israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu addresses us congress, saying his country would need security control of gaza when the war was over. and as paris prepares to host the olympic games, one of the most loved french films of all time, amelie, is being re—released. hello, i'm vishala sri—pathma. president biden has told americans that nothing should come in the way of saving democracy, including personal ambition. in a televised address from the oval office, he said he quit the presidential race to unite the country and his democratic party. the president made the live remarks just three days after announcing his decision to quit the election race while isolating with covid—19.

i believe my record as president, my leadership in the world, my vision for america's future all merited a second term but nothing, nothing can come in the way of saving our democracy. that includes personal ambition. so i have decided the best way forward is to pass the torch to a new generation, it is a best way to unite our nation. vice president kamala harris is now running in his place as the likely democratic presidential nominee, with mr biden praising her work and record in the white house. i want to thank our great vice president, kamala harris. she is experienced, she is tough and she is capable. she has been an incredible partner to me and a leader for our country. now the choice is up to you,

the american people. that the american people. was president biden a little that was president biden a little earlier on. let's speak to our north america correspondent david willis who's in washingtoni. this was joe biden's first chance to define how he will be judged by history, how has the reception been of that address? this was a short speech, and some might say something of a missed opportunity, joe biden talking about passing the torch to a younger generation and he talked about the threat to democracy, that donald trump closed to america in november although he did not mention mr trump by name, and he said nothing not even personal ambition should get in the way of preserving that democracy. but referring to his anointed successor, kamala harris he described her as tough and

capable, but he somewhat passed up capable, but he somewhat passed up the opportunity to sing her praises. this was more like a farewell speech if you like, true, he will get that opportunity to laud her from the rooftops when he addresses the rooftops when he addresses the democratic national convention next month, but addresses from the oval office don't come around every week, this was only the fourth ofjoe biden �*s term in office in the white house, and some will say he did not take full advantage of that opportunity tonight perhaps. in of that opportunity tonight erha s. , ., of that opportunity tonight --erhas. , ., ., , perhaps. in terms of answering, big question _ perhaps. in terms of answering, big question why _ perhaps. in terms of answering, big question why he _ perhaps. in terms of answering, big question why he dropped - perhaps. in terms of answering, | big question why he dropped out the race, that he managed to do that? ~ �* a, , that? well he didn't really address that, _ that? well he didn't really address that, although - that? well he didn't reallyi address that, although his press secretary, was asked about it earlier on in the day and she said, it had nothing to do, the decision with his health as she put it. she went on to reinforce the fact is still the president for the

united states and the commander—in—chief and nothing was going to change that. she said any question posed by the republicans that he should resign now rather than see out the remainder of his term, were frankly, ridiculous. she did give us a little bit more of the timescale as far as that decision was concerned over the weekend. she said that mr biden huddled in his delaware beach house on saturday with his closest advisers, members of his family as well, and took the decision to pull out of the race then, only to sleep on it and inform the white house aides, a broader circle of aides at the white house of his decisionjust aides at the white house of his decision just before aides at the white house of his decisionjust before his aides at the white house of his decision just before his team pushed stand on that letter, the open letter that was published on the x social media platform alerting the world to the fact that he was stepping down. , ., , ,

down. events moving pretty raidl down. events moving pretty rapidly in — down. events moving pretty rapidly in the _ down. events moving pretty rapidly in the us _ down. events moving pretty rapidly in the us and - down. events moving pretty rapidly in the us and the - rapidly in the us and the democratic party. north america correspondent david willis there. joining me now from los angeles is drexel heard, a senior advisor and strategist to the democratic party. thank you forjoining us. in terms of that speech by president due biden to think that has helped massively in terms of the campaign to replace him with kamala harris? first off, thank you for having me, the address of the president was first of all focused on his time as president for the last 3.5 years, 50 years of service to our country. the american people really needed to hear directly from the president about his own decisions about why he felt as he said he needed to pass the torch onto a new generation. being president of the united states is one of the most difficultjobs not only in the country but around the world, president biden knows better that anyone else.

