live from washington, this is bbc news. hurricane beryl barrels towardsjamaica, bringing potentially life—threatening conditions. the hungarian prime minister visits ukraine as the us announces new security assistance for the war—torn country. plus, president biden talks at a fundraising event about his debate performance, as the white house works to reduce the fallout. hello i'm carl nasman. several caribbean nations are trying to reach the worst affected areas after hurricane beryl made landfall over their territories. the hurricane weakened on tuesday but is still an extremely dangerous category four storm. at least three people have died, although the authorities have said that number could rise. thousands of people are in temporary shelters and without power after strong winds battered the islands

of st vincent and the grenadines, grenada and st lucia. the storm is now heading towards jamaica with maximum sustained winds of up to 150 miles — or nearly 2a0km/hr. the us national hurricane centre says it is expected to weaken as it passes over or nearjamaica on wednesday, but it will still be a major hurricane. they also predict the storm surge could raise tide levels by five to eight feet or 1.5 to 2.5 meters. the jamaican government has issued a hurricane warning, and people living in low—lying and flood—prone areas have been urged to seek shelter. for more on the situation, i spoke to the director of the national hurricane centre, michael brennan. how dangerous is hurricane beryl right now? yeah, beryl�*s a very dangerous category four hurricane, making its way quickly west—north—westwa rd across the northern caribbean sea. very concerned about impacts in hispaniola from heavy rainfall in the dominican republic and haiti, flash flooding there, tropical storm force winds. even more concerned

about jamaica where we're going to have three live threatening hazards take shape during the day on wednesday — the core of a major hurricane expected to move near or over the island bringing devastating major hurricane—force winds, wind damage, widespread tree damage, power outages, infrastructure damage, a storm surge of about 5—8 feet above normal tide levels with dangerous breaking waves on top of that along the coastline, and then the potential for up to a foot of rain, especially in mountainous areas which could result in life—threatening flash flooding. we can see as the hurricane is moving through the caribbean there. can you tell us, how unusual is this type of hurricane in the location that it is in and moving along the path that it is? yeah, it's really unprecedented in many ways to have a category five hurricane, this is the earliest we've ever seen a cat 5 storm, by about two weeks, to have one this early injuly, but even to have a major or category four hurricane

through the windward islands as it did, is pretty much unprecedented at this time of year — but a very powerful storm. we want people to focus on the hazards that this storm is bringing now — the rain, the wind, the storm surge flooding — that it will bring to notjust jamaica but also downstream to the cayman islands, eventually the yucatan peninsula in mexico and into the gulf of mexico as we go later into the week and into the weekend. we have been following the storm and obviously you have as well, just watching how quickly it ramped up. can you tell us more about the storm itself and how and why this hurricane intensified so quickly? hurricane �*s get their fuel from warm ocean waters and ocean waters across the tropical atlantic and into the caribbean are well above normal temperatures and they have been very warm now going back into last year, to happen three celsius above normal and that allows storms to — you will get more energy out of the ocean and strengthen more rapidly. the other factor that plays conditions in the atmosphere. they have to be very favourable, just right for a storm to reach that kind of

level of intensity and to intensify that quickly the combination of conditions came together in a very potent, unfortunate way, to allow hurricane beryl to develop and rapidly intensify and maintain that category four, five intensity for a couple of days now as it moves into the caribbean sea.— now as it moves into the caribbean sea. you talk about the conditions. _ caribbean sea. you talk about the conditions. what - caribbean sea. you talk about the conditions. what role - caribbean sea. you talk about| the conditions. what role does climate change play in kind of laying down the foundation for a storm like this one? you know, there _ a storm like this one? you know, there is _ a storm like this one? you know, there is a _ a storm like this one? 7m, know, there is a background ocean warming that is going on. a little bit each year. but there is a larger ocean warming that has been occurring over the last year or two in terms of the ocean temperatures at the surface but also the upper ocean, that we don't really understand exactly why that is occurring that we are more confident about the impact of a warming climate on the hazards — sea level rises making storm surges worse and that will continue to worsen as the sea level continues to rise and also heavy rainfall developing from a warm atmosphere that holds more rainfall. we do see that rapid intensification is perhaps a little more likely in those warming climates due to

