but what he does do — he brings this balance to the ticket. his record as a joke. he's been one of the most far left radicals in entire left radicals in the entire united states government at any level, and i think what tim walz's selection says is that kamala harris has bent the knee to the far left of her party, which is what she always does. the argument is that perhaps - mr shapiro might have been vote mr shapiro might have been a vote loser because like joe biden,| he's a very staunch supporter of israel and that has been losing the democrats' votes. _ the us vice president, kamala harris chooses the governor of minnesota, tim walz, to be her running mate for november's presidential election. he's now in philadelphia,

where kamala harris is going to hold a rally shortly. we'll be live in philadelphia. also on the programme... hamas announces that yahya sinwar, israel's most wanted man, has been chosen as the new head of the group, taking over from ismail haniyeh — who was assassinated in the iranian capital, tehran, last week. the uk prime minister holds the second emergency meeting in two days after another night of violence and unrest on the streets in parts of the country. and the us southern city of charleston extends a curfew until wednesday as it prepares for tropical storm debby. but first, we start with our breaking news and hamas has announced that yahya sinwar, israel's most wanted man, has been chosen as the new head of the group. he succeeds ismail haniyeh — who was assassinated in the iranian capital, tehran, last week. let's take a look at yahya sinwar�*s background.

he has most recently been serving as the leader of hamas's military wing in gaza. israel holds him, along with others, responsible for the october seven attack on israel, which killed around 1200 people — and saw over 200 kidnapped. the 61—year—old was born in the khan younis refugee camp, in southern gaza. his parents were refugees. after his education, he was arrested by israel at age 19, for what they called "islamic activities". it's during this time that he won the confidence of the founder of hamas. two years after the group's formation, when he was just 25, sinwar set up the feared internal security organisation — the al—majd. in 1988, sinwar allegedly planned the abduction and killing of two israeli soldiers. he was arrested later in the year in israel

and imprisoned after a murder conviction by israel. joining me now from jerusalem is our diplomatic correspondent — paul adams. good to have you with us. just talk to us more about him and what this means for the group.— means for the group. look, i think this is clearly _ means for the group. look, i think this is clearly a _ means for the group. look, i think this is clearly a gesture _ means for the group. look, i think this is clearly a gesture of - means for the group. look, i think this is clearly a gesture of total- this is clearly a gesture of total defiance from hamas. they have effectively said to the world and to israel in particular, you killed our former leader, ismail haniyeh, a man who was your chief interlocutor, indirectly or directly negotiating with, you decided to kill him. this is what you get instead. the man who you accused almost certainly with good reason for being the mastermind behind what happened on october the 7th last year, it was hard to see

how hamas could have chosen a more, or made a more defiant move down to a point sinwar, a man who has as far as we know, has stayed in the gaza strip throughout the entire ten months of this war, a man who was glimpsed only briefly in some footage which the israelis released some months ago in which he effectively, you see the back of him as he was moving through one of those famous tunnels in gaza. a man who most people believe will never leave the gaza strip, will never abandon his fighters who will perhaps fight until the very end. that is the man now in charge of hamas and, you know, what happens to negotiations, as a result of this, ismail haniyeh is gone, the negotiations were difficult enough even when he was there as an intermediary because all messages

had to go via him and then through a kind of complicated route through either through the qatari �*s or the egyptians, and then very, very slowly and in due directly into the gaza strip, almost certainly messages carried by hand until they reached sinwar, and the response took some time to emerge. all of that will remain extremely difficult. but i think as i said at the beginning, the chief message here is defiance. if the beginning, the chief message here is defiance.— here is defiance. if that is the message. _ here is defiance. if that is the message. the _ here is defiance. if that is the message, the message - here is defiance. if that is the message, the message of. here is defiance. if that is the - message, the message of defiance, what then do you expect from the israeli war cabinet and also of course the key ally, the strongest ally of israel, how do you think the us will view this, to? i ally of israel, how do you think the us will view this, to?— us will view this, to? i suspect that no-one — us will view this, to? i suspect that no-one will— us will view this, to? i suspect that no-one will be _ us will view this, to? i suspect that no-one will be perhaps i us will view this, to? i suspect l that no-one will be perhaps that that no—one will be perhaps that surprised, i think, that no—one will be perhaps that surprised, ithink, you know, the

