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 voters to register and we have an election to win. cheering 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. 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. 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. with the support of a majority of delegates — ms. harris would be the first black and indian—american female presidential nominee. she was born to an indian mother and a jamaican father, both of whom immigrated to the united states to study. in ms harris�* ancestral village in india, in the state of tamil nadu, residents have offered special prayers for her success in the presidential bid. bbc tamil�*s saradha venkatasubramanian reports from the village.

iam in iamina i am in a small village in the southern state of tamil nadu, located a0 kilometres away from washington cd —— dc, this is the place of kemal�*s harris grandparents in the villages say she has no immediate family living here but prayers are being offered at the local hindu tempo —— temple for her success. hindu tempo -- temple for her success. , ., , ., success. the first lady of the most powerful _ success. the first lady of the most powerful nation - success. the first lady of the most powerful nation in - success. the first lady of the most powerful nation in the i most powerful nation in the world, _ most powerful nation in the world, so_ most powerful nation in the world, so she deserves it. there _ world, so she deserves it. there is_ world, so she deserves it. there is a _ world, so she deserves it. there is a sense of pride here especially amongst women. they see her as one of their own, a symbol of what is possible for women everywhere. everybody knows her. _ women everywhere. everybody knows her, even _ women everywhere. everybody knows her, even children. - women everywhere. everybody knows her, even children. my. knows her, even children. my sister, — knows her, even children. my sister, my— knows her, even children. my sister, my mother, that is how they— sister, my mother, that is how they address her. she is residing _ they address her. she is

residing in everyone's heart. we are — residing in everyone's heart. we are happy she has not forgotten her roots, even after reaching — forgotten her roots, even after reaching such heights and we express— reaching such heights and we express our happiness. in 2020 the villagers — express our happiness. in 2020 the villagers celebrated - express our happiness. in 2020 the villagers celebrated her - the villagers celebrated her vice presidency, bursting crackers and having a picture features and calendars and posters and there was a communal feast where hundreds enjoyed the traditional south indian dish which according to one of her relatives as amongst her favourites. interestingly kamala harris's is on them name of people known to the village temple. they say they might be thousands of miles away from the us but they feel connected to herjourney but they hope to village —— visit one day. the director of the us secret service, kimberly cheatle resigned tuesday, after facing sharp criticism over agency's security failures that led up

to the attempted assassinaton of donald trump. ms cheatle stepped down just 2a hours after admitting the attack onjuly 13th was her agency's worst failure in decades. 0ur north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports. take a look at what happened... former president donald trump was close to being killed. and the secret service has been under huge pressure to answer for it. its director, kimberly cheatle, attended a hearing on capitol hill yesterday, immediately accepting 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. secret service snipers were on a roof behind him. outside the rally venue, more than 100 metres away, were these buildings. from the rooftop, the gunman had a direct line of sight to mr trump. the crucial questions for kimberly cheatle included, why weren't any agents on the rooftop beforehand, especially as it turned out the gunman was a known threat? to the frustration of the committee's lawmakers, ms cheatle was accused

of stonewalling. it is a miracle president trump wasn't killed. corey comperatore's life is over because that damn shooter made it onto the roof. it wasn't the roof that was dangerous, it was the nutjob on top of the roof. you know what else is dangerous? i believe your horrifying ineptitude and your lack of skilled leadership is a disgrace. your obfuscating today is shameful. i would have to get back to you. that is a no. you're full of today. - you're just being completely dishonest. mr chairman... crosstalk ..we have to maintain - decorum in this committee. just a day later, she announced her resignation, saying it was with a heavy heart. she went on...