the warmer ocean temperatures. and michael, you mentioned we are pretty early right now in the hurricane season. does beryl tell is a little bit more about what we can expect as the year progresses?— year progresses? well, this is the -e year progresses? well, this is the type of — year progresses? well, this is the type of activity _ year progresses? well, this is the type of activity we - year progresses? well, this is the type of activity we are - the type of activity we are likely to see in above normal hurricane season and people are expecting in the atlantic maybe 20 tropical storms. 10—15 hurricane, multiple major hurricane, multiple major hurricane �*s. so those favourable conditions of the ocean and the atmosphere expected to combine together through the remainder of this hurricane season and perhaps even becoming more favourable as we get to these peak months of august, september and october are a lot of storms to develop across the atlantic. and michael last question, the storm moving through, you say it is potentially taking aim at jamaica, what can we expect for two, where as it headed next? beryl is expected to move over or nearjamaica on wednesday, neither cayman islands in wednesday night and then into the yucatan peninsula,

potentially affecting mexico and belize into friday morning and belize into friday morning and across the yucatan and into the gulf of mexico into the weekend potentially affecting north—eastern mexico and potentially taxes as well as we get into next week. the hungarian prime minister, viktor orban, spoke with president zelensky on his first visit to ukraine since the russian invasion. mr orban urged ukraine to consider a ceasefire to speed up an end to the war with russia. previously, he's criticized western military support of ukraine, and is seen as the closest eu leader to russia's president vladimir putin. but mr orban said tuesday he supports mr zelensky�*s vision for peace. our security correspondent gordon corera was in the room for the two leaders' statements. this was an unannounced visit by hungary's lee dale viktor orban that caught many by surprise. —— hungary's prime minister victor aubin. surprise. —— hungary's prime ministervictoraubin. he surprise. —— hungary's prime minister victor aubin. he has been a fierce critic of western and european support for ukraine after russia's full—scale invasion in 2022

stop just earlier this year he slowed down a 50 billion euros aid package for ukraine from europe and even though he has not been to ukraine for 12 years, viktor orban has met vladimir putin a number of times in recent years. now, the meeting was really, though, because viktor orban has just taken over because viktor orban has just ta ken over yesterday because viktor orban has just taken over yesterday as the chair of the rotating council which leads the eu, so he has effectively —— he is effectively —— he is effectively for six months the president of the european union, and he came here in that role on effectively one of his first days on the job, i think is a signal that he could work with president zelensky and ukraine stop the body language in the news conference was not always very comfortable. president zelensky stressed the importance of european support while viktor orban talked about the possibility of perhaps a ceasefire, hastening

negotiations. that is certainly not ukraine's policy which views it is important to strengthen its position on the battlefield against russia. so controversial visit? a difficult visit, but a symbol perhaps of those two sides, viktor orban in this case particularly representing the eu, trying to work at least to some extent with ukraine. meanwhile, us defence secretary lloyd austin met his ukrainian counterpart in washington tuesday, pledging unwavering support, and announcing $2.3—billion in new security assistance for ukraine. this package, under presidential drawdown authority, will provide more air defence interceptors, anti—tank weapons and other critical munitions from us inventories. it will also enable the united states to procure more patriots — air defence interceptors — that will be provided on an accelerated timeline by the resequencing of deliveries for some foreign military sales. i spoke with bill taylor

the former us ambassador to ukraine for more. i wanted to start with the visit to ukraine as an eu leader than his own capacity right now. how do you think the relationship is between the two leaders? a difficult relationship, there is no doubt. we have seen them in other fora where they don't have a good relationship, but you are right, it is good for viktor orban to come and visit president zelensky. first visit. first visit in 12 years. and he now has some responsibilities in the eu and has to perhaps demonstrate some leadership here and if that brings some more responsibility then maybe there is a movement that he can make. mr orban urged zelensky there to consider a ceasefire

