king charles travels to southport, in the north—west of england — to meet families affected by the devastating knife attacks three weeks ago. the israeli military says it's recovered the bodies of another six hostages in gaza — as blinken arrives in egypt for fresh peace talks. in gaza, hamas officials say at least ten people have been killed in an israeli military attack on a school. specialist italian divers are searching for six people missing after a british luxury yacht sank in a freak storm off sicily. this is the live scene now in sicily, where divers say it's a difficult operation, with objects blocking their access to the cabins of the ship on the sea bed. "america, i gave my best to you." the words of a tearful president biden as he says farewell to democrats and throws his support behind kamala harris.

selecting kamala harris was the very first decision i made when i became our nonna me and i was the best decision i made my whole career. rees king charles is meeting privately with some of the young children attacked in southport onjuly 29, as well as paramedics, police and firefighters who responded to the attack and then had to do with the violent disorder that followed. faith leaders in the era will also be present. three children were stabbed to death at a taylor swift themed dance class. hours after they

were killed in southport, meant information spirit online and because of bias across parts of the uk. it is a revision day for people in but they have welcomed king charles. our correspondent, shalit gal occurred, has been speaking to people today. what have they told you about how important is that the king is visiting? the? you about how important is that the king is visiting?— king is visiting? they have been sa in: it king is visiting? they have been saying it is _ king is visiting? they have been saying it is incredibly _ king is visiting? they have been saying it is incredibly importantl saying it is incredibly important that the king has come the day. they see him as a unifying figure. they were also quite excited to see the king in their town despite the circumstances. people came from very early in the morning, asking us what time he was due to arrive. more people bringing teddies, balloons for that big display outside the town hall. the king walked around that display reading out some of the tributes. there were cheers when he came out of his car. now he ills

having a very private meeting with some of the families of the children who survived the attack. they will be meeting the king behind closed doors. then the king is going to come and speak to people from the community, people that volunteered to clear up the town after that violent disorder. he will also be meeting the mayor of the region, local councillors, and then he will be coming here to the local fire station. wind up inside there are paramedics, police, firefighters — some of the people who responded initially to that attack, and then also had to do with that disorder afterwards. he will be meeting with them and the bill also be faith leaders inside the fire station, because the mosque was at the centre of that violent disorder. the local imam we believe will be meeting the king and other faith leaders. imam we believe will be meeting the king and otherfaith leaders. there is a real sense in southport that

the community has been really strong, people have been putting pink ribbons for the three little girls outside their house, on fences, on lamp posts, some people even wearing little pink ribbons on their accounts. even wearing little pink ribbons on theiraccounts. it even wearing little pink ribbons on their accounts. it will since people wanting to together. ultimately, people say it is so in its bookable, they cannot understand what happened here, there is no reason for it, no one seems to have any answers. they should be a busy seaside town, it is the middle of summer at the moment, but it feels very quiet at the moment. people really welcoming the king, but they are still also still recovering from what happened. take us throu . h recovering from what happened. take us through what _ recovering from what happened. take us through what the day looks like for king charles, where he is at the moment, for instance. that for king charles, where he is at the moment, for instance.— for king charles, where he is at the moment, for instance. at the moment he is at the — moment, for instance. at the moment he is at the town _ moment, for instance. at the moment he is at the town hall, _ moment, for instance. at the moment he is at the town hall, about _ moment, for instance. at the moment he is at the town hall, about a - moment, for instance. at the moment he is at the town hall, about a five - he is at the town hall, about a five minute walk up the road. that is

that real centre of the meetings today, that is where the floral tributes are and where he walked around earlier. inside there will be that private meeting with the families of some of those surviving children. he will be meeting with volunteers who helped clear up the town outside. then he will be coming here to meet the emergency services and faith leaders. quite a long day for the king here in southport, we understand he wanted to wait to come here until the emergency services were under less pressure. if he had come in the days immediately after the attack it would have been too much for all the emergency services to cope with the security for him as well as the other things going on here. we know that him and the queen were shocked, they said they were profoundly shocked by what they called the horrific incident here in southport. so obviously it has been on his mind and he really wanted to come here. on his mind and he really wanted to come here-— come here. how is that the king's health, do — come here. how is that the king's health. do we _ come here. how is that the king's

