one person is dead and six are still missing after a super—yacht sank off the coast of sicily. "a decisive moment for the gaza ceasefire talks". america's top diplomat is in israel for discussions as the israelis and hamas both blame each other for blocking a deal. emergency measures are brought in to ease prison overcrowding in england as more rioters are sent to jail. kamala harris is in chicago for the democratic national convention where she'll be formally confirmed as the party's presidential candidate to face donald trump in november's election. president zelensky says ukraine wants to create a buffer zone in russia's kursk region after destroying multiple bridges. we find out why london zoo has removed banksy�*s final artwork in his animal—themed series.

hello, i'm lauren taylor. we start in italy where in the last hour, one person has been confirmed dead and six others are still missing after a luxury british—registered yacht carrying 22 people has sunk in a sudden incident off the southern coast of italy. the italian coastguard says four britons, two americans and a canadian citizen are missing. 15 other people were rescued. with me is our correspondent tom symonds. so, this is quite a dramatic incident that happened, tell us about how it all unfolded. it unfolded early in the morning at about 5am when there was some very severe weather in this part of the coast near palermo in italy. it is a vessel which is a 56 metre luxury sailing boat, a super yacht, you would probably call it. it appears to have been anchored rather than in the harbour, anchored off shore, near the harbour but not inside the harbour, which i think it's harbour, which i think its relevant. it has been hit by a

tornado. a boat alongside it, a yacht alongside, managed to rescue 15 people, but seven are still missing and sadly one body has been recovered this morning. what we know about those who were on this vessel, it is a vessel that sleeps 22 people, 12 of those would be guests, passengers. the other ten or so it would be cruel. it looks as though the passengers on board orfrom the uk, new zealand, sri lanka, ireland, and we think there are two passengers with dual british french citizenship. one of the survivors is a one—year—old child who has been taken to hospital. clearly, a very serious incident. this boat, being an open water, probably more susceptible to the weather, being anchored rather than inside the harbour, has simply gone down in this very severe tornado. irate harbour, has simply gone down in this very severe tornado.- this very severe tornado. we are lookin: this very severe tornado. we are looking at _ this very severe tornado. we are looking at life _ this very severe tornado. we are looking at life pictures _ this very severe tornado. we are looking at life pictures at - this very severe tornado. we are looking at life pictures at the - looking at life pictures at the moment, i understand they have had divers in the area to see if they can locate anybody. the response from the coastguard _ can locate anybody. the response from the coastguard in _ can locate anybody. the response from the coastguard in italy -

can locate anybody. the response from the coastguard in italy was l from the coastguard in italy was very quick, there were four coastguard vessels which came out quickly to help take on board those people who had been rescued by a nearby yacht. and since then, there have been firefighter divers as they are described by the italian authorities who have reached the boat, which is at a depth of 49 metres, pretty far down. and about half a mile off the coast, so quite hard to get to and clearly they are going to be looking for any survivors or any bodies that they can find. this is a boat that was built in italy, it is a very stylish looking vessel. it has a very kind of, it would be very able to deal with being in open water really wherever in the world. but clearly, when you have a storm of this magnitude, a tornado hitting it hard, then it is going to be a very bad situation. find hard, then it is going to be a very bad situation.— hard, then it is going to be a very bad situation. and there has been some discussion _ bad situation. and there has been some discussion about _ bad situation. and there has been some discussion about the - bad situation. and there has been some discussion about the namel bad situation. and there has been. some discussion about the name of the boat and where it went from, some details about who manages it and so on? we

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has said now maybe the last opportunity to reach a ceasefire in gaza. us secretary of state antony blinken met with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. israel and hamas have accused each other of lacking the will to compromise. mr blinken says it's time for all sides to agree a deal without excuses. this is a decisive moment. probably the best, maybe the last opportunity to get the hostages home, to get a cease fire, and to put everyone on a better path to enduring peace and security. i am here as part of an intensive diplomatic effort on president biden's instructions to try to get this agreement to the line and ultimately over the line. it is time for it to get done. it is also time to make sure that no one takes any steps that could derail this process. earlier, i spoke to our correspondent tom bateman who is travelling with the us secretary of state, and our middle east correspondent, yolande knell who's injerusalem, shortly after antony blinken had started a meeting with israeli prime minister benjamin

netanyahu... we don't have official details, but we know that the us is really putting this bridging proposal on the table to try to bring israel and hamas together to overcome the outstanding issues — that following on from this doha summit last week, where you had the us and qatari and egyptian mediators present, along with an israeli negotiating team. now, if you look at the comments. while the americans are sounding positive, really, from the latest statements from israel and from hamas, as well, not that same positivity, certainly from the israeli prime minister's office. they're saying that hamas is sticking to its positions of refusal. hamas has really accused the prime minister's office of adding new conditions to the negotiations, which they say are meant to sabotage the talks. you can look at the different sort of sticking points as they emerge coming out from from both sides.

