kamala harris's running mate tim walz accepts the nomination — and introduces himself to americans. search teams in italy find five bodies in the wreck of a yacht which sank during a freak storm off the coast of sicily. in the middle east — the palestinian movement fatah accuses israel of trying to start a regional war, after it killed a senior officialfrom the group. and — bennifer is no more. hollywood stars — jennifer lopez and ben affleck — are divorcing, after two years of marriage. hello it's 7am here in singapore and 6pm in chicago where day three of the democratic national convention has just got under way.

this is the scene live in the windy city — it's another big night ahead with delegates waiting to see kamala harris�* running mate, tim walz officially become the candidate for vice—president. and, anotherformer president will take to the stage. this time, it's the turn of bill clinton. on tuesday evening, chicago's favourite couple, the obamas both gave resounding endorsements of kamala harris. they urged voters across the us to turn out in numbers to defeat donald trump in november's presidential election. ahead of tonight's speeches, lets talk about voter concerns and take a look at harris�*s attitude towards social issues, including; abortion, women's rights, immigration and health care. and for that we're joined by william galston — senior fellow in governance studies at brookings institution. studies at brookings thank studies at brookings you forjoining me. kamala harris has been strong on women's rights, particularly abortion — has this been well received amongst american voters? i think it's been very well

received. certainly by democrats but to judge from the recent polls large numbers of independence as well. it turns out that the supreme court decision two years ago overturning roe v wade, which established portion is a constitutional right overturning it has turned out to be very unpopular with a large for that referenda are to restore abortion rights in various states have passed resoundingly. and kamala harris has become a real national spokesperson for that movement. she is really found her voice on the issue and it has added to her strength as a candidate. this a very clear difference to republicans when it comes to this issue. republicans when it comes to this issue-— this issue. that's correct. though — this issue. that's correct. though clearer _ this issue. that's correct. though clearer with - this issue. that's correct. | though clearer with some republicans than others. donald trump is now being criticised

by the hard—line anti—abortion movement as having softened the parties traditional stance. he is against a new national ban on abortion. he has insisted that he wants it left up to the states. and just yesterday he came out against using a law thatis came out against using a law that is almost 150 years old in order to make it illegal to ship birth control across state lines using the us mail. the contrast isn't quite as stark is it would be if for example mike pence worth of a nominee. but it is stark enough to be very useful to democrats. another issue where there has been contrast drawn between the two parties is when it comes to immigration. there's been a lot of talk particularly from

republicans of kamala harris his work on the us southern border. what do you think her approach to dealing with the problem would look like? i think she's made it pretty clear. first of all, she is going to strongly support the measures that president biden talk some months ago that his lead to a sharp reduction in illegal crossings at the southern border. there is no question that has been a weakness for the biden— harris administrations for them and questions can be raised as to why president biden took as long as he did to finally get tough on the issue. but it has cooled the temperature on the issue somewhat. then she will go on the offence and accuse, i think accurately, donald trump having personally killed a negotiating bipartisan deal in

the senate last late fall. mr trump made it very clear that he didn't want a bill, particularly not a bipartisan bill, he wanted in issue. he's got the issue but he has also given democrats the opportunity to counter attack and to argue that he is part of the problem, not part of the solution because he didn't back a piece of legislation that was substantially prove the system. that will be a message that kamala harris will be wanting to get across in the convention. where do you see the primary areas of data from republicans when it comes to the harris candidacy? first republicans when it comes to the harris candidacy?- the harris candidacy? first of all, they will keep _ the harris candidacy? first of all, they will keep on - all, they will keep on hammering at her as this border tsar who didn't really get very

enthusiastic about this task that she was handed by the president. it is not seen as being particularly effective on the issue. equally important, i think will be the charge that she has abandoned her past positions for purely political purposes. as a senator and again when she was running for the democratic presidential nomination in 2020 she took strongly progressive positions on the environment, supporting the so—called green new deal, backing senator bernie sanders call for medicaid for all, opposing the practice known as fracking, which is a way of using controlled explosions below the surface in order to make it easier to extract natural gas and a number of

other positions which will not play very well in this years presidential election. so she's throwing them overboard. when the republicans are already beginning to attack her as a flip flopper and raising questions about where her real beliefs lie. she is going to do her best to parry that sword and crossed and argue she has learned more about the issues over time. and no longer espouses the positions that she tried to use just four years ago. it's anybody�*s guess whether that argument will prove convincing with the swing voters and the american electorate. that small handful of independent voters who have not yet made up their minds. but the republicans, i think have been caught on their back foot by the switch of kamala

