his re—election campaign back on track with a defiant rally in the us state of michigan a short while ago, touting his economic record and taking aim at his predecessor, former president donald trump. he came out on stage in detroit to chants of "don't you quit", and spoke for nearly a0 minutes amid continued scrutiny over his fitness to run. many in his own party have turned on the president, calling for him to bow out of the 2024 race after new gaffes at the nato summit and lingering panic from his poor debate showing. but on friday in michigan, mr biden remained defiant, proclaiming once again he will be the democratic party's nominee, and he will win the election against donald trump. i'm the nominee of the democratic party and the only democratic party and the only democrat or republican who has beaten donald trump ever. and i'm going to beat him again. cheering i know him. donald trump is a loser!

cheering trump said if he wins, he'll be a dictator on day one. he means it, folks. we're not going to let that happen.— it, folks. we're not going to let that happen. h0! over my let that happen. no! over my dead body that will happen. cheering so what did those who attended the rally make of the president? let's hear from some of them. i thinkjoe biden laid out his plans for the coming four years and he also detailed what he has done and what trump has not done. . , has done and what trump has not done. ., , ., , , done. there was no stumbling. and i was _ done. there was no stumbling. and i was very _ done. there was no stumbling. and i was very impressed - done. there was no stumbling. and i was very impressed with | and i was very impressed with his presentation today. he has my vote — his presentation today. he has my vote. we are going to get him _ my vote. we are going to get him back— my vote. we are going to get him back in office for four more _ him back in office for four more years. him back in office for four more yew-— more years. yeah, yeah. absolutely _ more years. yeah, yeah. absolutely i'm _ more years. yeah, yeah. absolutely i'm not - more years. yeah, yeah. l absolutely i'm not nervous more years. yeah, yeah. - absolutely i'm not nervous now. he is _ absolutely i'm not nervous now. he is the — absolutely i'm not nervous now. he is the guy— absolutely i'm not nervous now. he is the guy that _ absolutely i'm not nervous now. he is the guy that i— absolutely i'm not nervous now. he is the guy that i want- absolutely i'm not nervous now. he is the guy that i want to - absolutely i'm not nervous now. he is the guy that i want to be . he is the guy that i want to be president _ he is the guy that i want to be president of _ he is the guy that i want to be president of the _ he is the guy that i want to be president of the united - he is the guy that i want to be president of the united statesi president of the united states again. — president of the united states again, another— president of the united states again, anotherfour_ president of the united states again, another four years. - our correspondent nada tawfik is at the biden rally in michigan. presidentjoe biden will be very pleased with his performance at this rally. he

got through his speech gaffe free, and he really fed off the energy of the crowd here. some of his most ardent supporters here in detroit. he really rived with them, cracked jokes, but also stayed very much on message, again defiant, saying that everyone's talking about whether he's going to stay in the race or not. he said he absolutely would and not only that, he would defeat donald trump. he also laid out the case for what's at stake in this election, and also went over his record, calling donald trump a threat to democracy, a loser, and someone who's unhinged and would lay out an agenda that would threaten women's rights, would take the economy back into a state where it would benefit billionaires and hurt everyday americans, but he said it was important to also speak about not only what you're against, but what you're for. he started to lay out what his term in office in the first 100 days would try to achieve —

everything from making roe v. wade the law of the land again to protecting social programmes like social security and medicare. and just speaking to some of his supporters who were here in this room, who were raucous at times, shouting "four more years", shouting "lock him up" at times when it came to donald trump and even urging biden in their chants saying "don't quit" they're confident. joining me live is chad livengood, the politics editor for the detroit news. very good to have you with us, chad. thanks for taking the time. firstly, what were your impressions of both president biden�*s speech, and also the reception that he got there? well, i mean, the first thing that kind of stuck out thatjoe biden pulled a page out of donald trump's play book and started attacking the media, saying that the media is letting donald trump off the hook for his verbal flubs and

kind of hammering him all the time — him being biden — and so it was an interesting tactic we have not seen from president biden before. obviously this is sort of, you know, old hat for donald trump to sort of get the crowd booing the media. that was a new tactic. but then, yeah, the defiance of this president right now. he is clearly fighting for his political life and he knows it. but is also a politician who has been down before and has been... people have doubted him and maybe to their detriment and maybe to their detriment and so he laid out a case. he had a very friendly crowd. there were protesters outside but they were small in numbers — outside of the high school gymnasium in detroit, and he