did he miss that opportunity to address that question, what he did not do despite saying he would level with american about providing a explanation about why he dropped out? i providing a explanation about why he dropped out?- providing a explanation about why he dropped out? i think he did provide _ why he dropped out? i think he did provide a — why he dropped out? i think he did provide a direct _ did provide a direct explanation about why he decided to leave the race, as he said this is a time where americans and certainly presidents are common offices bigger than one person, he understands that his time is limited and he wants to make sure that we are preserving democracy and we are focused on the future. he made that very clear during his address. what does the democratic - clear during his address. what does the democratic party - clear during his address. what does the democratic party now need to do, clearly there is some work to unite the party still, but also we have already heard from the republican, president trump we will hear from in a minute, he had a rally and she has been laying out the critics and insults

pretty thick and fast, how can the campaign now respond to those attacks?— the campaign now respond to those attacks? look, think the democratic — those attacks? look, think the democratic party _ those attacks? look, think the democratic party and - those attacks? look, think the democratic party and certainly| democratic party and certainly vice president harris on the trail with focus on the reality which is far from what viewers will hear from which is far from what viewers will hearfrom president which is far from what viewers will hear from president trump and his speech rally earlier here today. they — we will focus on the complete record of the biden administration, reputable accomplishments, strongest economy in the world, 16 million newjobs created over the last four this year, the racial gap lowest in the last 20 years, violent crime at an all—time low. last 20 years, violent crime at an all-time low.— an all-time low. she doesn't have a huge _ an all-time low. she doesn't have a huge amount - an all-time low. she doesn't have a huge amount of - an all-time low. she doesn't have a huge amount of time | an all-time low. she doesn't l have a huge amount of time to do that now? 105 days. you have to raise a lot of finances and according to research we got from the associated press, trump will outspend the

democrats by 25 — one. campaign finance is that an issue right now for the democrats? look you have to remember _ now for the democrats? look you have to remember sometimes . have to remember sometimes money doesn't always equal success, no donald trump likes to make it a thing but that is not always accurate. i know democrats certainly the harris campaign will be focused on mobilising her grassroots teams connecting with voters making sure they know what the real issues are one—on—one, that is what wins elections not necessarily money, we know the trump campaign spent more money than the biden harrison campaign back in 2020 and they lost that election and we expect them to lose this election again but i don't think raising money is going to be that issue, we saw record number from the vice president raising money in record time, 70 hours raising $100 million, the $200 million mark right now, i don't think the campaign is going to have trouble raising money over the next few weeks. we really hope george

clooney and his reinspection all that money that was promised, so we can win this thing in november.— promised, so we can win this thing in november. thank you forjoining _ thing in november. thank you forjoining us. _ drexel heard, a senior advisor and strategist to the democratic party. donald trump has held his first rally since president biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race. addressing supporters in north carolina, he launched personal attacks on both mr biden, as well as vice president kamala harris. as you know, three days ago, we officially defeated the worst president in the history of our country, crooked joe biden. he quit because he was losing so badly in the polls, he was down in every single poll and down by a lot, so he quit. so now we have a new victim to defeat, lyin' kamala harris, lyin' - l-y-i-n' - the most incompetent and far left vice president

in american history. president trump speaking a little earlier on stop we will stay in the united states. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu addressed congress and said america and israel must stand together if they are to defeat what he called the forces of barbarism. he is looking to boost support for the war against hamas in gaza. president biden remains "optimistic" about a peace deal in gaza — despite mr netanyahu vowing to "finish the job". but thousands of demonstrators gathered outside the capitol to protest about the war, and dozens of democratic members of congress refused to attend his speech. an american flag was burned and statues outside union station were defaced. from washington, tom bateman reports. a short walk back into the american limelight, after months of fraught ties between the us leadership and the israeli prime minister. here, among friends, many republicans — but some notable absences from joe biden's democrats —