harris forjoe biden as a 2024 presidential nominee. they are very much off balance as a result and they have failed, i think up until now, certainly mr trump has failed up until now to present a coherent and consistent argument emphasising her weaknesses. and much will depend on whether they are able to do better in the next 11 weeks. at to do better in the next 11 weeks. �* ., ., ,, to do better in the next 11 weeks.�* ., ., ,, weeks. a lot can happen as we've seen _ weeks. a lot can happen as we've seen over _ weeks. a lot can happen as we've seen over the - weeks. a lot can happen as we've seen over the last. weeks. a lot can happen asl we've seen over the last five weeks when it comes to american politics for that thank you for your thoughts today william galston, seniorat your thoughts today william galston, senior at brookings institution. we've seen a slate of speakers passing through the podium. we're expecting nancy pelosi, bill clinton among other key democrats speaking tonight.

as democrats gather for day three of their convention in chicago — donald trump is on the campaign trail — this the moment he walked onto the stage at asheboro, in north carolina, which is seen as a key swing state. it's the first time he's campaigned in public in an open air setting since the assassination attempt and you can see several large screens, which we understand to be bullet proof, on the stage in front of and around the podium. during his speech, donald trump claimed that the world is close to war — telling voters that another trump presidency would be the key to avoid it. we're very close to a third world war, do not kid yourself because they are laughing but they're not laughing too much because they're a little worried about a certain person winning the election. we had some very good polls today. and if that happens, you will not have any third world wars.

every american was safer under president trump and the entire world was safer when i sat behind that beautiful resolute desk in the oval office. toa to a story we've been following over several to a story we've been following over several days. four bodies have been brought ashore from the luxury british yacht the bayesian, which sank off sicily on monday. a fifth body has been located inside the vessel. none of the identities have been disclosed, and one passenger is still unaccounted for. divers will tomorrow resume their search of the yacht, which is on its side 160 feet below the surface of the water, after it capsized in a freak storm. from sicily, mark lowen has the latest. in this awful story, another grimly inevitable chapter — five more bodies found today from the bayesian, all but one taken ashore, transported to mortuaries to be formally identified. it takes to six the number now known to have died as the superyacht sank. one other is still missing.

it had been a celebratory holiday for british tech tycoon mike lynch, recently acquitted on fraud charges. 15 were rescued but seven didn't make it out — he and his 18—year—old daughter hannah, his lawyer chris morvillo and wife neda, and jonathan bloomer, the head of morgan stanley, with his wifejudy, along with the yacht�*s chef, recaldo thomas. for a third day, divers had been searching since morning, helped by remote controlled vehicles that could be on the sea bed for several hours — far longer than the ten minutes each dive team is allowed at that depth. they'd been trying to reach deep into the bayesian, lying on its side under water. rescuers had struggled to get into the cabins where it's thought the missing passengers had been sleeping when the yacht was consumed by a waterspout — a mini tornado that capsized it within minutes. this is the last known footage of the ship, caught on cctv as a violent storm hit the area overnight. some time later, it was swallowed up by the sea. but the questions are still mounting, especially for the experts.

rino casilli is one of sicily�*s top ship surveyors, casting off in his own yacht, about a third of the size of the bayesian. he took us out into waters he's been navigating for 30 years and says, for a superyacht to have sunk here within minutes, there must have been serious mistakes. translation: for that amount of water to have flooded in, - it couldn't have been one single error. it must have been many. perhaps a large compartment was left open for a long time. we had a weather warning beforehand, so there should have been two crew taking turns on overnight watch, and it should have been moored in the harbour. and what of the extreme weather that hit the bayesian? he says it still shouldn't have caused such damage. translation: i've been in a waterspout myself, | while in a much smaller, older wooden boat, and we got through it fine. and i saw other boats next to me at the time whose masts weren't damaged by it. you need to be on alert, but it passes quickly.

ijust don't understand it. as we arrived in porticello — the site of the capsizing — the rescue work went on and with it, the search for answers. well, we've reached the spot where the bayesian went down. you can see there the ship of the italian police, and just behind them, the divers who are trying to get down 50m underwater to the sea bed in search of what still evades them. and so it's taking time, but the emergency teams are finally making progress, and the horrors of the dark depths are gradually coming to light. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

to the middle east next, where the tension appears to ratcheting up again — even as fears of a wider conflict involving iran could be receeding. a senior official from the palestinian fatah