assassination of ismail haniyeh, which everybody across the entire region thinks was the work of israel even though israel has not officially commented on it. that assassination was so brazen, so provocative that this was always likely to be hamas' response. of course, mr honea may have been high on israel's hitless but sinwar is absolutely at the top of that hit list. and that is going to inform the way israel is going to approach him. in fact the chief military spokesman daniel hagari has issued a statement saying that sinwar is a terrorist behind the most criminal act of terrorism in history, as he puts it, october seven. there is only one place for him, that is beside all of the terrorists responsible for the master. this is the only place we prepare and designate for him. israel has been determined since the start of this

war to eliminate anyone and everyone who they believe was involved in one way or another in the attacks of october the 7th, a tax which continued to kind of, the trauma of those attacks still really hangs heavy on this country. but you know, it's very telling that when they had the opportunity to kill ismail haniyeh, the israelis did not calculate or dismiss the calculation that they were assassinating and interlocutor, an intermediary, they've clearly thought that killing him was more important than having him was more important than having him alive as some kind of interlocutor, that interlocutor is gone, all decisions now are entirely and solely in the hands of mr sinwar, and that suggests that any kind of dialogue at the moment is an even bleaker prospect than we

thought before.— thought before. indeed. our diplomatic— thought before. indeed. our diplomatic correspondent i thought before. indeed. our- diplomatic correspondent there, paul adams. paul, thanks for covering that breaking developing story for us. we start in the us — where the vice president has chosen the person she'd like as her vice president. minnesota governor tim walz is the man democratic hopeful kamala harris wants with her on the ticket in the race for the white house. governor walz — seen here arriving in philadelphia — is a former high—school geography teacher, football coach and military veteran. now, the 60—year—old emerged as a late contender for the role. he wasn't among the early frontrunners, like mark kelly orjosh shapiro — who tended to represent hotly contested battleground states such as arizona and pennsylvania. instead, democrats will be hoping that tim walz can appeal to rural and working—class voters in crucial midwestern states. and while he's largely seen as a drama—free pick — he did capture the internet�*s attention when he labelled former president donald trump and his running mate,

jd vance, as"weird" — an attack line the harris campaign has since picked up and run with. well, tim walz is appearing with ms harris at a campaign event in philadelphia — the first stop in a four—day tour of battleground states. our us correspondent nomia iqbaljoins me now. nomia, great to see you. let's be honest, when i last saw you weren't necessarily talking about the minnesota governor for the number two spot. so what did he make the cut? he wasn't necessarily top of that list but clearly he made the cut. why do you think that is? yes. list but clearly he made the cut. why do you think that is? yes, he's really emerge, hasn't _ why do you think that is? yes, he's really emerge, hasn't he _ why do you think that is? yes, he's really emerge, hasn't he come - why do you think that is? yes, he's really emerge, hasn't he come of i why do you think that is? yes, he's i really emerge, hasn't he come of the last few days as the one that kamala harris would pick. i think there's probably a few reasons. he has served in congress as a two—time governor, a second term as governor, and he achieved the sort of things that i imagine kamala harris will want to achieve or should she make

it to the white house. he is pro—reproductive rights, he is a gun owner but he believes in progressive policies in terms of gun safety. he believes in helping parents, for example. he also alluded to what he achieved before politics. he had a whole life before politics which is always a good thing. an army veteran, high school teacher, always a good thing. an army veteran, high schoolteacher, he always a good thing. an army veteran, high school teacher, he was a football coach and when he did enter politics, he flipped in 2006, a republican leading district, music to the ears of any would—be president that wants to try and win the midwestern states which you need to obviously, like pennsylvania, wisconsin and michigan. also you mentioned the weird thing. and i do think that probably could have clinched him in some ways. republicans are trying to getting bogged down in lots of nuance in everyday, he quite a straight talker. that comment referring to mr

trump and mrvance talker. that comment referring to mr trump and mr vance as weird, really cut through. the other reports are they have good chemistry. during the weekend were kamala harris interviewed everyone, it was said that they really hit it off. and i guess we're going to get a sense of that when ms. harris and mr maker to appear on the stage behind me in the next few hours. appear on the stage behind me in the next few hem-— appear on the stage behind me in the next few hours. democrats might move the polls are — next few hours. democrats might move the polls are what _ next few hours. democrats might move the polls are what you _ next few hours. democrats might move the polls are what you might _ next few hours. democrats might move the polls are what you might be - the polls are what you might be looking out for, when we look at the likes of cbs, we really are seeing a statistical tie between harris and trump. statistical tie between harris and trum -. ~ , statistical tie between harris and trum. ~ , . ., , statistical tie between harris and trum.~ , . ., , ., trump. will they will certainly want this to move _ trump. will they will certainly want this to move the _ trump. will they will certainly want this to move the polls, _ trump. will they will certainly want this to move the polls, because - trump. will they will certainly want | this to move the polls, because tim walz was picked to balance out the ticket, those rural working—class voters that mr walz could really connect with, won't necessarily resonate or connect with kamala harris who has spent most of her

