hello. i'm reg any large enough. welcome to this hour. —— read jenny large it had enough. been billed as a live conversation between the world's richest man, elon musk, and the world's most talked about, donald trump, but a interview between the pair on mr musk�*s site x is finally under way afterfacing major technical issues. mr trump is answering questions about the attempted assassination on him a month ago. this error message here showed up for hundreds of thousands who tried to tune at 8:00 eastern time — mr musk posted on the platform, which he owns: prior to the interview mr musk endorsed trump for president and has been involved in fundraising efforts

for the republican presidential nominee. the technical crash on x mirrors another incident from earlier in the campaign cycle with another candidate. last november, elon musk held a conversation on x — formerly twitter — that was marred by technical glitches. live now to our us national digital reporter mike wendling. it is finally under way. just explain what we think happened. elon musk says that basically twitter came under attack. ddos attack is when a large amount of traffic is sent to a website in order to shut it down so that nobody can access the website. we don't have any verification of that that is what he says happen. similar gremlins delayed the start of his conversation with ron desantis last year. after about

40 desantis last year. after about a0 minutes it did go under way. i have been listening across and they have spent roughly about 20 minutes now talking about 20 minutes now talking about the assassination attempt on donald trump and trumpet is recounting the details of that day. it is a very convivial chat but not a whole lot of new ground if you have been to trumpet rallies or been to the republican convention was of this is kind of the same sort of detail that trump has been talking about. but they are finally under way after the technical glitch.— technical glitch. this is unlikely _ technical glitch. this is unlikely to _ technical glitch. this is unlikely to be - technical glitch. this is unlikely to be an - technical glitch. this is - unlikely to be an interrogation given how much elon musk is a supporter of donald trump and he has come out and endorsed him in this election campaign as well. let's talk about the platform x in a bit more detail. it was back injanuary 2021 that donald trump was kicked off the site when it was formerly known as twitter. that was after the storming of the capital. he has now been allowed back on today. just remind us a bit about the

controversy around all of that. does give you the timeline, after elon musk bought twitter as it was then called, he unbanned donald trump as of the previous owners of twitter had deleted his account after the capital rights injanuary 2021, as you say. he has not used this site very much. he put one tweet on around the time of one of his court cases. today he returned in a little bit more earnest. he posted several campaign videos throughout the course of the day, pretty basic campaign advertisements. what we don't know is if he will continue using the site in the future. during his administration and during his very first presidential run this was the place where he loved to communicate directly with the public. he put all

sorts of messages on there and was really sort of like to go to account to know what was going through the mind of donald trump right then and there. he has another social media account on his own truth social site. there are some legal and technical business reasons why he may not be using x instead of that site in the future but it is really sort of hard to tell whether this coming together of mask and trump means he will start to use his twitter account once again. use his twitter account once aaain. , ii' ~ use his twitter account once aaain. , ::' ~ ., use his twitter account once aaain. , ::'~ ., again. remember in 2016, a day didn't pass _ again. remember in 2016, a day didn't pass when _ again. remember in 2016, a day didn't pass when we _ again. remember in 2016, a day didn't pass when we didn't - again. remember in 2016, a day didn't pass when we didn't see l didn't pass when we didn't see a statement from donald trump. let's talk a little bit about x as well. since elon musk has taken over the side it has been wrought with more controversy and accusations and has become and accusations and has become a platform for misinformation and false is. we have seen elon musk post lot himself recently and get involved in a lot of

politics including on the other side, in the uk —— the other side, in the uk —— the other side of the pond, in the uk. he was in a side of the pond, in the uk. he: was in a spat with the british prime minister keir starmer over the british legal system and the root causes of those violent riots. he has gone on a political transformation in the last few years and the way people have explained it to me is that he is, for whatever reason, clung on to what we call the anti—woke activism train. that has caused some — an interesting meeting of the minds, i suppose you might say, because it broadly aligns with some of donald trump's policies. it leads to a lot of, i suppose, you know, policies. it leads to a lot of, isuppose, you know, more conservative policies that elon musk has advocated for. it is useful to remember now that

