3,000 violent crimes against women and girls every day in england and wales — police say it's a national emergency deadly airstrikes hit southern gaza, as the israeli prime minister travels to washington for high—level meetings. and the art of conversation — researchers find that wild chimpanzees take it in turns to communicate with each other, just like humans do. hello. im geeta guru—murthy. the us vice president, kamala harris, says she's proud to have secured the broad support needed to become the democratic party's nominee for president. she was speaking after surveys found she'd won pledges from enough party delegates. on monday, ms harris made her first pitch for the presidency. she was speaking to supporters at her campaign headquarters in delaware, who, until sunday, had been working to re—electjoe biden.

she promised more gun control and protection for reproductive rights. the vice president insists she can win the election, but says there's hard work ahead. it is my great honour to havejoe�*s endorsement in this race. cheering and applause. and it is my intention to go out and earn this nomination and to win. cheering and applause. in her remarks, kamala harris also accused donald trump of wanting to take america backwards with extreme policies. she likened him to the people she dealt with when she worked as a prosecutor at the start of her career. predators who abused women, fraudsters who ripped off consumers. cheaters who broke the rules for their own gain. so hear me when i say, i know donald trump's type. cheering and applause.

and in this campaign i will proudly — i will proudly — put my record against his. joe biden called into the event. he's still isolating with covid, and is expected to return to the white house later today. here's a little of what he said. i know yesterday's news was surprising, and it's hard for you to hear, but it was the right thing to do. i know it's hard because you poured your heart and soul into me, saying, "help us win this thing, help me get this nomination, help me win the nomination. and then go on to win the presidency." but, you know, you're an amazing team, but we've got a great, great... i think we made the right decision. a short time after kamala harris made her campaign speech, the republican vice presidential nomineejd vance addressed supporters in ohio, and attacked the record of the current vice president. to the democrats who are watching,

please find some way to make kamala vice president. i was promised a debate with kamala harris, and that's what i plan to get. cheering and applause. now, history will rememberjoe biden as notjust a quitter, which he is, but one of the worst presidents of the united states of america. but, my friends, kamala harris is a million times worse, and everybody knows it. a former us diplomat, pat haslach, told me she thought kamala harris was the best choice for the democrats. i am happy that president biden, who has a marvellous record, has decided that he is going to hand it over to kamala and i think she is the right person for now and i am very pleased that the decision has been made and that she is close to getting the nomination. i think we have a lot of work to do and i think she is the right person to carry the mantle.

how quickly do you think this will be officially confirmed? it is a pretty complicated process. i really can't specify on what i think will happen, certainly happen by the convention. but she was not selected in the primary so it could open up more at the convention. but if she gets all of the delegates or most of them and i think that she has already received those, i think she will be the candidate. what polling evidence is there in how strong she might perform amongst the relatively small number of voters in the few key swing states that will determine the outcome of what happens in november? i think the polling hasn't yet caught up with the fact that president biden has decided to not run. i think most of the polling was done hypothetically and she still was a pretty strong contender. but i am not going to minimise the challenge that we face.

she pulled out of the presidential run last time after a campaign that wasn't seen as hugely strong. would it have been better to have a more open process where if she was going to come through at least it proved her worth? that was three and a half years ago and she did the right thing i think by pulling out of the race of the time. but now she has been in the white house sitting at a table with the president and been involved in all of the decisions that have been made and i think it is an impressive record and i think it is a different person now and she has grown into the job and i think she is capable of being president. the running mate obviously is key, often chosen on the basis of whether they can deliver on those key swing states. do you have a view on who it should be?

there are three candidates i know that have been mentioned from three key states, pennsylvania, west virginia and north carolina. i think the talk is that probably one of those governors, all three could possibly be selected as her running mate. as you know the electoral process is pretty complicated and there are a number of swing states that the winner has to get. so we will wait and see but it would be a challenge. pat has like. at least two million women and girls in england and wales are victims of violence every year, according to police chiefs. they say that 3,000 of these crimes are recorded every day, but the figures don't show the true scale of the issue, as many victims are too frightened to come forward. 0ur senior uk correspondent sima kotecha reports. stalking, child sexual abuse, domestic violence, sexual violence — some of the key threats facing women and girls,

according to an alarming report by the national police chiefs�* council. it outlines the scale of violence, calling the problem a national emergency. it says more than a million violent crimes against women and girls were recorded over the last year in england and wales, accounting for 20% of all crimes recorded by the police. that's a 37% increase from 2018 to 2023. some of that rise will be down to an increase in reporting and more awareness of these crimes. nobody in industry and in other sectors and across the public understand just the scale and impact of these crimes. so what we're putting out today is just the scale — one in 12 victims, one in 20 perpetrators, a significant growth in domestic abuse, in rape. and we're really pleased that women and girls are coming forward to report. but at the same time, we just need