health, do we now? _ come here. how is that the king's health, do we now? he _ come here. how is that the king's health, do we now? he seems - come here. how is that the king's i health, do we now? he seems pretty fit, re health, do we now? he seems pretty fit. pretty active- _ health, do we now? he seems pretty fit, pretty active. he _ health, do we now? he seems pretty fit, pretty active. he was _ health, do we now? he seems pretty fit, pretty active. he was out - health, do we now? he seems pretty fit, pretty active. he was out on - fit, pretty active. he was out on trooping the colour not that long ago, he did attend the fill event. he was at the chelsea flower show meeting people, talking to people. i think that's a really good sign. he is not back to his full calendar of events, but he is back to doing some events. we know the king likes to speak to members of the public, that is hugely important for him. he has probably been frustrated those couple of months what he couldn't do much. but it is a good sign for himself that he is happy and able to meet members of the community and also travel up and down the uk. we now how important this visit is for him and you have said he can be a real unifying force at a time like this. how do people respond when they meet him? i this. how do people respond when they meet him?— they meet him? i think it sort of de-ends they meet him? i think it sort of depends on _ they meet him? i think it sort of depends on the _ they meet him? i think it sort of depends on the person. - they meet him? i think it sort of depends on the person. some i

they meet him? i think it sort of- depends on the person. some people are essentially stunned into silence, that was with the late queen as well. i saw people kind of immediatelyjust queen as well. i saw people kind of immediately just stop talking queen as well. i saw people kind of immediatelyjust stop talking and stand really stiffly when she went past. the same with the king. some people are incredibly quiet i don't know what to say. i think he sees part of his job know what to say. i think he sees part of hisjob is know what to say. i think he sees part of his job is to relax people, just have a normal conversation. they queen as well, i have seen queen camilla talking to little children and making them incredibly relaxed. that is a huge part of his job, going out to meet people and getting a sense of what they feel and think. i think it depends on the kind of person you are, but a lot of people go very quiet and kind of on their best behaviour. we people go very quiet and kind of on their best behaviour.— people go very quiet and kind of on their best behaviour. we can see the kin: their best behaviour. we can see the king walking — their best behaviour. we can see the king walking around _ their best behaviour. we can see the king walking around now _ their best behaviour. we can see the king walking around now and - their best behaviour. we can see the king walking around now and are - king walking around now and are looking at those floral tributes. the focus still on the community i'm sure and the victims, and the thoughts and support and prayers are very much still with the families.

what have the people of the community to which about those three little girls and will happen to? it is incredibly close—knit community, southport is a fairly small town. a lot of people have been saying no know the families affected, or they live close by to what happens. there was huge concern on the day, and when people found out it was children there was a great amount of upsetin children there was a great amount of upset in this seemingly random attack on a taylor swift themed holiday club. peoplejust attack on a taylor swift themed holiday club. people just couldn't understand it. also people saying it has slightly changed southport, at least for the time being. people were saying they were not allowing their kids to the park on their own, they want to make sure the children are safe and keep them close by. so people are deeply affected by what has happened here and i think it is going to take a really long time for them to recoverfrom going to take a really long time for

them to recover from this and get past this, and probably many people in the town without because they know a lot of the children involved. skill will be back soon in southport, and there are going to be three children missing. they are meant to be starting a new school year, new uniforms, incredibly excited, and they are not going to be there. ., , . be there. you very much get the sense from _ be there. you very much get the sense from your _ be there. you very much get the sense from your reporting - be there. you very much get the sense from your reporting that l be there. you very much get the| sense from your reporting that it be there. you very much get the i sense from your reporting that it is a community that has come together and they are definitely welcoming king charles. we have a live page running on the bbc news website bring you updates on king charles' visit. you can also follow the stream on the website as well. do log on, or you can stay with us here on bbc news. the israeli army has retrieved the bodies of six hostages from khan younis, in southern gaza. these are the pictures of the men who had been captured in southern

israel during the hamas attacks on october 7. five of their deaths had already been announced, but one was previously thought to have still been alive. meanwhile, the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has been in egypt, where he's pushing for a ceasefire and hostage release deal in gaza. he's met the egyptian president, abdel fattah el—sisi, in cairo. yesterday antony blinken said it was up to hamas to agree to a "bridging proposal" for a ceasefire deal in gaza after he met israeli officials in tel aviv. hamas has issued a statement, saying claims by the us including president biden, that it was backing away from a ceasefire deal are misleading. hamas says it is keen to reach a cessation of aggression, and remarks by the us administration give israel the green light to continue the war. hamas also accused the us of bias towards israel. let's show you the latest pictures we have from gaza. hamas officials say at least ten people have been killed in an israeli military attack on a school housing displaced military. israel's military claimed that the strike targeted hamas fighters who used a hidden "command centre" in the school. the un says almost 500

school buildings have been directly hit or damaged during the current conflict. zahiro shahar mor has been speaking about his uncle abraham munder, who was taken hostage by hamas fighters on otober 7.

