the headlines. we're live at the democratic national convention — as former president barack obama prepares to take to the stage later. specialist divers have recovered the body of a chef working on board a luxury yacht which sank in a freak storm off sicily. six people are still missing. and these new cctv images appear to show the vessel in the middle of a violent storm, before the tragedy. vaccinations against mpox are expected to begin in the democratic republic of congo — and other parts of africa — next week. and it's the end of an era as taylor swift takes to the stage for the final european performance of her current tour.

hello, it's 7am here in singapore and 6pm in chicago where it's day 2 of the democratic national convention. this is the scene live in the windy city — it's another big night ahead with delegates waiting to see another president taking to the stage. this time, it's hometown—hero barack obama — and his wife — and former first lady — michelle obama set to wow the crowd. on monday evening, kamala harris emerged to big applause on the mainstage — the four day event will see her confirmed as the party's nominee for the presidential election in november. but night number one was for another president — the current president, joe biden. just a month ago, this convention would have been for him. instead, he was passing the torch to his v—p. and, it was an emotional night — with delegates loudly

cheering president biden, which brought tears to his eyes. our chief presenter sumi somaskanda is at the dnc— and has this overview of what we should expect on tuesday in chicago. if you can already hear some of the noise behind me as the delegates and the visitors are starting to trickle into the seats. and you showed some of those images from last night, and the energy here really has been incredible. there were so many people, delegates and even members of congress who were saying they were having trouble actually getting into the united centre because the lines of security were so long to make it in for those speeches that you showed clips of, of president biden and, of course, some of the other big name speakers, like former secretary of state hillary clinton. well, we're probably going to see more of that tonight, because a lot of people are anticipating what we're going to hear on the stage from former president barack obama and formerfirst lady michelle obama. both of them, of course, hugely popular in the democratic party and as you said, from chicago. so it holds special meaning for them and for the party. and these are important endorsements for kamala harris. at the same time, interesting

to note that kamala harris, after making that brief appearance on the stage, is in milwaukee today holding a campaign event. so of course not resting after that appearance on the stage. now going on to try to drum up votes in a key battleground state in wisconsin. but we'll talk a bit more about the strategy of all of that. now with my guest who's with me here in chicago, jaime moore. jaime is a democratic strategist, and jaime is also the former chief of staff for the chair of the dnc. jaime harrison, great to talk to you again. so let's talk a bit more about what we are seeing here at the dnc, because we mentioned former president barack obama, formerfirst lady michelle obama. why is their presence and lending their voices to kamala harris�*s campaign so important? yeah. excuse me. thank you for having me. so it's been a wonderful two days in chicago so far. but i think one of the one of the things that people are most excited to hear from or hear about is president barack obama. barack obama, if you remember 20 years ago, almost to this day, gave the most rousing speech, almost in democratic history when he was just a state senator here in illinois. and so a couple of things. i think he is sort

of the chief validator of the democratic party. he understands this job better than anyone else. when he became president in zero eight, the economy was falling out of the bottom. you know, things were very, very difficult to turn around. so he gets that. and so i think today he's going to be able to validate the vice president in ways that i don't think other people can with the economy, with crime, with coalition building. and so he's going to be a really, really key, key component of this entire message. and then, of course, first lady michelle obama, who's in her own right, very important to this party. and, you know, she's given some rousing speeches herself. when they go low, we go high. and i think we're waiting to see how she approaches this campaign season. she's not been out in a long time. and so i think michelle obama is going to be a really, really important factor in this campaign as well, particularly for women. yeah, that is an important point. we saw that from the secretary

of former secretary of state hillary clinton as well, the message that she made to women. i mean, what do you think the message is going to be for any voters who might still be on the fence, who might not be convinced about kamala harris? what can the obamas do to convince them? yeah, i think when you look at president obama, he can talk about her, her actions as a leader. he's known herfor a very long time. he knew her when she was attorney general. she campaigned for him. they've known him. they're really good friends. and so he understands her from a personal perspective. but he can put a really good leadership spin on that. michelle obama and as you understand, one of the biggest issues in american politics right now is women's right to choose. and so i think michelle obama can talk about that issue in a way that others cannot talk about it as well. and so i think it gives kamala harris and tim walz some talking points that they can use going into the campaign cycle after labour day. and at the same time, you have kamala harris in milwaukee and the key battleground state of wisconsin. what do you make of that choice of during the convention going to hold a rally there? yeah, i think i think kamala harris and tim walz want people to understand that they're not going to take any

