to pass the torch to a new generation, it is the best way to unite our nation. lam maryam i am maryam moshiri in paris, where the city of love is gearing up to become the city of sport for the start of the olympic games, excitement is building, security is tight, | excitement is building, security is tight, i will have the latest ahead of tomorrow's opening ceremony. hello, i'm matthew amroliwala. we start in the uk, that developing story, because policing is under the spotlight after a video emerged of an officer kicking and stamping on a man's head as he lay on the floor at manchester airport. just a warning, some people may find the pictures we are about to show you of that incident distressing. well, here it is, the city's police force has

confirmed the suspension of one officer and it has referred itself to the independent police watchdog. in the past few minutes, the lawyer for the rochdale men involved has said the medical condition of the injured man has worsened with a scan revealing a cyst on his brain. the lawyer said the incident had been traumatising. it lawyer said the incident had been traumatising— lawyer said the incident had been traumatisinu. ., , ,., ., traumatising. it was something that hasn't been seen _ traumatising. it was something that hasn't been seen before, _ traumatising. it was something that hasn't been seen before, such - traumatising. it was something that| hasn't been seen before, such police brutality, and i can tell you guys now that the people who were assaulted by the police are members of a police officer's family who is currently serving in the greater manchester police force. this man is now afraid to go to work. he went in today and spoke to his supervisor, and the only reason he is not going to work is because he is fearing for his own safety, and he thinks, like

his own safety, and he thinks, like his family members, he could be a victim. a . ~ his family members, he could be a victim. 1, . ~ ., his family members, he could be a victim. . ~ ., ., ., his family members, he could be a victim. ., ., ., ., victim. back to rochdale and our north of england _ victim. back to rochdale and our north of england correspondent. north of england correspondent judith morris, who was listening to that. that brought us quite a lot of new information, two bits, the condition of this man but also the development that there were three brothers, two there at manchester airport, but the third actually works for greater manchester police. he that is what the solicitor ahmed yacoub told us, that this is a family with three brothers, and the eldest is a serving officer for greater manchester police was not turned up to work today, he has told his supervisor that he feels unsafe and threatened and the family are saying that as part of the picture of how they are coping with this, that they are speaking to the police watchdog, the iopc, about their experience, they are appealing for people who were at the terminal yesterday who have not yet given up

footage, and there were people filming, more than have already provided footage, but the family said they would like to say. manchester airport have said they have provided the iopc with cctv footage with they have from that area as well, so it is a moving picture, but in terms of the family, we know that of the brothers who were there, the man we understand to have been on the floor, demand that the footage shows was being kicked, it looks like, not footage by a police officer, is a 19—year—old called, mo fahir ahmaz, police officer, is a 19—year—old called, mo fahirahmaz, and his solicitor says he is representing the whole family and a ct scan has shown that he has a cyst on the brain, that is the new information from the family this afternoon. they say they are aware that people are worried about this unsupportive of the family and also that there was a

protest here at rochdale police station last night. the solicitor said that he welcomes people's support but he would like to feel that any protest that happens is peaceful, he has said that in the last few minutes, that it is important to keep things peaceful. judith, in rochdale, thanks once again, we would back to you later. the home secretary, yvette cooper, says she has spoken to greater manchester police and the mayor of greater manchester about the urgent steps they are taking in response to the incident and a video that circulated online. let's get more on the political reaction to all of this, nick eardley. reaction to all of this, nick eardle . ., ., , .,

eardley. the ma'ority of politicians, _ eardley. the majority of politicians, most - eardley. the majority of politicians, most of- eardley. the majority of. politicians, most of them eardley. the majority of— politicians, most of them government politicians, most of them government politicians, who have responded to this footage so far have said they are concerned and they understand the concern, but the government often doesn't try and make a conclusion on these things and leaves it for an investigation to play out, asjudith was just saying there. but there isn't complete uniformity on this, and the reform party, led by nigel farage, but now with five mps in parliament, has been a bit of an outlier on this, saying that it actually thinks that the police officers who responded to this incident should be commended and given medals. have a listen to the reform mp lee anderson. the messaue i the reform mp lee anderson. the message i am _ the reform mp lee anderson. the message i am getting loud and clear from my— message i am getting loud and clear from my constituents is that they are fed _ from my constituents is that they are fed up — from my constituents is that they are fed up with seeing police dancing _ are fed up with seeing police dancing around rainbows and being nice to _ dancing around rainbows and being nice to people and running off from rioters, _ nice to people and running off from rioters, they want the police to do their_ rioters, they want the police to do theiriob, — rioters, they want the police to do theirjob, and i think these plea should — theirjob, and i think these plea should be — theirjob, and i think these plea should be commended, i would give them _ should be commended, i would give them a _ should be commended, i would give them a medal. a female officer had

