during an emotive speech. investigators are looking into what caused the sudden sinking of a luxury yacht off the coast of sicily on monday. president biden has stressed the urgent need to reach a gaza ceasefire and hostage deal in a phone call with the israeli prime minister. taylor swift breaks her silence about the cancellation of three concerts in vienna, hello and welcome to the programme. i'm sally bundock, thanks forjoining us. we start with the latest on the democratic national convention. kamala harris�*s running mate, tim walz, has given a combative speech on the third day of the convention in chicago. he focused mainly

on his life and career. but he also talked about the republican policy agenda, which he said served the richest people and most extreme voices among americans. he called it weird, wrong and dangerous. he accused donald trump of creating chaos and curating it like art. in contrast, he said, kamala harris had the vision, experience and sheerjoy to get things done. and there were some other famous faces at the convention — have a listen. he is like one of those ten faster, higher, stronger — together opening up before he walks on stage, trying to get his arms open. —— one of those tenors. by singing me, me, me, me, me! when kamala harris is

president every day will begin with you, you, you, you. despite what some would have you think, we are not so different— you think, we are not so different from our neighbours. when — different from our neighbours. when a — different from our neighbours. when a house is on fire, we don't — when a house is on fire, we don't ask_ when a house is on fire, we don't ask about the homeowner's race or— don't ask about the homeowner's race or religion, we don't wonder_ race or religion, we don't wonder who their partner is or how— wonder who their partner is or how they— wonder who their partner is or how they voted. no, we just try to do— how they voted. no, we just try to do the — how they voted. no, we just try to do the best we can to save them, — to do the best we can to save them, and _ to do the best we can to save them, and if the place happens to belong — them, and if the place happens to belong to a childless cat ladym _ well, we try to get that cat out too _

so that gives you a taste, oprah winfrey and bill clinton from a buffer to malts it is a whole event for him. —— but for tim walz. live now to my colleague sumi somaskanda, who's at the convention. the delegates are heading home again having had a very full palette, as it were.- palette, as it were. they certainly _ palette, as it were. they certainly did. _ palette, as it were. they certainly did. i _ palette, as it were. they certainly did. i don't - palette, as it were. they l certainly did. i don't know palette, as it were. they i certainly did. i don't know if you can hear behind me, there is still a mini you can hear behind me, there is stilla mini impromptu you can hear behind me, there is still a mini impromptu rally taking place, it's the minnesota delegation just after tim walz wrapped up. they stayed on the floor and there holding up their signs, little posters of his face, cheering him on. you can tell the enthusiasm there that was received as he delivered his speech and it was one that really brought people to their feetin really brought people to their feet in the arena. as you saw in some of those other clips,

we saw that also it oprah winfrey, still incredibly popular, she really made an appeal to independent voters, she said, i am a registered independent and you need to get out there and send this message along, to vote for kamala harris and tim walz. we also heard from the pennsylvania governorjosh shapiro, who brought the crowd to their feet as well. we have been getting some of the reaction and i had with me a guest. lindy li, has been another full with me a guest. lindy li, has been anotherfull night with me a guest. lindy li, has been another full night of release star —— really starry stuff, rallying excitement behind kamala harris and tim walz. what did you think of tim walz�*s speech in particular quiz but it was electrifying, i've never seen so many placards in my entire life. people just loved history, he is so — people just loved history, he is so lovable. this great guy hewitt — is so lovable. this great guy hewitt has been a coach, who served — hewitt has been a coach, who served our— hewitt has been a coach, who

