jd vance has restated the need to put america first as he accepted the republican vice—presidential nomination. and so tonight, mr chairman, i stand here humbled and i am overwhelmed with gratitude to say i officially accept your nomination to be vice president of the united states of america. president biden pulls out of a campaign event after testing positive for coronavirus. the first report from the uk—wide covid inquiry will be published later — focussing on how ready the country was for a pandemic the remains of the largest stegosaurus ever found have smashed the record paid for a dinosaur skeleton.

hello. i'm vishala sri—pathma. jd vance, the republican candidate for vice—president, has delivered his acceptance address to the party convention. he began by paying tribute to donald trump and urged delegates to follow his lead and fight for america. mr vance said republicans were united to try to win back the white house, but not afraid to debate. jd vance has aligned himself closely with the policies of mr trump and if the pair win in november, he's seen as the potential future of the republican party. never in my wildest imagination could i have believed i would be standing here tonight. i grew up in middletown ohio. a small town where people spoke their minds, build with their hands and loved their god,

theirfamily, community and their family, community and country theirfamily, community and country with their whole heart. it was also a place they had been cast aside and forgotten by america's ruling class in washington. when i was in the fourth grade, career politician by the name ofjoe biden supported nafta, a bad trade deal that sent countless good jobs to mexico. when i was a sophomore in high school, that same career politician named joe biden gave china a sweetheart three deal that destroyed even more good american middle—class manufacturing jobs. when i was a senior in high school, that samejoe biden supported the disastrous invasion of iraq, and each step of the way in small towns like mine in ohio or next door in pennsylvania or michigan, in state all across our country, jobs were sent overseas and our children were sent to war.

live now to milwaukee, and my colleague caitriona perry is at the republican national congress event. we found out quite well about jd vance personal story, of those people that i had heard of them before. we found the story of his upbringing rather compelling. in story of his upbringing rather compelling-— compelling. in the was jd vance's _ compelling. in the was jd vance's opportunity - compelling. in the was jd vance's opportunity to i vance's opportunity to introduce himself to be american public. he is known to a certain quarter of the public of course he wrote the bestselling book hillbilly elegy which was turned into a movie. but not somebody who has been an elected office for a very long time, just as senator for about two years. this was about introducing himself, what he stands for and that background. as he said onstage, he is the american dream, he came from very tough upbringing as hejust outlined. his mother was addicted to narcotics, she was addicted to narcotics, she was here tonight, he introduced

her, she stood up and waved, got a standing ovation from the crowd in the arena who started chanting and celebrating she was ten years clean. he mentioned his grandmother as well and how when she passed away they found 19 loaded guns in her house. back got a warm reception and people started chanting mawmaw, the nickname he had for his grandmother was that he ticked off a lot of boxes for the type of boat as the republican party and the mannagh credit —— democratic party are hoping to sway in the battleground was that he mentioned the fact it was from ohio, he mentioned factory workers, trade deals, he really appealed to a broad swathe of voters. he appealed to a broad swathe of voters. ., , appealed to a broad swathe of voters. , appealed to a broad swathe of voters. . , , ._ ., voters. he was playing what we call the rustbelt _ voters. he was playing what we call the rustbelt of _ voters. he was playing what we call the rustbelt of americans. | call the rustbelt of americans. talking about factory workers,

that was the focus of trump 2016 campaign as well. interesting we heard a lot about policy as well. we heard about policy as well. we heard a lot about _ about policy as well. we heard a lot about policy. _ about policy as well. we heard a lot about policy. it _ about policy as well. we heard a lot about policy. it was - about policy as well. we heard a lot about policy. it was a - a lot about policy. it was a speech of two halves. the first half biographical and the second half was more about setting up the platforms for what he and donald trump will seek to represent to the american people and delivering a bit of a roadmap in terms of what we can expect from them in the days and weeks and months ahead. they are both going to hold a rally in michigan on saturday once they leave the convention together. before it rallied together and donald trump first rally since the assassination attempt in butler pennsylvania last saturday. interesting to see how they gelled together at that point and we will hear more about what we heard about, there was a mention of taking a hard line against china. jd vance had a line about not wanting the chinese to build their

