the nation will know �*coach walz�* by another name — vice president of the united states! after weeks of violent unrest, a leader is named for bangladesh's new interim government. and hamas selects gaza leader yahya sinwar as its new political chief, following the assassination of his predecessor, ismail haniyeh. vice—president kamala harris and her running mate, the minnesota governor tim walz, have appeared together on stage at a rally in philadelphia ahead of the presidential election in november. as they walked out for the first time as on tuesday night, tim walz turned to kamala harris and mouthed one word — �*wow�*. harris and walz are beginning their multi—city campaign tour in philadelphia, where high turnout from democrats is critical to winning pennsylvania's 19 electoral votes. ms harris told the energised democratic supporters they were the underdogs

in november's election, but had the momentum to win. the supporters cheered when ms harris mention walz�*s military service and his background as a school teacher to his former high school students, he was mr walz... cheering. ..and to his former high school football players he was �*coach�*... cheering. and in 91 days... cheering. ..the nation will know coach walz by another name —— vice president of the united states! cheering. tim walz touted his rural roots and said donald trump would take the us "backwards". he emphasised his respect

for values that he said their opponents trump and jd vance lacked. he also praised ms harris�*s commitment to freedom of choice and opportunity. this leader, this... compassionate, careful, joyous leader, believes in each and every one of you. cheering. my god, you came here tonight because you love this country, and you are not going back! cheering. she believes in opportunity for every single person to join the middle class. she believes in the promise of america. we have just got to fight. we have just got to fight

because as soon—to—be president harris says, when we fight, we win. nomia iqbal was at the rally in pennsylvania. these new democratic party ticket really wanted to shift the vibe and it really was a rockstar vibe, and this arena seats up to 10,000 people and there were few gaps here. the people here are so reenergised, they are waving signs, they have glow—in—the—dark wristbands and they are excited about what is now the new face of the democratic party. the last couple of years of so we have grown accustomed to the biden—harris 2024 signs but they have all gone. but out with the old and in with the new, harris—walz signs are or you can see. kamala harris had less

than two weeks to do it. they have both given their speeches and now the real fight begins because today is the first stop of what will be a battleground tour. now for the rest of the week go to the crucial battleground states that they will need to win if they want to get into the white house. until vice president harris picked him, tim walz wasn't a household name in the us and around the globe. the two—term midwestern governor often touts his middle class roots, which will be featured prominently on the campaign trail. mr walz served in the army national guard for 2h years, reaching the position of command sergeant major, one of the highest enlisted ranks in the military. he was a former social studies teacher and football coach at a high school in southern minnesota. he was a us congressman for 12 years, winning in a mostly rural southern minnesota district. he was elected governor of minnesota in 2018, winning by more than 11 points. in picking walz, the harris campaign is thought to be appealing to more rural, blue—collar voters in these areas. i spoke with politics reporter

at notusjasmine wright. so starting with this question, why do you think harris chose tim walz? it was a combination of vibes as well as a real understanding of what the role would be as he would be kamala harris�*s running mate but it is a question of ambition. i was told by someone very close to the vetting process that governor walz said he did not want to be president, that he wasn't going to be angling for another spot as her vp and i think that weighed heavily but according to a couple of people i spoke to were over the last 2a hours, there connection was paramount to the connection in any of the interviews.

she did not interview, but there was about a dozen people in contention to be in the position for her running mate, so i think theyjust headed off and she felt most comfortable with and again, a point that over the last week and a half, almost two weeks since they started, they started this search, this is something that her advisers said was paramount and important to her, so that had that comfortability there and an ambition point but also that he understood that they both had a clear understanding of what the role as her number two would be. i think these are all majorfactors. what about some of the points of criticism from republicans, that tim walz is a radical, leftist and someone who will represent exactly what kamala harris has in her policies as well. how do you see them defending their record on that front? yeah, i was talking to someone earlier about this and they said the vice president was no stranger to being attacked. ——stranger to being attacked herself by republicans

