tim walz wows the dems — kamala harris' running mate rallies the democrats and looks ahead to november's election. we've got 76 days. that's nothing. there'll be time to sleep when you're dead. we're going to leave it on the field. president biden stresses the urgent need to reach a gaza ceasefire and hostage deal in a phone call with israel's prime minister. and gcse results have been released — with the pass rate falling for a third year running. hello i'm azadeh moshiri, welcome to the programme. our top story, divers have been searching the wreck of a superyacht that sank off

sicily on monday. they have now recovered a fifth body. it brings the death toll to six. a fire service boat returned a short while ago to the port of porticello, as the search for the one remaining missing passenger, continues. italian authorities have not yet confirmed the identities of the five bodies that have been recovered. and it's a challenging search — the yacht is currently 50 metres underwater, after it capsized in a freak storm. here's the latest from our correspondent bethany bell in sicily. well, we know that divers are continuing their search for this final missing person still unaccounted for. the body of the fifth person they discovered yesterday was brought up this morning. we understand the body, like the other bodies that were recovered yesterday, will be taken to a mortuary and then the official procedures involving investigation and postmortems, with the authorities present, will take place.

it was a very grim sight seeing body bags being brought to shore yesterday and taken off in these ambulances. and also, the investigations into as to how it was this super yacht went down in this waterspout, this extreme weather event, are under way. and, bethany, what more are we hearing from the survivors? well, initially we heard those heart—rending accounts of the mother who was able to save her one—year—old baby, bringing them to shore. but they have been very protected from the public. we know that doctors who have been looking after them here have talked about how they were consumed and absolutely terribly upset by the darkness that engulfed them as the waves rose high and the ship sank.

and, bethany, we have been hearing a little bit more on what they think could have happened, what the last movements of the ship were. what are some of the puzzle pieces that are coming together? well, all of this will be the subject of an investigation which is likely to go on for weeks, if not months. what we know is that the diving teams who have been going down to the wreck have been using a robot, remotely controlled vehicles, that have been taking pictures. that, we understand, has been given to public prosecutor's office. the investigators have already questioned the captain. they questioned him yesterday for two hours. and the questions that are swirling around, and this isn't officially confirmed yet, but people are asking how is it that this super yacht went down in this way? were there actions that could have been taken that could have mitigated this?

were the hatches closed? all of this, though, the subject of the investigation by the italian authorities. earlier, we werejoined by tom sharpe, a former royal navy commander who was captain of hms endurance in 2008 when the ship sprang a catastrophic leak in the atlantic and was awarded an obe for his quick—thinking. we talked about hopes for air pockets on board. i we talked about hopes for air pockets on board.— we talked about hopes for air pockets on board. i think those ho es pockets on board. i think those hepes have _ pockets on board. i think those hopes have vanishingly - pockets on board. i think those hopes have vanishingly small l pockets on board. i think those - hopes have vanishingly small now. if you asked me what the likelihood of a yacht this size being taken down in the way it was, i would say the likelihood of that is small. we are still in the search and rescue stage and while that continues, fingers crossed. we and while that continues, fingers crossed. ~ ~ ., ., crossed. we know the captain has been questioned _ crossed. we know the captain has been questioned for— crossed. we know the captain has been questioned for several- crossed. we know the captain has| been questioned for several hours. what are some of the issues that you

think investigators are going to want to explore when it comes to this luxury yacht thinking? the? this luxury yacht thinking? they will be looking _ this luxury yacht thinking? they will be looking at _ this luxury yacht thinking? they will be looking at a _ this luxury yacht thinking? tie: will be looking at a number of issues. dating back often before the action itself, they will look at safety and processes and training and tests and the sort of things that ships at sea are expected to do. i worked closely with the superyacht industry to know there is variable standard across different boats. it depends on the nature of the relationship between the captain and owner. they will look at that. they will look at the water tight state of the boat at the time of the incident. what was the stability condition of that yacht that should have been able to survive extreme weather. they will want to look at why the condition of the boat changed so much that it could be overwhelmed by strong winds. that is what a lot of — overwhelmed by strong winds. that is what a lot of people _ overwhelmed by strong winds. that is what a lot of people are _ overwhelmed by strong winds. that is what a lot of people are wondering i what a lot of people are wondering here, could this tragedy have been