to set out from our policing judgment, just the scale of this epidemic. the npcc says it's creating a centralised hub which will support forces by providing specialist knowledge and training. the government says it welcomes the hub and aims to halve violence against women and girls over the next decade. it's likely those affected by these crimes willjudge whether enough is being done to make sure others don't go through what they have. sima kotecha, bbc news. dame vera baird is the former victims commissioner for england and wales. she gave me her reaction to the report. the public needs to know this. 0ne hopes for more public involvement with interventions, if people show some symptoms and the ability to recognise them because a friendly voice close by is very important, so for a public policy perspective, i am glad this is being put out. what is shocking is the statement that is very clear that perpetrators

of particularly sexual abuse are getting younger and police call into question whether we are tackling that culture enough, and worry about online material, apparently in one paragraph the police report says that a lot of young men think nonfatal strangulation with or without the girl's consent is an ordinary part of sex now. that is a shocking finding. it really does need culture tackling at root. but this is a police report and it has to look at how the police are themselves with dealing with domestic abuse and i am pleased there will be a national centre to try and get specialisms into place but the responsibility of those to go out to these calls about domestic abuse are not specialists, they are ordinary police officers, and it's absolutely imperative that they are taught to understand what domestic abuse in particular is about, because presently they don't appear

to recognise perpetrators properly and don't appear to understand that victims are likely to be quite upset and shocked by what has happened to them. there is some appalling statistic that whether a counter allegation, a woman calls and, 92% men and women domestic abuse, a woman calls the police, a counter allegation is made by the man, which is very common controlling piece of behaviour and the woman is three times more likely to be arrested than the man, so the more expertise into the police the better, but we have already got the college of policing, of which maggie blythe is the deputy and her guidance is excellent, but it is not really being read and it is not really being understood. there have been a series over the last decade of reports from her majesty's inspectorate of the police to say that they don't deal with this well and not

an enormous amount has changed. i believe they are much better at tackling rape now because there is a specific scheme actually triggered by a chief constable in avon and somerset which is spreading slowly but means that rape is being done a little bit better. but so far as domestic abuse and all the rest of it is concerned, i don't think the police are driven hard enough to get it right. there have been a lot of reports from the inspectorate. those reports should be taken seriously. the guidance coming out from the college of policing should be made actually pretty well compulsory to be taken up by every force. how much of this comes down to funding for the police overall and the culture problems that we have seen within police forces including the met

for example, and how much of this is about commitment from government? keir starmer has come in saying that this issue is a key concern. there have been problems with the availability of public finance. in terms of specific actual progress on this, what is the immediate priority right now that will make a difference? forgive me for just finishing the sentence and then moving on appropriately, there have been a lot of reports about how domestic abuse is not done well by the police. i don't think that funding is a key issue because other aspects of police are well funded. there is definitely an overall deficit and they do need more funding but that is not the key. it is culture in the police. i do think the college of policing guidance has to be made compulsory and the inspectorates inspect on it and if it is not being applied in a force, i think it has to be a very serious matter for the command structure.

no other way will we drive this change of culture through policing, but by literally putting statutory duties on people to take it seriously. i'm very confident that the new labour government will tackle this. they have already announced two excellent things. one is to have a domestic abuse specialist in a police call centre from a women's aid refuge type charity. so that every time there is a call on the police, when they attend they can say, speak to my colleague who is not a police officer, they are a specialist, and that puts a lay person who fully understands it in right at the point of crisis and then there can be progress really made. somebody who has a domestic abuse or rape complaint need someone on their side to make sure that the police do get it right. dame vera beard, the former victims commissionerfor dame vera beard, the former victims commissioner for england and wales. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

israeli strikes in southern gaza have killed at least 70 people with more than 200 injured, according to the hamas—run health ministry. israel says the area, around khan younis — including a location previously designated as a humanitarian zone, which has been used by internally displaced people — was being used as a base for attacks by militants. the israeli military had issued orders to civilians to evacuate ahead of what it said would be a "forceful operation". separately, a planned meeting between israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu and us presidentjoe biden — which was due to take place later today — has been delayed until thursday. 0ur correspondent injerusalem, barbara plett usher, has more. there's been a mass displacement in the last 2a hours. 150,000 people, according to a un official, at least, have fled this area where the israeli army has resumed operations.

so the israelis had carried out a massive sweeping operation in the city of khan younis earlier in the year against hamas. and then they left. and now they are saying that hamas is regrouping in part of the city and is attacking them in the eastern districts. so it's moving back in. and it issued this evacuation order telling people there to leave right away. now, the people there, many of them had been displaced from earlier operations and they started to flee and panic almost right away. but not fast enough. because, according to the health ministry... according to the health ministry, 70 people were killed and 200 injured. and these displaced people now are looking for new places to go. part of this area had been designated a humanitarian zone, as you mentioned. they are going to another area that has also been designated. but that is very crowded, not much room to put up shelter, not much services. and also, frankly, not safe. un officials said the front line keeps suffocating them.