votes for granted, and they're both very serious candidates. some of the narratives that the republicans have been saying recently, they're talking about vibes and vibes and vibes. but kamala harris is looking at the map to 270. she's looking at wisconsin, pennsylvania, michigan, georgia, nevada, arizona, these battleground states, north carolina. and she's taking it very seriously. she wants to build coalitions in these states and start counting votes. she wants to get to 270. right? that path to victory. the 270 electoral votes. all right, jaime, thank you so much. we'll, of course, continue to talk to you through the course of the week. and, steve, as we head back to you, interesting to note that we're also going to see some speakers tonight and through the rest of the week who are republicans who are lending their voices to the democrats and endorsing kamala harris. what the democrats are trying to do there is send a message that former republicans, independent voters, can turn to the democrats and feel comfortable find a place in this party. we'll see how that message comes across with voters. you'll find lots more on our website — include this live page which will be updated over the next few hours. head to bbc.com/news — or use the bbc news app. this is interesting to see the

crowd there. michelle obama is said to speak i was ahead of him and watch that live on bbc news. the italian authorities say there will be no let up in the search for six people missing after a luxury yacht sank off the coast of sicily. divers are assessing how they can get into the wreck — which lies 50 metres on the sea—bed close to porticello. the body of the yacht�*s chef, recaldo thomas, is believed to have been recovered. one of his friends described the chef as well—loved and kind. those missing include the british entrepreneur, mike lynch and his 18 year—old daughter hannah. the chairman of morgan stanley international, jonathan bloomer, is also unaccounted for — as is his wife, judy. fifteen other people on board were rescued. our southern europe correspondent, mark lowen, has the latest from sicily.

the moments before the tragedy. cctv released tonight shows the storm lashing the sicilian coast, where the bayesian was moored in the early hours of monday. as the deluge deepens, clouds hide the yacht from view. some time later, it was no more. for a second day, the rescuers returned, plunging into the depths to reach the horrors below. divers seeking what has been swallowed up by the sea. the wreckage lying isoft underwater, and trapped inside, probably, the bodies of the missing. given how deep it is, each dive can only last ten minutes before the team must resurface. translation: the biggest difficulty is getting - into the ship because once inside, following the path, you can begin searching room by room. and this is what they're trying to access — the bayesian�*s cabins. an old video shows what was a gleaming superyacht, now a sunken coffin.

the world's tallest aluminium mast snapped from the tornado—like waterspout, which engulfed the boat within minutes. today, more of the 15 survivors left hospital, including the parents of one—year—old sophie emsley, rescued at sea, shielded from the public glare. the body of the chef recaldo thomas was found yesterday. six are still missing — the british tech tycoon mike lynch and his 18—year—old daughter hannah, his lawyer chris morvillo and wife neda, and the head of morgan stanley international, jonathan bloomer, and his wifejudy. all celebrating mr lynch's recent acquittal on us fraud charges. well, still, you can seejust how choppy the water is from the winds that continue to buffet the sicilian coast. a weather alert had reportedly been issued before the capsizing due to the searing heat and violent storms, and the investigation will now partly focus on what could have been done on board the yacht, such as closing hatches to mitigate that risk. it's even taken those who know

these waters well by surprise. giovanni aleccia has owned his boat club here for 28 years on the other side of the bay, and he's stunned. translation: the waterspout passed here, too, and threw. cushions into the air. but nobody could imagine what would happen to the yacht. i've never seen anything like it. the water has warmed so much that this weather tragedy became possible. it worries me, of course — this is no longer the sicily of 20 years ago. and so the search goes on. but any hope of survival in a mediterranean miracle has all but gone. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. russia's military says it has captured a small town in eastern ukraine called

