us vice president kamala harris and her new running mate tim walz make their first campaign appearance together at a rally in philadelphia. our campaign is notjust a fight against donald trump. ourcampaign, this campaign is a fight for the future. because as soon to be president harris says, when we fight, hamas announces that yahya sinwar, who is israel's most wanted man, will be the political head of the group. will meanwhile, israeli defence forces hit what it calls a military structure used by hezbollah in south lebanon. hezbollah�*s leader says the group's response will be "strong and effective".

and mobil peace prize winner mohammed you miss is brought into steady the ship in bangladesh a day the prime minister was forced to flee the country — welcome to the programme. the us vice _ welcome to the programme. the us vice president and her new running — us vice president and her new running made of kick off the campaign for the election. she took over— campaign for the election. she took over as _ campaign for the election. she took over as the _ campaign for the election. me: took over as the democratic party nominee just over two weeks ago afterjoe biden pulled out of the race. let's listen what she had to say. fiur listen what she had to say. our campaign _ listen what she had to say. our campaign is — listen what she had to say. our campaign is not _ listen what she had to say. oi" campaign is notjustified campaign is not justified against campaign is notjustified against donald trump. our

campaign, this campaign is a fightfor campaign, this campaign is a fight for the future. it is a fight for the future. it is a fight for the future. it is a fight for the future. and pennsylvania, we fight for the future with affordable housing, affordable healthcare, affordable healthcare, affordable childcare, paid leave. we fight for a future where we build a broad—based economy where every american has the opportunity to own a home, to start a business and to build wealth.— home, to start a business and to build wealth. tim maltz gave an impassioned _ to build wealth. tim maltz gave an impassioned speech - to build wealth. tim maltz gave an impassioned speech to - an impassioned speech to introduce himself to the public, explaining why he got into politics and why they all need to rally behind his running mate. —— tim walters. -- tim —— tim walz. this leader, this compassionate, careful, joyous leader believes in each

and every one of you! cheering. my god, you came here tonight, we said at the very top because you love this country and you're not going back. she believes in the opportunity for every single person to join the middle class. she believes in the promise of america. we've just got to fight, we've just got to fight, because as soon—to—be president harris says, when we fight, we win! let's cross to washington and join our correspondent david willis who has been keeping across those speeches from kamal harris and her new running mate. good to see you, david. it looked like a good response but of course the

place was full of democrats. what is the republican response to the announcement and the appearance?— to the announcement and the appearance? they are trying to ortra appearance? they are trying to portray tim _ appearance? they are trying to portray tim walters _ appearance? they are trying to portray tim walters as - appearance? they are trying to portray tim walters as a - portray tim walters as a radical left winger but you could have been forgiven for being swept up in the enthusiasm of that rally tonight in front of a crowd of about 10,000 people and kamala harris with considerable understatement referring to her nowjust understatement referring to her now just over two understatement referring to her nowjust over two —week—old campaign for president as a whirlwind experience. she said it was a fight for the future, as she put it, of america with issues such as affordable healthcare, reproductive rights healthca re, reproductive rights for women, healthcare, reproductive rights forwomen, gun—control healthcare, reproductive rights for women, gun—control laws and so on at stake. she spoke about, wanted to find a partner with whom to build a better future for the united states of

america and she said she had found just such a partner in tim walz. tim maltz�*s experience was then detailed by kamala harris, he had grown up in a small town in nebraska where he worked on a farm and then went into the army and then went into the army and then became a high school teacher and then a congressman and the governor of minnesota for two terms. for his part, tim walz when it was his turn to speak praised what he called the restoration ofjoy to the presidential election campaign. he said that, harris had brought. he laid into donald trump saying that donald trump did not know the first thing about service because, as he put it, he is too busy servicing himself.