benjamin netanyahu started by thanking the president. he rightly called hamas "sheer evil". he dispatched two aircraft carriers to the middle east to deter a wider war. and he came to israel to stand with us during our darkest hour, a visit that will never be forgotten. applause. he quickly turned to the issue of hostages still held by hamas, with families and one of those freed watching, trying to point to his accomplishments. israel has already brought home 135 of these hostages, including seven who were freed in daring rescue operations. applause. chanting: not another dime! not another nickel, not another dime! outside, the protesters came in their thousands, headed to the heart of us democracy, or as close as they could get. anger has raged over the huge numbers of civilians killed in gaza. it's shameful that he's been invited

to speak before congress. it's shameful what our government has been allowing to happen, and aiding, and funding. you can see how the pressure has been building on benjamin netanyahu, and then there are his critics at home, some of whom have accused him of not gripping a ceasefire deal hard enough, because of his own political problems. and so, arriving here at the us capitol, for him, is the big prize, as he tries to face off his opponents. the israeli leader castigated the demonstrators. but there was more to come inside the chamber. a silent protest from rashida tlaib, the first palestinian american woman to serve here. roughly half the elected democrats in congress are believed to have stayed away. the vice president kamala harris also absent, her office said due to a schedule clash. mr netanyahu addressed

the move by the prosecutor of the international criminal court, who is seeking an arrest warrant against him. the icc is trying to shackle israel's hands and prevent us from defending ourselves. deafening praise in congress, but there may be less behind closed doors tomorrow, as mr netanyahu meets president biden, an alliance backed by arms but blighted by the fraught politics between its leaders. tom bateman, bbc news, washington. with me is said shehata from bbc arabic. that is what was going on in the united states but there has been some form of talks in egypt at the moment? the negotiation _ egypt at the moment? the negotiation will _ egypt at the moment? tue: negotiation will resume egypt at the moment? tte: negotiation will resume in egypt, reports from egypt the israeli delegation not confirmed yet, the negotiation will resume today. and hamas issued a statement commenting

on mr netanyahu �*s speech at congress saying that he is not serious about reaching ceasefire, he is an obstacle to reach any deal, especially he wants conditions like a total victory, what does it mean about total victory in addition to that he said after the defeat of hamas a new gaza would emerge. it is contradictory yourself how can you negotiate with an entity you negotiate with an entity you want to destroy and eliminate. hamas dropped one of the preconditions which is a ceasefire before negotiation and mr netanyahu instead of going to negotiate he said more pressure to hamas to make concessions and negotiation. he put more conditions which is not returned for people to the north, and he called them militants how can everybody from the north be militant, in

addition to that there is no smuggling of weapons from the border between egypt and gaza, egyptians denying there is any smuggling of weapons. in addition to that we move from the first stage of the plan was announced by mrjoe biden, six weeks truce, where they swap some prisoners, of palestinian and israeli prisons for some hostages, the second stage was the total withdrawal of israeli forces from gaza but mr netanyahu saying he would continue fighting until he gets rid of hamas. this kind of condition puts pressure on the go negotiation and puts the picture there is no perspective in doing that, evenjoe biden is meeting with mr netanyahu he will discuss that to get to a middle way to reach a deal. said shehata from bbc arabic. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

typhoon gaemi is moving towards southern china after pummelling taiwan and the philippines with torrential rain and strong winds. the storm hit taiwan on wednesday, killing three people and forcing thousands to evacuate. let's speak to our correspondent rupert wingfield hayes who's in the taiwanese capital taipei. very sad to hear of those deaths given how much preparation was under way when we spoke to you a day ago. how is the situation now? $5 we spoke to you a day ago. how is the situation now?— is the situation now? as you can probably _ is the situation now? as you can probably see _ is the situation now? as you can probably see it - is the situation now? as you can probably see it is - is the situation now? as you can probably see it is still i can probably see it is still raining here in taipei, it has been raining solidly for the last 2a hours but also wind has dropped in the last couple of hours, very strong wind this morning, now the storm has pretty much passed in terms of wind, often to the taiwan strait heading for the southeast coast of china. it has set of the ireland for most

