live from london, this is bbc news. we report from inside russia and find out what people think about ukraine's cross—border offensive into the country. for the first time in more than 80 years you have foreign fighters on russian soil seizing russian territory. it comes as ukraine says it's destroyed another key bridge in russia's kursk region, while the russian military claim they've taken a village on the frontline. us secretary of state antony blinken is in israel amid hopes a gaza ceasefire deal can be reached. the british government announces plans to confront hatred and extreme prejudice against women in its counter terrorism programme. and the french actor alain delon — once described as the most beautiful man in cinema — dies at the age of 88.

hello, i'm martine croxall. ukraine's air force say they've destroyed another bridge in russia's kursk region. air force commander mykola oleshchuck released this footage, saying russia was "minus one more bridge" and that strikes were depriving them of logisitical capabilities. it comes almost two weeks after ukraine's surprise cross border operation into russia. these are the latest pictures from the rostov region in south—west russia. the governor there says firefighters were called to put out a fire at an industrial facility struck by debris from a ukrainian drone. both sides say air defences destroyed multiple drones and missiles fired by the other side overnight. ukraine's offensive in the kursk region represents the first time in more than 80 years that a foreign army has seized and occupied russian territory. the attack has shocked the russian public, who'd been lead to believe that their country's border

was safely guarded. our russia editor steve rosenberg sent this report from the town of aleksin. this is aleksin, a 700—year—old town about 100 miles from moscow. and i've come here to find out what people think about the dramatic situation which has been unfolding in kursk region with the ukrainian incursion. with ukrainian soldiers now in russia, lyubov tells me that she's worried. "i can't even watch the news on tv because i start crying," she says. how is this possible? someone let this happen? "people here trust our soldiers to finish the job," andrei says. and to win. at the market, regina is selling vegetables from her garden. "the most

important thing," regina says, "is that war doesn't come here, that they don't get all the way here. our soldiers, especially the commanders, must be more vigilant. keep in mind, this is a nation which is constantly being reminded by those in power here of the horrors of the second world war, the horrors of invasion. world war two is very much part of the national psyche here and now. for the first time in more than 80 years, you have foreign fighters on russian soil seizing russian territory. that's quite a shock. vladimir is worried but thinks that russia will achieve victory. what exactly is victory in this war, iask him. victory is when there will be peace, he says. 0n the town square a patriotic pop concert style. but the atmosphere is pretty subdued. people do seem worried. very worried by the situation in kursk region, by the ukrainian attack.

people do want peace, there's no doubt about it. but here's the thing. they still seem to trust the man at the top, the man running the country, president putin, to secure that peace for them. the same leader who, two and a half years ago, launched the full scale invasion of ukraine. steve rosenberg, bbc news, aleksin, russia. 0ur bbc ukrainian service correspondent, zhanna bezpiatchuk joins me now. how is this incursion being portrayed to the ukrainian people? we were just hearing from steve rosenberg that the russian public are shocked by it. i rosenberg that the russian public are shocked by it.— are shocked by it. i think first of all it is portrayed _ are shocked by it. i think first of all it is portrayed as _ are shocked by it. i think first of all it is portrayed as very - all it is portrayed as very important step towards ending this war in a way which will be fair to

the ukrainian people. so what i can really detect may be as the main trend in all discussions over this incursion in the region of kursk in ukraine among people is that whether and how exactly this incursion can help end the war on ukrainian terms, and can make negotiations, peace talks, more realistic in the nearest future. so i think this is the most important thing for ukrainians that are absolutely exhausted after over two years of constant fight, of missile and drone attacks. 0vernight we had one more missile and drone attack, for example in the capital

kyiv, and in other regions of ukraine. ., ., kyiv, and in other regions of ukraine. ., ., ., ., ukraine. how though, would a negotiation — ukraine. how though, would a negotiation around _ ukraine. how though, would a negotiation around a - ukraine. how though, would a negotiation around a table - ukraine. how though, would a - negotiation around a table about? surely it is going to a third country to get that to happen? yes. country to get that to happen? yes, this is one of _ country to get that to happen? yes, this is one of the _ country to get that to happen? 133 this is one of the biggest country to get that to happen? 1&1: this is one of the biggest issues with regard to the possible future peace talks. there are many ideas around this. what i can say is that one of them, it is one of the central areas that the third country and it should be the countries from middle east, or maybe even from africa orfrom latin america, the countries that are neutral in their attitudes to this war, the countries that can be heard and respected by russia. the countries that have their own more or less successful

history of relationships with russia. so i think that's one of the possible solutions. the other way to this, at least the way it is presented in public, there has already been one summit and ukraine hopes that it can get more this year and at some point russia is supposed to be invited to this peace initiative of ukraine. thank you very much- _ the remaining 31 ted baker stores in the uk are to close this week, putting more than 500 jobs at risk. all of the fashion brand's stores are expected to have shut by the end of tuesday. the fashion retailer was put into administration in march this year. ted baker began as a menswear brand in glasgow in 1988 and grew to have shops across the uk