put it, he is too busy servicin: himself. . , servicing himself. david willis in washington, _ servicing himself. david willis in washington, dc— servicing himself. david willis in washington, dc who - servicing himself. david willis in washington, dc who has i servicing himself. david willis i in washington, dc who has been keeping across developments overin keeping across developments over in the us. let's bring in tom irvin and american pollster and co—founder the news website real clear politics. he joins me from chicago. thank you for your time. what is your sense of how to walz will pollen the ticket? in sense of how to walz will pollen the ticket? in some ways he was the _ pollen the ticket? in some ways he was the last _ pollen the ticket? in some ways he was the last man _ pollen the ticket? in some ways he was the last man left - he was the last man left standing. mark kelly was initially on the shortlist and he ran into some trouble and josh shapiro the governor from pennsylvania, some reported that his meeting did not go very well. another governor from north carolina took himself out of the running and clearly he is designed to appeal to working—class voters in wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvania. that is the strategic decision made by the campaign that those blue wall of the midwest, rustbelt

states, that is where they will fight this campaign. he does have that patino, he does have that look about him, very folksy in the way he addresses people and talks but in the same time he has a liberal record as the governor of minnesota and that is something the republicans have wasted no time in attacking him on. we hear that _ time in attacking him on. we hear that it _ time in attacking him on. we hear that it came down to the chemistry and the vibes of the two when they had the interviews but he has shown political acumen early on, especially by branding the republicans is weird. is this about tim walz or is it about, harris and her effort to define herself by her pick? she harris and her effort to define herself by her pick?— herself by her pick? she was lookin: herself by her pick? she was looking for — herself by her pick? she was looking for someone - herself by her pick? she was looking for someone that. herself by her pick? she was i looking for someone that could be ready to do the job on day one, that is what candidates always say, someone she got along with and someone who could help balance her ticket. he has proved himself to be a good campaigner. he is an

attack dog, the typical role of attack dog, the typical role of a vp. his gone afterjd vance and after donald trump and he has been good in social media situations. some videos have gone viral and captured the attention of the media and in that sense i think he is a good pick. the question is, he was the favoured pick of progressives because of his record. bernie sanders wanted him, another minnesota congresswoman wanted him. a lot of the progressive folks were pushing for tim walz and they got their pick. at the same time as outgoing, is he going to be able to defend his record? the republicans will brand this ticket is the most liberal ticket to run for president in modern history and we will see whether they are able to defend those attacks. you know the numbers better than any of us. can you give us a snapshot of where we are in

the race and what do you think the race and what do you think the republicans are thinking given that the pic is walz? republicans are thrilled about this, actually. ithink republicans are thrilled about this, actually. i think they were most worried about market kelly or shapiro so i think they think this is a good outcome for them. whether race stands right now it is very close. joe biden exited the race onjuly 21, he was trailing donald trump by 3.1%. a few weeks later and kamala harris has taken the lead over donald trump, that happened yesterday, for the first time and she now leads trump in the 2—way race by two tenths of 1% and in the five way race when you include third—party candidates like rfk by five tenths of 1%. she has polled even with trump in battleground states of wisconsin, georgia is now under 1%, she is leading in michigan. this went from a race where the republicans were ahead by a decent margin and

feeling good about things to a situation where this is back to an absolute tossup race that could go either way and will come down to the last 90 days of campaigning for both of these candidates. i think republicans are very nervous and obviously democrats are energised and excited as you could see from the rally. we will have _ could see from the rally. we will have to _ could see from the rally. we will have to leave _ could see from the rally. we will have to leave it there. great to get your insights. now to the middle east, where 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 7th attack on israel, which killed around 1,200 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 israel and imprisoned after a murder conviction in israel. 0ur diplomatic correspondent paul adams sent this from jerusalem. we understand that the appointment of yahya sinwar as the leader of hamas was unanimous by the organisation's leadership. it was always likely in the wake of the assassination of ismail haniyeh, an assassination blamed universally on israel, even though israel has yet to comment directly on it.