theyjust keep moving and closing in on them. what is known about the visit of benjamin netanyahu to the us? what is its purpose and who will he meet given the change in politics there? he was invited to speak to a joint session of congress, that invitation was initially put forward by the republican speaker. so he has gone there to do that. now, the politics have shifted in the meantime, so he will be, of course, meeting president biden but he will also meet kamala harris, the presumptive nominee at this point. and he has asked, we are told, we understand, to meet with the former president donald trump as well. so he is going to be hedging his bets, i suppose, or laying the groundwork for whatever might come. but his message is going to be the same, i think, as it has been. he is very much under pressure to agree to a ceasefire in gaza, both by the families of hostages and by the biden administration and some of the democratic party. he keeps saying, no, the military pressure is working.

hamas is losing its spirit. he's just said the conditions are ripening for a deal but we are not there yet. barbara plett usher. at least four police office are facing prosecution over the shooting and killing of protestors in kenya. more than 50 people have been killed, dozens abducted, and hundreds arrested, during recent anti—government protests.but as the bbc�*s anne soy reports, the use of excessive force by the security agencies is deeply entrenched in policing culture and that's now fuelling the demands from the streets for change. this is not a war. it is how can you please do crowd control. thousands of mostly young kenyan septic into the streets to demand government reforms. and this is what they are met with. excessive force. dozens have been killed. 29—year—old rex

was the first victim. we met his mother a day after he was shot and by police. translation: ~ , by police. translation: , ., translation: when people are fi . htin . translation: when people are fiaahtin for translation: when people are fighting for their _ translation: when people are fighting for their rights, - translation: when people are fighting for their rights, why - translation: when people are fighting for their rights, why use live bullets? if he had been armed, i would understand that perhaps he was in the wrong.— was in the wrong. since video shows- -- _ was in the wrong. since video shows- - - a — was in the wrong. since video shows... a police _ was in the wrong. since video shows... a police officer - was in the wrong. since video shows... a police officer in i shows... a police officer in civilian clothes is seen opening fire. rex's friend witnessed what happened. translation: ., ., , , translation: he had a bullet in his thiuh we translation: he had a bullet in his thigh we took _ translation: he had a bullet in his thigh we took to _ translation: he had a bullet in his thigh we took to hospital. _ translation: he had a bullet in his thigh we took to hospital. but - translation: he had a bullet in his thigh we took to hospital. but all- thigh we took to hospital. but all of a sudden we were told, there was bullet. ., ,., , , . bullet. how? the body investigating claims against _ bullet. how? the body investigating claims against the _ bullet. how? the body investigating claims against the police _ bullet. how? the body investigating claims against the police says - bullet. how? the body investigating claims against the police says the i claims against the police says the security agency is not operating. we need an arms movement register. we need an arms movement register. we need to— need an arms movement register. we need to know which members were in a particular— need to know which members were in a particular platoon. for us to get that information is becoming a challenge.

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have now devolved into demands for government reform, including the security agencies. the protesters want to change. they demand for justice for their comp —— fallen compatriots and an end to impunity. researchers have found that chimpanzees in the wild take it in turns to speak, much like humans do. the study, carried out by a team from the university of st andrews in scotland, looked at the chimps' hand gestures — and concluded that they often had rapid back—and—forth exchanges. dr gal badihi is a researcher from the university of st andrews. he led this study, and told me more about its findings. the vast majority of chimpanzee gestural communication includes one individual producing a gesture and the other responded by changing their behaviour in some ways. for example, giving food, things like that. what we were interested in is the subset of gestural communications where the recipients respond with another gesture. so,

the signal to signal exchange that happens very quickly. it's quite similar to how we as humans exchange words in a conversation. what similar to how we as humans exchange words in a conversation.— words in a conversation. what does that tell us — words in a conversation. what does that tell us about _ words in a conversation. what does that tell us about the _ words in a conversation. what does that tell us about the similarities i that tell us about the similarities between humans and chimpanzees? really interestingly, both in humans and chimpanzees, there is very consistent timing between these terms. so in chimpanzees at about 120 ms and in humans about 200. this is the same across groups. but some groups talk a little bit faster and a little bit slower. that is true both in humans and chimpanzees. we had one group slightly slower than the rest. we don't know if this is to humans, chimpanzees or other apes, or if it is widespread social animals. ~ ., , ., apes, or if it is widespread social animals. ~ ., ., , ., animals. where was that group and tell us where _ animals. where was that group and tell us where these _ animals. where was that group and tell us where these chimpanzees i tell us where these chimpanzees were? 0ver what period did you study them? 50. were? over what period did you study them? , .,, , .,

