his firstjoint appearance at a rally with his running matejd vance since the assassination attempt. this is the scene live in grand rapids — where the crowd has already heard from his new running—mate. let's from his new running—mate. get president trump i there, let's get president trump back there, close down that border and bring some common sense and security to this country. microsoft admits friday's tech outage affected more than eight million windows devices, and there are warnings criminals might try to exploit the chaos. hello. i'm lauren taylor. we start this hour in the middle east, where israel says it has carried out a series of air strikes on yemen, which is controlled by the iranian—backed houthis. they say 80 people were injured in the attack. these pictures were released by the israel defense forces and show one of the f—15jets taking off from an unidentified location

to hit targets inside yemen. video from yemen shows huge fires around the port city of hodeidah. the houthi—run government in sana'a says israel struck oil storage facilities close to the coast, as well as a nearby power plant. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, said the port was being used as an entry point for the militia to receive iranian weapons. israel said the houthis had carried out hundreds of attacks on israel in recent months, and israel responded when someone was harmed. a houthi spokesperson said there would be an "effective response" to the idf attack. the head of the idf spokesperson�*s unit, daniel hagari, said israel was fighting a war on multiple fronts. in the area of the port, the israeli air force struck dual—use infrastructure, used for terrorist activities, including energy infrastructures. israel's necessary and proportionate strikes were carried out in order to stop the houthi terror attacks. however, this threat

goes beyond israel. the houthis target other countries in the middle east, the united states of america, and the world with their attacks on international shipping in the red sea. and notjust the red sea. who is behind the houthis? one country — iran. the iranian regime funds arms and directs the houthi terror activity. israel is fighting a multi—front war against iran's aggression proxies — hamas in gaza, hezbollah in lebanon, iranian militias in syria and iraq, and the houthis in yemen. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams is in east jerusalem with the latest. this is the first time that the israelis have hit back, despite more than 200 projectiles, drones and missiles fired by the houthis in recent months in the direction of israel.

now, some of those have reached israeli territory. but until yesterday, they hadn't really done much damage and they hadn't caused any casualties. i think everyone knew after that attack, that drone that landed in the heart of tel aviv, killing one israeli civilian, that an israeli response was completely inevitable. and sure enough, just within 2a hours or so, we have seen precisely that. so after months and months in which the americans and the british have been trying to deter houthi action both against israel, but also, of course, against shipping in the red sea, the israelis are saying, you kill one of our people and we will do this ourselves. yes, you mentioned there have been these uk and us strikes in hodeidah, and i think initially,

the houthis thought this was a uk, us type strike and then it became clear it was the israelis this time. but how does it take the regional complication... because we've had this war in gaza with various fronts, haven't we, where does it take us? look, we've had repeated reminders of the wider regional dimension of the conflict in gaza and it is that conflict in gaza that the houthis say they are responding to, showing solidarity with the palestinians in the gaza strip. we've seen that reflected along the northern border between israel and lebanon, where another iranian—sponsored militia, hezbollah, and the israeli military have been engaged in sometimes very fierce battles and, at times, there has been real concern that that front will spiral out of control. let's speak to ambassador gerald feierstein, who's director of the arabian peninsula affairs program at middle east

institute and was the us ambassador to yemen during the obama administration thank you forjoining us. what is the significance of this israeli strike all the the significance of this israeli strike all the strikes the significance of this israeli strike all the strikes on the significance of this israeli strike all the strikes on the houthis in yemen? it strike all the strikes on the houthis in yemen?- strike all the strikes on the houthis in yemen? it is a pleasure to be with yom — houthis in yemen? it is a pleasure to be with you. and _ houthis in yemen? it is a pleasure to be with you. and clearly, - houthis in yemen? it is a pleasure to be with you. and clearly, the i to be with you. and clearly, the success of the latest houthi drone attack, the casualty in tel aviv, forced an israeli response. and as your correspondence said, it is no surprise that the israelis responded the way that they did. but if they are anticipating that this is going to be a deterrent for the houthis, it won't, any more than the us or uk attacks over a period of many months has deterred the houthis. the houthis have _ has deterred the houthis. the houthis have said they are going to respond, how do you see this playing out in the next few weeks or so? well, i think the houthis will again

see they are forcing an israeli response is a success. and the israelis will once again help build up israelis will once again help build up the houthi profile, their sense of their own significance in the region. and i think that we can anticipate that the houthis will continue trying to strike targets. their capacities have clearly increased significantly since the beginning of the gaza conflict in october. ~ �* ., ., october. we've heard from the israelis that _ october. we've heard from the israelis that they _ october. we've heard from the israelis that they see _ october. we've heard from the israelis that they see hodeidah october. we've heard from the - israelis that they see hodeidah very much as a port which is used to import they put it weapons from iran into yemen. how do you see the role of iran in this and now that the houthis are being struck in this way by the israelis, does it draw iran back into the fray more openly? that would of course _ back into the fray more openly? that would of course be _ back into the fray more openly? twat would of course be the concern. do the houthis use hodeidah as a port

