to membership, on the second day of the military alliance�*s summit in washington. and france and germany call for investigations after four israeli strikes on schools in gaza in the past four days. we have a special report from fergal keane. we begin with football and england are through to the euro 2024 final. they beat the netherlands 2—1 in the semi—final in dortmund. ollie watkins was the hero of the night — somehow threading through the winner in the 90th minute. england now play spain in sunday's final. the england manager, gareth southgate, has come in for a lot of criticism from fans for the team's style of play. speaking after the game, he said this result vindicated his tactics. i was pleased with the quality of our play, it will be — i

would imagine a long time since or if avenue and english side had 60% of the ball against a side from the netherlands so, it shows that the more modern way. but also, the resilience in the character of the group because ollie watkins is trained like that every day. and he's been ready for his moment, no matter how frustrated he might�*ve been in not playing. he's been really and ready and the whole group has been as well. the way that they have formed, it's a group with a lot of new players in it and half of them had never been to a tournament but they have bonded so well and they've all got each other�*s back and tonight was a great example of that. with england now looking ahead to sunday's final against spain, oursports editor dan roan gives his thoughts on what they could be up against. they represent the sternest

challenge that england will have confronted at these euros, they are very much the form side of the competition and of course having knocked out the might of france, they will be full of confidence but equally, spain will not fancy playing this england side because once again, they have shown such resolve, such resilience for the third consecutive match, they were behind but managed to dig deep, go into the reserves of spirit and unity and find a way through, once again, the manager gareth southgate tactics fully vindicated, his substitutes, working, he had the courage to take off the captain harry kane and it was a wonderful performance by england in the first half. they were a little more subdued in the second but when it counted, he made those changes and they pay dividends without wonderful moment of brilliance, the latest from the side by ollie watkins, the kind of moment that he will have trimmed off throughout his relatively young career, the aston villa striker, it has been an ec match. only two weeks ago he

was being booed by some england supporters, criticising the height possible terms by some pundits as well but time and again, his england players have fought for him and managed to find a way and let's not forget in the past, when they got to the stages in the world cup in 1990, than 2018, in southgate�*s first tournament, they failed to make that final step all the way to the showpiece, not on this occasion, england have learned from those harsh memories during the course of southgate�*s tenure, think about it, this is not a success of euro final but also, he made a semi—final in the world cup in 2018, an incredible run of constancy and now they will go for the big one, for the first time in berlin on sunday against spain. let's head to the united states now where presidentjoe biden is hosting world leaders in washington as nato marks its 75th anniversary. and as the military alliance discusses possible further support for ukraine, it's more domestic matters that are providing the headlines. president biden is again coming under pressure —

from within his own party — to quit his bid for re—election. in the last hour, vermont senator peter welch became the first democratic senator to call on biden to drop his bid for reelection. and in the house, earl blumenauer became the ninth democratic representative to publicly do the same. earlier, former house speaker nancy pelosi, said time is running short to make a decision. party supporter — and actor — george clooney called for a new candidate. meanwhile, politico is reporting that the house democratic leader hakeem jeffries has told congressional colleagues he'll relay their concerns to the president. our north america editor sarah smith begins our coverage. the secretary—general of the north atlantic treaty organisation and the president of the united states. astride the world stage, joe biden is among friends, surrounded by his nato allies. a welcome escape from the foes inside his own party

and it's familiar ground that he's comfortable talking about. we can and will defend every inch of nato territory and we'll do it together. george clooneyjoined joe biden at a glitzy fundraiser three weeks ago. today, he's urging him to step aside. saying the man who was helped off stage that night by barack obama was as diminished as the one we all witnessed at the debate. in vital swing states like pennsylvania, biden�*s losing ground and voters are losing confidence. when we saw him at the debate, i was kind of floored by how confused he seemed. i will vote against trump. i would love to have another democratic nominee. but if biden is the nominee, i will have to vote for biden and we'lljust do it. i want to start with you... the president is known to watch this msnbc breakfast breakfast show, so that's where his old friend appeared to subtly