and in the united states, with licensing agreements in place for stores in cities in asia and the middle east. with me is our business reporter, simon browning. this is a sad end to a brand that has been popular in its time. indeed, started in 1988 pin glass go by ray kelvin. a really popular store, started out as a menswear store, started out as a menswear store and divulge into womenswear and homeware. but as we have seen, the retail environment in the last five or ten years has been very difficult and the brand has struggled. the remaining 31 stores are going to close by tuesday. 15 stores closed earlier this year when the company went into administration. 250 jobs were lost and there are another 500 set to go on tuesday when the stores close for the last time on tuesday evening. i went and did a bit of investigation and ran down to the regent street store just a couple of moments ago. indeed the store is definitely closing. it is emblazoned with 70%

discount stickers. inside the store there is literally nothing left. the shoppers that have been there today have taken the 70% deals and they are even selling the shop fittings themselves for £100 apiece. it is safe to say that store will definitely close because, as it looked 15 minutes ago, there is nothing on their left. 50 looked 15 minutes ago, there is nothing on their left.— looked 15 minutes ago, there is nothing on their left. so 500 people orso nothing on their left. so 500 people or so worried _ nothing on their left. so 500 people or so worried about _ nothing on their left. so 500 people or so worried about their _ nothing on their left. so 500 people or so worried about their future. - or so worried about their future. why did it come to this? what happened in more recent times to mean the brand couldn't continue? the company has stated, the administrators stated back in march that a couple of difficult deals had been done a few years ago tying the company up with another firm and that it was very difficult to recover some of the problems that had happened during that and they weren't recoverable. the company suffered a couple of issues with its management. the founder, ray kelvin, had to resign, because of misconduct

allegations against female staff. the company has been through a traumatic time in the last 11—5 years and it looks like the company will close its doors for the last time on tuesday evening. for close its doors for the last time on tuesday evening.— close its doors for the last time on tuesday evening. for the moment, simon, tuesday evening. for the moment, simon. thank _ tuesday evening. for the moment, simon, thank you _ tuesday evening. for the moment, simon, thank you very _ tuesday evening. for the moment, simon, thank you very much. - tuesday evening. for the moment, | simon, thank you very much. simon browning, our business reporter. a senior hamas official has told the bbc that no progress has been made. during a cabinet meeting today israel's prime minister accused hamas of being obstinate. he called for more pressure to be put on the group ahead of a new round of talks this week. meanwhile they have been more israeli air strikes on gaza. these are some of the pictures of a destroyed residential building in

central gaza in town. . they have been targets struck in neighbouring lebanon by hezbollah. donald trump has been hurling personal insults at kamala harris and accused her of unleashing devastating inflation on the united states whilst on a rally in pennsylvania. meanwhile, chicago has been gearing up to officiate kamala harris as democratic nominee replacing joe biden in a historic turnaround months before the us election. shannon felton spence is a us political and communications strategist. i asked her whether harris having a relatively short time to prepare is a help, or a hindrance. at the moment, it's a huge advantage because she is running on vibes only. the momentum is truly in herfavour at the moment. it's very evident based off of how much excitement is around her and her running mate, tim walz, thatjoe biden stepping away from the ticket was absolutely

the right move for the democratic party. there was such high voter apathy, that's the so—called double—haters, people that didn't want to vote forjoe biden, didn't want to vote for donald trump, so they were just going to sit it out. and now a lot of those people are off the couch. they're on their social media. they're advocating for harris. they're, you know, they're engaging in the process. and that is alljust based off of switching out the top of the ticket. and so right now this is an advantage. she's running into the convention to secure the nomination, just with a lot of energy. and all she needs to do really is keep that going for less than 100 days, and she's going to be in really good shape. we've had celebrities endorsing her. there's been a rather sort of heavy, heady fandom around her with her viral brat girl summer memes aplenty online. to what extent, though, has she still got people within the party to convince? the party is convinced. so democrats for sure are locked up for harris and walz. we saw that whenjoe biden stepped

aside and he endorsed kamala harris, there was no fight for who should be the next candidate. it was kamala harris. so the democrats, those are hardcore democrat voters are locked up. now, there is a whole crop, millions of new americans, who have just turned voting age. so young americans are sort of up for grabs. and that might make a huge difference in this election. and then also there's people that have sat out the last couple of elections. so those are independents. those are never—trumpers. they feel outside of the maga movement, and they're looking for somebody to convince them one way or another. and that's actually the play where she picked tim walz was to bring those sort of never—trumpers, maybe more moderate republicans, over to her, to her side. how prominent is her running mate, tim walz going to be at the convention? we haven't heard a huge amount from him since he was chosen. i actually disagree. i think one of the biggest risks for her at the moment is trump, excuse me, walz—mania. he has almost zero name recognition. nobody had really heard of him.