for being too liberal, we have heard that from them since she replaced joe biden on the ticket, all of these different accusations thrown at her have been thrown at her really for the last three years while she has been president biden�*s number two, so there was an understanding between them. also, the vice president sees tim walz as a fighter, notjust in the last two weeks, where the democratic party has really adopted his use of that word �*weird' to describe republicans, but also a fighter in terms of what he has been doing as governor in minnesota, fighting to put protections in place, people have told me. this is something kamala harris likes about tim walz, he is able to get in the ring and take some jabs and give a couple out and release spar, something the vice president is really able to do, channelling the prosecutorial record she has. and they will be on the campaign trail together going to battleground states and one of the other criticisms is that kamala harris has not

yet sat down for a big media interview, and of course it has only been 16 days since she was a nominee. will we see more of kamala harris in unscripted situations, media interviews and so on? i think you will. you are right — it is only been 16 days, you are right, they are running out the clock until it is absolutely necessary to sit down and who she sits down with will absolutely be important and that is a topic of conversation, who can do the first interview justice, thread the line of understanding who she is as a person when we're talking about different interviewers because she has not had the best track record with interviews in her vice presidency. that is always a point of contention. but she really wants to on the road, being at those big rallies, these are places she finds herself comfortable with, she likes the feedback from the crowd.

over the course of the days, they will have this week—long swing between her and governor walz and maybe they will do a joint interview together but i know that is something on their mind. the last point is that when i talk to folks in that campaign one person told me they were really building that plane as it is lands, so they are trying to put a fine point on the messaging, or the questions she would get before they release into an interview. how do you think the campaign will put forward tim walz as opposed to kamala harris? one thing people have said over around the vice president had said they do not view her track as the same as president biden�*s, meaning they want her in the sunbelt states and, yes, pennsylvania is important, as she declared in philadelphia, but they see really prominent in places like arizona, georgia, some of those states around the country.

but governor walz is a person of the midwest and they want to push in those areas and they feel like he can talk to rural white voters and can talk to those communities, of the diaspora among democrats as they get out. and you will see that with all the dads and veterans and all those things that he is in those places. always good to get your perspective. thank you forjoining us tonight. mr trump's vice—presidential pick, jd vance, spent tuesday on the campaign trail in philadelphia as well, and immediately went on the attack. tim walz�*s record is a joke. he has one of the far left radicals in the entire united states government at any level, but what 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 nobel peace prize winner, muhammad yunus, will be the leader of an interim government in bangladesh. that decision comes after talks between the president, military leaders and student activists. it comes after weeks of violent unrest which saw former prime minister sheikh hasina resign and flee the country. university students first began peacefully demonstrating in earlyjuly against governmentjob quotas, which favoured allies of mr hasina's awami league. it spiralled into scenes like this on sunday, police opening fire on student protesters. at least 400 people were killed in the unrest. the single deadliest day was monday, when more than 100 people were reportedly killed during riots. the united nations is calling for an investigation into the violence. on tuesday, police in bangladesh went on strike, complaining of a wave of reprisal attacks against them. mr yunus is currently in paris advising 0lympic organisers, but is expected to return to dhaka soon. he called the day of sheikh hasina's resignation a "second liberation day".

0ur correspondent in mumbai, achana shukla, has more about bangladesh's new leader in chief muhammad yunus. he is called the banker to the poor. he started a bank that is known to have lifted millions of rural poor out of poverty by providing them with tiny loans without collateral. some for less than $100. it brought formal to those who would normally never credit qualified and the lending model has been replicated around the world. although quite popular, he had a frosty relationship with the sheikh hasina government. multiple cases of violations, embezzlement and fraud against him and a jail sentence earlier this year, all of which has been denied. amid the protests that ousted hasina for being a corrupt leader, yunus is seen as a unanimous choice to lead the interim government. his global image, financial know—how and relationship with banks