suggest he should change his mind about running. it's up to the president to decide if he is going to run. we are all encouraging him to make that decision, because time is running short. do you want him to run? i want him to do whatever he decides to do. that's insider speakfor, "please decide to stand down." every day, the calls forjoe biden to step aside are getting louder but it's not inevitable that he will bow to the pressure. it is entirely his decision to make, nobody else can force him aside, and he is for now doggedly leaning onto that nomination which he believes is rightfully his. sarah smith, bbc news, washington. as we heard, democratic senator peter welch said presidentjoe biden should end his bid for re—election. let's cross over to our north america correspondent peter bowes. it seems that momentum is growing amongst democrats to call for president biden to stop his relation campaign?

momentum is growing, it has been for the last few days, this constant drip, drip of criticism of the president, peter welch, centre for vermont, writing in the washington post in opinion piece saying that he is very worried about november's election, he says there is so much at stake and pacifically, he says that we, americans, cannot and see that moment in a debate between mr biden and donald trump whenjoe biden was simply confused, he couldn't get his words out, he couldn't talk coherently, that moment that really sparked all of this witticism and concern that he isn't fit to stand for the presidency again and that's what this senator, the first senator, democratic senator to come forward is focusing in on and for that reason, he says thatjoe biden should step down. that joe biden should step down. , �* , , down. president biden is tying u . down. president biden is tying u- with down. president biden is tying up with the — down. president biden is tying up with the nato _ down. president biden is tying up with the nato summit, - down. president biden is tying up with the nato summit, has| down. president biden is tying i up with the nato summit, has he been addressing these concerns at all? he

been addressing these concerns at all? . , . , , at all? he has addressed them in the last _ at all? he has addressed them in the last few _ at all? he has addressed them in the last few hours _ at all? he has addressed them in the last few hours but - at all? he has addressed them in the last few hours but of - in the last few hours but of course, he has addressed the many times over the last few days, starting last the television interview that he spoke on rallying calling into a breakfast show and writing a letter to democrats, making it very clear that he had made a decision that he was staying in the race, believing that he is the race, believing that he is the most qualified person to take on donald trump. yet, we still have people like nancy pelosi that the former speaker, coming out and saying that they want to hear a decision from mr biden. now, if you had all those previous speeches, television interviews from the president, it seems to be political speakfor president, it seems to be political speak for these people saying, we want a decision but we wanted to be a different decision in other words, they arejust different decision in other words, they are just trying to push them into a position or maybe not pushing but persuade

them to make a new decision which is that he is standing down. . ~ i. which is that he is standing down. . ~ . which is that he is standing down. . . ., down. thank you so much for the brinuain down. thank you so much for the bringing of— down. thank you so much for the bringing of -- — down. thank you so much for the bringing of -- bring _ down. thank you so much for the bringing of -- bring us _ down. thank you so much for the bringing of -- bring us up - down. thank you so much for the bringing of -- bring us up to - bringing of —— bring us up to speed. that domestic preussure coming at a time when presdent biden is hosting nato leaders in washington. helena humphrey has more from the summit. the pressure isn't going anywhere, is it, steve? i was inside that auditorium last night where president biden was giving that forceful defence of nato, saying that it's stronger than ever. he got through that speech pretty well. despite that, of course, the headlines this morning, a very different story, that pressure continuing. and i think president zelensky put it very well last night when he said everybody ukraine, the world is watching to see what happens in the november election. that said, when i've been speaking to foreign ministers, defence ministers from european countries, the baltics, the balkans and so on here today, and i've been asking them both on the side of donald trump and president biden, if they've been speaking about

that in all of their meetings. i've been getting more diplomatic answers. but i certainly think it's fair to say that behind closed doors, in corridors here, people are talking about it because they understand that this is also about the future of the alliance. but speaking more about the future of the alliance, what we have had in the last hour or so was the nato declaration being released specifically with reference to nato's path towards becoming a member of nato. that word that nato has put out is irreversible. now for ukraine to become a member. that said, though, the language also specified that this would be if ukraine fulfils all of the conditions set out by the allies. so no, uh, direct invitation there. we know in the past that's something that president zelensky has expressed discontent about. but he has also been grateful about that announcement of those all important f—16 fighter jets as well. and i was speaking to, as i mentioned, foreign ministers today, saying, what can you do? what can you offer to turn