niu—york, as part of its push towards big population centre of pokrovsk. russia's latest offensive in the east comes as ukraine continues its counter attack into russian territory. the first us—funded flight carrying undocumented migrants has left panama for colombia. the flights are meant to deter migrants from trying to make the long journey to the united states. twenty—nine colombians with criminal records were repatriated. more than half a million people crossed the dangerous darien gap on their way north last year. washington has imposed sanctions on the former haitian president, michel martelly, accusing him of trafficking drugs destined for the us. the state department said he played a significant role in perpetuating haiti's ongoing crisis. mr martelly served as president for five years before resigning in 2016. disney has dropped an attempt to block a wrongful death lawsuit brought by a widower, because of terms he signed up to in a free trial of disney+ five years ago. jeffrey piccolo�*s wife died in a restaurant at disney world in florida from a severe

allergic reaction. new figures show there were more than iii—hundred new cases of mpox, across several african nations, in the past week. but despite concern about a new variant of the virus triggering a global alert, a world health organisation espert says mpox is "not the new covid," as its spread can be controlled. here's our health correspondent, dominic hughes. the mpox virus starts with flu—like symptoms but leads to a painful rash and blisters and it can prove fatal. the number of cases, mainly in the central african state of congo, has doubled in a year. in its latest update, the african centre for disease control says this outbreak is clearly growing, and health experts are calling for those countries in the most seriously affected regions of africa to be supported. mpox is not the new covid. but the risk to the general population is low. we know what to do and we need

this time the political commitment to go for elimination — otherwise you will always see neglect and then panic again. so let's have a political commitment to go the last mile. vaccines and clear public health advice helped bring a global outbreak of mpox in 2022 under control. the picture today is more complicated, with at least three different variants currently circulating. but uk officials say they're ready — should a case be identified here. clinicians are alert. we've got diagnostic tests and we have a system that's well exercised in this. so i think we're well prepared to detect the first cases that come to this country. the african centre for disease control says, at the moment, access to enough vaccine doses remains a problem but it insists there is a clear plan to have 10 million available by the end of next year. dominic hughes, bbc news. around the world and across the uk.

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india's top court has ordered the creation of a national task force of doctors — to make recommendations on their safety in the workplace. it follows the killing of the 31 year—old trainee doctor, who police say was raped and murdered at a hospital in kolkata. the incident has sparked demonstrations by thousands ofjunior doctos across the country. the bbc has been speaking to the father of the victim. you come from a lower—class background biosolids consulting now, _ background biosolids consulting now. all — background biosolids consulting now, all of my dreams have been shattered~ — now, all of my dreams have been shattered. if you want the harshest punishment for this. walt— harshest punishment for this. walt is— harshest punishment for this. walt is asking forjustice and mentioning the will of the hospital because leaving for work — hospital because leaving for work and calling for formulation which is a hospital

safe _ formulation which is a hospital safe with — formulation which is a hospital safe with him but the hospital is the — safe with him but the hospital is the place where something so barbaric— is the place where something so barbaric happened to her on duty — barbaric happened to her on duty. although both his would tell that — duty. although both his would tell that you managed to make more _ tell that you managed to make more of— tell that you managed to make more of doctor doctor this type of shop — more of doctor doctor this type of shop and i said i did not pick— of shop and i said i did not pickup— of shop and i said i did not pick up and she became a doctor to her— pick up and she became a doctor to her own — pick up and she became a doctor to her own hard work and just provided _ to her own hard work and just provided some support. the effort — provided some support. the effort is _ provided some support. the effort is all hers. i sense my daughter— effort is all hers. i sense my daughter everywhere. him him. she is— daughter everywhere. him him. she is to — daughter everywhere. him him. she is to study the three or four— she is to study the three or four irr— she is to study the three or four in the morning and it was her challenge her. i do not forget _ her challenge her. i do not forget the people of the same things— forget the people of the same things begin to get over there whoie — things begin to get over there whole world has said what is happening is wrong and should not have — happening is wrong and should not have happened and i can only— not have happened and i can only thank you for this because i only thank you for this because i cannot— only thank you for this because i cannot think my daughter him.

