the gaza health ministry says an israeli strike on a school has killed at least 16 people. and iran's first reformist president in two decades acknowledges there's a �*difficult path ahead'. hello. us presidentjoe biden is under increasing pressure to end his 2024 re—election campaign. on saturday, a fifth democrat in the us house of representatives issued a statement calling for mr biden to step aside. congresswoman angie craig of minnesota said she admires president biden, and takes pride in the legislation passed in his first term. however, she then went on to say, "i respectfully call on president biden to step aside as the democratic nominee and allow for a new generation

of leaders to step forward." ms craig cited last week's cnn debate, where president biden appeared lethargic up against donald trump. his performance sparked concern among democrats about his age and mental fitness. the 81—year—old president has responded to the growing scrutiny by hitting the campaign trail. he also sat down for an exclusive interview with abc news anchor george stephanopoulos, rejecting any notion that he is considering withdrawing his candidacy. the bbc�*s peter bowes has more. mr president, do you l want to talk about your message in wisconsin? on a mission to prove himself, that he can still do thejob of president and win the election. joe biden is in damage control mode after that disastrous debate performance against donald trump. here he is at a rally in wisconsin. again, answering the question everyone is asking. "is he going to drop out? what's he going to do?" well, here's my answer — i am running and going to win again. cheering a rousing reception here, but the unease amongst fellow democrats in washington is palpable.

five members of the house of representatives have called on mr biden to step aside. the latest to come forward is angie craig, a member from the state of minnesota. the president needs to get out there and show the american people that he's up to it. that was four days ago. now, she says he has to go. explaining in a statement that she didn't believe that the president could effectively campaign and win against donald trump. mr president, thank you for doing this. i thank you for having me. in his exclusive interview with abc's george stephanopoulos, the president again blamed his stumbling debate performance on a bad cold. i was feeling terrible. matter of fact, the docs with me, i asked if they did a covid test because we were trying to figure out what was wrong. they did a test to see whether or not i had some infection, you know, a virus. i didn't, ijust had a really bad cold. and did you ever watch the debate afterwards? i don't think i did, no. the president was asked whether he'd take a cognitive test and release the results. he said it wasn't necessary.

every day i have had tests, everything i do. you know, not only am i campaigning, but i'm running the world. he warned of dire consequences if donald trump were to win the election, and insisted he was the most qualified candidate to stop the former president. and if you stay in and trump is elected and everything you're. warning about comes to pass, how will you feel in january? i'll feel, as long as i gave it my all and i did the goodest job as i know i can do, that's what this is about. mr biden added that only the lord almighty could convince him to abandon his bid for a second term in the white house. peter bowes, bbc news. us vice president kamala harris has made an appearance in the last hour, at a culture festival in new orleans. she has been under the spotlight in recent days as a potential contender to take over the nomination from joe biden, should the democratic party move in that direction.

uk prime minister, sir keir starmer said his party's landslide victory in the election has provided a clear mandate for change in all four nations. but in a press conference after chairing his first cabinet meeting, he cautioned that transforming the country will not be an overnight exercise. here's our political editor chris mason. is this the day you dreamt of, deputy prime minister? there was a first day at school vibe in downing street this morning. is it quite something to have the red folder? is it good to be back? it's good to be back. an excitement and pride from those now at the top of government. heading in for a cabinet meeting. laughter levity, yes, but a sense of the gravity of all this, too. it was the honour and privilege of my life to be invited by the king, his majesty the king, yesterday to form a government. so what do you want from the new government?

here are some folk in bury in greater manchester. honesty. just plain and simple honesty. and i'd like every politician to do a professionaljob. the priorities needs to be a massive increase in budgets. and that's throughout all of the education sector. more focus on our borders and border control- and other systems. um, disabled. i work with disabled adults. levelling up for the north. really, we're a bit fed up of our tired trains. at lunchtime, a news conference from the new prime minister. afternoon and thank you very much for coming. yesterday, the work of change began. we're a changed labour party and yesterday we started the work of changing the country. you've said that change can't be delivered by flicking a switch, but plenty of people might want lots of switches flicked pretty quickly. and so i wonder how soon

you can actually start delivering concrete change. i'm restless for change, and i think and hope that what you've already seen demonstrates that. not least the appointment yesterday of patrick vallance and james timpson. two individuals who are associated with change and delivery. meanwhile, conservatives are pondering what the future looks like this weekend. and a recurring question... are you going to be the next tory party leader? no announcements. we've just got to take ourtime. we've got to figure out what the situation is. are you up to the challenge? i'm sure it'll be quite a difficultjob. it's been a really bad result. there's no two ways about it. back in number 10, that sense of novelty. have you unpacked yet? have you found your way around? i've got a basic understanding of the rooms i've used so far here, and that's good, but there are plenty of hidden places i'm yet to discover. and no, we're not unpacked quite yet. but we will be soon

