that sank off the coast of sicily. we'll be live with the latest. day three at the democratic national convention, after the obamas electrify the garthering in chicago. america, hope is making a comeback! cheering i'm caitriona perry, here in chicago, when tim waltz officially becomes the vice presidential nominee. here in the uk, a man is arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman and three children die in a bradford house fire. hello and welcome to verified live.

divers searching the luxury yacht that sank off the coast of sicily have found the bodies of two of the six missing passengers. this is the scene live — the italian authorities say there's little chance of finding any more survivors. coastguard vessels, divers and robots have been at the site, where the yacht is lying about 50 metres down. it's been challenging for the divers to get inside the upturned yacht. in the last little while, the authorities there in italy reporting that two more bodies have been recovered. teams there on the ground. bethany bell, who we will talk to me just a moment, ground. bethany bell, who we will talk to mejust a moment, saying she has seen divers lifting what appears to be a body out of the water. there is searches have been going on day and night. but these are the life

pictures, and developments coming in any last little while. reports that two more bodies have been recovered. let's go live to our correspondent bethany bell who is in sicily. tell us what you know and what has developed any last little while. just in the last few minutes... in fact, you can seejust behind me the books have pulled into harbour. and i saw through a photographer's telephoto lens, when they were out in the harbour, divers who appeared to be pulling in what appeared to be a body into a boat. they have just now pulled into port. we are waiting to hear from the authorities as to the identities. we have no details at this present time as to who these bodies might be. but we have had this confirmation from the authorities. two bodies have been

discovered. and what i could see through this telephoto lens was a figure that the divers seem to be hoisting up into the boat. find figure that the divers seem to be hoisting up into the boat. and for a lot of the course _ hoisting up into the boat. and for a lot of the course of— hoisting up into the boat. and for a lot of the course of today, - hoisting up into the boat. and for a lot of the course of today, the - lot of the course of today, the authorities have been underlining just the huge challenges involved in actually trying to retrieve the bodies, trying to actually get to the inside of this wreckage. extremely difficult. what we have been told is divers have a minute or so to get down to the sea bed, which is a 50 metres below sea level, 160 feet down, and then they can spend up feet down, and then they can spend up to 8—10 minutes down there before they have to return and come back up. they have been also hampered, they say, by the fact the yacht was on its side, difficult to access. and of course this is the third day

now that rescue operations have been under way. an extremely complicated task for them. and now it seems that we have a very sad news that two bodies have now been discovered. we are told that the rescue efforts will continue because there are of course for more people still unaccounted for.— course for more people still unaccounted for. and you talked about the huge _ unaccounted for. and you talked about the huge complexity - unaccounted for. and you talked about the huge complexity of. unaccounted for. and you talked i about the huge complexity of what unaccounted for. and you talked - about the huge complexity of what is going on. but they will be helped in part from some of the descriptions from some of the survivors, won't they? fit from some of the survivors, won't the ? u, , from some of the survivors, won't the? , , ., they? of course, the survivors's testimony _ they? of course, the survivors's testimony is _ they? of course, the survivors's testimony is crucial _ they? of course, the survivors's testimony is crucial in _ they? of course, the survivors's testimony is crucial in all - they? of course, the survivors's testimony is crucial in all of - they? of course, the survivors's| testimony is crucial in all of this. and we are told that he divers themselves, the rescue teams, have been using remote vehicles which can stay underwaterfor been using remote vehicles which can stay underwater for longer than they can, taking photographs. so all pieces of the puzzle that will help

