of november's presidential election i couldn't be prouder to be on this ticket and help vice president come all we know is very, very good for us to think about. next president of the united states of america! hamas announces israel's most wanted man as the new head of the group, after political chief ismail haniyeh was killed in bombing attack last week. hello. i'm sally bundock. we start with the ongoing unrest here in the uk. the prime minister has promised communities that they will be kept safe in the face of the disorder, as police are preparing for at least 30 possible gatherings across the uk today.

sir keir starmer was speaking after chairing a meeting of the government's emergency cobra committee, and said he had assurances that there were adequate officers in place to cope if violence flared. our political correspondent damian grammaticas reports. it is just over it isjust over a it is just over a week since these rights began. violence first in southport spreading to other parts of england stop now for those who have taken part the legal consequences are starting to be felt. this morning in liverpool three men who all pleaded guilty to violent disorder due be sentenced. yesterday police chief summoned to downing street for the second emergency co—ordination meeting for two days. prime minister says more sentences will be handed out in the coming days.— the coming days. over 400 --eole the coming days. over 400 peeple now _ the coming days. over 400 people now have _ the coming days. over 400 people now have been - the coming days. over 400 - people now have been arrested, 100 have been charged, some in

relation to online at erviti. a number of them are already in court and i am 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, that nobody, nobody should be involving themselves in this disorder. some have already appeared in court, this was tnt year old liam gray rested on sunday, he denied the charge against him. list circulating online has suggested more than 30 locations could be targeted by rioters today. police in london issued a warning saying... after the rioters targeted

hotels housing asylum seekers some groups who work with refugees have been told they are at risk. one organisation in merseyside says it closed its offices but will try to protect the premises today. we will also protect the premises today. - will also be creating a suppose what i would call a peace line for want of a better expression so that we and the local community and the priest from the local church which is part of our building, that we can all come together, to demonstrate that we believe that we should have hope in the future rather than putting up with h. , , , , future rather than putting up withh. , ., , with h. disbursed immediately. keir starmer _ with h. disbursed immediately. keir starmer said _ with h. disbursed immediately. keir starmer said last _ with h. disbursed immediately. keir starmer said last night - keir starmer said last night those who felt threatened would be kept safe but it is a severe test for a government who has beenin test for a government who has been in government forjust a month.

plenty more on our website about the government's reaction, the legal crackdown and of course the latest flashpoints of unrest around the country. do you take a look. us vice president kamala harris has unveiled her running mate for november's presidential election at a rally in philadelphia. ms harris, who is now officially the democratic party's nominee, announced minnesota governor tim walz as her candidate for vice president. let's hear what she had to say. i stand before you today to proudly announce i am now officially the democratic nominee. of the united states. our campaign is notjust a fight against donald trump. our campaign, this campaign is a fightfor campaign, this campaign is a fight for the future. until vice president harris picked him, tim walz wasn't

a household name in the us and around the globe. mr walz served in the army national guard for 24 years, reaching the position of command sergeant major, one of the highest enlisted ranks in the military and was a former social studies teacher and football coach before becoming a us congressman and serving for 12 years. he was then elected governor of minnesota in 2018. joining ms harris on stage in philadelphia, he gave an impassioned speech. she believes an opportunity for every single person who joined the middle class. she believes in the promise of america. we just got to fight, we just got to fight. because as soon to be president harris says, when we fight! we win! clearly, a lot of excitement there at the event in philadelphia and from democrats across the country. rohini kosuglu is a former

close adviser to vice president kamala harris. she told the bbc that kamala harris has used her own experience as vice president to inform her pick of running mate. one thing that is so important to her throughout her time as she is the vice president for all people. it doesn't matter where you live, she is the vice president and she will do her best to make sure that people know she is fighting for them, and i think she will want to make sure that tim walz does the same in this role and he goes to meet people where they are, he makes sure nothing is taken for granted. it was important one of the concepts she talked about was that they are an underdog team and it's important for americans to know that their voters not taken for granted and they will show up earn the right to vote. our north america correspondent david willisjoins me now from washington. we now know the team as it were, they have a very busy

agenda ahead. talk us through the reaction so far? you agenda ahead. talk us through the reaction so far?— the reaction so far? you are riaht the reaction so far? you are right they — the reaction so far? you are right they have _ the reaction so far? you are right they have a _ the reaction so far? you are right they have a very - the reaction so far? you are right they have a very busyl right they have a very busy agenda ahead. that rally in philadelphia marking the start of a marathon on five—day sprint, in which the two of them will be taking in seven of them will be taking in seven of the key battleground state. kamala harris herself made the point in her remarks today that this has become a whirlwind of a campaign. it is a campaign that got under wayjust over two weeks ago. she made the point today that it was a fight for the future as she put it. with issues such as greater gun—control laws in this country, affordable healthcare country, affordable healthca re for all, country, affordable healthcare forall, reproductive country, affordable healthcare for all, reproductive and so on, all at issue in this campaign and she said she had been searching for a partner, somebody who could build with her, a brighterfuture for the united states of america, and