the tide on russia as ukraine faces its third year in this war? i spoke to the dutch foreign minister, caspar feldkamp, and he even suggested that those fighter jets from the netherlands could go into russian airspace. take a listen to what he told me. we are saying now, some of the air bases from which russian bombers take off to target ukraine are just beyond the 100km—limit. let's look at what these air bases are. ukraine has all the right to defend itself, according to article 51 of the un charter, and for the netherlands, there is no limit. there is no specific limit or geographical limit on the use of the f—165 that we will deliver. so into russian airspace? into russian airspace is definitely possible. and that is a pretty interesting statement, because when i've been speaking to us officials, for example, with the likes of using longer range missiles into russian airspace, they have said for now, that is out of the question. so, as you can see, some discrepancies there between nato allies.

and helena, what should we expect next at the nato summit? well, of course, these are high level conversations continue. we know that keir starmer will be speaking. he is speaking with the us presidentjoe biden, expected to reinforce that transatlantic special relationship. then increased i think focus on hybrid attacks, disinformation, misinformation, which is all seen as part of this defence alliance. let's get some more analysis with ariel cohen, he's a non—resident seniorfellow at the atlantic council and joins me now from washington. thank you forjoining me. before the summit, you wrote about the need for america to project more on the world stage, is this new headquarters been planned in germany and

commended by american general? it's not only that, it is a dire situation with the western alliance producing less of some of the vital ammunition and material than russia and the new russian allies, iran and north korea. now, we find out thatis north korea. now, we find out that is instrumental in drones for russia. the current conflict in the future conflicts will be to a great degree with a competition with expensive and large, sophisticated systems of the worst has produced well, versus cheap, mass produced land drones, aerial drones and see

drones, aerial drones and see drones that china, russia and others can produce very well. ukraine can produce them, russia can produce more. this is a new environment we are in and i do not hear nato leaders talking seriously about it and the tragedy of american political crisis in the middle of this celebrity ore nato summit in the 75th summit is staring us in the face, we have a hot war in europe, we have a threat of a coalition of china, russia, iran, north korea and some of the other satellites of that coalition. they decide shanghai cooperation organisation summit in kazakhstan and we are to say the least, not at our best in the least, not at our best in the anniversary summit. you are sa in: the anniversary summit. you are saying that _ the anniversary summit. you are saying that there _ the anniversary summit. you are saying that there is _ the anniversary summit. you are saying that there is an _ the anniversary summit. you are saying that there is an arms - saying that there is an arms race going on that is changed somewhat in its nature and that

nato isn't doing enough? correct. it didn't change somewhat, it's changing the balance of power fundamentally, the europeans and the americans for that matter do not recognise how fast this technologies are shifting and it's time for leadership on both sides of the atlantic, incorporation, brussels and washington to talk to each other, london, paris and berlin is a talk to each other and the triangle needs to talk to washington. we will need to talk to seoul and tokyo and were not doing that. in the meantime, iam were not doing that. in the meantime, i am talking to people who travel to russia, they are telling me that russia does not feel the burn of this war the way the ukrainians are feeling the burn, bearing their children. picking up trouble and destroyed hospitals, faults, this is very, very serious and again, the

celebratory mood is not what we are looking for and i will add one more very important thing — the 2% that former president trump was talking about, that the europeans were not contributing, a lot of them are contributing. the gdp share of military budget in europe has risen but this is a new ball the 2% with the waleses summit, after the russian 2014 invasion of ukraine, that was a 2% ten years ago now, we need to look at higher numbers and that in order to deter because only through deterrence we will prevent a much broader and more terrible confrontation. in europe and elsewhere. you got 30 seconds _ europe and elsewhere. you got 30 seconds left, _ europe and elsewhere. you got 30 seconds left, what - europe and elsewhere. you got 30 seconds left, what your - 30 seconds left, what your thoughts, you mentioned trump and the political problems that president biden is facing, looking ahead late in the year, what do you think the future