mask and trump were not very good friends. in fact trump called him a liar a few years ago —— musk. he used a much more profane term actually to call him a liar. since then, obviously they have been very warm and this conversation between them is kind of the culmination of a slow and steady dance that ended up shortly after the assassination attempt last month. {l3h elon attempt last month. 0k. elon musk endorsing trump. attempt last month. 0k. elon| musk endorsing trump. thank attempt last month. 0k. elon - musk endorsing trump. thank you so much for— musk endorsing trump. thank you so much for taking _ musk endorsing trump. thank you so much for taking us _ musk endorsing trump. thank you so much for taking us through - so much for taking us through that story, mike wendling. if you want to stay across what is going on in that conversation between donald trump and elon musk, we do have a live page on the bbc news website which has plenty of analysis and it fact check the interview as it goes along. ukraine's military says it now controls 1,000 square kilometres of russian territory. if the claim is accurate, this would represent a greater surface area than major

cities, like berlin or singapore. ukrainian troops, highlighted in yellow, are reportedly advancing as deep as 20 miles, or 32 kilometres inside russia. kyiv�*s incursion seems to be, at least in part, drawing russian forces away from the frontline in ukraine, shown here in red. the us has continued to show its support for ukraine. senators richard blumenthal and lindsey graham were in kyiv monday, meeting ukraine's president zelensky. senator graham, a republican and staunch backer of ukraine, said the white house should lift restrictions on strikes deep into russia. in his nightly address, mr zelensky said monday that "russia brought war to others, and now, it's coming back home." translation: it is entirely justified to destroy russian terrorists wherever they are, wherever they launch their attacks from. russian military

airfields, russian logistics, we see the benefits that can bring in bringing peace closer. russia needs to be forced into peace especially if president putin is so intent on fighting. the russian defence ministry is releasing selective footage trying to convince the russian public that the situation is under control. even as more than 100,000 evacuations take place from kursk. on monday, the army showcased armoured vehicles being loaded onto a truck, purportedly heading to the kursk region. president putin has accused kyiv of "committing crimes" against russian people and promised to respond. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. a music video from the russian military, allegedly showing it targeting ukrainian troops who'd crossed the border. it's presented like a blockbuster. in reality, this is a huge problem for russia. the governor of russia's kursk region put it in figures. he told vladimir putin that

ukrainian soldiers had seized 28 settlements in his region. the kremlin leader cut him off. "leave the numbers to the military," he said. translation: the main task is with our ministry _ of defence, and that is to force the enemy from our territory. our adversary will, of course, receive a fitting response. and, without doubt, all our objectives will be met. as ukrainian troops have moved in, residents have moved out. officials say that more than 120,000 people have been evacuated in kursk region, and thousands more in the neighbouring region of belgorod. there are fears of a ukrainian incursion there too. what is happening is huge. for the first time in more than 80 years, foreign troops are fighting on russian soil.

and yet the country's leadership describes this as a provocation, a terrorist attack. the kremlin still avoids using the word war, as if to tell the people there's no need to panic. on the streets of moscow, no shock — just resignation about ukraine's offensive. "i'm not surprised," olga says. "it's a border area and this war has been going on for some time." what we all want is peace, and, like, the quickest resolution of this conflict. in the meantime, these volunteers are trying to do something. in moscow, they've organised a collection of food and clothes for the evacuees. there are people who lost their homes. they need shelter, they need food, they need supplies. it was their country that invaded ukraine. russians are now having to deal

with unforeseen consequences. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. thousands of residents are being evacuated from their homes in greece as wildfires raging north of the athens and are now approaching the city itself — burning less than nine kilometres from the centre. one person is believed to have died. this satellite image shows wind blowing smoke from the wildfires over the city — with some residents reporting difficulty breathing. authorities say half the country will be in a "red zone" of dangerous weather conditions in the coming days. a drop in strong winds is offering hope to firefighters battling the flames as residents say there are not enough fire trucks to help, as some flames leap as high as 25 metres — or 80 feet. greece appealed to the eu for help. some countries immediately responded including spain, italy, turkey, canada, france and the czech republic. in total, more than 700

firefighters, as well as waterbombing planes and helicopters, have been sent to battle the fires. our correspondent jessica parker is in athens and sent this report. through the dense smoke, they battle a blaze that's reached the outskirts of athens. a path burned from the north and east, towards the greek capital. homes, businesses, even hospitals have been evacuated. translation: it hurts. we've grown up in the forest. we feel great sadness and anger. the fight against the expanding blaze comes from the sky and from residents on the ground. people who've had to flee tell of their terror. translation: the flames surrounded me, i couldn't see. i hit a pine tree and this happened. greece is no stranger to wildfires, but scientists warn things are getting worse because of climate change.