it was always likely that yahya sinwar would be the figure to take over. there were one or two other candidates, but yahya sinwar is by far the most prominent. and i think what it tells us is that hamas's reaction to the assassination of ismail haniyeh is one of total defiance. by killing, if not a moderate, definitely the most pragmatic member of hamas, israel has now secured as the leader of hamas, the most radical, the figure within the organisation, the man most committed to the use of violence, the man generally regarded as the chief architect of the dreadful hamas attacks of october the seventh last year. there is no interlocutor now for hamas outside of the gaza strip.

everything is now going to be in the hands of yahya sinwar. frankly, most of it was already before this, but he is now the, if you like, undisputed, uh, political and military leader of hamas. it is going to make it very difficult, if not impossible to conduct negotiations. it's all a very cumbersome process of getting messages in and out of the gaza strip. none of that is going to be made any easier as a result of this. as far as the israeli reaction is concerned — well, perhaps they anticipated that their attitude towards mr sinwar is the same as their attitude towards anyone associated with hamas, which is that he is a terrorist leader, a man with israeli blood on his hands, and that they will not rest until he, like ismail haniyeh, is dead. and we have had some

reaction from israel. katz has called to �*swiftly eliminate' new hamas chief sinwar and "wipe this vile organization off the face us secretary of state anthony blinken has reacted as well saying "we've communicated directly to iran and israel that noone should escalate the conflict." earlier i spoke to khaled elgindy, senior fellow and director of the programme on palestine and palestinian—israeli affairs. at the middle east institute in washington. as we heard he was the de facto leader of hamas and if not the chief architect then one of the content of the october seven attacks on israel and he is known to be quite militant and

hardline and so his election, his appointment as the unanimous successor and leader of hamas i think is very clearly a message of defiance directed at israel. find clearly a message of defiance directed at israel.— directed at israel. and after ten months _ directed at israel. and after ten months and _ directed at israel. and after ten months and almost - directed at israel. and after ten months and almost the | ten months and almost the complete annihilation of gaza has yet to achieve anything that it could call a victory. as you say he is seen to be more hardline. haniyeh was a moderate compared to him. how do you think that will change the dynamic in the conflict? i think it will make it harder, as wejust heard, think it will make it harder, as we just heard, if not impossible to reach a ceasefire. it is true that yahya sinwar was mostly calling the shots from inside gaza as

far as the negotiations were concerned but he had come under the influence of others such as haniyeh who had been a moderating influence and had, for example, was one of the members of the leadership to convince yahya sinwar to make concessions such as giving up the demand that israel explicitly commit to a permanent ceasefire. now that thatis permanent ceasefire. now that that is gone and the fact that israel assassinated probably the most moderate member of hamas's leadership and the chief interlocutors in ceasefire negotiations i think it will be much harder now to achieve a ceasefire and it is hard to imagine that that was not anticipated if not the actual objective that israel sought in killing him. if you

can, sought in killing him. if you can. briefly _ sought in killing him. if you can, briefly because - sought in killing him. if you| can, briefly because running out of time, yahya sinwar is in gaza right about now. how is he able to do the job it is all but levelled? i able to do the 'ob it is all but levelled?_ able to do the 'ob it is all but levelled? i think he will do the job _ but levelled? i think he will do the job the _ but levelled? i think he will do the job the way - but levelled? i think he will do the job the way he - but levelled? i think he will do the job the way he has l but levelled? i think he will - do the job the way he has done. i think the focus will be on survival. if he manages to survive then he is essentially won. as long as hamas manages to survive then they have denied israel that victory, as we heard from the israeli foreign minister, to wipe israel off the map, sorry, to wipe hamas off the map. denying israel the ability to destroy hamas is itself a victory. and i think that is what his focus will be, just on survival. israeli has confirmed using fighterjets to hit what it called a military structure used by hezbollah in the southern lebanese town of maifadoun. the israeli defence forces

released this aerial footage of the attack. the lebanese authorities said six people had been killed in the strike. shortly afterwards, hezbollah launched a drone attack on an israeli military facility on the country's northern coast. nineteen israelis were injured. in a televised speech, the hezbollah leader, hassan nasrallah said the attack wasn't in response to israel's killing of a senior commander from the group last week. he did though say that their response to that will be "strong" and "effective". that it's coming, and that the group may act alone or in co—ordination with other iranian—supported factions in the region. 0ur middle east correspondent hugo bachega around the world and across the uk this is bbc news.