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.

democratic representative raja krishnamoorthi sits on the house oversight committee, which grilled the i want to start with a question of what you make with the secret service director announcement that she will resign? i announcement that she will resi . n? ~ announcement that she will resin? ~ �* , resign? i think it's appropriate - resign? ithink it's appropriate and i resign? i think it's i appropriate and she resign? i think it's - appropriate and she is not resign? i think it's _ appropriate and she is not the right person for thejob appropriate and she is not the right person for the job now and hearing yesterday she gave and hearing yesterday she gave a series of evasive answers to basic questions including about the timeline and when i asked her as well about the fact there were at least three warnings to the secret service as well as local law enforcement that a threat in had emerged before shots actually rang out and she was not able to properly explain why the secret service did not pause the rally, but suggests it is time for her to go so i am glad she has handed in her resignation today.—

resignation today. questions remain unanswered. - resignation today. questions remain unanswered. what i resignation today. questions | remain unanswered. what do resignation today. questions - remain unanswered. what do you want to see answered from the secret service? i want to see answered from the secret service?— secret service? i have questions _ secret service? i have questions about - secret service? i have questions about the l secret service? i have - questions about the individual in question, mr crooks. we need to understand his motives and how he was able to get into that situation where he could successfully shoot out the president on stage. he came within basically one inch or less of ending donald trump's lie. the second question i have is how could it be we had a security perimeter drawn without the building in question is part of the security perimeter? it had a clear and unobstructed view of this stage and within rifle range on the stage but not part of the perimeter so that's a big problem as well. [30 of the perimeter so that's a big problem as well. do you still have — big problem as well. do you still have confidence - big problem as well. do you still have confidence in - big problem as well. do you still have confidence in the l still have confidence in the secret service? i still have confidence in the secret service?— secret service? i have confidence _ secret service? i have confidence in - secret service? i have confidence in the - secret service? i have i confidence in the secret service but at this point we have to, as i like to say,

murphy's law, every situation at this point that might be an outdoor rally, a more complicated situation than an indoor secure building where the taxis might be delivering speeches,, at this point we have to assume the worst and plan accordingly.— plan accordingly. from your osition plan accordingly. from your position on _ plan accordingly. from your position on the _ plan accordingly. from your position on the intelligence| position on the intelligence committee, how great is the threat of further political violence as we are in the middle of an election campaign? it's high, and that's the problem and we are only weeks away from the democratic national convention which will take place in my home state of illinois, chicago and we have a new presidential candidate emerging who by nature of her own identity is unfortunately going to attract more potential from potential nefarious actors so we have to be ready for anything so what happened with

donald trump was completely unacceptable and we have to recognise that political violence is on the rise and we in congress have to do everything we can to tamp down tensions and condemn political violence of all kinds. i tensions and condemn political violence of all kinds.— violence of all kinds. i want to ask your— violence of all kinds. i want to ask your bank _ violence of all kinds. i want to ask your bank kamala i violence of all kinds. i want - to ask your bank kamala harris who held herfirst rally to ask your bank kamala harris who held her first rally in wisconsin, a state to the democrats if they want to win in november and there is confidence that she can energise groups like young voters and black voters and latino voters. but do you think she can appeal to working—class voters in some of these key swing states like wisconsin? yes, and i think we have to do and that's why it's important for vice president harris to talk about those kitchen table topics that are so important to people, whether it's how we educate our children in this world of new technologies and how do we access health care in an affordable manner and make

sure we havejobs an affordable manner and make sure we have jobs that equip us for the revolution we are in in so many different ways. globalisation as well as technological revolution and finally how do we make sure we are in a safe community? that means not only do we dedicate more resources for law enforcement but reduce gun violence through common—sense gun control measures. those are theissues gun control measures. those are the issues amongst other was including reproductive freedom which i think she has to drive home. �* . which i think she has to drive home. . ., ., home. and we have heard her talk a lot _ home. and we have heard her talk a lot about. _ home. and we have heard her talk a lot about. last - talk a lot about. last question, are you concerned that there is very little time from now until the election for kamala harris to make that message? i kamala harris to make that message?— kamala harris to make that messaue? ,, , , message? i think she will be able to do — message? i think she will be able to do it _ message? i think she will be able to do it and _ message? i think she will be able to do it and we - message? i think she will be able to do it and we have - message? i think she will be able to do it and we have a l able to do it and we have a hundred days until the election, so game on. this is the time we will have to muster all of our energy and forces

and she was able to raise almost $100 million or more in a8 hours which is like elon musk and money, so we are talking significant resources coming her way and talking significant resources coming herway and i talking significant resources coming her way and i don't think there will be any shortage of that but what we need to do is make sure we address the topics people are thinking about every day and put our best foot forward and i think we will be successful. 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. 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. as we showed up in this part of the building there was a hundred or so protesters on this part of the rotunda, some of them led away but some still here and the us capitol arrived at that point, cuffing them behind their backs and pulling people up and taking them away to be processed, being arrested one by one and moved outside of the building.