he was governor of minnesota and then a congressman before that. and he has really caught fire. that sort of unknown factor. has really worked for the ticket�*s advantage. but i'm a little afraid that he might end up upstaging her because he is so good on the stump. but, you know, he has to introduce himself as much as she does to the voters at the moment. and so the convention is going to have a lot of this is who kamala harris is. this is what her story is. this is what she stands for. and this is who tim walz is. this is what he stands for. this is what he wants to do for the country. so, you know, the number one thing that you need to win a presidential election is name recognition. and neither of these individuals had that at a very high percentage before they were on the ticket. and so that is a little bit of a hill to climb. how much are we going to hear this week in policy terms? we should hear a lot. so, like i said, this campaign

at the moment has been running purely on vibes, which is good. it was needed. we needed that energy. we needed a shift in messaging for voters to get excited. but we need also a discussion on policy, and we need to understand why a vote for kamala harris and tim walz is different than a vote for trump and jd vance. and so just recently they rolled out their economic policies, and that is really telling the story of what average americans can expect in their pocketbooks if they vote for the democrats. economics really drives voters to the polls. but what i'm looking to hear is foreign policy, because we've got two wars, two very prominent wars raging in gaza and in the ukraine. and we have not heard almost anything on foreign policy from vice president harris or her running mate. and so there will need to be a focus on that at the convention. but remember, you know, the conventions are about locking up the nomination and so a lot of it is going to be excitement and razzle—dazzle, with a side of policy.

hundreds of protesters have gathered in the seaside town of bournemouth in southwest england on sunday. about 200 anti—immigration protesters and around 500 people from groups including stand up to racism congregated in the town centre, in two separate protests this morning. dorset police say the groups began to disperse at around 1pm. additional temporary powers that allow police officers to stop and search people for weapons remain in place until 11pm tonight. india's ministry of health has urged all doctors to return to work, promising to form an urgent committee to look into the safety of healthcare professionals. the ministry was responding to a nationwide strike over the rape and murder of a female junior doctor at a kolkata hospital. tens of thousands of people have been protesting over the last week, also calling for more action to tackle violence against women. a part of the services have been resumed, but the call was for 2h hours, given by the indian medical

association. still, the doctors are keeping away from performing their duties from the hospitals, and they are staging protests in their hospitals, and even taking out rallies in kolkata, particularly, they braved the rains and they took out processions here against that incident and they are demanding capital punishment for the culprits, and they are also demanding that if there are other accused, other culprits also along with that person arrested, that they should also be booked immediately. the chief minister, she has assured that the process, the investigation is being conducted fairly, but the case was handed over to the central bureau of investigation, that is the prime investigating agency of india. so, the cbi has taken up the case, and in the meantime, the supreme court of india has taken suo motu cognizance of the incident, and it will hear the position on tuesday, as we get the information from the supreme court website.

this is a case where it has sparked a wide range of unrest and widespread anger among the people, and even today, the police imposed prohibitionary orders in some of the areas, these are orders calling for restriction of movement or assembly of more than four orfive people in a place. that is around the hospital, the rg kar medical hospital where the incident took place. despite this prohibitory order coming into force, people took to the streets, and even a football match, this is the durand cup, a big, prestigious match between two prestigious football clubs, mohun bagan and east bengal football clubs, they had been cancelled today, and the protesters were angry at this incident and angry against the cancellation of the derby match. they protested on the streets, and police had to resort to a mild baton charge. so the atmosphere here in kolkata,

is really bad, because everywhere there are protests, despite a ban on protest, people are coming out on the streets, activists, civil society members, political parties, so the government here, the state government, the local government is under pressure after this case, because the police and the government is being accused of actually not doing their duty properly, and even the hospital administration where the incident took place is being questioned by the people and even the family members of the victim. french film star alain delon has died, at the age of 88. the actor was part of the golden era of french cinema, known for his tough—guy persona on screen in hits including the samurai and borsalino. his family say he died peacefully at home, surrounded by his children and family. in the last few hours president macron has paid his tribute — posting on x "alain delon played legendary roles and made the world dream. lending his unforgettable face

to shake up our lives. melancholic, popular, secret, he was more than a star: a french monument." film and culture critic ashanti 0mkar has more on what made him so special. he was just so charismatic in all his roles. it felt like, though this man did not come from a background of acting, he imbibed those roles like they belonged to him. he was charismatic, he was good looking. women were gaga over him. and he had those deep blue eyes that really drew people into the screen. what was the appeal for the top names later on in his career to work with him? people like martin scorsese, quentin tarantino, who sought him out. well, whilst they didn't directly work with him, they cited him as an inspiration in a lot of their work, you know, including people likejohn woo, especially with the samurai that you mentioned, because this

is a film that people looked at the role and the way he essayed it and said, this guy, he has brought a magnetic character to the screen. how do we also do something like this? and french cinema was very different from hollywood. and you know, when you when you look at alain's life, he has worked in france, in europe, that's where he has made the most mark. and he was also very well loved in japan. but when it came to hollywood, hollywood directors were looking at him and saying, how do we make this happen in our own cinema? and so they've cited him as somebody that they have looked at and have been very inspired by, because he indubitably has been an icon of cinema. but he did express some views which some people found controversial. and he was even accused of misogyny at times because of his attitude towards women, amongst other things. that's right. when the palme d'0r, he was given an honorary palme d'0r, which is the biggest award that the cannes film festival gives.

