for his part, mr trump says it will be easier to beat kamala harris than mr biden. a student leader calls for a pause in the bangladesh job quota protests, which have left more than 150 people dead. kitesurfing makes its debut at this week's paris olympics. we speak to one medal hopeful. hello. i'm annita mcveigh. returning to our top story now and endorsements from us democrats have flooded in for vice president kamala harris as she seeks to gain the party's presidential nomination. reaction has also been swift from the republican party but, as you might expect, slightly different in tone. the republican nominee for vice president, the ohio senatorjd vance, has immediately gone on the attack on social media, describing ms harris as a co—author of mr biden�*s "failures" on migration and inflation.

donald trump has previously said he thought kamala harris would be easier to defeat in november's election thanjoe biden. let's speak tojennifer ewing from republicans overseas uk. thank you forjoining us on the programme. do you think that kamala harris would be easier for donald trump to beat than joe harris would be easier for donald trump to beat thanjoe biden? i trump to beat thanjoe biden? i don't think trump to beat thanjoe biden? i don't think she will end up being the nominee, when it comes down to it. while several people have endorsed her, there are notable exceptions of who has not. obama has not, nancy pelosi has not, chuck schumer has not. i think they are putting this out there is a bit of a test balloon to see how she does for the next couple of weeks. until that disastrous debate a few weeks ago, she pulled even lower than president

biden. trump is probably thinking it is the same policies that america is not really fond of right now. she was put in charge of looking after the border. we have an open border, as you may well know. the policies may well be the same. the other thing to put in mind this kamala harris is complicit in this cover—up that has been going on i would say four years ofjoe biden�*s cognitive decline. she will have to answer for that as well. decline. she will have to answer for that as well-— that as well. president baron pots macro has said _ that as well. president baron pots macro has said his _ that as well. president baron pots macro has said his doctors - that as well. president baron pots macro has said his doctors had - that as well. president baron pots i macro has said his doctors had given him a clean bill of health. we haven't heard the statement that he is going to like about what led to this ultimate decision to pull out of the race. you don't think she is going to be the nominee, the candidate, you say. for argument�*s sake, let's say that she is. lots of people would have thought that

donald trump would prefer to face joe biden given his performance at that last debate. in essence kamala harris going to be harder to beat? you are exactly right with regards to a's performance, that is just when the world find out about it, but his cognitive decline. now they can say that donald trump is the oldest person to run for president. the one thing kamala has going for her is full of energy, but that does not take away from the fact that that she is running on the same policies. she is even more progressive. anybody thinking that the democrats had gone too far to the democrats had gone too far to the left, this pushes them even further left. while there is a negligible benefit to having kamala, i don't think it is enough to beat

trump. i don't think it is enough to beat trum -. . i don't think it is enough to beat trum . _ ,., ., , i don't think it is enough to beat trum. ., , ., . ., trump. donald trump has made much of joe biden's trump. donald trump has made much of joe biden's age. — trump. donald trump has made much of joe biden's age. his _ trump. donald trump has made much of joe biden's age, his physical— trump. donald trump has made much of joe biden's age, his physical health - joe biden's age, his physical health and so forth, as you alluded to. donald trump is now the oldest presidential candidate on a ballot. to the tables turn on him because of that? , , ., ., , that? they very well good. there is a big difference _ that? they very well good. there is a big difference between _ that? they very well good. there is a big difference between kamala, l that? they very well good. there is a big difference between kamala, i| a big difference between kamala, i think she is late 50s or something. the issue withjoe biden, yes it was age, but in comparison to donald trump, there are only three or four years difference, it was cognitive ability. whatever you want to say about donald trump and there are many criticisms to make, he does have a lot of energy. he gets shot in the ear one day and is one of the best conventions we have seen probably ever. then he is now doing more rallies the rest of the week. the guy has a tonne of energy and it

