live from london, this is bbc news. day 2 of the republic national convention in milwaukee with the theme �*make america safe again�*. nikki haley and ron desantis, both former challengers for the republican nomination, voiced full support for donald trump, and called for republican party unity. more than 50 people are reported to have been killed in air strikes in the gaza strip, including over 20 in a designated safe zone. and king charles will officially open parliament in the uk today with a speech outlining the new government's plans for the coming year. hello. i'm vishala sri—pathma.

welcome to bbc news. we begin in the us. former rivals for the presidential nomination have been praising donald trump on the second night of the party convention. florida governor ron desantis and former us ambassador to the un nikki haley both used their speeches to give theirfull endorsement to trump. the pair had run against the former president in a bid to become the republican presidential candidate. the four—day convention kicked off on monday when donald trump pickedjd vance as his running mate in november's election. nikki haley, who had previously described mr trump as "unhinged" and not fit to be president again, walked out to some boos from the convention crowd. she opened her speech with an endorsement for him, and called for party unity. for the sake of our nation, we have to go with donald trump. you don't have to agree with trump 100% of the time to vote for him. trump 10096 of the time to vote for him. , trump 100% of the time to vote for him. , �* , trump 100% of the time to vote

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absolutely, and that is what conventions are all about. it is about putting other big guns of your party, the greatest star—studded lineup that you can put out, and this night two of the republican national convention was just that. the atmosphere as a cluttered and electric as it had what last night, particularly when the vice presidential nomineejd vice presidential nominee jd vance vice presidential nomineejd vance arrived in a few minutes later, president donald trump, who is the republican party nominee, arrived as well. of chanting and singing. the chant of this convention is fight, fight, fight, the words donald trump issued from the stage after the assassination attempt at his rally in butler, pennsylvania on saturday. the republican party has spoken about unity here for this week, that he changed the speech he will deliver on thursday to address that and that was embodied but we saw from the stage here tonight, particularly in speech from former south carolina governor

nikki haley and from the current governor of florida, ron desantis. both of whom just a few months ago were heavily critical of donald trump. nikki haley saying that chaos followed him everywhere, ron desantis saying that he failed to get any good job done while he was president, the first time around, and yet both of them here tonight addressing them here tonight addressing the crowd front of the former president who arrived early in order so he could hear their speeches and appealing to their supporters to follow donald trump and give their endorsement themselves as well. i was at the 2016 convention in cleveland, and back then, donald trump had a sense of victory in the air in the convention centre. describe the atmosphere. it convention centre. describe the atmosphere-_ atmosphere. it is very like 2016 actually, _ atmosphere. it is very like 2016 actually, i— atmosphere. it is very like 2016 actually, i have - atmosphere. it is very like 2016 actually, i have to i atmosphere. it is very like i 2016 actually, i have to say. in 2020 conventions didn't happen in the same way, we were in the midst of a global pandemic. what was different

about 2016 this time and then there were never trump there, ted cruz was borrowed from the state there, he was applauded tonight, and the make america great again signs back in 2016 were in a minority, people things have brought in themselves. here, they are for sale in the merchandise shop and very much the republican party has become the party of donald trump, the magra movement is a republican movement, there is a very jubilant and jovial atmosphere here —— maga wubin. they feel they will win in november but you get the sense here because it is the gathering of the true believers, the party faithful, the people who volunteer their time, they go out in all kinds of weather to stomp for their candidate and is somewhat of a reward getting to be a delegate and come here and be celebrating the candidate and celebrate the ideals of the republican party and what it stands for. anyone you talk to here of course will tell you

that donald trump and jd vance are going to win in november. however, that is away the poles are edging, and so far we can judge this far out from polling day and that as we know a month is a long time in us politics, i die is a long time in us politics this cycle.- i die is a long time in us politics this cycle. thank you forjoining — politics this cycle. thank you forjoining us— politics this cycle. thank you forjoining us -- _ politics this cycle. thank you forjoining us -- a _ politics this cycle. thank you forjoining us -- a day- politics this cycle. thank you forjoining us -- a day is- politics this cycle. thank you forjoining us -- a day is a i forjoining us —— a day is a long time. while donald trump has been making his mark in milwaukee, president biden has been shoring up some of his support at the naacp, the organisation which lobbies for black americans in las vegas. his message was critical of his opponent. but he once again was forced to address the attempt to assassinate mr trump, and called for a ban on the type of weapon used to shoot at him. iam i am truly honoured to be here, this tense moment in this country, it is a tense moment. a few days after the assassination attempt on donald trump. lesson, he was not seriously injured. we continue