of entry for many, many things? yes. is it the only way that the iranians are smuggling weapons into yemen for the houthis? no, not at all. there are many different smuggling routes, many of which have existed more for millennia. so well hodeidah is important, it is not going to be able to choke off iranian resupply. —— while hodeidah. but it does of course raise the possibility that the israelis at some point will come to the conclusion that they have to strike at iran, in order to try to deter iranian allies from continuing to hit at israel.— to hit at israel. thank you very much indeed, _ to hit at israel. thank you very much indeed, gerald - to hit at israel. thank you very i much indeed, gerald feierstein, thank you very much.— much indeed, gerald feierstein, thank you very much. republican presidential nominee donald trump is due to speak

at a rally in grand rapids, michigan shortly. it's one week since the assassination attempt on the former president in pennsylvania, when a 20—year—old gunman opened fire, injuring mr trump and killing one person. speaking in the last half hour, trump's running mate, ohio senatorjd vance spoke of what donald trump would do for the country if he elected in november. president trump wants to make our streets safe enough that... make our economy strong enough so you can maybe start a business or start anotherjob were doing and getting a second chance is not something that only happens to the lucky or to the privileged few, but happens to everybody who works hard and plays by the rules. president trump in other words wants to build a country that actually works for the citizens of this country once again. he did it forfour years, he did so

successfully for four years. think about this, my friends. we have never had an election where you have four years of one guy and four years of the other guy. and who could possibly reject the idea that four years of president trump has been a hell of a lot better than four years ofjoe biden, right? applause that's right. applause that's ri . ht. �* �* ., applause that's riuht. �* �* ., ., that's right. and we've got an opportunity — that's right. and we've got an opportunity to _ that's right. and we've got an opportunity to do _ that's right. and we've got an opportunity to do it. - that's right. and we've got an opportunity to do it. we've i that's right. and we've got an | opportunity to do it. we've got that's right. and we've got an - opportunity to do it. we've got an opportunity to do it. we've got an opportunity to do it. we've got an opportunity to win a lot of races up and down the ballot to re—establish american dominance and energy, to drill, baby, drilland kick out american dominance and energy, to drill, baby, drill and kick out the drug cartels of our country.

what do they put in the water in grand rapids here? you guys are a lot of fun. but ijust grand rapids here? you guys are a lot of fun. but i just want to thank you from the bottom of my heart forgive me such a warm welcome. for giving me an president trump the opportunity to win your vote. for working so hard over the next four months, because we want an america that works for americans, and the only way to do it is to re—elect donaldj only way to do it is to re—elect donald] trump president of the united states. i'm going to do everything i can, i know you will, too. god bless you and thank you each one and every one of you. i am so gratefulfrom the each one and every one of you. i am so grateful from the bottom of my heart and i won't forget it. our senior north america correspondent gary o'donoghue is at the rally. he told us how senator vance's speech was recieved. it was pretty popular with the audience here, they like him, evil

know he is from a rival state of ohio. saying donald trump will fix the border and the economy. he talked a lot about kamala harris, the person he will have to debate as she is currently the vice president and they will have a debate before the election and how she has done a terriblejob, according to him, as the borders are. and really talking a great deal about some of the bread—and—butter issues really important in these rust belt states. manufacturing, bringingjobs important in these rust belt states. manufacturing, bringing jobs back here, bringing the production of jobs back to places like michigan and wisconsin and pennsylvania. and thatis and wisconsin and pennsylvania. and that is a that goes down very well in these manufacturing areas that have seen a lot ofjob losses over the last few decades. so you could see what he brings to the ticket in terms of that appeal to white working—class voters, which is obviously at the core of donald trump's success back in 2016. and obviously at the core of donald trump's success back in 2016. and it is the first time _ trump's success back in 2016. and it is the first time they've _ trump's success back in 2016. and it is the first time they've held - trump's success back in 2016. and it is the first time they've held a - trump's success back in 2016. and it is the first time they've held a big i

is the first time they've held a big rally since that failed assassination attempt. tell us a bit about the security situation there and what changed before the rally. well, it is interesting. this is obviously in indoor arena. this is normally an ice hockey rink. so controlling an indoor arena is much easier. so they have the traditional metal detectors outside. there are huge long lines outside, by the way, and there have been all day. some people camping from us like to get into this venue. the capacity of this place is probably around 12,000 people. it is filling up preppy rapidly. i wouldn't say the security was significantly or hugely different to what you would normally get at one of these events —— pretty rapidly. the secret service were there. you have to put everything in a try and go through the metal detective. when you go through the metal detecting, they have a

hand—held wand that they sweep over your body to make sure you have nothing on you. they search your bag. that is pretty standard. a lot of people are being told to take off their maga hats coming to security, i don't know why that was, but that was a thing today. and if you look around the whole, people don't really have a lot of bags and things like that, so they are restricting the amount of stuff people can bring in quite significantly. but there is only so much you can do when it comes to security. and i think they are running the normal playbook. but there is certainly a heavy presence outside the venue of armed police, as you would expect. joe biden says he's "looking forward to getting back on the campaign trail next week" after being isolated with covid. pressure is growing on the us president to quit his run for re—election. a democratic congressman, who described mr biden as a friend, said he didn't seem to recognise him at a d—day event last month.

