with president biden and address a joint session of congress. and, the head of the us secret service resigns over security failures surrounding the attempted assassination of donald trump. vice president kamala harris addressed voters at her first campaign rally in the battleground state of wisconsin. speaking to thousands of supporters, she said republican challenger donald trump wanted to take the country backwards with his extreme policies. ms harris�* campaign secured a major boost ahead of the rally — with the pledged support of enough democratic delegates to become the party's nominee for president, according to an associated press survey conducted on monday. this renewed sense of enthusiasm within the democratic party has seen the harris campaign raise more than 100 million dollars or 77 million pounds in donations since biden�*s exit from the presidential race on sunday. the vice president says her �*people—powered campaign�* will unite the democratic party.

do we want to live in a country of freedom, compassion and the rule of law? or a country of chaos, fear and hate? and here is the beauty of this moment. we each have the power to answer that question. the power is with the people. we each have the power to answer that question. and in the next 105 days, then, we have work to do, we have doors to knock on, we have phone calls to make, we have phone calls to make, we have voters to register and we have voters to register and we have an election to win. vice president harris also continues to build momentum among top democrats. senate majority leader chuck schumer and house minority leader hakeem jeffries — endorsed her candidacy during a news conference

on tuesday. mr schumer applauded ms harris for swiftly unifying the democratic party behind her candidacy. vice president harris has done a truly impressivejob, a truly impressive job, securing the majority of delegates needed to win the democratic party nomination to be our next president of the united states. the vast majority of my senators quickly and enthusiastically endorsed her. so now the process has played out from the grassroots, bottom—up, we are here today to throw our support behind vice president kamala harris. a new poll released by the news agency reuters and ipsos shows the vice president ahead by a two percent lead over her republican challenger donald trump. ms harris led trump 44 percent to 42 percent, that's within the 3—percentage—point margin of error — making the bid for the white house a tight race. the poll was conducted in the days following biden�*s exit and his endorsement of harris. so voter sentiment

is still developing. mr trump says he's willing to take part in at least one presidential debate with ms harris, telling reporters that he thinks �*it�*s important�* and calling harris more radical than biden. presidentjoe biden returned to the white house on tuesday after spending several days at his home in delaware recovering from covid. mr biden says he will address the nation on wednesday about his decision to end his re—election campaign. for more on vice president harris�*s bid for the white house, i spoke to democratic congresswoman joyce beatty from ohio. she previously served as the chair of the congressional black caucus. i want to start with what we heard from kamala harris that she made in her dress today, the point she made, she said she would be the prosecutor in chief if she is elected. do you think that is a message that will resonate with voters? i think it will because we know who her opponent is and i think it works well because we have someone who has had some 3a

indictments and someone who has broken the law and i think it's important for her to let america know that as a prosecutor, she should do some prosecuting. i think what would also be helpful as they are going on stage together whether a debate or having a dialogue but she's sending the message she won't be afraid and she will stand up to him and the tactics he might have. newer members _ tactics he might have. newer members of _ tactics he might have. newer members of the _ tactics he might have. newer. members of the congressional black caucus who were standing firmly of the joe black caucus who were standing firmly of thejoe biden still in the race. do you have concerns about kamala harris micro possibility to win and if so what are they? i micro possibility to win and if so what are they?— micro possibility to win and if so what are they? i don't have concerns _ so what are they? i don't have concerns because _ so what are they? i don't have concerns because she - so what are they? i don't have concerns because she has - so what are they? i don't have | concerns because she has been well vetted and battle tested. this was joe well vetted and battle tested. this wasjoe biden�*s decision and we support that and he said

well before this happened that he would pick a vice president who would be ready on day one to fill fill his shoes or become president so it gave me great comfort and i know her and i've watched what the biden and i've watched what the biden and harris administration has done and been on the trail campaigning for the biden harris administration and things don't happen in isolation. she has been fully engaged, whether it is foreign affairs or the economy or health care or our children, and she's had many great successes in all of those areas. y ., ~ areas. do you think there should have _ areas. do you think there should have been - areas. do you think there should have been a - areas. do you think there l should have been a contest areas. do you think there - should have been a contest for this nomination? i should have been a contest for this nomination?— this nomination? i think there actually was _ this nomination? i think there actually was a _ this nomination? i think there actually was a contest. - this nomination? i think there actually was a contest. the i actually was a contest. the states were told that if there was someone out there who wanted to run and no one was forced to say when they went back to their state delegations like i did in ohio that we voted to support her. people