people try and understand how it was that this yacht went down in the way that this yacht went down in the way that it did. find that this yacht went down in the way that it did. ~ i. that this yacht went down in the way that it did. ~ ,, ., ._ that it did. and you mentioned day three of these _ that it did. and you mentioned day three of these are _ that it did. and you mentioned day three of these are searches. - that it did. and you mentioned day three of these are searches. we i that it did. and you mentioned day i three of these are searches. we knew they were searching and looking for six more of those people on board. just remind our your pseudo—6 r. it was the british technology giant mike lynch, his daughter hannah. it was the head of morgan stanley and his wife, and a lawyer and his wife, a jewellery designer. we do not know who the two bodies are that ifjust been recovered now. we are hoping to hear from the emergency services in the coming hours as to who they are. well, the search continues to account for the other people. we are still in this search _ account for the other people. we are still in this search phase. _ account for the other people. we are still in this search phase. does - still in this search phase. does that mean the investigation into how

this happened has to wait, or has that already started?— that already started? well, we understand — that already started? well, we understand the _ that already started? well, we understand the coastguard - that already started? well, we understand the coastguard put that already started? well, we - understand the coastguard put out a statement saying it would be using material, that this remote—controlled vehicle has been gathering underwater, that will be given to the public prosecutors of this in a nearby town here. they will use that to try to piece together what led to this incident happening. it is extremely early days yet and of course the priority for now is locating the missing. bethany, just remind me, in terms of the wreckage itself, we are looking at the life pictures from the shore line, but how far out is the wreckage and how far down? it is not that far out- — wreckage and how far down? it is not that far out. in _ wreckage and how far down? it is not that far out. in fact, _ wreckage and how far down? it is not that far out. in fact, you _ wreckage and how far down? it is not that far out. in fact, you can - that far out. in fact, you can almost see the site just behind me in the harbour. but it is very, very

deep. it is 50 metres down, 164 feet or so. and that has been extremely challenging, as i have said, for the divers trying to reach it and get in side, two parts of the yacht where they thought they might find some of they thought they might find some of the missing people. find they thought they might find some of the missing people.— the missing people. and some of the information they _ the missing people. and some of the information they have _ the missing people. and some of the information they have already - information they have already revealed in terms of what those divers have seen, what the robots have also been able to rely, is just the amount of obstacles, the tangles, the wreckage itself, making any access so difficult. yes. any access so difficult. yes, because _ any access so difficult. yes, because if _ any access so difficult. yes, because if you _ any access so difficult. yes, because if you can - any access so difficult. yes, because if you can imagine, any access so difficult. yes, - because if you can imagine, the yacht is in itself, —— on its side, there is debris everywhere, things would have been shaken up. trying to find access points that you can actually get ian has proven extremely difficult and dangerous.

this is a dangerousjob extremely difficult and dangerous. this is a dangerous job for the divers. and they cannot spend very long down there. certainly while they are looking for people like this. so it is a very difficult situation for them. we know now sadly they have discovered two bodies, but there are those others are still unaccounted for. $5 bodies, but there are those others are still unaccounted for.— are still unaccounted for. as you were mentioning, _ are still unaccounted for. as you were mentioning, the _ are still unaccounted for. as you were mentioning, the camera i are still unaccounted for. as you l were mentioning, the camerajust were mentioning, the camera just moving around a little, but on these life pictures only a short while ago, ten or 15 minutes, we saw one of those body bags, a green body bag, being passed from those emergency workers, the rescuers come into that ambulance and the emergency vehicles there. that is what is happening there on the shoreline. give me an idea, bethany, of the scale of the search. we can see a large number of people on the shoreline. tell us more about the various people at sea as well. there

is an enormous _ various people at sea as well. there is an enormous search _ various people at sea as well. there is an enormous search and - various people at sea as well. there is an enormous search and rescue i is an enormous search and rescue operation under way. all day long, we have seen helicopters flying overhead, there have been boats surrounding the area where the ship wreck happened, we have seen people on the shoreline in that harbour area which is cordoned off from the rest of us here, and people who have been working tirelessly since very early this morning. they worked until late last night. they started very early this morning. diving down there again. this has been an immensely complicated situation, and i saw a little while ago, as that news was breaking of those two bodies being found, i was standing next to a photographer with an extremely sensitive telephoto lens, and you could see one of those bodies being holed up out of the water and pulled onto one of the smaller boats and brought back into port. there were people gathered from the town as well coming to

