donald trump speaks at his first campaign rally since surviving an attempt on his life a week ago. us presidentjoe biden says he's "looking forward to getting back on the campaign trail next week", despite growing pressure to step aside. 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 sophie long. former us president donald trump is giving his first campaign speech since surviving an attempt on his life a week ago. trump told the crowd in grand rapids, michigan, he feels as if he's not supposed to be here, saying he took a bullet for democracy. and they keep saying to me he

is a threat to democracy. i'm saying, what the hell did i do for democracy? last week, i took a bullet for democracy. what did i do against democracy? crazy. live now tojenny kumah, our correspondent outside the van andel arena, in grand rapids, michigan. donald trump in great spirits, is where the crowd behind him. was there any anxiety after the violence at the last campaign rally? violence at the last campaign rall ? ., , , rally? the atmosphere feels like a pep — rally? the atmosphere feels like a pop concert. - rally? the atmosphere feels like a pop concert. lots - rally? the atmosphere feels like a pop concert. lots of i like a pop concert. lots of people are streaming out. the mood is buoyant. people feel the momentum is with the trump campaign. some people arrived and stayed overnight to get the best seats. as you were hearing if you watched the speech, there was a huge roar as donald trump came on to start his speech. talking to people queueing up, there was a huge

queueing up, there was a huge queue half a mile long along one street as i was coming to the venue. talking to them about how they were feeling because this is a week since the shooting. many said they had come here because of the shooting. because they wanted to show their support. they said in terms of the security, they felt the security would be tighter than ever because of what happens. and also, the contrast being that the venue is indoors and last week's event was held outdoors. the atmosphere here is lots of positivity and people feeling as if the republican party is in a very good place. and this is something donald trump touched on in his speech. he gave the message the republicans were more united than they have been in a long time, whereas the democrats were in disarray and divided, as those calls forjoe biden continue for him to consider whether he should step aside. donald trump said that the

convention where he and jd vance were confirmed as president and vice president nominees, he described it as a big, beautiful, four day lovefest. and he attacked the democrats, saying that they were the enemies of democracy. and he said ironically that, he said, that they were being undemocratic becausejoe biden undemocratic because joe biden had undemocratic becausejoe biden had been selected through primaries and millions of people voting for him, yet the way they were calling forjoe biden to step aside was undemocratic.— biden to step aside was undemocratic. ., ., , ., undemocratic. you are standing in a swing _ undemocratic. you are standing in a swing states, _ undemocratic. you are standing in a swing states, it _ undemocratic. you are standing in a swing states, it is - in a swing states, it is crucial for former president trump to win if he is to get back into the white house and the man he hopes will help him do that has been on the stage, jd vance. , do that has been on the stage, jd vance-— jd vance. their first campaign together- _ jd vance. their first campaign together. yes, _ jd vance. their first campaign together. yes, significant - jd vance. their first campaign together. yes, significant for| together. yes, significant for that reason. this is their first rally together since being confirmed at the

convention. michigan is a significant key battleground. donald trump won here in 2016 byjust 10,000 donald trump won here in 2016 byjust10,000 votes. it went back to the democrats, joe biden winning here with around 150,000 votes. jd vance is seen as somebody who can appeal to the working—class here, he comes from a working—class background. and it is seen his appointment as president will help him win in key states like wisconsin, pennsylvania, 0hio. today, a key rally for all sorts of reasons.- today, a key rally for all sorts of reasons. and he is still on the _ sorts of reasons. and he is still on the stage. - sorts of reasons. and he is still on the stage. his - still on the stage. his experience last week must�*ve been terrifying, but it certainly has not put him off the stage. looks like he's going for another record breaker. 0n going for another record breaker. on his feet for 92 minutes the rnc.- breaker. on his feet for 92 minutes the rnc. yes. -- at the rnc. minutes the rnc. yes. -- at the rnc- some _ minutes the rnc. yes. -- at the rnc. some people _ minutes the rnc. yes. -- at the rnc. some people came - minutes the rnc. yes. -- at the rnc. some people came out - rnc. some people came out before the end of that. yes, it