eric ham is a political analyst based in washington. he explained the pressure the us president is under. no—one knows exactly what will be the final end all solution within the final end all solution within the democratic party, but president biden appears to be dug in even as a cause for him to exit the race continue to grow. more importantly, we are hearing from more and more on congressional democrats as well as big dollar donors who want to see the president leave this race. however, what we also continue to see the rank—and—file voters within the democratic party continuing to voice their support and want the president to stay in this race. obviously, we had some visible calls from people wanting him to step down, but we have had some indirect pressure from a visible lack of support from perhaps people like former president obama. t support from perhaps people like former president obama.- former president obama. i think former president obama. i think former president _ former president obama. i think former president barack - former president obama. i think former president barack obama | former president obama. i think. former president barack obama it former president obama. i think- former president barack obama it is one of those people who is perhaps orchestrating a way for the current president to leave this race. we're told thatjoe biden is very incensed by that. but the more it seems these

calls grow for biden to leave, the more dug in he becomes. and i think what we are seeing here is the crisis within the party is becoming increasingly more problematic is the republican party is becoming more unified. and that could lead to a certain drop in the polls. but again, it is about 100 days until the election, which is plenty of time to right the ship. the question is, can they? find time to right the ship. the question is, can they?— is, can they? and if it were to happen. _ is, can they? and if it were to happen. one _ is, can they? and if it were to happen, one option _ is, can they? and if it were to happen, one option people i is, can they? and if it were to i happen, one option people talked about is kamala harris. who else would be in the running and what kind of polling gives you any sense of how these people would go against a former president trump? melt. a former president trump? well, alread , a former president trump? well, already. we _ a former president trump? well, already, we are _ a former president trump? well, already, we are hearing - a former president trump? well, already, we are hearing from i a former president trump? -tt already, we are hearing from people like governor gretchen whitmer of michigan and gavin newsom of california who already said ifjoe biden drops out of the race, they will notjoin. meaning they will not want to be part of an open primary.

and if kamala harris is the actual candidates, they do not want to be seen as her running mate. so clearly, what we are seeing here evenif clearly, what we are seeing here even if biden drops out we are now seeing this might be much more difficult than some of those leaders have imagined because some of the people who they might want to lean on to take biden's place are now saying they want nothing to do with the ticket if in fact the president does decide to exit the race. now it's time for a look at today's sport. hello, thank you very much. we'll start with all the news from round three of the open golf championship at royal troon, where billy horschel leads the field. he's one shot ahead of a group of six players which includes dan brown and xander schauffele. the overnight leader, shane lowry, dropped off the pace. he made five bogeys and one double bogey, falling to ninth place at1 under par, one behind world no 1 scottie scheffler. one man who had the benefit

of the calmer early conditions was america's sam burns, who was amongst those in the chasing pack. anytime you shoot under par on this golf course, it's always good, even more so in these conditions. i think knew going out, it was gettable, most of the hole is downwind. then once you make the turn, just strap in and buckle the chinstrap because you know it's going to be difficult. yes, overall, a really solid day. england lead west indies by 207 runs at the close of play on day three of the second test at trent bridge. ben duckett and ollie pope built a good partnership in this second innings. duckett with an excellent knock of 76. the west indies finished their first innings all out for a57 — leading england by a1. england finished day three on 248 for 3, with that lead of over 200. that partnership at the end was a real crucial one for us in terms of getting a grip of the game a little bit. still certainly not in complete control because as any test

match tomorrow morning is going to be really crucial again moving forward. but certainly, that partnership in tricky conditions when it got a bit dark and they got a newer ball, it was tough conditions, so the boys batted really well. we didn't have a target in mind, i certainly didn't, ijust wanted to bat as long as i could. i think we surprised a lot of people. for us, it was about building a lead, which we did. hopefully, we got a bit more in the middle, but it wasn't meant to be and i think 40 was pretty good. lando norris will be hoping he can claim his second win of the season at the hungarian grand prix, after claiming pole for sunday's race. the british driver claimed the third pole of his career as he led oscar piastri to a mclaren one—two, ahead of world champion max verstappen. light rain made conditions tricky, with sergio perez crashing out of the opening session and yuki tsunoda also causing a red flag towards the end of qualifying. very, very happy.

not an easy qualifying, different conditions, like you said. but always ending up on top is the best part of it all. so happy, especially for the team. a one—two is even better to see, so congratulations to the team. tadej pogacar has won stage 20 of the tour de france — the penultimate stage of the race, which heads to nice on sunday. pogacar retains the race lead, but was pushed all the way to the finishing line by the defending champion, jonas vingegaard. and the slovenian will lead going into sunday's time trial, which is a break with tradition, as the race won't finish in the french capital in paris because of next week's olympics. the 22—time grand slam champion rafael nadal is into the final of the swedish open, after a three—set victory over croatia's duyay ajdukovic. the spaniard is using the clay court tournament to build up his fitness ahead of the olympic games, and had a deciding set victory over the croatian 23—year—old. it's nadal�*s first atp final in over two years, following time away from the sport with several injuries. the six—time snooker world champion ray reardon has passed away, at the age of 91.