watch this thing which has shocked a lot of people here. people say they cannot understand how such an enormous yacht, a superyacht inet sense, was able to go under in such a quick, dramatic, violent way. these are agonising days and hours are for all of the families involved as we wait for developments. we have seen what happened in the last half an hour. i'm sure all of that information being relayed to the various families. is it possible to say, do we know who is with the families, who is supporting those families, who is supporting those families there who have gathered and made their way to sicily? we families there who have gathered and made their way to sicily?— made their way to sicily? we know that the families _ made their way to sicily? we know that the families have _ made their way to sicily? we know that the families have received - made their way to sicily? we knowl that the families have received help from the medical officials here in this area of palermo. 0ne doctor talking to them all was saying that one of the things that really struck

him was how he spoke of darkness, how it was dark when it happened, and then when the waves rose up and the boat went underneath, it was darkness that engulfed them. of course, the story of the mother with the one—year—old baby that she managed to clutch on to indie waves and brought safely to shore. but the extraordinarily traumatic experience all round, and of course now with the news of two bodies having been found, extremely sad for relatives who are watching so closely and hoping against hope in many ways that there could still be survivors. 0ne that there could still be survivors. one of the things that has been really sad with this is there have been postcard they did not rule out the possibility that there might be survivors. but of course, with every passing hour, the hope becomes less. it really is a very sad and difficult time forfamilies it really is a very sad and difficult time for families at the

moment. ~ ., ., difficult time for families at the moment. ~ . ~ ., . . moment. we will talk more again in the coming — moment. we will talk more again in the coming minutes, _ moment. we will talk more again in the coming minutes, but— moment. we will talk more again in the coming minutes, but for- moment. we will talk more again in the coming minutes, but for now, l the coming minutes, but for now, thank you very much for that update with that development, that breaking development that to my bodies have been found. in terms of the rescue effort and search effort, ian taylor is a professional diver based on the dorset coastline here in the uk. earlier, he described some of the challenges that divers would be facing with this particular type of recovery operation. it is facing with this particular type of recovery operation.— recovery operation. it is a very difficult operation _ recovery operation. it is a very difficult operation indeed. - recovery operation. it is a very difficult operation indeed. the| difficult operation indeed. the divers— difficult operation indeed. the divers have to go inside the wreck. you imagine — divers have to go inside the wreck. you imagine they will be carrying quite _ you imagine they will be carrying quite bulky equipment. there will be narrow_ quite bulky equipment. there will be narrow gangways, walkways inside, corridors _ narrow gangways, walkways inside, corridors inside the wreck, and if you imagine where the wreck is sound, _ you imagine where the wreck is sound, everything that was not screwed — sound, everything that was not screwed down is going to be floating around, _ screwed down is going to be floating around, all— screwed down is going to be floating around, all of the cabinets, blocking _ around, all of the cabinets, blocking doors, pathways, gangways.

very difficult and very dangerous place _ very difficult and very dangerous place to — very difficult and very dangerous place to go and investigate. and the are place to go and investigate. and they are only — place to go and investigate. fific they are only allowed to place to go and investigate. fific they are only allowed to spend around ten minutes down there at a time. when you have described all of those objects that are there, and they only have ten minutes. that really adds to how difficult it is? the initial rescue divers, the equipment they are using would only allow that sort of timescale on the bottom. more specialist divers using mixed gases, they can actually spend a lot longer inside the wreck. getting to where they need to be. so i would imagine now, three days on, there should be more specialised divers with more specialised equipment that can spend longer inside the wreck and do more things, it is actually safer to do, and get to where they need to get. thea;r