middle—class on the backs of american workers, it was quite a strong wind. he talks about delivering better wages and better rights for american workers. we thought about addiction, talked about stamping out chinese produced fentanyl coming into this country. all issues that do appeal in the rustbelt region, the appalachian region where three of the battleground states are. it three of the battleground states are.— three of the battleground states are. it is interesting because — states are. it is interesting because he _ states are. it is interesting because he has _ states are. it is interesting because he has a - states are. it is interesting because he has a very - states are. it is interesting - because he has a very different background to former president trump. that is presumably part of his appeal to having him on the ticket. of his appeal to having him on the ticket-— of his appeal to having him on the ticket. indeed. he sat that u . the ticket. indeed. he sat that u- in the ticket. indeed. he sat that up in great _ the ticket. indeed. he sat that up in great detail— the ticket. indeed. he sat that up in great detail in _ the ticket. indeed. he sat that up in great detail in the - up in great detail in the speech he gave you are coming from that working class, very tough background, dragged himself up by his bootstraps essentially, putting himself through law school and becoming a very successful businessman. he is wealthy in his own right and now to be a vice president

candidate. in stark contrast to donald trump who grew up in a middle—class living situation in new york and has then turned and said the successful businessman, as he would say, himself. he calls himself a billionaire, that has been disputed in various court cases. they stand in marked contrast to each other. obviously there is a huge age difference wasjd obviously there is a huge age difference was jd vance obviously there is a huge age difference wasjd vance along the same age as donald trump's sons. there is that appeal as well. donald trump seeking to in some way anoint the next generation of the republican party to be mager movement. becoming the party of donald trump. we heard on platform policies bigger so far, a move away from traditional conservative positions into something different.- conservative positions into something different. over any democrat camp, _ something different. over any democrat camp, we _ something different. over any democrat camp, we heard - democrat camp, we heard president biden tested positive for covid. , ., �*

for covid. indeed. joe biden has not had _ for covid. indeed. joe biden has not had a _ for covid. indeed. joe biden has not had a good - for covid. indeed. joe biden has not had a good run - for covid. indeed. joe biden has not had a good run of i for covid. indeed. joe biden i has not had a good run of luck. testing positive for covid while on the campaign trail in the speakers. he had paused his campaigning because of that assassination attempt on donald trump. he wanted to give a respectable break. he took down some attack ads due to run on television and resumed his campaign in nevada. another battleground state yesterday and today. he had been at an event, done an interview and due to appear at a large rally for latina work provides unions and that was cancelled at very late notice. all the crowd were gathered in the venue and one of the organisers came to see the event was cancelled. joe biden had covid and was going to his home in delaware to be in self isolation. the white house has put up a couple of stages —— statements on this. they see the event was cancelled. joe biden had covid and was going to his home in delaware to be in self isolation. the white house has

put up a couple of stages —— statements on this. they say he only has mild symptoms, thank you very much forjoining us. been a long day for you. let's speak to calvin dark, a political analyst in washington, dc. thank you very much forjoining us. what did you make of that convention speech byjd vance? i think convention speech byjd vance? ithinkjd vance convention speech byjd vance? i thinkjd vance had remain tasks tonight. i think you did all three of them. the first was to praise the man at the top of the ticket, donald trump. we saw that a lot. the second was to introduce himself to the republican party and america in a way that does not overshadow or outline donald trump. the third thing is do no harm. one of the things we know about most presidential picks is they don't make people win elections but they definitely don't need to heard. in that way, i think is exceeded. some

have thought it was surprising to her policy in his address and as pastor but his personal story. and as pastor but his personal sto . ~ ., ,., and as pastor but his personal sto .~ ., ., ., story. we also heard about the es of story. we also heard about the types of policies _ story. we also heard about the types of policies he _ types of policies he essentially agrees with in terms of him and president trump and where they align. none of that was surprising in terms of the policies and where he stands. terms of the policies and where he stande— he stands. you're right. i personally _ he stands. you're right. i personally would - he stands. you're right. i personally would have i he stands. you're right. i- personally would have thought he leaned more heavily into his story. he is a bestselling author about his story. i reminded myself, if this convention and is and remember his speech and not donald trump speech tomorrow, but is not the goal. the second thing is we know in this short time, 18 months in the senate, he had some very sometimes controversial but very specific policies. forsurvivors controversial but very specific policies. for survivors are his policies. for survivors are his policies have to be in line with trumps but has to articulate them in a way trump does. let's remember, trump is

