welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i'm steve lai. the headlines... the white house says joe biden has covid, but the symptoms are only mild. donald trump prepares for his nomination acceptance speech at the republican national convention on thursday night. before that — it's the big night for his vice—presidential pick, jd vance. this is the scene live in milwaukee. we'll have the latest as the republican party sets the stage for those headline moments. in the uk — pomp and circumstance, as charles delivers the first king's speech of the new labour government. and a new drug increases lab animals life spans by nearly 25%. scientists hope it can slow human ageing, too.

hello there. it's 7am in singapore, and 7pm in washington — where the white house says presidentjoe biden has tested positive for covid—19. we've just received these pictures showing him cutting short his trip to las vegas and getting on board a plane, which will take him to delaware, where he will recuperate. his press secretary said mr biden is vaccinated and boosted. he has had covid twice before. his illness means he has had to cancel several planned appearances in las vegas. our correspondent tom bateman has been travelling with president biden�*s campaign — here's what he told us. we're now rolling again in the motorcade. we were holding outside a restaurant for over an hour—and—a—half after the president made that short visit, then recorded an interview inside while we were in the van. and it was becoming increasingly clear that there

was a delay, and the last time — ijust went to check with staff in one of the other vans, and was told to get back in ourvan. and the motorcade is now moving again, but we have�*t been told where we're going. president biden was due to give a speach to a hispanic advocacy organisation in nevada — that's been cancelled. here's its president announcing the news to its members. i wasjust on the phone with president biden. and he shared his deep disappointment at not being able to join us this afternoon. the president has been at many events, as we all know, and he just tested positive for covid~ — our north america correspondent david willis is in washington. hejoins us now he joins us now for hejoins us now for more on he joins us now for more on the story. david, this latest development certainly won't

help president biden�*s push to reassure the voters that he has the energy and vitality to run for the next four years. it won't help at all, steve, there's no question about that. this really couldn't have come at a worse time for the biden campaign. and there's a statement being released from the president's doctor, and i'll read a bit of it to you, it says, "the president... and unproductive cough and general malaise. he felt 0k unproductive cough and general malaise. he felt ok for the first event of the day, but given he was not feeling better, point—of—care testing for covid was conducted and the results were positive for the virus." in response to that, the president will be self isolating and has returned now to his home in delaware — very abruptly cutting short that campaign visit to las vegas, nevada. but this comes, of

course, as you say, steve, just after the president's health and general well—being, and cognitive abilities have been under the microscope that disastrous performance in the last month's presidential debate when he seemed to be slurring his words and losing his train of thought. the president in various interviews since then has been insisting that he is ok and he's had cognitive tests conducted fairly recently, the most recent back in march, and he said in an interview with pet network that he would withdraw from the race if there was a serious medical issue — otherwise he has maintained that he is staying in this race for reelection to the white house —— three network. all this at a time when nearly two dozen congressmen and women havejoined calls for

dozen congressmen and women have joined calls for president biden to drop out of the race, believing he could harm their chances going into the november election, the most high—profile of those being the california congressman, adam schiff, who today came out and called for joe biden to pull out, saying he believed that he had serious doubts about whetherjoe biden could now defeat donald trump -- bet could now defeat donald trump —— bet network. he said the time was, as he put it, time to pass the torch to someone younger, steve.— pass the torch to someone younger, steve. the pressure is mounting _ younger, steve. the pressure is mounting on — younger, steve. the pressure is mounting on president - younger, steve. the pressure is mounting on president biden, l mounting on president biden, he'll be isolating in delaware as we understand. how hard would it be for him to carry on campaigning from there, if indeed he can? and even if he recovers quickly? figs indeed he can? and even if he recovers quickly?— indeed he can? and even if he recovers quickly? as far as the day-to-day — recovers quickly? as far as the day-to-day matters _ recovers quickly? as far as the day-to-day matters of- recovers quickly? as far as the day-to-day matters of running day—to—day matters of running the country are concerned, he can do that quite well from delaware. the problem is that this reduces his visibility on