this is a nation that just experienced its hottestjuly on record. we also have this very, very dry fuels, which contribute to the rapid spread of the fire and also they increase the chance of having a spot fire, generating away and quickly expanding wildfire. overall, i would say that it's another very difficult day, and the situation right now in terms of the fire spread and the fire behaviour is extremely difficult from the point of view of controlling it. people are continuing to be evacuated from their homes. these scenes were filmed north of the capital as officers tried to bring residents to safety. medics are urging people to be cautious, especially the elderly, pregnant women, young children and those with respiratory or heart problems. high winds have fuelled these flames, and there's no relief forecast from the searing heat over the coming days. thick clouds have been hanging over the ancient acropolis,

a city under siege. jessica parker, bbc news, in athens. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. two 12—old—boys are the youngest to be convicted for their role in the recent riots across parts of the uk. they cannot be named because of their age. one was caught on cctv throwing an object at police in southport and the other admitted to two charges of violent disorder in manchester. a doctor who treated valdo calocane — who fatally stabbed three people in nottingham — warned three years before the attacks that his mental illness was so severe he could "end up killing someone". calocane's mother and brother have told bbc panorama that this was one of a series of missed opportunities over three years that could have prevented the killings. street artist banksy unveiled new mural in southeast london — showing a rhino mounting a nissan micra

with a traffic cone on its bonnet. the piece which was confirmed on banksy�*s instagram account, marks his eighth mural in the past eight days. it comes a day after he painted swimming piranhas on to a city of london police sentry box which was first spotted on sunday morning. you're live with bbc news. us presidentjoe biden has joined four european leaders in urging iran to de—escalate tensions amid fears tehran could soon launch a retaliatory strike on israel. the joint statement warned of "serious consequences" for regional security if there were to be an attack. it said: it comes as british prime minister sir keir starmer spoke on the phone to iran's new president masoud pezeshkian asking him to refrain from attacking israel, saying the war was not in anyone's interest. us secretary of state antony blinken is scheduled

to travel to the middle east tuesday night. the trip comes as white house national security spokesperson john kirby warned that iran or its proxies could launch a significant attack as early as this week. in preparation, the us has beefed up its regionalforces over the past few days. sending a guided missile submarine to the middle east on sunday to support israel as it braces for a potential attack. our middle east correspondent wyre davies sent this update injerusalem. there have been increasingly credible intelligence reports and an increasing expectation that sooner rather than later iran will follow through with its vow to respond against israel either directly or indirectly through hezbollah for those attacks believed to have been carried out

by israel. in iran and in southern lebanon against seniorfigures in hamas and hezbollah. how those will take place we simply do not know but the israeli government says its military is prepared for an attack. all of this comes against increasing international pressure for iran to pull back from the brink. the americans have increased their naval presence in the region. there's been a co—ordinated effort from the governments of france, britain and germany persuading iran not to go through with an attack. in the last few hours the british prime minister, keir starmer, has spoken to the new iranian president, again emphasising that level of international concern and saying that any iranian attack mightjeopardise peace indirectly —— and israel, but it is looking increasingly, perhaps, uncertain — those talks might not even take place.

it is very difficult to second guess what the new hamas leader, yahya sinwar, and the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, want to get from those talks and whether either man is prepared to make the necessary sacrifices to achieve a ceasefire and secure the release of those hostages still being held by hamas in gaza. with me is diplomat and chair of the middle east programme at the wilson centre, ambassadorjames jeffrey. ta nks tanks were coming into the studio. we are hearing about a lot more diplomacy and we have heard from the us and other european nations urging iran to pull back. european nations urging iran to ull back. , ,, pull back. this something you have to do — pull back. this something you have to do for _ pull back. this something you have to do for any _ pull back. this something you have to do for any new- pull back. this something you l have to do for any new military crisis to warn everybody and make sure that all of the channels are open and of course the new irani and president has been, from all reports, have tried to urge caution but whether or not they will listen

to these calls or not, that is still not been questioned. there are likely the iranians are likely to do something whether it will be the major escalate that will require an israeli and possible american retaliation, that is still all in the cards.— retaliation, that is still all in the cards. we are hearing from the — in the cards. we are hearing from the white _ in the cards. we are hearing from the white house - in the cards. we are hearing from the white house that l in the cards. we are hearing i from the white house that that significant attack, as they've ascribed, could come as early ascribed, could come as early as this week. would the intelligence channels be able to suggest how soon it might come? there has been a lot of speculation now for a number of days. speculation now for a number of da 5. ., . ., , speculation now for a number of das. :, : :,y ., days. particularly hezbollah in lebanon. _ days. particularly hezbollah in lebanon. is — days. particularly hezbollah in lebanon, is very _ days. particularly hezbollah in lebanon, is very good - days. particularly hezbollah in lebanon, is very good at - days. particularly hezbollah in i lebanon, is very good at moving quickly and they are the greater threat to israel because they have such a large number of missile systems they can overpower simply by name —— simply by numbers. iran has long—range missiles but as we said before, there are usually defeated and intercepted but if both act at the same time there will be some signals setting up launches and that kind of thing but it will only be a few