not present with the facts and figures and historical comparisons. he also had to mimic in style because if you would think he knows more about the policy than trump, that does not make trump look good at the top of the ticket. m50 at the top of the ticket. also want to talk _ at the top of the ticket. also want to talk about _ at the top of the ticket. also want to talk about immigration, he drew a hard line on immigration, seen america welcomes newcomers but on our terms. how will that go down? with the crowd in the room, it was probably too soft but in general i think that is going to be one of the hardest things he is going to defend, him and donald trump. what they are proposing, mass deportations, forget the legal logistical obligations, just what that means to chase 15 million people out of our country. that is going to be one of the biggest hurdles he will have to overcome when he tries to make his case to voters.— his case to voters. thank you very much — his case to voters. thank you very much for— his case to voters. thank you very much forjoining - his case to voters. thank you very much forjoining us. i very much forjoining us. probably a long day for you as well. ., ~ probably a long day for you as well. . ,, , .,

probably a long day for you as well-_ and - probably a long day for you as well._ and you i probably a long day for you as well._ and you can | well. thank you. and you can read the _ well. thank you. and you can read the latest _ well. thank you. and you can read the latest on _ well. thank you. and you can read the latest on the - read the latest on the convention on our website. look in that all the republican nominations from yesterday making speeches, endorsing trump. let's get some of the day's other news now. the uk prime minister will host a meeting of dozens of european leaders at blenheim palace in oxfordshire today. talks are expected to focus on ways to tackle illegal immigration, and provide ongoing support for ukraine. sir keir starmer has said that border security will be "at the heart of the government's "reset with europe". germany is proposing halving military aid for ukraine next year to $4 billion. germany's finance minister insisted ukraine's financing was secure for the foreseeable future thanks to a g7 scheme to raise $50 billion from interest on frozen russian assets. 16 people are now known to have died in a fire at a shopping mall in southwestern china. firefighters have been combing the ill—storey building

in zigong city looking for those reported missing following wednesday's blaze. preliminary investigations have established that the fire was probably caused by construction work. a judge in new york state has criticised rudy giuliani, the former adviser and lawyer to donald trump, for spending money on his florida condominium and travel to the republican convention, while avoiding paying bankruptcy fees. mr giuliani filed for bankruptcy after being ordered to pay almost $150 million in damages to two georgian election workers. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

the us military has ended its mission to deliver humanitarian aid into gaza via a temporary pier.

navy vice admiral brad cooper said deliveries by sea from cyprus would now go to the israeli port of ashdod. the pier had limited success, partly due to bad weather. president biden announced the project in march because israel was holding up deliveries by land. aid agencies say it still is, though israel frequently blames the delays on the un. in the coming weeks we expect millions of pounds of aid will enter into gaza via this new pathway. the establishment of this route builds on logistics and co—ordination and what the us military appear no longer required, it will maintain co—ordination elements in place in the short term to make sure humanitarian systems continue to flow into gaza through this maritime pathway. with me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic.

it feels like a failed project, this peer. this is in a series of failures to provide humanitarian aid to people in bad need of this aid in gaza. it worked less than 25 days for weather and security reasons. aid agencies are saying this was a waste of money and effort and a distraction of the situation in gaza and insist the core problem is israel is using starvation as a weapon of war in gaza and israel should allow the aid to enter from land from the crossing borders that most of them are closed and the ones that are open are not working in a full function. the lack of this peer, what does it mean for gaza? it does not mean _ does it mean for gaza? it does not mean much _ does it mean for gaza? it does not mean much to _

does it mean for gaza? it does not mean much to be - does it mean for gaza? it does not mean much to be honest l not mean much to be honest because it worked a few days. it cost more than $2 million and it was served by inaudible thousands, used primarily in freeing the hostages during the israeli operation, so it had lots of security problems and weather problems, but the main issue should be opening the land borders for humanitarian aid. ,, , , land borders for humanitarian aid. ,, ,, ., ., aid. stepping back from gaza for a moment, _ aid. stepping back from gaza for a moment, in _ aid. stepping back from gaza for a moment, in terms i aid. stepping back from gaza for a moment, in terms of. aid. stepping back from gaza | for a moment, in terms of the out the front of this contained fighting within israel, there seems to be an escalating tensions between israel and hezbollah. tensions between israel and hezbollah-— hezbollah. this front in the north of israel— hezbollah. this front in the north of israel is _ hezbollah. this front in the i north of israel is continuously getting intensified and is in a dangerous situation. hezbollah