and we'll be moving in soon. the address is very familiar, but for him and for the rest of us, much that is new to get used to. chris mason, bbc news, westminster. so what comes next for prime minister starmer? after a tour of the uk on sunday, he'll shift his focus abroad. the bbc�*s gary o'donoghue has more now from downing street. later on tuesday, it is his first big international trip to the nato meeting in washington. i think, to really try and cement what is after all britain's most important international relationship, to find a way of working with the joe biden white house but also to try and think about what would happen in four months�* time if donald trump would win the presidency. for more, i�*ve been speaking withjohn mcternan, a former political adviser to labour prime minister, tony blair. good to have you with us. thank you for being with us on bbc news. a cabinet meeting on a

saturday. keir starmer outlining pledging to tackle keyissues outlining pledging to tackle key issues such as the nhs, prisons, he is also said that the rwanda scheme is, quote, dead and buried. what do you make of his initial priorities? the important thing is the change in tone. when we had a relaxed —— relaxed prime minister with a very big win in the election but a term different from his prison assessors the promax there before him and he was being inclusive and not divisive and he was not seeking to wind people up, he�*s actually saying, ourjob, a difficult challenge ahead but let�*s start work immediately. that�*s why we are having a cabinet meeting on are having a cabinet meeting on a saturday. there is only one week and he appointed his cabinet yesterday and had a meeting yesterday, today, with the press at lunchtime and i think that is the way we are going to go which is moving quickly on the priorities the country cares about, but also,

having a tone that is easing with the country. it is a challenge but we will work on it together. challenge but we will work on it together-— challenge but we will work on it touether. ., ~ ., it together. talking about some challenges. _ it together. talking about some challenges, what _ it together. talking about some challenges, what do _ it together. talking about some challenges, what do you - it together. talking about some challenges, what do you think l challenges, what do you think they may be and how potentially difficult to you think it will be to make some progress, relatively quickly. it�*s be to make some progress, relatively quickly.— relatively quickly. it's a really great _ relatively quickly. it's a really great question. | relatively quickly. it's a i really great question. you relatively quickly. it's a - really great question. you can make immediate progress because there are powers the government has, you don�*t need to make spending, pass laws, he can do them. in the uk the minimum wage hasa them. in the uk the minimum wage has a low rate for 18, 19 and 20—year—olds that could be changed immediately and that is a pay rise for young people expect to be an immediate change and it could be people in your households, nieces and nephews, people you know. so that kind of visible change could happen. ap rest projects thousands of people immediately. some he could start to move on some capital spending, he could be renovating schools or hospitals within months and he could actually change planning

legislation which is holding back some construction. so i think labour will do some quick things in the early period, and things in the early period, and things for the medium term and some for the long—term. but the sense of hitting the ground running is going to be a very priority and the momentum on top of that. priority and the momentum on tap of that-— top of that. keir starmer said there were — top of that. keir starmer said there were going _ top of that. keir starmer said there were going to - top of that. keir starmer said there were going to be - top of that. keir starmer said there were going to be some| there were going to be some challenging moments i had, that he would always be transparent about those tough choices. where do you think those tricky areas could be for him? he where do you think those tricky areas could be for him?- areas could be for him? he was on about it _ areas could be for him? he was on about it this _ areas could be for him? he was on about it this morning, - areas could be for him? he was on about it this morning, he - on about it this morning, he was asked, he appoints a new ministerfor prisons, he has a lot of experience in rehabilitation and probation services, this sinister headset, as a minister, he said, maybe i think a third of people who go to prison should not be there. and he was asked about it by newspapers and saying, do you agree with that, do you think a third should not be present and he said, a

number of things real interesting, he said public prosecutions, i went to live of courts and saw a lot of sentencing and i thought, like a lot of people, there are people who are going to prison who should not be there and they shouldn�*t have been diverted earlier on from going to prison. and he said, i want to prison. and he said, i want to work on knife crime to stop people actually starting with picking up the name. that idea of prevention and being honest that some people should not be in prison and saying, we should not be working to be preventing people from being in prison different from the lock them up tory laws. i different from the lock them up to laws. ., ., different from the lock them up tory lave-— tory laws. i want to touch on his international _ tory laws. i want to touch on his international agenda, - tory laws. i want to touch on| his international agenda, keir starmer will be heading to washington next week for the nato summit, david lammy coming in as foreign secretary already gone to germany to meet with

