king charles is to visit southport later — in the wake of the knife attack that claimed the lives of three children. the israeli military says it has retrieved the bodies of six hostages from khan younis in southern gaza. "america, i gave my best to you." the words of a tearful president biden, as he says farewell to democrats and hails kamala harris. divers in italy try to access the wreckage of a luxury yacht that sank off the coast of sicily — in a freak storm yesterday. and a rocket engine explodes during a test launch at the uk's new spaceport in shetland. welcome to bbc news.

we start with some breaking news — king charles is to visit southport later today in the wake of the knife attack that claimed the lives of three children. elsie dot stancombe, bebe king and alice dasilva aguiar were stabbed to death at a taylor swift—themed dance class. the king will meet privately with people who were affected, as well as members of the town's community and the emergency services. let's speak to the bbc�*s charlotte gallagher — who is in southport. this will be particularly poignant for the king? i this will be particularly poignant for the king?— this will be particularly poignant for the king? i think it really will be, i think— for the king? i think it really will be, i think there _ for the king? i think it really will be, i think there will _ for the king? i think it really will be, i think there will be - for the king? i think it really will be, i think there will be an - be, i think there will be an emotional private meeting with families directly affected by what happened on 29thjuly, including some of the surviving children that witnessed the attack. that will be a

private meeting, without cameras, just the king and the families. he is going to be out meeting members of the community to hear how the community have coped and pulled together. and every where you go you see reminders of what happened. there is pink ribbons around lamp post. outside the town hall there are flowers and balloons. and he will meet the emergency services, the police, firefighters and medics that responded to the attack and saw what happened and they had to deal with the violent disorder in southport which followed. there will be a meeting with faith ledders to hear how their —— faith leaders. the mosque here was the target of far right protesters and people said they felt fearful, people inside the mosque. the king getting a sense of how the area is coping after these

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king calling for unity after the riots after that attack. we will speak tojenny riots after that attack. we will speak to jenny bond riots after that attack. we will speak tojenny bond later on the importance of the visit. the israeli army says it's retrieved the bodies of six hostages from gaza's southern district of khan yunis in a joint operation with its internal security agency. a statement from the hostages families forum said: it comes as the us secretary of state, anthony blinken, has travelled to egypt, as he continues his push for a ceasefire and hostage release deal. after talks injerusalem yesterday, mr blinken said israel had accepted what he called a "bridging proposal", and urged hamas to do the same.

earlier, we werejoined by our correspondentjon donnison who shared his insight on this. yes, ina yes, in a short statement from the israeli military and israel's intelligence agency, they said that the six bodies were recovered in khan younis in the south of the gaza strip. the six bodies were yagev buchshtab, alex dancyg, abraham munder, yoram metzger, haim peri and nadav popplewell, who was a british israeli citizen. all apart from abraham munder were already presumed to be dead. it is thought there are up to be dead. it is thought there are up to 70 hostages who are still alive being held in gaza and in the last few moments we have had a statement from israel's prime minister, binyamin netanyahu, who of

course has faced considerable criticism from some hostage families for not doing enough to free those who are being held. he said, our hearts grieve over this terrible loss. , , . ., , hearts grieve over this terrible loss. , , , hearts grieve over this terrible loss. , h , loss. this news comes as there was ho -e for loss. this news comes as there was hepe for a — loss. this news comes as there was hope for a ceasefire _ loss. this news comes as there was hope for a ceasefire deal _ loss. this news comes as there was hope for a ceasefire deal would - loss. this news comes as there was hope for a ceasefire deal would be l hope for a ceasefire deal would be taking some form of shape, antony blinken, who is now in egypt seemed more optimistic than binyamin netanyahu when it comes to the bridging proposal? he netanyahu when it comes to the bridging proposal?— bridging proposal? he did. but i think the truth _ bridging proposal? he did. but i think the truth is _ bridging proposal? he did. but i think the truth is that _ bridging proposal? he did. but i think the truth is that the - think the truth is that the americans and antony blinken are the only ones who seem to be saying that this deal is close. he said in his statement after meeting binyamin netanyahu, that israel had accepted and supported this so—called bridging proposal to get to a ceasefire and hostage release deal. binyamin netanyahu in his statement

was far less forthcoming, he said it had been a good and important meeting with mr blinken. hamas for its part has been sceptical, they are not even taking part in the latest negotiations. they have said any suggestion that there has been progress is an illusion. now, as you say, antony blinken is in egypt and later qatar and he will be getting those two count countries to put pressure on hamas to sign up to this deal. but i think the truth is while the americans might be working to a certain time table and they would like to get a deal done while the democratic convention is taking place and certainly before the election in november, i don't think that the key players in the region and that is prime minister binyamin netanyahu and the hamas leader in gaza, there is no sense that they are working to the same time table.

