and what the opinion polls make of his debate performance. david willis, bbc news, los angeles. there is plenty more reaction and analysis on the bbc news website, you can see it there on your screen. do take a look on what this means that the democrats going forward. let's turn our attention to the uk.

the reform uk leader, nigel farage, has insisted that secret filming that caught one of the party's campaigners using racist language to describe the prime minister was a "set—up". the video provoked condemnation from other party leaders. in a special edition of the bbc show question time, mr farage suggested the video could have been arranged to smear his party. our political correspondent leila nathoo reports. the leader of reform uk, nigel farage. the final weekend of the election campaign and for one party leader, difficult questions are piling up. what is it about you and your party that attracts racists and extremists, whether you say you want them or not? i've done more to drive the far right out of british politics than anybody else alive. i took on the bnp just over a decade ago. i said to their voters, "if this is a protest vote, "but you don't support their racist agenda, don't vote "for them, vote for me." and we destroyed them. nigel farage was challenged last night over homophobic and racist remarks made by reform uk canvassers, secretly recorded by channel 4 news.

one campaigner implied gay people were paedophiles, and another suggested army recruits should shoot at people crossing the channel in small boats, and used a racist insult to describe the prime minister. mr farage insisted that man was an "actor", and described the channel 4 report as a deliberate attempt to smear his party. this was a comedy act, but it was designed to hurt us and sadly — sadly — some people believe it. let me promise you... so who do you think would have done this, nigel farage? i want nothing to do with people like him and he has nothing to do with us. he's somebody who turned up. we didn't know who he was, and by sheer coincidence, he happened to get teamed up with channel 4. elsewhere, nigel farage was questioned about his party's manifesto and how he would pay for his promises. there's a lot of stuff in your manifesto, but how do you actually plan to pay for all this stuff? we can comfortably save £30 billion a year by growing up and being sensible, and recognising if we want carbon—free energy — reliable, not intermittent — carbon—free energy, the only way to go is small modular

nuclear reactors. also fielding questions on stage last night was someone whose views could not be more different — adrian ramsay, the co—leader of the green party. i think we all know that we need |to step up action on the climate| crisis, both to adapt to the changes that are already happening, - but to avoid the runaway climate change that will affect us - all dreadfully if we don't get to grips with this. i and he defended proposing to raise some taxes in his party's manifesto. we're talking about £5 extra a week for someone earning £55,000. - now, what would that get you? at the moment, people can't access an nhs dentist, - and if you can afford to do so, you might be forking out- for a private dentist. well, how much does that cost you over a year? - how much does it cost you over a year to pay extortionate - train ticket prices because we're not -

investing in our railways? or to have to heat your home - and see your bills going up and up every month, because we've got the leakiest homes in europe . and we haven't insulated them? so we're setting out a different vision, sonia, for where yes, . we ask those earning a little bit more to pay a little bit more, . including the multi—millionaires and billionaires, but it's- about a different type of society. for all parties, the journey to polling day is nearly over. leila nathoo, bbc news. the first of the main party leaders to be out campaigning on saturday was labour's sir keir starmer. he was at an event in aldershot, in south—east england, meeting military veterans to mark armed forces day. while he was there, he was asked about the rise of what some would consider to be extreme views in political campaigning. well, i am concerned about populism and nationalism and i think in a time where in our country and across the world there are increasing challenges of every variety, the like of which we haven't seen until recent years, it is very important that we have a progressive answer to those challenges. we are a progressive party, we hope that we can win the election

and form a progressive government, a government that always says country first, party second, but also rises to the challenges both in this country and across europe. 0ur correspondent harry farley was at the event with the labour leader. he sent us this summary. keir starmer and his was talking about a government of service for those who serve. and interestingly, i was going through the labour release this morning and i counted 11 times the party used the word serve or service, making a very clear pitch for that military vote. and as much as what the party is saying today, it's where they're saying it. i'm in aldershot, aldershot football club, another lower league football club that the labour party and the labour leader in particular has made a bit of a habit of visiting over the last few weeks of this campaign. the conservatives have won this seat every time, every election for the last 100 years. but now labour think they have got a real chance of winning this seat.