his counterpart, what kind of foreign policy and defence policies do you expect to see from this new government? there will be continuity _ from this new government? there will be continuity in _ from this new government? there will be continuity in the _ will be continuity in the support for ukraine. i think keir starmer has been cleared and so was david lammy and the incoming defence secretary as well, the ukrainian front light is notjust the european front line but the british front line is also a strong support for ukraine, ithink is also a strong support for ukraine, i think there must be policy in support of the nato and we continue to find a seed to turn for nato. increasing when our physical on defence to 2.5% of gdp and take a strong emphasis, david lammy clear on it, a strong emphasis on human rights in foreign and defence policies of that is the kind of it. keir starmerwill policies of that is the kind of it. keir starmer will be pleased to be at the nato summit, criticalsummit for summit, critical summit for nato summit, criticalsummit for nato because partly, he can be one of the most successful politicians there. with the french president under pressure

and the american president under pressure. so the united kingdom, newly elected prime minister with a big mandate, he will have a large was on security notjust will have a large was on security not just the will have a large was on security notjust the uk or europe but globally. gaza�*s health ministry says at least 16 people have been killed and dozens injured in an israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced people in al—nuseirat in central gaza. witnesses told the bbc that the raid hit the upper floors of the school, which is near a crowded market. the israeli army says it was targeting militants in the area, and that it tries to minimise harm to civilians. efforts to secure a ceasefire between israel and hamas have gained momentum in recent days. our correspondent sebastian usher has more from jerusalem. scenes of the dead and wounded being rushed to hospital once again in gaza. this time, people are being taken from a school in the centre of gaza in a refugee camp, nuseirat refugee camp, which was hit. around 7,000 displaced people were taking refuge there.

these scenes are still being repeated across the whole of gaza. up in gaza city in the north, a battle has been raging in one district there, where israeli forces have been battling against hamas and other palestinian armed factions, while right down in the south in rafah, the israeli military operation is still continuing there. and just a few days ago, to the east of khan younis, hundreds of thousands of palestinians were told that they had to evacuate. all of this shows that fighting is still continuing in gaza. it underlines the urgency, as momentum is building once again towards a resumption of ceasefire talks, and talks to finally secure the release of all remaining hostages in gaza, dead or alive. hamas gave its response to the latest proposal, which was presented by president biden several weeks ago. it appears to be a positive response. it may even have finally overcome what�*s been the main stumbling block, the demand by hamas that there must be a permanent ceasefire

before any movement forward. we will still have to see if israel, the israeli government, can accept that and make perhaps some concession itself about its demand that it must be able to continue fighting, if necessary, after any ceasefire. ukraine�*s government says work is continuing to restore power to 100,000 people in the northeastern sumy region, after a russian attack damaged an energy facility. the attack early on saturday knocked out the electricity needed to power the system. power cuts in much of ukraine have become longer and more frequent as a result of russia�*s bombardment of civilian infrastructure — with poland diverting surplus electricity to help it cope with the russian strikes. france is gearing up for sunday�*s second round of parliamentary elections. there are concerns about violence over the weekend with 30,000 police being deployed. more than 50 candidates and campaign activists have been physically assaulted during the campaign. the far right national rally made big gains in the first round of the election, winning 33.4% of the vote.

some opinion polls gave them a chance of winning an outright majority in the national assembly. 217 candidates from the left—wing new popular front and the macron/ensemble alliance have withdrawn from sunday�*s vote to block the national rally from winning. on friday, about 200 people protested against the extreme right at place de la victoire in bordeaux. it was in response to a call from sos racisme. thousands of people have returned to their homes in northern california — after wildfires swept through the area, burning more than 800 acres of land and destroying 7a structures. officials warn that people should brace themselves for the fire season as excessive heat and dry weather feeds the wildfires. slovakia�*s prime minister, robert fico, has made his first public appearance since surviving an assassination attempt in may. mr fico spoke at a ceremony at a castle near bratislava to mark a public holiday. he said if his health had

permitted, he would have joined his hungarian counterpart, viktor orban, for a meeting with president putin in moscow on friday. the slovakian leader had emergency surgery after being shot several times at close range. reformist candidate masoud pezeshkian has won iran�*s runoff presidential election, beating his hardline conservative rival saeed jalili. dr pezeshkian, who�*s a heart surgeon, secured 53.3% of more than 30 million votes counted. mrjalili won 4a.3% of votes cast. the runoff came after neither candidate secured a majority in a first round of voting in june. that vote saw a historically low voter turnout. dr pezeshkian ran on a promise to reach out to western countries, and ease enforcement of a mandatory headscarf law which people have protested in recent years. but he promised no radical changes to iran�*s islamic theocracy. iran�*s government is largly led by hardline conservatives.