looked at what was out there and i don't recall in those days prior to president biden getting out and endorsing her, i did not hear whether it was a governor or governors or us senators saying, i'm going to run or a one to run and certainly that was not taken away from them. i certainly that was not taken away from them.— certainly that was not taken away from them. i want to ask ou away from them. i want to ask you about _ away from them. i want to ask you about some _ away from them. i want to ask you about some of— away from them. i want to ask you about some of the - away from them. i want to ask i you about some of the message we here from republican state calling kamala harris as the diversity, equity, inclusion higher and thatjoe biden selected kamala harris as vice president because she was a woman and he wanted to have a woman and he wanted to have a woman back on the ticket in 2020. what do you think of that? i 2020. what do you think of that? 4' 2020. what do you think of that? ~ �* , 2020. what do you think of that? 4' �* , . ., , that? i think it's ridiculous but i'm not _ that? i think it's ridiculous but i'm not surprised. - that? i think it's ridiculous i but i'm not surprised. when people are what afraid of what they are running up against they are running up against they try to come out with things and we know they've made some of the most racist statements about black americans, derogatory statements about women, so i'm

not surprised about what they have said and you have donald trump and his running mates, jd vance who wants a national ban on abortion and has actually said if a person was raped or if it was from incest, he still wanted a national ban. two wrongs don't make a right and it was just inconvenient, so the mentality and thought process we have with those two candidates, i'm sure we will see and hear a lot worse on the campaign and i can tell you that vice president harris will be ready to deal with it and prosecute it and stand up against it and you have to look at it. she has won every election she has ran in, so when you think about why president biden picks her, it did not have anything to do with the fact she had turned to be a black woman, he picked her because she has won in the

nation as district attorney, as attorney general. a us senator. let me ask you this. you mentionedjd vans, let me ask you this. you mentioned jd vans, a senator from your state of ohio and if you look at the last two presidential elections, ohio has voted for the republican candidate for donald trump, so what do you think kamala harris would have to do to win a chance —— when a state like ohio? i chance -- when a state like ohio? ~ , ., , chance -- when a state like ohio? ~ , .,, ., ., ohio? i think she has a great chance and — ohio? i think she has a great chance and when _ ohio? i think she has a great chance and when i _ ohio? i think she has a great chance and when i look- ohio? i think she has a great chance and when i look at. ohio? i think she has a great| chance and when i look at the number of people, women, black americans, brown americans getting excited about this new opportunity, unfortunately people didn't feel that excitement after a 90 minute debate was joe excitement after a 90 minute debate wasjoe biden against donald trump and now you are seeing 114,000 women, black women getting on the call and 37 -- 30,000 black women getting on the call and 37 —— 30,000 black men got a call last night and in a few hours they raised more than $3 million. ~ ., hours they raised more than $3 million. ~ . ., million. what about working-class - million. what about | working-class voters million. what about. working-class voters in million. what about -

working-class voters in a million. what about _ working-class voters in a state working—class voters in a state like ohio? swing states will be especially radical? you like ohio? swing states will be especially radical?— like ohio? swing states will be especially radical? you saw the last election — especially radical? you saw the last election and _ especially radical? you saw the last election and let _ especially radical? you saw the last election and let me - especially radical? you saw the last election and let me take i last election and let me take you back to barack obama. everyday working people were on the ground they were energised and reinvigorated to do that and reinvigorated to do that and i think we will see the same thing. you will see young people who are asking us what they can do and people on the ground are saying we want to be out there whether it is passing out there whether it is passing out literature or knocking on doors for kamala harris. the director of the us secret service, kimberly cheatle is to resign, after facing sharp criticism for her agency's failure to prevent the attempted assassination of donald trump. ms cheatle quitjust 2a hours after admitting the attack on the 13th ofjuly was her agency's worst failure in decades. a man in the crowd died after being his by the gunfire. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports. donald trump was close to being