and financial institutions, economists say will come in handy for bangladesh that needs to keep its lenders are short. bangladesh has over $100 billion of external debt. nearly $7 million of financial aid is coming from the imf and the world bank, which bangladesh needs to keep flowing in to support its flagging economy. but as the dust settles and the interim government is formed, the focus in bangladesh will quickly shift to bringing economic stability, taming inflation, and keeping the public united. yunus will have his hands full. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. the elusive artist banksy has unveiled two new works in london. 0ne shows a mountain goat perched on a narrow ledge, while the second features two elephant silhouettes with the trunks stretched out. banksy verified the works were his on instagram, but did not write a caption for either instagram post, causing fans to speculate on the meaning of the artworks. eluned morgan has been confirmed as the new

first minister of wales and the first woman to hold that role. it follows a vote in the welsh parliament after vaughan gething quit the role last month following the resignation of four of his cabinet members. his leadership was mired in controversy after he accepted donations from a man twice convicted of environmental offences during his election campaign. scotland's exam body has apologised after thousands of students received blank emails, instead of their results, due to a technical glitch. around 7,000 pupils were temporarily affected. the body said the emails had been resent and the issue was resolved. overall, the pass rate for nationals, highers and advanced highers fell, which the scottish government said presented a challenge. you're watching bbc news. now to the middle east, where the palestinian militant group hamas has named yahya sinwar as its new political chief. israel accuses mr sinwar of masterminding the october 7 attacks in which 1,200 people were killed and hundreds more taken hostage.

he succeeds ismail haniyeh, a senior commander whose assassination in tehran has stoked fears of a regional conflict. meanwhile, israel and hezbollah have carried out airstrikes against each other. the lebanese authorities say six people have been killed in the strike. hazbolluah launched a drone attack on an israeli military facility on the country's northern coast which injured 19 isralies. for more, our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, sent this report 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. for more, i've been speaking to former us national security council officialjaved ali. let's start with sinwar. how significant is it that the man who was considered the architect of the october 7 attacks is now the political leader of hamas? nice to be back with you again. remarkable development on that front.

as you just stated, the man who was the mastermind of october 7th and directed it and helped to probably plan it with mohammed deif, the military commander of hamas with also now dead taste on what the israeli defence forces have said, now he is theoretically responsible for ending this conflict that israel and possibly being the lead person. in some way or fashion to direct the ceasefire terms, the release of hostages and the duality of this is really striking when take a step back and think about it. can you tell us more about what we know about yahya sinwar and how he may possibly differ from his predecessor? sinwar has very much been focused on gaza. he was born in khan younis,

the refugee camp which is now the scenes of a lot of intense fighting. so he has spent his entire life in the gaza strip, he has been with hamas for a0 years and has been the head of hamas in gaza for at least the last 10, 15 years and has been responsible for planning and organising and directing october 7. this is a man who has deep, deep roots in the organisation but he is also very different from ismail haniyeh, based on what has been written about sinwar, he is much more of a hardliner, very extremist and willing to allow atrocities that occurred on october 7, which hamas had never taken those kind of steps before against israel. so in the aftermath of israel killing ismail haniyeh in tehran, there may now be, there

there is now a new person in charge of hamas who may be much more inflexible and much more difficult to negotiate with and israel has also been hunting him since october 7 in the gaza strip and they clearly have not had a chance to find him. so, this has so many different layers to it. it will be fascinating to see how it plays out. the uk home secretary says the government will ensure criminals "pay the price" for the violence that has gripped towns and cities in england and northern ireland over the past week. it comes as the top prosecutor for england and wales told the bbc he's considering terrorism charges for the rioters. in belfast, police say an assault on a man in his 50s on monday night is being investigated as a racially motivated hate crime. meanwhile, prime minister keir starmer held the second emergency cabinet meeting in two days to tackle the unrest. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, reports. yet another clean—up after yet another night of fear and violence. the crowd should disperse immediately as force

