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.

good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. senior members of the democratic party in the united states have backed the current vice president, kamala harris, to stand against donald trump in this november's election, after the current president, joe biden, withdrew from the race. it's emerged that some of mr biden�*s closest aides were only told of his decision to step aside one minute before he made the announcement on social media. there had been weeks of speculation about his health. ms harris says she now intends to "earn and win" her party's nomination for the white house. from washington, this report from tom bateman. us vice president kamala harris

is seeing a surge of support as she moves to secure the democratic presidential nomination. despite the weeks of mounting pressure on him to step aside, joe biden had been holding firm. but he abruptly abandoned his campaign on a sunday afternoon... ..with reaction tojoe biden dropping out of the race... ..as news channels went into overdrive. in a written statement, he said... the last time the president was seen in public, having caught covid, he was gingerly descending the steps of air force one. that was wednesday. since then, huddled with his closest aides at his delaware home, he had been reflecting for a couple of days, say sources, before finally making up his mind yesterday morning.

mr biden�*s campaign was fatally damaged from this point, almost a month ago, facing donald trump in a head—to—head debate. mr biden faltered, forgot things and couldn't finish sentences. dealing with everything we had to do with... look, if... we finally beat medicare. by now the attempts to revive his campaign were damage limitation. but that was too late, he'd already flunked the moment that really mattered. and then there were more mistakes — including this at a nato summit. now i want to hand it over to the president of ukraine, who has as much courage as he has determination. ladies and gentlemen, president putin. president putin? he has to beat president putin, president zelensky. in the end it was a critcal mass of democrats in congress and the threats of some donors that spelled the end of

the road forjoe biden. i was following his campaign for part of this last week and saw him up close as he tried but failed to regain momentum. let me ask you, are you all in? because i'm all in. in las vegas, back on the campaign trail last week, the 81—year—old started out energised. but the next day he seemed to have slowed down. during a stop at a mexican restaurant, a pitch to hispanic voters, all the questions from us reporters were about the growing calls for him to quit the race. mr president, any response... reporters all talk at once. then, after 90 minutes held inside, the whole trip was abandoned. we were raced away in the motorcade as it was confirmed the president had covid. the candidate was going home and it felt like a campaign in crisis. gunshots. screaming. and this race had already taken

an extraordinary turn when donald trump survived an assassination attempt. now officially the republican nominee, mr trump last night hit out at his former rival. he said... democrats have paid tribute to mr biden, hailing his decision to pull out as a selfless act to serve his country. former president bill clinton and his wife hillary, the former us secretary of state, said mr biden had... so what happens next? mr biden has backed his vice president, kamala harris, for the nomination. dozens of democrats in congress have endorsed her but she doesn't become the candidate automatically. there has to be a process and others may still throw

their hat in the ring. welcome to the white house, everybody. one person who hasn't explicitly backed ms harris, former president barack obama. other big names might also favour an open contest. withjoe biden out of the race, the democrats now find themselves in a situation unprecedented in modern american history — without a presidential candidate a little more than three months out from the election. tom bateman, bbc news, washington. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal is outside the white house for us. nomia, america isjust waking up. what's the reaction in washington and across the united states to this news? it’s and across the united states to this news? �*, .,, ., , ., ., and across the united states to this news? �*, ., , ., .,, news? it's astonishing for a sitting resident news? it's astonishing for a sitting president to _ news? it's astonishing for a sitting president to drop _ news? it's astonishing for a sitting president to drop out _ news? it's astonishing for a sitting president to drop out of— news? it's astonishing for a sitting president to drop out of the - president to drop out of the election this close to the vote. it is unprecedented. and to be honest

with you, people are still reeling from the attempted assassination on donald trump, about a week ago. there have been other big political moments that have happened. it's one thing after another for the american people. and that presidential debate between donald trump and joe biden backin between donald trump and joe biden back injune which is now one of the most consequential debates in american history sparked this inevitability, i think, american history sparked this inevitability, ithink, thatjoe biden would eventually drop out of the race. there was huge pressure on him within his own party, concerns over his age, his fragility, his health. and i think that it's going to be interesting to see what his decision, what his reasons are for doing that. we were at the white house yesterday, and people from all over the country and the world where here and they were staggered by the news. we were telling some of them why we were here. they were saying, who will face donald trump? there was a real sense of anxiety among

some people. butjoe biden will explain his decision, what led to him making that decision yesterday after saying for weeks he would not stand down, he is the only man who can beat donald trump. he is expected to explain more when he addresses the nation later this week. ., ., ., ~ , ., our chief political correspondent henry zeffman is in downing street for us this afternoon. henry, what's the reaction from the uk government? it was less than two weeks ago that sir keir starmer metjoe biden for the first time, bantering away in the first time, bantering away in the oval office. that wasn't all in vain because they will still have a diplomatic relationship for six months or so. that's something keir starmer referred to when he addressed the departments in a speech earlier today. —— addressed the developments. 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. and i look forward to working with him for the remainder of his presidency. as far as the people in the building behind me are concerned it is business as usual, nothing has changed. they are still trying to forge strong diplomatic ties with whichever party wins the presidential election in november. i'm told keir starmer has never met kamala harris but there are some striking similarities. they are almost exactly the same age, just two years apart. they both went into politics after careers as prosecutors. they have both been at various times identified with the left of their parties and the right of their parties will stop the question as to whether those commonalities might develop into a broader political relationship is for the american people to decide. henry zeffman, thank you. later in the programme we'll cross live to delaware where president biden is recovering from covid. and for more analysis on his announcement and what it means, listen to our podcast americast. it's available on bbc sounds or wherever you get your podcasts.