killed and the secret service has been under huge pressure to answerfor it. kimberly has been under huge pressure to answer for it. kimberly cheadle immediately accepted blame. the secret service's solemn mission is to protect our nation's leaders. on july 13th, we failed. as the director of the united states secret service, i take full responsibility for any security lapse of our agency. donald trump was on stage in pennsylvania and secret service snipers were on a roof behind him. ., , ., , him. ironside the rally venue, more than — him. ironside the rally venue, more than a _ him. ironside the rally venue, more than a hundred - him. ironside the rally venue, more than a hundred metresl him. ironside the rally venue, - more than a hundred metres away with these buildings. from the rooftop, the gunmen had a direct line of sight to donald trump. the crucial questions included why weren't any agents on the rooftop beforehand, especially as it turned out that the gunman was a known threat? she was accused of

stonewalling.— stonewalling. it's a miracle president _ stonewalling. it's a miracle president trump _ stonewalling. it's a miracle president trump wasn't - stonewalling. it's a miracle - president trump wasn't killed. his life is over because he made it onto the roof and if it wasn't the roof that was dangerous it was the nutjob on top of the route. i believe your horrifying ineptitude and lack of skilled leadership is a disgrace and you are obfuscating today is shameful. i will have to get back to you. that — i will have to get back to you. that is — i will have to get back to you. that is no _ i will have to get back to you. that is no. you are full of... you — that is no. you are full of... you being _ that is no. you are full of... you being completely dishonest. mr chairman. we have to maintain— mr chairman. we have to maintain decorum - mr chairman. we have to maintain decorum in - mr chairman. we have to maintain decorum in this| maintain decorum in this committee _ maintain decorum in this committee.— maintain decorum in this committee. , . ., , committee. just a day later she announced _ committee. just a day later she announced her— committee. just a day later she announced her resignation - announced her resignation saying it was with a heavy heart. and she went on and said... kimberly cheatle became head of the secret service less than two years ago. but the democrats and republicans said she had to stand down,

both united in agreement — always a rare moment in us politics. she just resigned? can you say how this i changes the oversight of the assassination attempt? well, she must have been watching our press conference. i'm glad she did the right thing. look, our reaction, the immediate reaction to her resignation, is that it is overdue. we have to rebuild the american people's faith and trust in the secret service as an agency. it has an incredibly important responsibility in protecting presidents, former presidents and other officials. presidentjoe biden, who appointed kimberly cheatle, said he was grateful to herfor her service. the head of the fbi will face questioning later this week, whilst an independent review into the shooting continues. nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu is in washington this week. it's his first trip since the attack by hamas on october 7th. the controversial visit comes after months of war and unsuccessful ceasefire negotiations. protests against his policies have already begun. here are pictures from the capitol on tuesday afternoon — as demonstrators staged a sit—in to protest the war in gaza. police are scaling up security measures with fencing around the capitol building ahead of mr netanyahu's address to a joint session of congress on wednesday. it will be the prime minister's first time speaking to the house and senate in nine years. he will then pay a visit to the white house on thursday to meet with president biden. afterwards they are set to meet with families of americans held hostage by hamas. the prime minister is also scheduled to meet separately with vice president kamala harris. following his meetings in washington, mr netanyahu will then travel to florida on friday, where he will meet with former president donald trump at mar—a—lago. on the gaza strip, israel's military operations to defeat hamas are moving forward. the un says more than 150 thousand residents in khan younis — a city in southern gaza — fled their homes tuesday

as israeli tanks moved into the area. the israeli military ordered people to evacuate from khan younis , where the hamas—run health ministry says israeli military strikes have killed 80 palestinians since monday. live now to laura blumenfeld, former state department senior policy advisor for the middle east. always good to have you on bbc news and i want to start with benjamin netanyahu's visited benjamin neta nyahu's visited washington benjamin netanyahu's visited washington when when we know some democrats say they are boycotting and will not attend his address and this comes as we saw the images of the protest at the capitol. what impact do you think it has on the prime minister and the message he is set to deliver? he has come to washington to try to rehabilitate israel's image and his own on the world stage but the problem is right now washington is descending into a 3—ring political circus into a 3—ring political circus in one of the rings is the