movement has accused israel of assassinating one of the group's members claiming its part of an effort by israel to ignite a regional war. these pictures released by the israel defense forces are reported to show the strike on the outskirts of the port city of sidon in southern lebanon. it was the first such strike on a fatah member since the start of the gaza war. khalil makdah had been accused by israel of smuggling weapons into the west bank. lebanese media say two other people were also killed in the strike. all of this comes as hezbollah and israel have exchanged fire — with hezbollah firing dozens of rockets at the occupied golan heights, and israel saying it hit hezbollah weapons storage facilities. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, hasjust returned from a visit to the middle east — where he met several regional leaders. our state department correspondent tom bateman was with mr blinken�*s team — and he gave us this analysis of the trip. well, phone calls between president biden and benjamin netanyahu feel like they're becoming a bit

more of a prominent feature of this relationship, it's quite rare. it had been quite rare for the two men to speak. they have a pretty fractious and complicated relationship, but i think this shows the phase that this has got to. now, the white house feeling it has to intervene again. and what we saw on this trip with mr blinken now back in washington, was something that started with a sense of american expectation, optimism even, really ending with nothing like the kind of breakthrough, at least not imminently, that the americans were in some ways sort of setting up. i think much of that is to do with the challenges that have come in the relationship between the americans and the israelis, not to mention, of course, the very, very difficult business of the negotiation between israel and hamas. what we saw in tel aviv, after mr blinken had had

a three hour meeting with the israeli prime minister, was then a fairly spectacular set of recriminations, where as we left and headed from tel aviv to the arab mediators, first to egypt, and a reported statement from mr netanyahu about his desire to keep troops on the ground in strategically important parts of gaza. now that has angered the americans, they've accused him of making, in their words, maximalist statements that could jeopardise the ceasefire process. what he said is that this is about trying to maintain security for israel in the gaza strip in the longer term, but troop presence in gaza after the war is a potent issue because of the history of this conflict. and it is the american position that in the long term, there should be no israeli occupation of gaza. so this has become a critical sticking point, not least in the fact that hamas rejects any israeli presence in the gaza strip entirely. but even getting the position

negotiated between the americans and the israelis is proving very challenging. so it may now be that talks continue, possibly in cairo thursday and friday, but i think the us hopes for a speedy breakthrough. the pressure to create urgency is not being shared by the two adversaries who are actually negotiating. police in romania are questioning andrew tate, the controversial social media figure, after raiding his home earlier today as part of an investigation into alleged crimes including sex with a minor and money laundering. andrew tate, denies the allegations. a self—described misogynist, he is known for his online content promoting his version of a masculine lifestyle. he's already awaiting trial on charges of rape and human trafficking, which he also denies. here's our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford. escorted by armed police, andrew tate, the notorious internet influencer, was taken in for

questioning today. what i've done wrong, who knows? surrounded by cameras and protesting his innocence all the way. it followed this early morning raid on the home he shares with his brother in bucharest. police had to scale the walls to get in. the tates had installed steel doors to make life harder. three other properties were raided and searched for ten hours. the man who has a massive online following, a self—proclaimed misogynist, is already awaiting trial here in romania, charged with human trafficking and rape. now, prosecutors have announced a new investigation, including into sex with a minor and trafficking underage persons. andrew tate denies that. romanian police spent hours searching the tate brothers�* home, and they've now spent hours more questioning them here at the serious crime agency. the investigators have made it

clear that there are several very serious new allegations, but andrew tate has already dismissed everything on social media as some kind of conspiracy. now, in here, in person, andrew tate learned exactly what he's accused of and that he's being remanded in custody. his lawyer says details of the case aren't being made public yet by prosecutors. mr tate, what do you say about the latest allegations? wait till you see. they say i'm a lover boy. the mother of my children. we've tricked them into having kids. but he will spend tonight behind bars and prosecutors may apply to keep him there while the investigation continues. sarah rainsford, bbc news, bucharest. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. a european man is in hospital in thailand, suffering from what local authorities believe is a case of mpox. it's understood he arrived there from africa last week. there have been more

than 16,000 cases of the disease reported this year with the vast majority in the democratic republic of congo. police in pakistan have told the bbc that a man linked to spreading false information thought to have fuelled riots in the uk, has been arrested under cyber terrorism laws. farhan asif is accused of sharing a false name of the alleged attacker, and falsely suggesting he was an asylum seeker who arrived in the uk by boat last year. new research suggests the moon's south pole was once covered in an ocean of liquid molten rock — backing up a theory that magma formed the moon's surface around 4.5 billion years ago. remnants of the �*ocean�* were found by india's historic chandrayaan—3 mission, which explored an isolated and mysterious area where no craft had ever landed before. hollywood starsjennifer lopez and ben affleck are divorcing, after two years of marriage.