of the night, it slowed right down and did a big circle over taiwan and moved very slowly over the mountains last night and that means there was a huge amount of rainfall, that has caused extensive flooding in the east and south of the ireland. sadly as you say several people have been reported as being killed from falling trees and falling masonry during those very high winds last night. but other than that, the damage, fortunately appears to have been limited, as i say quite extensive flooding but in terms of structural damage, that appears to be fairly limited and most places appear to have come through this storm fairly unscathed. we have now got reports of a vessel of the south coast of taiwan sinking, and the crew of that vessel is currently missing, that is what the coastguard is telling us, there is a rescue operation ongoing on the south coast of taiwan to try to find a crew of that ship. other than that

storm mainly past and is going to southeast coast of china. seeing images of the impact of the storm, we heard about the closure of financial markets, domestic flights cancelled, and also schools and businesses shut. what's the situation now? very much still the same, into the second they are basically the second they are basically the whole of the island �*s infrastructure and work being shut down, schools are still closed, the financial markets closed, the financial markets closed, or domestic flights grounded until later today, taiwan's high—speed rail system still suspended, it is expected to come back online in the next three orfour hours, to come back online in the next three or four hours, this to come back online in the next three orfour hours, this is another day where people have been told to stay indoors, wait for the storm to pass. rupert wingfield hayes in the taiwanese capital taipei. in the run up to the olympic games, one of the most loved french films of all time, amelie, is being re—released. it's a romantic comedy

which first arrived in cinemas in 2001 — it stars audrey tatou and it certainly shows off the wonders of paris — so much so that it's credited with boosting tourism to the french capital. tom brook reports. with the summer olympics and paralympics taking place in paris international attention has been turning to france, so we have been looking at the wonders of a much loved french cultural export, the country cinema. including a film that became a worldwide hit when it was released 2001. amelie starring audrey tattoo prevents barristers as audiences want to see it as a romantic, idyllic city of love, a favourite film of my talking movies colleague emma jones and she visited the paris neighbourhood where the movie was set.—

paris neighbourhood where the movie was set. amelie played by audrey tattoo — movie was set. amelie played by audrey tattoo as _ movie was set. amelie played by audrey tattoo as a _ movie was set. amelie played by audrey tattoo as a young - movie was set. amelie played byj audrey tattoo as a young woman working as a waitress in montmartre. she lives this vivid interior life. it leads her to try and do good deeds for people and make other people �*s lives better. because of her shyness, she is unable to tackle the big things in her own life and one of

thoseis in her own life and one of those is a crash she has got on a young man who she collides with one day in paris. this is very much a film about her interior life. audrey ted to, so young, so beautiful, embodied the spirit is in amelie with her shortcut blunt bob, i know —— i love the way she is dressed in red colour that suits her complexion, beautifully get into such a vivid for cinema. you have got this convergence of a genius like a directorjohn peers naye and an audience like audrey tattoo. the director is a master of the whimsical and a fantastical. he studied

animation and i think that is evident in his body of work. so much in montmartre has become famous because of amelie including here. montmartre has always been an artistic quarter but amelie said at the beginning of the 21st century, and these dazzling, hot sunny present days, all these things sit around suck craig kerr, and i think in cinema, gave paris a whole new lease of life. just because of the romantic, idyllic idealistic way that the director filmed amelie. idyllic idealistic way that the directorfilmed amelie. it idyllic idealistic way that the director filmed amelie. it does belong to a different era. even though it still feels contemporary enough. for us all to relate to. t contemporary enough. for us all to relate to— to relate to. i remember it well. amelie _ to relate to. i remember it well. amelie will _ to relate to. i remember it well. amelie will be - to relate to. i remember it - well. amelie will be rereleased ahead of the olympics in paris.

