this is the scene now in sicily. 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. i'm in southport where the king is going to meet with the families and survivors of the deadly knife attack in july. and a rocket engine explodes during a test launch at the uk's new spaceport in shetland.

welcome to the programme. specialist italian divers have begun a fresh search for six people missing after a british luxury yacht sank in a freak storm off morgan stanley international bank chairmanjonathan bloomer — together with his wifejudy, and lawyer, chris morvillo, are among those missing. british tech tycoon mike lynch and his 18—year—old daughter hannah are also missing. the yacht sank in bad weather in the early hours of monday — 15 were rescued, and a man's body has been recovered. the body hasn't been formally identified, but the palermo coastguard have said it was the ship's cook. the �*bayesian�* yacht is on the sea bed, 50 metres underwater. last night the fire service said divers couldn't access the cabins due to furniture blocking passageways. simonjones reports.

well, the search resumed at about 6.30am local the operation is continuing this morning. divers will try again to gain access to the sunken yacht but they know in all probability they are now looking for the dead. one body was brought to shore yesterday. the wreckage of the yacht is 50 metres below the surface. 15 of the 22 people on board managed to escape clambering onto by a life raft. they described panic and people screaming but they were the lucky ones. the tech tycoon mike lynch is among the missing, tried for fraud tech tycoon mike lynch is among the missing, tried forfraud in tech tycoon mike lynch is among the missing, tried for fraud in the tech tycoon mike lynch is among the missing, tried forfraud in the us after selling his firm to hp but cleared of all charges injune. his daughter hannah is unaccounted for. the protection agency says the

chairman of the investment bank morgan stanley international and his wife also missing along with a lawyer and his wife. mr lynch's wife is among the survivors. she is listed as the yacht owner. another survivor is charlotte, the mother of a one also rescued. translation: a one also rescued. tuna/mom- a one also rescued. translation: , ., , ., , translation: the survivors are very tired and constantly _ translation: the survivors are very tired and constantly asking _ translation: the survivors are very tired and constantly asking about - tired and constantly asking about missing people. to my knowledge, only one body has been found and the others are still missing. we have given survivors this information but they are talking and crying all the time because they have realised there is little hope of finding their friends alive. this there is little hope of finding their friends alive.— there is little hope of finding their friends alive. this was the acht. it their friends alive. this was the yacht- it was — their friends alive. this was the yacht. it was pictured _ their friends alive. this was the yacht. it was pictured on - their friends alive. this was the | yacht. it was pictured on sunday night before a huge storm blew in. this caused a water spout similar to a tornado to form, smashing the mast of the yacht and making the vessel loses balance. these pictures reveal the strength of the winds.

translation: psi the strength of the winds. translation:— the strength of the winds. translation: �* ., ., ' ., translation: at around 4:15am we saw a flare in the sea — translation: at around 4:15am we saw a flare in the sea and _ translation: at around 4:15am we saw a flare in the sea and waited _ translation: at around 4:15am we saw a flare in the sea and waited for - a flare in the sea and waited for the water spout to pass. after ten minutes we went out and saw cushions and parts of the boat, all that was on the deck on the sea but we did not find anyone.— not find anyone. retelling coastguard _ not find anyone. retelling coastguard are _ not find anyone. retelling coastguard are being - not find anyone. retelling. coastguard are being joined not find anyone. retelling - coastguard are being joined by the uk marine accident investigation branch. italian rescuers say the rot was on the wrong place at the wrong time. —— yacht. with me is our reporter nicky schiller. you be looking at the people still missing. what more do we know? we knew missing. what more do we know? - knew 22 people were on board and 15 of those were rescued. as you heard, one body was recovered and we believe that was the ship's chef. we have also been learning more details about the six people still missing. we know one, who has been in the headlines, is the tech tycoon mike

lynch and his 18—year—old daughter hannah but we have had more details on the last couple of hours about some of the other people missing. one of those is 70—year—old jonathan bloomer. he is the chairman of morgan stanley bank international. we've also learned his wifejudy is also missing. we collect information by some of the companies he worked in. this is an insurance company. he can confirm his wife was on board and they said they were deeply shocked and saddened by this tragic event. morgan stanley have also issued a statement saying they are deeply shocked and saddened by this tragedy and their thoughts are with all those affected in particular the bloomerfamily all those affected in particular the bloomer family and we all wait for further news from this terrible situation. in terms of other people aboard, one of them as a lawyer who works with mike lynch, and there is

also an unconfirmed report that his wife was also the other person out of the six that are still missing and of course we have seen those pictures of the divers trying to get down to that wreckage which is 50 metres below the surface. the fact those six have been missing for so long, it is thought they are probably looking for their bodies inside the wreck of the yacht that is down on the sea bed with the fact that the hole itself is tilted at a 90 degrees angle and there are narrow stairs making it really hard for those diving specialists to get down to the wreck.— down to the wreck. difficult conditions _ down to the wreck. difficult conditions as _ down to the wreck. difficult conditions as we _ down to the wreck. difficult conditions as we watch - down to the wreck. difficult conditions as we watch that down to the wreck. difficult - conditions as we watch that live. we know fire services were saying they couldn't access cabins because furniture was blocking passageways.