yesterday fired a new series of rockets to new settlements in northern israel. they are saying they did that to retaliate, of targeting civilians in southern lebanon. this inaudible a fear of getting out of control and open a full—scale war until the core problem in gaza would be solved. ., ~' , ., problem in gaza would be solved. ., ,, , ., ., problem in gaza would be solved. . ~' ., ., solved. thank you for “oining us. the failures and weaknesses in the uk's pandemic preparations are expected to be laid out in the first report published by the covid inquiry. baroness hallett, who is chairing the public inquiry, will set out her findings at lunchtime. our health reporter jim reed has more. spring 2020 and the country was deepin spring 2020 and the country was deep in lockdown. shops were shut, schools were closed. four years on and life might feel back to normal, but what needs

to change if or when the next pandemic hits us? a public enquiry has been trying to answer that question. should be the truth. the _ answer that question. should be the truth. the whole _ answer that question. should be the truth. the whole truth... i the truth. the whole truth... and nothing _ the truth. the whole truth... and nothing but— the truth. the whole truth... and nothing but the - the truth. the whole truth... and nothing but the truth. i and nothing but the truth. today its first findings will look at just at the time before covid including planning and the state of the nhs after a decade of spending constraints. we were at the bottom of the table number doctors, nurses, beds, i to table number doctors, nurses, beds, ito use. if table number doctors, nurses, beds, ito use.— beds, ito use. if you lose control— beds, ito use. if you lose control of _ beds, ito use. if you lose control of your _ beds, ito use. if you lose control of your debt i beds, ito use. if you lose| control of your debt annual deficit_ control of your debt annual deficit and your economy, you end ”p— deficit and your economy, you end up cutting the health service _ end up cutting the health service. , ., , ., service. this doctor is a documentary _ service. this doctor is a documentary maker i service. this doctor is a | documentary maker and service. this doctor is a - documentary maker and trained magic. i documentary maker and trained manic. , , , magic. i 'ust remember it being a reall magic. ijust remember it being a really brutal _ magic. ijust remember it being a really brutal time. _ magic. ijust remember it being a really brutal time. she - a really brutaltime. she filmed this, _ a really brutaltime. she filmed this, working i a really brutaltime. she filmed this, working on | a really brutaltime. she| filmed this, working on a a really brutal time. she filmed this, working on a covid ward during the pandemic. brute ward during the pandemic. - were dealing with a killer virus. we had not a vaccine at that point, pp you wash out. it

was ridiculous. it felt we were making do and the people that were being pushed to the front were being pushed to the front were healthcare workers. in 2020, herfather called were healthcare workers. in 2020, her father called covid. 2020, herfather called covid. he died weeks later. it is 2020, her father called covid. he died weeks later.— he died weeks later. it is so su er he died weeks later. it is so super important _ he died weeks later. it is so super important to - he died weeks later. it is so super important to make i he died weeks later. it is so i super important to make sure we learn lessons and i say learn from those who did it well because we are going to lose lives unnecessarily. the enquiry will _ lives unnecessarily. the enquiry will look - lives unnecessarily. the enquiry will look into i lives unnecessarily. the enquiry will look into why some other countries seem to better prepared. south korea, for example, use fast contact tracing to suppress early outbreaks. abs, tracing to suppress early outbreaks.— tracing to suppress early outbreaks. ~ ., , outbreaks. a professor advised the government _ outbreaks. a professor advised the government at _ outbreaks. a professor advised the government at the - outbreaks. a professor advised the government at the time. i outbreaks. a professor advised l the government at the time. one of the things that covid really showed is the amount of damage a pandemic can do particularly if countries are not adequately prepared. and a lot of it was notjust prepared. and a lot of it was not just about decisions prepared. and a lot of it was notjust about decisions in the middle of the outbreak, it was about the data infrastructure, rural sources, protocols they

had before that that put them in a better position.— in a better position. many countries were _ in a better position. many countries were caught i in a better position. many countries were caught off| in a better position. many i countries were caught off guard in 2020. the scars are still visible. it is another reason scientists say planning for the next pandemic is not important but essential. new research has found that rising sea levels are slowing down slowing down the earth's rotation and making the days longer by making the earth "fatter" at the equator. the study found that the pace of change is higher than at any point in the 20th century, which could have implications for timekeeping and space navigation. to find out more, let's speak to professor alan collins from the school of physics, chemistry and earth sciences at the university of adelaide. thank you forjoining us. this is quiet and interesting story in that if no—one has heard about this, they will be along. tell us about how the earth's centre is getting fatter? it is