to pray for him and his family. it is time for an important conversation in this country. our politics has got too heated. on sunday night... inaudible.— inaudible. we have a responsibility - inaudible. we have a responsibility to - inaudible. we have a responsibility to lower| inaudible. we have a . responsibility to lower the temperature and condemns violence in any form! cheering and applause. _ violence in any form! cheering and applause. that _ violence in any form! cheering and applause. that was - and applause. that was president bind their. —— president biden there. let's speak to our correspondent helena humphrey, who joins us from washington. helena, guns were a focus today at the convention. what is the latest into the investigation in that assassination attempt? there are two prongs _ assassination attempt? there are two prongs here. - assassination attempt? there are two prongs here. the - are two prongs here. the investigation into thomas crookes and his motive and also investigation now which has been opened by president biden into the us secret services, how they planned for this rally, how they responded to that assassination attempt stop

on the first point, new details have been emerging about the moments leading up to that assassination attempt, video footage showing thomas crooks on the building and members of the public gesturing to law enforcement about two minutes before thomas crooks was able to open fire, and the police have been speaking to his friends, his family, they wrapped up their investigation to his vehicle, searching his home as well, and now will continue to look into digital footprint and to try and assess the motive with they say they haven't been able to do at the moment. in terms of that investigation into the secret services, we know that the director of that will be giving congressional testimony on capitol hill on monday. i have briefly said she doesn't intend to resign over this, except she said that this attack was unacceptable and instead wants u naccepta ble a nd instead wa nts to unacceptable and instead wants to stay on in her position to learn from this, to make sure

that something like this can't come to pass again in the future. one other separate point to note, both the gi and the secret services say as well as the department of homeland security that there is the potential here for copycat attacks, or retaliate —— retaliatory attacks may have: authorities, state, people organising rallies to be vigilant —— with the fbi and secret service. vigilant -- with the fbi and secret service.— vigilant -- with the fbi and secret service. i'm sure those concerns _ secret service. i'm sure those concerns will _ secret service. i'm sure those concerns will be _ secret service. i'm sure those concerns will be heightened. l concerns will be heightened. there has also been an uranium link to that attempt on mr trump �*s life, has led —— iranian link. trump 's life, has led -- iranian link.— iranian link. this is not aned iranian link. this is not linked to _ iranian link. this is not linked to what - iranian link. this is not. linked to what happened iranian link. this is not- linked to what happened at the rally, but nevertheless, authorities have received they say information from a human source about the possibility for an assassination plot against donald trump coming from iran. this is something

tehran denies. nevertheless authorities and secret service say in light of this they ramped up their protection of donald trump. authorities say they believe that this could have been potentially in retaliation for the assassination of the elite commander four years ago when i tri— went donald trump was in office, pointing up but iran has denied this, but also the further questions that if indeed security was ramped up indeed security was ramped up in production was ramped up around donald trump in light of what was seen to be a threat of a plot for an assassination attempt, then how was it nevertheless that thomas crookes was able to gain that access that he did, which led of course to what we saw at that rally in pennsylvania on saturday —— thomas crookes, which led to the loss of one of the attendees, two other people who remain injured.—

who remain in'ured. thank you for that. who remain injured. thank you for that. helena _ who remain injured. thank you for that. helena humphrey, i who remain injured. thank you | for that. helena humphrey, our forthat. helena humphrey, our correspondent in washington there. if you would like to read more on the convention, we have the latest on our website full bob bbc.co.uk/news. king charles will officially open parliament today with a speech that will outline exactly what the new government plans to do in the coming year. from railways to counter—terrorism, our political correspondent helen catt has been looking at what we can expect to hear from the king today. trumpet plays this was the king arriving for last year's kings speech. then it was a conservative government which wrote the words he read out. this time it will be labour's programme for the coming year. sir keir starmer says it is andrew bogut will be on growing the economy. in total, we are told more than 35 bills are set to be announced in this speech. they will be able to track the railways into public ownership