and, you know, on one hand he has done the work, you know, six decades of working in cinema. he's done the work to gain that. but he has had some very, very strange views on lots of things, actually, and he's been quite outspoken about them. so there is this thing between the art and the artist. and in this case, it seems that as a person, as a man himself, there's lots of things about him not to like. but when you saw him on screen, you forgot all of that and just, you know, you just let yourself be enveloped by the man, his face, the way he just crafted his roles. the predicted rise in sea levels due to global warming has focused attention on measures that can be taken to protect coastlines. sand dunes play a key role in providing a natural line of defence, but many are threatened. yet a project in the north of england to secure them using christmas trees is showing promising results. 0ur reporterjudy hobson has been to find out more.

these dunes once stretched for miles inland, but not any more. they had to make way for housing and roads. and now just 20% of these lancashire dunes remain. sand dunes are hugely important for many different reasons. first and foremost, they act as a wonderful soft sea defence. so in years gone by, you know, there's lots of people that would have put hard sea defences in through sea walls. but i think we're finally realising that actually nature based solutions play a huge role in coastal defence now. and sand dunes and salt marsh act as a buffer between the land and the sea. removing sand dunes has left towns along the coast here vulnerable to flooding. in recent years, though, there's been a huge effort to widen the dunes once again. this whole area has widened by up to 100m. hopefully we can go out another ten to 20m. the work that we're doing is pushing mean high water back. planting marram grass helps to bind the sand together, but over the years, volunteers have also placed christmas trees here to make the dunes even more secure.

it's very effective, so we've been using it since 2013. we were definitely not the first sand dunes project to use christmas trees, but i think we are one of the longest standing now and it's worked extremely well. so much so that it's acted as a case study for lots of other dune projects around the uk. sand dunes also provide a rare habitat. the land is owned by the local councils, who recently worked with conservation groups to introduce these creatures. sand lizards, i love sand lizards. they weren't playing ball today though. this footage was filmed by bbc springwatch. so we released them over four years, 412 in total, and myjob now is to monitor that population, to see where they're spreading, how many we've got and if they're breeding. we've seen over 70 this year, which is really good. previous years we've seen about 50, 40—50. so as we had the right habitat here, it was the perfect opportunity to get them out here. we can carry on building the dunes out towards the sea. eventually we'll hit mean high tide

where we'll lose more dunes than we're making. and that'll be the point where we stop. the fylde sand dunes project is currently being funded by the environment agency until 2027, but it's hoped this essential project will be able to continue for many more years after that. let's ta ke let's take you to pittsburgh in the united states. this is the plane that the vice president kamala harris has just got off with her vice presidential pick tim walz. they have arrived for a bus talk before they head to chicago for the democratic national convention. she will be officiated as the official nominee for the presidential race. let's show you some pictures from a little bit earlier. the us secretary of state antony blinken has arrived in israel for talks with the biden administration, intensifying diplomatic pressure to achieve a

ceasefire on gaza. you're watching bbc news. good afternoon. it's been a fairly quiet weekend of weather. it's all change again next week. even today, we're not without a few showers. they've been peppering scotland, one or two elsewhere across northern ireland, western fringes of england and wales, but hopefully the cloud will melt away. more sunshine will come out to end the day and it's feeling pleasantly warm, although there's quite a brisk wind in the north and west in particular, but the wind does tend to ease a little overnight, allowing some mist and fog to form across england and wales. but look for the west winds strengthening. the next band of rain is approaching, so temperatures won't fall quite so low here, and it is all about the areas of low pressure as we move into the new week. the first one sweeps in through the second part of monday, clearing tuesday, then a brief ridge of high pressure. this next one coming in wednesday. thursday contains the remnants of hurricane ernesto, so that's sure to give us some wet weather.

and, as you can see from the tightly packed isobars, some windy weather as well. more rain hot on its heels for friday. it still looks as if many southern and eastern areas won't see that much rain this week. these are the rainfall totals for the next five days, but we could see in excess of 100mm up across the north west of scotland, so that's certainly one to watch. the early fog will clear, might be around for the first hour or so of the rush hour, and then some fine and dry weather, but the rain really takes hold mid—morning across northern ireland, the south and west of scotland, and the met office have a warning out for as much as 50mm of rain throughout monday, monday night and into tuesday morning. still quite warm, particularly where we see the sunshine in southern and eastern areas. but the wind and the rain does arrive here, although not as heavy, and we do have more rain through the night pushing back into the north. i think the main thing is it will be much warmer, more humid overnight monday into tuesday. more uncomfortable for sleeping, but most of the rain should clear, with it the humidity.

but then we have a band of heavy thundery showers following as well. the rain could be thundery as well in the north and west close to that low pressure. there's more of that to come in northwest scotland, but i think on the whole a fresher day. now, later tuesday into wednesday, brief bump of high pressure, but then the next weather system rushes in off the atlantic giving us some really quite wet weather. there are warnings out for this as well. across western scotland we could see another two, three, four inches of rain in places and some unseasonably windy weather as well. certainly one to watch.

this is bbc news, the headlines: ukraine says it has destroyed a second key bridge inside the kursk region of russia. the attack will further isolate russian troops, as ukraine presses on with its kursk counteroffensive. meanwhile russia says it has captured another village in the donetsk region. the us secretary of state antony blinken has arrived in israel, in his latest effort to push for a ceasefire and hostage—release deal in gaza. the hamas—run health ministry says at least 21 people — including six children — have been killed in the latest israeli strikes. the french actor alain delon — once described as the most beautiful man in cinema — has died at the age of 88. his friend and fellow star brigitte bardot said he left a deep void that nobody could fill.