was a very long speech at the republican convention. it was criticised by the democrats for being rambling and full of mistruths. yes, we will see how much longer this goes on for. thanks very much indeed. 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. for more, i spoke with amie parnes, senior political correspondent for the hill. there is a very different atmosphere in the two campaigns atmosphere in the two campaigns at the moment. he has been under pressure to make a decision, butjoe biden has made that decision, it is just not the one that some people want to hear, it seems. i know, and so far. _

want to hear, it seems. i know, and so far. it — want to hear, it seems. i know, and so far, it is _ want to hear, it seems. i know, and so far, it is a _ want to hear, it seems. i know, and so far, it is a stalemate - and so far, it is a stalemate and so far, it is a stalemate and that is angering and frustrating a lot of democrats. they are seeing former president trump at these rallies, at the convention. his party is behind him, they are unified. and the democratic party is not. so right now, they are trying to break the stalemate. both sides are very dug in. you have the president's defiant and saying, you know what? i beat donald trump less time in 2020, i am going to do it again. he thinks he is the only candidate who can do this and that's why he is so dug in. then you have the lawmakers and donors on the other side and pundits and everyone piling on. and the pressure will only mount because i am hearing from democrats they are expecting more lawmakers to come out in the coming days. so it is not going to get easier for the president.— president. they are in a difficult _ president. they are in a difficult situation - president. they are in a difficult situation at - president. they are in a difficult situation at the | difficult situation at the moment because they have on the republican side somebody who seems to have survived an attempt on his life. meanwhile,

the biden camp is asking people to put theirfaith in the biden camp is asking people to put their faith in a frail and diminished man. senior democrats are saying he is neither frail nor diminished. yes, where do you see this going? yes, where do you see this auoin ? ~ ~ going? well, i think in the cominu going? well, i think in the coming days. _ going? well, i think in the coming days, it _ going? well, i think in the coming days, it has - going? well, i think in the coming days, it has to - going? well, i think in the i coming days, it has to come going? well, i think in the - coming days, it has to come to a head. we are nearing the 100 day mark before election day and i think democrats are really feeling the need to make a move here. if they are going to go to vice president harris, if they are going to go and have an open convention, they need to start moving on this quickly because of the ground game. it takes a long time to establish a ground game, organising, testing if a vice presidential candidate is new, they are going to want to test this person. all of this is going to take a lot of time and time is not on their side right now. y ., , time is not on their side right now. , , now. do you see them becoming any more — now. do you see them becoming any more unified _ now. do you see them becoming any more unified at _ now. do you see them becoming any more unified at all? - any more unified at all? several people coming out today to say they are behind the

president and even if he does decide to step aside, they have a brilliant person in kamala harris who can step up, do you see them coming behind her at this stage? i see them coming behind her at this stage?— this stage? i think that is where the _ this stage? i think that is where the stalemate - this stage? i think that is where the stalemate is l this stage? i think that is - where the stalemate is because a lot of people say, ok, let's say the president steps down, then what? is kamala harris ready for this? there is disagreement there. if not kamala harris, then who is it? and an open convention obviously will further divide the party. so i think a lot of the party. so i think a lot of the next steps are almost scarier to democrats more than what they are facing right now. so i think it is going to be a rough, bumpy100 days. so i think it is going to be a rough, bumpy 100 days. find so i think it is going to be a rough, bumpy 100 days. and this speculation _ rough, bumpy 100 days. and this speculation about _ rough, bumpy 100 days. and this speculation about will _ rough, bumpy 100 days. and this speculation about will he, - speculation about will he, won't he has been going on for three weeks, what will be breaking point, do you think? i think a lot of lawmakers are careful to give him his space. he is recovering from covid. this is the biggest decision of

his political career and he is doing it whilst he is sick, so a lot of people are being respectful of that. they are also trying to give him time in recent weeks to recover from the dismal debate that he had from that performance. they wanted him to prove almost that he is able to do this and he did in certain moments, like in detroit last week where he had a rally, a very fiery rally and voters urged him not to quit. his supporters there. but democrats wanted to see more of that in the last few weeks and they feel like the president hasn't delivered.— they feel like the president hasn't delivered. when you look at data surrounding _ hasn't delivered. when you look at data surrounding this, - hasn't delivered. when you look at data surrounding this, can . at data surrounding this, can he come back from this, is it possible he can get back on the campaign trail this week and put this behind him? i campaign trail this week and put this behind him?- campaign trail this week and put this behind him? i think it is auoin put this behind him? i think it is going to be _ put this behind him? i think it is going to be an _ put this behind him? i think it is going to be an uphill- is going to be an uphill battle. can he? maybe. buti think the tide is against him at this point. i don't think it is turning. i think he has to really show people day in and day out that he is capable of