served our country, who is a teacher, _ served our country, who is a teacher, who instead of depriving women of their reproductive rights gave them free reproductive care, who chitdren— free reproductive care, who children of books, gave them the chance to eat lunch and breakfast for free. this is the luy breakfast for free. this is the guy who _ breakfast for free. this is the guy who is universally loved and — guy who is universally loved and i— guy who is universally loved and i think vice president harris _ and i think vice president harris once again underscored why he — harris once again underscored why he was the correct decision.— why he was the correct decision. ., ,., ., ., decision. he also leaned into the invent — decision. he also leaned into the invent -- _ decision. he also leaned into the invent -- the _ decision. he also leaned into l the invent -- the independent the invent —— the independent voters thing and he talked about how he is a gun owner but police and responsible gun ownership and he said, look, for independent voters, this ticket is going to deliver for you, how important is that message because you are absolutely pivotal. because it comes down to the blue wall, michigan, wisconsin and pennsylvania.— michigan, wisconsin and penns lvania. ., , , pennsylvania. there are plenty of nun pennsylvania. there are plenty of gun owners _ pennsylvania. there are plenty of gun owners in _ pennsylvania. there are plenty of gun owners in pennsylvania | of gun owners in pennsylvania who _ of gun owners in pennsylvania who are — of gun owners in pennsylvania who are tonight hearing that message and thinking, well, maybe — message and thinking, well, maybe i_ message and thinking, well, maybe i will give this ticket another— maybe i will give this ticket another chance. tim walz is exactly _ another chance. tim walz is exactly the kind of balancing power — exactly the kind of balancing power she needs on the ticket. not only— power she needs on the ticket. not only that, pennsylvania is

a tracking _ not only that, pennsylvania is a fracking state so she needs to move _ a fracking state so she needs to move that because in 2019 she came _ to move that because in 2019 she came out against fracking. so tim — she came out against fracking. so tim walz is, it's a perfect yin and — so tim walz is, it's a perfect yin and yang situation right now — yin and yang situation right now. , ., , ., ., now. they do seem to have different — now. they do seem to have different characters - now. they do seem to have different characters but - now. they do seem to have | different characters but they complement each other, the from what we have seen on stage so far. tim walz delivering on stage and all eyes on thursday will be on kamala harris. you will be on kamala harris. you will be on kamala harris. you will be with her before her speech, what do you think we can expect? irate speech, what do you think we ean meet?— speech, what do you think we can meet?— speech, what do you think we can expect? we can expect her to effectively — can expect? we can expect her to effectively litigate _ can expect? we can expect her to effectively litigate the - to effectively litigate the case against this convicted felon and to remind the entire country and the world that she is a seasoned prosecutor, she is a seasoned prosecutor, she is going to do to trump what she did to brett kavanaugh, what she did to bill barr and all those republicans who undermined the law for the sake of trump. she will go out and remind people that she is going to make america secure, she will make things affordable again. she's already breaking

with biden a little. yes, she says, economic indicators suggest things are improving but things can still get better, prices are still too high. she is carving out her own path, it's about her own economic policy.— own path, it's about her own economic policy. you are in the key battleground _ economic policy. you are in the key battleground state - economic policy. you are in the key battleground state of- key battleground state of pennsylvania, we saw key battleground state of pennsylvania, we sanosh shapiro speaking earlier, it will be so critical for kamala harris and tim walz if they want to win, and also for the republicans. do you think that they have a message that will resonate with enough photos for them to be able to win pennsylvania? them to be able to win penns lvania? ~ , , ., pennsylvania? absolutely do. i am in pennsylvania, _ pennsylvania? absolutely do. i am in pennsylvania, i - pennsylvania? absolutely do. i am in pennsylvania, i have - pennsylvania? absolutely do. i l am in pennsylvania, i have been there all my life and i haven't seen this level of excitement since i was a kid rooting for senator obama in 2008, is absolutely infectious. you have seen the streets streaming with kamala harris insignia. and this is not top—down, this is completely organic, it is coming from the american people

so i'm completely excited for the next 80 or so days, we are going to make every day count. coach walz currently says, we can sleep when we are dead! great to have you on bbc news, and as you say, a lot of people will be looking to what that message from kamala harris as she the stage on thursday night to formally accept the nomination, as her running mate to monster tonight. and salei, we have seen a number of big name speakers and for the democratic parties. —— are running mate tim walz. we have seen some big name musical acts is all commenting on what will be the biggest day on thursday as the focus turns to kamala harris. this will be one of the biggest moments of her career and her life as she takes that stage and tries to be the case for why she should be the next president stop sumi, thank you so much. she of course will be covering the final day. the big

speeches, harris, probably one of the biggest speeches of her career so far. we will be looking ahead to that in business today. what is there on the economy? because so many voters it is about the economy, the fact they worse off. we will be looking at that later. donald trump has been on the campaign trail. this is the moment he walked onto the stage at asheboro, in north carolina — 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. the former us president claimed that the world is close to war, telling voters that winning the november election 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,