could hold and the balance of power could hold depending on how the election goes in november? i how the election goes in november?— how the election goes in november? ., , ., november? i only hope and pray that the rhetoric _ november? i only hope and pray that the rhetoric about _ november? i only hope and pray that the rhetoric about not - that the rhetoric about not protecting our european allies if they don't pay was just that rhetoric in order to squeeze more contributions from our european allies and i must say that they had to pay more, they had to do more, the hatch produce more. now, the question is what trump is going to do if he is elected or what, let's say, vice president harris is going to do if she is elected but regardless, the west is facing its greatest challenge sends the cuban missile crisis and again, i pray to god that we are up to snuff on this tremendous security challenge. thank you very much for your prospective. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

you're live with bbc news. israel's army have dropped thousands of leaflets over gaza city telling people to leave their homes and head south. it's the second time people have been told to get out of the area since the start of the conflict. in southern gaza, at least 29 palestinians have been killed and dozens more wounded in an israeli air strike on a camp for displaced people outside a school. gaza's hamas—run health ministry said the missile hit next to the gate of a school, east of the city of khan younis. fergal keane has the story. there are distressing images in his report. the women of the house of abu abed. they have lost a brother. mohammed was 27, trained to teach special needs children, and about

to be married. translation: he was going out to call his fiancee. _ next week, the borders will open and he could go see her. hejoked, "goodbye, gaza, goodbye." mohammed was planning to join his future wife in egypt, herfamily escaped there after nine were killed in an earlier air strike — his sister—in—law, inas, blinded in one eye there. and mohammed's fiance, hadil. translation: up to the last. minute, i was planning for him to arrive here. we were going to stay for a while and if things improved, go back to gaza. now i don't know what to do. the missile was fired around 7.30 in the evening. youths playing nearby ran

to help, and saw children's bodies, parts of bodies. the israeli military says it was targeting a hamas member allegedly involved in the october 7 massacres. in doing so, they killed 29 people. dozens more were wounded. they've been bombed, displaced — from one fragile refuge to another. and there is what they have seen, and what cannot be unremembered. they lean in to stop the child struggling as shrapnel is removed from his head. pure chance the direction of the blast saved this infant.

the israelis say they used precise munitions and are reviewing the circumstances of the air strike. the teacher mohammed abed was one of those buried today, by sisters still trapped in this health, grieving for him and for what their children must endure. fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. log onto our website to know more about the story. we have an article they're covering the whole story. there is estimated of a quarter of a million people still in gaza city. the hollywood actor, alec baldwin, is in new mexico for the start of his trial, over a deadly shooting on a film set almost three years ago. he's pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter. the cinematographer, halyna hutchins, died

from a single bullet wound, fired from a gun baldwin was holding. emma vardy reports. mr baldwin, are you feeling confident? is this a fair trial? returning to new mexico, where the shooting happened, alec baldwin arrived to face a jury who will decide whether he was responsible. you were in the room when the lady...? i was the one holding the gun, yeah. ok, alrighty. this was the moment police arrived on set of the western movie, rust, after a scene had gone terribly wrong. alec baldwin was the actor on set that pulled the trigger. the pistol being used by alec baldwin had fired a live round, killing the cinematographer halyna hutchins. what's your job there with them? i'm the armourer. or at least i was. the mystery of how live rounds ended up on the film set was revealed earlier this year... oh, my god.