the campaign trail at a time when all the attention is on his rival donald trump, following that assassination attempt, of course, on saturday, and now the ongoing republican national convention, which donald trump is due to address tomorrow night. it's been a struggle forjoe biden to get the narrative back on track, not least because of the concerns of those in his party about mental acuity and general fitness, but also because so much of the attention has been drawn to donald trump, who mr biden continues to insist represents a threat to democracy — but it's a message that he's really been struggling over the course of the last few weeks to get home to the public simply because it's been eclipsed by concerns from those in his own party about whether he should stay in

the race, steve. we about whether he should stay in the race, steve.— the race, steve. we will have to watch _ the race, steve. we will have to watch this _ the race, steve. we will have to watch this space, - the race, steve. we will have to watch this space, thank. the race, steve. we will havel to watch this space, thank you very much for that context, david. turning now to the the republican national convention — and the event in milwaukee is setting itself up for the keynote speech from jd vance, donald trump's pick to be his vice—presidential running mate. he's not due to come on stage for another three—and—a—half hours — this is the scene live in milwaukee — but we can all expect it to be a bit livelier as that moment draws nearer. here's our north america editor, sarah smith. donald trump always relishes the spotlight. and he knows how to use it to his best advantage. today, he's being shown around the stage where he will speak tomorrow. he says he ripped up his prepared speech after he was shot and wrote a whole new one, focusing on national unity. so has he really changed? we'll find out on thursday night. at his first convention appearance, we could see how closely he's now being guarded.

look at all the secret service around him. but there are still a lot of unanswered questions about the extraordinary security failure that allowed a gunman to shoot at him, and calls for the head of the secret service to resign. obviously there were security lapses, you don't have to be a special ops expert to understand that, and we're going to get down to the bottom of it quickly. do you think the us secret service director should resign? i'm going to call for a resignation as well. the gently—sloping roof on the building used by the gunman was apparently a safety concern for the secret service. that building was a little over 100 metres from where donald trump was speaking. police snipers were positioned inside, looking toward the stage but they were not covering the roof. gunfire the secret service agents who shot and killed the gunman were on top of a building behind donald trump, on a roof with a steeper slope. there is though widespread praise for the agents closest to mr trump, who shielded him and rushed him off the stage. my four—year—old daughter could have walked up on that roof and so,

it infuriates me when they dog the people on his team because those people are the real deal, they're the best of the best and they did everything right. # searching in the night... multiple investigations have now been launched into how the secret service failed so badly, while donald trump carries on with his campaign for re—election. sarah smith, bbc news, milwaukee, wisconsin. as we've mentioned, topping the bill tonight at the republican convention isjd vance, donald trump's choice of running mate for the presidential election. we'll bring you that speech in full later on. whatever the outcome of the race for the white house, mr vance — thejd stands forjames david, by the way — will spend the next three—and—a—half months firmly in the spotlight. my colleague in washington, helena humphrey, has been taking a look at the man who could, next year, as the american phrase puts it — be just a heartbeat away from the presidency. i plan to be a very good vice president for donald trump for four years. in the race to become america's next president,

jd vance, senatorfrom ohio, called it an honour to be chosen as donald trump's running mate. quite the turnaround from how he felt about mr trump in 2016, when the now—fierce ally was a vocal foe. i'm a never—trump guy, i never liked him. but i've noticed this willingness from people who think a lot like i do that, "look, we told you so," to all these white working—class voters voters, "we told you so, we told you trump would be a terrible candidate." and the criticism didn't stop there. publicly, he wrote in the new york times that he considered donald trump unfit for office. in private, he messaged a friend, comparing him to adolf hitler. and on tv, he cast aspersions over donald trump's honesty in response to allegations of sexual misconduct. and at the end of the day, do you believe donald trump, who always tells the truth — just kidding — or do you believe that woman on the tape? but over time, the iraq war veteran and venture

capitalist softened his tone. and when he entered politics, he won donald trump's endorsement in the 2022 ohio senate race. he said some bad things - about me, but that was before he knew me, and then he fell in love. - laughter a fan who emerged an enthusiastic fundraiser on the campaign trail, notably attending the former president's hush—money trial in new york. but perhaps key to their political coming together, jd vance's humble rust belt roots — which he wrote about in his best—selling book, hillbilly elegy. what are you doing, jd? the memoir—turned—movie catapulted him onto the national stage, offering a personal insight into the rise of populism — and a profile of the very voter the trump campaign has long sought to win over. the two men appear aligned on other issues, as well, both saying the abortion rights should be up to individual states, and sharing stances that are tough on immigration and sceptical of further aid to ukraine, prompting this