as franchises expire. a bill to speed up housebuilding by changing the planning system, and an english devolution bill to transfer some powers from westminster to local areas. it is thought a gradual ban on smoking originally proposed by rishi sunak could also be included, along with replacements for other bills that have been going through parliament under the tories. and martin's law which was promised but never put four mps. named after martin had died in the manchester bombing, it would require venues and local authorities to have preventative plans in place against terror attacks. i preventative plans in place against terror attacks. i think it is time _ against terror attacks. i think it is time that _ against terror attacks. i think it is time that the _ against terror attacks. i think it is time that the legislation | it is time that the legislation happens, i think people, the general public don't know that they are actually not safe when they are actually not safe when they are actually not safe when they are out and about, and i feel that everybody who enjoys what this country offers in terms of freedom and all the stuff that people do to go and entertain themselves and live their life, i want people to know that they have the right

to come home at night. labour also honest — to come home at night. labour also honest legislation - to come home at night. labour also honest legislation to - to come home at night. labour also honest legislation to give| also honest legislation to give new rights to workers in its first 100 days and to set up a firm called gb energy to run his —— invest in renewable power. it is thought there are likely to be laws to deliver those measures. but one thing that won't be in the speech is changing the rule that limits child benefit to just two children stop the snp, the greens and some labour backbenchers say it should be planned to try although they are unlikely to succeed. not every bill read out by the king later will necessarily make law in this parliamentary session, but the speech will show what the government's warranties are also a ceremony dating back hundreds of years, setting up the vision of the government that has been in powerforjust a handful of days. helen catt, bbc news, westminster. around the world and across

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the israeli military says half of the leadership of hamas military wing has been eliminated, and approximately ill,000 fighters killed or captured since the start of the conflict in gaza. meanwhile, more than 50 people are reported to have been killed in air strikes in the gaza strip, including over 20 in a designated safe zone. the israeli military says it was attacking hamas militants who hid among civilians. with me is said shehata from bbc arabic. tell me a little bit more about this attack in which gazans were killed? it this attack in which gazans were killed?— this attack in which gazans were killed? it was an attack on a school _ were killed? it was an attack on a school run _ were killed? it was an attack on a school run by _ were killed? it was an attack on a school run by unrwa, l on a school run by unrwa, killing 25 people according to the health authorities in gaza. this was for the first time the last few days some schools were hit by israeli strikes, and

unrwa says 70% of its schools since over the course of the war were hit by israeli airstrikes. there is 90% —— 95% of the schools were being used by displaced people as a shelter, when the authorities were hit by israeli airstrikes, the casualties were more in schools, even in supposedly safe areas, still targeted and people were killed. the israelis say they were after hamas militants but there is critique of unrwa and organisations say there is no excuse for israel to do that. at the same time the us foreign minister said said to two israeli officials, should the israeli officials, should the israeli do more in order to protect civilians because the

numbers higher, it is less then but high, supposed to be taking more measures in order to avoid killing civilian people. so it is part of the serious habits since the start of the war in october. there is more measures need to be done in the pressure of the united states to do that through the negotiations from anthony blank and to make some concessions to reach a deal between hamas and israel. where does that leave _ between hamas and israel. where does that leave the _ between hamas and israel. where does that leave the situation - does that leave the situation as you touched in terms of talks between the two sides? the problem with the talks they started a few days ago, and stopped a few days ago. the state department spokesperson said this kind of attack should not should not derail the talks but hamas leader saying this attacks make hamas not willing to do that because it shows is

really not serious about that. mr netanyahu said more pressure should be on hamas, the military operation to convince or pressure hamas to drop one of the preconditions which is a ceasefire before the negotiation, hamas dropped that but israeli put more conditions. no return militants to the north, how can define those people and it is controlling the philadelphia corridor between egypt and gaza to stop smuggling and weapons, egypt denies there is any smuggling of weapons, talks between israel and egypt is a problem because since israel controls the philadelphia corridor and rafa crossing there is this a going to gaza people are dying every day. many organisations, i3 many organisations, 13 international ngos including oxfam, save the children and others saying this blocking of aid making people day by day