some former breakthrough. thought within even the next week or so. i have to say, the mood on the ground as we have moved from israel simply hasn't much that expectation. what

we heard from anthony blinken on monday night was him saying that prime minister netanyahu had accepted the american bridging proposals. the language from the israelis themselves has been less emphatic than that, although the israeli prime minister said he is committed to this proposal, but suggestions in the israeli press that this perhaps needs more mediation. the purpose here in egypt, critically, is to discuss perhaps the main sticking point, and thatis perhaps the main sticking point, and that is prime minister netanyahu's insistence, as he has put it, that there remain israeli troops in that part of the gaza strip in the south that borders egypt. he believes that is essential to israel's security server cannot be weapons smuggling ijy

server cannot be weapons smuggling by hamas to be arm itself. hamas say that simply amounts to continued israeli occupation and is not an end to the war. the egyptians are critical on this because they share that border with gaza. that will be a key component of discussions between mr blinken and the egyptian president. then we moved to qatar, where there will be further discussions with key officials in doha are. like the egyptians, they are crucial to the negotiations, speaking directly to hamas. tom bateman there. as he was saying, qatar is absolutely critical when it comes to these talks. let's speak to nawaf al thani, former director of qatari defense intelligence. what is holding up the ceasefires

that the negotiations are over. as you reported earlier, the israeli media poke some holes in it. the attacks today on the evacuation centre, as i see the numbers in front of me to 12 killed, that doesn't help that that news happened on the same day. as well as hamas, it has to understand it won't get everything it wants. i think qatar's job with the united states and egypt is to focus both parties on three main points. one, the end of hostilities and a ceasefire. two, the release of all hostages, agreed ijy the release of all hostages, agreed by both parties. three, humanitarian aid.

if israel wants a deal without a deal, that is by definition a non—deal. a lot of palestinians are suffering. the families of the israeli hostages are suffering. i think the israelis and palestinians are represented here by hamas in gaza have to reach the understanding that they won't get everything they want. they won't get a perfect solution. a bridging solution that could lead to a further peace negotiation should be the goal. we are way past a perfect solution, that was months in the past. now the whole region are trying to avert a regional conflict and stop more death and destruction for gaza and hopefully return the hostages. we have seen this optimism expressed by antony blinken and the us team, it

has not been echoed by any of the other parties. how would you feel at this moment, are you optimistic that any kind of deal can be reached? i think my nature that we haven't had this of an advance that we are getting in months, despite that fact i am a bit optimistic. very cautiously optimistic. optimism in today's atmosphere and reality is different from optimism a year ago. today we have to be optimistic while dealing with enduring death in gaza, today 35 killed in gaza. that type of optimism i think is what the mediators have, and what i have. i think the next couple of days we will see if that optimism was well placed or unfortunately another opportunity has slid between our fingers.

you are watching bbc news. let me shoot live pictures from the early hours of the morning in chicago, where at the national commission is taking place for the democrats. we will bring the elitists there after president biden's address last night and kamala harris to come.

the us president, joe biden, has made his farewell speech to the democratic national convention, telling supporters in chicago they're "in a battle for the very soul of america". mr biden told democrats they were in a battle for the very soul of america and painted donald trump as a threat to democracy. he also praised vice president kamala harris, who's replaced him at the party's presidential candidate. delegates are due to dose her as the

candidate for november's presidential election during the four day convention. here is a moment from president biden's speech. it moment from president biden's seech. . , , moment from president biden's seech. .,, , ., moment from president biden's seech. , ., ., ., moment from president biden's seech. ., ., ., ., speech. it has been at the honour of my lifetime — speech. it has been at the honour of my lifetime to _ speech. it has been at the honour of my lifetime to serve _ speech. it has been at the honour of my lifetime to serve as _ speech. it has been at the honour of my lifetime to serve as your- my lifetime to serve as your president. i love thejob, but i love my country more. i love my country more. all this talk about how an angry, all those people said i should step down, it's not true. emotional scenes there in chicago as president biden spoke. let's speak to eric ham, a political analyst. i'm

sure you have been watching events in chicago very closely. how would you describe the atmosphere in the room when president biden spoke last night and the momentum that now appears to be behind kamala harris? i think it was a watershed moment. what we're seeing is a party that is becoming increasingly more unified by the day and the energy at that is becoming increasingly more palpable and democrats hope will actually lead to victory in november. hoop lead to victory in november. how dish i lead to victory in november. how dishy i shall— lead to victory in november. how dishy i shall keep _ lead to victory in november. how dishy i shall keep that momentum? this is essentially going to be a sprint for both candidates, and i think the only thing that will stand in her weight will be that september 10 debate she will help with donald io debate she will help with donald trump. we have to remember that kamala harris has not had a debate since 2020, and many aren't sure if she can nicely handle the pressure of a debate, given the fact that we have not seen and i shall engage with members of the press. hoop have not seen and i shall engage with members of the press. how is this resulting _ with members of the press. how is this resulting in _ with members of the press. how is this resulting in donations, - with members of the press. how is this resulting in donations, polling| this resulting in donations, polling numbers and falling two voting numbers? we talk about momentum, but