hello. returning to the middle east now and the us secretary of state has arrived in israel. here is antony blinken disembarking the plane in tel aviv half an hour ago. mr blinken's visit comes as president biden says a ceasefire deal is closer than ever. but a senior hamas official has told the bbc no process had been made. earlier prime minister netanyahu accused hamas of being "obstinate." he called for more pressure to be put on the group, ahead of a new round of talks this week. 0ur correspondent tom bateman is travelling with antony blinken — and has this update from tel aviv. antony blinken arrives for his ninth visit to the region since october 7th. that in itself i think shows how hard to achieve this attempt at a conclusive gaza ceasefire and hostage release and prisoner release deal has become. a

senior administration official on the way here are saying that they believe this is a critical moment and in their words and inflection point. this is all about the americans putting on pressure to try to finally drive through this deal, they hope, within the next week or two, and there is an increasing tone of optimism from the americans about the possibility of that, but i have to say that is not matched by the kind of language in the public messages at least from both hamas and the israeli leadership, who are both accusing the other effectively of obstinate cynicism, of blocking this deal. the key point is about whether or not there will be a clause in this deal to keep some form of israeli occupation on the ground in gaza. the south of the gaza strip on the border with egypt.

what the americans are saying is the time for trying to draw more concessions, final concessions from this deal is over. they have come here and missed a blinking will meet benjamin netanyahu, the israeli leader, tomorrow, and the messages this is the moment to take a deal. yonahjeremy bob is an author and senior military correspondent forjerusalem post. he's been monitoring the talks and explained the potential sticking points. if you talk to some of the negotiators — who are people who really want there to be a deal, they have been trying for ten months to get these hostages back to their families — they're very optimistic. if you talk to some of netanyahu's people, they're very pessimistic. now, there's a reason here, even though they're, you know, it's part of the same country and system, but netanyahu is worried about losing his government. he has two very right—wing ministers who could bring his government down, and they have said that they will bring his government down if he ends the war without having destroyed hamas. he hasn't destroyed hamas yet. 0n the other hand, there's this huge

contingent in israel that want the hostages back, even if the war has to be paused. what does pause mean? does it mean two months? six months? that's not the point. people want the hostages back. the negotiators want the hostages back. and so you see sometimes this zig—zag that almost seems to make no sense within israel of different messages coming out. how critical is what happens to the philadelphi corridor, this eight—mile strip of land between egypt and the gaza strip? the philadelphi corridor is super critical. if israel controls the philadelphi corridor, hamas cannot re—arm. the philadelphi corridor is the cross border between gaza and egypt. that is the only way that hamas can interact with the outside world. israel can prevent arms coming in from, you know, the air, from coming in from the sea. israel has not been able to prevent arms coming in from there. we heard recently there's something like 180 tunnels that hamas has had to be able to smuggle weapons. so if israel controls that, hamas cannot re—arm.

that is huge for hamas's future. 0n the other hand, hamas has made it clear that they won't give up the hostages if israel holds on to the corridor. so there have been creative solutions that israel could maintain technology on the corridor that it gets to man, and maybe some other international representatives, because israel doesn't trust either hamas or the palestinian authority. would that give israel enough security? would netanyahu be able to keep the very right—wing ministers in his government from knocking the government down as he has that? that's anybody�*s guess. a senior hamas official has told the bbc that there is no progress being made. of course, negotiators directly or indirectly are going to have to now deal with a new head of hamas, yahya sinwar, rather than ismail haniyeh. what difference is that changing leadership going to make? so i want to step back for a second and realise that at this stage, the hostages, it's sad to say,

but they're not the main issue. the main issues are the potential iran—hezbollah regional war with israel and whether there's going to be a future of hamas in gaza. israel has beaten most of hamas military in gaza, but not completely. so if israel stops the war and lets hamas make a comeback, then from the israeli perspective, maybe this is a failure, from the hamas perspective, with all of their losses, maybe this is a victory. and that's what the negotiation is really about. willa regional war be prevented? and who between israel and hamas can declare victory, or can both sides declare some kind of victory? if they can find a magic formula to do that, then both yahya sinwar of hamas and benjamin netanyahu could sign on. but if either one of them think that the other one is declaring victory too much, then sinwar will feel like he's lost too much, it's not worth him to make a deal, and netanyahu, worried about losing his government, also wouldn't want to make a deal.