here�*s the iranian president—elect speaking a short while ago. translation: congratulations to the knowledgeable - and dear people of iran on their victory. you have completed the work and taken a great step forward. earlier i spoke with karim sadjadpour, a senior fellow at the middle east programme at the carnegie endowment of international peace. what more do we know about the new iranian president elect and what can we expect from his presidency?— what can we expect from his residen ? , ~ ., ., , , presidency? pezeshkian has been described in _ presidency? pezeshkian has been described in the _ presidency? pezeshkian has been described in the western - presidency? pezeshkian has been described in the western media l described in the western media as a reformist and i think that is an accurate label. he is a moderate regime loyalist in that he is not promising and meaningful reforms and he�*s already voiced his loyalty to the supreme ruler. the manpower and his promise to adhere to

his agenda side do not think we should have any expectation that he will meaningfully change the iranian internal and external conduct. he�*s not going to challenge the iranian supreme leader and he�*s not going to restorative regime�*s lost legitimacy and i did not think he is going to pacify public discontent. so i don�*t think this was a terribly consequential election. 50. think this was a terribly consequential election. so, for example. _ consequential election. so, for example. on — consequential election. so, for example, on issues _ consequential election. so, for example, on issues such - consequential election. so, for example, on issues such as . example, on issues such as women�*s rights in iran, you don�*t anticipate any kind of change. i don't anticipate any kind of chance. ., �* don't anticipate any kind of chance. ., ., , change. i don't anticipate any clear change. _ change. i don't anticipate any clear change. as _ change. i don't anticipate any clear change. as long - change. i don't anticipate any clear change. as long as - change. i don't anticipate any clear change. as long as the l clear change. as long as the supreme leader remains. for the hardline leadership in iran, the people who really have power, the mandatory veiling of women is one of the flags of the islamic republic and a wild presidential candidates over the years, they have paid lip service to be issues while running, one they come to power, none over the last 45

years has really challenged the issue like the mandatory veil. where about —— what about washington because we know that pezeshkian has advocated working with her reaching out to the united states with regards to the nuclear programme in regards to getting those economic sanctions softened if not lifted in some part. how receptive do you think washington would be to any kind of moves from the new president—elect? the any kind of moves from the new president-elect?— president-elect? the official slo . an president-elect? the official slogan of — president-elect? the official slogan of the _ president-elect? the official slogan of the islamic - president-elect? the official. slogan of the islamic republic is death to america, death to israel. so the president of iran pezeshkian cannot change the regime�*s long—time grand strategy but presidents can be impactful and changing the tactics of the regime. masoud pezeshkian will seek to bring in foreign policy advisers who are perceived to be more

competent, less ideological and that will, frankly, present in my view, a dilemma for any us administration whetherjoe biden or trump. because on one hand,it biden or trump. because on one hand, it will make a little bit easier to engage with iran, but at the same time it will make it more difficult to isolate iran. i it more difficult to isolate iran. ., ., iran. i wonder in i want to talk about _ iran. i wonder in i want to talk about more _ iran. i wonder in i want to talk about more on - iran. i wonder in i want to talk about more on voter| talk about more on voter turnout. once again it was low. you said doctor pezeshkian, in your view, should not be described as a reformist but more as a moderate loyalist instead. to think that is something that the voters feel keenly aware of it perhaps explains that lower turn out that we saw?— explains that lower turn out that we saw? ~ , , that we saw? absolutely. those livin: that we saw? absolutely. those living inside _ that we saw? absolutely. those living inside iran _ that we saw? absolutely. those living inside iran understood - living inside iran understood what this election was about. it was a choice that they had between someone who was unpalatable, pezeshkian and someone who they viewed as