is not a direct link to biden. kamala harris has raised almost $50 million in grassroots donations. what does that say to you about her potential to win, if she is indeed the candidate is you must continue to say, her potential to win the race? ., , ., to say, her potential to win the race? . , ., ., to say, her potential to win the race? . , . . , ., race? that is a great question. there is a _ race? that is a great question. there is a lot _ race? that is a great question. there is a lot of _ race? that is a great question. there is a lot of uncertainty . race? that is a great question. | there is a lot of uncertainty with regards to the hundreds of millions of dollars that had been raised for the harris — biden ticket. if neither one of them are on the ticket, that money goes back to the dnc or the donors. if one of them is on the ticket it is confusing because at first it was thought that they needed to get the official nomination. before that money could be released. that money that has

already been raised is in question. the fact that she has raised an additional a0 million is not surprising. i heard an interview today i think it was a black woman in america who had got together, a large group, and they are supporting her, which is great. she will definitely have people on her site that want to raise money for her so she can be the candidate.— she can be the candidate. you're obviously on _ she can be the candidate. you're obviously on the _ she can be the candidate. you're obviously on the opposite - she can be the candidate. you're obviously on the opposite side i she can be the candidate. you'rej obviously on the opposite side of the political from obviously on the opposite side of the politicalfrom kamala harris, but are you excited that potentially there could be a woman in the running to become the us president? i would love to see a woman be the us president, but i'm from canada —— i am from california and i know a lot of her background. if she is the nomination choice, she will have a lot to answerfor, nomination choice, she will have a lot to answer for, so as much as i can wait to see a female first president, i don't think kamala harris is the right one. a time will

tell. good luck to her.— tell. good luck to her. jennifer ewin: , tell. good luck to her. jennifer ewing. thank— tell. good luck to her. jennifer ewing, thank you _ tell. good luck to her. jennifer ewing, thank you very - tell. good luck to her. jennifer ewing, thank you very much i tell. good luck to her. jennifer| ewing, thank you very much for tell. good luck to her. jennifer - ewing, thank you very much for your time. our us special correspondent katty kay told us more about the reaction to biden's decision to step down as the democratic candidate. this is something i have been hearing pretty firmly from people around president biden for the last week or two. it seems like there was a last—minute push back by the president but once the poll numbers came in after the debate, particularly poll numbers from swing states, it became very difficult for him to stay. today you are getting democrats lauding president biden as doing the right thing, as putting his country first and giving them a chance to win. but there is also a lot of frustration amongst democrats i have been speaking to overnight about the fact he didn't do this four months ago, that he didn't do this a year ago. because by staying in the race as long as he has, he has deprived the democratic party of this incredibly important process of the primary test, and that is when candidates can test their mettle, become better

candidates and become, if you like, political athletes, and by dropping out this late he hasn't given them the opportunity to do that. so in a sense, yes, joe biden has done the right thing, he's put his country first for democrats but he has also done it so late it leaves the party in a bit of a mess. if i had to take odds on it, then yes, i would put my money on kamala harris being the nominee. partly because the delegates who will go to the convention in august, democratic delegates of the democratic national convention, tend to be heavily labour unions, compared to the rest of the country there are higher numbers of african—americans and higher numbers of hispanic delegates. it's a delegate component that will skew more liberal perhaps than the american population, and that, i have been told by democratic strategists, that actually amongst those people kamala harris polls very well, they like her. even if there were some open process between now and the democratic national convention in august, the chances are that at the first round of voting

kamala harris would still win. here in the uk, the prime minister, keir starmer, has been speaking about his government's plans for skills this morning in hampshire. during questions he was asked about the us president's decision to pull out of the 202a race and whether he thought mr biden was capable to serving out his last six months as president. can i first say, given that we're here at this airshow, how much president biden cares about defence and security. he has made that central to his leadership. of course, he led us through the nato council just ten days or so ago, a really important nato summit, a bigger nato, a stronger nato and a nato with real resolve. i respect the decision that he has now made. not an easy decision, but a decision that i know that he will have arrived at taking into account the best interests

of the american people. i look forward to working with him for the remainder of his presidency. four adults and two children have died after a collision involving a car and a motorbike in west yorkshire. it happened on the a61 between wakefield and barnsley on sunday afternoon. police were still at the scene this morning — these pictures show that some of the debris from the vehicles was still on the road surface — and also that at least one vehicle seems to have left the carriageway. police cars have been coming and going all night here to what officers have described as an absolutely tragic incident. they were called to barnsley road here on the border between barnsley and wakefield, shortly before a:00 on sunday afternoon. a crash between a motorbike and a car left a male rider and his female passenger dead. those in the ford focus, a man and a woman, along with two young girls, also died at the scene. the road has been closed for much