she said she had found such a partner in tim walz. but he has some way to go, as you mentioned in your introduction, to introduce himself to the american people. a poll conducted by national public radio which showed that 70% of the american public, either have no opinion about tim walz or have no idea who he is. ok. or have no idea who he is. ok, interesting. — or have no idea who he is. ok, interesting, thank _ or have no idea who he is. ok, interesting, thank you - or have no idea who he is. ok, interesting, thank you david. let's speak to the democratic strategist amanda renteria, who was political director for hilary clinton's presidential campaign. if we just if wejust pick if we just pick up on david's point, nobody knows much about tim walz. i5 point, nobody knows much about tim walz. , ., ., tim walz. is that a good thing? it's treat tim walz. is that a good thing? it's great because _ tim walz. is that a good thing? it's great because the - tim walz. is that a good thing? it's great because the it - tim walz. is that a good thing? it's great because the it gives l it's great because the it gives the country a chance to get to know who tim walz is, and given the sprint of this election, the sprint of this election, the kind of coverage kamala harris has been getting from

the very beginning and everybody waiting for this announcement, it is really an opportunity for people to win see who tim walz is, not only today but over the next five days where they will be on all the battleground states. frankly, when you meet you just like the guy. i think what is going to happen over the next couple of days you will see a lot more about his experience, his policies, and we governed the state of minnesota, so it's quite an exciting time for the democratic party. the quite an exciting time for the democratic party.— democratic party. the trunk campaign — democratic party. the trunk campaign already _ democratic party. the trunk campaign already on - democratic party. the trunk campaign already on it - campaign already on it describing him as dangerously liberal, extremist, orthat gain any traction? it’s liberal, extremist, or that gain any traction? it's quite hard to gain _ gain any traction? it's quite hard to gain that _ gain any traction? it's quite hard to gain that kind - gain any traction? it's quite hard to gain that kind of. hard to gain that kind of traction with a guy who is a hunter, who has been in the military for 24 years, really has had to govern estate we said to work with both sides of the aisle. i don't think that is going to stick and i think people are tired of hearing the same attack from this trump

team. quite surprised it is still the same attack. he does to every box _ still the same attack. he does to every box been _ still the same attack. he does to every box been school- to every box been school teacher, football coach, a dad beenin teacher, football coach, a dad been in the military been a hunter, you can understand why, harris is pretty keen on him. at the end of the day when it comes to what people do in november, it is all about donald trump and kamala harris, the bp �*s don't make that much of a difference? i the bp 's don't make that much of a difference?— of a difference? i have said in this election _ of a difference? i have said in this election from _ of a difference? i have said in this election from the - this election from the beginning, this election might beginning, this election might be quite different whenjoe biden was in that it mattered when you are working with a 78—year—old was representing the country, just made who the vice president is. for donald trump the vice president has mattered and affected his campaign already. for kamala harris you are correct we are seeing a ticket where people are going to mostly focus on kamala, but the vice president actually does matter on the trump side of the ticket. what do ou trump side of the ticket. what do you know — trump side of the ticket. what do you know about _ trump side of the ticket. what do you know about jd - trump side of the ticket. what do you know about jd advance do you know aboutjd advance the vp running with donald

trump. when you see tim walz versus jd vance trump. when you see tim walz versusjd vance and atv debate how will it look? versus jd vance and atv debate how will it look?— how will it look? what you will see is a wise, _ how will it look? what you will see is a wise, joyful _ how will it look? what you will see is a wise, joyful military i see is a wise, joyful military veteran who has fought for kids, high school teacher and coach, comes to mind. when you seejd barnes you really do see a very young, angry, frustrated, someone who looks like donald trump and uses the same kind of attack. i think that will come out pretty clear. the most important thing especially 90 days into an election is the joy that is coming from tim walz in the democratic party, from kamala harris. that is what really gets the energy going in need right now as we start to vote. thank you for your time and perspective. she was political director for hillary clinton �*s presidential campaign. around the world and across the uk,

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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 7 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 in israel and imprisoned after a murder conviction by israel. our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, sent this analysis 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. let's speak to dr sherifa zuhur from the institute of middle eastern, islamic and strategic studies at the university of california, berkeley.

you were listening to our correspondence injerusalem, gave us your take on this choice of leader 41.- gave us your take on this choice of leader 41. yes i was and thank — choice of leader 41. yes i was and thank you _ choice of leader 41. yes i was and thank you for _ choice of leader 41. yes i was and thank you for having - choice of leader 41. yes i was and thank you for having me, hamas has had a history of leadership, outside of the gaza strip and outside of palestine, for some years. it had an outside leadership and inside leadership. by this choice, it is showing the world that it has centred on the conflict in gaza, and there will be no end to hamas, in gaza, that is the position of hamas. and, that israel must reckon with this unanimous decision at leadership. as your correspondent mentioned, i