not really — centre is getting fatter? it is not really the _ centre is getting fatter? it is not really the earth's - centre is getting fatter? it 3 not really the earth's centre, it is around the equator. we think of the planet as a sphere but it is not. because we are spinning, mass tries to get to the edge, to the equator, so even the rock of the earth is slightly fatter at the equator than at the poles. the diameter of the earth is about 12,700 kilometres straight through, but slightly longer at the equator by about a0 kilometres thanit equator by about a0 kilometres than it is through the poles. if you have water frozen in the poles, a bit of a mass stuck up at the polls, if you melt that ice up at the polls, that water then flows to the equator and then flows to the equator and the whole planet gets a little fatter. ., ., , , fatter. how does this impact durations — fatter. how does this impact durations and _ fatter. how does this impact durations and the _ fatter. how does this impact durations and the hours i fatter. how does this impact durations and the hours of i fatter. how does this impact i durations and the hours of the day and that sort of thing? the more mass _ day and that sort of thing? tue: more mass going day and that sort of thing? tte: more mass going to the

day and that sort of thing? "tt2 more mass going to the equator, you imagine it spinning around and around you put more mass at the equator and it slows the planet down. it's like you have seen figure skaters, ice skaters, when they are very tight and spin around and they're very narrow and stand up they're very narrow and stand up straight, they go really fast. when they crouched down, they slow down and it is the same thing happening. the masses going further out around the equator of the equator and destroying the planet down. —— mass is. that slowing down make the day is a little longer. will we see material results of this, we will find the 2a—hour day will become the 25 hour day? day will become the 25 hour da ? �* , ,, . ~' day will become the 25 hour da? ~ , ,, ., day? (laughs) it will take an awful long — day? (laughs) it will take an awful long time. the - day? (laughs) it will take an awful long time. the planet i day? (laughs) it will take an j awful long time. the planet is slowing down over its whole history anyway over hundreds of millions of years to get that noticeable amount. this study is arguably may see a couple of milliseconds over the next century, so nothing we will have to change our clocks too,

but it is important for people who have to worry really precisely about the length of day and the rate at which the planet spins, for instance, if you bring satellites up into space. you bring satellites up into sace. ~ , ., , space. will people feel the difference? _ space. will people feel the difference? days _ space. will people feel the difference? days might i space. will people feel the | difference? days might feel space. will people feel the i difference? days might feel a little longer. is that something we will feel already? no, not really. two ms, i would be surprised if anybody notices that. i don't think anyone will notice. ~ ., ~ , notice. we will take every second we _ notice. we will take every second we can _ notice. we will take every second we can get. i notice. we will take every | second we can get. thanks notice. we will take every i second we can get. thanks very much, alan collins, from the university of adelaide. nasa has said it's cancelling a planned moon rover mission because of cost overruns and launch delays. the viper rover was intended to explore the lunar south pole in search of ice and other resources, in preparation for a crewed mission by american astronauts later this decade. the mobile robot was to explore craters in permanent shadow, where ice might have endured

for billions of years. nasa said $a50 million had already been spent on the project, but continuing would have meant disrupting other missions. the rover has been assembled, but still requires testing, and could be used in future missions. the remains of the largest stegosaurus ever found have smashed the world record paid for a dinosaur skeleton. the 150—million—year—old skeleton fetched more than $aa million at auction in new york — ten times more than expected and a third more than the previous record at 8m long, apex is said to be one of the most complete dinosaur skeletons ever unearthed. stay with us here on bbc news.

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 south—east 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, north west england, and down through western wales. clear skies elsewhere, but also some mist patches developing into tomorrow morning. temperatures no lower than ia—i6 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—2os 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.

a new chapter. uk prime minister keir starmer hosts european leaders for talks as his government pledges to reset relations with the eu. my my government will seek to reset the relationship with the european partners and work to improve the united kingdom trade and investment relationship with the european union. also to come, the chips are down. $500 billion wiped off the value of semiconductor firms on wall street on fears the us will step up its tech trade war with china. and from bit to oubit, we go inside the mind boggling world of quantum computing. welcome to business today. i'm vishala sri—pathma. we start here in the uk where the new government has been setting out its priorities, delivered

in a speech by king charles at the state opening of