them? so, this has been a huge collaboration _ them? so, this has been a huge collaboration that _ them? so, this has been a huge collaboration that has _ them? so, this has been a huge collaboration that has taken - them? so, this has been a huge. collaboration that has taken since 2007 to collect all the data and process all the data. we have five groups of chimpanzees from uganda and tanzania in four different habitats. and so this included probably over 100 researchers over almost 20 years, filming the data in the wild. , ,, ., ., the wild. then processing the data and analysing _ the wild. then processing the data and analysing it. _ and what does this tell us about human communication and how it might develop? well, it shows us that we are not as unique as we might think. that why we have language, language is not necessary for this really fast paced term taking we are now seeing in other animals. term taking we are now seeing in otheranimals. it term taking we are now seeing in other animals. it is widespread across animals. birds do it, other mammals do it, but this face—to—face, really quick back and forth is something that now we have just seen in the chimpanzees. but it will be interesting to see if this happens in other social animals as

well. so i think it reallyjust shows us that we are not as special as we might like to think. {line as we might like to think. one intriuuuin as we might like to think. one intriguing question _ as we might like to think. one intriguing question i _ as we might like to think. one intriguing question i have is that some cultures seem to talk more first than others and more across each other than others. is there anything that we can glean from that from your research in terms of why that might be?— from your research in terms of why that might be? yeah, that is one of the thins that might be? yeah, that is one of the things that _ that might be? yeah, that is one of the things that is _ that might be? yeah, that is one of the things that is still _ that might be? yeah, that is one of the things that is still an _ that might be? yeah, that is one of the things that is still an open - the things that is still an open ended question. in chimpanzees as well we see that we sometimes have some interruptions. that is where one individual will start to gesture before the other one stops. in humans there is some great work from boston that shows these interruptions and the timing between turns can be related to the relationship between people talking to each other. people who feel more comfortable time to have shorter depths. but people who are less comfortable might have longer gaps where they feel uncomfortable, awkward silences. these longer gaps don't make are so uncomfortable when

we are talking with friends. we don't know if that is the case in chimpanzees as well. but that is something we would love to look into in the future. the city of birmingham in england will host the invictus games in 2027 — after seeing off a rival bid from washington dc. the sporting competition for injured servicemen and women was created by the duke of sussex, prince harry. he said birmingham's strong ties to the armed forces made it a good fit for the competition. stay with us here on bbc news. more of us are seeing some social life. pollen levels today are moderate or high across many parts of the country. we are still talking

grass pollen and nettle pollen. what's happening is the remnants of a weatherford clearing away to the east, breaking up all the time, with a ridge of high pressure settling things down. so, the cloud continuing to break up. a few showers bubbling up in central part of the country, eastern scotland into the south—east, but they will be fairly well scattered. with the onshore flow across the north sea coastline we will find it will be cooler than inland. some blue skies in the east and west coast. if that tempt you into the sea, these are the sea temperatures. above average across the english channel and the north sea. into this evening and overnight still a lot of clear skies. variable amounts of cloud also might. we will see some mist and cloud parties forming. thicker cloud in the west introduces some drizzle. overnight lows, nine to 50 degrees. that is how we start

tomorrow, a lot of dry weather. a fair bit of sunshine. a weatherford coming in from the west making more inroads into western areas with its thick cloud and party light rain. these are the temperatures tomorrow, 14 to 25 degrees. a little bit warmer as the wind changes direction along the north sea coastline. weather front does continue to push over towards the east overnight wednesday into thursday. for a time we could see some heavier rain coming in across southern and central england and wales. later, more rain across central scotland and northern ireland. in between, mostly dry, bar the odd shower with highs up to 22. as we move through friday eventually that front clears away. again, we have got a little ridge of high pressure building across us. whether fronts coming in from the west. slow to clear from some south—eastern areas. showers

further north. as we head into the weekend things start to brighten up and settle down.

join the queue! the boss of airbus tells us they have more buyers than planes to sell as the industry gathers for the farnborough air show.

a $24—billion job creation plan. india unveils its first budget since narendra modi was returned to power amid growing concern over youth unemployment. plus the ball is back in amazon's court. warner matches its rival�*s bid in their multi—billion dollar tussle over nba basketball rights. we start with a nice problem to have. planemaker airbus says its got far more buyers than it can cater for. soaring demand means they're struggling to keep up with supply. it comes as rival boeing is battling a safety and quality control crisis. the world's top airlines and plane manufacturers are gathered at farnborough in the south of england for the annual air show. the boss of airbus has been speaking to our correspondent there, theo leggett. we are in a situation that is complex for everyone. the international situation is a rather complex one. a lot of our issues are coming from the supply chain, and that's

probably something that is common to the two companies.