think there were a few other names that floated around but one of them would have been a leader outside of gaza, so that will not happen. he won't be in qatar, he is in gaza, he is believed to be underground, he is in hiding. the negotiations may proceed, it is the united states that supposedly wanted them to proceed but if we think about everything that has occurred in the last few weeks, not only the assassination of ismail haniyeh, but also the assassination of, in beirut, and the previous assassination of mohammed dave, doesn't seem to many palestinians that the negotiations were serious from israel's side. so... the

concern _ israel's side. so... the concern now _ israel's side. so... the concern now given - israel's side. so... the l concern now given yahya israel's side. so... the concern now given yahya sinwar is in charge of hamas officially although as paul pointed out he was pretty much running things anyway. many would argue this deal is a hammer blow to ceasefire prospects going forward. in a way that ismail haniyeh was kind of fronting negotiations, he was seen as more moderate within the hamas leadership? both yahya sinwar and ismail haniyeh they represent the organisation. not only their personal views. and although yahya sinwar as you have described him, a hardliner, he has also shown pragmatism, and changes in position on a couple of occasions. in one instance, in 2018, which is when hamas first said it would consider

negotiations. ok. ithink first said it would consider negotiations. ok. i think we will have to wait and see on that. and also, we are in this age of electronic communications, it is not impossible that there could be negotiations, someone else will be the face of the negotiations. and the decisions will rest with yahya sinwar will rest with yahya sinwar will be communicated to him and he will communicate that to hamas. i don't think we can put an end to the possibility of negotiations.— negotiations. still hope in our negotiations. still hope in your view _ negotiations. still hope in your view which _ negotiations. still hope in your view which is - negotiations. still hope in your view which is good i negotiations. still hope in | your view which is good to hear. we will have to leave it there. dr sherifa zuhur at the university of california, berkeley. 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 bbc�*s archana shukla has more on the man tasked with leading bangladesh through its transition. 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 credit 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 assured. 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. he certainly well, our reporter summing up the challenges facing the new government in bangladesh. the edinburgh festival fringe is under way in the scottish capital. for the next 3.5 weeks, thousands of artists from all over the world will be gathering in the city for what's billed as "one of the greatest celebrations "of arts and culture on the planet".

our reporter courtney bembridge has been meeting with some of the acts. my my next guest is originally from the us but at the moment resides in austria. you might be able to guess what his talent is. this is accordion ryan. talent is. this is accordion r an. y , ., talent is. this is accordion r an. g , ., , talent is. this is accordion ran. g , ., ., , ryan. my show is accordion runs . o . ryan. my show is accordion runs pop hangers. — ryan. my show is accordion runs pop hangers. icing _ ryan. my show is accordion runs pop hangers, icing and - ryan. my show is accordion runs pop hangers, icing and play - pop hangers, icing and play your favourite pop songs, pop hangers, icing and play yourfavourite pop songs, have a good time and people sing along and have a lot of fun. what is your favourite type of music to play?— music to play? lots of different _ music to play? lots of different things, - music to play? lots of different things, your| music to play? lots of- different things, your typical trashy pop things, some rap, something is older and newer, something is older and newer, something �*s naughty sometimes full you have been coming. you have been _ full you have been coming. you have been coming _ full you have been coming. you have been coming to the french for the last three years, how does it compare to the other shows and festivals you do around the world? i shows and festivals you do around the world?- shows and festivals you do around the world? i have been here for three _ around the world? i have been here for three years _ around the world? i have been here for three years and - around the world? i have been here for three years and it - around the world? i have been here for three years and it is i here for three years and it is very different for other places, i was in reykjavik for

their friends at the end of june and it is very different from here. you are trying to convince people to come to your show over the thousand other shows, and rakovic people were just learning there was a music and arts festival. it's good over there and got over here, it's just different.— it'sjust different. talking about some _ it'sjust different. talking about some of _ it'sjust different. talking about some of the - it'sjust different. talking about some of the music| it'sjust different. talking - about some of the music you put on and i have a special request, we are on bbc news could you give us a rendition of the bbc news theme tune. plays bbc news theme tune.

that gives you a taste of what is on offer at the edinburgh festival fringe, is on offer at the edinburgh festivalfringe, so much going on there, courtney will keep us in touch. plenty more hair, business today is next, as you will know if you tune in at this time of day regularly this week has been tumultuous for financial markets, really with so much fear in markets, sharp sell—off and bounce back, its all going on. seatbelts need to be fastened, i will be back with the latest markets, also news from elon musk sex, ear b&b and more about that were gobi jab. b&b and more about that were gobijab. i'll see b&b and more about that were gobi jab. i'll see you soon. 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.

calm after the storm: us markets break their 3—day losing street. but are we

out of the woods yet? crying foul: elon musk�*s x sues a group of major companies including unilever and mars over an alleged advertising boycott. and transforming tourism: copenhagen offers visitors rewards for climate—friendly actions. would you be willing to spend some of your holiday fishing for litter? live from london, this is business today. i'm sally bundock. we start with financial markets, and in the us there has been something of a recovery, closing up after three straight days of losses — perhaps the beginning of the end a global market rout that saw huge falls injapan on monday. japan's nikkei posted a strong rebound on tuesday which seems to have

fed through to the us. let's have quick look at the latest numbers.