they took control of the council in may and they think that this will go... this seat will go right down to the wire. the message from sir keir starmer, which we've been hearing over the last week or so, is if you want change, you have to go and vote for it. and i think that tells you something about the mood in the labour party campaign. it tells you that they are nervous and there's a hint of concern that all the talk of the polls, which we've been talking about over the last few weeks, that show that big gap for leader, they are worried that people will take that to mean it's a foregone conclusion, that the result is already known. and they want to make sure that over these next few days, it's not so much about winning the air war, getting your message across, changing minds. it is about persuading and reminding your supporters to go to the polls and vote. and that will be the focus that i think we can very much expect from the labour party throughout this weekend and into next week. this is a list of the candidates standing in the aldershot constituency. you can read more about the seat on our special election section on our website or via the bbc app.

iran's interior ministry has confirmed that a run—off presidential election will be held on friday, after none of the candidates in the snap poll secured a majority. the reformist masoud pezeshkian, a heart surgeon, won the largest number of votes. one of his hardline rivals, saeed jalili, came second, after taking an early lead. the election was called after the death of ultra—conservative president ebrahim raisi in a helicopter crash last month. the four candidates were all vetted by an influential committee of clerics before they could stand. turnout was about a0%, according to an interior ministry count, the lowest on record since the 1979 revolution, raising questions about the legitimacy of iran's system of government. siavash ardalan from the bbc persian service told me more about the election. this is the lowest turnout we've seen since the 1979 revolution, 43%. i mean, that's pretty low, not even counting those spoiled ballots which might take the real

turnout down to the 30s. this is just unprecedented, especially given the fact that the supreme leader had come out a few days before the election saying that, "we want people to turn out because if they turn out, "then that will prove that the people are still loyal "to the system and the system is legitimate, whereas a low turnout "is bad news for us." so, they have a run—off vote. do you think now that pezeshkian is leading in this first round, do you think people will turn out in the second, in the run—off vote? it really depends, it really depends. so, the society is very polarised now. on one hand we have these people turned away from the elections altogether, you know, giving a very powerful message to the system, "we don't want you, we don't want the clerical "establishment any more, we want more like a secular, "liberal—minded democracy," and then you have those conservative votes, those regime loyalists who have also become radicalised in their own way, choosing a very hardline candidate as opposed to a centre—right candidate,

mohammad baqer qalibaf, who used to be the capital's mayor, current speaker of parliament, he sort of supports relations with the west and removing sanctions but at the same time he also takes a very hardline stance on other issues as well. so whether the 13% of people who voted for him, whether they will choose to vote for a far—right candidate or they will choose a moderate pro—reform candidate, and also those election boycotters, whether they will see if there is any difference between these two candidates, because any talk of differences between candidates in a clerical system, for them, is seditious. well, let's just talk about that, because ultimately it's the supreme leader who has the say on everything, isn't it? explain how much influence the president can have. the president in iran's political system is an administrator. all final matters is decided by the supreme leader on foreign policy and many other issues, the general direction of the country, but it does matter

who the president is. you have the former president, hassan rouhani, who made a deal with the west, we had the nuclear deal which the americans decided to withdraw from, otherwise maybe iran would have, you know, become more integrated and their national system would have all sanctions removed, and you also had a very hardline president who brought about three un security council resolutions upon itself. so on terms of day—to—day life of iranians, economically, their lifestyle, it does make a difference who the president is. but itjust turns that out a lot of people don't think the reformers have achieved enough, that they have stood up to the hardliners as much as the people expected them to. is it possible to say anything about the female vote? we don't have a breakdown now of how many people from different segments of society voted for who and what percentage were females, what percentage were the minorities,

religious minorities, ethnic minorities, people around the border, in the centre, we don't have that breakdown yet. once we do, we will have a better picture, but obviously disillusion and dissatisfaction runs very high among the female population as well, because you know the women, life, freedom protests two years ago against mandatory hijabs was led by females in iran. dozens of firefighters, police and mountain rangers have joined what authorities had hoped would be a "massive search" on tenerife for missing british teenagerjay slater. they had also called for experienced volunteers to come and help, but by 10am, fewer than a dozen members of the public had arrived at the meeting point. the 19—year—old was last seen on the 17th ofjune in a national park on a remote part of the spanish island. police confirmed that today's search would go over much of the same ground as previous ones, but that it would be more intensive and detailed, making use of the extra personnel. let's speak to our correspondent,