hours. but it will only be a few hours, ., , but it will only be a few hours. ., , i. but it will only be a few hours. ., , , , hours. so what is your sense about how — hours. so what is your sense about how soon _ hours. so what is your sense about how soon it _ hours. so what is your sense about how soon it might - hours. so what is your sense i about how soon it might come? my about how soon it might come? my sense that something will happen in the next few days. i believe that iran and even hezbollah will in the end link partially because president biden has sent such a massive military force into the region and has made it clear, particularly sending offensive systems such as f 32 fighter—bombers. they don't shoot things down, they blow things up, that there is going to be a massive retaliation if iran strikes seriously into resident in —— into israel. moving on to gaza. we understand there might be new rounds of talks although there is some complications over that. hamas was to the existing deal that was presented byjoe biden earlier in the year. israel wants to change some of the terms. what hope, if any, do you have over some sort of agreements to come to fruition. it is all linked since the

conflict on the seventh of october, has been linked around the region. hamas has been cornered through israeli military actions and the fact that their hopes of the international community might slow israel down hasn't borne fruit. there is also hope that hezbollah and iran would threaten israel and effectively israel isn't being threatened. so hamas is facing a decision point. whether hamas negotiators will participate on thursday or not is open and may wait to see what iran and hezbollah does. but we are entering an endgame, i think, in gaza. hamas needs some kind of ceasefire, the israelis want a ceasefire. there is no agreement finally between the us and israel as far as we can see on the terms was is a question whether hamas will take them or not.— question whether hamas will take them or not. and of course a question _ take them or not. and of course a question whether _ take them or not. and of course a question whether hamas - take them or not. and of course a question whether hamas will. a question whether hamas will take them or not. and of course hamas has a new leader following the killer of its leader yahya sinwar. does that change the shots? he

leader yahya sinwar. does that change the shots?— change the shots? he was negotiating _ change the shots? he was negotiating and _ change the shots? he was negotiating and has - change the shots? he was negotiating and has been | change the shots? he was| negotiating and has been a change the shots? he was - negotiating and has been a real leader of hamas for some time unfortunately.— unfortunately. and 'ust briefly we know that h unfortunately. and just briefly we know that antony - unfortunately. and just briefly we know that antony blinken l unfortunately. and just briefly l we know that antony blinken is due to joe we know that antony blinken is due tojoe —— due to return to the region. we have seen him back and forth for months now. what it do you think is the purpose of this particular visit. it purpose of this particular visit. , : purpose of this particular visit. , ., ., , visit. it is what secretaries of state — visit. it is what secretaries of state too. _ visit. it is what secretaries of state too. the - visit. it is what secretaries of state too. the main - visit. it is what secretaries - of state too. the main american move in the middle east isn't tony blinken, it is setting aircraft and reinforcing submarines where we are to have them. : ., submarines where we are to have them. :, ~ i. submarines where we are to have them. :, ~ ., , :, them. thank you ambassador james jeffrey _ them. thank you ambassador james jeffrey for _ them. thank you ambassador james jeffrey for taking - them. thank you ambassador james jeffrey for taking us i james jeffrey for taking us through everything in the middle east. could we be closer to finding life on mars? scientists say they've identified liquid water on the planet, deep in it's rocky outer crust. the findings come from a new analysis of data from a nasa probe that touched down back in 2018. victoria gill has that story. the red planet. for years, scientists have searched for the secrets of its watery past. its surface is marked by channels

from ancient rivers, but it's now a desert. this latest study has finally found the planet's missing liquid water, buried deep in the martian rock. to locate it, nasa had to send a very sensitive piece of robotic equipment. lift—off of the united launch alliance atlas v rocket. and that's what they did back in 2018... touchdown confirmed. cheering and applause. ..when i was at nasa's jet propulsion laboratory as the team celebrated the successful landing of the mars insight probe. it will be sending its data back here, to mission control at nasa in california. it carried a seismometer — a device that picked up vibrations from inside the planet — marsquakes. during its four years of quietly listening, insight, provided scientists with a record of seismic activity, and that has painted a picture of the internal structure of mars. the probe recorded more than 1,300 quakes, and the researchers have now studied that record in detail, analysing exactly how mars moves. the vibrations reveal what the planet is made of,