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. five bodies have been found in the luxury yacht which sank off sicily — with one person still unnacounted for. the four brought ashore and one located in the wreckage have yet to be formally identified. divers will resume their search of the yacht this morning — it lies 50 metres below the surface of the water, after it capsized in a freak storm. mark lowen sent this update from sicily on what investigators will be asking in the wake of this incident. how could a ship of this size have gone down so quickly? were hatches and compartments left open? was the ship's keel properly deployed? it's all made even

less clear by the fact that despite earlier eyewitness reports that the mast of the ship had been smashed by the waterspout, the rescue team now say that actually, they have found it largely intact underwater. now, the emergency team say that they believe that the fifth body that was found will be brought here ashore, and that it is probably just a matter of time until they find the sixth remaining missing body. and so, while the rescuers continue to find more of the missing, investigators continue to search for more of the answers. and the agonising and time—consuming wait for both goes on. let's get some of the day's other news now. the german chancellor, olaf scholz, has defended his government's level of military aid to ukraine. he denied any softening of support for kyiv. reports have emerged of a possible freeze on extra military cash for ukraine that goes beyond already approved funds. one person has been killed and five others hurt in a blast in south—western colombia

as police cleared a protest on the pan—american highway by indigenous people. they were demanding recognition as an autonomous community. the national army says the blast was caused by a motorcycle loaded with explosives. brazil is introducing new rules to limit entry for undocumented migrants who use the country as a stopover on their way to north america. starting next week, travellers without the correct visas will have to either continue to their final destination, or return to their home countries. the ministry ofjustice is concerned that criminal organisations might use brazil as a route for human trafficking. controversial influencer andrew tate has been remanded in custody overnight as part of an investigation into new allegations against him. he and his brother tristan were taken in for questioning by romania's serious crime agency, as police searched their home. andrew and tristan tate have denied all previous charges against them.

around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

let's turn to the middle east now. president biden has stressed the urgent need to reach a gaza ceasefire and hostage deal in a phone call with the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. the israeli military says hezbollah, who are backed by iran, has fired more than 100 rockets from lebanon at northern israel — no injuries were reported. a senior official from the palestinian fatah movement has accused israel of assassinating one of the group's members. these pictures released by the israel defense forces are reported to show the strike on the outskirts 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. mohamed taha from bbc arabic is with me in the studio. hello again. let's start with the peace negotiations what are you hearing about the progress? the peace negotiations, they are in a vague situation if i may say. antony blinken said that israel approved the american proposal and benjamin netanyahu the israeli prime minister said he managed to convince antony blinken of the importance of their military presence in gaza all the time, then the american press criticising antony blinken that he did not reflect the american official point of view. that's why president biden called benjamin netanyahu to try to

give this negotiation some momentum, but the situation is a little bit in a vague situation. the mediators are not happy, hamas is not happy and the talks that are going to happen in egypt in a few days are in doubt, actually animals that there is massive suffering in gaza, tens of thousands of palestinians are suffering from war, and in israel orso palestinians are suffering from war, and in israel or so the families of hostages are suffering. families of hostages are suffering-— families of hostages are sufferinu. �* . ., suffering. and we are hearing there was _ suffering. and we are hearing there was a — suffering. and we are hearing there was a lot _ suffering. and we are hearing there was a lot of _ suffering. and we are hearing there was a lot of shelling - there was a lot of shelling overnight in gaza, a school with it, many homes were hit, what's the latest what are hearing about that? according to the health _ hearing about that? according to the health authorities - hearing about that? according to the health authorities in - to the health authorities in gaza, more than 50 estonians were killed in different israeli shelling in gaza. —— 50 palestinians. there was a school where many people were killed. this is school number ten that will be hit by israeli strikes in gaza since the start of august. there are many homes that were also hit by israeli