the nobel peace prize winner, muhammad yunus, has been named as the leader of an interim government in bangladesh, a day after the former prime minister was ousted. the announcement was made following talks between the president and student leaders who played a key role in the weeks of protests that toppled sheikh hasina. mr yunus, who is 84, has faced numerous legal cases this year, which he said were politically motivated. the bangladeshi capital, dhaka, is now reported to be largely calm, but there have been reports of looting and killing across the country. police in bangladesh have gone on strike, complaining of a wave of reprisal attacks against them. for more on this let's bring in david brewster a senior research fellow at the australian national university. thank you so much for your time on the programme. who do you think you are? is running

bangladesh right now and what is this appointment tell us about where it is headed? the pic of yunus is the leader of the interim government is a interesting choice. he the interim government is a interesting choice.— interesting choice. he is popular _ interesting choice. he is popular and _ interesting choice. he is popular and in _ interesting choice. he is popular and in an - interesting choice. he is i popular and in an incredibly distinguished person and i think it shows that the military does not want to be seenin military does not want to be seen in the driving seat of the interim government. they want to see civilian government installed as soon as possible. it also shows that the military actually is in an incredibly strong position. they have announced that they will not use deadly force against protesters and that means that they need to negotiate with all they need to negotiate with all the stakeholders to reach an acceptable leadership result for all the stakeholders. irate for all the stakeholders. we heard another _ for all the stakeholders. we heard another controversial figure, the former prime minister has been released from house arrest. you see her having a role in the interim

government? i having a role in the interim government?— having a role in the interim government? i think certainly there will— government? i think certainly there will be _ government? i think certainly there will be some _ government? i think certainly there will be some elementsl government? i think certainly i there will be some elements of there will be some elements of the bangladesh nationalist party involved. i would hazard taste about zia herself, she is old and i believe she is terminally ill and i think the release of her from prison was really a goodwill gesture by the military towards supporters around the country. the the military towards supporters around the country.— around the country. the army does seem — around the country. the army does seem to _ around the country. the army does seem to be _ around the country. the army does seem to be in _ around the country. the army does seem to be in control. around the country. the army| does seem to be in control for now but not wanting to take on more control.— now but not wanting to take on more control. what you make of that? i more control. what you make of that? l think — more control. what you make of that? l think that _ more control. what you make of that? i think that is _ that? i think that is consistent with their view that they do not see a lot of benefit for the army as an institution to be seen to be in control of the government. they want —— they would much prefer p refer to prefer to take a and exert influence from there to avoid potential public damage to the

reputation that may come from running the government. find running the government. and briefly because _ running the government. and briefly because we are running out of time, the former prime minister is outside delhi at the moment. why has india not taken her in yet? i the moment. why has india not taken her in yet?— taken her in yet? i think that could potentially _ taken her in yet? i think that could potentially damage i could potentially damage relations with bangladesh if they were to grant her permanent residence in india. i know that they are trying to negotiate with various european countries for her to receive asylum there but i am not really sure what european country would be prepared to grant her asylum.— grant her asylum. david iinewster— grant her asylum. david brewster thank - grant her asylum. david brewster thank you i grant her asylum. david brewster thank you for l grant her asylum. david i brewster thank you for your time. in the uk, the prime minister has held the second this emergency cobra committee meeting in two days as concerns grow ahead of around 1t0 demonstrations that are planned tomorrow. sir keir starmer has promised communities that they will be kept safe, saying the government is doing everything it can to ensure