in terms of the investigation, what happened with this luxury yacht? where are we? the happened with this luxury yacht? where are we?— happened with this luxury yacht? where are we? the local authorities launched an — where are we? the local authorities launched an investigation _ where are we? the local authorities launched an investigation as - where are we? the local authorities launched an investigation as you - launched an investigation as you would expect as soon as something like this happens. in terms of the uk, the branch has sent four inspectors. there will be a couple of things they will be looking at. first of all, the fact it is 50 metres down below this will cause the investigators a lot of difficulties getting down there to analyse what happened. they will also have electronic data you would expect in any vessel but we were talking earlier to the marine search and rescue council and they were telling us it sank because it's a very advanced modern commercial vessel, it's won awards for its design but you see the pictures of the mast and that will be key to

this investigation because it's a 72 metre aluminium mast and eyewitnesses say they saw it snap when the waterspout hit. the investigators will have to look to see if that played a part in the accident. the other issue is it may be just a freak accident is the fact that this waterspout hit the yacht and whether that is literally what has caused it to go down. they will be looking at whether it had the right anchors on it. we know it was anchored outside the port at around 700 metres because it's too big a vessel to get into the port and luxury yachts, this is what happens, the anchor outside. they will also be looking at whether the captain took on board the weather alerts in the area. there were over the past few days reports of the storm. the captain himself is quoted as saying we didn't see it coming back to the

investigators will want to talk to the captain about what happened. a number of elements investigators will be looking at. that continues, live shots there. _ will be looking at. that continues, live shots there. thank _ will be looking at. that continues, live shots there. thank you - will be looking at. that continues, live shots there. thank you for - live shots there. thank you for bringing us up—to—date. and you can get more on this story on the bbc live page. some breaking news from the middle east. this is from the reuters news agency saying at least ten palestinians were killed on tuesday in an israeli on a school. this was in an israeli on a school. this was in the gaza city. this is according to enclaves city defence authorities. just to add to this,

the israeli military are saying they struck hamas operatives embedded in the school compound in gaza city. a picture emerging of an attack, an israeli air strike on a school in gaza in which time palestinians —— ten palestinians were killed. just to bring you more details as this developing story is coming through, this is described as hamas militants operating a command and control centre embedded in the gaza city school compound. the israeli defence forces saying numerous steps were taken to mitigate the harm of

civilians but at least ten palestinians were killed when the school compound was struck. this was for displaced families. hamas denies israeli allegations that it uses schools and hospitals for military purposes but israeli military is adamant this was a school in which hamas operatives were embedded. we will discuss this further with our correspondent who will be joining us live from jerusalem. these are live shots as we await for some more details to bring it up to date. ten people have been killed. 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... after talks injerusalem yesterday, mr blinken said israel had accepted what he called a "bridging proposal", and urged hamas to do the same. king charles is visiting southport today, three weeks after a knife we are monitoring the situation there and hoping for more clarity after the air strike on a school compound in gaza city. king charles is visiting southport today, three weeks after a 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 is due to meet privately with people who were affected — as well as members of the town's community and the emergency services. let's speak to charlotte gallagher, who is in southport. this will be a very poignant moment for the community and those affected. , , ., affected. yes, it will be an emotional— affected. yes, it will be an emotional meeting - affected. yes, it will be an emotional meeting here i affected. yes, it will be an | emotional meeting here for affected. yes, it will be an - emotional meeting here for the affected. yes, it will be an _ emotional meeting here for the king. he is coming to southport and his first meeting will be a very private one with the families affected directly by what happened on 29th july and also some of the surviving children who witnessed the stabbing attack at a taylor swift themed holiday club, it was a dance and y°93 holiday club, it was a dance and yoga event with lots of little girls

excited to spend the day listening to taylor swift, dancing and doing y°93 to taylor swift, dancing and doing yoga and then the most dreadful thing happened. the king is having a private meeting today with the surviving children and families. tomorrow he will have another meeting with the bereaved families. in southport there are reminders of what happened here injuly, you can see behind me the display of flowers that people have left, balloons, pink ribbons tied on most fence posts and lamp posts. someone gave me this ribbon people are wearing the jackets in their town saying southport stands together. i really emotional day for the community here and the king as well. after meeting the families, king charles will meet people in the community to find out how they coped and came together and then he will go to a local fire station and meet police and paramedics and fire brigade that went to the attack, the first

responders on the scene. and also had to deal with the violent disorder in southport. a meeting with them and also faith leaders, speaking to them as to how their leaders have coped with what has happened. it's believed he wanted to wait to have this visit until after the pressure on emergency services was gone so he wouldn't add a further burden to the police paramedics and fire brigade. that's why he's waited to this time to meet with people. why he's waited to this time to meet with maple-— with people. thank you for bringing us hp-to-date- _ a particularly poignant moment as we watch the images of three young children killed in the stabbing. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