nick garnett, who's in tenerife. just talk us through what is going on right now. just talk us through what is going on right "ow-— on right now. 0k, it is the same search areas _ on right now. 0k, it is the same search areas that _ on right now. 0k, it is the same search areas that have - on right now. 0k, it is the same search areas that have been - on right now. 0k, it is the same - search areas that have been searched before but they are working further down the valleys and ravines, in areas they have not been able to get to fully before in large numbers. there are about 30 people in total, put into little groups of five or six, and they are going around the search area, so at the moment they searched this valley here extensively over the last ten days, but now because they have more people working today, they are able to go further down into the ravine and are working in an area that is right at the end of the focal lens at the moment. it is a very long way away and incredibly hard work to do it. the question is how or whyjay would have gone that far, but there is that theory that if somebody is not all there is nothing in the place you have searched, you have to

move on a little further and try and search there and that is what they are doing. they hope they will find something, some clue as to say what happened to jay, where he went to, why and what has happened to him since. 50 why and what has happened to him since, . . ., why and what has happened to him since. . . ., , ., since. so excruciating, they wait for the family, _ since. so excruciating, they wait for the family, isn't _ since. so excruciating, they wait for the family, isn't it? - for the family, isn't it? absolutely. they flew out almost as soon as they heard he was missing and they have been here ever since, trying to help but not knowing really what to do. they can only give assistance to each other and be in touch with the authorities. the authorities haven't said very much in terms of opening to the newspapers all the broadcast media. however, today there was a short news conference in which they confirmed two men who jay visited on the night he disappeared who were british are not suspected of any wrongdoing and are not part of this investigation. they firmly believe that one way or anotherjay went down into these ravines and they don't know if he left, they are

looking to make sure and they are going through every single section of the ravines to make sure there is nothing that that they have missed so far. . «a nothing that that they have missed so far. . , nothing that that they have missed so far. ., , . ., so far. ok, thanks very much for that undate- _ some flights to and from the republic of ireland are being disrupted on saturday, because of strike action by aer lingus pilots. the strike is part of an ongoing dispute over pay. it began at 5am and will last for eight hours. the airline says there are "a number of options" for passengers affected. a court has acquitted all 28 people charged with money laundering in connection with the panama papers scandal. the verdict concludes a trial in panama that began in april. among those exonerated werejurgen mossack and the now deceased ramon fonseca, founders of the defunct law firm mossack fonseca, who were at the centre of the scandal. the panama papers were a trove of 11 million documents leaked to journalists in 2016, revealing the offshore financial secrets of world leaders and other public figures.

a temporary us pier, designed to deliver aid to gaza, has once again been removed because of high seas. these are newly—released images of the pier in operation this month, showing aid being off—loaded from a ship. it's the third time since it became operational in mid—may that weather conditions have forced the pier to be detached from the gaza coast. distributing the aid to gaza's population has also been problematic, because of israeli military operations nearby. as a result, aid is piling up at a depot onshore. a pentagon spokesperson has acknowledged that the marshalling area is almost full. if there's not enough room on the marshalling yard, then it doesn't make sense to put our men and women out there when there's nothing to move. there is still room. i don't want to give the impression that it is at capacity. it is certainly full. but we do need to see that marshalling yard open up to allow for aid groups to continue that distribution so that we can get more aid in as we get it from cyprus.

wildfires continue to burn in several parts of the us, including this blaze at boulder view in arizona. it only broke out on thursday, but has been burning out of control, and has already consumed nearly 13 square kilometres of land — that's more than 3,000 acres. the knockout stages of the euros begin this afternoon. the first game sees champions italy up against one of this summer's dark horses, switzerland. tonight, the hosts germany play denmark. let's go live to dortmund and speak to our sports correspondentjohn watson. it is the exciting stage, isn't it? it is the exciting stage, isn't it? i suppose i talk with trepidation because i know there are penalties coming back to talk us through what we are expecting. first, italy, switzerland, italy reigning champions but not perhaps looking like it particularly, is that fair enough? i