..when the film's armourer, hannah gutierrez, stood trial for involuntary manslaughter. it was her responsibility to ensure weapons were safe. but she had mistakenly mixed up dummy rounds with real bullets. despite the film's armourer being convicted and sentenced to 18 months injail, prosecutors still believe alec baldwin was also responsible. they're trying to prove the gun could only have been fired because of his actions. the evidence will show that someone who played make believe with a real gun and violated the cardinal rules of firearm safety is the defendant, alexander baldwin. alec baldwin claims he never pulled the trigger, and that it was the responsibility of other crew members to make sure the gun was safe. safety has to occur before the gun is placed in the actor's hands. in this case, this unique case, on a movie set, the prop gun was placed in mr baldwin's hands and "cold gun" was announced. meaning it had been checked and double check by those responsible to ensure that the gun was safe.

all rise for the jury. but prosecutors argue he did not follow safety protocols which could have prevented the cinematographer�*s death. the most complete stegosaurus skeleton everfound is being put up for auction in new york. the fossil is 11 feet — or three metres 30 — tall and 20 feet — or six metres — long. apex, as it has been called, is about 70% complete. it carries an estimated price tag of between $4 million — $6 million, placing apex among the most valuable dinosaur fossils to be offered in the market. that brings us to a close on newsday. see you soon. hello. on wednesday, itjust wouldn't stop raining across parts of north east scotland. in parts of aberdeenshire, we had over 70mm of rain in places — that's over a month's worth of rain. as well as the wet weather, it was also quite windy and cold. north east scotland nowjoins parts of southern england and the midlands in places of the uk that already had well

over a month's worth of rain so far this month — and we're onlyjust past the first week, of course. it continues to rain across north east scotland, as well, with our area of low pressure, slow—moving out in the north sea, it continues to be wet here. but we do have another weather front bringing some rain across northern ireland, northern england and over the next few hours thatjust sinks a bit further southwards. so heading into the first part of thursday morning, you might find a few patches of rain arrive across north wales and the north midlands. it'll be a mild start to the day, though, on thursday, at least — temperatures 11—14 celsius. quite varied weather conditions from place to place on thursday. the low pressure continues to feed rain into north east scotland — the rain, though, turning lighter and patchier, but potentially still damp even into the afternoon here. western scotland, brighter, some sunny spells and some sunshine coming through for northern ireland into the afternoon. for northern england, wales, and parts of the north midlands, a few patches of rain in the morning, a few heavy showers into the afternoon. the south midlands, throughout southern england and probably south wales, a lot of dry, sunny and warm weather, with temperatures widely into the low 20s, and peaking at 23 — that's going to feel

very pleasant in the sunshine. otherwise, temperatures around 15—19 ceelsius. for friday's forecast, we're watching this area of low pressure as it moves across northern france. it could come close enough to bring a band of persistent rain into south east england. it'll be there or thereabouts, so we'lljust keep an eye on the developments with that. further north—west, this ridge of high pressure should break the cloud up across parts of west scotland, northern ireland, north west england, so they're probably going to be the driest and brightest spots. but generally, the winds coming in from a northerly direction, so temperatures will continue to run below average, about 15—20 celsius for your high. now the weekend sees low pressure get close to the north—east of the uk — so it's across eastern scotland and north east england that will probably have some general outbreaks of rain developing. otherwise, quite a lot of dry weather on saturday, just a few brief showers. sunday, mostly fine with temperatures high, teens to low—20s. bye for now.

the us teams up with mexico, launching new rules to prevent china and other nations from bypassing tariffs. as thousands of samsung electronics workers go on strike indefinitely, we take a look at the impact on chip production. hello and welcome to business today. i'm steve lai. to our top story today. the us has announced new rules targeting firms from china

and other countries that are routing shipments of steel and aluminum through mexico in a bid to evade tariffs. our north america business correspondent erin delmore has all the details. back in may president biden implemented higher tariffs on steel and aluminium. concerns have remained that the imports could stick into the us duty—free through mexico which is a special treaty relationships between the us and canada. but the us and mexico are taking joint steps to counteract this. mexico will require importers to supply more information about a product's country of origin, which need to be provided when the products are imported to the us. and still imports from mexico will still get hit with the us 25% tariff on it is shown to have been melted and poured. aluminium for mexico will still be subject

to the 10% tariff if they contain elements in china,