it is actually safer to do, and get to where they need to get. they are brin . in: in to where they need to get. they are bringing in the _ to where they need to get. they are bringing in the remote _ to where they need to get. they are bringing in the remote operated - bringing in the remote operated equipment as well. we have heard from some of the divers who have gone down, who say the wreck is quite intact, which is also having that difficulty that none of the windows have been broken and they have got to try to get access into there. how difficult does that add to this operation? the there. how difficult does that add to this operation?— there. how difficult does that add to this operation? the whole thing is a really difficult _ to this operation? the whole thing is a really difficult and _ to this operation? the whole thing is a really difficult and dangerous i is a really difficult and dangerous operation. 0bviously, is a really difficult and dangerous operation. obviously, the safety of the divers investigating the wreck is paramount. things will move around in the deck, it will be dark where there is no lighting, you have got to have torches. neverto lighting, you have got to have torches. never to be able to find their way out. it is quite a dangerous place to be. there could be pollution in there as well,

diesel and other materials, fluids floating around. you just imagine turning a room upside down or on its side, everything is going to be everywhere. everything that floats, it will be floating around inside the cabin and walkways. a very dangerous... it will take a long time to get to the right places. that was the diver ian taylor talking to nicky schiller a little earlier. you can see the live shots coming to us from sicily. that operation still going on. and latest element, to more bodies have been recovered from that sunken yacht just in the last little while. do head to the website because we have a life page there. it is learning on this, day three of that search, with all of the latest details, the latest live pictures, the latest accounts from bethany bell and our team is on the ground. head to the live page on the website or the news app live page on the website or the news app for the very latest. we will be

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you are watching bbc news. now to the us, where — in the next few hours — tim walz will formally accept the democratic nomination to be karmala harris�* running—mate. a huge focus on him for that — and he follows tuesday's headline act. former president, barack 0bama and wife michelle fired up the crowd at the democratic national convention. a former donald trump spokeswoman and a host of celebrities also gave their backing to karmala harris�*s campaign for the white house. we can go live to chicago now, and my colleague catrina perry, who's at the convention for us. just give us an idea of what is in store for us in the coming hours. we

will hear store for us in the coming hours. - will hear from the minnesota governor tim walz tonight. we are really into the business end of the convention never stop atjust 76 days to go until polling day, the minds of the democrats are sharply focused at this point. to explain just how his administration with kamala harris will differ from the one she had withjoe biden. last night, there was high—energy here, great excitement on the hearing from essentially democratic rock stars, barack 0bama and michelle 0bama, and they gently closed thejoe biden chapter and then whipping up in the page for a kamala harris. michelle 0bama turned her wrap firmly on donald trump. 0ur senior north america correspondent, gary 0'donoghue, was watching. this is about as close to royalty

as the democratic party gets. hello, chicago! it's good to be home! barack 0bama paid tribute to his former vice president, joe biden, and he warned the democrats the election would be a tight race in a closely—divided country. we do not need four more years of bluster and bumbling and chaos. we have seen that movie before and we all know that the sequel is usually worse. cheering america's ready for a new chapter. america's ready for a better story. we are ready for a president kamala harris! both barack 0bama and the former first lady laid into donald trump — misogynistic, racist, whingeing, childish, among the many insults. michelle 0bama going after him in a more directly personal way than before.

you see, his limited, narrow view of the world made him feel threatened by the existence of two hard—working, highly—educated, successful people who happen to be black. but there was more — the punch line that sent the crowd wild. i want to know, who is going to tell him... ..who is going to tell him that the job he is currently seeking mightjust be one of those blackjobs? earlier, the convention formally adopted kamala harris as the nominee and it was down to her husband, the current second gentleman, to tell the hall about the person as well as the politician. she finds joy in pursuing justice. she stands up to bullies just like my parents taught me to. and she likes to see people do well but hates when they are treated unfairly. 90 miles up the road, the nominee herself was campaigning in wisconsin. 76 days to prove to the american electorate