from president biden. he's a clone of trump on the issues. a clone of trump on the issues. so i don't see any difference. but in a battle between two ageing politicians, the 39—year—old's relative youth is noteworthy, with maga republicans hoping that the man who could become one of america's youngest vice presidents ever might champion their agenda for years to come. helena humphrey, bbc news, washington. as the election draws nearer, there's growing scrutiny of the policies being put forward by the two candidates — and in particular, their approaches to china. i'm joined now by the ivan kanapathy, who served in the trump white house as the national security council director for china. ivan, you're the perfect person to speak to about this, thanks forjoining us. know you were in room with donald trump advising him on policy with asia. what would you expect

from a second current presidency?— from a second current residen ? ,, ., ., presidency? steve, thanks for havinu presidency? steve, thanks for having me. — presidency? steve, thanks for having me, it's— presidency? steve, thanks for having me, it's great - presidency? steve, thanks for having me, it's great to - presidency? steve, thanks for having me, it's great to be . having me, it's great to be here. i would expect a large degree of continuity on asia policy and foreign policy more generally, based on what we saw the last year, two years of the first current presidency. and there was really an acceleration towards the end of that first trump presidency of real competitive actions in taking on china as more of an adversary. taking on china as more of an adversary-— adversary. taking on china could present _ adversary. taking on china could present the - adversary. taking on china could present the us - adversary. taking on china could present the us with | adversary. taking on china - could present the us with some problems — tensions are growing with china now suspending nuclear talks with the us on one issue there, over taiwan arms sales. are you concerned by the potential risk for escalation?— by the potential risk for escalation? ., ~ ., escalation? no, ithink for china, they _ escalation? no, ithink for china, they been - escalation? no, ithink for china, they been insincere escalation? no, i think for . china, they been insincere for their approach on nuclear talks, and this is not new, this is decades of insincerity, and no progress in decades of attempts from the united states

in good faith to approach nuclear talks. so cancelling these talks is really more of a political signal, and i think the united states will continue with arms sales to taiwan, which has carried on in the biden administration. we've seen republicans _ biden administration. we've seen republicans keen - biden administration. we've seen republicans keen to i biden administration. we've i seen republicans keen to shift the focus from ukraine to china — words from jd vance to that effect, as well — saying the us should been sending patriot missiles to taipei rather than kyiv. why are trump and vance so keen on going for competition, rather than cooperation with china? i think trump and _ cooperation with china? i think trump and vance _ cooperation with china? i think trump and vance both - cooperation with china? i think trump and vance both come i cooperation with china? i think i trump and vance both come from a position of us economic nationalism, and that's from lessons learned over the last 20-30 lessons learned over the last 20—30 years of policies of liberal globalisation that really did not work out. as you mention, vance coming from the

rust belt, etc, it didn't work out for a lot of americans, and part of it a lot of that is attributed to how china approach to the trade regime by bending, if not breaking a lot of the rules they were admitted under. in of the rules they were admitted under. . . ~ of the rules they were admitted under. . a ., ., of the rules they were admitted under. . ., ., ., ., under. in a quick word on nato, if ou under. in a quick word on nato, if you could _ under. in a quick word on nato, if you could give _ under. in a quick word on nato, if you could give your— under. in a quick word on nato, if you could give your thoughts l if you could give your thoughts there — the phrase concerns as well that america might be less inclined to participate, particularly with funding when it comes to nato, were donald trump to get back into power. i would expect america to continue in nato, but as we saw on the first trump administration, continue to put more pressure on some of the allies that have not participated enough from a burden sharing standpoint. so really making sure that the last of the nato allies that are not contributing at least 2% are probably at this point, we need more than 2% based on the threat of their gps into

the threat of their gps into the nato kit, if you will. ivan, thanks for your thoughts, we will leave it there for now. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