four adults and two children have died in a crash between a car and a motorbike in west yorkshire. it happened on the a61 between wakefield and barnsley yesterday afternoon. our reporter, yunus mulla, is at the scene for us. yunus, what's the latest? you can see the flowers over my shoulder which have been left here this morning for stop one card simply reads, rest in peace. this is as close as we can get to the scene of the crash on the border between south and west yorkshire, yesterday afternoon. this stretch of the a61 between barnsley and wakefield remains closed to allow investigations to take place. we know that a motorcyclist and his passenger were killed along with four people in a car, a couple and their two young girls. the couple have been named locally today as

shannon morgan and shane roller. shane's friend jamie phillips was here earlier, he left flowers and spoke to a number of people here, describing shane as a normal working lad. he always had a smile on his face and he loved his family. jamie said the community here are deeply shocked by what has happened. it is quite a close community here. this is being felt by everyone here. the security minister and barnsley north mp dan jarvis security minister and barnsley north mp danjarvis has also said today that this is a devastating piece of news. he said that on x. west yorkshire police say this is an absolutely tragic incident and they are doing what they can to support those who have died. we expect to hear more from west yorkshire police later this afternoon.— later this afternoon. yunus mulla, thank yom — ofcom have fined bt £17.5 million for failures over their handling of 999 calls.

the regulator said the telecomms firm was ill—prepared to deal with what it described as a "catastrophic failure" of its emergency call—handling service last summer. during the incident, almost 111,000 emergency calls weren't connected. carpetright is to be saved from collapse by a rival retailer, but hundreds of its shops are expected to close, putting thousands ofjobs at risk. tapi carpets and floors is set to buy the carpetright brand name, the company's intellectual property, two warehouses and 5a stores. new nhs figures show almost 500,000 people in england have been diagnosed with dementia — one of the highest rates in the world. the increase is partly down to an ageing population and comes after nhs england sent teams proactively to assess patients, saying the sooner someone is diagnosed, the quicker they can be helped. six men have been arrested

on suspicion of murder after a boy, who's believed to be 15, was killed in a shooting. our correspondentjon donnison is in ladbroke grove in west london for us and joins us now. jon, tell us what we know so far. there is still a considerable police presence here in this residential neighbourhood in ladbroke grove. the shooting happened at the end of this street in a park there. it was busy at the time yesterday evening. there had been a family fun day taking place in the park with music, food, that sort of thing. the shooting happened at around 7:20 p m. police have not identified the young man who was killed. but as you say, he is believed to be 15 years old. as you would imagine there is quite a lot of shock in this neighbourhood. we have had families bringing their children to the nearby school this morning and suddenly finding this big police cordon and finding out they have had a murder right on

their doorsteps. as you say, six men have been arrested according to the metropolitan police. and they are being questioned on suspicion of murder. jan being questioned on suspicion of murder. , ., ,., ., ~ being questioned on suspicion of murder. , ., ., ~ i. travel services, businesses, and gp appointment systems were just some of the services hit by the global it outage on friday. but while the cybersecurity company crowdstrike says a significant number of devices are now back online, the fall—out means some holidaymakers are still feeling the impact. i'm joined by our cost of living correspondent, kevin peachey. what are passengers' rights in this situation? huge disruption on friday, of course, and that has been hanging over into subsequent days. even the travel operator tui says five flights were cancelled. those package holiday customers are likely to be well looked after and that is

part of the atol protection but they will be people who were disrupted at the weekend, certainly people who were travelling later in the summer getaway who will be paying even more close attention to their rights. the first port of call for those if there is any disruption is with the operator, the airline, ferry, train operator, the airline, ferry, train operator and so on. the airline certainly has a duty of care to you if you are delayed or your flight is cancelled and should get you to your destination. the second port of call if there is extra cost, that may be with their credit card company, if you paid that way. then it's onto travel insurance. the issue here is there is no standard policy. so customers, people with travel insurance policies need to be aware of what is in that policy and whether they are covered for different types of disruption. that means reading the policy and buying it well ahead of time before you travel. �* �* , ., , .,

travel. and it's not 'ust travel, what's travel. and it's not 'ust travel, what-s the h travel. and it's not 'ust travel, what's the latest _ travel. and it's notjust travel, what's the latest on _ travel. and it's notjust travel, what's the latest on the - travel. and it's notjust travel, what's the latest on the wider| what's the latest on the wider recovery from the outage? this was of course a — recovery from the outage? this was of course a shutdown _ recovery from the outage? this was of course a shutdown of 8.5 - recovery from the outage? this was of course a shutdown of 8.5 million| of course a shutdown of 8.5 million computers as a result of this security update. all sorts were affected, as we say, travel, but also for example gp appointments were affected too. although many are back up and running, there will be some time where gps will have to read books on appointment�*s. crowdstrike, at the centre of this, have apologised and say there is a fix in place to make sure things are up fix in place to make sure things are up and running more quickly but i think clearly there are huge questions left about the vulnerability of the global computer network to one single glitch. kevin peachey, thank you. the time is 1:17. our top story this afternoon... senior democrats give their support to vice president kamala harris

afterjoe biden announced he was quitting the election race. and we'll hear from legendary british cyclist sir mark cavendish — as he says this year's tour de france was his last race. coming france was his last race. up on bbc news... with the paris olympics getting closer, competitors from a range of sports are getting ready for their moment in the spotlight. we meet lucy hall, who is gunning for gold in trap shooting. the uk government has refused to give financial support to the troubled belfast shipbuilder harland and wolff. at the end of last week, the company — which famously built titanic — said an application for a loan—guarantee, which was considered vital for its financial stability, was turned down. but in the last few hours the business secretary has been explaining the reason for rejecting the request. let's get the latest now from our ireland correspondent sara girvin. sara, what has he said?