let's ta ke let's take you back to western pennsylvania, pittsburgh, to be precise, because this is where we find the us democratic potential nominee, kamala harris, and her vice presidential running mate, tim walz, and they are doing a bus tour of western pennsylvania, but they will very shortly be heading to chicago where they will be centre stage with the democratic national convention, which is where they are both officiated into positions as presidential and vice presidential nominee. they have not had a great deal of time, have they, before the convention, becausejoe biden only withdrew from the presidential race a few weeks ago, but she has certainly seen a huge wave of enthusiasm for her candidacy. a lot

of people coming to rallies across the country. not to be outdone, donald trump has been visiting a lot of states ahead of kamala harris, notably north carolina, but taking a somewhat negative tone, holing personal insults at her and suggesting she is going to do bad things for the inflation rate of the united states. not being reflected in the polls, though, at the moment. we will follow their trip around western pennsylvania here in bbc news. thailand's new prime minister has said she will take steps to stimulate the country's flagging economy, combat drug problems and improve universal health care. paetongtarn shinawatra was speaking shortly after receiving the king's endorsement in a televised ceremony in the capital, bangkok. it paves the way for the 37—year—old to form a cabinet. her investiture comes on the same day her father — the former prime minister thaksin shinawatra — ends his parole

following convictions relating to abuse of authority during his time in office. he was included in a royal pardon for prisoners last month. following her endorsement from the king, paetongtarn shinawatra addressed the public. i'd like to thank the people of thailand, whether you voted for me or not. i promise to serve everyone equally and wholeheartedly. every age, every gender, every diversity. together, let's turn any challenges into opportunities, making thailand a place where everyone can dream, create and shape their future. thank you. vietnam's top leader, to lam, is on a three—day visit to china. his first overseas trip since taking up the role. chinese state media reports

he arrived in guangzhou — an industrial and export hub near hong kong. he's due to meet with chinese leader xijinping and other senior officials during the trip. he's also expected to visit sites where the former vietnamese communist leader ho chi minh spent time. several people have been injured after a ferris wheel caught fire at a music festival in eastern germany. videos show two carriages on the wheel alight, with smoke billowing into the air near the city of leipzig. 18 people were taken to hospital including one person who was injured in a fall and four people with burns. the cause of the fire is still being investigated. here in the uk — the home office says it will include extreme misogyny, the hatred of women, among types of extremism which the government should take steps to tackle. it's started a rapid review to address gaps in the current system and will develop plans to "map and monitor" extremist trends — both on and offline.

the home secretary yvette cooper said that "for too long" governments had "failed to address" the issue. earlier i spoke to political correspondent charlotte rose and she explains what home secretary wants to achieve through this review. she's asked civil servants to look at what are the particular activities that both promote violence and also undermine democracy? she says that they'll be looking at both the rise in far—right ideology, also islamist extremism, and now, of course, extreme misogyny. but, she says also, extremism that fits into broader categories like fixation on violence. and i guess there might be questions about whether this is a specific response by the government to the riots and disorder that we've seen in towns and cities across the uk. but actually, this was something that was in labour's manifesto during the election. so it's obviously something the party has been thinking about for some time. we know that since coming into government injuly, the labour party has launched a whole series of reviews

on different things. we've had strategic defence reviews, spending reviews, curriculum reviews, and i guess critics might say, "well, it's quite easy to put in place a review, that's a proxy for actual action." but yvette cooper is saying, "look, there hasn't been a new counter—extremism strategy since 2015. that's nine years ago now. so we need to look at what the new and emerging threats are." the london fire brigade is investigating the cause of a fire which damaged part of the roof at somerset house. more than 120 firefighters tackled the blaze at the historic building in central london which started at lunchtime yesterday. our culture reporter, noor nanji, reports. clouds of grey smoke filling the central london skyline on a busy saturday afternoon. they came from a fire that broke out in somerset house just before midday. staff and visitors were evacuated and 20 fire engines were sent to the scene. this is where efforts to tackle the fire are being focussed.

0n the side of the river that faces the river thames. you can see some of the scale of the operation behind me. they're spraying water onto the building's roof, which is where the flames are believed to be located. the cause of the blaze is currently under investigation. the response was complex and technical due to the age and design of the building. and firefighters will remain at the scene today. a number of staff and visitors left somerset house before the brigade arrived, and there are no reports of any injuries. somerset house is an historic site dating back centuries. it's now used as an arts venue and is home to the courtauld gallery, which houses priceless artworks including by van gogh, claude monet and paul cezanne. those artworks are believed to be safe. it's too early to comment on the building's condition, but i think thanks to the efforts of the emergency services, i'm confident that the damage is to one small part of the building.

the venue will remain closed until further notice, but the courtauld gallery will reopen to the public today. noor nanji, bbc news. one of the onion—shaped domes on the roof of brighton's royal pavilion is at risk of collapsing because of rot. workers discovered the decay during routine maintenance. they say it'll cost £20,000 to fix, but as chrissie reidy reports, the organisation still needs to raise half the money. built some 200 years ago, the royal pavilion's onion—shaped domes have dominated brighton's skyline, but following recent restoration work on the building's roof, substantial damage was discovered on one of the domes. it's a combination of moisture getting in, you can see how friable this timber is. yeah, rotten, aren't they? and therefore the masonry then has bonded and caused the fracture. debonded and caused the fracture. it's got to be fixed. the time frame is obviously relevant because we're in an exposed coastal location.