really, first of all, moving from the first phase of the three—phase plan, which is supposed to be the ceasefire and hostage release deal with palestinian prisoners being released from israeli jails, as well. and then moving from that first six—week phase into the second phase, which should be working towards a full ceasefire. that is a problematic area. you also have where israeli forces would remain in the gaza strip, which is strategically important locations israeli forces want to remain in after the gaza war. hamas, of course, has been demanding a complete israeli withdrawal from gaza. and then, also, we understand there are issues around the palestinian prisoners that would be released from israeli jails as part of all this, as well. yolande knell, thank you very much. over to tom now. you've been travelling with the us state department party.

so there's been ramping up the language, but what other pressure can the us put on on making sure that these parties come to a resolution? well, the way they are trying to apply pressure is by creating a sense of urgency. and you heard it there with antony blinken saying this is maybe, he said, the last chance and that there should be no more excuses. i think the problem is that that sense of urgency and, in effect, a deadline being imposed by the americans looking ahead to a week from now where they're hoping to get some kind of breakthrough and to get it over the line, as antony blinken has said. that deadline is being imposed by washington rather than the sides at war here. and that matters, because for there to be enough incentive for both the israeli prime minister and the leaders of hamas to clinch this deal, they have to feel that sense of urgency, too. and my sense is we're not really at that point. and that's why i think the american optimism is really outmatching what you feel on the ground here. the approach of mr blinken, who is by his nature a pretty

cautious us secretary of state, has been quite a traditional one, which is to show sort of tough love when it comes to the israelis in generaland benjamin netanyahu in particular. he's not one for the sort of diplomatic arm wrench. the question now is about how tough and how much love. i think we're going to see that over the next few hours. he's due to hold a small press conference here in tel aviv this afternoon. i doubt we're going to be hearing particularly sort of critical messages against mr netanyahu himself — as opposed to many of his critics, both at home and abroad, who believe that he is sort of stringing the americans along for his own political survival. mr netanyahu himself says that he's just simply pushing for a tough deal against hamas in order to ensure israel's safety. but the fact remains that the americans do not have a strong track record in this conflict in terms of leveraging the israelis to change course at critical moments when they have wanted to. now ,they dispute that, really, when you push them on this.

they believe that they did get the israelis to do more about opening up humanitarian assistance and also to to pull back the scale of the offensive, particularly in the south of the gaza strip. but i think many critics of the americans will say they simply haven't applied enough leverage. and now you have what they are themselves describing as a critical moment where they have to push both sides, but in this part of the trip, benjamin netanyahu, over the line, as they put it — make him take a deal and stop trying to squeeze more concessions out of it. i don't have the sense yet that they're really doing that. the uk government has activated emergency measures to ease prison overcrowding as more rioters are sentenced for their part in recent disorder. across the north of england defendants waiting for a court appearance will be kept in police cells until prison space is available. the chairman of the prison officers' association has been explaining how the system will work. operation safeguard is where we use police cells, and the desire is only

to have prisoners in police cells for a maximum of 2a hours. the police now have a decision to make — so if they can't take all the prisoners from their cells this morning or this afternoon, they then need to decide whether to hold that prisoner for another 2a or 48 hours hoping they will be up in front of the magistrate so they can go into prison custody, or do we have to bail them? in reality, the most serious offences will end up in court, we will guarantee them a prison cell and the lesser offences, the police will decide whether to hold onto them or to bail them. our political correspondent, henry zeffman shared his thoughts with us. the government is not pretending this is anything other than an emergency measure that is a sign of the seriousness of the prison overcrowding issue. in practical terms, what will happen here is in most areas of the north of england, when people are waiting for a court appearance in a police cell,

there will be a discussion over whether there is availability in a prison for a potential prison sentence. and if there isn't then they will be held in that police cell longer. that is something the government is very loathe to do. they have done it once in recent times back in may — the then conservative government briefly activated this to ease prison overcrowding. but if you think this is the sound of a justice system in crisis, well that is the word the government themselves are using to describe the situation that has led to them activating this emergency measure this morning. also presumably starting to release people early, is that right? not quite right yet. one of the earliest announcements this government made on taking office injuly was that some prisoners would begin to be released after they have completed just 40% of their custodial sentence. at the moment some are released after 50%, but 40% is obviously