doing this. even his silence in the past few days, democrats have said, he has covid, but let's see him. he can do videos, he can do other things. the fact that he is not as kind of proving his point. they want to see him out and about, putting this behind him, but i don't know if he can at this point. transportation providers, businesses, governments and hospitals are rushing to get their systems back online today, after disruptions following a widespread technology outage. microsoft says that the it chaos — caused by a flawed cybersecurity update — affected 8.5 million windows devices. the glitch came from an update rolled out by the cybersecurity firm crowdstrike. travellers across the world continue to face disruption as airlines try to recover. airlines cancelled thousands of flights on friday, and flight—tracking services list at least 25,000 current flight delays. 0ur correspondent and technology editor zoe kleinman has more.

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 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. israel has lauched a series of retaliatory airstrikes on sites in yemen linked to the houthi movement. it's israel's first direct attack on the group following a string of attacks by the iran—backed militia. israeli fighterjets hit oil and gas facilities on the red sea port of hodeidah on saturday evening. it comes just a day after a residential area in tel aviv was hit by what israel claims was an iranian—made drone, which had been modified to fly long distance.

in a televised address, israel's prime minister said, "anyone who harms us will pay a very heavy price for their aggression". a spokesman for the houthis vowed to respond to what they described as "brutal agression" from israel. a houthi—run tv channel in yemen reports at least three people were killed and more than 80 injured in the israeli raid. 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 far 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? 0ne country — iran. the iranian regime funds arms and directs 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. 0ur diplomatic correspondent paul adams sent this update from jerusalem. this is the first time the israelis have retaliated against the houthis in yemen following months and months of houthi attacks directed towards israel. the israelis say as many as 220 separate drones and ballistic missiles have been fired towards israel in the last nine months.

none of those really did much damage and none of them killed anyone. that of course all changed in the early hours of friday morning, when a drone somehow made its way through israel's air defences, landed right in the middle of tel aviv, close to the american embassy, and killed one civilian. it was absolutely clear following that incident that israel would retaliate, and they have done so quickly. as for the choice of target, well, hitting the port city of hodeidah — a port which israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu this evening said is not an innocent port, it's the place where israelis believe the houthis bring in weapons smuggled from iran. but also, hitting these oil storage tanks and setting off this vast inferno, with huge flames leaping up into the sky and vast black clouds drifting over the city, i think was designed to send a very symbolic, emphatic

message around the region. in fact, israel's defence minister, yoav gallant, essentially said that. a message to iran's, israel's opponents around the region that israel will not hesitate to launch attacks even as far away as distant yemen if israeli lives are at stake. we have had repeated moments over the past nine or ten months at which the war in gaza has threatened to spill over into some wider conflict. the main one, of course, among those various other fronts is lebanon, where israel and the hezbollah militia also supported by iran continue to wage sometimes very ferocious fighting. and yemen has been part of this wider regional dimension, too. does the latest tit—for—tat exchanges between israel and yemen amount to a new escalation? well, we'll see. probably not. but it's worth remembering that the americans and british have been mounting similar air

strikes against the houthis for months now and none of that has so far deterred them. paul adams reporting from jerusalem. tensions remain high at the israel—lebanon border. just hours ago, israel's military struck a depot storing ammunition linked to the hezbollah militia group. earlier this week, hezbollah's leader, hassan nasrallah, warned that they would hit new targets in israel if more civilians were killed in israeli strikes. reports say that at least 104 civilians have been killed in lebanon since october. evan gershkovich is now serving a 16—year sentence in a russian prison, the first american journalist to be convicted of spying since the end of the cold war. evan's employer, the wall streetjournal, evan's family and the white house all deny the charges. his conviction comes at a time of extreme media restrictions in russia, especially on foreign reporters. the committee to protect