the former miner and police officer turned professional in 1967. he went on to dominate the sport in the 19705, as it became popular thanks to the advent of colour television and the bbc�*s pot black competition. after retiring from playing, he became a mentor to ronnie o'sullivan — helping him win the world title in 200a. and that's all the sport for now. thank you very much. microsoft says that the it chaos caused by a flawed update rolled out by the cybersecurity firm crowdstrike affected 8.5 million windows devices. there are warnings that cyber criminals are looking to exploit the global it outage, and that could cause further disruption. cyber agencies in the uk and australia are urging people to be vigilant to fake emails, calls and websites. the boss of crowdstrike warned of "bad actors" that "will try to exploit events like this". in total, more than 9,000 flights

have been cancelled since friday. here in the uk, airports, which saw severe disruption, say that systems are working again, but advised people to check before traveling. the software update knocked many computers offline, hampering retail systems and healthcare, with problems for doctors and pharmacies. here's our technology editor, zoe kleinman. yesterday, the global it outage caused worldwide chaos. today, we're still dealing with the aftermath. thousands of flights were grounded, and while airports are getting back to normal, there are still many travellers who are stuck. my flight got cancelled while i was coming out of my, um, aeroplane, and i've been stranded for around over 24 hours by now, i think, um, i've been on my feet for four days by now, i think. and no—one can really help me right now. now the children are napping i on the floor, so we had no help. so we found another flight, -

but it's not on the same company, and it's only tomorrow morning, so we have to find _ a room for tonight. queues quickly built up at dover this morning, with people trying to find other ways to get abroad. the port's advice is not to arrive without a ticket. we can offer a turn—up—and—go service down here. what we do ask you to do on the busy days is please book before you come. so if you book before you come, and then we can anticipate when you're going to arrive, that helps us with everything. gps were forced to cancel appointments and some patients struggled to get hold of vital medicines. pharmacists had difficulties issuing prescriptions, including for themselves. in terms of pharmacy workload, it has impacted how the interaction has been with patients because, obviously, those electronic prescriptions and that sort of more seamless service hasn't been available. and then personally, i've also been unable to access my electronic prescription, so i really

feel for the patients because i am one of them. however, workarounds are possible for those with urgent medicine needs. they were able to take my nhs number and look me up in their system to see that i have been prescribed this before, so the pharmacist will be able to dispense it today. when i saw that it systems were down, i thought, well, i'm glad i'm not flying anywhere today, but it didn't occur to me that something like getting my prescription would be impossible. will anyone be liable for the cost of all this turmoil? the us cybersecurity firm crowdstrike has apologised for its disastrous software update, but it was only microsoft—powered computers which crashed. there's also the companies themselves who don't seem to have had back—up systems. it shows just how dependent we are on a small number of big tech companies to run our digital lives, and how vulnerable this leaves us when something goes wrong. zoe kleinman, bbc news. in breaking news... a man has been charged with arson

and violent disorder after a bus was set on fire in leeds on thursday. 37—year—old youstin dobree has been remanded in custody and will appear at leeds magistrates' court on monday. another four people have also been arrested in connection with the disturbances in harehills, in which a police car was overturned. the trouble began after social services investigated a child protection issue at a house. let's get some of the day's other news now. a hard—line ukrainian nationalist party has blamed russia for killing one of its most prominent members. iryna farion was shot on the street in the western city of lviv. she was a former mp for the svoboda party, and had achieved notoriety for insulting the country's russian speakers. but ukraine's interior ministry says there are several possible suspects. with great pomp and pageantry, malaysia has crowned the billionaire businessman sultan ibrahim iskandar king. since the country gained independence from britain, it's had a unique rotating monarchy,

with the role of king shared between the ethnic malay royal families of nine states — each king ruling for five years. it's a largely ceremonial role, but he can get involved in politics during parliamentary deadlocks. the 65—year—old said he would govern with justice and fairness. two pandas at a zoo in the united states have made their official debut. yun chuan and xin bao are the first pandas to enter the us in 21 years. since arriving injune, the pandas have been acclimating to their new home, and are expected to be seen by the public on august the 8th at san diego zoo. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. we have some big contrasts in our weather right now. on the one hand, across many eastern parts of the uk,

it's dry, but further west, it's cloudy. we've had the outbreaks of rain for quite some time now and that's how it's going to stay through the course of this evening. also quite humid in a number of areas. now, here's the satellite picture with the radar superimposed, and you can see the outbreaks of rain here, the dark blue colours indicating the heavier rain in south—western areas, through the irish sea, just about clearing northern ireland at this stage, but wet in the western isles. further east, it's dry. now, let's have a look at the picture around nine o'clock. so by this stage, most of the rain actually in the south will have fizzled out, although we have a few showers dotted around. dry in the extreme south—east, east anglia, most of lincolnshire. the thick cloud, with the persistent rain, is from around about the lake district northwards into the lowlands of scotland, much of scotland, in fact, and all the way into the northern isles. but at this stage, you can see clearer skies already in the outer hebrides. and much fresher here, 13 degrees, whereas many other eastern parts of the uk still 23. now, the forecast for tonight shows that heavier rain moving away to the north, it sort of fizzles out, evaporates, really, in the south.

and then we're left with a cloudy, muggy morning for many of us in the east. 17 in hull, about that in london. out towards the west, it's a fresher start, with some sunshine. and i think overall, sunday is not looking bad at all. there'll be sunshine in the morning in many areas, but then the clouds will bubble up. could be a few showers scattered across england and wales, scotland too, perhaps layers of thicker cloud in northern ireland earlier on, as this weather front brushes ireland here. and the temperatures — 18 in the north tomorrow, about 23 in london, and we'll start to lose some of that humidity. now, early next week, still a few weather fronts to get through. they're coming off the atlantic. the winds are mostly from the west, so they're still pretty warm. still a fair amount of humidity in the air, moisture, but really quite brisk winds, especially around some of these coasts. most of the rain will probably be further north. i think further south, it's cloudy rather than wet, and certainly some sunshine around. temperatures, 24 degrees expected in hull. ok, let's have a look at the outlook, then. it's a bit of a mixed bag,

but if you look at the temperatures, they're actually pretty much bang—on where they should be this time of the year and actually into the weekend and the following week, it's starting to settle down.