my daughter anymore. that interview was done by bbc hindi's kirti dubey. she shared more about their response to the situation. experienced this, and process the school because from that day, and to given by pools, not very difficult for them to process their grief. now to the latest from the middle east and the ongoing ceasefire talks. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, said there was no more time to waste to reach a gaza ceasefire deal as he wrapped up his middle east tour. speaking to reporters at doha airport, he said that hamas needed to agree to the bridging proposal for a ceasefire so that both sides can proceed to the implementation of a peace deal. mr blinken reaffirmed that the us would not agree to any long—term occupation of gaza by israeli troops. meanwhile, israel's opposition leader has urged mr netanyahu to agree to an immediate ceasefire deal in gaza

before all the israeli hostages there die. yair lapid accused the prime minister of attempting to sabotage negotiations. earlier, the israeli military recovered the bodies of another six captives from khan younis. the men had been abducted during the hamas attacks on october the seventh. lucy williamson reports from jerusalem. deep inside the tunnels of khan yunis, israeli forces found the bodies of israeli hostages and brought them home. the six bodies recovered. their names confirmed by the unit's commanding officer. among them british israeli nadav popplewell, who hamas said was killed by israeli airstrikes in may. a man who loved board games and science fiction kidnapped from kibbutz nirim on the 7th of october with his mother hanna, freed in a hostage

deal last november. neighbour adel watched nadav grow up. at least family and loved ones will be able to have some closure and there'll be a tombstone. his mother will have someplace to go to mourn to. to visit. it's a comfort, at least, to know that his his body is back in the land of israel. the remains of five other captives were also brought home last night. haim perry, yogev buchstab, yoram metzger and alex danzig and avraham munda were kidnapped from kibbutz nir oz for his family, the first confirmation that he was dead. we have counted 18 cases of the government of israel torpedoing the initiative to get the hostages back. we're caught between a rock and a hard place. you know, the hamas and the israeli government both contributing their part

to the death of my uncle. in khan younis today, six bodies laid out for burial, killed in a strike on an internet connection point. one of them, taufiq al—khalidi, a student preparing for his engineering exams. another day when lives ended and the war carried on lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. a british—mexican man — detained in qatarfor six months on drugs charges — claims he was targeted because he is gay, warning others to be careful when travelling. manuel guerrero avina was arrested in february after arranging to meet a man he'd met online — who he later found out was an undercover police officer. human rights groups raised concerns about his detention but qatari officials insist he was arrested because of drug offences. he's been talking with our lgbt and identity reporterjosh parry. i'm completely free. i can be, you know, myself.

enjoying the freedom of being home. but for the past seven years, manuel has lived in qatar, where it's illegal to be gay. in february, he invited a man he'd been messaging online using the dating app grindr to his apartment. unbeknown to him, it was a fake account ran by undercover police who then arrested him on drugs charges. i go downstairs and... ..and when i approach the reception of my of my building, it's, i get handcuffed by the by the police that was taken to to detention and. yeah, i stayed there for 44 days. it was horrific to see people being whipped. they were being whipped in the on their backs. and then i was threatened to suffer the same treatment if i did not have a signed confession, no translator, no lawyer, no access to the embassies. why do you use apps like grindrand tinder to meet men when you know that it's illegal? so i was a bit, you know,

on the understanding that it was okay as long as you do it behind doors. manuel was released from prison on the condition he handed over his passport during criminal proceedings. qatari officials say his arrest and subsequent conviction were solely about drugs. i do not accept the charges. and and again, all the questions, all the interrogations were solely focussed on my sexual preferences. they wanted to know since when i've been having sex with whom i've been having sex. if this was a drug case, they would be asking, you know, where did you get the, you know, the substances that they claim they are mine. but the the case, the full interrogation was about sexual partners. the un, as well as several international human rights organisations and campaigners, including this former british diplomat to qatar, have all raised concerns about the case. just in the last three years, we've dealt with several cases of people who've been arrested and then interrogated without a lawyer. manuel was clearly targeted because he was lgbt. this is what this case