like it particularly, is that fair enou~h? ~ ., , ., ., enough? i think that is fair to say. italy came — enough? i think that is fair to say. italy came close _ enough? i think that is fair to say. italy came close to _ enough? i think that is fair to say. italy came close to going - enough? i think that is fair to say. italy came close to going out - enough? i think that is fair to say. italy came close to going out at i enough? i think that is fair to say. | italy came close to going out at the group stage, it was only a late goal against croatia which really saved their fortunes against croatia which really saved theirfortunes in against croatia which really saved their fortunes in this tournament for the holders, but they obviously have great pedigree in this tournament is so hard to write them off but it will be interesting to see how they do fair in that match against switzerland later on. that one being staged in berlin, the first of these knockout matches. we have had a bit of a pause as the group stages concluded. now at the games come thick and fast once again, two last 16 matches every day over the next four days. switzerland against italy getting us under way first in berlin and then hear endorsements later tonight, the hosts germany will be back in action as they prepare to face denmark. some of the germany supporters and denmark fans have been gathering here over the last day or so as they prepare for kick—off. germany will

be one of the favourites, they look so impressive in that opening match against scotland when they won 5—1 in munich and i guessjust under lying their status. you have to say undoubtably they will fancy their chances of progressing, but denmark have said themselves they are hard to beat, a very organised side and difficult to break down and they will hope that is the case later when they prepare to face germany. as we know, penalties do come into play now. we have to have a winner as we edge towards deciding who will reach those quarterfinals with these last 16 matches all write up on tuesday. last 16 matches all write up on tuesda . , ., ~ ., last 16 matches all write up on tuesda. , ., «a, , ., , tuesday. denmark and germany both otentiall tuesday. denmark and germany both potentially missing _ tuesday. denmark and germany both potentially missing key _ tuesday. denmark and germany both potentially missing key players? - potentially missing key players? yes, i think the interesting thing for germany is their manager made some changes will stop nicholas was the guy who came on to score the header to ensure they got that game,

so would that be a change that would be made for? are possibly some changes, a bit of fatigue probably creeps in after long seasons across europe and then the group stage matches as well, so it will be interesting to see whether or not both managers make some changes. of course we have big games to come as well tomorrow and for those england supporters, as they prepare to face slovakia, they know as well that they will be intrigued to see who comes out on top in that match between italy and switzerland because the winner of that will go on to face them in the quarterfinals.- on to face them in the uuarterfinals. ., ., ., ., quarterfinals. you are getting ahead of ourself quarterfinals. you are getting ahead of yourself there! _ quarterfinals. you are getting ahead of yourself there! you _ quarterfinals. you are getting ahead of yourself there! you are _ quarterfinals. you are getting ahead of yourself there! you are getting i of yourself there! you are getting too optimistic. you of yourself there! you are getting too optimistic.— of yourself there! you are getting too optimistic. you have to allow us too optimistic. you have to allow us to do it a little _ too optimistic. you have to allow us to do it a little bit. _ too optimistic. you have to allow us to do it a little bit. it _ too optimistic. you have to allow us to do it a little bit. it has _ too optimistic. you have to allow us to do it a little bit. it has opened i to do it a little bit. it has opened up to do it a little bit. it has opened up for those teams in the bottom half, when you consider france, spain, germany all in that top half

of the draw, it looks a lot harder. i am so nervous already. just talking about is whether there will be potential changes, let's talk about england, a lot of speculation about england, a lot of speculation about the starting 11. i about england, a lot of speculation about the starting 11.— about the starting 11. i know, and that is a challenge _ about the starting 11. i know, and that is a challenge gareth - about the starting 11. i know, and i that is a challenge gareth southgate has got because there is a huge amount of external pressure and he says he distances himself from it but it is very hard to cut out the noise when you are england manager leading a team of a major tournament and you are not playing as well as many people had hoped she would. the results have obviously been there and ensured england have progressed but the performances haven't and there is a huge clamourfor him to change things up. he has only really made one change in midfield, he tried trent alexander—arnold, dropped him, and i think the manchester united midfielder is likely to start but it could just be the one change and there are so many england supporters here and in