breaking news from the united states — the us house oversight panel says secret service director kimberly cheadle has agreed to comply with the subpoena hearing that will take place on 22july, concerning the assassination attempt of donald trump over the weekend. we'll bring you more details on that as it comes to us. in the meantime, let's move onto one of the most significant days of the british political year that took place on wednesday — the king's speech. it's the day the monarch, king charles, goes to parliament to outline the government's legislative programme. this time, it was the first

agenda to be set by the new labour administration. 0ur political editor chris mason reports. no space for passing traffic on a day whose rituals predate the motor car. a — count them — six—horsepower carriage, the king on board. much of all of this unchanged in years. good morning, prime minister. but here is a bit not seen in a while — these are the plans, to be unveiled today, of a labour prime minister. fanfare this, then, their election promises, or at least some of them, today with horses, fancy dress and trumpets. a parliamentary official known as black rod, no matter how quickly she walks, gets the door to the commons slammed in her face... black rod! ..to symbolise the independence of the house of commons. and so to the speech, written by the government, read by the king.

my government's legislative programme will be mission—led and based upon the principles of security, fairness and opportunity for all. stability will be the cornerstone of my government's economic policy. a knowing smile from the new chancellor — being trusted to manage the economy and firing it up is key for labour. and here's one big way they hope to do it. my ministers will get britain building, including through planning reform, as they seek to accelerate the delivery of high—quality infrastructure and housing. big issues that were the old government's problem are now for the new government to sort, or try to. ministers also want to give people in england who rent their homes more rights, and eventually eradicate smoking. and this is worth a glance — the civility of small talk between victors

and the defeated. it looks like rishi sunak approves of the new deputy prime minister's dress colour. order. to the debate, then, and the prime minister. sir keirstarmer. change is what this government of service will deliver, a king's speech that takes the brakes off our economy and shows to the british people that politics can be a force for good. a rejection in this complicated and volatile world of those who can only offer the easy answer, the snake oil charm of populism. mr sunak, the conservative leaderfor now, said his party would be a professional and effective opposition. and he wanted to address labour mps. if i may offer some words of advice to members opposite — on the government benches, life comes at you fast. you might end up being called to the highest office. and before you know

it, you have a bright future behind you... laughter and you are left wondering whether you can credibly be an elder statesman at the age of 44. laughter tonight, have a guess which european leader keir starmer welcomed to chequers. the drink familiar, even if the face isn't. simon harris is the newish irish prime minister. tomorrow they'll both join more than a0 other european leaders for a summit in oxfordshire. chris mason, bbc news. some interesting scientific research to share with you. a team made up of international experts says it has managed to extend the life span of mice by up to a quarter by blocking a protein. the animals not only lived longer, but were healthier. they're now looking at the research to see if the technique could be applied to human beings. here's our medical editor fergus walsh. the elixir of life, or snake oil? there have been plenty of attempts to find drugs which can enable us to live

longer and healthier lives. this study in the journal nature shows it is possible — albeit in mice. the mouse on the right has been treated with an antibody against a protein linked to the ageing process. the treated mice had better muscle function, fewer cancers, and lived around 25% longer. the antibody treatment blocks a protein called interleukin ii, which researchers think plays a key role in ageing and inflammation in humans, as well as mice. what it does is it turns off the interleukin 11 signal, which hits 2—3 master ageing switches within the cell. so when you turn off interleukin 11, you turn off the ageing switches, and you improve the bodily functions in all your organs which are affected by age. but will it work in humans? that's the big question. the antibody is being used

in some human trials and looks reasonably safe, but it's far too early to tell whether it could help us hold back the ageing process. is there a way to test if the mice were happier? before we end this edition of newsday, let's bring you the story of one of the photographers who caught the assassination attempt on donald trump on camera. doug mills, who works for the new york times, was in pennsylvania, just a few feet from the former president, when the shots rang out. my colleague sumi somaskanda caught up with him — and asked him about his experience. i thought it was a vehicle or maybe fireworks or, you know, a tractor or something like that, that it started up. but when he gestured and then looked and went like this, and then grabbed his ear, and then looked at his hand, i immediately knew that something was bad, because everybody started yelling, "active shooter, get down, get down, get down!" and i mean, i get chills now saying it, because it's still raw.