brought in people who wanted to hear him and they gave him a resounding reception. the biden cam ai . n resounding reception. the biden campaign says — resounding reception. the biden campaign says that _ resounding reception. the biden campaign says that the - resounding reception. the biden campaign says that the state - resounding reception. the biden campaign says that the state is l campaign says that the state is part of their blue—wall strategy. just remind us how important is winning michigan to that strategy. also the campaign overall?- to that strategy. also the campaign overall? well, if you look at the _ campaign overall? well, if you look at the polling right - campaign overall? well, if you look at the polling right now, i look at the polling right now, joe biden needs to win and hold down pennsylvania, michigan and wisconsin. if other, you know, normal swing states go in trump's favour, the southern state of georgia, obviously the long—time swing states of ohio and florida seem to be in trump's camp for good and then you get these western states like arizona and nevada, that they're not sure they can really compete there. so these rust—belt states in pennsylvania, michigan and wisconsin are crucial. and then

there are just battle ground areas within the battle ground. and we've seenjoe biden go up to saginaw county which is a bellwether within the state and donald trump followed him to saginaw county after that. grand rapids is also in play and grand rapids is one, on the west side of the state, to watch. this is when we saw a west michigan congresswoman come out in favour of calling forjoe biden to step down, she became the first democrat from the michigan congressional delegation, also the first freshman. she's from a battle ground area of the state and she probably can see the tea leaves right now and joe biden�*s not faring too well over will. biden's not faring too well ever will-— biden's not faring too well over will. ., ., ., over will. chad, one thing i do want to ask — over will. chad, one thing i do want to ask you _ over will. chad, one thing i do want to ask you about, - over will. chad, one thing i do want to ask you about, the . over will. chad, one thing i do | want to ask you about, the fact that governor whitmer wasn't there, nor the labour leader sean fain. can we read anything into that? interpret is in any

way? into that? interpret is in any wa ? ~ ~ ., ., way? well, whitmer was at a tech conference _ way? well, whitmer was at a tech conference out - way? well, whitmer was at a tech conference out west - way? well, whitmer was at a tech conference out west in l tech conference out west in idaho. she's on a nationwide book tourfor her idaho. she's on a nationwide book tour for her new book. and then sean fain is keeping a very low profile right now. he's under some investigates by a federal monitor who is a watchdog, who has been watching over the uaw since its corruption scandal — not under his watch, but his predecessor's — so he has been staying out of the limelight lately and it wasn't surprising that he was not there today with the president.- with the president. chad livengood _ with the president. chad livengood from - with the president. chad livengood from the - with the president. chad i livengood from the detroit news, really good to have you romping. thanks a lot, chad. thanks for having me. ajudge in new mexico has dismissed involuntary manslaughter charges brought against hollywood actor alec baldwin. this was the moment baldwin realised the case was being dismissed. you can see a clearly emotional reaction. he was on trial for his involvement in the death of cinematographer halyna hutchins, who was killed by a bullet fired from a prop gun that mr baldwin was using while filming

a scene for the film rust in 2021. alec baldwin's defence attorneys successfully pressed for an immediate dismissal, after accusing the prosecution of burying evidence. here's our correspondent emma vardy, who has been following the trial closely. this trial has really taken an unexpected turn, a day of courtroom drama here. it emerged earlier today that this box of bullets, this new piece of evidence, had emerged from a box of bullets that had been given to police in recent months, but that hadn't been disclosed to the defence. the prosecution had essentially said it wasn't connected with the case, it got filed under a completely separate case, and that is what was being argued in court today. now in this box of bullets it is alleged that was supplied by the ammunition supplier to the movie set of rust, they were mixed up but between live rounds and dummy rounds, and this cast a lot of doubt on the trial and the events leading up to the shooting. previously, the armourer in the film carr rust, she has already been convicted

for involuntary manslaughter. it was alleged she was the person who had mixed up the bullets, and that is how a live round ended up in the gun being used by alec baldwin, but the emergence of this new piece of evidence cast doubt on all of that argument, so after a lot of legal arguments today, a lot of toing and froing, one of the unexpected things that happened was the lead prosecutor put herself on the stand, said she would testify under oath, to give an explanation as to why this wasn't disclosed, and then eventually the judge dismissed the trial. it means alec baldwin is essentially a free man now. this case can't be put to him again. very emotional scenes in court and hejust left in tears after hugging his legal team and his wife. criminal defence attorney and legal analyst rachel fiset gave us her reaction to the dismissal. this really does seem to be a pretty surprising development here, what's your reaction to whatjust happened it is the best possible