one of the processors i spoke to said there were 500 americanjewish people from all over the us who came here to explicitly to protest benjamin netanyahu's visit. when he is here in thejoint address to congress, his message will be around what he will call israel being the indispensable ally in the middle east to the us and also to thankjoe biden for his support over the war in gaza but it is that very support that has led to this deep sense of division, notjust in the democratic party but across the us as we will see protests over the visit coming to the very heart of washington. 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. 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. let's turn to some other important news around the world. more than 200 people are reported to have been killed by a landslide in a remote area of southern ethiopia. officials say, the disaster took place on monday following heavy rains in the mountainous gofa zone. search operations are underway, but early images show residents in the isolated area searching for survivors using shovels and their bare hands. illinois state police have released bodycam footage

showing the moments that led to the fatal shooting of a woman in her home. sonya massey had called 911 to report a suspected intruder. the officer who opened fire, sean grayson, has been sacked from the police force and charged with murder and official misconduct. he has pleaded not guilty to the charges. 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 0ur 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 0lympics. 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 0lympic 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 catta. 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.

when people think of barbie dolls — they almost certainly picture an impossibly thin figure, dressed in any number of outfits, usually pink, ranging in styles from astronauts to princesses and much more in between. now the makers of barbie, mattell, have designed the first ever �*blind' barbie in a bid to make their dolls increasingly accessible — and inspirational. here's our reporter sofia bettiza with more. let's take a look at the new blind barbie. as you can see, she comes with a cane and with dark glasses. now, what's interesting is that the texture of her clothing means that children who are blind or who have low vision can feel the outfit that she's wearing. now the toy company mattel, which owns barbie, says that they created the doll, hoping that it would make blind children feel more represented within society. the senior vice president of barbie said that she's so much more than just a doll...

now, this is part of an effort to make barbie dolls more diverse and inclusive. and that's because in the last few years, mattel had come under quite a bit of criticism. many people felt that barbie was a thing of the past, that it promoted unrealistic beauty standards for young girls — i mean, just look at the tiny waist or the heels that defy gravity — and so barbie got quite the makeover. mattel created a wide range of dolls with different skin types, with different body shapes, and so that's how they launched ken with a prosthetic leg, barbie in a wheelchair. they also launched the first barbie with down syndrome, as well as barbie wearing a hijab. and also in 2019, we got the first ever gender—neutral barbie. now, it's important to say that this is notjust barbie. many toy companies have

committed to increasing diversity in their products, and that's because this really matters to a lot of parents. according to a recent poll, 53% of people who buy toys say that they value diversity and inclusion, and they say that it's important to them that the toys that they buy represent all parts of society. stay with us here on bbc news. let's look at the latest weather prospect for africa and the middle east and it remains hot in the north—west of africa and morocco and that he tick is extending into portugal and morocco. temperatures widely in the a0s 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. for south africa we are between frontal systems on thursday so mainly fine in cape town and temperatures up to 17 celsius and let's take a look at the city forecast and in marrakesh, extremely hot on thursday, aa. and temperatures dropping back a little bit but not an awful lot. 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 gulfbut for parts of yemen and southern oman 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 a7.

hello and welcome to the media show with me, katie razzall, and ros atkins. well, on this week's edition, we're focused on one subject — the attempted assassination of donald trump and how

the media covered the story. and we're also looking at the questions raised about the intersection between the media and politics in the united states. take a look at what happened. let's begin the programme by speaking to three journalists who were at the trump rally where the attempted assassination took place. in a minute, we're going to hearfrom the bbc�*s gary 0'donoghue, also anna moneymaker, a photographer with getty images, but first of all, from hadriana lowenkron from bloomberg. i was standing among the crowd, the crowd who had been waiting for several hours in anticipation of hearing the former president speak. for me, what was important was speaking with the people around in the hours leading up, hearing how excited they were. and then, of course, when we heard the shots fired,

immediately everyone ducked, and i was there to speak