germany and those back home think they need to give a start after he came on in the second half against slovenia and made a big impact. exactly, he made a big difference, but is gareth southgate going to do that? it but is gareth southgate going to do that? , ,., ., , but is gareth southgate going to do that? , ., , ., but is gareth southgate going to do that? ., ., that? it is potentially almost a totally different _ that? it is potentially almost a totally different game - that? it is potentially almost aj totally different game because that? it is potentially almost a l totally different game because it could be so much longer and the penalties, so much to think about. have you been seeing any of the images of them practising spot kicks or anything? images of them practising spot kicks or an hinu ? , images of them practising spot kicks or an hina? , ., images of them practising spot kicks or anything?— or anything? yes, training, we know that when training _ or anything? yes, training, we know that when training has _ or anything? yes, training, we know that when training has finished, i that when training has finished, possible penalty takers have gone away and they have been working on a penalties. they do have some brilliant penalty takers in the team. harry kane of course, regular penalty taker for bayern munich, cole palmer takes them for chelsea and ivan tony as well is a good penalty taker so it could go that way. it penalty taker so it could go that wa . . ., , penalty taker so it could go that wa. . ., .,~ penalty taker so it could go that wa. . ., ., way. it certainly could. thank you so much for— way. it certainly could. thank you so much for talking _ way. it certainly could. thank you so much for talking to _ way. it certainly could. thank you so much for talking to us, - way. it certainly could. thank you so much for talking to us, that i way. it certainly could. thank you so much for talking to us, that is| so much for talking to us, that is our sports correspondent delving up

to what it is fair to say is a big weekend of football. to stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. well, it's certainly now feeling cooler than it was earlier on through the week, and we'll see that cooling trend continue somewhat as we head through tomorrow and into next week. but through the weekend it is set to stay largely dry. some sunny spells around, but just some rain for central areas of the uk still as we head through this afternoon. and that rain is going to be pushing in from the west, some of it possibly a little heavy at times, but most of it is going to be light and patchy and there will be some spots of drizzle, i think, just easing into the midlands, where there'll be plenty of cloud as we head through the rest of the day. cloudy, too, across south—west england and south wales. to the north and to the south of that front there will be a lot of sunshine around, just some showers pushing into north—west scotland.

still rather windy here. best of the sunshine hazy at times across south—east england and east anglia, and it's going to be feeling rather warm here, with highs of perhaps 22 to 25 celsius, but cooler, the high teens further north and west. 0vernight tonight, then our front continues to sink further southwards and eastwards. so cloudier across the south—east and it is going to be a mild start to the day here, but clearer spells developing further north and west here, underneath the clearest of the skies, temperatures could drop back into single figures again. a scattering of showers across the north of scotland. now, tomorrow there should be plenty of dry weather around, but it is going to be a cloudier looking day than today. a few isolated showers, mostly down the spine of the country here. some finer weather into the evening, but it will be feeling cooler with temperatures in the high teens, perhaps 20 degrees celsius towards the south of england. but we've got more of a north—westerly wind blowing, so some cooler—feeling air generally. and then into monday we look out towards the atlantic to see these weather fronts that

are going to be pushing eastwards through the day, bringing with it spells of rain. so we're expecting some wet weather, particularly across north—west scotland, down through northern ireland, stretching into wales and south—west england as we head through the morning into the afternoon. it'll take its time, that front, to get to eastern areas of england. so we should stay largely dry in wimbledon until we get to the end of the day. but it will be feeling rather cool for the time of year. temperatures on the disappointing side, and they won't really improve very much as we head through the week. there's more rain in the north and the west. it's a little drier towards the south. bye—bye for now.

jesus this is bbc news, the headlines. presidentjoe biden has hit back after a poor debate performance against donald trump, telling supporters he will win november's election. but the new york times has called on him to drop out of the race. in the run—up to thursday's general election, reform uk leader nigel farage has faced repeated questions from a bbc audience over the racist language used by a party canvasser to describe the prime minister, rishi sunak. iran is to hold a run—off presidential election after no candidate won more than 50 per cent in the first round of the vote. the election was caused by the death of president ebrahim raisi in a helicopter crash last month. and glastonbury closed out its first day of music with a headline set from the british

pop star dua lipa. coldplay, shania twain and sizza will perform on the pyramid stage over the weekend. stopping the boats has been a major theme of the uk general election debates, with party leaders clashing over how it should be achieved. it's an issue that's particularly hard to ignore in dover, where migrants who've risked their lives to cross the channel in the boats, are brought to shore. our correspondent simon jones has this report. the channel, the world's busiest shipping lane. there are no constituencies at sea, this stretch of water is not home to any voters, but what happens here has become a key election battleground because of the issue of small boats. fisherman matt coker regularly sees firsthand what's happening. the last one, i think i see had about 70 or 80 people on board, and that was a good ten or 11m long. pretty dangerous. well, they are, because they're

massively overloaded. i mean, even a dinghy of that size, it's really playing with danger.