of sunday and overnight, while police investigated what happened and how six people came to lose their lives. while superintendent alan travis, of wakefield district police, said, "this is an absolutely tragic incident which has resulted in the loss of six lives. our thoughts go out to the families of those who have died, who we are working with to provide support at this time." around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

bangladesh remains tense, with some students having vowed to continue protests a day after the supreme court scrapped most of the governmentjob quotas they were demonstrating against. they want the government to implement the court order before they call off their demonstrations. more than a 150 people have been killed in a week of violence and over 500 arrested, included some leaders of the main opposition bangladesh nationalist party.

the quota scheme meant a third ofjobs are reserved for relatives of veterans from the country's war for independence from pakistan in 1971. a warning that this report from our south asia correspondent yogita limaye contains distressing images. troops on the streets, a strict curfew, a near—blackout of communication. bangladesh is using all its might to control public anger. over the past week, students marched on the streets against quotas in governmentjobs for families of veterans of bangladesh's war for independence, which some say benefit those close to the ruling party. the police and paramilitary are accused of cracking down on the protests. in this video — verified by the bbc — a young man, injured but alive, left on the streets by security forces.

he died later, one of more than 150 killed. outside a dhaka hospital, shahida begum — the aunt of 16—year—old imam hussain, who succumbed to gunshot injuries. "my nephew, was an innocent child. why did they kill him in such a brutal way?", she cried. hundreds have been injured, in what many describe as the worst violence they've seen. translation: three | of my friends are dead. see? there are blood stains on my hand. why are my hands coloured with the blood of my brothers? bangladesh's government has denied that it used violence against unarmed students. it alleges the protests are politically motivated. prime minister sheikh hasina last spoke out on wednesday. she promised action against those who've committed murder. in nearly 15 consecutive years

in power, this is one of the most serious challenges she's faced. yogita limaye, bbc news, dhaka. here on the bbc we've followed closely the post office horizon it scandal, which has been described as the biggest miscarriage ofjustice in uk history. one of the wrongly prosecuted sub—postmasters we've spoken with is gail ward. she was accused of fraud and threatened with prison — but now, after two decades of humiliation, financial ruin and heartbreak, she's finally received compensation from the government. our reporter, fiona lamdin, caught up with her. (tx next) this is where it happened, exactly 17 years ago today, on january the 11th, 2007. that's when the auditors arrived. ifirst met gail ward outside her former post office at the start of this year. six months on, things are looking very different. knocking. hi, come on in.

gail has received compensation. it's a weight lifted off your shoulders when you're not worrying, week in, week out. what bill's going to drop on the doorstep. gail had run a post office for eight years, but faulty software meant she had shortfalls every week. despite putting in £20,000 of her own money to balance the books, she was charged with theft and false accounting. the solicitor phoned and was saying, you know, was i ready for court the following week, she said, "and don't forget to bring a bag with you with some personal items in it." and i said, "why?" she said, "well, just in case you're not coming home." you had a 13—year—old son. he went to school that morning not knowing if all his parents would be there when he came home. she was spared prison, but given community service. in 2021, she had her conviction overturned. but it wasn't until this april she finally received compensation.

when our solicitor phoned and she said, you know, "it might be an idea if you sit down. and kerry was saying, "what's the matter? what's wrong?" i said, ijust started crying and said, "it's all over, it's finished." 20 years of watching every single penny, what's it like now being financially secure? i don't have to go to cheddar boot sale anymore to do my shopping. ijust go shopping. and after years of renting, three weeks ago, they were able to buy this house. wow, you've done loads. yeah, but you can see by all the boxes, we've still got a way to go. finishing off some of the books. it's nice to actually get these out of boxes. it was like winning the lottery. when you walk in and there's this totally empty building and you're thinking, you know, this is ours. i've got my planters, which i want to start doing my veg in. but we love the hydrangea, it's so beautiful. it is a fantastic feeling, yeah, to know that we are secure. for all i still think somebody�*s