missiles in northern gaza, and this is something we didn't hear about lots of strikes in northern gaza but we did here in the last hour, and the main fighting is continuing in the southern gaza and khan younis in particular. southern gaza and khan younis in particular-— in particular. and of course, lebanon. — in particular. and of course, lebanon, israel, _ in particular. and of course, lebanon, israel, the - in particular. and of course, | lebanon, israel, the tensions are escalating one more time, mentioning the senior official from the palestinian fatah movement accusing israel of assassinating one of its key leaders. , leaders. indeed, the shelling between these _ leaders. indeed, the shelling between these two _ leaders. indeed, the shelling between these two parties i leaders. indeed, the shelling | between these two parties did not stop at all, we saw the visit from the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to the air force societies and he was emphasising that they are ready to do anything at any time, but as you rightly said, there are many rockets fired from the lebanese side into israel and also this killing of

a senior palestinian official in sidon. the situation is escalating a lot.- in sidon. the situation is escalating a lot. before i let it to, a escalating a lot. before i let it go. a big _ escalating a lot. before i let it go. a big day _ escalating a lot. before i let it go, a big day for - escalating a lot. before i let it go, a big day for your- it go, a big day for your daughter today?- it go, a big day for your daughter today? yes, she is caettin daughter today? yes, she is getting her— daughter today? yes, she is getting her gcse _ daughter today? yes, she is getting her gcse results - daughter today? yes, she is i getting her gcse results today. how is she feeling?— how is she feeling? very excited- _ how is she feeling? very excited. she _ how is she feeling? very excited. she is _ how is she feeling? very l excited. she is confident? how is she feeling? very - excited. she is confident? she is, i hope _ excited. she is confident? she is. l hone she _ excited. she is confident? she is, i hope she will— excited. she is confident? she is, i hope she will get - excited. she is confident? she is, i hope she will get the - is, i hope she will get the result she wants. taste is, i hope she will get the result she wants. we have to move on _ result she wants. we have to move on to _ result she wants. we have to move on to talk _ result she wants. we have to move on to talk about - result she wants. we have to move on to talk about this i result she wants. we have to l move on to talk about this very story. students across england, wales and northern ireland will find out their gcse results this morning. for this year group most of their secondary school life has been impacted by covid, and grading is expected to be restored to pre—pandemic levels. our education reporter kate mcgough has more. from starting in year seven to now sitting their gcses. everybody, nice and quietly, thank you. this is the class of covid. these pupils were just a few months into starting secondary school when the first national lockdown was introduced. obviously, our whole secondary

school career kind of thing has been affected by covid. i think i felt a little i bit lost, to be honest. none of us were really expecting that it would last for so long. here at brighouse high school in west yorkshire, teachers and staff have worked hard to overcome the disruption caused by covid, but some problems still persist. more than one in five children in england are frequently missing school. that's double what it was before the pandemic. certainly for a few years, that attendance has been particularly down. i know there's been a lot of talk about how working from home has an impact on that with parents. you know, we certainly reflect that national pattern of sometimes friday's attendance can be a little bit down on the rest of the week, but i'm pleased to say it's getting back to pre—covid levels now. mr yasin is head of year 11 and says the pandemic has led to an increase in anxiety for those taking gcses. when i when i see them now, i think to myself, _ they've only really had - three years of high school, just over three years of. high school, and it's been a very emotionaljourney.

students who were a little bit nervous and anxious anyway. when they started i high school, that was heightened considerably, ithink. _ when the lockdowns kicked in, and we have had many- requests, which we'vej tried our best to fulfil, of accommodating students elsewhere so they can - do their exams with a few more rest breaks, so they can do - their exams mainlyl in a smaller setting. gcse results are almost back to where they were pre—pandemic, after teacher—assessed grades led to record numbers of top marks. this will be the last year of gcses where there are concessions. in england, pupils have been given formula sheets in maths and science. the formula sheet has helped me so much in maths and physics, and i think they should keep it because i think it's quite unfair, the amount they've got to remember, especially on top of all the other content, especially in physics. the pandemic has been daunting, but these pupils have also found positives. i think it was a rocky start for us, for sure, but coming into year ten and 11, i think it's actually brought the year group quite together and we're quite close now.