journalists names russia among "the worstjailers ofjournalists globally". of the 17 foreign reporters injail worldwide, 12 are held in russia — including evan and alsu kurmasheva, another us journalist. press freedom groups are pushing the us to do more to bring them home. the us government has designated evan as "wrongfully detained", meaning it can take special measures to push for his release. evan's family and employer are, in the meantime, running media campaigns to raise awareness of his plight. let's speak about this now with peter greste. he's a formerforeign correspondent who served 13 months in an egyptianjail and is now the executive director of the alliance forjournalists' freedom. thank you for being with us. i can see waiting, thanks for your patience.— can see waiting, thanks for your patience. you do have direct experience _ your patience. you do have direct experience of - your patience. you do have direct experience of what l direct experience of what extended confinement with an uncertain future can feel like.

can you give us a sense of what might be going through evan's mind when he heard that verdict come down? i mind when he heard that verdict come down?— mind when he heard that verdict come down? i mean, there is no real come down? i mean, there is no renl easy — come down? i mean, there is no renl easy way — come down? i mean, there is no renl easy way of _ come down? i mean, there is no real easy way of preparing - come down? i mean, there is no real easy way of preparing for i real easy way of preparing for this. i think the evidence is pretty clear that it was always going to be a conviction. the conviction rate in russia is about 99.5%. so it was always highly unlikely it was ever going to be any other outcome. but it is always still a very difficult thing to hear that centres and to shift your brain into thinking for much longer term you might have originally hoped —— that sentence. evan will also be aware of the campaign to get him out. there is a huge international support for him both from governments and press freedom groups like my own and individuals around the world and i think that makes a big difference to cope with the situation psychologically. 50 with the situation psychologically. with the situation -s cholouicall . , psychologically. so he will be aware of the _ psychologically. so he will be aware of the efforts - psychologically. so he will be aware of the efforts to - psychologically. so he will be aware of the efforts to get i psychologically. so he will be l aware of the efforts to get him out and bring aware of the efforts to get him outand bring him aware of the efforts to get him out and bring him home. we have

heard the biden administration have said it is a top priority. he will be aware of that? yes, he will almost certainly be aware of it. he will get consulate visits and messages from friends and families. i believe communication is restricted, but he is getting some messages. even then, the prison grapevine runs reasonably freely. it is incredibly important we keep up the pressure. hat incredibly important we keep up the pressure-— the pressure. not 'ust for his psychology. h the pressure. not 'ust for his psychology. but _ the pressure. notjust for his psychology, but also - the pressure. notjust for his psychology, but also to - the pressure. notjust for his psychology, but also to keepj the pressure. notjust for his i psychology, but also to keep up the pressure on the russians to get him out. because the secret to ending these situations is to ending these situations is to make the price of keeping someone like evan higher than the value they present as a prisoner, a detainee. your release came after a coordinated international campaign headed up by family and colleagues. we see the same thing happening now. how hopeful are you evan's situation will be resolved in time frame? i reasonably

hopeful. the russian government and president putin have hinted and president putin have hinted a prisoner exchange is the most likely outcome —— i am reasonably. it has happened before and the united states has been involved in prisoner exchanges. there is also a russian prisoner serving time in a germanjailforan in a german jail for an assassination in a germanjailforan assassination of a chechen rebel in building a four years ago and he seems to be the most likely candidate for some kind of prisoner exchange. there are also indications negotiations on moving forward. evan's trial was brought forward by a month at the request of the defence lawyers. so it looks as though and i don't want to pre—empt anything, but it is possible that could be related to a prisoner exchange. either way, the point is to make sure that we keep up the pressure on the russian authorities notjust as individuals or press freedom groups, but from all quarters.