inevitable, is a yacht like this meant to be able to survive when it comes to such an unexpected weather event? ., ., ,., comes to such an unexpected weather event? ., . ,., ., comes to such an unexpected weather event? ., ., ., ,, event? you will also get two camps, those will say _ event? you will also get two camps, those will say it _ event? you will also get two camps, those will say it was _ event? you will also get two camps, those will say it was inevitable - event? you will also get two camps, those will say it was inevitable and l those will say it was inevitable and they should have taken all the safety precautions. but this is a pleasure yacht at anchor in the mediterranean. you will get those who say it was, you know, a black swan event, an unavoidable. the answer is somewhere in the middle. if the keel was up and this seems to be an important part of this, you're taking away a huge element of the boat's stability. at that point you would expect different measures to be in place in anticipation of bad weather. because you have changed the stability condition of your boat. those are the sorts of things that the investigation team will need tolike at. == that the investigation team will need tolike at.— need tolike at. -- to look at. i want to bring _ need tolike at. -- to look at. i want to bring you _ need tolike at. -- to look at. i want to bring you some - need tolike at. -- to look at. i i want to bring you some breaking need tolike at. -- to look at. i - want to bring you some breaking news related to the yacht. the british

tech nology entrepreneur mike lynch's has been recovered from the yacht. reuters have said that his body has been recovered, but his 18—year—old daughter lana is still miss —— hannah is still missing. a lot of this is going through different reports, the one body to be recovered is that of a woman. there were 22 people on the yacht when it sank in bad weather on monday morning. one body was recovered from the sea. 15 people have survived and six were missing, with five bodies recovered from the yacht so far. that is the latest today. the bbc is in contact with the italian authorities, but keep in kind that the bbc has not yet independently confirmed the identities of those recovered, this breaking new is that the british

tech entrepreneur mike lynch's body has been recovered according to multiple reports. as soon as we have independent confirmation of that and confirmation from the authorities, we will bring that to you. all of these updates are being fed straight to our bbc news web—site and live page if you want the get the latest on this search. in the us, where kamala harris's running mate, tim walz, has given a combative speech to democrats as he accepted the vice presidential nomination at the democratic national convention. the minnesota governor described the nomination as the "honour of his life." he also attacked the republican agenda which he said served the richest people and most extreme voices. the event was opened by big names including stevie wonder, oprah winfrey and former us president bill clinton. our senior north america correspondent, gary o'donoghue, was there.

democrats have been ramping up the celebrity count. kamala harris! echoing michelle obama, oprah told the packed hall to do something. and what we're going to do is elect kamala harris as the next president of the united states! but the current president, joe biden, isn't quite forgotten. even by those senior democrats like nancy pelosi, but the current president, joe biden, isn't quite forgotten. even by those senior democrats like nancy pelosi, who eased him out of the nomination. thank you, joe. they have already had two presidents this week, here is a third one. and they love him. two days ago i turned 78, l the oldest man in my family for four generations. and the only personal vanity i want to assert is i am - still younger than donald trump.

every convention needs its share of glitz and glamour, and this one has got plenty of it. but today is also about introducing governor tim walz. you probably won't have heard of him. two weeks ago he became kamala harris' pick for vice president. high school teacher, sports coach, 20 years in the national guard, tim walz is being sold as the ultimate everyman. no matter who you are, kamala harris is going to stand up and fight for your freedom to live the life that you want to lead. because that's what we want for ourselves, and it's what we want for our neighbours. all the razzmatazz is designed for one thing. the build—up to kamala harris' acceptance speech tonight, the biggest moment of her political career so far. gary o'donoghue, bbc news, chicago.

mark shanahan, is associate professor of politics, at the university of surrey. he gave me his analysis of governor tim walz�*s speech at the democratic national convention. i think this is what the democrats were aiming for. they want to build this picture of authenticity. this is a guy who can connect withjoe and jess america, who can really make the republicans look, as he said himself, weird. that donald trump and jd vance, for all they have a high—powered publicity vehicle, they haven't got the same degree of authenticity that walz is hoping to bring to the democratic ticket. he did it pretty well last night. he did his big life story piece. it went down fantastically well with the crowd. but there again, it would. they are democrat activists. this is highly choreographed convention. i think the republicans wanted it to be a wake. it is turning out to be a carnival.