yeah, well harland and wolff's famous yellow cranes known as samson and goliath you can see behind me have dominated the skyline here in east belfast for decades but the history of the company goes back much further than that to the 1800s and of course to titanic. it has had and of course to titanic. it has had a tricky few years. it was brought out of administration back in 2019. five years later it finds itself fighting for survival again. it had applied to the government to act as applied to the government to act as a guarantorfor a loan of up to £200 million and that would have meant that if the loans went bad it would have been the government repaying those lenders. as you say, we have heard from the business secretary jonathan reynolds, who said it was simply too risky for taxpayers money to guarantee the loan for a loss—making company. he added that the market was best placed to resolve harland and wolff's issues.

last month the company said it was working with its lenders to secure additional funds and that it hoped to have all that sort out within days, it said. harland and wolff employs about 1500 people, most of them here in belfast but there are two other smaller facilities in scotland and one in england. the unions have said today, in reaction, that those employees are really concerned that this is a very worrying time for them. they will be hoping that questions about the long—term future of harland and wolff are answered and answered very soon. . ~' wolff are answered and answered very soon. ., ~ , ., the prime minister, sir keir starmer, has announced plans for a new body, skills england, to reduce what the government says is an over reliance on foreign workers. he was speaking at the farnborough airshow in hampshire, where we can go to our political correspondent nick eardley. nick, what more do we know about this new body? the biggest test for keir starmer

was going to be delivering that economic growth that he has promised and part of the plan is a reboot of the skill system, getting people into betterjobs, plug—in skills gaps in the economy. and today in farnborough he has announced that body's a skills england. the idea is to bring businesses and government together to discuss what priorities the body will have. more of a say over where some government funding goes. but sir kier has also link this to one of his other big pledges which is to bring down immigration. the idea there is that if you train people for the jobs that need filled there is less need to bring in people from other countries. as he puts it, you can reduce the over reliance on foreign workers. but training people to do newjobs takes time. so i asked the prime minister when might people start to see results. �* ., ., ., , ., results. i'm not going to put an arbitrary date _ results. i'm not going to put an arbitrary date on _ results. i'm not going to put an arbitrary date on this _ results. i'm not going to put an arbitrary date on this but - results. i'm not going to put an arbitrary date on this but i - results. i'm not going to put an

arbitrary date on this but i am | arbitrary date on this but i am absolutely determined that we will .et absolutely determined that we will get the _ absolutely determined that we will get the skills that we need in the areas _ get the skills that we need in the areas that— get the skills that we need in the areas that we need them. it has been areas that we need them. it has been a long-term _ areas that we need them. it has been a long—term problem, we know that, it has_ a long—term problem, we know that, it has been_ a long—term problem, we know that, it has been years and years we have been _ it has been years and years we have been talking about this. so it has been years and years we have been talking about this.— been talking about this. so no deadhne been talking about this. so no deadline there _ been talking about this. so no deadline there from _ been talking about this. so no deadline there from the - been talking about this. so no j deadline there from the prime minister, no timescale either. keir starmer has only been prime minister of course the two and a half weeks but it is a reminder that some of those big pledges are going to take time. they are certainly not going to happen overnight and they are going to be hard to achieve. hick going to be hard to achieve. nick eardle , going to be hard to achieve. nick eardley, thank _ going to be hard to achieve. nick eardley, thank you. _ the ex—footballerjoey barton has been charged with making malicious communications. the former manchester city and burnley player is due to appear in court next week. on his x account, mr barton said he had been charged over tweets relating to the broadcaster eni aluko. cheshire police said the charges concerned messages sent between the 1st and the 18th of january. thousands of people on the spanish island of majorca have taken part in a protest against mass tourism.

it is the latest in a series of similar demonstrations across spain in recent weeks. prince george has been pictured in a new photograph taken by his mother, the princess of wales, to celebrate his 11th birthday. the black and white picture of the future king was captured by catherine at windsor earlier this month. a former strictly come dancing contestant has said his time on the show left him with injuries that still affect him to this day. paralympian will bayley, who appeared on the show in 2019, said he was left in horrific pain after practising a jump in rehearsals with his professional partnerjanette manrara. let's get more on this now from our reporter noor nanji. noor, just bring us up to date with what we know. so will bayley is the latest celebrity to speak up about his negative experiences on strictly come dancing. now will bayley was

born with a condition that affects all four have his limbs. he was also diagnosed with non—hodgkin's lymphoma during childhood. in an interview with the son he said that during a rehearsal he said that he didn't want to do a job but everyone assured him that he would be fine. in the event he wasn't fine, he was actually injured and he ended up leaving the series early as a result. now, a representative of his dance partnerjanette manrara has said that the safety and enjoyment of her celebrity partners was always a priority during the show and that she never received any complaints. the bbc, but its part, has insisted that it has long—standing protocols to deal with injuries as and when they occur. but all of this is really piling pressure on the corporation after weeks of damaging revelations. yesterday, we heard from amanda abbington, she claimed that herformer dance from amanda abbington, she claimed that her former dance partner's that her former dance pa rtner�*s behaviour on that her former dance partner's behaviour on strictly was cruel and mean. giovanni for his part has been