the russians will be sensitive that even though they have suggested they are not, they will be sensitive to international public opinion. they won the respect of the global community, they want people to have some kind of confidence in the judicial system —— they want. even though it seems completely contrived and in control of the kremlin. —— and controlled by the kremlin. as long as we keep up the kremlin. as long as we keep up the social media and diplomatic and political and economic pressure, i think there is a reasonable chance we can get evan out. how delicate of these negotiations? can things go wrong and is there a point you can put too much pressure on? i don't think there is a point you can put too much pressure. these situations are complex and every country and situation is different. the political calculus and agreements to be made vary from case to case and country to country. it is ultimately about the some of the pressure. whatever the pressure points. so at one

level, it is complex and delicate. but i don't think that pressure from the public can ever be harmful. we always felt in my case, my family felt the egyptian authorities were perfectly capable of making a distinction between the very nuanced diplomatic messages coming out of the australian government and the messages from my family and the more noisy social media posts that were very critical of egypt. as long as the authorities can make that distinction, the public pressure can only add to the pressure to get someone like evan out. aha, the pressure to get someone like evan out.— the pressure to get someone like evan out. a final thought on our like evan out. a final thought on your own _ like evan out. a final thought on your own experience. i like evan out. a final thought on your own experience. did | like evan out. a final thought i on your own experience. did you everfeel on your own experience. did you ever feel hopeless or on your own experience. did you everfeel hopeless or did on your own experience. did you ever feel hopeless or did you always believe they would get you out? i always believe they would get ou out? ., ., , , you out? i had to shift my thinking _ you out? i had to shift my thinking towards - you out? i had to shift my thinking towards the i you out? i had to shift my thinking towards the end | you out? i had to shift my. thinking towards the end of you out? i had to shift my i thinking towards the end of my sentence which was shorter than that of evan. i was sentenced to seven, but you had to set

your sights on that timeframe and get your head in that kind of space. and recognise that you may well have to serve that time, but still continue to hope the pressure might work. i never lost hope, i always believed it was possible. it happened much sooner than i anticipated and i have to say thanks to all the people that supported me and we need to do the same a2. supported me and we need to do the same 42.— supported me and we need to do the same 42. thanks so much for shafinu the same 42. thanks so much for sharing your _ the same 42. thanks so much for sharing your experience, - the same 42. thanks so much for sharing your experience, peter. | sharing your experience, peter. —— to do the same for evan. two pandas at a zoo here 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. more from us at the top of the hour, i will see you then. hello there. well, saturday saw some more

sunshine towards eastern england in particular. it was warm and humid still here, with some of our temperatures rising again into the high 20s in celsius, whereas further west, it was a wetter story. plenty of thick clouds, fresher feeling conditions developing here. we're all coming into that cooler feeling air as we head through sunday. there'll still be some sunshine around for most of us at times, but also, some wet weather in the form of showers. and overnight tonight, we've been seeing some rain move northwards and eastwards, showers following on behind. most of the rain by dawn on sunday will be across the northern isles. still, that hang—back of cloud towards eastern england, and still that warm, muggy—feeling air — temperatures, 16—18 celsius to start off the morning. now, many of us will get off to a sunny start to the day, but cloud will thicken as we head through the late morning into the afternoon, mostly from the west, and there'll be a scattering of showers for western stretches of the uk as well, with heavier rain moving into northern ireland later on through the afternoon, eventually to south—west scotland.

temperatures will be more or less the seasonal average — 16—23 degrees celsius, so quite a drop for eastern areas of england in particular. staying in that cooler air on monday, a whole host of weather fronts bringing some more wet and some windy weather at times too. most of the rain, will tend to be out towards the north and west. a few sharp, thundery showers across scotland down through north—west england. a scattering of showers, but also some sunny spells for northern ireland. and it's blustery in the south, with a brisk westerly wind, a few isolated showers, but also, some sunshine. the sunshine will help to boost the temperature — perhaps for south—east england, we could see 24 or 25 degrees in the best of that. and then, on tuesday, high pressure starts to build in, so the sunshine will be making a return across pretty much the whole of the uk. a few showers to start off the day and a few isolated showers developing as we head through the middle part of the day as well. more of a north—westerly wind,

so it's quite a cool wind direction, but temperatures will be boosted by the sunshine, so rising a little higher again as we head through the day on tuesday. the high pressure, too, lasting into wednesday. so, if we take a look at our outlook for the capital cities as we head through the rest of the week, its warm and it's mostly dry again on wednesday. temperatures rising a little further, but more showers on thursday and friday. bye— bye.

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