antony blinken of course right now in egypt. as and when we get more details we will of course brink that to you. jon mentioned democrat national congress. a tearful presidentjoe biden has taken to the stage on the opening night of the democratic national convention in chicago with an emotional farewell speech, in which he told supporters they are "in a battle for the very soul of america". it came as the democratic presidential nominee vice president kamala harris made a brief, surprise appearance at the convention — breaking with tradition by appearing on the opening night. here's our north america correspondent gary o'donoghue. # your love lifting me higher. a month ago, he was still his party's nominee. now, he is yesterday's man, the past, not the future. all that's left, to

hand over the baton. selecting kamala was the very first decision i made when i became our nominee. and it was the best decision i made my whole career. cheering. if it was a fond farewell for the president, it was a full—scale outburst of enthusiasm for the woman who has stepped into his shoes. but she knew this was still his night. joe, thank you for your historic leadership, for your lifetime of service to our nation and for all you will continue to do. we are forever grateful to you. this is herfirst appearance at the convention and you can hear around me the enthusiasm for the new nominee. this is the woman carrying the hopes

of the democratic party right through until november the 5th. end the us war machine! outside the convention, the war in gaza, has drawn anger from many democratic supporters, and others. and while the numbers were not as large as expected, the protesters had a stark message for kamala harris. if you want to win, you want to win pennsylvania, you want to win the election, it's very easy, stop the genocide and we will stop the protest, how's that? this past tumultuous month in american politics has seen kamala harris narrow the race against donald trump. but it's still a race too close to call. the battle has onlyjust begun. gary o'donoghue, bbc news, chicago. specialist italian divers have begun a fresh search for six people missing after a british luxury yacht sank in a freak storm off sicily on monday morning.

there were 22 people on board — 15 were rescued, one person is confirmed as having died. the british technology entrepreneur, mike lynch, and his daughter are among the missing. authorities have also confirmed the international chairman of morgan stanley, jonathan bloomer, is one of the missing six people. our correspondent mark lowen is following the search effort from sicily and sent this update. well the search resumed at about 6.30am local time here in sicily, with divers trying to access the wreckage of the bayesian yacht which is about 50 metres under water on the sea bed. they are fearing that they will find bodies trapped inside the wreckage of the yacht. the italian media have named the missing, notjust mike lynch, the british tech tycoon and his 18—year—old daughter hannah, who was due to study at oxford university. but also chris morvillo,

a lawyer who acted for mr lynch in a case that was brought by the us authorities when he sold his tech company to hewlett packard and he was tried for fraud and cleared of all charges. the wife of mr morvillo has also been named by the italian media as missing, his wife neda. the president of morgan stanley international, the investment bank, jonathan bloomer and also his wife anne. the body that was pulled from the water yesterday was confirmed as the body of the chef ricardo thomas, a ca nadian—born chef. we are also hearing from weather forecasters that there was a four day weather alert that was in place because of the intense storms that had struck this area of the the mediterranean following searing heat and that raised the temperature of the water to about 30 degrees and amplified the risk of extreme weather events, which is what is thought to have happened with this water spout, a tornado—like spiral,

a column of air and water that engulfed the yacht, broke its mast and forced it to capsize. we understand that those who were caught up in this tragedy were sleeping in their cabins when the tragedy hit. the survivors are still being treated in hospital some of them and others have been moved to local hotel. they are in good condition, but it appears this was a freak weather accident that engulfed this ship. freak weather accident that engulfed this shi -. ~., ~ ., ~ freak weather accident that engulfed this shi -. ~., ~ ., . ., this ship. mark lowen there. we are auoin to this ship. mark lowen there. we are going to take _ this ship. mark lowen there. we are going to take you — this ship. mark lowen there. we are going to take you to _ this ship. mark lowen there. we are going to take you to egypt, - this ship. mark lowen there. we are going to take you to egypt, where i going to take you to egypt, where the us secretary of state antony blinken is meeting with the egyptian leader in order to push forward with what he hopes is a bridging proposal for a ceasefire deal in gaza. so mr

blinken will be of course we lose the pictures! but we are monitoring what is happening in egypt and antony blinken warned this is maybe the last opportunity to secure a ceasefire agreement between gaza and israel. we are monitoring that and the situation in sicily as well. we have a live page there that can you access. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

the bbc has uncovered testimony from what may be one of the worst incidents of mass killings in myanmar�*s civil war. on august 5th, eyewitnesses say hundreds of civilians from the rohingya muslim community were bombed as they tried to flee. it's the latest deadly violence against them — in 2017, hundreds were killed in what was described by the un as ethnic cleansing by the country's military.

