i accept your nomination for president of the united states of america. president of the united states of america-— president of the united states of america. ,, a, a, of america. sumi somaskanda, live in chicago, _ of america. sumi somaskanda, live in chicago, a _ of america. sumi somaskanda, live in chicago, a historic - live in chicago, a historic convention and nomination has wrapped up, now the hard work starts for kemal harris and her running mate tim walz. —— kamala harris. as negotiators gather in cairo to resume talks on a ceasefire in gaza, israel's prime minister dampens down hopes of an agreement. indian prime minister narendra modi is due to visit kyiv today, just a month after he visited russia. and a volcano has erupted in iceland for the sixth time in eight months — a nearby fishing village has been evacuated. hello and welcome to the programme. i'm lukwesa burak.

kamala harris has accepted her party's nomination for the us presidency amid rapturous applause at the climax of the democratic national convention. she told herjubilant supporters that the country had a fleeting opportunity to move past bitterness, cynicism and division. the vice president said if she became president, she would ensure free and fair elections, foster the rule of law and the peaceful transfer of power. ms harris accused donald trump and his republican allies of wanting to introduce a nationwide abortion ban — "they are out of their minds," she said. she also paid tribute to her parents. they instilled in us the values they personified. community, faith, and the importance of treating others as you would want to be treated.

with kindness, respect, and compassion. my mother was a brilliant, five foot tall, brown woman with an accent. and as the eldest child... as the eldest child, i saw how the world would sometimes treat her. but my mother never lost her cool. she was tough, courageous, a trailblazer in the fight for women's health, and she taught maya and me a lesson that michelle mentioned the other night. she taught us to never complain about injustice, but do something about it. cheering. do something about it. that was my mother. and she taught us... and she always... she also taught us... she also taught us, never do anything half—assed.

and that is a direct quote! she laughs. a direct quote. on behalf of americans like the people i grew up with, people who work hard, chase their dreams, and look out for one another. on behalf of everyone whose story could only be written in the greatest nation on earth... cheering. i accept your nomination to be president of the united states of america. cheering. live now to my colleague sumi somaskanda, who's at the convention.

hi, the clip you just played was the crescendo of the speech from kamala harris when she officially accepted the nomination. i want to give our viewers a note, because you can hear some popping behind me, thatis hear some popping behind me, that is the massive balloons that is the massive balloons that drop down at the end of the convention after kamala harris wrapped up her speech. they are being popped as the arena is now emptying out and people are trying to move out of the rose. people gathering their things and moving to the exits. so this convention has now finally wrapped up. kamala harris really delivered an arching speech, talking about her personal story. about her family, her mother, her middle—class upbringing. she talked about donald trump, she

made a stark contrast on what a second trump presidency would mean. and she came back to the message of unity, saying, i will be president for all americans. it received rapturous applause in the arena in chicago, and my colleague caitriona has been on the floor all evening watching the speeches and gauging the reaction. it sounds like we don't have caitriona at the moment, but she was gauging the reaction and you can probably guess it was rapturous applause that kamala harris received. she wrapped up by saying the work has to be done, it's time to move forward. that is a nod to move forward. that is a nod to the fact that now the convention has wrapped up, the real campaign begins, the hard work begins for her and her running mate, minnesota governor tim walz. let's talk

more about what we saw tonight and the reaction with a journalist and writer who wrote the book kamala's way. dan, tell us your thoughts about what we saw tonight on stage. i think she did quite a good job of humanising herself, introducing herself to america. in california, we know her as the attorney general. the rest of the — the attorney general. the rest of the country, not so much. vice — of the country, not so much. vice president don't get all the attention. there were some sweet _ the attention. there were some sweet touches in her speech. the _ sweet touches in her speech. the first, _ sweet touches in her speech. the first, this is her ten year anniversary of her wedding. she called _ anniversary of her wedding. she called doug emhoff, her husband, dougie.

inaudible. inaudible question. sure, she doesn't get into a lot of— sure, she doesn't get into a lot of detail, which is quite interesting. herfather lot of detail, which is quite interesting. her father comes from — interesting. her father comes from jamaica. he interesting. her father comes fromjamaica. he has interesting. her father comes from jamaica. he has written that— from jamaica. he has written that he — from jamaica. he has written that he is_ from jamaica. he has written that he is a descendant of a slave — that he is a descendant of a slave holder... in the biography i wasn't prepared to say that— biography i wasn't prepared to say that without the dna testing proved, but that is a family— testing proved, but that is a family story. isn't that interesting? somebody who could be in _ interesting? somebody who could be in the — interesting? somebody who could be in the white house is the descendant of a slaveholder. she paid _ descendant of a slaveholder. she paid homage to civil rights icons who she said came before her and paved the path for her. clearly an understanding of the history that came before her. she talked about one of the

most important issues in this election campaign, the economy. she talked about being from a middle—class family and said there would be tax cuts from there would be tax cuts from the middle class. she said they were going to make sure it's an opportunity economy. tell us how that message plays in with who kamala harris is. she talked about _ who kamala harris is. she talked about how - who kamala harris is. she talked about how her - who kamala harris is. she talked about how her parents split — talked about how her parents split when she was a little gift — split when she was a little gift the _ split when she was a little girl. the divorce papers show how — girl. the divorce papers show how little _ girl. the divorce papers show how little they had. they split record — how little they had. they split record albums. they had one bank— record albums. they had one bank account with $750 in it. it is _ bank account with $750 in it. it is hot — bank account with $750 in it. it is not a — bank account with $750 in it. it is not a woman born with a silver— it is not a woman born with a silver spoon in her mouth. her parents — silver spoon in her mouth. her parents were both students. i'm sure _ parents were both students. i'm sure they— parents were both students. i'm sure they had a bit of debt. they— sure they had a bit of debt. they certainly didn't have money _ they certainly didn't have money. that is where she