thing that could happen to a defendant in this case, and alec baldwin's team showed that there was evidence that they should have been given and they were not, and a prosecutor has a very high standard to give exculpatory evidence, meaning evidence that is bad for the case and possibly good for the defence, and when they don't meet those ethical duties, this is exactly what can happen, along with sanctions and a host of other things, so really, the evidence that was not provided was so central to the case that the judge thought this case could not fairly proceed as a result of that evidence not being given to the defendant. ukraine's president volodomyr zelensky has continued to push for us support after the conclusion of the nato summit. mr zelensky was in the us state of utah on friday, speaking to the national governors association. he described russia's invasion as a "battle between good and evil", and thanked americans for their support. the three—day nato conference was dominated

by pledges of support to ukraine, including what nato leaders have called an "irreversible path" to future ukrainian membership. nato countries pledged a collective $113 billion of military aid to ukraine in the coming year. this includes air defence support, as well as f—16fighterjets for the first time. somejets are already on their way from europe, according to the us secretary of state. the us also announced it will deploy long—range missiles in germany, starting in 2026, to deter russian aggression. it will be the first time since the cold war, and the move has angered russia. its defence minister andrei belousov spoke on the phone on friday with us defence secretary lloyd austin about lowering the risk of possible escalation over the war in ukraine. for more on support for ukraine, my colleague jonathan beale spoke with general charles 0 brownjr, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. first of all, you have just had a nato summit, and there's been a strong

signal of support for ukraine, in both practical in hardware, but also in terms of ukraine moving towards membership, but ukraine, one thing it says, it wants those restrictions on the weapons, long range weapons that countries like the us applies to be lifted, and i know this is a political decision. you are a military man. do you understand the frustrations of president zelenskyy having his arms tied behind his back because he can't use those weapons as he would like to use them? as you described it as a policy decision and one of the things i focus on as a chairman is to work closely with the nations, not just from nato but the 15 nations part of the ukraine defence contact group to provide capability for ukraine to support its defence, and so it is that work together and the advice i provide

in my role to the president and the secretary of the defence to ensure that ukraine can do the things it needs to do to defend itself. have you asked the president to loosen those restrictions? i won't get into the details of the advice i provide but as you might imagine, as we have done for the past two plus years as a nation with the nations of nato, continue to sit ukraine. i just listen to your list of concerns, china was top the list, russia next. how much of a threat is russia, do you think, the moment? and also, is itjust that military threat inside ukraine or is avatars as well that has been carried out inside western countries to try undermine support? —— sabotage. russia is an acute threat anything i think about in my role as chairman as i laid out the five challenges we have in our, china was top of the list. when you think about all those challenges, aggression that happens in one

part of the world does not stay there, and so i look at that from an aspect of how we protect ourselves, how we protect ourselves as an alliance and all the things we do to protect notjust from a military standpoint but the 1 billion citizens that depend on our nato military to provide for that defence. meanwhile, ukrainians are still reeling from this week's deadly russian airstrikes, that killed dozens of civilians, including children, at a children's hospital in kyiv. our ukraine correspondentjames waterhouse sent this report. rocket. oh, my god. on monday, in a matter of hours, missiles overwhelmed ukraine's normally well—defended capital, and it's what they hit which made this one of the worst aerial assaults in this war. this is kyiv�*s children's hospital, where some of the patients were being treated for cancer. it was a sight which drew worldwide attention and western condemnation.

russia denied targeting civilian areas, but evidence to the contrary is mounting, and this was an attack which wasn't confined to one place or one hospital. cities across central and eastern ukraine were targeted. 1a people lost their lives here, and it took three days to find them from under the rubble. once—lived lives exposed by blown—away walls. the country is paying a mounting human cost. five doctors in a kyiv clinic died in one of the strikes this week. as nato leaders gathered in washington, president zelensky couldn't contain his emotion. it's so difficult and... ..to lose children. and of course, you know, you see these people, you see parents and when their

children are dying or dead... so it's... you want to kill putin at this moment. in the absence of battlefield progress, highlighting russian atrocities is kyiv�*s most potent weapon. sizeable western offerings have followed, including financial aid, the delivery of f—16 fighterjets and much—needed air defence systems. but ukraine got only a fraction of what it was after. in the centre of the capital, thousands of flags mark ukraine's fallen. it has long wanted nato membership, and, after years of promises, no—one has ever said when, because of russia's ongoing invasion, and that takes us to the heart of ukraine's unknowns. can it withstand more attacks on its infrastructure? are the current levels of military aid enough to carry it to victory, or will enduring defiance get it through? all questions brought to the fore by missile strikes, which shocked the world.