going to come and knock on the door and say, "can we have the keys back, it's not yours." but i'm sure that'll fade eventually. and when you finally got the keys? it was only after everybody had gone, and it was only mark and i here, and we opened a bottle of wine and just sort of went, "wow, yeah, we're home." i can put it to bed now, yeah. i'm happy. yeah, totally happy, which i haven't been for a long, long time. fiona lamdin, bbc news. to south africa now where a convicted murderer who killed dozens of black men during the racist apartheid era of white minority rule has claimed that the police sanctioned his violence. louis van schoor, a former security guard, was jailed for seven murders in 1992, but was released on parole 12 years later. south africa's police haven't commented. isa jacobson from bbc africa eye has tracked him down.

i was a crimefighter. and if you're successful, then you're going to be called monsters and serial killer and whatever you want to, uh, which i don't agree with. during a three—year bloodbath in the 1980s, louis van schoor killed at least 39 people in the south african city of east london. all of his victims were black. the youngest was just 12 years old. van schoor killed all of his victims during apartheid in south africa — a brutal system of white supremacist rule. many of apartheid's worst killers were controversially released after serving relatively short sentences. men like eugene de kock, nicknamed prime evil, who confessed to murdering hundreds of activists. and janusz walus, who assassinated popular anti—apartheid activists. but it's louis van schoor who i have been investigating most closely.

louis van schoor was a security guard, guarding white—owned businesses. he had these special alarms, and alarms usually make a sound, but his were silent, and so that meant he could surprise any intruder. they would not know he was coming. he was a kind of vigilante killer, the great saviour of the white community. the relatives of van schoor�*s victims have struggled to find closure. translation: when my father went missing, i was six years old. - and i found out two years later that my father died and that he was killed by van schoor. sometimes, i sit down and the tears just fall, from the heartbreak, because of the pain that i feel.

van schoor was arrested in 1991 and convicted of seven murders, but he only served 12 years in jail, and more than 30 of his killings are still categorised as "justifiable" by the police. i went to confront van schoor in person about his killings. it's a horror show. it's a bloodbath. this is a 12—year—old. yeah, well, he looks much different lying there than what he was that night. yourjob was not to kill. yourjob was to apprehend. you are a serial killer, you know. these are serial killings. you're stepping over the line now. never have i been proven by court a serial killer. is there no, nowhere in you that feels some shame for these atrocities? i'm sorry, no. the families of van schoor�*s victims feel they may never getjustice, but they are determined not

to let his actions destroy their spirit. isa jacobson, bbc news. you can watch the full bbc africa eye documentary on iplayer in the uk or on the bbc africa youtube channel. just search �*the apartheid killer'. let's take you to sudan now, where a new report by the medical charity medecins sans frontieres has detailed horrific violence in the country's ongoing civil conflict in sudan, including repeated attacks on hospitals and clinics. msf says civilians, including children, have been subjected to bombing and displacement. the report has been published following a week of indirect un talks between sudan's warring parties where no clear progress was made. following that huge global it outage last friday, cyber security firm crowdstrike says a �*significant�* number of affected computers are now back online. disruption still continues,

though, with many airlines saying they're struggling to restore normal operations. the us—based carrier delta says it has cancelled more than 300 flights scheduled for monday, with no timetable for an end to the issues. the paris olympics gets under way later this week with several sports due to make their debuts at the games. among them is kitesurfing and one of the competitiors hoping for a golden debut is team gb�*s connor bainbridge. andy moon has been to meet him. i love kitesurfing. i mean, ijustjust walked out of a meeting about ten minutes ago with my physiologist telling me off for doing too much kitesurfing. but i love this sport, i mean, it isjust incredible. and i think that having it on that world stage for the first time in the olympics, it is a showcase. it does look phenomenal as a sport. and so hopefully it will, you know, boost our sport, get more participation into it. but also we're hoping it's going to be a spectacle down in marseille. getting ready to show off his sport to the world. conor bainbridge has always been