this is bbc news, the headlines... israel says it's carried out a series of air strikes on the port city of hodeidah in yemen,

which is controlled by the iranian—backed houthi movement. the israel defence forces say their fighter jets struck military targets in response to hundreds of attacks on israel over recent months. donald trump is due to speak in michigan shortly. it's being described as his first public campaign rally since the attempted assassination last week. security is tight at the event in grand rapids. mr trump was slightly injured and one of his supporters killed at a rally in pennslyvania. microsoft says the it chaos caused by a flawed update rolled out by the cybersecurity firm crowdstrike affected more than eight million windows devices. there are warnings that cyber criminals are looking to exploit friday's global tech outage by offering false software fixes to access computers. we start this hour in the middle east where israel says it has carried out a series of air strikes on yemen — which is controlled

by the iranian—backed houthis. they say 80 people were injured in the attack. these pictures were released by the israel defense forces and show one of the f—15jets taking off from an unidentified location to hit targets inside yemen. video from yemen shows huge fires around the port city of hodeidah. the houthi—run government in sana'a says israel struck oil storage facilities close to the coast, as well as a nearby power plant. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu said the port was being used as an entry point for the militia to receive iranian weapons. israel said the houthis had carried out hundreds of attacks on israel in recent months and israel responded when someone was harmed. a houthis spokesperson said there would be an �*effective response' to the idf attack. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams is in eastjerusalem with the latest. this is the first time the israelis have hit back despite more than 200

projectiles, drains, and missiles fired by the houthis in recent months in the direction of israel. some of those have reached israeli territory but until yesterday, they hadn't really done much damage and they haven't caused any casualties. i think everyone you after that attack, that drone that landed in the heart of tel aviv killing one israeli civilian, that a response, an israeli response was completely inevitable. and sure enough, just within 24 hours or so, we have seen precisely that. so, you know, after months and months in which the americans and the british have been trying to deter the houthi action, both against israel but also against shipping in the red sea, the israelis are saying, if you kill one of our people, and we will do this ourselves. of our people, and we will do this ourselves-— of our people, and we will do this ourselves. ., ., ., ourselves. you mention there have been us and _

ourselves. you mention there have been us and uk _ ourselves. you mention there have been us and uk strikes _ ourselves. you mention there have been us and uk strikes in - ourselves. you mention there have| been us and uk strikes in hodeidah and initially houthis thought this was a uk us strike but then it became clear it was the israelis this time. but how does it take the whole regional congregation because we have had this war in gaza with various fronts, haven't we? where does it take us? we have had repeated reminders of the wider regional mention of the conflict in gaza, and it is that conflict in gaza, and it is that conflict in gaza that the houthis say they are responding to, showing solidarity with the palestinians in the gaza strip. we have seen that reflected along the northern border, between israel and lebanon wear and other iranians sponsored militia, hezbollah, and the israeli territory have been engaged in sometimes very fierce battles and at times there have been real concern that that front would spiral out of control. you will remember back in april we

saw a whole series of tit for tat attacks in which the israelis attacked the iranian consulate in damascus, iran responded with a huge barrage of missiles and drones directed at israel for the first time, and israel also for the first time, and israel also for the first time hit back firing missiles at targets inside iran. i think we are seeing these episodes, each time they kinda flare up and then each site makes its point and then it kind of seems to calm down a bit again, but wejust kind of seems to calm down a bit again, but we just get these regular reminders that this is original power struggle in which, as israel says, it is battling iran and what it sees as a geranium proxies around the region. and as you mentioned, the region. and as you mentioned, the houthis are amongst the iran backed proxies, how likely is it that iran will be drawn back in again a more open way this time

around? , , ., ., ., around? this is an ongoing relationship, _ around? this is an ongoing relationship, there - around? this is an ongoing relationship, there is i around? this is an ongoing i relationship, there is nothing to suggest that iran has backed off on its support for the houthis, and indeed an israeli military spokesman on a briefing i was listening to about an hour ago pointed out that hodeidah is the main port of entry for iranian equipment into yemen. there are other routes across through the desert via oman but hodeidah has certainly been a focus of interest, in terms of the way iran continues to sponsor the houthi militias. the houthis are saying that they will retaliate, the israelis are saying tonight that if there are further attacks like the one we saw in tel aviv, they will also retaliate. whether iran chooses to get directly involved this time, well, who knows? there is a new president in power in iran, we don't know yet signals a change in iranto its regional allies and in its

regional context, but this is an ever present danger and the threat of a wider regional escalation, which has been there since october has simply not gone away. israel put that military has said this evening it is looking into initial reports of explosions heard initial reports of explosions heard in the red sea port city of eilat. initial reports of explosions heard in the port city of eilat. we will bring you more on that. also reports coming in from lebanon, state media saying that israeli targets have hit an ammunition depot inside lebanon, whether targets that israel has been hitting, hezbollah targets, so that is something that continues to be tense in the region, with those reports of an explosion in the southern city of eilat in israel and