what does it mean at the moment? we know what does it mean at the moment? - know that kamala harris is naturally out raising donald trump more than 2-1. out raising donald trump more than 2—1. last month she brought in more than half what donald trump did. looking at the latest abc polling data, it not only shows her ahead of donald trump both nationally and in many key battleground states, but she is winning over white voters. in fact her numbers are now better than joe biden or even bright but up —— barack obama in 2008, which suggests that some of the states that democrats would have trouble winning could actually come back into the democrat column. states like north carolina or even florida. that has been a massive surge in support for the kamala harris campaign, we had been told at more than 2000 people per day are actually registering to

volunteer for the harris—walz campaign. volunteer for the harris-walz campaign-— volunteer for the harris-walz camaiun. ,, , ., campaign. they are young people out in the streets — campaign. they are young people out in the streets of _ campaign. they are young people out in the streets of chicago _ campaign. they are young people out in the streets of chicago protesting i in the streets of chicago protesting about kamal house and the democrats' on gaza, wanting them to take a firmer stance. on gaza, wanting them to take a firmerstance. does on gaza, wanting them to take a firmer stance. does this have the ability to really hurt her? i do believe it _ ability to really hurt her? i do believe it is _ ability to really hurt her? i do believe it is having _ ability to really hurt her? i gr believe it is having residence with the convention. we have heard from speakers last night who have mention and called for a ceasefire in gaza, as well as a two state solution. i do believe those voices are being heard. the question is, will those tensions between protesters and demonstrators actually have a palpable effect on the harris—walz ticket? so far we haven't seen any. great to have you thanks so much for joining us. we will keep across what is happening throughout the day in chicago. but also don't forget to check out our podcast available on the bbc sounds at the bbc iplayer,

if you are here in the uk. well worth listening to. last week the world health organization declared mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in two years as a new variant spread rapidly in parts of africa. a conference is taking place of the africa cdc, just updating officials on what's happening in terms of the emergency response, what it means for africa. we are looking to see if there are any news lines to bring you from that and we will certainly update you. lots of talk, of course, about vaccines and no need for them in africa. 10 million needed, only 200,000 are available. so, an urgent need for vaccines to be sent to africa at this time. we can tick you live now to sicily, because we are

also giving across the live page which has all developments on the specialist divers that are trying to get access to the cabins of the yacht. we know that six people are still missing and it has been really problematic for those divers because a lot of furniture is blocking passageways and stopping them from getting to some of the cabins. in fact, it has been described as a world of objects blocking access. six people are still missing, including the morgan stanley chairman and his wife, we have also been talking about the british tech tycoon mike lynch and his daughter as well. searches are under way off the coast of italy, specialist divers are bit at the scene. the live pages up and running on the bbc news website.

good afternoon, some very wet weather and at the forecast, particular for northern and western areas of the uk as we head of the week, also when the. even further south and east they will still be some showers around at times today. sunny spells but blustery showers today, the isobar squeezing across northern ireland and western scotland, gusts of up to 40—50 mph. this is where the bulk of the shah was will be for the rest of the day, some of the showers merging for a time for what feels like longer spells of rain. a largely dry story for the rest of the day further south. the best of the century and across parts of south—eastern england. a fresh feel to things behind the front earlier on this morning. it will feel cooler tonight. the wind at lightening a

little, some temperatures could drop back to high single figures. a lot cooler and less muggy than it was last night. into tomorrow, more rain to come, feeding across northern ireland and western scotland, down through north—west england. strong winds coupled with high spring tides could cause some coastal overtopping in these areas. largely dry again, a ridge of high pressure, but turning cloudy. more weather fronts coming our way, this one containing the remnants of hurricane ernest the out in the atlantic. there will be some humid here lasting longer is towards the south and the east. some gusty winds wherever you are in the uk. more rain to follow at times.

pressure feeling you're digging in behind that cold front and ma humid air lasting longer is the further east you are. more weather fronts but probably dry and with some sunshine for most by the end of the day. further of rain towards the south on saturday morning. bye—bye.

live from new york at the opening bell, this is business today. investors increase their bets on interest rate cuts, and gold hits a record high. plus, paying theirfair share — kamala harris to push to raise us corporate tax rates to 20% if she wins the november election. also, japan's biggest foreign takeover bid. the owner of 7—11 has been speaking to the bbc. welcome to business today from new york. the democratic national convention, which continues today in chicago, has been dominating headlines. president biden was speaking on monday, calling on his vice

president, kamala harris, saying, we need you to