to speed up peace talks. what do you make of that and what do you think zelensky made of that? president zelensky has been very clear. all he wants is the russians out of his country, then then he's happy to talk about ceasefires, happy to talk about negotiations. get the russians out, doesn't have to be immediately, he is not talking about it being immediately or militarily but he is talking about all those ukrainians who are now living under russian occupation and suffering. he wants those ukrainians back. here in the us, secretary of defense lloyd austin met with his ukrainian counterpart, we heard the announcement of $2.3 billion in new security assistance for ukraine. to what extent do you think the political calendar is starting to feature, are the two sides now preparing for a trump presidency? i think that may happen. i don't think that's yet. i think what you're seeing right now is a strong push

to get weapons to the ukrainians and air defence. i think we're going to see — next week we have a nato summit of course — i think we're going to see a lot of interest and support for new air defence capabilities for ukraine. that will come. that's what they need to defend themselves right now and i think that's the focus of getting the weapons to the ukrainians. and zelensky has been very vocal about those air defence capabilities recently. there's another election on the horizon, this weekend in france the far right could potentially win a majority there. macron could lose his power in the parliament. he's been a big supporter of ukraine. what do you think a victory by the far right in france could mean for ukraine's war effort? you know, it's not entirely clear. the european politics in several of these countries is not clear. same thing in britain. there may not be a big change with regard to ukraine. the ukrainians' cause, the fear of the russians by the french as well as

the brits as well as the poles, is real. that fear is real, and i think that will stay. let's talk about the front lines and the actual war situation now. we are seeing complaints that ukraine is releasing prisoners, thousands of them, from jail, so that they can fight. we have seen russia do this as well. what you think that says about the state of ukraine's war effort? it says about ukraine's war effort, and the russian war effort, they are both having to go to prisoners and prigozhin, remember the russians used... they sent their prisoners straight to the front line. the ukrainians are allowing prisoners to volunteer to go fight — if they haven't done bad crimes then they can volunteer to go and they will get the training that they need. is it a desperation move? does that say that normal civilians aren't willing to go fight? it says that both sides really need soldiers. the ukrainians need soldiers, the russians need soldiers.

this has been a grind for both sides and they are both looking for that. you mentioned there is a nato summit coming up in washington, dc. what you expect there? could we see any announcements about a potential timeline for nato membership for ukraine? probably not a timeline, carl, but i would expect to see some very strong statements on the part of the nato summit, the nato leaders. the leaders have made statements before like a year ago and they need to make something clearer, more concrete. they talk about a bridge, they need to show what that bridge is to get the ukrainians started, maybe even negotiations towards membership. some indication in addition to some strong statements about weapons and military support and maybe new organisations to provide that kind of support over the long—term, but something to demonstrate to the ukrainians and to the russians that ukraine will be in nato. a human rights monitoring group in kenya says at least 39 people were killed by security forces during protests

over the last two weeks. police have said 19 people died. activists in nairobi placed empty coffins in front of riot police to draw attention to what they say was excessive use of force at recent demonstrations. many businesses in the city centre remained closed. demonstrators have also taken to the streets of other cities including mombasa and kisumu. this is the second wave of protests since demonstrators forced president william ruto to drop plans to introduce new taxes last week. the bbc�*s barbara plett usher sent this report from the streets of nairobi. there are running street battles between protesters and police here in the centre of nairobi and also the main road to the city has been blocked. there are protest in other parts of the country as well, in the port city of mombasa and the eastern parts of kenya. the youth movement that triggered all of this is united in its anger against the president. they say he hasn't shown remorse for the people who were killed and he hasn't taken

accountability and responsibility and so that has made them very angry. many of them also believe that this is not over yet. they have won their battle against the tax bill which the president was forced to withdraw but they haven't won the war against what they see as corruption and excessive spending by political elites. but they are not united in a strategy for moving forward. for example, there was a call to come back to the streets today stop some came back, some did not. this is a movement without a formal leadership. they are proud of that and they see it as their strength but it also means it is more difficult for them to organise a strategy for going forward, how to achieve what they want to achieve. at least 116 people have been killed in a crush at a religious gathering in northern india, according to local officials. our south asia editor anbarasan ethirajan has more. this is one of the health centres where dozens of people have been admitted with injuries and also many of those killed, the dead bodies have been kept