pretty defiant. in fact yesterday i was at his live show in salford, where he insisted i'll be back. he also said let's see what this madwoman has to say yet although it is important to say he did that she specify what she will —— who he was referring to. denies any allegations of threatening or abusive behaviour but clearly these latest controversies show that it is not going away. research out today shows the challenges many people face getting onto the housing ladder. with interest rates at a 16—year high, data from oxford economics reveals how very few renters can afford to buy an average home in their area. nina warhurst has been looking at the numbers. this new report paints a bleak picture for anybody looking to get on the property ladder. a combination of increasing rents, big bills and high house prices means just one in eight renters, that's about 12%, can afford to buy

the average first—time buyer home in their area. now that figure plummets to around 1% when it comes to potential first—time buyers in the bottom quarter of earners, so that's people taking home less than £23,000 a year. we spoke with emma, a software engineer on a decent salary of £50,000 a year but she says rent and bills take up two thirds of her wage, so saving is impossible. i want to cry, i want to scream, i want to shout. i want to, you know, do various other things but none of which will solve the issue, which is the fact that i don't have the money to put away each month to scrape together a deposit. and how hard it is to make the big move will depend on where you live. it's most difficult

in the west midlands and in wales. statistically, savings are lower here relative to property prices. and in london it has been difficult for renters to buy for some time, that hasn't changed. the least challenging areas are scotland and the east of england. the new government has promised to turbo—charge the housing sector but what can be done to improve affordability, especially for young people? i think what we have to do is we have to encourage the building of more homes, we need to make steps to do that. but additionally we also need to look at innovative ways where we can provide them finance. collectively, if we get behind this, as the government appears to be doing with a mission, and we work cross—industry and cross—government, i think there is a way forward. is there then some light at the end of the renting tunnel? especially given the prediction that interest rates are about to come down. well, possibly long—term, but for those without the bank of mum and dad to help make the big move, things aren't getting any

easier anytime soon. nina warhurst. the legendary british cyclist sir mark cavendish says this year's tour de france was his last. overcoming illness and injuries, sir mark won a record 35th stage in the first week of this year's race, which ended in nice yesterday. our sport reporter jo currie has more. one last ride, one final chance for fans to see the tour de france's most decorated stage rider in his element. yeah, it's definitely my last tour de france. that's for sure. this morning, sir mark cavendish confirmed to the bbc his love affair with the world's greatest cycle race was over. to show the race the respect it deserves was pretty important, just to finish, absorb it, and as well as the highs, that suffering is what makes the race special and what grows you as a person, isn't it? so to feel that one last time is important, to feel victory one last time, i guess. this the moment he finally

completed his career—long dream. cavendish, the story is finally complete. a 35th tour de france stage win, the one that would take him passed legend eddie merckz. last season's race was meant to be his last, but after crashing out he returned again. when most 39—year—old cyclists have called time on their dreams, cavendish was still chasing his. to be able to come back with one target, with a reason to get out of bed and push myself and push myself and push myself, i didn't leave a stone unturned. i didn't leave a day without doing everything i needed to do training wise. and the rewards you get at the end of it make it all the more worthwhile. much like the tour, cavendish�*s career has had its ups and downs. on the track he claimed commonwealth gold in 2006 and silver at the 2016 rio olympic games. bbc sports personality of the year is mark cavendish. he is no stranger to accolades and was even knighted last

month. he has battled illness, major injuries and depression, but it has always been those closest to him who have helped him stay in the saddle. it's been a journey, every three weeks around france each year has been a journey. and i've met some incredible people, i've shared some incredible experiences. i think it's time now to kind of spend the summer holidays with my family, my wife and kids, instead of pedalling around france! cavendish, or the manx missile, as he's known, hasn't said he's retiring from professional cycling altogether and admits whatever he does next he wants to remain in the sport. but whatever that next move is, he will always be the man that pushed the boundaries of road cycling to their limits. jo currie, bbc news. a reminder of our top headline this afternoon... senior democrats give their support to vice president kamala harris afterjoe biden announced

he was quitting the election race. we'll hear from star of the post office drama, will mellor, about what it was like to meet the real—life victims of the scandal. but it's time now for a quick look at the weather. here's stav. —— with sarah. we have got a lot of cloud in the sky so scenes like this. the lion's share of sunshine across northern scotland. across the next few days we have high pressure not far away so a fair bit of dry weather but at times whether fronts are going to move their way through, critically so by the time we get to thursday. the next few days the wettest day probably thursday for most of us, the warmest day on wednesday. i will be back with more details in about half an hour. let's return now to our main story and the news that the us presidentjoe biden is standing

aside as a candidate in november's presidential election. aside as a candidate in november's president biden was all but certain to be confirmed as the party's official candidate at the democrats' party convention next month. so what happens now that he has left the race? well, the last time an incumbent us president abandoned their campaign for re—election was in 1968. there are a number of possibilities. the democrats could unite around the current vice president, kamala harris, and the party delegates could then accept her nomination at the convention next month. or other candidates could emerge, which would lead to an open convention. that would mean ms harris — and anyone else who wanted to run — would compete with one another, and delegates would then gather to choose who would be the party's candidate. or there could be an online vote in the next few weeks, before the convention takes place on the 19th august. the winning person would then be able to appear