her nose _ them a medal. a female officer had her nose broken, other officers dragged — her nose broken, other officers dragged to the ground, they try to take a _ dragged to the ground, they try to take a gun, we have offices in hospitah _ take a gun, we have offices in hosital. . . , take a gun, we have offices in hosital. . ., , ., ~ hospital. that was reform mp lee anderson there. _ hospital. that was reform mp lee anderson there. clearly _ hospital. that was reform mp lee anderson there. clearly a - hospital. that was reform mp lee anderson there. clearly a lot - hospital. that was reform mp lee anderson there. clearly a lot for l anderson there. clearly a lot for authorities to look into here, to figure out exactly what has gone on, but to emphasise the majority of politicians who have been responding to this so far have been saying that they are pretty shocked by what they have seen in the footage and that they want to know a lot more about how it came to happen. that they want to know a lot more about how it came to happen.— they want to know a lot more about how it came to happen. that was nick eardle at how it came to happen. that was nick eardley at westminster, _ how it came to happen. that was nick eardley at westminster, and - how it came to happen. that was nick eardley at westminster, and if - how it came to happen. that was nick eardley at westminster, and if there l eardley at westminster, and if there are more developments we will return to that story. joe biden has told the american people he quit the us presidential race to save democracy. he said it's time to pass the torch to a new generation. the president was speaking in a televised address from the oval office to explain why he's abandoned his attempt to get re—elected to the white house, paving the way for his vice president, kamala harris, to take on donald trump in november's election. will grant reports from washington. in a speech no sitting president

has delivered in more than half a century, joe biden confirmed his decision to drop out of the race to the american people. it was time for new voices and, yes, he acknowledged, younger voices. so i have decided the best way forward is to pass the torch to a new generation. that is the best way to unite our nation. nothing could get in the way of saving democracy, said president biden, including personal ambition. he painted november's vote as a choice between forwards or back, hope or hate, unity or division. despite republicans calling for him to resign the presidency, mr biden said he had no intention of stepping aside. over the next six months, i will be focused on doing myjob as president. that means i will continue to lower costs for hard—working families, grow our economy, i will keep defending our personal freedoms and our civil rights, from the right to vote to the right to choose.

many of those watching weren't alive the last time a us president did this. in 1968, lyndonjohnson moved aside only to see the republican challenger, richard nixon, ultimately win the presidency. mr biden will hope that history won't be repeating itself with donald trump. in north carolina, the republican candidate dropped the short—lived unifying tone of his campaign, turning on both the president and his new presumptive rival alike. 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. politics is all mr biden has ever known. a career which has spanned five decades from, as he put it, a kid with a stutter from scranton to the white house. this decision will define his legacy. november's vote will define

whether that gamble has worked. will grant, bbc news, washington. another important day forjoe biden, he is due to meet benjamin netanyahu at the white house, and i spoke to nomia iqbal about that meeting. it is the meeting of two damaged leaders. joe biden has had to stand down from the presidential nomination due to pressure and benjamin netanyahu is deeply unpopular back home in israel and is here in america to try and shore up support for the war in gaza. having said all of that, mr biden is now freed from the shackles of seeking re—election, and i imagine he will take a tougher tone with mr netanyahu, trying to end the war in gaza, it is something he wants to make part of his political legacy, seeing as he only has six months left. truth be told, the power dynamics in washington have been totally appended.