last night, tim walz turned out to be a pretty good ringmaster. he is meant to appeal to those mid—western voters. i wonder, though, if you could remind us how much vp candidates typically move the dial when it comes to these election? generally not very much. they can lose elections. if you went back to 2008, when barack obama won, he was up againstjohn mccain who picked the governor of alaska, sarah palin. and his numbers tanked. she really tanked his numbers because she just wasn't seen to be someone who could be one heartbeat from the presidency. people have to have confidence in the vice president. but the person who really matters is the one at the top of the ticket — kamala harris, who obviously is up against donald trump. you mentioned kamala harris. her big night is coming up. what are you expecting from the wrap to this dnc? again, she has to introduce

herself to the country. she has been vice president now for three/three and half years. but always in the shadow ofjoe biden. joe biden got all of the big headlines. she has to fit in alongside him, just behind him. tonight is her moment to step out on stage and tell us who kamala harris is, what she stands for, how she is going to win this election and what she is going to be like as a president. the first woman president, if she is elected. a woman of colour. it is quite a big leap to break through that glass ceiling. but there is a real vibe, a vibe of 2008 among democrats at the moment that really feels that this is her moment. meanwhile 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. the former president appeared behind bullet—proof glass — it was his first outdoor rally since the assassination attempt in july.

we will bring you more of the dnc. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

students across england, wales and northern ireland will find out their gcse results this morning. be pass rate has fallen for a third year running. the over all pass rate has returned to levels at 2018. let's speak to our correspondent nicky schiller, who is at a school in gorton, in manchester. it is always such a nervous time,

results day, what have you been hearing from students around you and how do they feel about these results? , , ., ., ., results? yes, it is a moment, a life moment, results? yes, it is a moment, a life moment. that _ results? yes, it is a moment, a life moment, that we _ results? yes, it is a moment, a life moment, that we all _ results? yes, it is a moment, a life moment, that we all remember - results? yes, it is a moment, a life i moment, that we all remember when results? yes, it is a moment, a life - moment, that we all remember when we got the results. these are the first big ones. these are year 11 students, they're 15 and i6 and they're getting their gcse results. as you said, this is the first year that we can really compare them from before the pandemic, because of course in year 7 when they started that was when the pandemic hit. so there was that remote learning and they have gone through them. although we have seen the results drop for the third year in a row, in previous results were adjusted, because of the covid pandemic. so it means that we can compare them and they are roughly similar to 2019. we also have the btec results out, that is the more vocational qualifications where people can go into apprenticeships. you can

probably see a lot of students milling around. about an hour ago this room was packed as they came in and found behind the desks of their surname and opened the envelopes. you can see them hugging their friends and the main reaction here todayis friends and the main reaction here today is that they are happy with their results, most of the students that i have spoken to. the head is also happy with the results and said although the pandemic did have an impact early on in their education, they have got through that and come out the other end with flying colours. i think here mostly happy people opening their exam results. how did you do in your exams. d0 people opening their exam results. how did you do in your exams. do you want me to — how did you do in your exams. do you want me to show _ how did you do in your exams. do you want me to show off— how did you do in your exams. do you want me to show off live _ how did you do in your exams. do you want me to show off live on _ how did you do in your exams. do you want me to show off live on air? - want me to show off live on air? yes, go on. i want me to show off live on air? yes. 90 om— want me to show off live on air? yes, to on. ~ ., ., ., yes, go on. i know we will hear more from you. — yes, go on. i know we will hear more from you. not — yes, go on. i know we will hear more from you, not about _ yes, go on. i know we will hear more from you, not about my _ yes, go on. i know we will hear more from you, not about my exam - yes, go on. i know we will hear more | from you, not about my exam results, see you soon. let's turn to the middle east now. during a phone call with the israeli prime minister,

benjamin netanyahu, president biden has stressed the urgent need to reach a ceasefire and hostage deal in gaza. the white house said they also discussed us efforts to support israel's defence against what it called all threats from iran and proxy terrorist groups, including hamas. meanwhile, 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 al—makdah had been accused by israel of smuggling weapons into the west bank. lebanese media say 2 other people were also killed in the strike. our middle east correspondent yolande knell has told me about the diplomatic efforts for the ceasefire deal. well, what we have had is the of course us top diplomat

antony blinken just completing this whirlwind tour of the middle east, really pressing home the message that now is the time for israel and hamas to seal this deal on a gaza ceasefire that would also bring home remaining israeli hostages held in the gaza strip. we had the presidentjoe biden with his vice—president kamala harris importantly on this call to the israeli prime minister. according to israeli media, they have been pressing him to show more flexibility, particularly when it comes to this issue of what is known as the philadelphia corridor, that is the strategically important stretch of land between gaza and egypt, including the rafah border crossing there. israel has been maintaining it wants to keep troops there beyond the end of the war. hamas insisting that should not be the case. and that does seem to have become one of the main sticking points in talks. the us of course put forward this bridging proposal to try to close the gaps