in front of delegates as the democrats' victorious candidate. let's speak now to our correspondent will vernon, who has been covering us politics. will, how likely is it that kamala harris will be the party's next candidate? well, we are more or less in uncharted territory here. there are no clear rules about how exactly this nomination should now proceed but we are expecting the party to come together around kamala harris in the lead up to that party convention, which starts on the 19th of august. she has been endorsed by joe biden, by other senior party figures and by key donors as well. the biden campaign has already officially changed its name to harris for president and she now has access to millions of dollars in campaignfinancing. and access to millions of dollars in campaign financing. and she has the political experience, as well as being vice president the last three and a half years she was also california's attorney general, she

was the state senator there as well. i think many democrats are hoping that the party unite around her to prevent any kind of unpleasant jostling of power, to avoid chaos. because afterjoe biden's dramatic exit from the race, a lot in the party are hoping to inject a bit of stability into all this. but there are serious challenges for her as well. she doesn't do that much better in the polls compared tojoe biden. there is still time for other candidates to emerge to challenge her. and while she does have some big endorsements, there are some seniorfigures in the party big endorsements, there are some senior figures in the party who big endorsements, there are some seniorfigures in the party who have yet to back, most notably former president barack obama. find yet to back, most notably former president barack obama.- president barack obama. and if kamala harris _ president barack obama. and if kamala harris is _ president barack obama. and if kamala harris is accepted - president barack obama. and if kamala harris is accepted as . president barack obama. and if| kamala harris is accepted as the party's official candidate it has been quite some journey for her over the past few years, hasn't it? that's right. she started off her career as the chief prosecutor for san francisco before going on to rise up through the ranks. it really has been a meteoric rise for her. but in terms of the reaction to her

emerging as the most likely candidate, donald trump as we have already heard, he said that he thought kamala harris would be easier to be thanjoe biden. many republicans have criticised her over her record in office. in this administration she was given the brief for tackling illegal migration. and that is a major vote winnerfor the republicans, or at winner for the republicans, or at least winnerfor the republicans, or at least they think so. senatorjd vans for example he has just least they think so. senatorjd vans for example he hasjust been named as donald trump's running mate. he said that ms harris co—signed biden's open border policies that drove up the cost of housing and groceries. drove up the cost of housing and aroceries. ~ ., ., ~ groceries. will vernon, thank you very much — groceries. will vernon, thank you very much indeed. _ groceries. will vernon, thank you very much indeed. you _ groceries. will vernon, thank you very much indeed. you see - groceries. will vernon, thank you very much indeed. you see there | groceries. will vernon, thank you - very much indeed. you see there that quote from jd vans on social media a short time ago. our correspondent ione wells is in delaware, where president biden is recovering with covid. ione, when are we likely to hearfrom mr biden?

well, that is still unclear and it took lots of people by surprise that he chose to make his resignation statement not from the white house but from his beach house here in delaware on social media. he is still recovering from covid. his physician has said that his symptoms are getting better but he is certainly still recovering at the moment. and of course what is interesting at the moment is that while he has dropped out of the presidential race he is still the presidential race he is still the president of the united states. he has quite a packed schedule even for the next week alone he is meant to be meeting the israeli prime ministerfor be meeting the israeli prime minister for example, be meeting the israeli prime ministerfor example, benjamin minister for example, benjamin netanyahu, at ministerfor example, benjamin netanyahu, at some point this week. there are still questions over whether that is going to be virtual or whether that will be in person. but one thing that i think is certain, he will want to make sure that the first time he appears in public since that dramatic resignation statement is one where he is able to look strong, able to preserve his legacy, especially after weeks and weeks of speculation, criticism about his performances. he will want to show a

strong appearance and i think that is why they will be very carefully calculating when to make that first appearance, which will no doubt be broadcast around the world and will go down in the history books. indeed. thank you very much indeed. still to come on today's programme, the farnborough airshow gets underway as the world's aviation industry lands in hampshire. now it's time to join our teams across the uk with the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm anne—marie batson. we hearfrom tadej pogacar. despite three tour de france wins in five years, he says cycling is just a game. the wait for a british open winner continues. justin rose comes close, but american xander shauffle takes the spoils and is now eyeing a grand slam of majors. with the olympics just a few days

away, we hearfrom one team gb hopeful aiming for a medal in trap shooting. hello and welcome to the programme. newly—crowned tour de france champion tadej pogacar says given the sport's history, there will "always be doubts" over whether cycling is free of doping, but he says it's the "cleanest sport". the slovenian won his third tour by over six minutes, taking six stage wins along the way. however, pogacar stressed that, to him, cycling is "just a game" and that there is more to life. you can cycle until maybe 35. it

would be really stupid to throw this away and risk your life for stupid racing, it isjust away and risk your life for stupid racing, it is just a away and risk your life for stupid racing, it isjust a game. yes, it's fun and alland racing, it isjust a game. yes, it's fun and all and you want to win, but it is not everything. the most important everything —— the most important everything —— the most important thing is that you are healthy. we are pushing so much in the races, so there is no reason to push the body even deeper. i think thatis push the body even deeper. i think that is just push the body even deeper. i think that isjust stupid. push the body even deeper. i think that is just stupid. in any sport, in any situation in life, if somebody is winning there is always jealousy, always haters. if you don't have haters then you are not succeeding. there will always be someone who talks bad about someone,

but i think in cycling, they invested a lot of money and a lot of time to make this sport clean and i think this is one of the cleanest sports in the whole world,. of sport in general, because of what happened so many years ago, because there was so much abuse. but i tell you now it's not worth it. taking anything that can risk your health, risk your heart is super stupid. no surprise that england have named an unchanged squad for the third and final test against the west indies on friday. ben stokes' side sealed an unassailable 2—0 series lead with a comprehensive 241—run win at trent bridge yesterday. it's left the west indies searching for answers, but former player carlos brathwaite

thinks the tourists need to back the current group of players. we can see that this test team has a lot of good things about it. i think serious plans need to be put in place. it goes beyond those guys. yes, those are the ones facing up to it. they have to hold accountability for performances, decisions, whether good or bad. they get the accolades for the good. they have to take criticism for the bad. but as you go up the chain of power, um, a lot needs to be done at every rung to ensure that those guys are supported as well as they can, whether it be financially, whether it be facilities, whether it be with a system. because if we want a strong west indies team, regardless of what happened years ago, many years ago, then we need to support these guys and ensure that day to day that they can live the life of a successful test cricketer and not only expect the performances when they get at this level. the wait for another british winner at the open goes on.