welcome back. we will return to the situation in gaza and the israeli air strike on situation in gaza and the israeli airstrike on a situation in gaza and the israeli air strike on a school compound in gaza city. gaza authorities there have said at least ten palestinians were killed. israeli military say the school was targeted as hamas operatives had embedded themselves within the school. hamas denies that. less cross live to our colleague. not very clear picture as is often the case in the what do we know? ., . ., ., , ., , know? not much more than you 'ust said. the israeli fl know? not much more than you 'ust said. the israeli military * know? not much more than you 'ust said. the israeli military put i know? not much more than you 'ust said. the israeli military put outh know? not much more than you just said. the israeli military put out a i said. the israeli military put out a statement a couple of hours ago saying they targeted the school in what they called a precision strike because they said there was a hamas command and control centre based

within the school. we understand this was a school that was housing displaced people and as you say, the authorities in gaza are reporting a number of casualties. we just saw the reuters news agency quote saying ten people had been killed and more than a dozen injured.— than a dozen in'ured. thank you for brinuain than a dozen in'ured. thank you for bringing us — than a dozen injured. thank you for bringing us up-to-date _ than a dozen injured. thank you for bringing us up-to-date with - than a dozen injured. thank you for bringing us up-to-date with what i than a dozen injured. thank you for. bringing us up-to-date with what we bringing us up—to—date with what we can categorically say, this comes with the grim news as to the bodies of the israeli hostages. brig is up—to—date with that. yes, the israeli military and intelligence agency say the bodies of six hostages were recovered in the honey in this area in the south of gaza —— khan younis.

all of those apart from one he was 79 years old were already known to, presumed to have been killed. we don't know when they died, where the bodies were retrieved, but we have had a statement this morning from israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu who has faced a lot of criticism from hostage families for not doing enough to get the remaining hostages freed. he said our hearts grieve over the terrible loss. thank you. this is as antony blinken is in egypt trying to push through the bridge proposalfor a ceasefire deal, something we are of course monitoring as well. 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. throughout the convention — and indeed throughout the entire election campaign — you'll be able to get more background and analysis on the americast podcast. you can watch it on the bbc iplayer — or you can listen to it on the bbc sounds app. while the democrats were meeting in chicago — the republican presidential candidate has been continuing his campaign. donald trump was speaking to our sister network, cbc news, and he didn't hold back in his criticism of kamala harris. i think she's a very bright person. i do feel that.

i mean, i think that's right. i think i am a very bright person, and a lot of people say that. i don't think she's a very bright person. and you know what? our country needs a very smart person. and i don't think she's a very smart person. so i'm not looking to...i don't consider that an insult. that's just a fact. but what evidence do you have for that? i looked at the things that she said. i looked at the way she deals. i looked at her record of her crazy record. i looked at her policies. i just don't happen to think so. donald trump there speaking to cvs. not holding back there. 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. live shots from sicily where the search is continuing of the yacht that sank. people are still missing and there is concern over the six still missing after this sicily yacht accidents. we can hear now from the inspector of the diving unit at the fire brigade. he said the search is ongoing. translation: operation to be going on since yesterday. _ translation: operation to be going on since yesterday. we _ translation: operation to be going on since yesterday. we will— translation: operation to be going on since yesterday. we will continue | on since yesterday. we will continue the work we started yesterday, co—ordinating again and again. we are ready started to make another dive. now we will do everything and will continue uninterrupted for the

whole day. we are not stopping. we have resources, manpower and means. our goal is to find all the people missing so that is ourjob. as we continue to monitor the live image of that search operation underway, we have a live page as well and our very own correspondent in sicily updating that live page is more concerned was launched following the sinking of that yacht in what is described as a freak weather incident. the british tech tycoon mike lynch, his 18—year—old daughter hannah is also missing and we heard from our colleague lining out some of the other people. the searches continue under difficult circumstances. stay with us.

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 ia 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 ii. 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, ia 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.

british tech entrepreneur mike lynch — and his daughter hannah — are among six people missing after a yachting tragedy in sicily alongside morgan stanley'sjonathan bloomer. we'll hear about the significance of them in the business world. it's japan's biggest ever foreign takeover bid and shares in the 7—eleven owner have soared — its president has been speaking to the bbc. and a rocket engine explodes during a test launch at the uk's new spaceport in shetland. we talk to the spaceport�*s ceo live. welcome to business today, i'm mark lobel. it's being reported that morgan stanley international bank chairmanjonathan bloomer, his wifejudy and clifford chance lawyer chris morvillo are among six people missing after a luxury yacht sank off the coast of the italian island of sicily in the early hours of monday morning.

morgan stanley said in a statement they are �*deeply shocked