eyeing the 202a olympics. part of the sailing team were the first to be announced by team gb, but conor wasn't amongst them after initially failing to qualify. looking back now, i'll agree with my coach who said this is only going to be a good thing in the long run, but at the time it was hard. i think going from a string of such incredible results last year of i hadn't stepped off the podium in almost two years and so then to come into the big ones and really kind of fall short was... ..it was pretty heartbreaking. instead, connor had to wait until the ominously named last chance regatta to secure a spot at the games. i think there was a lot of pressure. i think what i shifted quite heavily from last year is i allowed there to be a lot of external pressure from the team and from my peers, and this year i really focussed on the fact that, well, it's me, if i qualify, i'm going to the games and therefore that pressure is on me and that responsibility is on me. connor unfortunately missed the recent world championships after a training accident led to him requiring minor surgery.

it could have been a lot worse. as my doctor said, when i got back, we were three centimetres either way from, yeah, possibly taking me out of the olympics. so, yeah, we're all back, thankfully, justjust missed the world championships. now fully fit, connor is clear what his aim is. i would be disappointed not to walk away with a medal, and i think you know how disappointed i was at the test event last year walking away with second. i'm hoping it's going to be a gold and that's what we're working towards, and that's what we've pushed towards for the whole winter. when i sat down and we started working with my coach for the first time, you know, the first question was, "what are you aiming for?" and the goal was gold and so that is what we're going for. connor bainbridge is hoping to soar above the water and the competition next month. hello. it is a relatively quiet weather picture out there for the rest of today.

we have a fair amount of cloud in the skies, so fairly grey at times, but there will be some sunshine and that is going to be the picture through much of this week. most of us looking much drier than we have been. occasional showers around. in any sunny spells, though, it is going to feel pleasantly warm. at the moment we are in between weather systems — one clearing off towards the east, another one approaching from the west, but high pressure not far away. certainly no active weather fronts at the moment. for the rest of today we've got some showers around for northern ireland, perhaps parts of central and southern scotland. northern england could catch one or two. further south and further north, across parts of the north of scotland, you've got some sunshine breaking through. breezier conditions in the south, but we will see temperatures here up to about 2a degrees or so. further north, typically high teens, low 20s. there is less of a breeze, so where you do catch any of those showers they're going to be quite slow moving. this is the pollen levels we're expecting for the rest of the day. high levels across central and eastern england. elsewhere moderate to low. it is grass and nettle pollen that's dominant at the moment. into tonight, then, we've got another rash of showers moving in from the west. we've got showers easing away

towards the east and then clearer spells developing behind that. temperatures in the north 11 or 12 degrees in the towns and cities, but 17 there for london. quite a muggy night in the south overnight. heading into tomorrow, we've got low pressure out towards the east, high pressure building its way in from the west, so initially perhaps a bit more cloud, some showery rain for south—east england. that should clear away. sunny spells and a few scattered showers for much of the day. most of them, i think, are going to be down the spine of the country, across the pennines, perhaps a few down towards wales, south—west england, as well. temperatures somewhere between about 17 to 2a degrees — pretty pleasant. the best of the sunshine probably close to coastal areas. heading towards the middle of the week, into wednesday now, high pressure is building its way in, at least for a time, so a lot of dry and settled weather on the cards for wednesday. you can see a bit more cloud and a few blustery showers moving into perhaps wales, perhaps northern ireland later on in the day. probably keeping dry and quite sunny further towards the south and the east. temperatures 25 in the warmest spots, but we're typically looking at high teens,

low to mid 20s. a bit of a change into thursday. look at this waving front here that's moving in from the south—west. that could bring some spells of more persistent rain for a time on thursday. then it's back to sunny spells on just a few showers later in the week. bye— bye.

from within his party. attention now turns to who will face

donald trump in november. president biden says he will remain in the white house until the election, as world leaders react to the news. i respect the decision that he has now made. not an easy decision, but a decision that i know he will have arrived at taking into account the best interests of the american people. also on the programme... an investigation begins after two children and four adults were killed in a crash between a car and a motorbike in west yorkshire. delays and disruption continue for travellers and nhs patients after last week's global it problems. no encore. legendary british cyclist mark cavendish confirms this year's tour de france was his last. and coming up on bbc news, we hearfrom slovenian tadej pogacar after his third tour de france win in five years.