there should me more aid. deal will help there be more aid inside gaza stop you can read more about the situation in israel and gaza on our website. back to europe. the foreign office says it's supporting the families of two british men reported missing in sweden. there've been unconfirmed reports of two men being found shot dead in a burned out car on an industrial estate in malmo. with more on this is louisa pilbeam. what do we know? we know two sets of facts at the moment, we know as you mentioned that two british men have been reported missing and the british foreign office say the families of those men are being supported. they say they are in touch with swedish police, and we know the bbc has spoken with swedish police, in malmo and they say that two bodies were found in a

burnt out car on sunday. they say they are treating those deaths is suspected double murder. so those two sets of facts at the moment have not been the, and the swedish police have said they cannot confirm the identity of those british men at this stage, and they cannot confirm whether they cannot confirm whether they are the people in that burnt out car. i have seen footage in swedish media, some video footage of that car, completely burnt out and it seems to be in a remote area of malmo. malmo is in the south of sweden. so that's what we know at the moment. we do also know that as i said the british authorities are in touch with the swedish police, we do expect to hear more as the day goes on stop tell us. tell expect to hear more as the day goes on stop tell us.— goes on stop tell us. tell us about the — goes on stop tell us. tell us about the area, _ goes on stop tell us. tell us about the area, people - goes on stop tell us. tell us | about the area, people might know malmo about the area, how safe, is this commonplace this kind of story?—

safe, is this commonplace this kind of story? absolutely, many --eole kind of story? absolutely, many people might — kind of story? absolutely, many people might know— kind of story? absolutely, many people might know malmo - kind of story? absolutely, many i people might know malmo because it has been in the headlines recently for completely different recently for com pletely different reasons, recently for completely different reasons, for the eurovision song contest. a sense of celebration there are, in the world spotlight on all completely different reason. but, malmo, sweden as a whole has many cities, malmo perhaps included in that but more specifically stockholm for example has huge gun violence. in fact it has the second—highest gun crime death rate in europe which is absolutely extraordinary, that has happened in the last couple of years, the prime minister saying last year this is not happening anywhere else in europe, it is an anomaly but there is huge gang violence. i was reading there are shootings, bombings and grenade throwing that happen regularly in those cities. a lot of problems, we are not saying this is the case with the

scenario but that is something thatis scenario but that is something that is happening across sweden at the moment, something that we know. as i said we will speak to swedish authorities and we well as the day goes on learn more, they say that forensic investigations need to now take place. as the day goes on we will bring you more information on that. louisa pilbeam there. it's just over a week till the 2024 olympic games begin in paris, and concerns have been raised about the safety of the seine river, which athletes will be using for marathon and triathlon events. despite an investment of1.1l billion euros to prevent sewage leaks into the waterway, the river has been causing a headache for organisers after rumours of pollution and contaminated water raised fears that events would need to be cancelled. now, anne hidalgo, mayor of paris, is to fulfil a promise to go swimming in the river herself to prove that the water is clean enough. she will be taking a dip later today, alongside the chief

games organiser and the head of security for the greater paris region. let's speak to alexandre kouchner, a journalist based in paris. thank you forjoining us, how do you make, what you make of the river, do you think it is safe enough to swim in? honestly, so far the results of every analysis has shown that is not entirely up to standards. the reason for that it has been raining a lot the past month in paris, and the seine river does capture with a lot of ongoing rain does carry a few things you do not want to be swimming in it. the mayor will be taking a dip, it is a last attempt to show all these efforts have paid off, as you can see right behind me so far the rivers looking rather nice but i'm not sure i would go myself right now. it but i'm not sure i would go myself right now.— but i'm not sure i would go myself right now. it does look rather peaceful _ myself right now. it does look rather peaceful from - myself right now. it does look rather peaceful from where i myself right now. it does look. rather peaceful from where you are standing right now. how

much of a focal point for the speed during the games? it’s speed during the games? it's more of an — speed during the games? it�*s more of an embarrassment to the organisation, they scored 1.4 billion euros for it, notjust for the olympics it will be a huge legacy in paris, the system to better manage water and sewage water but it has shown that for the few athletes supposed to take part in, if they have to go back to the swimming pool it will not be great optics for the organisers. in great optics for the organisers. in terms of triathlons _ organisers. in terms of triathlons and - organisers. in terms of triathlons and all- organisers. in terms of triathlons and all the i organisers. in terms of- triathlons and all the other events and activities, do you think some athletes might be slightly concerned about the sewage levels?— sewage levels? they could. honestly. — sewage levels? they could. honestly, again _ sewage levels? they could. honestly, again the - sewage levels? they could. l honestly, again the readings and all the analysis that we are being made to the river so far is not up to international standards. i believe the organisation team will have to make a call on this call will