career in the state of california. it ultimately comes down to the battleground states and there are polls that suggest that ms. harris is slightly ahead of donald trump, but we know that polls change all the time in this country. and harris and walz aren't leaving anything to chance. after this rally, they will be heading on a week—long whirlwind tour of battleground states. we know battleground states are the whole ball game, they'll be going to wisconsin, michigan, nevada. in this arena that fills up to 10,000 people, the party faithful, everyone here will love them. they need to convince the rest of america in those key states that they are a winning ticket.— those key states that they are a winning ticket. those key states that they are a winnin: ticket. �* .,, ,, ., winning ticket. and as you point out there, as winning ticket. and as you point out there. as we _ winning ticket. and as you point out there, as we always _ winning ticket. and as you point out there, as we always say, _ winning ticket. and as you point out there, as we always say, polls - winning ticket. and as you point out there, as we always say, polls are l there, as we always say, polls are just snapshots in time, not necessarily predictors. as ever, thanks for your reporting. meanwhile republican vice presidential candidatejd vance has already been campaigning in philadelphia today. he called walz a "far—left radical" and said the choice of him

as running mate was evidence that harris has "bent the knee to the far left of the party". vance has also agreed to debate waltz. to debate walz. but mostly focused on criticising kamala harris — let's take a listen: kamala harris has been such a disaster as vice president of this country that everywhere she goes, chaos and uncertainty follows. we have got a war in europe, we have got a war in the middle east that threatens to spiral out of control. we've got chaos in the world financial markets. everything that kamala harris touches has been a disaster. we've got to kick her out of the united states government, not give her a promotion. julia manchester is a political reporter at the hill — and joins us from washington. great to have you with us on the programme. i will be frank with you saying last night but we were debating this, speaking to pundits, and name that came up time and time

again is as you will know, josh shapiro in philadelphia. ijust wonder, what are you hearing from democrats there about what they are making of tim walz as the pick? most democrats i — making of tim walz as the pick? most democrats i talked _ making of tim walz as the pick? most democrats i talked to _ making of tim walz as the pick? ilfifisii democrats i talked to today, helena, are very excited for tim walz. they looked atjosh shapiro or mark kelly to balance out, hers. harris comes from california and getting someone from california and getting someone from the blue wall of the united states or from that midwestern part going into pennsylvania would have been helpful to her. however, i will say that a lot of progressives over the past 3—4 days, they were really hitting josh shapiro on his stances on israel which quite frankly aren't terribly different from tim walz�*s stance on israel. and josh shapiro's' response to some of the

pro—palestinian protests that took place following october seven in pennsylvania. there's been a lot of chatter among democrats as to whether this is anti—semitism because we do know thatjosh shapiro is an observantjew. not necessarily the pick of tim walz, josh shapiro coming out in support of tim walz, calling him an exception will add to that ticket. talking about his friendship with tim walz and josh shapiro will be in philadelphia tonight at the rally with and wells walz. he's a governor of a swing state he who is very popular income he will be a key asset for democrats this election cycle and i think beyond. this election cycle and i think be ond. �* , , ., , beyond. it'll be interesting to see where he goes — beyond. it'll be interesting to see where he goes from _ beyond. it'll be interesting to see where he goes from here. - beyond. it'll be interesting to see where he goes from here. nancyl where he goes from here. nancy pelosi has been speaking about walz and she's been calling him at the heartland of america democrat. just talk to me about how you think a

little more that could help balance the ticket with harris. you know, particularly records as your mentioning she spent so much of her career there in california, something that the term campaign as we know tries to go after her for, her a radical. do you think that will resonate, this idea of walz being able to speak to that democrats in more rural working—class voters? it democrats in more rural working-class voters? it very well could. it working-class voters? it very well could- it was _ working-class voters? it very well could. it was interesting - working-class voters? it very well could. it was interesting in - working-class voters? it very well could. it was interesting in the . could. it was interesting in the trump campaign statement, responding to the walz picked earlier today, they described him as i want to beat san francisco liberal. so still trying to tie him to california but look, i've talked to some republicans who have said, look, tim walz is such, and democrats, he is such a down to earth, affable person. he is what we would call midwestern ice here in the united states and we do know that a lot of elections obviously come back down to policy but it's also about personality. so one republican i was