james waterhouse, bbc news, kyiv. talks to reach a ceasefire in gaza between israel and hamas have ended without an agreement, officials said on friday. mediators discussed the terms of a truce proposal in doha and cairo this week. the two sides did not reach a consensus, despite hamas abandoning its condition of a permanent ceasefire to allow an agreement to be reached. but us presidentjoe biden said both sides have agreed to a basic outline. he said in a statement, "six weeks ago i laid out a comprehensive framework our gaza correspondent rushdi abualouf has been following the developments from istanbul. he gave this update. the ceasefire talks for the last three or four weeks between cairo and doha.

and the unfortunate news for them today that the talks it has ended without any result, according to a senior palestinian official, who himself was involved in the negotiations both in careo and bow what. he told the bbc the talks has failed. the mediators spent a lot of time trying to bridge the gap between the two sides — the israeli side and hamas and put an end for nine months of war. but the effort failed tonight. the hamas official told the bbc that they accuse the israeli prime minister, mr binyamin netanyahu, of be a damaging the ceasefire talks. they said it's more his own interests. he doesn't want this deal to go ahead. we haven't heard back from the israelis yet, but this is what hamas are accusing israel — of sabotaging the ceasefire talks. this news of very sad and very frustrating

news for about 2.3 million people in gaza, who are suffering for the last nine months from this war and they were hoping that an agreement could bring an end for the war, but not this time. while a truce deal is uncertain for now, the lives of civilians continue to hang in the balance as safe havens shrink in gaza city and israel warns people to move south. residents returned to their homes in gaza city's eastern shajaiya. they saw buildings reduced to rubble, and dozens of casualties. israeli troops withdrew from the area earlier this week, and said on friday that they eliminated the deputy commander of hamas's shajaiya battalion. israel's military accused him of playing a lead role in the october 7th attack at the nova music festival, where more than 360 people were killed. 22 school children have been killed and more than 130 injured when a school building in central nigeria collapsed. the two—storey saints academy school injos, in plateau state, caved in on friday as classes were in session

and many pupils were taking exams. witnesses say people could be heard crying out for help under the rubble. our africa correspondent chris ewokor has been following the developments from the nigerian capital, abuja. it's a big tragedy here in nigeria, and it's hard to imagine what many parents who lost their children in that collapse would be passing through at the moment. the numbers of casualties are still not fully confirmed, because we are hearing that as excavation is going on to pull out — to help those that are trapped, more bodies are still being pulled out. many are injured and taken to hospital and medics are calling for donations of blood to help those that have been rushed to hospital. we understand that what happened today — the students were actually in their exams. they were writing their

exams. they were writing their exams. they were in their classes when the building came crashing down and falling on top of the children. and many of them, including their teachers, lost their lives in the process. earlier in the day, many parents rushed to the place to try to identify their children. some who saw the bodies of their children on the ground were inconsolable. they were devastated. some also who couldn't find their children decided to go to the hospitals to try to locate them, and it's been more of devastation, confusion, and a lot of people are in shock over this unprecedented tragedy that happened injos? central happened in jos? central nigeria. ——jos nigeria. —— jos in nigeria. ——jos in central nigeria. a new expedition to survey and photograph the wreck of the titanic has set off from rhode island in the us. it's the first commercial mission to the site since last summer,

when five people died when their submersible imploded. our science editor rebecca morelle has been given exclusive access to this latest mission and reports from providence port. instantly recognisable, the most famous shipwreck in the world — the titanic. lying 3,800m beneath the waves, she attracts as much attention today as when she sank more than 100 years ago. now this ship is heading off on a new expedition, getting ready for a three—week—long visit to the wreck. the crew will be using underwater robots to make the dive. the team here want to study the titanic in more detail than ever before, so this robotic sub is packed with high—tech gear. it is covered in cameras to scan and image the wreck in the highest resolution, and there's a bit of kit called a magnetometer, which will allow them to peer beneath the sediment to see what's there for the very first time. every time people go out, the things that they always go to are the bow and the stern.