in recent months, scores of rohingya muslims have been killed and thousands have fled to bangladesh, but now they say they're also being attacked by the other side, those fighting the military, the rebel group arakan army. our correspondent yogita limaye reports from the border at teknaf in bangladesh — her report contains distressing images, including of people who died as a result of the attack. across the river naf, rakhine state in myanmar. hidden from the world, deadly violence is unfolding there against rohingya muslims. chilling accounts trickling in from those who've managed to escape to bangladesh. until two weeks ago, this man was a wealthy trader with a family in myanmar. now, he's alone, hiding in a hut. if caught, he could be sent back

by bangladeshi authorities. he and his family were part of these crowds, fleeing their homes on the 5th of august. in videos verified by the bbc, women, children, the elderly — seen rushing to the banks of the river to save themselves. the trader says it was by the shore in an open space where arakan army, an ethnic insurgent group, dropped bombs on unarmed rohingyas using drones. translation: we heard a loud sound and an explosion. we were thrown on the ground. i, my wife, my mother, my daughter, son and sister were there when the bomb struck. all of them died. i don't know why i survived.

my daughter died in my arms. he showed us a video he found online of the aftermath of the bombing. he sobs. "all of the people here have died", a man cries. distressing to watch, but it's crucial evidence of what appears to be a massacre. the ground covered with bodies — many of them children. the trader told us this is his wife... ..fatally injured but alive. he wasn't able to carry her out. she died later. translation: my heart is broken. i'll never go back to myanmar. i saw more than 200 bodies. arakan army doesn't want to leave any muslim alive.

those who've escaped are hiding in these camps in bangladesh. built back in 2017, when a million rohingyas fled brutal violence carried out by myanmar�*s military. now, the junta's troops are being pushed out of the rakhine by arakan army. but for the rohingyas, that has not brought hope of a return to their land. instead, it's renewed fears. in the past week alone, thousands have paid boatmen and armed traffickers to take them to safety. this video, filmed by a rohingya man. not a long journey, but it's fraught with risks. more than a dozen have drowned. these crudely marked shallow graves are where some of the bodies that washed

ashore are buried. she sobs. among them were five of this woman's children. rosmah, aziz, faisal rozia and bilkis rani. "my children were like pieces of my heart. after my husband died, i raised them with so much difficulty. when i think of them, i feel like i want to die. i miss them so much", she told us. this is her grandson. both his parents and his younger brother have died. "the arakan army attacked us with drones. "we heard nine bombs fall while we were hiding", the woman told us. "later, we had to run across bodies on our way to the river." in the alleys of these camps,

we've heard from more than a dozen survivors — all of whom have said they were deliberately attacked by the arakan army. in response to the bbc, the group has said that the attack happened in an area which is not under their control, and they have no connection to it. the arakan army has been making rapid advances in the rakhine state. it's projected itself as a resistance group that's fighting on behalf of the people against the militaryjunta. but from what we've heard here now, it faces credible accusations of the mass killings of civilians. there are calls for it to be investigated for war crimes. this family was also caught in the drone attacks, their baby boy killed. in a corner, their daughter, running a high fever after two days spent on a boat without food or water before they could slip into bangladesh. the man told us, "rohingyas are being forcibly conscripted "and persecuted by both sides."

translation: we are being targeted by the arakan army and the myanmar military. they are killing us almost every day. we are helpless. these are the only images they have of their baby — one of scores of rohingyas killed indiscriminately. the dead uncounted, their stories undocumented. yogita limaye, bbc news, teknaf. ukraine says it has shot down three russian missiles and more than twenty drones overnight, as it continues to fend off attacks along the eastern frontline. moscow's troops have been advancing slowly, despite ukraine's incursion into russia's southern region of kursk which began

two weeks ago — the first time foreign troops have been on russian soil since the second world war. for more on this let's speak to hamish de bretton—gordon, a former british army officer and nato commander. talk us through the kursk operation, our understanding that entering russia was a red line for vladimir putin, yet we see ukraine doing exactly that?— putin, yet we see ukraine doing exactly that? well absolutely. it was a brilliant _ exactly that? well absolutely. it was a brilliant operation, - exactly that? well absolutely. it. was a brilliant operation, conceived in secrecy and so—called experts like myself and journalists completely missed it. we missed it and so did the russians. critically it was a red line for putin. but yet again the russians have been unable to do anything. they were caught by surprise and this is a very major incursion into russia to take an area 1,500 square kilometres. of

course kursk is really in the psychological dna of the russian people, it is where they defeated the nazis in the second world war and turned the second world war, so some of their hallowed ground has been taken. a lot are turning to moscow and putin who has fed them lies of his military brilliance and are questioning it. it is a pivotal time in the war and the west must must be galvanised by the fact there is no red line and putin won't fire nuclear missiles at us. for britain it should be storm shadow missiles, which the prime minister is not giving the ukrainians the sanction to use them. giving the ukrainians the sanction to use them-— giving the ukrainians the sanction to use them. why the uk would be reticent to do _ to use them. why the uk would be