in the mortuary. along the corridor, dozens of relatives are still waiting for information about — they want to know what happened to their loved ones. earlier in the day, tens of thousands of people had gathered in a village about 35 kilometres from here to hear a religious preacher, a hindu religious preacher, and the officials here say they'd given permission for about 80,000 people but then more people had gathered around this village, and then, no—one knows exactly how this crush started, people say it was overcrowding and some say people were waiting to get the blessings of this preacher when this trampling happened. and dozens of people had been killed. now, the local officials are saying that the casualty figure might go up. more than 108 women were killed, almost all of them were women devotees who came to listen to this preacher. now, this raises questions about crowd control and safety measures and this is not the first incident of this kind in india. we had previous incidents

where hundreds of people had been killed in crushes like this, and this is also a reminderfor authorities here in the state of uttar pradesh to look into what really happened and how far they can improve safety standards in these villages gatherings. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at another story making news in the uk. the former nurse lucy letby has been convicted of trying to kill a premature baby girl following a retrial. judith moritz has more. lucy letby didn't come to this retrial as an unknown prospect, that would have been impossible. instead the jury was told to take her status as a multiple murder and a tempted murder at into account. last year lucy letby was convicted of murdering

seven babies and attempting another six. the jury couldn't decide whether she had also decided to kill a premature girl known as baby k in february 2016. the charge was put to a newjury at retrial and they have convicted her, unanimously. this conviction was put on behalf of the baby's pa rents. we have had to go through a long, torturous and emotional journey, twice. but this justice will not take away the extreme hurt, anger and distress that we've all had to experience. she'll be sentenced on friday. you're live with bbc news. us president biden is trying to turn the page on last week's shaky debate performance against donald trump, apparently chalking it up to extended jet lag from international travel in the weeks before the debate. he told a crowd at a virginia fundraiserjust

hours ago, "i didn't have my best night, but the fact is that you know, i wasn't very smart," adding, i "didn't listen to my staff and came back and nearly fell asleep on stage". "that's no excuse but it is an explanation." it comes as mr biden and his top aides try to re—assure concerned democrats. on tuesday, texas representative lloyd dogget became the first sitting democratic member of congress to call for mr biden to withdraw from the race. other high—profile democrats, including former house speaker nancy pelosi and south carolina congressman jim clyburn have also raised concerns about the president's fitness. but both still backed his re—election campaign. the white house acknowledged tuesday that the president had a tough night on the debate stage, that biden can still win in november. we understand the concerns, we get it. the president did not have a great night. as you all know, and many of you reached out during the debate, the president had a cold. he had a hoarse voice, you all heard it, that's why you reached out. but i will say this, and the president said this over the last couple of days, certainly right after the debate, he knows how

to do thejob and he knows how to do the job not because he says it but because his record proves it. because for 3.5 years, almost four years, the president's record has been unprecedented, delivering for the american people. president biden will be active this week as he tries to get his campaign back on track. he's expected to meet with democratic governors in—person and virtually on wednesday. on friday, he'll give his first primetime tv interview since last week's debate to us network abc news. and us media is reporting he'll return to the campaign trail later this week in the battle ground states of wisconsin and pennsylvania. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal has more. for days there has been huge pressure on president biden following the debate performance. most democrats have expressed their concern privately but now we're seeing some go public. you have the sitting congressmen mr doggett who has called on president biden to resign.

nancy pelosi, former us speaker of the house, a very close friend of president biden, didn't go so far as to make that call but she did say that he should take a mental and fitness health test. but also said that donald trump should do the same. then you had jim clyburn. he is an incredibly influential member of the democratic party and incredibly close to president biden and he has said if it isn'tjoe biden he will vote for vice president harris. and i thinkjust the fact he is even saying that rather than just completely saying "no, there's no other option but mr biden", is telling in and of itself. whether or not that pressure builds. we will see, biden is due to do an interview with an american network later this week, the first time he will be sitting down following that performance and there is no doubt he will be asked many questions but if he is going to be

replaced, he has to stand down, he has to resign. and his inner circle which is made up of his wife, the first lady, his son, hunter biden, many other members of his family and other close democrats have said that the president has no intention of standing down. for more on how democrats are handling the fallout, i spoke to leigh ann caldwell, she's the anchor of washington post live and co—author of the early brief. the angst is definitely not going away, it's almost increasing. there is an effort by the house and the senate to keep those members calm, to keep them united, to not get ahead of the president, to let the president make the decision for himself. i'm told by two sources thatjim clyburn�*s statement today in support of kamala harris was actually a strong signal to the democratic party to a warning that