that she is the right choice. gary 0'donoghue, bbc news, chicago. in addition to hearing from the vice presidential pick, from the third night in a row we will hear from a democratic president, tonight it is the turn of bill clinton. joining me now is sidney blumenthal, a former senior adviser to the clintons. what can we expect to hear from bill clinton tonight? i what can we expect to hear from bill clinton tonight?— clinton tonight? i think that you are auoin clinton tonight? i think that you are going to _ clinton tonight? i think that you are going to hear— clinton tonight? i think that you are going to hear from - clinton tonight? i think that you are going to hear from former l are going to hear from former president clinton all about why he supports to kamala harris, a generational change in leadership. when bill clinton was nominated in 1992, it was also a generational change. he was, if you recall, the man from hope. and he is going to transfer those themes to kamala harris. and as part of the dramatic consistency of the convention, of

sharp definition and contrast and critique of donald trump, and that is what clinton is going to add this evening. is what clinton is going to add this evenina. ., ., ., .,, evening. you mention the word hope. he heard barack— evening. you mention the word hope. he heard barack 0bama _ evening. you mention the word hope. he heard barack 0bama and - evening. you mention the word hope. he heard barack 0bama and michelle | he heard barack 0bama and michelle 0bama continuing that link of their campaign into kamala harris tonight as well. there is been a great energy here. candy democrats hold onto their energy for the coming months? i onto their energy for the coming months? ., ., , , ., , months? i do not see why not. they are auoin months? i do not see why not. they are going to — months? i do not see why not. they are going to come — months? i do not see why not. they are going to come out _ months? i do not see why not. they are going to come out of— months? i do not see why not. they are going to come out of this - are going to come out of this convention ahead of donald trump. i believe that kamala harris�*s numbers will rise, she will have had a very good convention, the democrats as people say are in amazing array, not disarray. the republicans are actually in somewhat of a shambles. and trump has lost the plot here. he is disorientated, he is looking for some sort of negative, harsh theme to somehow bring down kamala harris.

and all that does is define him in a negative way. it is not working, as these negative themes have worked in these negative themes have worked in the past. instead, she is using themes to define him and herself, and to shield herself from his attacks by presenting herself as the prosecutor, which she was. and donald trump as the criminal, as he is. ,, , �* . . , is. ok, sidney blumenthal, adviser to president _ is. ok, sidney blumenthal, adviser to president bill— is. ok, sidney blumenthal, adviser to president bill clinton _ is. ok, sidney blumenthal, adviser to president bill clinton and - is. ok, sidney blumenthal, adviserj to president bill clinton and former secretary of state hillary clinton, thank you for speaking to bbc news. matthew, while all of this is going on here in the arena, outside there have been protests. there was a significant protest last night outside the israeli consulate here in chicago. scuffles broke out there and over 70 people were arrested when the police supervisor on the scene decided that the protest had

become unlawful. the national lawyers guild, the chicago chapter, said the two people had been hospitalised, and they said among those arrested were two journalists as well. the police here in chicago will be holding a press conference in the next two hours so we will have more details there and we will bring those details to you when we get them. bring those details to you when we aet them. a . ., bring those details to you when we aet them. 1, . ~ ., ,, bring those details to you when we aetthem. ., , ., get them. back to you. plenty more live from chicago _ get them. back to you. plenty more live from chicago in _ get them. back to you. plenty more live from chicago in the _ get them. back to you. plenty more live from chicago in the next - get them. back to you. plenty more live from chicago in the next few . live from chicago in the next few minutes. let's return to that breaking news from sicily and return to the live pictures there, because as we were listening there to katrina in chicago, more activity on the shore with another boat coming in. more of those search and rescue workers coming in. and we know from the italian authorities that the two bodies have been found. let's bring bethany bell back in, because bethany, we started the day with the search for six of the passengers still missing. confirmation from the