a fairly significant reduction. that is only going to start taking effect in early september. so once that policy starts to be enacted, i think the government hopes they will be able to lift this short—term policy of keeping people in police cells because they will be more space in prisons. but over the longer term there just are not enough prison spaces for the number of people that tend to be given custodial sentences in the uk and that will lead i think to a broader discussion about this government's approach to penal policy and the balance between rehabilitation and punishment and where that should fall, about the kinds of crimes that should receive custodial sentences and the kind that shouldn't. but that nuanced discussion is a long way off and this government is very much dealing with a rapid acute short—term issue for now. thank you. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

ukraine's president zelensky has for the first time spoken about the establishment of a buffer zone on russian territory — it's as ukraine's armed forces say they have destroyed another bridge in russia's kursk region. they say the crossing was used by russians to supply troops and its destruction will hamper the movement of weapons. president zelensky said the aim was to destroy as much russian war potential as possible. here's what president zelensky said in his nightly address. translation: today, we achieved good and much-needed results _ in destroying russian equipment near toretsk. and all this is more thanjust offence for ukraine. it is now our primary task in defensive operations overall to destroy as much russian war potential as possible and conduct maximum counteroffensive actions. our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse, is following the situation from ukraine's northern sumy region —

and sent this update. president zelensky is suggesting that he is in this for the medium haul. he has previously said he does not want to permanently capture and occupied this russian territory which has been captured. but clearly, he wants to hold onto it for as long as this war rages on. because when he says buffer zone, he means a defensive measure, pushing russian forces back from the territories they routinely strike. but in time, this land will have a political value for any kind of future peace negotiation, perhaps it could be leveraged, swapped in exchange for some of the land russia has captured and is not letting go of inside ukraine. we are seeing ukrainian forces continue to advance, moving the village to village in small armoured vehicles. they have just destroyed a second major bridge on the same river further north, frustrating russian supply lines. but there is a big but

here, whilst ukraine is advancing here, whilst ukraine is advancing here, russia is also pushing forward in the eastern region in ukraine. towards seven settlements. and there really is a protruding spike, if you like, on the front line, where men and machinery are being concentrated in an area towards the town of picturesque, it is true russia has had to redeploy thousands of troops from ukraine as well as russia itself. but it still is not enough to slow advances in the east. nevertheless, ukraine is committed. there is no reverse gearfor now, they are going to try to push forward where they can, i think, and try to keep hold of it. but that is a very different proposition compared to the surprise attack we saw two weeks ago. the surprise incursion into the kursk region of russia, causing 120,000 local residents to flee, marked the first time in more than 80 years that a foreign army had seized,

and occupied, russian territory. it shocked the russian public who'd been led to believe that their country's border was secure. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, has been speaking to people in the town of aleksin which is located just over 100 miles from moscow. 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 ii 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, i ask him. "victory is when there'll be peace," he says. on the town square, a patriotic pop concert. 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. kamala harris has arrived in the us city of chicago for the democratic national convention, where she'll be formally confirmed as the party's presidential candidate. she flew into o'hare airport on air force two after a day of campaigning in the swing state of pennsylvania with her running mate, tim walz. security around the venue is tight ahead of the four—day event. pro—palestine protesters have already been holding demonstrations. our correspondent, emma vardy reports from chicago. leaning out of a 94th floor,

this city of skyscrapers is a dramatic sight. now thousands are descending on chicago for the convention. this is an amazingly important and unprecedented thing that's going on. it will affect how americans will vote in november. to us, this is a really important election. when you stand for freedom, whether it be to make decisions about your own body or love who you love, you fight for those things. there's been a surge of excitement for the democrats' new presidential candidate sincejoe biden withdrew over concerns about his age. kamala harris has had a meteoric rise from joe biden's running mate, to being the democratic nominee, to now leading in the polls against donald trump, and she's done it all in less than a month. now the stage is set for the party to rally behind her, with former presidents barack obama and bill clinton among the big names who will speak over the next four days. expect plenty of razzmatazz as the democrats try to keep this new feel good factor going. there's thousands of balloons up

there waiting to rain down on this arena, for starters. but good vibes alone may not be enough, because there's an appetite from democrats now for kamala harris to use this podium to put more flesh on the bones of what she really stands for. outside, chicago's braced for big protests over the war in gaza, one of several key issues kamala harris has yet to set out her stance on in detail. and come and take a look behind the scenes, because this is also a massive broadcasting operation for the american networks, which the democrats would like to become must—watch tv. in the swing state of pennsylvania at the weekend, donald trump attacked his rival. i'm better looking than she is. in her speech yesterday, - kamala went full communist. you heard that — - she went full communist. she wants to destroy our country. it's in the battleground states where the race really gets dirty. in wisconsin, a demolition derby gave people something to cheer for.