talking with, said look, if this election comes down to policy and a voters sees how progressive harris and wells are, if they see how affable tim walz is and they see the chemistry between these two candidates, that could in turn you know, maybe persuade them to vote for them. there is certainly going to be this rush to define tim walz, i think a recent poll, i can't remember which outlet it came from, showed about 70—75% of americans aren't familiar with him. this is going to be a major introduction for him? is going to be a ma'or introduction for him? , ., ., ., , ., him? is that going to be a good thin , him? is that going to be a good thing. julia? — him? is that going to be a good thing, julia? harris _ him? is that going to be a good thing, julia? harris going - him? is that going to be a good thing, julia? harris going for. thing, julia? harris going for someone who can be seen more of a no drama pick. you mentioned there that idea of midwestern nice, just not bogging down a campaign with any potential skeletons in the clause. yeah, i think no drama really hits the nail on the head. i think with governor shapiro, one of the issues

he would face is that pushback from the progressive left and the issues they had with him foreign—policy stance, tim walz unlikejosh shapiro is a governor of a pretty solidly blue state. we've seen republicans make inroads in that state, but he in general has had a very productive tenure as governor, democrats like him, he is the democrat governors association chair. he him, he is the democrat governors association chair.— association chair. he is very popular- _ association chair. he is very popular- julia _ association chair. he is very popular. julia manchester. association chair. he is very - popular. julia manchester there, at the hill. good to have you on, julia. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

here in the uk — the prime minister has been holding the second emergency meeting in two days after another night of violence and unrest on the streets in parts of the country. in the last couple of hours the head of the metropolitan police — the uk's biggest police force — was seen arriving at whitehall for that meeting. his force has said anyone who plans

to breed disorder will face the full force of the law. shabnam chaudhri is a former detective superintendent at the met police. very good to have you with us. you will have watched what has been going on in the uk, and england over the past week now. shabnam, with all your years of policing experience, i just want to begin by getting your reaction to these riots and what weve been seeing for over a week now. shocking and unprecedented, never experienced anything like this. really difficult for the police to manage, but managing they are, doing the best they possibly can, significant number of arrests, a number of charges that are going to the court processes including some convictions. so they are trying to work at a very good pace but it's going to be difficult. 30 protests

as i understand, plan for tomorrow which will be a huge challenge for policing across the uk. and hopefully, it sounds awful to say, but as everyday passes and police are policing each these riots and these violent situations, the they are getting better and better at what they're actually doing, very very difficult. let's hope that they can try and prevent them any further violence. but i'm not actually hopeful of that to be honest with you. hopeful of that to be honest with ou. ., , ., , hopeful of that to be honest with ou. ., ,., , ., hopeful of that to be honest with ou. ., , ., ., you. the other point is in all of this, they _ you. the other point is in all of this. they may _ you. the other point is in all of this, they may be _ you. the other point is in all of this, they may be getting - you. the other point is in all of this, they may be getting in i you. the other point is in all of. this, they may be getting in your assessment stronger and stronger in their response, but at the same time, this is going on for more and more time, eve perhaps got more junior officers having to hold the line for the first time, police force is not necessarily having seen something like this since 2011. people coming out off the back of their leave and filling in, presumably people will be getting tired. police forces will be in or stretched. are you confident with

they have what they need to respond to this particularly in light of what we could see on wednesday? the what we could see on wednesday? tue difficulties what we could see on wednesday? tte difficulties they what we could see on wednesday? "tte difficulties they have what we could see on wednesday? tte difficulties they have is every police force has a different number of officers, so the met has a huge number like 40,000 officers whereas merseyside where he saw the riots there, has something like 3700. so they've got to pull those resources from their organisations. they have started to be working in collaboration with officers moving across the uk, exactly as you said, i've seen some notifications saying the whole of their weekend leave has been cancelled, they are packing their bags and going to another force to police their area. so they are moving police officers across the country. at the point you make about officers are inexperienced art is also very relevant. these are officers that come from policing, neighbourhood policing but they will have the requisite skills to police public order events, trained

especially. they may well be newly trained, may be their first ever serious disorder. you trained, may be their first ever serious disorder.— serious disorder. you are 'ust mentioning i serious disorder. you are 'ust mentioning there, i serious disorder. you are just - mentioning there, neighbourhood policing of course as you know gathering intelligence and communities can be very effective when trying to prevent crime but instead what we are seeing so much disinformation, misinformation spreading like wildfire on social media. looking at the scale of that challenge, how big is it for authorities, the police, to get top of where essentially this is spreading so quickly. tt of where essentially this is spreading so quickly. it spreading incredibly fast _ spreading so quickly. it spreading incredibly fast and _ spreading so quickly. it spreading incredibly fast and it's _ spreading so quickly. it spreading incredibly fast and it's going - spreading so quickly. it spreading incredibly fast and it's going to i spreading so quickly. it spreading| incredibly fast and it's going to be very difficult for them. and i wouldn't be surprised if something comes out of that cobra meeting in terms of holding those tech giants to account. looking at misinformation and start effecting arrests on those higher up for spreading this information but also those are inciting violence and