that there's a police response where needed. and he warned that anyone involved in disorder, directly or online, will feel the full force of the law. they will be safe. we are doing everything _ they will be safe. we are doing everything we _ they will be safe. we are doing everything we can _ they will be safe. we are doing everything we can to _ they will be safe. we are doing everything we can to ensure i everything we can to ensure that where a police response is needed it is in place and where support is needed for particular places that that is in place. it is a difficult situation with disorder going on in a number of different places at the same time but thatis places at the same time but that is precisely why i held a second meeting today to co—ordinate a response and to get the assurance that i want and need that we do have adequate police in place and that we are able to cope with this disorder. the annual zia

talks are taking place between us and australia this year at the us naval academy. they aim to strengthen cooperation on a range of global and regional issues. a reminder of our top story this hour. kamala harris, the us democratic print presidential nominee has announced a vice presidential pic, it is tim walts. she had been interviewing people all weekend trying to decide on who she will go with on the ticket. that is all for now, do stay with bbc news. —— walz. hello there. there was some sunshine

around on tuesday. there will be again on wednesday, and it looks like it should be a dry day across east anglia in the south east this time, whereas on tuesday the rain that we had here was much slower to clear away. but it has moved away together with that weather front, we've got low pressure bringing some wetter, windy weather towards the northwest of the uk, but we've all got this west or southwesterly wind that's blowing in cooler and fresher air, so these are the temperatures first thing in the morning. it'll be a cooler start to the day through the midlands and eastern parts of england, with some sunshine around as well. there will be some sunshine around on wednesday. we're also going to find some showers too, particularly across the northern half of the uk, where the winds will be a bit stronger. and some heavier rain and more persistent rain could affect northern and western scotland in the morning, followed by lots of showers, some of them heavy in the north. sunshine and showers for northern ireland. some showers near these western coasts of england and wales will get blown further inland across wales and northern england, but a good chance of staying dry towards the southeast. here we've got the highest temperatures, not quite as high as tuesday, but still 23 degrees, 18 in the central belt of scotland. that low pressure bringing the stronger winds in the north, and those showers will pull

away overnight, but it allows more weather systems to come in from the atlantic. so we're going to find the cloud increasing and thickening through the morning, outbreaks of rain beginning to arrive, likely to turn wetter in the afternoon across northern ireland, northern england and up into scotland. towards the southeast and the east anglia, there will be very little rain at all — a lot of cloud, yes, but temperatures again 23 degrees. generally, though, those numbers are a little below average for this time of the year. now, that wetter weather that does develop tends to move away towards the north and west overnight, leaving us with some drier prospects for friday. there still could be a weather front hanging around here across southern england during the morning, with a little rain. that then moves away, we get some sunshine following on behind. showers coming into the north, particularly across the northwest of scotland, and those could be quite heavy as well, those temperatures not changing a great deal for northern areas, but it should warm up a bit through the midlands towards the southeast of england. quick look ahead to the weekend — very mixed weather, chance of some rain at times,

but on sunday and particularly monday, signs of something much, much warmer across southeastern parts of the uk.

a 3—day losing streak as a calm returns to wall street. elon musk declares war on advertisers accusing help of boycotting his social media site x in a new lawsuit. hello and welcome to business today. i'm suranjana tewari. let's start in the us, where the major indices on wall street staged a slight recovery on tuesday, snapping three straight days of losses. the change in sentiment was helped after markets injapan rebounded sharply, reversing steep falls from earlier in the week. but our next guest says the volatility we've seen is far from over. let's bring in tim waterer, chief market analyst at kcm trade. the big question is how much further to go is there in this unwinding of the intray that caused so much turbulence. what that's what we're waiting to see i was sparked by the boj moves last week. i think a bulk

of the unwinding has been done.