has always been about. he was targeted through grindr and app primarily used by the lgbt community. a qatari official told the bbc. manuel was treated with dignity and respect throughout his detention and that his case was solely about illegal drugs, they said mr guerrero avina had lived without any issues for seven years, and that it was only because he became implicated in a drug operation that charges were brought against him. i never thought this would happen to me. it could happen to anyone. josh parry, bbc news, london. a barrier that had blocked a popular view of mount fuji injapan has been taken down. the screen was installed in may after residents complained that tourists were obstructing roads, littering and trespassing while trying to take photos. local officials said the barrier had been highly effective in driving visitors away. but, they warn it could be put

up again if significant numbers of tourists return. it's the end of an era — or eras — at wembley stadium in london. taylor swift has taken to the stage for thw final show of the european leg of her tour. tuesday saw the last of eight evenings the artist performed in london acrossjune and august — to crowds of 90—thousand plus a night. emer mccarthy has more. taylor swift has wrapped up the european leg of her eras tour at london's iconic wembley stadium. it was her 48th and final european show, her 15th here in the uk alone, and it's certainly been a record breaking tour. back in december, it became the first tour ever to earn more than $1 billion, and its expected to make more than $2 billion when it wraps up in canada at the end of the year. it hasn't, of course, all been good news. just two weeks ago, all three of her vienna concerts were cancelled due to security threats. but tonight she really

treated her fans before she said so long, london. she brought out florence welch from florence and the machine to sing their duet florida, as well as producer extraordinaire jack antonoff. that's all for now — stay with bbc news. stages is set up in several speakers already gets particular performances. it is day two of the national condition hello. i think it's going to feel more

like autumn than august over the next couple of days, particularly across the northern half of the uk, where we're going to see some heavy bursts of rain wednesday turning very wet indeed and there will be some pretty strong winds. it's all because of this frontal system pushing in from the west, thickening up the cloud, bringing those outbreaks of rain from the word go across parts of northern ireland and western scotland, eastern scotland starting the day with a little bit of brightness. northern england, parts of north wales likely to cloud over a bit of patchy rain developing here. to the south of that, through the midlands down towards the south of england, it should stay largely dry with some spells of sunshine, but the winds will be picking up gusts of 50mph or more by the end of the day. across western parts of scotland, where the rain really will be hammering down through the afternoon. top temperatures 15 degrees in glasgow, 22 degrees in london and then through wednesday night,

well, the rainjust keeps on coming across that western side of scotland. it's possible that some places could see 100mm, giving the risk of flooding and disruption. gales are possible around some exposed western coasts as we head through wednesday night into the first part of thursday. pretty mild start to thursday morning, 1a, 15 degrees in quite a few places. through thursday, we'll see this frontal system, this cold front here pushing its way southwards and eastwards, some outbreaks of rain with that, the rain, i think, tending to fizzle as that front moves southwards and eastwards, but it will still be accompanied by some quite strong and gusty winds. behind the front the skies brighten, we see some sunshine but there will be some scattered showers, some of which could be on the heavy side and temperatures north to south 1a to 22 degrees. and then as we move through thursday night it looks like we could see another frontal system and another potentially quite deep area of low pressure developing that could bring a swathe of really strong winds, particularly through parts of north wales, the north midlands, northern england, that will all sweep away as we go through

the day on friday. sunny spells behind, but also quite a few hefty showers pushing into western scotland and northern ireland. so the weather continuing in that very unsettled vein. and then as we head into the weekend, well, some uncertainty about the detail, but it looks like there will be further showers or longer spells of rain. between all of that, though, there should be some spells of sunshine.

the democratic national convention returns for a second day. a senior officialfrom the biden administration joins us to talk trade. and we explore a sponge city where more than 300 climate projects are running to guard against floods. hello and welcome to business today. i'm steve lai. it's day two of the democratic national convention in chicago and high on the agenda is trade. this is trade. comes as us presidential election this comes as us presidential election is being closely watched around the world. from trade tariffs to tensions with china, asian governments are closely watching the us presidential election for clues on who they'll be doing business with next year. enoh t ebong, was appointed by president biden. she is attending the dnc in her personal capacity — and gave us a take on what kamala harris brings. there has been a tremendous vision put forward for the first in terms of what the biden — harris has accomplished

by taking an economy