rioting. and the other thing we have to remember when you look at these far right groups before, when you called people to come to these events these protests, you do it via whatsapp or black real, whatever it was. now they have the luxury of the internet and forms in groups where they can call thousands and thousands of people which are clearly what's happening. listening to people who come from hartford that have travelled to the west midlands purely to go to these events, find themselves being arrested. the only thing that i'm saying, yesterday when they had plymouth, governor cornwall it started off as a protest but very quickly escalated, all the adverts that i've seen have been sheer utter violence and rioting, burning down, trying to burn down hotels, attacking mosques yesterday, brinley had a cemetery which was vandalized. cars burnt out, police officers, significant numbers of police

officers are being sorted which is a further drain on resources. we officers are being sorted which is a further drain on resources.- further drain on resources. we got about ten seconds _ further drain on resources. we got about ten seconds but _ further drain on resources. we got about ten seconds but despite - further drain on resources. we got about ten seconds but despite the | about ten seconds but despite the fact that we've got those expanded powers, there is still organisation going on, did police need further powers? t going on, did police need further nowers? ~ f going on, did police need further nowers? ~' j ., powers? i think they've got sufficient — powers? i think they've got sufficient powers _ powers? i think they've got sufficient powers at - powers? i think they've got sufficient powers at the - powers? i think they've got - sufficient powers at the moment, but i think they definitely will need powers in terms of social media and the tech giants, for sure.— the tech giants, for sure. former detective superintendent - the tech giants, for sure. former detective superintendent at - the tech giants, for sure. former detective superintendent at the l the tech giants, for sure. former i detective superintendent at the met police force, good to have you with us here on the context. we do appreciate it. stay with us here on bbc news, plenty more on the way. in the meantime you can always go to our website, the meantime you can always go to ourwebsite, bbc the meantime you can always go to our website, bbc news .com. i'll see you soon, bye—bye for now. hello. the weather's varied a fair bit today, from sunny skies to quite wet conditions in one or two spots. how about this evening and overnight? the skies will clear,

showers will start to fade and it's going to be a fairly quiet night on the weatherfront. so here's the earlier satellite picture. this is the weather front that brought the outbreaks of rain to east anglia and the southeast. but through the evening hours we'll see showers spreading into western parts of scotland, then a bit of a gap and then more showers through the early hours as we get closer to the centre of this low pressure, which is approaching the uk. but elsewhere it's mostly clear, particularly in the east central areas and further south, and whether you're in the north or the south, temperatures will be about the same early in the morning on wednesday between 10—13 celsius. so here's that low pressure with its cluster of showers sweeping across western and northwestern scotland. showers also further south into northern england, northern ireland, some also around merseyside, and blustery winds further north. in fact, gusts could approach or exceed 40mph. further south, it scattered fair weather clouds. a decent breeze, but pleasant enough 23 in london, around 18 in glasgow, and then on thursday, as one area

of low pressure pulls away, the next one comes in. this is going to bring extensive layers of cloud initially to many western and south—western parts of the uk. so it starts off quite bright in the east. but then heavier rain will spread into north—western england, across northern ireland and eventually into parts of scotland. but it does look as though east anglia and the south east could just about stay dry through most of the day and the far north of scotland too. so that's thursday — how about end of the week? well, that low pressure pulls away in its wake. still, a weather front drapes across scotland, so that means thicker cloud and some showers, but also quite blustery weather. once again, 40mph winds to the south of that. it's going to be a breezy day, but a generally sunny day. and despite the wind, still up to about 25 celsius, i think in london and typically the low—20s further north. so that's the week — how about the weekend? after a fairly changeable week, it does look as though things

gradually through the weekend could actually turn very warm across many parts of england. and there are signs that we could get something really quite hot early in the week, but it's just a low chance for now. bye.

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arrested, as a top prosecutor tells the bbc he's willing to consider charging some of those joining the unrest across the uk with terrorism offences. on the topic of those riots we can cross over now to our correspondent damien graham atticus who has been following all the very latest including with the government response. keir starmer has been in his second meeting regarding those riots. he has had two of these emergency coordination meetings, in response to national events of importance in crisis, the second immediately followed that today and that clearly

is a signal i think but the government is aware, sir