we've got driving wind and rain. so it's not something you're going to want to just cover up and then deal with in another summer. it needs to be done as soon as possible. the former royal residence was built by architectjohn nash as a summer retreat for king george iv, and went on to be used as a hospital during the first world war. restoration on brighton's royal pavilion began back in february. there has been a mix of works. they've been cleaning the stonework, there's been some repairs carried out and some redecorating. of course, the upkeep on any historical building is constant and costly. and having onlyjust repaired the museum's roof, the charity says it's struggling to come up with the £10,000 needed. anyone out there, organisations or individuals who, in effect, want to help this incredible building and become part of the history of this building because, in effect, you know, if they support it, it will be there forever, we would be so grateful in just helping us deal with this particular crisis.

it's not, it's not affecting the public. it's not affecting, you know, the building being open. but we need a quick solution to this one. the pavilion attracts some 400,000 visitors every year, so helping to preserve this iconic building could be your chance to be part of history. chrissie reidy, bbc news. research by a uk think tank suggests that — contrary to popular perception — older people are the least lonely age group in the country. four in ten older people say they sometimes feel lonely. but the figure jumps to seven out of ten when under 25s are questioned. the researchers say older people are much more likely to socialise and volunteer. josh nicholson from the centre for socialjustice wrote the study, and told me a little more about it. the centre for socialjustice polled a representative sample, about 2000 adults from across the uk, we also conducted a major analysis

and it came out of the study that older people are the least lonely group in society. it shatters the stereotype that older people are the most lonely. and it's actually young people, 70% of young people say they feel lonely at least some of the time. that's an astonishing number, if you go to a place where young people are, only three out of ten of them are not feeling lonely. they are major problems that the government needs to get a handle on. why are so many young people feeling lonely, and do you think it has changed over the years? it has changed over the years. one of the most significant changes to occur for younger people is a decline in the perceived strength of family relationships. so another organisation, we have worked with and spoken to, had found that over the last 20 years, the decline in family relationships, the strength of family relationships has caused a decline in well—being and a rise in loneliness in young people. and lonely nation part 2 which we publish today, which specifically looks at older people, finds there is lots to learn

from older people, they are more likely to see extended members of family, they are more engaged in the community and volunteer more, this all protects against loneliness. there is lots we can learn from our older friends in our community. what is that decline in family relations down to? i think there has been significant changes, one of the most significant is family breakdown. the uk has some of the most unstable family structures in europe, and this is actually ignored in loneliness research, it's not really looked at very often. the report is the second part in our series, earlier in the year we published a report specifically arguing that strengthening family needs to be at the heart of a new refreshed loneliness strategy. that is really the overarching call of these four reports which will be producing this year, government needs to refresh its loneliness strategy, it's a rising issue in society, we have not heard anything about it yet from the new government but it

needs to be tackled. a service which prides itself on being a safe space for women on nights out in leeds is facing an uncertain future, as its funding comes to an end. the safe—space—bus was launched two years ago and has since supported more than 2000 women, including those who've been assaulted, abused or had their drinks spiked. 0ur reporter emma glasbey spent a night with the team it's a saturday night in leeds city centre. and as the bars fill up, a group of women are getting ready for a busy night. we've got bottles of water, we've got hot drinks, cuppa soups, biscuits and we've got period products, phone chargers, essentials. this is the leeds night safe space bus next to the corn exchange where people can get support. it's focused on women. we have women come here for health care. we have women who have come here who have been assaulted.

we have women who feel vulnerable and unsafe. they might have lost their phone, they might have lost their friends. they might think they've been spiked. they might have been spiked. there's not been a single night where i've thought we weren't needed here tonight for something really important. throughout the night, the women keep a check on what's happening on the streets, and bars and clubs will often contact them when women need help. since starting at the end of 2022, they've supported more than 2,100 women. 178 of the women accessed emotional support, and 38 were helped to make reports to police. it seems this space is often in the right place at the right time. we have provided crucial suicide prevention work for some women. we have supported 51 women to disclose domestic violence and abuse for the very first time, have never told anybody about what they're going through. by being available in this sort of unique opportunity as part of a night out, people aren't always expecting it to be there, and that support is is unlike anything else that i know of in this city.

women's safety has come under the spotlight more in recent years and whilst many feel comfortable on a night out, for others, there are concerns. i think it's important to stay together and never be on your own, definitely in this day and age, sadly. we feel quite safe to be honest around here. like it's quite built up and there's cctv and things like that, so we do feel quite safe. you've got to think about who you're with and making sure that _ you feel safe with someone. and it shouldn't have to be like that. - you shouldn't have to think twice before you come out. _ safety wise it has been quite important, especially recently. we have heard of rise in spiking and whatnot. sojust protecting your drinks in general. i've had friends that have been spiked as well, and i've been spiked personally myself as well, yeah. tonight at the night safe space, the staff have supported several women, one with a head injury and a woman who'd experienced abuse as a child. but the staff are concerned about the future. so we're running out

of funding in september, and we're doing everything we can to try and fight for funding. but we're really struggling at this point. and i think without this service, leeds as a city will suffer. presumably there's other services that women can go to? not at this time, not at night. we've probably stopped so many assaults happening without even knowing. just by providing a safe place for women to wait for taxis, for women to come after nights out. and i think the statistics would demonstrate that if the service wasn't here. every saturday night, the bus is here in leeds. theyjust hope they can be here for many more weekends in the future. emma glasbey, bbc news. there are hopes one of england's most endangered birds can make a comeback, after being reintroduced to the fenlands of norfolk. the corncrake is a small, secretive bird known for its distinctive call which it sings from dusk until dawn. conservationists say at least nine calling males were heard this year, up from only three in 2021. 0ur reporter debbie tubby has been out to try and spot one.