america's xander schauffele was victoruous at royal troon yesterday eventually winnning by two shots. he added the prestigious claretjug to the us pga championship title he won in may. schauffele becomes the first player to win those two majors in the same year since rory mcilroy achieved the feat a decade ago. england'sjustin rose kept himself in contention throughout the final day at royal troon but finished joint second. i couldn't ask more from myself, to be honest with you. i made myself a pack that it wanted to walk off the golf course and feel like i ran the ball at the whole, took good golf shots, took on the challenge today and i have to give myself a ten out of ten for that. and i have to give myself a ten out of ten for that. with the paris olympics starting later this week, competitors from a range of sports are getting ready for their moment in the spotlight. trap shooting gets little publicity, but it's been part of the olympiad for more than a century. gerryjackson has been to meet one team gb medal hopeful. it is a sport in lucy hope's dna, the 20—year—old picked up herfirst

gun at the age 11 and it was a way of bonding with her dad and grandad are now she is days away from shooting for the skies. my dad and grandad both shot for england and my dad for great britain as well. it was down to myself and my sister to carry on that tradition. fortunately it was me and i loved it from the very first day. this will be lucy's first olympics, but unlike most of our athletes she effectively secured her pleas via the european championships two years ago. a world cup gold last year proved her pedigree and now she is one of the gb shooting team of six, a select few indeed. of course, they make it look easy but shooting at a four inch diameter clay travelling at 60 miles an hour demands intense concentration and consistency. every shot either a bull's—eye or nothing. at this level, one miss could mean

a medal hope dashed. my form has been pretty good, i have been going to a few competitions and really building towards paris, i have had two good previous ones. it has been going very, very well and i have been seeing the improvements i wanted to see. pete wilson was the last shooting champion at london 202012. champion at london 2012. shortly afterwards, an 11—year—old beginner to end her ambition to her bedroom wall. she has kept it as a constant reminder and now it is an imminent possibility. i have waited for so long, i think we are born to do something amazing and i think i have found my thing. i am very lucky. unfortunately my grandad is no longer with us and on days like today ijust think he would be so proud. it is just amazing. the excitement is building, but where and when will the summer olympic games be held in future years? new zealand pole vaulter and olympic

bronze medallist eliza mccartney believes things will change as sport tries to navigate the effects of climate change. she's been speaking to our reporter sarah dawkins. my name is eliza mccartney. i'm a pole vaulter from aotearoa new zealand. i did a degree in environmental science, and that year is reallyjust a platform for me to get a bit more involved in sustainability initiatives, particularly when it comes to sponsors and sport. it has become a really important part of what i do and who i am. what's it like as an athlete competing in those high temperatures? well, in pole vault, the heat and its physiological effect on us is really important. when it's hot, if you're not prepared, you're going to struggle in the heat. you know, you might be fatigued, you might have more lethargy. concentration is really important. you don't want to be fading and not making sensible decisions when you're doing something like pole vaulting. and if it's a really humid, hot environment, i can slip on the pole

and that's not safe either. do you think the world of sport is doing enough to tackle climate change? i mean, ultimately i don't think any industry is doing enough right now. but there are some good things that sport, particularly in recent years, has been doing. i think it's just become a bit more apparent that sport and sustainability and climate change are related. but of course, there's a lot of things that go on in sport that mean that there's a lot of emissions, particularly around major events. yourjob as an athlete requires you to travel all over the world. are you comfortable with that? that's i feel like the problem with sport. i have to fly to places and i don't have much control over that if i want to be an athlete right now. so you do feel like you're kind of forced to make these decisions. if you want to carry on and your career that you're doing. i think some of the really big decisions are the ones about where you will hold the olympics in the future. if it's the right place to be holding an event at that scale that has sport involved, where people are pushing themselves to their physiological limits, you know, is it a safe place for them

to be doing it? so much anticipation ahead of the olympics of course and in the last hour or so it's been confirmed that four—time nba champion lebronjames will be team usa's male flag bearer at the opening ceremony — you can keep up to date with that and all the sport on the bbc website and app, but that's all from me for now. it's the biggest event of the year for the global aviation industry. companies from around the world will gather in hampshire this week, for the farnborough airshow. while jets roar in the skies overhead, a lot of the talking behind the scenes will be about how the industry can clean up its act, allowing us to keep flying while reducing emissions. one option? making fuel out of things like old cooking oil.