chaos on capitol hill and i spoke to a staffer this evening who said we are bracing for a storm and it's like hollywood and florida before hurricane and florida before hurricane and they are concerned it could turn violent and then those meetings, he thought he was coming to meet with one president but now he has three high—stakes meeting and one is the current president who is withdrawn from the race and the other is the presidential nominee for the democrats or the presumptive one, kamala harris where he has a new relationship to establish and he is hedging everywhere and flying down to meet with donald trump in case he is president so he has a lot on his plate and a lot at stake and when he came to washington last night it was 2020 and he was representing an ascendant israel for greater regional integration and peace in 2024 it's a totally different picture and much darker but the hope is he can leave with some light. hope is he can leave with some liuht. ~ ., hope is he can leave with some liuht.~ ., i. hope is he can leave with some liuht. ~ ., ~ hope is he can leave with some liuht.~ ., ., light. what you think you are specifically — light. what you think you are specifically trying _ light. what you think you are specifically trying to - light. what you think you are |

specifically trying to achieve? in the meetings with the future president of the us he is hedging everywhere to make sure hedging everywhere to make sure he gets what he needs and first of all validation, more than anything he wants to hear from the world and any president that you are right in your fight and he is looking for some satisfaction in that from a practical point of view which is weapons and the american allies are heavily dependent on weapons and it's kind of our love language to the world and thatis love language to the world and that is what it comes down to in the end for those american allies who are fighting. it comes as there seems to be little or no progress towards a ceasefire, so why is that and why is the process still so stuck? alejos it stuck for the reasons i hope it might be stuck in for netanyahu it's been about his concern about alienating the right wing of the coalition but the good news is in a week that his

parliament is going to a three—month recess so even if he conveys some flexibility and a seed to the demands put on him, then there is an opportunity for him to go forward with the ceasefire and listen to the hostage families demanding the release of their loved ones and not risk losing their government and for biden now he's dropped out of the race it frees him up and gives him room to manoeuvre and focus on this as a legacy issue including his key national security officials and for hamas, i am security officials and for hamas, iam hopeful. the netanyahu approach has been escalation as negotiation, shoot now, talk later and he claims it's working and we will see that hamas is under increasing military pressure from israel and from within political pressure from his own population in gaza and they are set up with the —— fed up with the war so there is hope that hamas will compromise. we have about 30 seconds left, but can

you tell us how close relationships are between benjamin netanyahu and donald trump who is visiting on friday? trump who is visiting on frida ? ., . trump who is visiting on frida ? . . ., friday? the advice i would give his do not _ friday? the advice i would give his do not grovel. _ friday? the advice i would give his do not grovel. they - friday? the advice i would give his do not grovel. they are - friday? the advice i would give his do not grovel. they are at l his do not grovel. they are at odds with each other and the last thing trump said regarding benjamin netanyahu was f netanyahu and he was angry he'd called to congratulate president biden. don't grovel, and what he will want is the normalisation deal that means they push it into the next administration, which would be administration, which would be a shame. ., ., administration, which would be ashame. . ., ., ~ administration, which would be a shame. ., ., . ~' administration, which would be ashame. . . ., ~ ., a shame. laura, thank you for “oininu a shame. laura, thank you for joining us _ a shame. laura, thank you for joining us again. _ another round of protests in kenya is gradually causing a complete shutdown of the economy. shops and offices remained closed in the capital, nairobi, as people stayed at home to avoid the violence. more than 50 people were killed, dozens abducted, and hundreds arrested during demonstrations in recent weeks. now, at least four police officers are facing prosecution — as the public escalate demands forjustice. excessive force by the security agencies is deeply embedded in policing culture there which is fuelling

the calls for change. our deputy africa editor anne soy reports on the impacts of police brultality. this is not a war. it's how kenyan police do crowd control. thousands of mostly young kenyans have taken to the streets to demand for government reforms, and this is what they are met with excessive force. dozens have been killed. 29—year—old rex masai was the first victim. we met his mother a day after he was shot and killed by police. when people are fighting for their rights, why use live bullets? if he had been armed, we would understand that perhaps he was in the wrong. this video shows what is said to be the moment rex was shot.

a police officer in civilian clothes is seen opening fire. rex's friend ian kinuthia witnessed what happened. he had a bullet in his thigh when we took him to hospital. but all of a sudden we were told there's no bullet. how? the body mandated to investigate claims against the police says the security agency is not cooperating. we need the arms movement register. we need to know who which members were in a particular platoon. and for us to get that information is becoming a challenge, and to a certain level, some intimidation, even to our officers. we sought a response from the police chief about the allegations by investigators and the use of excessive force against unarmed protesters, but there's been no answer. what is problematic is the culture of policing. rather than de—escalating conversations or essentially facilitating peaceful protests.