disastrous and that was his opponent, saeed jalili, who is a hardline ideologue who many iranians fear would increase the risk of conflict with the us and increase economic sanctions which have been suffocating the country. so i don�*t think voters inside iran have any illusions that pezeshkian is going to bring about real change. i think everyone knows it there is likely not to be any change in iran, as long as the current 85—year—old supreme leader remains in power. 85-year-old supreme leader remains in power.— remains in power. let's 'ust touch on i remains in power. let's 'ust touch on the i remains in power. let's 'ust touch on the fact i remains in power. let's 'ust touch on the fact that h remains in power. let'sjust touch on the fact that of- touch on the fact that of course, the israel gaza war continues. any potential impact there, do you think? i continues. any potential impact there, do you think?— there, do you think? i don't think s0- — there, do you think? i don't think so. the _ there, do you think? i don't think so. the president - there, do you think? i don't think so. the president of l there, do you think? i don't i think so. the president of iran does not control the iranian foreign policy in particular, the regional policy, that will remain the domain of the supreme leader. in the revolutionary guards. as i said, there may be more

competent, less ideological iranian diplomats at the helm, but we have seen this diplomats in the past as well and according to themselves, they don�*t control the iranian foreign policy so i think that pezeshkian�*s arrival as president is not going to meaningfully impact the iranian internal or external conduct. let�*s turn to some other important news around the world. four people are dead and another three injured after a shooting at a pool party in the us state of kentucky. the suspect was known to partygoers but arrived at the private residence uninvited. a police chase ensued after the the attacker fled the scene and ended when the suspect�*s car drove into a ditch. the suspect was taken to the hospital, where they died of a self—inflicted gunshot wound. the military rulers of mali, burkina faso and niger held a summit in niger�*s capital, niamey, on saturday. the summit was the first time the men gathered since coming to power through coups between 2020—2023. the three leaders said they have no plans to rejoin the economic commuity of west african states,

and instead plan to strengthen their own union instead, the alliance of sahel states. england are through to the semi—finals of the euros in germany, after defeating switzerland. switzerland took them all the way to penalties after a one—all draw after extra time. but five of the best penalties you are likely to ever see from england secured them a place in the last four where the netherlands await. a crew living and working inside nasa�*s first simulated mars habitat have emerged from their ground—based home after more than a year. the four—person chapea mission crew simulated mars mission operations, including "marswalks", and growing and harvesting vegetables. they endured the conditions that a mars—based crew would experience. nasa says the goal was to study the risks to humans associated

with exploration on mars. two more crews are due to continue the study. you are watching bbc news. people have more at the top of the hour. in people have more at the top of the hour. ., , ., the hour. in the meantime, you can visit our— the hour. in the meantime, you can visit our website. _ the hour. in the meantime, you can visit our website. bbc - the hour. in the meantime, youj can visit our website. bbc news .com. covering the very latest across the world. thank you for your company and i will see you again at the top of the hour. goodbye for now. hello there. we had a very wet start to the day on saturday, with low pressure in charge, extensive, and pretty heavy outbreaks of rain. the afternoon got a bit better — sunny spells came through — but we also had quite widespread showers, like this shower cloud working across the horizon in the scottish borders.

now the wettest place in the whole of the uk was rothamsted, in hertfordshire, near luton. and here, we had 37mm of rain — that compares with the monthly average of 52. so, in other words, we had, well, nearly three—quarters of a month�*s worth of rain in just the space of 2a hours. now, showers have continued to affect eastern areas of scotland, northeast england into the first part of the night. but over the next few hours, many of the showers will tend to fade away — but i think we�*ll see another clump working into wales and southwest england as we head into the first part of sunday. now, sunday is overall the better of the two days of the weekend, many of us will start off with some sunshine first thing in the morning — but we�*ll have those showers from the word go across wales and western england, and through the day, those showers push eastwards. it is always across england and wales that the heaviest downpours are likely to be, with some hail and thunder mixed in, and, to a degree, northern ireland seeing

heavy downpours, too. in scotland, there will still be showers, but they perhaps won�*t be quite as heavy as the ones we�*ve seen over the last 2a hours. now monday�*s forecast, it�*s another pretty unsettled day — again, starting off on a promising note, many areas will start the day dry and sunny. but showers will develop across northern areas of the uk, and it looks like we�*ll see another area of rain start to work into the southwest, so that could affect southwest england and parts of southern wales, as well. the area of rain is associated with this next area of low pressure, which pushes its way northwards across the country very slowly through tuesday and wednesday. so, tuesday looks like probably the wettest day of the week ahead. extensive and heavy outbreaks of rain in england and wales, some wet weather for northern ireland. eventually, the rain reaches northwards into scotland. and again, as the rain eases off it willjust be followed by heavy showers and thunderstorms. top temperatures — high teens to low 20s, which much of the temperatures have been over recent days. that is below average for this time of the year. and beyond that, it does

stay pretty unsettled, might see something a little bit less soggy as we head towards the following weekend. bye for now.

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