we have good relationships with our teachers too, which i think helps us with our learning and has done for the past five years. kate mcgough, bbc news. more people have been charged, or sentenced, in relation to the recent unrest across parts of the uk. among them, 27—year—old thomas birley has pleaded guilty to arson with intent to endanger life. he's accused of stoking a fire outside a hotel housing asylum seekers. meanwhile, a man in pakistan who's been accused of spreading disinformation which is thought to have fuelled the unrest here in the uk, has been arrested on suspicion of cyber terrorism. our pakistan correspondent caroline davies has this update. this man had orally been connected to a bbc investigation called channel three now, which posted an

article giving false information about the alleged support attacker. it was cited by other posts that went viral and is thought that information, which was false, has helped contribute to the riots. channel three now issued an apology, they took down the article and they said was involved have been fired. in an e—mailfrom involved have been fired. in an e—mail from the official website,, e—mailfrom the official website,, we were e—mail from the official website,, we were told that mr asif was buttonville. we now know that which he has been questioned by the police and we have been told that he told officers that he did write the article from information he had seen on social media and hadn't verified. according to police he also told them that he ran the website on his own and police say having luck at his bank accounts, his e—mails and social media, at the moment they are yet to find any evidence that he worked with anybody else. police have now filed a case against him, they say in that report that they

have found devices of his with the channel's social media accounts attached to them and they also say that mr asif told them he was given misleading information to the bbc to divert the plane. the investigation continues including into whether or not anyone else was involved. mr asif is expected to appear in court tomorrow. taylor swift has spoken for the first time of how the cancellation of her vienna tour dates earlier in august over an attack threat "filled me with a new sense of fear". in a post on instagram, she said she felt "a tremendous amount of guilt because so many people had planned on coming to those shows". three concerts were cancelled in the austrian capital, and three people were arrested in connection with allegedly planning attacks inspired by the islamic state group. the singer—songwriter finished the european leg of her eras tour on tuesday at wembley stadium in london. taylor swift gave eight

concerts at wembley this summer, overtaking a record for any solo singer, which was previously set by michaeljackson in 1988. the star's eighth show also saw her equal the overall record for the most nights at the venue on a single tour, set by take that in 2011. her next show as part of the eras tour is scheduled for the 18th of october in miami, florida. sphen the gentoo penguin — one half of a world—famous same—sex "power couple" — has died in australia, aged 11. he and his partner magic shot to global stardom in 2018 when they fell in love at the sea life sydney aquarium, lateradopting and raising two chicks. their romance has inspired a mardi gras float, been referenced in australia's

education syllabus, and even featured in the netflix series atypical. the sea life sydney aquarium said sphen had an "immeasurable" impact around the world as a symbol of equality and a conduit for the conservation cause. we have business next and we will take you back to chicago in the democratic national convention, because the next big speech is the main one, is the big event taking place on thursday, kamala harris, their nominee for president, the biggest speech of her career so far, but what will be in it about the economy? we will be discussing that with an expert. 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 a0 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, ill 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. 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 ill 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.

you building momentum — us vice president kamala harris is set to round off the democratic convention with what could be the biggest speech of her career. what could it tell us about her plans for the economy? not if — but by how much — wall street doubles down on rate cut bets as the details from the last fed meeting come to light. lesotho;s white gold. we find out about the landlocked country keeping the taps running in south africa. and which country tops the league when it comes to charitable giving? we reveal all... live from london this is business today, i'm sally bundock. is business today, we start in the us where as you've seen day 3 of the democratic national conventions has just wrapped up in chicago with another star studded line up of speakers. but as they say — save the best till last and later when the party faithful regather it's the speech that everyone is waiting for.