arguably the most important meeting benjamin netanyahu might have is with kamala harris, the presumptive nominee for the democratic party's presidential candidacy, who has today officially launched her campaign to seek the presidency. but let's not forget donald trump, who has said today, repeating something he has said before, he wants a quick end to the war in gaza, he wants the hostages returned home, and mr netanyahu might not want to align himself with a democratic party to see exactly what donald trump's position is, he is due to meet mr trump, who could return back to the white house in november, later this week, actually tomorrow he will be flying to florida, to mar—a—lago to meet donald trump. separately, we had nancy pelosi endorse kamala harris a couple of days ago, but in the past hour we have had that on camera, haven't we? we have, and nancy pelosi is such a key figure in the democratic party, a very influential figure,

there are suggestions that once she had started to express concern about president biden's health, that was when it was game over for him. but she did, as you say, endorse kamala harris two days ago, but this is what she said on camera. kamala is about strength and determination, in terms of public policy, she is a person of great faith, deep faith, and commitment to public service in the most unselfish way. and make no mistake, this is a politically astute vice president of the united states, i have seen her in action, i can talk about it on another occasion at more length, but let me just say she is capable, officially, personally and politically, to lead us to victory in november. of course, the bigger endorsement that everyone is waiting for is from former president

barack obama. initially, he had said that he wanted there to be an open process for a nominee, and there are some reports in american media that he is not particularly happy with the backing of kamala harris, because he is not sure if she can win, but other reports suggest that he is due to make an official endorsement of the vice president, and when he does that, it will be a big moment. as soon as we get pictures from the white house of the meeting between joe biden and the israeli prime minister, we will show you those pictures and any comments they make in early exchanges, that is expected in early exchanges, that is expected in an hour, an hour and a half. around the world and across the uk, you are watching bbc news.

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turn to ukraine, because they air force in ukraine said it shut down dozens of russian drones during a second wave of attacks in as many days, targeting pods in the odesa region. he later strikes, days, targeting pods in the odesa region. he laterstrikes, made days, targeting pods in the odesa region. he later strikes, made a virtual stalemate in the wider war, with russia making very limited gains in small pockets in the east. drones have changed the way the war is being fought, and quentin sommerville has been with one ukrainian drone unit. russia's invasion has cast ukraine into darkness. a new deadly threat from above has thrown its people deep into war�*s bleak future. hidden in underground command centres in kharkiv, the national guard's drone teams battle day and night to keep the threat at bay. an fpv drone can take ikg or 2kg bomb that hits it directly to the enemy shelter, enemy infantry and enemy armoured vehicle. they are cheap and

devastatingly precise. here, aeneas's team hunts a russian soldier. there is no way to be alive, after fpv drone hitting. and another threat — glide bombs, fitted with guidance systems, allow russian aircraft to attack from beyond the battlefield, literally gliding onto their target. they are turning lyptsi to dust. with drone jamming equipment on their vehicle, aeneas takes us to lyptsi for a closer look. aeneas, we're going very fast. why is that? is it because it's safer? because of the drones. because of the drones? because of drones, yes. it's dangerous here? there is a lot of russian fpv drones. a lot of russian fpv drones? a lot of them. that's why we're using now ourjamming system.

but it doesn't stop all drones. and once out in the open, they're exposed. ten metres between us. yeah. so we have to move fast. this is what drones and glide bombs have done to lyptsi. crossing open ground can be deadly. getting to shelter, moving deep underground, is the only protection against these weapons. what kind of mission is this today? is it surveillance, is it attack? no, it's attacking on probable positions of the russian army in the forest. command centre. yeah. drone after drone is sent forward to attack. we should go to the safe place. go, go, go, go, go. go, go, go, go, go! we watch in real time. they have a russian vehicle in their sights. every day, about 100 enemy die because of these drones,

only in ourfront line. this is a battlefield, a war, being transformed by technology. automated voice: detection, one drone. multiple pilots. high signal strength. unseen, but identified above, a russian drone. it's time to head for cover. so that's outgoing fire. s, along these front lines, the ukrainians have gained about 500m of territory from the russians. it's not a lot, and it's been hard fought over. the company commander here says that when it comes to drone warfare, the ukrainians have the advantage. but as far as glide bombs are concerned, well, russia has a serious upper hand. but now we can hear the drone directly above us.