so when he went down, iran around to the side of the stage and just tried to keep taking pictures. and it turns out that, while he he was speaking, i actually had the shutter down — and when he was being shot at, i had the shutter down. so i was capturing moments at 20 frames a second. after the president was whisked away and taken to the ambulance, i was taken to a hold in a tent, because we were in a crime scene. so i had to move into an enclosed tent. and so i was sending pictures of the president pumping, you know, that fist to that picture of him doing that. and then i thought, "oh my gosh, i think i was taking pictures," you know, because, you know, adrenaline, my heart's pounding and shaking and i'm looking through the camera. and i was like, "oh my gosh, i was taking pictures of him when he was speaking and when he grimaced." and because itjust i forgot it, that in that instant i didn't think about that. i was thinking about the fist pump. so, i sent the pictures into the office,

and i called my editor, jennifer, and she called me back in five minutes and said, "you won't believe this. oh my gosh." and i was like, "what?" behind his head." and she said, "yeah, there's a bullet flying behind his head." a plane will take president biden to delaware where he will be self by sleeting and recuperating after being diagnosed with covid—i9. he's had covid twice before, this illness means he's had to cancel several planned appearances in las vegas, and we will be monitoring the situation and keeping you up to speed with that as it develops. also to remind you that we do have extensive coverage on the republican national convention taking place in milwaukee. we are expecting vice presidential nomineejd vance to speak in about three hours' time. you can find out more information on our live page. bye for now.

hello there. well, temperatures were round about the seasonal average on wednesday — in the low 20s for most of us, plenty of strong july sunshine. and there's more of that to come over the next few days. in fact, it will be warming up — too hot for some, perhaps, particularly in the southeast of england, but it's a brief, warm spell, with cooler conditions for all by sunday. and always cooler, always wetter in the north and the west — and that's certainly true overnight tonight. there'll be showery outbreaks of rain on this flow from northern ireland, up through western scotland. a few showers, too, for central, eastern areas of scotland, northwest england, and down through western wales. clear skies elsewhere, but also some mist patches developing into tomorrow morning. temperatures no lower than 14—16 celsius, so it's a mild start to thursday across the board. now on thursday, we'll still keep these showers across northern ireland and through western scotland. a few showers and cloudy conditions across many eastern areas of scotland, and through northern england, again, it's a cloudier day than on wednesday.

we'll see lots of low cloud, some mist, too, for these irish sea coasts, but plenty of sunshine for much of england and wales, and the temperatures will rise accordingly — 23—27 celsius. we're just starting to feed in this muggy feeling air, and it will feel humid on thursday night into friday — uncomfortable for sleeping. on friday, though, plenty more dry weather on offer. some rain moving into the western isles later — and again, it's rather cloudy and misty towards the western coasts here. but the sunshine just set to continue, and temperatures will rise into the mid—to—high—205 really quite widely, 29—30 celsius locally possible in east anglia or in southeast england perhaps. but the warm spell not set to last because we've got cooler—feeling conditions coming behind these weather fronts on saturday. now, we're likely to see some outbreaks of rain, some brightness developing behind for western scotland and northern ireland a little later on through the day. but some heavy, thundery downpours always possible just ahead of the front two, across east anglia and southeast england, and that will help to

lower the temperature. but you can see that temperatures are dipping as we head through saturday, and by the time we get to sunday, we're all into that fresher—feeling air. so, a drop in temperature from friday through to sunday. on sunday, still the threat of some heavy, possibly thundery downpours at times, also some sunny spells. and another dip in temperature into the start of next week. bye— bye.

over isa is a new government in india unveils its first budget, we look at the issues that could be addressed. hello and welcome to business today. i'm steve lai. in the us, chips stocks lost more than $500 billion in market value after a report said the us was mulling tighter curbs on exports of advanced semiconductor technology to china. shares in equipment provider asml, nvidia and and arm were all down. i'm joined now by markets analyst bob o'donnell, out of california. bob, great to speak to you again. what your reaction, voice the main thing we should understand about this potential

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