and they showed that deep in the rocky martian crust, there are reservoirs of water. we've identified places on mars where there are large amounts of liquid water. you know, water is the most important molecule in shaping the evolution of a planet and its climate. and we've identified how much of it is present and where it's sitting. this martian groundwater is between 10 and 20km beneath the surface. it'll be difficult to reach, but it could guide scientists to another promising target in the ongoing search for signs of life on mars. for now, though, this has uncovered a secret about the history of the red planet that has been buried for billions of years. victoria gill, bbc news. there is moral that story on the bbc news website and a reminder that we are still monitoring that conversation on the platform at between donald trump and billionaire elon musk. as you can see on the screen there, that is the bbc news website. we have a live

page which is monitoring that chat and of course that chat had some technical glitches. it was about a5 minutes late to getting under way. elon musk naming those issues on a massive cyber attack stop of course this coincides with the return of donald trump to x formally known as twitter after he was taken off the site in 2021. i am he was taken off the site in 2021. iam rajini he was taken off the site in 2021. i am rajini vaidyanathan. thanks for watching, please stay with us. hello there. it's been a very dramatic start to the week, what with the thunder and lightning and the heat and humidity, and it was hottest across east anglia, the south east and lincolnshire. temperatures widely over 30 degrees. but it was in cambridge where we set the highest temperature of the year so far. those temperatures are ebbing away. we'll be turning cooler through the rest of the week, and while there'll be some sunshine at times, there'll also be some spells of rain. these are the temperatures early in the morning, still quite warm across southeastern areas, but elsewhere a more

comfortable 10 or 11 degrees. and there is cloud and rain coming into western areas by the morning, and this rain will push very slowly eastwards. moving away from northern ireland, we'll get some sunshine. we'll see the rain pushing eastwards across scotland, moving further into northern england, wales and the southwest. but across the midlands, lincolnshire, east anglia and the southeast, it's dry. a little bit hazy with the sunshine perhaps, especially in the afternoon, but very warm once again. temperatures 27 or 28 degrees. not as hot or as humid as it was on monday. but there is cooler air coming into the northwest. it follows that weather front that's bringing the cloud and rain. that meanders down towards the southeast. it brings a very different look to the weather across the east midlands, lincolnshire, east anglia and the southeast of england on wednesday. much more cloud around, a bit of rain and drizzle at times, although it does become drier later. but it's across the rest of the uk that we've got the fine weather this time, and it should be a fair bit of sunshine too. not that warm, perhaps making 20 degrees at best in scotland and northern ireland. a little bit warmer across england and wales. but it is turning cooler because we're seeing atlantic air coming our way,

and that's going to bring with it some rain. the next weather system arriving overnight and moving down into the uk on thursday. some stronger winds with that rain in scotland and northern ireland. it's moving more slowly southwards now, so it's going to be later in the day that we get some sunshine in the northwest. may well stay dry through the midlands, east anglia and the southeast, and actually quite warm here, temperatures 26 degrees or so. but it is cooling down a touch for scotland and northern ireland. that rain does eventually move southwards overnight. it may take a little while to clear away from southeastern most parts of england on friday, but otherwise following that, we've got some sunshine, blustery wind in the northwest will blow in some more showers into parts of scotland, where temperatures are still only 17 or 18 degrees, further south, 23 or 2a.

oil prices rise as tensions in the middle east fuel concerns that global supply could be disrupted. it's said to be taller than the eiffel tower — find out how kashmir�*s brand—new railway bridge will help boost its economy. hello and welcome to business today. i'm steve lai. we start with global crude oil prices, which rallied overnight to top $80 a barrel. prices are lower now

when asian trade. the pop in prices came after the us announced it was increasing its deployment of military resources to the middle east to safeguard israel. israel has been preparing for retaliation by iran and the hezbollah for nearly two weeks after the assassination of a hamas leader in tehran. our energy expert mukesh sahdev explained where he sees oil prices headed after that a% jump overnight. we do believe that the oil price will continue to be volatile in this $80—$90 a barrel range. i know that there is a lot on the geopolitical side and right now some expectations are higher, escalation is probably helping. i think if you talk about fundamentals, i want to make two very important key points on how to see the oil prices. one, i believe the opec map...