also explosions inside lebanon as well. the bbc understands that the uk's independent pay review bodies will recommend an above—inflation pay rise of 5.5% for teachers and nhs staff. the figure will represent a challenge for the new government's budget this year. our political correspondent charlotte rose has more. this relates to the school teachers' review body. that represents about half a million teachers, and also the nhs workers' pay review body, representing 1.3 million nhs workers, but importantly, not doctors and dentists. that is a separate pay review body and these discussions are different to the ongoing pay dispute in england with junior doctors. the government is due to resume those negotiations next week. this is about the annual pay review settlement. but we have had some reaction from unions this morning. the general secretary of the national education union said that a pay award is needed to stop the recruitment and retention crisis in schools. he suggested if the government were not to meet the recommendations of the pay review body in full, then that could lead

to strike action. the consequences could be a problem for the government. at the moment, they have budgeted for around 2% increase, of course in line with the current levels of inflation. so 5.5%, they would have to find an extra £1 billion to pay teachers and double that for nhs workers, and that could have a knock—on effect what other public sector workers whose pay review bodies we have not heard from yet. because we know the chancellor rachel reeves has set some tight financial rules to stick to, saying she won't increase borrowing and she doesn't want to increase taxes, there are questions about where the money would come from. it looks like a challenge for the new government. let's get more on the global it outage. jake moore is the global cybersecurity adviser for eset, europe's leading cybersecurity company. he explained how criminals take advantage of these kind of events.

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and using windows that are at risk. hopefully they have been able to set those fixes now but they all need manual updates so they need some other computer to physically go through all of the computers to make them run again. but hopefully that won't take too long, maybe a few more days and we should hopefully be back up and running and a lot safer now. tt back up and running and a lot safer now. . , back up and running and a lot safer now. ., , ., now. it has highlighted how interconnected _ now. it has highlighted how interconnected the - now. it has highlighted how interconnected the world i now. it has highlighted how interconnected the world is | now. it has highlighted how i interconnected the world is and now. it has highlighted how - interconnected the world is and also the vulnerabilities of being exposed to this kind of thing. what you think should change as a result of this particular if anything? we are so reliant on _ this particular if anything? we are so reliant on a _ this particular if anything? we are so reliant on a few _ this particular if anything? we are so reliant on a few number i this particular if anything? we are so reliant on a few number of i this particular if anything? we are so reliant on a few number of big | so reliant on a few number of big technology firms. resilience is not but —— wonderful thing but to make things on scale, you do have to use the same operating systems, the same computers to make them work at that scale. but it is all about the balance of making things secure, being able to be quick at fixing these problems. updates are created because we have security threats that are unknown to us, they keep

them very quiet, they may know about them very quiet, they may know about them in his big technology firms, they met —— they want to make the patch so they can fix it and the computers don't get attacked and then they send those patches out but it comes down to making that clever balance, with making sure that it is safe but not releasing it too quickly because as we have seen, if it goes out far too quickly before it goes out far too quickly before it has been properly tested, it can cause absolute havoc. the mother of two sisters who were stabbed to death says she forgives the man who killed them. 27—year—old nicole smallman and 46 year old bibaa henry were murdered in wembley injune 2020. but speaking to bbc radio 4's today programme, mina smallman says she can't forgive the police officers who took photos and selfies with their bodies and shared them with others on whatsapp. chi chi izundu reports. it wasn't until after the trial, mishal husain interviewed me and she said, "do you forgive the killer?" "have you forgiven the killer?"

she said. and, you know, a quick soulsearch, and i had. there was nothing there. mina smallman said she was surprised that she no longer held any hate in her heart for the man who had brutally murdered her two daughters, bibaa henry and nicole smallman, in 2020. i didn't need that additional burden in my head. i don't feel revenge, i don't feel hatred. it's...it's gone. but she says that forgiveness has not been extended to the two met officers who took pictures and selfies with the bodies they were supposed to be guarding and shared them on whatsapp. they both were sentenced to 33 months in prison. some may find that really strange. you've forgiven the killer but you can't forgive the police officers. and i don't think... it's not a question of i can't, it's a question of, actually, that has given me the impetus to keep on reforming and working

with the met and other police forces to ensure that we have the police force that we deserve. mina smallman admitted her low was attempted suicide after finding out one of the officers had been released, but she now believes their actions propel her fight for better policing in the uk. chi chi izundu, bbc news. turkey's president has said the reunification of cyprus is not possible, and that there is no point holding talks with that as the goal. recep tayyip erdogan was visiting the island to mark the 50th anniversary of turkey's invasion. for more on the background to all of this, i've been speaking to paul moss, europe editorfor the bbc world service. cyprus became independent in 1960, and from then on, there were awful tensions between the turkish and the greek—speaking population, and these spilled over into violence, with appalling atrocities committed on both sides. and then in 1974, cyprus announced it was actually

going to join with greece. enosis, it was called. that caused a lot of fear amongst the turkish—speaking population and prompted turkey to invade 50 years ago today. they said they were doing it to protect their population. they took over one third of the island. it meant that greek speakers fled from the turkish bit, and turkish speakers then fled from the greek bit. thousands of people lost their homes, and the island has been divided ever since. and what that means, really, is today's 50th anniversary is seen very differently by the two sides. for the greeks, it marks the moment when turkey invaded and they lost one third of the island. but for some turks, they're celebrating. they say this was the moment when the greek army appeared as liberators to protect them. and there, we're left with the status quo we have now. and what are the hopes at all of any peace negotiations? you know, the strange thing is peace negotiations have gone on almost ever since. and what's really odd is, people know what the end goal looks like, or they thought they did. the idea was to bring cyprus together as a single federal state,