is about to be used against violent individuals. this time, the worst of it was in belfast — yet more fires and missiles on the seventh day of rioting. and tonight, the prime minister said participants anywhere in the uk should expect swift and severe punishment. over 400 people now have been arrested. 100 have been charged, some in relation to online activity, and a number of them are already in court. and i'm now expecting substantive sentencing before the end of this week. that should send a very powerful message to anybody involved, either directly or online, that you are likely to be dealt with within a week and that nobody, but nobody, should be involving themselves in this disorder. some of those arrested at sunday's riot in rotherham were appearing in sheffield magistrates court today, including 20—year—old liam gray, who denied the charge against him. as the deputy districtjudge

worked through their list of all of those accused of violent disorder at sunday's riot, all of the adults were remanded in prison even though they'd pleaded not guilty. only the two teenagers, aged 16 and 17, were given bail. one man, joshua simpson, admitted assaulting a police officer. he was also remanded in prison ahead of his sentencing. the disorder in middlesbrough on sunday led to 28 people appearing in court at teesside magistrates today. the justice secretary said she'd brought forward plans to create 500 more prison places to handle the surge of cases going through the courts. the violence in bolton led to more charges being swiftly brought as a deterrent. dominic stanbridge being charged with violent disorder, which he denied. james nelson was jailed for two months for criminal damage. there was also the first charge of stirring up racial hatred linked to the week of disorder. 28—year—old jordan parlour pleaded guilty at leeds

magistrates to using facebook to encourage others to attack a migrant hotel. the director of public prosecutions said his staff were even considering terrorism charges in some cases. where you have organised groups planning activity for the purposes of advancing their ideology, meeting a political objective, and then planning really, really serious disruption, then, yes, we will consider terrorism offences. it's a week now since the first riot outside a mosque in southport last tuesday. tomorrow, some 40 protests are planned. police have described the prospect as concerning, but they are hoping that the threat of immediate, long prison sentences, will deter at least some people from engaging in violence. let's turn to some other important news around the world. a pakistani national with links to iran has been charged with allegedly plotting to kill us politicians

with donald trump a potential target. asif merchant, who's 46, is accused of trying to hire hit men when he came to the us in april last year. he was arrested injuly following an undercover operation. the southern us city of charleston extended a curfew until wednesday morning as it braces for record—breaking rain from tropical storm debby. forecasters say charleston can expect torrential rain for the next 36 hours. debby is expected to strengthen after it moves offshore before heading into south carolina. the storm made landfall in florida on monday as a category1 hurricane. russia says ukrainian forces retreated from the kursk region after an incursion on tuesday after moscow accused ukraine of attempting to carry out cross—border attacks. kursk region's acting governor, alexei smirnov, had warned residents to stay vigilant after a reported drone attack in sudzhansky district killed two and wounded 13 people. kyiv did not comment on the reports. the 11th day of the paris olympic games ended in dramatic fashion. team usa dominated on the track with gabby thomas taking gold

in the women's 200m final, upgrading from the bronze medal she received in tokyo. and in a shocking upset, cole hocker won the 1500m final, stealing the spotlight from great britain'sjosh kerr, who was a favourite to win. 16—year—old skateboarding sensation sky brown is bringing home a bronze for england, despite dealing with a dislocated shoulder. finally, germany, serbia, the united states, and host team france all secured spots in the semifinals for men's basketball. stay with us here on bbc news. 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 and 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 north west of the uk, but we've all got this west to 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 south east. 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 south east and 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 south—eastern parts of the uk.

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welcome to hardtalk — i'm stephen sackur. hundreds of kenyan police are now patrolling the streets of port—au—prince in the latest international effort to stabilise haiti. it's hard not to be sceptical about the likely impact. 80% of the capital is controlled by armed gangs. five million haitians are experiencing food insecurity. my guest is haiti's interim prime minister, garry conille, tasked with steering his country to free and fair elections within 18 months. is that a definition of mission impossible?