the corncrake, with its distinctive call, was almost extinct in england in the 1960s. now it's starting to thrive in a small pocket of east anglia, thanks to what's thought to be the only breeding programme of its kind in the world. so these are the corncrake pens. tucked away in these aviaries are two week old chicks that arrived this morning. so newest arrivals are in these pens on the right hand side over here. we've got some that are slightly older further down the pen as well. they've been bred in captivity at pensthorpe, then hidden here away from humans to keep them wild. when the chicks are 1a to 16 days old, in the wild, they'd naturally be kicked out by mum. so we're extending that process by then, bringing them over here to us at welney and going in these pens, and we then look after them for about three to four weeks. and then once they're 35 to a0 days old, they'll get released out onto the washes on our reserve. it's the only population we've really got in the uk of any significance. so it's very, very important. three years ago, there were only just three male calls

recorded on this site. now they've recorded nine, which probably means there isjust as many females as well. corncrakes only live for two years. they have limited flight. at the moment, 10% of the 100 birds released from welney each year manage the epic migration to sub—saharan africa and back, returning to the exact same site here at welney. where are we off to? so we are going to go to the washes, where we can see where the wild corncrakes end up. how often would you actually see one of these birds in the wild? so they're really secretive. you might see them when they first arrive in april. but majority of the time you will never see a corncrake. you'll just hear their sort of distinctive sound. so no point looking for them really? yeah. if you see one, you're doing incredibly well, but unlikely.

the birds love these wetlands, relying on the grassland to breed and raise their young. so i think the aim, you know, we'd love to hear 30 birds calling at night, which would be incredible. and if we get more than that, that'd be, you know, amazing. so yeah, really, really excited. but they're proud of what they've achieved here so far. restoring lost wildlife to the wetlands. debbie tubby, bbc news. let's ta ke let's take you back to pittsburgh, where kamala harris and her vice presidential running mate, tim walz, have arrived for a bus tour of western pennsylvania. you can see people arriving there to greet them. this is a quick tour of vital swing state before they go to chicago later where they will be formally

endorsed by the democrats at their national convention. stay with us here in bbc news. good afternoon. it's been a fairly quiet weekend of weather. it's all change again next week. even today, we're not without a few showers. they've been peppering scotland, one or two elsewhere across northern ireland, western fringes of england and wales, but hopefully the cloud will melt away. more sunshine will come out to end the day and it's feeling pleasantly warm, although there's quite a brisk wind in the north and west in particular, but the wind does tend to ease a little overnight, allowing some mist and fog to form across england and wales. but look for the west winds strengthening. the next band of rain is approaching, so temperatures won't fall quite so low here, and it is all about the areas of low pressure as we move into the new week. the first one sweeps in through the second part of monday, clearing tuesday, then a brief ridge of high pressure. this next one coming in wednesday. thursday contains the remnants of hurricane ernesto, so that's sure to give us some wet weather. and as you can see from the tightly packed isobars, some windy

weather as well. more rain hot on its heels for friday. it still looks as if many southern and eastern areas won't see that much rain this week. these are the rainfall totals for the next five days, but we could see in excess of 100mm up across the north west of scotland, so that's certainly one to watch. the early fog will clear, might be around for the first hour or so of the rush hour, and then some fine and dry weather, but the rain really takes hold mid—morning across northern ireland, the south and west of scotland, and the met office have a warning out for as much as 50mm of rain throughout monday, monday night and into tuesday morning. still quite warm, particularly where we see the sunshine in southern and eastern areas. but the wind and the rain does arrive here, although not as heavy, and we do have more rain through the night pushing back into the north. i think the main thing is it will be much warmer, more humid overnight monday into tuesday. more uncomfortable for sleeping, but most of the rain should clear, with it the humidity. but then we have a band of heavy thundery showers following as well. the rain could be thundery as well in the north and west close to that low pressure.

there's more of that to come in northwest scotland, but i think on the whole a fresher day. now, later tuesday into wednesday, brief bump of high pressure, but then the next weather system rushes in off the atlantic giving us some really quite wet weather. there are warnings out for this as well. across western scotland we could see another two, three, four inches of rain in places and some unseasonably windy weather as well. certainly one to watch.

live from london, this is bbc news. us secretary of state antony blinken is in israel amid hopes a gaza ceasefire deal can be reached. ukraine says it's destroyed another key bridge in russia's kursk region, while the russian military claim they've taken a village on the frontline. we report from inside russia and find out what people think about ukraine's cross—border offensive into the country. for the first time in more than 80 years you have foreign fighters on russian soil seizing russian territory. kamala harris campaigns in the vital us swing state of pennsylvania, ahead of monday's democratic national convention. and the french actor alain delon — once described as the most beautiful man in cinema — dies at the age of 88.