but with a lot of autonomy for the two sides and compensation for the people who lost their homes. in 2004, they got very close. kofi annan, the then un secretary—general, had a plan roughly based on this, but it was put to a referendum and the greek—cypriot side rejected it. now, today, they were on the moment of the anniversary the greek—cypriot president, nikos christodoulides, he said that there was still hope that reunification could happen in that way. translation: our mission | is the liberation, reunification and solution of the cyprus problem. if we really want to send a message on this tragic anniversary and really honour all those who sacrificed themselves in order for us to exist today, it is to do anything possible to reunite our homeland. well, that optimism was very quickly scotched. the turkish president, recep tayyip erdogan, is considered a nationalist in his country. he has no real desire

to pull out of cyprus, to pull his troops out of cyprus. it doesn't really fit with his nationalist agenda. and he said that as far as he was concerned, reunification, it's not going to happen. translation: we cannot get anywhere by ignoring - the realities on the island. we believe that a federal solution in cyprus is not possible. so what happens now? yeah, well, i don't think recep tayyip erdogan's comments are going to inspire anyone with optimism. and there's a new factor i haven't mentioned. a few years ago, they discovered gas off the coast of turkey, of cyprus, which means both sides now have even more interest in hanging on to what they have. there's money to be made there. at the same time, when you go to cyprus, people really do genuinely want peace. i remember sitting in a the home of a turkish man on the turkish side. it had been taken from a greek family 50 years before. he said, look, i would give this back tomorrowjust to have peace and to reunify the island. at a grass—roots level, lots of people really do want that to happen.

at the same time, it does feel like the the politics is against them, i'm afraid. at least five more people have been killed in bangladesh as troops enforce a nation—wide curfew following days of unrest. security forces used live rounds, rubber bullets and teargas as protesters defied the curfew and blocked roads. students have been demanding that ministers scrap a quota system that reserves many public sector jobs for the relatives of veterans of the country's war of independence. on sunday, the supreme court will consider a government attempt to overturn the court verdict which reintroduced the quotas. maya tudor, from the university of oxford's blavatnik school of government, explained more about the background to the violence. the impetus for these protests was a recent bangladesh high court decision to reinstate, as you said, civil service employment quotas for relatives of the country's freedom fighters. to understand why these

quotas are so contentious, one has to understand that the independence struggle for bangladesh is relatively recent. it was only in 1971, a very bloody battle that some scholars call a genocide, that the country gained independence. in the context of that time, quotas, which reserved 30% of civil service seats for those veterans, were widely accepted as legitimate. today, however, that context feels very different. first, thosejobs are incredibly stable and lucrative and prestigious. there are just a few hundred of them, and almost half a million bangladeshis compete for those jobs. and in addition, the current government, the incumbent government, prime minister sheikh hasina is the daughter of the country's founding father. that means many of her party's members benefit from these quotas.

in the context today, according to some of the students i have spoken with, that effectively entrenches the incumbents in positions of power. a prisoner who managed to escape custody on thursday has been found in putney and returned to prison. graham gomm, who had been on remand for burglary offences, absconded from hammersmith hospital after becoming unwell. the metropolitan police said he was found as a result of a coordinated police operation working alongside colleagues from hm prison service. the force said that an investigation would continue looking at how mr gomm escaped from custody. just two years after three wild bison were released into the kent countryside to help restore the area to its natural state, their numbers have doubled. it's the first time the species has roamed free in the uk for centuries, and it's hoped the project will serve as a blueprint for similar wilding initiatives, as claudia ser—vay—ziss explains. three bison have now become six,

including two calves — one being a happy surprise. it's been described as a ground—breaking rewilding project because these creatures help us manage our woods in a natural, sustainable way. you go to europe and there are wild animals that people live with. people live with wolves and lynx and bison. you know, in america, people go camping in yellowstone, where there are american bison, which are very, very similar to the bison we've got here. they're not dangerous animals, but we're not used to living with them in this country. and it's so important for them to be out in the wild, to act as ecosystem engineers. you know, bison are rocket fuel for biodiversity. in romania, where they have reintroduced bison back into the wild, they've done some research at harvard recently, and 170 bison living in the wild were capturing the carbon of 43,000 cars.

they're impressive, strong — the heaviest wild land animal in europe. some weigh a tonne, and they're having a big impact on the 56 hectares they're currently roaming on. bison, they they do a lot of grazing and browsing on the trees and this opens up long corridors. we've got lots of pathways through the woodlands. and, basically, this allows more light to the forest floor and light's essential for new growth. if you have a really thick canopy, nothing really grows on the other layers, so it's not good for other species. there's a line injurassic park — "life finds a way". now i know it's a hollywood fiction, but stay with me on this because it's exactly what they're doing here. by helping the bison, they're letting nature find its own way to survive.