authorities that two of those bodies have been found and that work continues. as i wasjust referencing, another boat is came into the quayside in the last few moments. , , into the quayside in the last few moments-— into the quayside in the last few moments. , , u, moments. yes, right behind me i can see another— moments. yes, right behind me i can see another boat _ moments. yes, right behind me i can see another boat also _ moments. yes, right behind me i can see another boat also circling - see another boat also circling around in the harbour. it is a bit earlier, we saw a body bag being taken out of the small boat, being taken out of the small boat, being taken to shore. add a little bit earlier than that, i could see very faintly through a telephoto lens looking out to sea at the sight of the wreck, divers pulling what appeared to be a body out of the water. the authorities have so far not confirmed the names or at the ages already sexis of any of these two bodies that we are talking about, and of course there are still four people unaccounted for. so the rescue operation has to keep continuing. rescue operation has to keep continuing-— rescue operation has to keep continuinu. �* , ., . continuing. and in terms of that

recovery rescue _ continuing. and in terms of that recovery rescue operation, - continuing. and in terms of that recovery rescue operation, a - continuing. and in terms of that l recovery rescue operation, a huge amount of difficulty that there is a divers are having to try to navigate their way around?— their way around? very, very difficult- _ their way around? very, very difficult. the _ their way around? very, very difficult. the yacht _ their way around? very, very difficult. the yacht is - their way around? very, very difficult. the yacht is said - their way around? very, very difficult. the yacht is said to | their way around? very, very i difficult. the yacht is said to be on its side, it is very deep down, 50 metres down, it takes them a minute to get down there or so, then they can only spend 8—10 minutes down there before they resurface. and of course, you can imagine all of the debris all around, blocking potential entrants ways into that. but they have been working very, very carefully ever since early this morning. very carefully ever since early this morninu. �* ., , very carefully ever since early this morninu. �* . , ., ~ very carefully ever since early this morninu. �* ., , . ~' , morning. bethany, thank you very much for the _ morning. bethany, thank you very much for the latest _ morning. bethany, thank you very much for the latest live _ morning. bethany, thank you very much for the latest live there - morning. bethany, thank you very| much for the latest live there from sicily as we continue to watch those life pictures. the new information coming from the italian authorities. when there is more, we will return and bring you the very latest hear on bbc news. do stay with us.

hello there. it looks like the weather's in a very unsettled pattern now for the rest of this week — particularly across more northern and western areas where we'll see rain and gales. and today is looking pretty unsettled across much of the north and west of the country — but drier further south, closer to this area of high pressure. but this area of low pressure contains the remnants of what was hurricane ernesto. so there'll be a lot of moisture in it, some heavy and persistent rain continuing through the day and into the evening and night across scotland, northern ireland. pushing increasingly into north and west england and wales, with gales certainly around irish sea coast. but further south and east, it will be a quieter night to come — but a mild one with temperatures around the mid—teens for most. thursday starts off windy — lots of isobars on the charts. this front will be crossing england and wales as we go through the day, but weakening as it does so. so some heavier bursts of rain to begin thursday across northern western england and wales. but as it pushes towards the southeast, it does fragment and weaken to a band

of cloud with showers. but a bright day to come for many — thursday afternoon — sunshine, blustery showers for scotland and northern ireland. and it will stay quite windy forall, particularly towards the south—east. temperatures a bit below par for the time of year. high teens, low 20s at best. and then we look to the west. this new area of low pressure pushing in across northern ireland, england and wales, southern scotland. some of the strongest of the winds will be across wales, the midlands and southern england as we head in towards the early part of friday. mild in the south, but quite cool across central and northern scotland. friday looks quite wild. gale—force winds crossing england and wales. gusts up to 50 miles an hour, maybe even more for a time. the heavy rain does clear, and it brightens up through friday. but lots of heavy showers pushing into western scotland and northern ireland. but it will be a blustery day, wherever you are — those winds slowly easing down later on. temperature—wise, up to 23, maybe 24 degrees in the south—east. it's the mid to high teens across scotland and northern ireland. as we head into the weekend, we could see this area of rain affect the south—east quadrant of the country on saturday. and i think sunday, as a ridge

of high pressure tries to build in, although there'll be a few showers in the north and west, i think it's looking better. so we could see some heavier rain across more southeastern areas on saturday. a better chance of seeing some sunshine with lighter winds as we head into sunday.