the world's largest platypus conservation centre has welcomed its first residents as part of a project to protect the semi—aquatic mammal found only in australia. four platypuses have been released into the custom—built research centre at the zoo. it features multi—tiered streams, waterfalls, pools and earth banks for burrowing, the facility will help researchers understand more about the species which is under threat from extreme weather and humans. since 1943 there has only been 23 platter posts born ensues, a lot of those who don't have today a lot of them did not survive, for us to better understand how to breed them in a zoo environment, is key to their survival because right now we don't know how many we have even in the country, we don't have that number. you can read more _ don't have that number. you can read more on — don't have that number. you can read more on that _ don't have that number. you can read more on that on _ don't have that number. you can read more on that on the - read more on that on the website, head is business, we have got the latest on the new

institution being built by the uk government gb energy, which is hoping that it will reduce the uk reliance on fossil fuels, we will have a guest on that. stay with us here on bbc news. we have the latest on the financial markets, the asian markets and looking ahead to the european open. stay with us. hello. we've got a fairly humid and moist air mass with us at the moment. that's bringing quite a lot of low cloud, some mist and some murk around, as we start thursday. generally, through the day, it's going to continue to feel fairly humid — some spells of sunshine, but also a chance of some rain for some of us. now, across southern counties of england, you can see a bit of rain likely here, particularly through the morning hours in the south west, probably going to push into the

southeast of england by the afternoon. some of that could be quite heavy. a few scattered showers further north, particularly so for northern ireland and for scotland, too, especially in the north and the west. but in between these two areas, quite a lot of dry weather. in the sunnier spells, temperatures up to about 24 degrees, but i think most of us, we're looking at about 16 to 22. now, into thursday evening, some more spells of rain moving through the english channel, affecting southern counties of england for a time. some scattered showers continue to move in from the north. but the cloud moves away towards the south east, so still a reasonably humid night across parts of east anglia and the south east — 15 degrees or so. but most of us, a cooler, fresher feel to friday morning, and that fresher air will continue to roll in on a westerly breeze behind this weather front on friday, so a real change in the feel to the weather. with that fresher air comes more sunshine on friday. still a few showers, here and there, particularly so for northern ireland and for scotland, but there could be one or two elsewhere across england and wales. dry and bright for many, though, especially towards the south. in the east, top temperatures up to about 24 degrees in the warmest spots, most of us, typically, 18 to 22 on friday.

rolling into saturday, still a lot of dry weather, but you can see a few showers moving in from the west, potentially affecting northern ireland, scotland, western parts of england and wales. down towards the south east, you're more likely to avoid any of those showers. higher pressure holding on here and temperatures again between about 16 to 22 degrees. but this big area of high pressure builds in and sticks with us, as we head through sunday and into the first part of next week at least, weather fronts trying to move in from the atlantic but bumping into high pressure. so, sunday, ithink, dry, really, across the board. light winds, long spells of sunshine for all of us and it's going to feel that little bit warmer. so we'll start to see temperatures up at around about 25 for the warmest spots, but, quite widely, high teens and low 20s. outlook for next week — a lot of dry, settled weather. perhaps a little bit of rain, at times, later in the week, particularly in the north and north west, but it's likely to be turning warmer, especially in the south and south east. bye— bye.

windy nation — the british government announces a partnership between gb energy and the crown estate to ramp up renewable energy capacity. g20 finance ministers meet later. on the agenda: a global

tax on billionaires. in what's proving to be a tough year for boeing, the company finalises a guilty plea for a criminalfraud charge. and we'll be marking national berry month and reflecting on britain's big berry boon. live from london this is business today. the british government has announced a partnership between great british energy and the crown estate to deliver billions of pounds worth of investment in renewable energies. great british energy is the product of a manifesto promise to bring forward a state—owned company to deliver secure and affordable clean energy. now there's to be a major collaboration with the crown estate which controls much of the inshore seabed around the uk and a major portfolio of land. the crown estate estimates this partnership will lead to 20 to 30 gigawatts of new offshore wind developments reaching

seabed lease stage by 2030, enough power for the equivalent of almost 20 million homes.