should biden step aside that there should be no attempt to jump over vice president harris with another ticket, that it must be kamala harris if biden does not stay in the race. i'm also told that the reason nancy pelosi and clyburn have gone public a little bit with more intention in their statements is because there's a lot of fear that — and understanding — that the biden circle is so insular that they don't think that biden is getting the message, that they don't think that biden is understanding because people aren't telling him of the concerns. so they decided to be a little bit more direct in their statements today. leigh ann, we are also hearing that president biden has plans to meet with the top democrats

and the house and the senate and is also scheduled to meet with several different governors. what do you think those conversations will be like? well, with the top members of the house in the senate and the democrats it is supposed to be a phone call that was supposed to take place tonight it might have slipped into tomorrow. but... it's going to be interesting to be inside of that room. there's a lot of speculation that some of the governors are losing support for biden because they are seeing, they are worried about biden losing in their states. the democratic leaders, senator schumer and joachimjeffries, has democratic leader, have publicly been very supportive of biden saying they stand by him and so what biden says to them might be one thing and what they say to biden — it's just going to be really interesting and if we are able to get any sort of readout of what that conversation is like. a new yorkjudge has delayed donald trump's sentencing for his felony conviction until september. it follows the us supreme court's ruling on partial

presidential immunity from prosecution. trump was found guilty of falsifying business records in connection to a hush money payment to an adult film star. trump's legal team asked for his conviction to be overturned after the top us court's decision. a decision on that is expected by september 6th. tuesday marks the 60th anniversary of the signing of the us civil rights act. signed by then—president lyndon bjohnson, surrounded by civil rights leaders including marin luther kinng, the 1964 legislation prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, colour, sex, religion and national origin. it's considered one of the most significant legislative achievements in american history. the civil rights act is the foundation of the many laws that have come in its wake including laws that have expanded voting rights and banned discrimination in housing. that is all from us here in washington. stay tuned for more at the top of the hour on bbc news.

hello there. well, we're not expecting summer to make a big return any time soon. in fact, it will stay unsettled across the whole of the uk as we head through the rest of this week. it will be unseasonably windy, there'll be rain, more showers to come in the forecast, but it won't be raining all the time. lots of dry weather, too, some bright and some sunny spells, but all the while feeling cool for this point injuly. temperatures a good few degrees below the seasonal average. and there's more rain to come as we head through tonight and into wednesday morning from these weather fronts out towards the west. the heavy downpours reaching eastern england by the time we get to tomorrow morning. of course, it will be mild underneath the cloud, the rain with more of a southwesterly wind, temperatures in double figures. the rain clearing away from eastern england through the morning. always cloudy, perhaps a few showers across england and wales, but some brighter skies to the lee of high ground. more showers pushing into northwest scotland,

sunshine and showers here through the afternoon, and brightening up for northern ireland and perhaps western wales and southwest england by the time we get to the end of the day. temperatures disappointing for this time of year, just the high teens in celsius. so those fronts clear away, then you can see a tight squeeze on the isobars into thursday as the wind turns more westerly and then northwesterly again, this little feature likely to bring some heavy, thundery showers across northwestern areas of scotland, perhaps through northwest england as well. further south, then, we are expecting some sunshine, although still very windy conditions, particularly up through the dover straits. and in the best of the sunshine, well, it's stilljuly, so it will feel quite pleasantly warm, but temperatures won't get much past 18—20 celsius. now, if you're a tennis fan over the next couple of days, mostly dry on wednesday, chance of one or two showers, probably dry on thursday with some sunny spells but windy for the time of year. and of course, those temperatures still below the seasonal average. we'd normally expect to see 22 or 23 celsius. as we head into friday, then, we're likely to see more rain across the south, and that could certainly interrupt play at wimbledon. these little features just running in from the west here.

on saturday, most of the rain will be further north, probably leaving southern areas with a largely dry day, perhaps a few showers around to start. and then it's mostly fine and probably dry on sunday. bye—bye for now.

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