reticent to do that. _ to use them. why the uk would be reticent to do that. volodymyr - reticent to do that. volodymyr zelensky appealed for that and that would arguably mean they would be shooting british missiles into russian territory? shooting british missiles into russian territo ? ~ , ., , russian territory? absolutely. to be honest it is — russian territory? absolutely. to be honest it is beyond _ russian territory? absolutely. to be honest it is beyond me. _ russian territory? absolutely. to be honest it is beyond me. i _ russian territory? absolutely. to be honest it is beyond me. i agree - russian territory? absolutely. to be honest it is beyond me. i agree with volodymyr zelensky. russia has an irrationalfixation volodymyr zelensky. russia has an irrational fixation with british military kit. the challenger twos seem to be terrifying the russians, but there probably aren't any. the storm missile, in warfare any soldier in battle will tell you the psychological to physical is ten to one. i cannot understand why britain is not allowing the storm shadow to be used. russia is aiming missiles at hospitals and schools in ukraine from russia without any sanction. so i think this is irrational. i hope that the prime minister will look at

it again, take advice from military advisors. i think it is a critical asset to keep the russians at bay and prevent them from counter attacking. and ukraine, as volodymyr zelensky said, this is key, to enable them to negotiate with the russian from a position of strength. so i think we should do all we can to enable to do that.— so i think we should do all we can to enable to do that. thank you. we are monitoring _ to enable to do that. thank you. we are monitoring the _ to enable to do that. thank you. we are monitoring the situation - to enable to do that. thank you. we are monitoring the situation in - are monitoring the situation in ukraine and that kursk operation on our web—site. a rocket engine has exploded during a test at britain's new spaceport in shetland — off the north coast of scotland. scientists had been hoping to see the first full—engine test of a vertical rocket on european soil — as part of a project which aims to send satellites into space,

but the engine was engulfed in fire on the launchpad. no one was injured. hello again. as we go through the rest of this week, the weather does remain very changeable. there will be heavy rain at times, it's going to be very windy at times as well, but today we're looking at sunny spells and blustery showers. we've had a couple of weather fronts crossing us, taking some patchy rain — they're now moving away. and you can see from the isobars, it is going to be blustery. the strongest winds across the northwest, where we've also got a weather front. this is where we'll see the most frequent showers, some of those heavy and also thundery. but we could see some further showers in northern ireland, northern england, a few getting into wales, a few in the midlands. but as you come south, they'll be fewer and further between. temperatures 1a to about 2k degrees. heading on through this evening, we hang on to a few showers, but overnight, many of them will tend to fade. we'll see clear skies, still going to be blustery, but the winds will start to strengthen out towards the west, the cloud build and then eventually we'll see some rain arrive.

overnight temperatures falling away between 8 and 11. it's going to be a fresher and a cooler night than it was last night. and we start tomorrow with a fair bit of sunshine, just a few showers in the west, but our weather front coming in from the west is going to introduce some heavy rain across scotland and northern ireland, northern england, north wales, eventually into the midlands, and windy with it, push further southwards and eastwards and it's likely to be drier with highs here up to 22 celsius. but we'll really be seeing the rainfall amounts, particularly in western scotland, mounting up. there's more rain coming in as we head on into thursday, some heavy rain pushing southwards as we go through the course of the day. another windy day wherever you are on thursday, and behind this band of rain, we see a return to bright spells, sunshine and showers. these black circles represent the strength of the wind gusts, so you can see what i mean. temperature wise, 1a in the north to 22 as we push down towards the south east. then from thursday into friday,

our next area of low pressure with its fronts comes in from the atlantic, pushing northwards and eastwards, introducing yet more wet and windy conditions. so on friday, it does look like we're going to see that rain, heavy in places. and then as we head in through the weekend, it does remain unsettled.

this is bbc news, the headlines. king charles is to visit southport later in the wake of the knife attack that claimed the lives of three children. the israeli defence forces say they have retrieved the bodies of six hostages from khan younis in southern gaza. one of them was a dual british israeli national. that comes as the us secretary of state, antony blinken, arrives in egypt to continue his push for a ceasefire. divers in italy try to access the wreckage of a luxury yacht that sank off the coast of sicily in a freak storm yesterday. "america, i gave my best to you" — the words of a tearful president biden, as he says farewell to democrats. his vice president, kamala harris, is expected to be formally confirmed as the party's presidential candidate during the four—day event. let's return to one of our top stories — the king's visit to southport.

he's making the trip in the wake of the knife attack that claimed