conservationists say we're facing a nature biodiversity crisis. but by using these large herbivores to reinvigorate and create dynamic ecosystems, the project is becoming part of the solution. claudia sermbezis, bbc news. members of the refugee olympic team have arrived in france, ready to go for gold at the summer games. it's the largest refugee team to date — made up of 37 athletes — and this will be the third consecutive olympic games to field a team. it's the first time the team have met each other. here's our reporter meghan owen. it's a chance for some pre—games team bonding. and let's just not forget that there are athletes from 15 countries competing in 12 sports. so a real variety in this team. now, they're meeting in normandy at the moment,

and then they'll go on to paris, to the olympic village where they'll be actually able to train with their host countries' teams. now, there's a lot of rising stars to watch out for this year, including cindy ngamba, who is a cameroon—born boxer who moved to the uk aged 11 and is actually the first ever refugee boxer in the olympics. and we also have two sisters taking part in some of the cycling events — fariba and yildiz hashimi from afghanistan. and what makes their story so remarkable is that, of course, the taliban have banned women from playing sport, so they've defied the odds and they've managed to make it to the olympics. well, let's take a listen to some of the other athletes in the team this year. we met and we are like from different backgrounds. we practice different sports. but, yeah, it was really important. and, yeah, i hope we inspire the other refugees and we will do our best to make proud this team. my preparation is to prepare to go and run game, to improve time, l also to win, to get number two

and three and four. _ so i'm so grateful and thankful about this programme that they had to support the athlete. uh, i use it for my training camps and my races that i had in sweden and outside of sweden. and bring us up to date with the background to how this all came about, this refugee olympics. well, it stems back to 2015, when the international olympic committee decided to delegate some funding as part of a refugee emergency fund to help bring refugees into sport. so the first refugee olympic team we saw was in 2016 at the rio dejaneiro olympics. and it's managed by the olympic refuge foundation. so how do they select the athletes? well, the athletes must be elite competitors already. and they also must be recognised refugees by the un refugee agency. now, the president of the international, the international olympic committee, said that he hopes this will demonstrate the human potential of resilience and excellence,

but also that it will send a message of hope to the over 100 million people displaced around the world, that you can be a refugee and you can compete in the olympics. american singer bruce springsteen has officially reached billionaire status. according to forbes, the boss is apparently worth $1.1 billion, following a six—decade career that's seen him release 21 studio albums, seven live albums, and five eps, selling more than 140 million albums globally. plenty more news for you anytime on our website. plenty more news for you anytime on ourwebsite. i'll plenty more news for you anytime on our website. i'll be back with you shortly with the headlines, by finance. —— goodbye for now. hello. we have some big contrasts in our weather right now. on the one hand, across many eastern parts of the uk,

it's dry, but further west, it's cloudy. we've had the outbreaks of rain for quite some time now and that's how it's going to stay through the course of this evening. also quite humid in a number of areas. now, here's the satellite picture with the radar superimposed, and you can see the outbreaks of rain here, the dark blue colours indicating the heavier rain in south—western areas, through the irish sea, just about clearing northern ireland at this stage, but wet in the western isles. further east, it's dry. now, let's have a look at the picture around nine o'clock. so by this stage, most of the rain actually in the south will have fizzled out, although we have a few showers dotted around. dry in the extreme south—east, east anglia, most of lincolnshire. the thick cloud, with the persistent rain, is from around about the lake district northwards into the lowlands of scotland, much of scotland, in fact, and all the way into the northern isles. but at this stage, you can see clearer skies already in the outer hebrides. and much fresher here, 13 degrees, whereas many other eastern parts of the uk still 23. now, the forecast for tonight shows that heavier rain moving away to the north, it sort of fizzles out, evaporates, really, in the south. and then we're left

with a cloudy, muggy morning for many of us in the east. 17 in hull, about that in london. out towards the west, it's a fresher start, with some sunshine. and i think overall, sunday is not looking bad at all. there'll be sunshine in the morning in many areas, but then the clouds will bubble up. could be a few showers scattered across england and wales, scotland too, perhaps layers of thicker cloud in northern ireland earlier on, as this weather front brushes ireland here. and the temperatures — 18 in the north tomorrow, about 23 in london, and we'll start to lose some of that humidity. now, early next week, still a few weather fronts to get through. they're coming off the atlantic. the winds are mostly from the west, so they're still pretty warm. still a fair amount of humidity in the air, moisture, but really quite brisk winds, especially around some of these coasts. most of the rain will probably be further north. i think further south, it's cloudy rather than wet, and certainly some sunshine around. temperatures, 24 degrees expected in hull. ok, let's have a look at the outlook, then. it's a bit of a mixed bag,

but if you look at the temperatures, they're actually pretty much bang—on where they should be this time of the year and actually into the weekend and the following week, it's starting to settle down.

live from london, this is bbc news. back on the campaign trail — donald trump is to appear at an election rally for the first time since a gunman tried to kill him.

this is the scene live in michigan, where the crowd has already heard from his new running—mate, jd vance. let's get president trump back there, close down that border, and bring some common sense and security to this country. israeli fighterjets strike houthi military targets in yemen, in response to hundreds of attacks on israel in recent months. microsoft admits friday's tech outage affected more than eight million windows devices, and there are warnings criminals might try to exploit the chaos. hello, i'm lauren taylor. we start this hour in the united states, where the republican presidential nominee donald trump and his running mate, ohio senatorjd vance, are shortly due to hold their first rally together, as a ticket, in grand rapids, michigan. it's one week since the assassination attempt on the former president

in pennsylvania, when a 20—year—old gunman opened fire injuring mr trump, and killing one person.