it's voters here that kamala harris will have to win over. i like her. but i don't know if she's strong enough. i would consider myself republican. i don't know if trump is the exact lanswer for that party, but i surel like his, uh, his viewpoints. he did things, you know. do you think kamala harris has got him rattled? i think, uh, no. i think he has her rattled. in a race that's been upended in recent weeks, the two new opponents are only just getting their horns locked. emma vardy, bbc news. a rare blue supermoon is expected to rise over the horizon later. supermoons occur when a full moon rises during its closest point in its orbit to the earth. it's as smoke from wildfires across the atlantic has brought spectacular vivid colours to sunsets across the uk. the unusual hues are expected to continue — when more unsettled weather

will begin to disperse the smoke in the upper atmosphere. rebecca boyle, sciencejournalist and author of �*our moon' told us what to look out for. this will be a great chance to take a look at this beautiful supermoon we have. this is the third full supermoon we have had this season — that's is why it's a blue moon. thatjust means there are multiple full moons in a single season, or two full moons in a month. this time, it's just a third full moon of a season in which there are four full moons. there are all these weird, random terminologies for all these moons. but this one is going to be great because it is very bright, it is close to earth. it looks bigger and is bigger in the sky, about 30% bigger, and about 15% brighter than normal. so it will look very bright. you almost have to squint looking at it. i did this evening, as it was rising at my house here a couple of hours ago. it is very, very bright. and it is low, which will be fun sight to see.

banksy�*s ninth and final artwork in his animal—themed london series has been removed by london zoo. the zoo says the piece, which featured an image of a gorilla, has been removed for "safekeeping" and replaced with a reproduction of the work and a sign that said: "banksy woz ere." meanwhile at london zoo, they are busy weighing the animals. it is an annual performance. those zebras... are part of a special operation to try to get the statistics, it helps zookeepers monitor their health and well—being, and then they pass on that information to other zookeepers around the world. if you're interested in following this, we have got a life page streaming these pictures from the london zoo at the moment. they have got special tactics to get people... animals to jump tactics to get people... animals to jump on the scales, quite an elaborate operation. to stay with us here on bbc news.

hello again. as we go through this week, the weather is going to take more of an autumnal turn then it has done. so we are looking at some heavy rain at times, particularly so in the northwest. it is likely to be unseasonably windy with the gales, especially with exposure in the west. but equally, there will be some sunshine. now, today a low pressure is very much driving our weather, you can see the fronts crossing us from monday into tuesday. and what that is doing is bringing in rain and also windy conditions. the driest, brightest conditions will be in the southeast for the longest, but as the rain advances from the west towards the east, the cloud will build ahead of it. and it is going to be windy, particularly so through the irish sea, with gales, but windy in the coasts adjacent to the irish sea. temperatures 13 to about 25, possibly 26 or 27, depending on the amount of sunshine in the southeast. through this evening and overnight, the rain advances eastwards, there could still be the odd heavy burst or a rumble of thunder.

some clear skies, still windy, it is worth having a look out for the super moon because it is lovely if you do get to see it. and still humid across the southeast, but not so for the rest of the uk. that takes us into tomorrow, we start with the dregs of today's front in the southeast, producing cloud, some patchy light rain. that clears. then we are into sunshine and blustery showers. windy, especially in the northern half of the country, or the showers will be heaviest. where the showers will be heaviest. we might hear the odd rumble of thunder from those as well. and temperatures 1a to about 23, may be 2a degrees. so then, into wednesday, we have got a ridge of high pressure across the south, so we start off in a fine note. the cloud building here through the day with scattered showers in the west. but low pressure is going to be bringing in some heavy rain, particularly so across western scotland. but we will see some of that get into northern ireland and the rest of scotland through the course of the day. and it is going to be windy. temperatures 13 to about 22 degrees.

into thursday, low pressure is still with us, but this cold front producing the rain, tied up in the remnants of hurricane ernesto. so, again we will see a fair bit of rain from this for a time, behind it we will see brighter skies follow in and some blustery showers. temperatures on thursday, 1a in lerwick in stornoway, 1a in lerwick and stornoway, to highs of 22 or 23 in the southeast.

holdings the impact holdings of long covid. the impact of long covid. australian researchers say it affects 1 in 26 of their population and costs billions in lost productivity. 7—eleven for sale. canadian buyers are circling the japanese convenience retail giant. and taxing the top 0.5%. campaigners say that spain has the right answer to wealth inequality. welcome to business today. a landmark study has been carried out into the economic impact of long covid on the australian economy. the study has been published in the peer reviewed medicaljournal of australia. it found that about $9.6 billion was lost in economic productivity