theo leggett is there for us and joins us now. theo, a serious message from this year's show? absolutely. this is a major, major global industry and it is all gathered here at farnborough this week. behind me is the us air force, the defence side of things. and on this side we have a number of major airlines represented, air india there, british airways. the first time they have come to the show. 80,000 people expected to visit across the week. what are they going to be doing? there is a lot of deal—making that goes on. this is an industry that measures deal is not industry that measures deal is not in millions or hundreds of millions but in terms of billions of pounds or dollars and we have had several of those already today. notably orders for about 70 new boeings with a price target of about six to £8 million. it is also an industry that wants to grow and double in size of

the next 20 years and that is where the next 20 years and that is where the problem comes in because this is an industry that omits a lot of carbon dioxide to the need to find new ways of powering planes. sustainable aviation fuels, possibly from cooking oil, electric planes and hydrogen, that is what they're talking about behind the scenes. theoin talking about behind the scenes. theo in farnborough, thank you. the drama mr bates versus the post office brought the horizon scandal to the public�*s attention. now will mellor, who played the former sub—postmaster lee castleton, has been to meet some of the real—life victims for a bbc documentary. lauren moss reports. it destroyed hundreds of lives and as the fallout continues, will mellor, one of the actors in the itv drama which shone a spotlight on the post office scandal has been to meet some of those at the heart of what happened, who have never spoken publicly before.— happened, who have never spoken publicly before. high, well, how are ou publicly before. high, well, how are you doing? — publicly before. high, well, how are you doing? stephanie! _ publicly before. high, well, how are you doing? stephanie! mum - publicly before. high, well, how are you doing? stephanie! mum of - publicly before. high, well, how are | you doing? stephanie! mum of three stehanie you doing? stephanie! mum of three stephanie was _

you doing? stephanie! mum of three stephanie wasjust _ you doing? stephanie! mum of three stephanie wasjust 20 _ you doing? stephanie! mum of three stephanie wasjust 20 when - you doing? stephanie! mum of three stephanie wasjust 20 when she - stephanie was just 20 when she started working with the post office and was later wrongly accused of stealing money. .— and was later wrongly accused of stealing money. . that was first one went in the — stealing money. . that was first one went in the paper. _ stealing money. . that was first one went in the paper. i— stealing money. . that was first one went in the paper. i didn't _ stealing money. . that was first one went in the paper. i didn't look - went in the paper. i didn't look after_ went in the paper. i didn't look after that— went in the paper. i didn't look after that one. we are alleged to have _ after that one. we are alleged to have preyed on the elderly. stephanie was eventually acquitted after a trial but it turned out to actually be the start of her nightmare, that resulted in are having to leave her home in county durham. ., , , durham. your neighbours, friends, community. _ durham. your neighbours, friends, community, drove _ durham. your neighbours, friends, community, drove us— durham. your neighbours, friends, community, drove us out. - durham. your neighbours, friends, community, drove us out. bricks. durham. your neighbours, friends, i community, drove us out. bricks were thrown at stephanie's _ community, drove us out. bricks were thrown at stephanie's house, - community, drove us out. bricks were thrown at stephanie's house, paint i thrown at stephanie's house, paint stripper was poured on her car and she was spat at in the street. the effect on wider families was also catastrophic. . 50 effect on wider families was also catastrophic. .— catastrophic. . so this was the start and _ catastrophic. . so this was the start and end _ catastrophic. . so this was the start and end of _ catastrophic. . so this was the start and end of our _ catastrophic. . so this was the i start and end of our childhood... thomas and katie were ten and eight years old when they moved in to the flat above the post office where her mother fiona worked. she was given two choices when she was told that money was missing from the accounts.

admit you are guilty and you have to pay back all the money we have said you have stolen. but you can go home to your children. or maintain your innocence but we have enough to prosecute you. she innocence but we have enough to prosecute yon-— innocence but we have enough to prosecute you-— prosecute you. she accepted the ruil prosecute you. she accepted the guilty- -- she _ prosecute you. she accepted the guilty... she said _ prosecute you. she accepted the guilty... she said that _ prosecute you. she accepted the guilty... she said that she - prosecute you. she accepted the guilty... she said that she was i guilty... she said that she was guilty — guilty... she said that she was .uil _ ., ., .,, ., guilty... she said that she was uuil . ., . ., ., guilty... she said that she was guilty. fiona was ordered to pay back the missing _ guilty. fiona was ordered to pay back the missing money. - guilty. fiona was ordered to pay back the missing money. she i guilty. fiona was ordered to pay i back the missing money. she was later diagnosed with lymphoma and died soon after. she later diagnosed with lymphoma and died soon after.— died soon after. she couldn't do both, fight _ died soon after. she couldn't do both, fight cancer _ died soon after. she couldn't do both, fight cancer and _ died soon after. she couldn't do both, fight cancer and fight - died soon after. she couldn't do both, fight cancer and fight the | both, fight cancer and fight the post office. she tried. she really tried. ., ., ., , ., tried. the impact on thomas, katie and stephanie _ tried. the impact on thomas, katie and stephanie are _ tried. the impact on thomas, katie and stephanie are just _ tried. the impact on thomas, katie and stephanie are just a _ tried. the impact on thomas, katie and stephanie are just a few - tried. the impact on thomas, katie and stephanie are just a few of - tried. the impact on thomas, katie and stephanie are just a few of the | and stephanie are just a few of the stories told. and stephanie are 'ust a few of the stories tow.— and stephanie are 'ust a few of the stories told. people have lost loved ones. we stories told. people have lost loved ones- we can't _ stories told. people have lost loved ones. we can't get _ stories told. people have lost loved ones. we can't get them _ stories told. people have lost loved ones. we can't get them back, - stories told. people have lost loved ones. we can't get them back, we | ones. we can't get them back, we can't replace them but what we can do is get some admission, some play maybe, somejustice. compensation is definitely one of them things but at the same time acknowledge that you have ruined people's lives.—