everyone freezes. it's looking for any kind of movement before it strikes. eventually, we get the all—clear. so that drone we heard has passed overhead, so we need to get out of here fast. drones were barely a factor in this war a year ago. now they are everywhere, always. automated voice: detection, multiple drones. multiple pilots. high signal strength. any journey overground is nerve—racking, a game of chance. but here, even closer to the front, russian glide bombs are a greater threat. ten kilograms bomb. russian calls it bogeyman drone. the bogeyman is big enough to take out an armoured

vehicle or a command post. it has to be launched fast, before the russians find their position. drones whir. they fly manually, while keeping watch for russian glide bombardments. and soon they come. this is a glider bomb. you can see it in the camera. it's on the battlefield now. they are hitting the trenches with soldiers. now we can hear the sound. explosion. i felt that. the window shook. what happens if russian glide bombs strike this area? hmm, i think we will die. ok, let's go. and now russia responds with drones too. fast, fast, fast, fast, fast! should move fast, because drone is coming back. on ukraine's battlefield, the rules of war are being rewritten. and here, they say all wars will soon be fought this way. go, go, go. quentin sommerville, bbc news,

lyptsi, northeastern ukraine. just a pointer, because if you head to the bbc website, you can see that much more extended report that quentin sommerville has done, head to the bbc app or website to hear that full film on the front lines. now let's turn to the olympics. it's 100 years since paris last staged the summer olympics and while competition in football, rugby sevens, archery and handball are already under way, the official opening of the games is a little over 2a hours away. we'll have extensive coverage over the next few weeks, and it kicks—off right now, as we can cross live to our team in the french capital and join maryam moshiri. matthew, welcome to paris, one of the most beautiful cities in the world, and you can see behind me the beautiful eiffel tower looking majestic in the daytime, home to the

33rd summer olympics and paralympics. this event will be the biggest event ever organised in france — a plan that has been brought to life from the moment paris was awarded the games in 2017 till today. so let's take a moment to look at some key olympic facts and figures to get us in the mood and to give you a small understanding of the scale of this event. 10,500 athletes from over 200 countries or olympic communities, plus the ioc refugee team, will be competing in these games. there are now 32 olympic sports this year, including a new one called breaking — more on that later. over 15 million visitors are expected to descend on paris for the olympic and paralympic games, and the city has 115,000 volunteers working here ready to help them. there are 35 venues around paris, france and even one as far away as tahiti. that is the surfing. and as you would expect, some of the most iconic sites in paris provide the backdrop to many of the events, including the eiffel tower and palace of versailles.

that is the background. so many nations are competing, over 200 national olympic committees participating in this year's olympics, and as well as that there is the ioc refugee team which will play a big part in the games, a total of 36 athletes have been selected from 15 countries to compete in 12 different sports. joining me now is cyrille tchatchet, an olympian for the refugee olympic team in tokyo 2020 and now a welfare officer for current refugee olympic team. cyrille, so good to talk to you, first of all, if i may ask you, what did it mean to you to be part of that team back in 2020 as a weightlifter? it that team back in 2020 as a weightlifter?— that team back in 2020 as a weiuhtlifter? . , ., ., ., ., weightlifter? it was a great honour, a rivileue weightlifter? it was a great honour, a privilege to _ weightlifter? it was a great honour, a privilege to compete _ a privilege to compete for the refugee olympic team in 2020. and it

was a dream come true, as an athlete, training for many years, competing at different competitions, the aim was always to compete at the olympic games, so representing the refugee olympic team in tokyo was a dream come true.— dream come true. and, cyrille, you are one of — dream come true. and, cyrille, you are one of six _ dream come true. and, cyrille, you are one of six athletes _ dream come true. and, cyrille, you are one of six athletes selected - dream come true. and, cyrille, you are one of six athletes selected to l are one of six athletes selected to carry the olympic rings into the stadium, that must have felt amazing. stadium, that must have felt amazinu. ., stadium, that must have felt amazin. . ., , stadium, that must have felt amazinu. . ., , ., stadium, that must have felt amazin.. . . , ., , amazing. yeah, it was, i would say, my highlight. _ amazing. yeah, it was, i would say, my highlight. the — amazing. yeah, it was, i would say, my highlight, the best _ amazing. yeah, it was, i would say, my highlight, the best moment - amazing. yeah, it was, i would say, my highlight, the best moment of l amazing. yeah, it was, i would say, i my highlight, the best moment of my olympic experience, and it was great representing the 100 million displaced refugees around the world. i felt really valued, i felt that refugees were also very important, i felt that refugees work being thought through, so it was an honour. , , , ., honour. cyrille, why is it important to have the —