what we've seen, essentially, is an attempt to try and block peaceful protest, and that's where things break down. it's given protesters more reasons to go out to the streets, and they try everything they can to make their voice heard. the strategy the protesters have used is to try and come into town from all directions, and therefore the tear gas keeps going off in different directions. if anything, this does not dampen the spirit of the protesters. it fuels them. the anger on the streets is rising. what began as protests against proposed tax hikes have now evolved into demands for reforms in government, including the security agencies. the protesters want change. they demand for justice for their fallen compatriots and an end to impunity. anne soy, bbc news, nairobi. in a first for the olympics, friday's opening ceremony will make its way through the heart of paris, along the river seine. it's prompting a massive security operation our paris correspondent andrew harding reports.

in the heart of paris today, a checkpoint on every corner and no access without a special permit. i'm going to a shop on rue saint—honore. key roads blocked for the imminent olympics. ijust wanted to make an exchange at a shop, and i'm going to need to go really far out of my way. but... i still love paris. the security clampdown is making tourism complicated. so you're stuck here? yes. how do you feel about that? sad. stranded behind barriers, local cafes are also losing out. at the moment, no business, no tourists? no business, no tourists. yes, economic is done. but the tough security measures are designed to deliver a unique olympic experience, with friday's opening ceremony taking place here on the river seine. the french army has also been called in for the biggest military deployment in paris since world war ii.

"we have demining teams and dog teams," says the general in charge, lionel cattar. there are anti—drone systems, radars and divers patrolling the river seine. paris has good reason to be on high alert. this was a rehearsal, staged this morning in paris in case of a hostage incident during the games. in recent years, islamist militants have launched deadly attacks across france. there are also growing concerns about cyber attacks from russia. to help reassure british visitors joining the crowds in paris this week, 250 officers are crossing the channel. so, there are lots of tourists who can't speak french and they can speak a little bit of english, so we're speaking to them.

of course, tourists who are here from britain, we're speaking to them, and, yeah, just engaging with people, lots of photos, making sure people feel safe and people know where they should go. by bringing these games to the heart of paris, the french authorities have created some security headaches and other frustrations, but they're clearly calculating that those risks are far outweighed by the opportunities of showcasing this extraordinary city. andrew harding, bbc news, paris. stay with us here on bbc news. temperature is widely in the 40s celsius and three showers

and thunderstorms continue across central africa but on the whole things are drier than we might normally expect and there are some big dry gaps in between the downpours but for south africa we are between frontal systems on thursday so mainly fine in cape town and temperatures between 17 celsius and let's take a look at the city forecast and in marrakesh, extremely hot on thursday, 44 and temperatures dropping back and temperatures dropping back a little bit but not an awful lot and in lagos we will see a bit of rain at times and johannesburg looking fine with sunshine and temperatures between 19 and 21 degrees and we will see some rain arriving in cape town with a bit of a cooldown. just a few showers around the shores of the caspian sea but otherwise across the middle east it looks predominantly dry and these temperatures generally where we should be for the time of year perhaps a touch above through the golf but for parts of yemen and southern omagh and we will see more cloud and brisk breeze but some rain there and in doha

it stays hot, dry and sunny and highs of 47.

markets exercise caution after major tech firms like google and tesla announce their latest earnings. and japan is hit by a major health scandal — we'll have all the details later on the programme. hello and welcome to business today.

i'm arunoday mukharji. tesla has reported its lowest profit margin in more than five years. price cuts aimed at reviving demand for its electric vehicles and increased spending on al projects weighed on earnings, as erin delmore explains. tesla shares spent most of the year sliding between lagging sales, production snarls, shipping delays and increased competition from overseas ev makers. then shares started gaining. they were up 40% since the end of may. see, investors started focusing less on tesla's slumping ev sales and more on chief executive elon musk�*s plans to make tesla into an artificial intelligence powerhouse with al powered robo—taxis and humanoid robots. alluring? yes. profitable? no. or at least not yet. tesla unveiled its second quarter earnings tuesday after wall street's closing bell, and reported a 45% drop in profit between april and june. that came in lower than

analysts had estimated. sales fell nearly 5% in the second quarter