between the two sides. we have had president biden as well stressing the importance of upcoming efforts in cairo, with the us and qatari and egyptian mediators meeting an israeli negotiating team there and saying that this is a chance to complete the deal, but really the signs are not very hopeful. amidst this, air strikes continue, as does the humanitarian situation on the ground in gaza? yes and the israeli military has been saying really it is pressing its ground forces into parts of centre and the south of the gaza strip. it has been battle hamas fighters there. the latest statement from the israeli military suggesting that it's killed something like 50 of these armed fighters in the past day. we have heard from palestinian health officials that already today some 22 people have been

killed by israeli military action in the gaza strip. this after about 50 were killed according to palestinian medics yesterday. some of the latest strikes we are hearing about, 11 killed in a residential building in the very north of the gaza strip. others killed in the centre and the south. next we are turning to andrew tate. new allegations for andrew tate. the lawyer representing the controversial social media personality says he's been remanded in custody by police in romania. he was questioned by officers as part of new investigation into crimes including money laundering and sex with an under—age person. he's already awaiting trial on rape and human trafficking charges,

which he denies. our eastern europe correspondent, sarah rainsford, is following the story from bucharest. well, we're outside the main court here in central bucharest and that is where we expected andrew tate and his brother and several romanian nationals to be brought a little later today. last night, we saw them being taken into custody. they have been questioned for more than six hours at the offices of the serious crime agency. they were taken in without handcuffs, but with arm guard after a very long search of four properties, including the tate brothers' property here in bucharest by police officers. so taken in for questioning, questioned for some time and then taken into custody overnight. and what we're expecting here in the court here is for prosecutors to ask the judge either to extend custody for the tate brothers, to hold them for up to 30 days. possibly they could ask for house arrest for the brothers, or possibly they could walk out

of that building with no further measures in place. in terms of allegations, now, these are allegations, it is a new investigation, they are serious allegations, they include sex with somebody who is underage. they include trafficking of underage persons and also the allegation that the brothers were involved in money laundering. as we said, there is already a trial that is due to take place here, formal charges, different charges, including rape, including organised crime gang, including human trafficking. so this is an additional investigation, additional allegations. and we heard from andrew tate last night, i asked him what he made of these allegations as he was being led away by police. he said that the investigators were desperate, as he described them. he said the file against him that he had seen so far was "pathetic" was the word he used and said the investigators have made up a bunch of stuff. so he is dismissing everything, denying everything and saying that he and his brother

are innocent of any new charges. 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 her with a "new sense of fear." in an instagram post, 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. before we want to go, i want to show you some live pictures related to the luxury yacht that sank on monday in sicily. we brought you the news that mike lynch's body, the british tech entrepreneur has been recovered. reuters say that his body has been recovered, but his 18—year—old daughter hannah is still missing. stay with us here on bbc news. hello, a spell of wet and windy weather is 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 windy throughout the day. all tied into this area of low pressure. you can see how packed the isobars are. we will get gusts of wind up to 60mph. it will ease from scotland first thing. as it pushes south and east across england and wales, it will also weaken to a band of cloud and showery rain in the afternoon. blustery winds continue, gusts a0 to 50mph. perhaps stronger on the coast. that will drive in a few sharp showers. here it will feel fresher, 1a to 17 the high. fresher in the south—east with that lack of sunshine, 21 here. as we move out of thursday into friday, we will see another spell of wet weather and on

the flank of that low, the strongest winds through wales perhaps as we go through friday morning. so first thing on friday morning, eight to 16 degrees. the strong winds will continue to drive that rain steadily east through the day on friday. once again, the heaviest of the rain looks likely to be the far north. easing its way out of eastern scotland as we go through the day. sunny spells and scattered showers continuing. again not that much in the way of significant rain in the south—east of england. top temperatures again between 1a and 23 degrees. but there is a potential for more in the way of significant rain from this front in the south—east during the early hours of saturday morning. it could be a very wet start across south—east england first thing on saturday morning. that rain could take its time to clear. we will see a cluster of sharp showers, close to another low in the far north—west, between the

two drier and brighter. again the temperatures subdued, 30 to 20 degrees. once the rain is out of way, the bank holiday weekend will quieten down with more sunshine.

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a fifth body's recovered from the luxury yacht which sank off sicily. the search continues for the one person still missing. gcse results have been released — with the pass rate falling for a third year running. democrats get a pep—talk from coach tim walz — as kamala harris's running mate — rallies the crowd to act now. and in the last hour its been confirmed that the first drug to slow the progression of early—stage alzheimer's won't be available on the nhs because it's too expensive. the first drug to slow the progression of early—stage alzheimer's won't be available on the nhs because health—assessment body nice says the benefits are too small to justify the costs. in trials — lecanemeb was shown to slow cognitive decline by about a quarter in patients in the early stages of the disease. but nice said there was a significant cost to the treatment.