honour. cyrille, why is it important to have the refugee _ honour. cyrille, why is it important to have the refugee team - honour. cyrille, why is it important to have the refugee team included| honour. cyrille, why is it important. to have the refugee team included in the olympics? i to have the refugee team included in the olympics?— the olympics? i think it is very important _ the olympics? i think it is very important to — the olympics? i think it is very important to have _ the olympics? i think it is very important to have a _ the olympics? i think it is very important to have a refugee i the olympics? i think it is very i important to have a refugee team compete at the olympics, because it gives athletes who have trained really hard, as every other athlete, who compete at various competitions, it gives them the opportunity to compete and achieve that olympic dream, because as we know, many refugee athletes do not have the opportunity to represent countries, because most of the refugees have left the country and seek refuge in other countries, so they do not have that opportunity to compete for the national country of birth, so having that team at the olympics is a very, very important thing for the careers of these athletes. and also it sends a message. of these athletes. and also it sends a message-— of these athletes. and also it sends a messate. , ., ., ., a message. ok, ok, cyrille, good to talk to you. — a message. ok, ok, cyrille, good to talk to you, thank _ a message. ok, ok, cyrille, good to talk to you, thank you _ a message. ok, ok, cyrille, good to

talk to you, thank you for _ a message. ok, ok, cyrille, good to talk to you, thank you for talking - talk to you, thank you for talking to us in bbc news, cyrille is a welfare officer for the current refugee team, who will be involved in the opening ceremony, and i will have the latest from paris throughout the day, but back to you, matthew. thanks once again come up more from maryam moshiri later in the programme, much more coverage too on the website. we will pause to catch up the website. we will pause to catch up with the latest headlines and have all the business news coming up in a moment or don't go away. hello there, good afternoon. it's cloudier and it's breezier generally than it was yesterday. we've still got that muggy, humid feeling air, lots of moisture in it, and that, of course, has led to some more mist and murk for western—facing coasts and hills in particular. some more rainjust moving along southern counties. still some sunshine, the best of that to the east of high ground, including across north east scotland. but we will see some showers a bit later on this afternoon,

just pushing in from the west. also some further pulses of rain just gradually making their way towards southern coastal counties, perhaps stretching up into east anglia later on through the afternoon. still some breaks in the cloud, the best of those possibly later on through the day across the midlands and into parts of lincolnshire. and the temperatures will react to that sunshine, 23 celsius perhaps here. but overnight tonight, some changes, we're going to start to get that cooler air feeding through from the north west, so the showers will fade away, the skies will clear, and it is a cooler feeling start to the day tomorrow, feeling a lot less humid, some of our temperatures dipping back into high single figures, particularly across the north and the west. so that fresher air with us tomorrow, different feel to the day and there should be a lot more in the way of sunshine, the air not holding quite so much moisture, of course, so there won't be as much cloud, but still some showers. and most of those showers will be out towards the north and west. so across northern ireland and across scotland, some of those showers could be quite heavy in nature. a few showers too for the north of england and for wales,

but further south and east it's dry, and the sunshine will help to lift the temperature to around 23 or 2a celsius here. but the wet weather is back on saturday, as are some areas of cloud from a weather frontjust gradually pushing further eastwards, bringing some showers across scotland, northern ireland down through northern england. some more cloud and some showers for wales, but it's drier again the further south and east you go, but we should all be in for a dry day on sunday. high pressure builds in from the azores so still more cloud, maybe one or two isolated showers for the far north and the west, and there will be more cloud developing wherever you are, i think, as we head through the afternoon, just bubbling up here and there, but still some sunny spells and temperatures will be rising accordingly. so feeling warmer pretty much across the board, and temperatures really climbing in the south as we head through into the start of next week. always the risk of some more showers to the north and the west. bye— bye.

calm returns to wall street. a subdued start to the us trading day after wednesday's multi trillion dollar sell—off led by big tech. helping restore that confidence better than expected news on the us economy. gdp growth surged in the three months tojune easing fears of a �*hard landing'.

winds of change. the uk's new state run firm great british energy announces its first project to cut reliance on fossil fuels. and it hopes bring down bills. welcome to business today. there's a collective sigh of relief across wall street this thursday with calm returning to markets and a subdued start to the trading day. this after a brutal sell off in big tech shares the so called �*magnificent seven' turned into a market rout on wednesday. that wiped trillions of dollars off the value of stock markets here in the us and in asia and europe. the s&p 500 and nasdaq had their worst days since 2022. restoring some confidence better than expected economic data in the us we'll get into some detail about that in the moment. let's just show you how things have been trading on wall street (ad lib.

let's just show you how things have been trading on wall street.