be either they can show on the very few last days the seine river was clean, it is not there is no way you can put the athletes health at risk, they might have to back indoors. but, it is up to the international standards, i don't see any athletes who wouldn't want to try and compete in this amazing venue, the views will be amazing and the views will be amazing and the shots will be amazing. this will be quite a spectacular spectacle. will be quite a spectacular spectacle-— will be quite a spectacular spectacle. will be quite a spectacular sectacle. ., ., ., ., ., spectacle. not long to go, are ou spectacle. not long to go, are you excited? _ spectacle. not long to go, are you excited? i— spectacle. not long to go, are you excited? i am, _ spectacle. not long to go, are you excited? i am, actually i spectacle. not long to go, are | you excited? i am, actually the ci is you excited? i am, actually the city is getting _ you excited? i am, actually the city is getting into _ you excited? i am, actually the city is getting into its _ city is getting into its olympic spirit, it was overshadowed by the drama of not having a government. the torch arrived in paris on sunday. torch arrived in paris on sunday-— sunday. sorry i have to interact _ sunday. sorry i have to interact we _ sunday. sorry i have to interact we are - sunday. sorry i have to interact we are running sunday. sorry i have to i interact we are running out of time. thank you very much for joining us from paris, looks very beautiful. stay with us

here, on bbc news. hello. well, it looks like we're in for a break from the heavy rain, the cooler weather. and in its place, something warmer is heading our way. in fact, it'll turn quite hot for some of us briefly towards the end of the week, maybe into the weekend as well. i want to show you the big picture. here in blue, colour—coded, is the jet stream, and you can see it sort of curving northwards, and that opens up the doors for the hot air to stream in from the southern climes. but that's still to reach us. this is what it looks like right now. it's relatively quiet on the weather front. plenty of clear weather through the early hours, a bit of mist and fog here and there, but that's pretty much it. and early morning temperatures, about 12 to 14 degrees at about 7am. so the forecast, then, for wednesday shows a weak ridge of high pressure over the uk, but not too far away, there's a weather front. that's going to brush ireland and maybe western parts

of scotland, so at times cloudier here. and also inland, we'll see clouds bubbling up, those cumulus clouds. some of them will turn into showers, so there is a chance of catching a shower on wednesday. but the vast majority of us should have a dry day. 24 in london, about 21 expected in the lowlands of scotland. really, a fine day for some of us. you'd call it a perfect summer's day. now, thursday, this weather front approaches western parts of the uk, so admittedly cloudier with some spits and spots of rain here. further east, it'll be sunny and turning really quite warm by thursday — 27 in london. we're approaching the low or mid 20s across northern england too, and then by the time we get to friday, very little in the way of wind. the air�*s coming in from the south. the weather's been dominated by this high pressure here, although in the north—west, we are being brushed by a weather system, so perhaps some cloud and rain here. no heatwave on offer for north—western parts of the uk, but a brief dose of heat.

let's call it a hot spell, not a heatwave, on the way for parts of england. in fact, in the southeast... well, 29 is the forecast for london right now, but i wouldn't be surprised if one or two spots reach 30 celsius. but it is going to be brief. hence it's not technically a heatwave. you can see by the time we get to saturday and sunday, the temperatures ease to the seasonal norm. bye— bye.

king charles is to lay out his government's agenda in parliament. we'll explore the impact on british businesses and the economy. the tiktok owner bytedance brings a landmark case to the european court ofjustice. it's all about its �*gatekeepter�* status. we'll explore what that means. we'll look ahead to the uk's inflation data — are price rises still on target? and why is the yachting industry so buoyant? i'll be talking to one business, which has traded over $500 million selling just seven yachts in recent months. welcome to business today. i'm vishala sri—pathma. welcome to the programme. the new labour government's

plans for the year ahead will be laid out by king charles in a speech