the pair — dubbed bennifer by tabloids — formally tied the knot in las vegas injuly 2022 and held a larger wedding ceremony in georgia the following month. lopez filed for divorce on tuesday in the los angeles county superior court, according to court documents seen by the bbc. people magazine said relations became strained because of their different approaches to celebrity. "she likes to open her heart to her fans and to the world," the magazine quoted an unnamed source saying. "he is more introspective and private. this has been difficult day—to—day." chris melcher, a celebrity divorce attorney in los angeles gave his view what's likely to happen next. well with these type of couples, both high profile, that want to keep control of their image, they mostly will settle their case in advance even before filing in court. so that may be what's going on. and maybe a month or two down the road we might see an approved judgment being presented to the court. also, with that in mind, then,

i mean, they're both successful in their own right. do you expect there to be any prenup in place? do we know anything about that, or could it be contentious when it comes to assets and things? well, steve, i would find it highly improbable that this couple would marry without a premarital agreement. they were married before. they've had other relationships. they�* re very successful and a lot at stake. so i would imagine that they had worked out those details in advance. and i also don't anticipate that they would fight. they've been through this before. they're only married two years. they have tremendous wealth. so hopefully they'lljust be able to move on in peace. well, you've worked on celebrity divorces before. is it always so amicable though? there must be contention in some cases. well, sure. the fact that naturally their heart is breaking there. you know, this relationship is ending just like anyone else. there's going to be raw feelings and emotions, and there also is a lot of money that i would imagine that was made

even during this short marriage. so there could be disputes about reimbursement of things that were spent during marriage or future streams of income. those types of things could definitely rear up, but they would have a lot of advisers to help them sort through those things. and you've had experience with these sorts of things before. do you have any divorce stories that have stood out to you of a similar profile of staff? well, i have been involved in, you know, multi a—list cases, kanye and kim's break—up, and they did have some litigation unfortunately between them. but that's the exception to the case because going to court is really toxic to their reputation. it's out of control, it's a lot of intimate details. and in california these are public proceedings. so literally anyone can walk off the street, go into the courtroom and watch the divorce court. they can get the public records and see everything that's filed.

so that is very difficult for somebody to withstand. so most couples don't want any part of that. and they're going to settle quick. i want to draw your attention to a bbc live page where we're covering the dnc for the and what's been going on at the convention at the convention in chicago as well as analysis and what is happening in the hours ahead. along the way to go as people come out to speak. we seen a steady stream of speakers, tim walz will headline. you can watch it live right here on bbc news. hello there.

a spell of wet and windy weather is currently making its way across the far north of the country, and it will take its time to clear. so heavy rain easing slowly on thursday, but it will stay pretty windy right throughout the day, all tied into this area of low pressure. you can see how tightly packed the isobars are. we're likely to get gusts of winds 50, 60 miles an hour and some of that rain really persistent. it will be gradually easing away from scotland first thing. and as it pushes its way south and east across england and wales, it will also weaken to a band of cloud and showery rain into the afternoon. blustery winds continue. gusts of winds generally 40 to 50 miles an hour, perhaps stronger on exposed coasts, and that'll drive in a few sharp showers, particularly to the far north and west. here it will feel fresher, 14 to 17 degrees the high. pressure as well in the southeast with that lack of sunshine, 21 celsius here. now, as we move out of thursday into friday, we'll see another spell of wet weather. and on the southern flank

of that low, the strongest of the winds through wales, perhaps as we go through the course of friday morning. so first thing on friday morning, eight to 16 degrees, those strong winds will continue to drive that rain steadily eastwards as we go through the day on friday. once again, the heaviest of the rain looks likely to be to the far north, easing its way out of eastern scotland. as we go through the day. sunny spells and scattered showers that continuing once again, not that much in the way of significant rain to come in the south east of england at the moment. top temperatures again between 14 and 23 degrees, but there is a potential for more in the way of significant rain from this weather front in the south east during the early hours of saturday morning, so it could be a very wet start across southeast england first thing on saturday morning. that rain could take its time to clear. we'll see a cluster of sharp showers close to another low into the far northwest, sandwiched in between the two, somewhat drier and brighter.

but again, those temperatures a little subdued 13 to 20 degrees once we've got that rain out of the way. bank holiday weekend for most will quieten down a little, dry up with a little more in the way of sunshine.

global central bankers are gathering in the us state of wyoming. we'll look at the biggest issue on the table interest rates. plus — with the new chief of bangladesh's central bank, with an interim government in place. hello and welcome to business today. i'm steve lai. let's begin in the united states, where elite policymakers from the global circle of central banks are gathering injackson hole in wyoming. this comes as the latest economic indicators suggest that an interest rate cut is around the corner. the bbc�*s michelle fleury has more from new york. officials inside america cutting interest rates before voting in a smooth and sleek

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