have ruined people's lives. before s-ueakin have ruined people's lives. before speaking out _ have ruined people's lives. before speaking out doing _ have ruined people's lives. before speaking out doing the _ have ruined people's lives. before| speaking out doing the programme review, _ speaking out doing the programme review, it _ speaking out doing the programme review, it isjust the start, isn't it? review, it is 'ust the start, isn't it? ~ ' . review, it is 'ust the start, isn't it? ~ , . , it? while the post office inquiry continues. _ it? while the post office inquiry continues, those _ it? while the post office inquiry continues, those who _ it? while the post office inquiry continues, those who lost - it? while the post office inquiry continues, those who lost so i it? while the post office inquiry i continues, those who lost so much will continue to try to make their voices heard. lauren moss, bbc news. surviving the post office is on bbc one at 8:30pm tonight. coronation street will air a special episode this week — dedicated to the rugby league legend — and motor neurone disease campaigner — rob burrow, who died last month. it will follow paul winter, who was diagnosed with mnd in the soap — and will show the challenges faced by the character and those around him. rob burrow was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2019. since then, he and his former team—mate and captain kevin sinfield, raised more than £15 million for charity. rob visited coronation street

with his wife lindsey in 2023, ahead of the start of paul's storyline. which was partly inspired by rob's experience. we will get everybody over to the flat in the next couple of weeks. paul's internal monologue: and have you there all the time, _ explaining what i'm saying? billy, my interpreter. you know what's really good, is that we'll know who's coming when, so you can programme in what you want to say. you know, be prepared. paul slurs. you need the loo? i wish you just said while we were in. it's fine, we'll go back... no, no. how desperate are you? no, no... what? internal: i said i love you. if you can't even understand that...

banked voice: i love you, billy. i'm so sorry. is that what you said? internal: the one thing i thought you'd always understand. - stupid condition, i hate it. i hate it! we were lucky enough . to meet rob and lindsey. they came into the studio to see us. yeah, it was great. so, yeah, i had to learn a lot, . really, to take on this role, but, i kind of feel grateful that they trusted us i with this storyline, really. it's just days until the opening ceremony of the olympic games in paris, and one sport making its first ever appearance is kite surfing. one competitor hoping for a golden debut is team gb's connor bainbridge. andy moon has been to meet him. i love kite surfing. i mean, ijust walked out of a meeting about ten minutes ago with my physiologist telling me off for doing too much kite surfing.

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. connor bainbridge has always been eyeing the 2024 olympics. part of the sailing team were the first to be announced by team gb, but connor 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, last year i allowed there to be a lot of external pressure from the team and from my peers, and this year i really focused on the fact that, well, it's me, you know, 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. and as my doctor kind of 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. just 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. yeah, 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. and 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. sony there. if you are heading to the beach what is it like for the rest of us? sarah can tell us. sunshine in fairly short supply out there today. a fair amount of cloud. for the week ahead a fair amount of dry weather. rain especially by thursday but when the sun does come out it is feeling quite warm over the next few days. here is the radar, which shows us where it has been raining over the past few hours and you can see this beckley nature of some of the showers that have been if daly drifting through parts of england and scotland. a few more showers cropping up in northern ireland as we head through the day. to the north and south of that there is a bit of sunshine to be seen, especially so for parts of devon, oxfordshire, up towards the wash as well. maybe an afternoon sharper parts of east anglia but temperature

is 2425 degrees towards the south—east of england. head further north and temperatures again in the low 20s but we will see showers for northern england, northern ireland and central scotland and with light winds hit the showers will be quite slow moving. you may have the odd rumble of thunder as well. the best of the sunshine to the likes of the western isles and the northern isles as we head through into the evening hours. most of those showers ease away overnight for northern and eastern areas but there will be another area of showery rain drifting eastwards across england and wales. it is going to be warm and wales. it is going to be warm and muggy in the south, some temperatures at 17 degrees but pressure conditions with the clearer skies further north. into tomorrow we are likely to start the day with a bit of rain, perhaps south—east england, east anglia as well, that should clear away. and then a day of sunny spells but more sunshine than the today. view showers the central and southern scotland. could be one or two elsewhere. in the sunshine, 16 to 24 degrees, that should feel quite pleasant. the best of the

brightness probably close to the coast. it week then i pressure not far away, wednesday a frontal system tries to move in from the west sea will see the cloud on wednesday increasing across northern ireland, wales. but for many central and eastern areas wednesday looking like a fine day. light winds, lots of sunshine, temperatures 17 to 25 degrees on wednesday. we may well see a bit of rain working in on thursday but hopefully high pressure builds and keeps things fine and dry after that. that's all from today's bbc news at one. enjoy the rest of the day. goodbye.

live from london, this is bbc news. they couple in a crash in west yorkshire that killed four people on them. the brother of one said his heart had been ripped into a million

pieces. joe biden stepped aside, backing his vice president, kamala harris, for the topjob in backing his vice president, kamala harris, for the top job in the backing his vice president, kamala harris, for the topjob in the us presidential race. and the prime minister has spoken at the farnborough airshow today. he paid tribute tojoe biden's time in office, saying it will not have been an easy decision for him to step down. welcome to bbc news. it is 2pm. two of the adults killed in a collision between a car on motorbike in west yorkshire have been locally as shane and shannon. two girls travelling in the car without him were also killed, along with a man and woman who were on board the motorbike. the collision happened on the a61 between wakefield and barnsley on sunday afternoon. police were still at the scene this morning. these pictures show some of the debris

from the vehicles that were still on