personally, i'm looking forward to spending a lot more time out in the debris field, to look at all of the little bits and bobs that are out in the sand, this little pile to this pile, to that pile, and there's an extraordinary amount of material out there. they thought the titanic was unsinkable. but after striking an iceberg on her maiden voyage, nearly 1,500 people lost their lives. rms titanic inc owns the salvage rights and have recovered thousands of items. they'll be looking for artefacts to retrieve on a return visit, but some say the wreck should be left untouched. the majority of people who see titanic as a gravesite, they think of titanic, and all they think of is death. but when i look at titanic, i see so much life in that ship. we see unbelievable stories that we can bring back. this is the first expedition to return to the titanic since the titan submersible disaster last year. yeah, this plaque shows the latitude and longitude of the wreck.

and ph's nickname. he was known as mr titanic. for the crew, it's a chance to remember theirfriend, ph nargeolet, one of the five people who died on the sub. he was supposed to be leading this voyage. he was a very special man, very generous in his imparting of knowledge of what he knew about the titanic. everybody misses him. we miss hisjoie de vivre, his happy, outgoing way of looking at things. to leave something down there is a mark of respect for ph. the ship's now on its way to the north atlantic. the crew need good weather and a bit of luck for their ambitious plans. if successful, the dives are a chance to reveal some of the many secrets titanic still holds. rebecca morelle, bbc news, providence, rhode island. before we go, nasa's webb

telescope has captured a pair of galaxies intertwined in a cosmic hug. nicknamed �*the penguin and the egg' — the stunning photos show the galactic duo joined together by a blue haze of stars and gas. nasa says the two galaxies will be locked in a cosmic dance, until they merge into a single galaxy hundreds of millions of years from now. the photos celebrated the second anniversary of the webb telescope. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. if you like cool weather with lots of clouds, then the weekend may be perfect for you but be careful what you wish for — it may end up being a little too chilly with the rain and the wind off the north sea. and, for many of us, actually, the weekend is looking quite mixed. at the moment on the satellite picture, we've clouds circling the uk. this cloud here is responsible for the damp weather and you can see the outbreaks of rain there across many eastern parts of the country. but earlier on in the night, we will have had some clear spells out towards the west.

and 7am temperatures around 11—13 degrees with lower values earlier on in the night. so, a lot of cloud to start the day wherever you are but soon, sunny spells will be developing out towards the west and in some central areas. showers will develop, too, across wales, southern england, some in northern ireland. but here, along the north sea coast, layers of cloud, outbreaks of rain. there's a weather front there and it's going to feel quite chilly. look at that — 1a in aberdeen, 1a in newcastle, no higher than about 15 in hull and out towards the west, perhaps temperatures not even making 20 celsius, even where the sun does come out. now, here's sunday. we still have that low pressure circling in the north sea here with that breeze out of the north. outbreaks of rain from time to time but i think, for many of us, actually, sunday is going to be a drier, brighter day and, as a result, the temperatures will be a little bit higher. a good day, i think, overall, for wimbledon on sunday and it's looking hot and sunny in germany, as well, for that football match. now, let's have a look at the forecast, then, for sunday evening if you're planning to spend it outdoors,

perhaps in your garden, looking mostly dry across most of the uk. here's a look at the forecast for monday now. surprise, surprise — a weather front sweeps in from the southwest. it'll bring outbreaks of rain, potentially heavy showers at times, even some thunderstorms possible, but this time, i think eastern areas should hang on to the better weather and because there's going to be a bit of a change in the wind direction — so, coming in from the south — the temperatures will be typically in the low 20s. how about the outlook? well, next week, again, a mixed bag in the north of the country but further south, there are hints — tentative hints — that things are going to be turning a little bit warmer. that's it. bye— bye.

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the programme in ukraine after a deadly russian barrage across the country, in which a children's hospital in kyiv was badly damaged. the journalist oz katerji was nearby, and when he heard about what had happened, he went there and initially reported from the scene. but after doing that, he then decided to stop being a journalist for those moments and help. he told ros his story. so i'd heard, i could hear the strikes from my apartment, but i had an appointment that i had to keep, so i didn't go immediately there. it's only when i realised what had been hit that i cancelled what i was doing, and i went immediately down to okhmatdyt children's hospital. that's because i'd known the hospital, because i'd reported from there before at the beginning of the war. i was there withjohn sweeney, former bbc, one of your former colleagues. and that was for gmb. and we interviewed

the head of the hospital. so it was, you know, it was immediately, i knew