started _ money. that is where she started. her mother died with not a — started. her mother died with not a lot— started. her mother died with not a lot of money. she was a successful— not a lot of money. she was a successful cancer researcher but she _ successful cancer researcher but she didn't become wealthy doing — but she didn't become wealthy doing that. i think she is recollecting where she came from — recollecting where she came from. really, middle—class, not upper—middle—class, very middle—class. upper-middle-class, very middle-class.— upper-middle-class, very middle-class. from what you know of kemal _ middle-class. from what you know of kemal harris, - middle-class. from what you know of kemal harris, is - middle-class. from what you know of kemal harris, is she | know of kemal harris, is she savouring this moment, what is it like for her? —— kamala harris. it like for her? -- kamala harris. ,, , . , , harris. she is incredibly determined. _ harris. she is incredibly determined. a - harris. she is incredibly determined. a really i harris. she is incredibly - determined. a really tenacious persoh — determined. a really tenacious person. she has had a good time tonight — person. she has had a good time tonight i— person. she has had a good time tonight. i saw her on the campaign trail in las vegas. a week— campaign trail in las vegas. a week ago. _ campaign trail in las vegas. a week ago, two weeks ago. she is having _ week ago, two weeks ago. she is having furl — week ago, two weeks ago. she is having fun. on the stage, she is smiling, _ having fun. on the stage, she is smiling, laughing. having a good — is smiling, laughing. having a good time. she is also

delivering really important point _ delivering really important point. yeah, she will savour it tonight — point. yeah, she will savour it tonight. she is not a big drinket _ tonight. she is not a big drinker. probably go to bed and tomorrow— drinker. probably go to bed and tomorrow she's going to be on the campaign trail. the tomorrow she's going to be on the campaign trail.— the campaign trail. the work beains. the campaign trail. the work begins. thank— the campaign trail. the work begins. thank you _ the campaign trail. the work begins. thank you so - the campaign trail. the work begins. thank you so much, | the campaign trail. the work - begins. thank you so much, dan, great to have you on bbc news. as we can hear the balloons continue to be popped in the arena, a reminder that this might be the culmination of the convention, but the work for the campaignjust begins now for kamala harris and tim walz, heading out on the campaign trail next week. it's going to be a really tough battle, we saw donald trump today on the border attacking harris on immigration policy. the campaign is going to see a tough battle ahead for this

harris—walz tickets. we will certainly watch to see how the campaign moves forward in the weeks ahead.— weeks ahead. thank you very much from — weeks ahead. thank you very much from chicago. - weeks ahead. thank you very much from chicago. this - weeks ahead. thank you very much from chicago. this is i weeks ahead. thank you very l much from chicago. this is bbc news.

now the latest developments from the midle east. as negotiators gather in cairo to resume talks on a ceasefire in gaza, israel's prime minister has dampened dwindling hopes of an agreement. benjamin netanyahu has denied reports that his country is willing to compromise on its insistence that israeli troops must remain on gaza's border with egypt after a deal. he said a proposal to deploy an internationalforce along the border instead would not be acceptable. hamas, which will not be at the cairo talks, has repeatedly insisted that it won't accept any ceasefire deal that allows israeli forces to remain in gaza. the us ambassador to the un security council urged members to press hamas to accept a bridging proposal agreed to by israel.

and we must use our leverage to press hamas to accept the bridging proposal, which includes massive and immediate benefits for the palestinians in gaza, and incorporates a number of hamas' earlier demands. colleagues, this is a decisive moment. it's a decisive moment for ceasefire talks and for the region. and so every member of this council should continue to send strong messages to other actors in the region, to avoid actions that would move us away from finalising this deal. mohamed taha from bbc arabic is with me in the studio. we are talking specifically, then, about an area of the border i think known as the philadelphi corridor. just take

us through where we are, what is being proposed and what is the problem on that egyptian gaza border?— the problem on that egyptian gaza border? indeed, this part of land between _ gaza border? indeed, this part of land between egypt - gaza border? indeed, this part of land between egypt and - gaza border? indeed, this part| of land between egypt and gaza is controlled by camp david treaty between egypt and israel that was signed in the 70s. the israeli troops cannot be in this corridor according to that treatment. that treaty. that's why these negotiations in cairo, practically, is between egypt and israel. egypt is not happy for israel to stay in this corridor, and israel is insisting that any permanent ceasefire deal in gaza should include that israel should stay include that israel should stay in this corridor. if egypt endorsed that, the request means this is a change from the camp david treaty. negotiations in cairo is practically between

egypt and israel, hamas is not part of this negotiation. hamas has other reservations related to the return of refugees to their homes, the amount of prisoners exchanged for the hostages, and so on. but now, the main point of negotiations is the presence of israel in the philadelphi corridor. i the philadelphi corridor. i understand local reports say israel has now come with a revised proposal. they are talking about an eu mission being put around rafah. is that something the eu want to be involved with, how does it play out? �* , ., . ., out? it's not clear if the eu really want _ out? it's not clear if the eu really want to _ out? it's not clear if the eu really want to be _ out? it's not clear if the eu really want to be there. - out? it's not clear if the eu i really want to be there. israel also proposed arab troops to be there from the united arab emirates and other troops.

israel also might propose having radar equipment in this area, which egypt also might not be happy with. they proposed this before, to the late egyptian president hosni mubarak, he did not accept that, because you never know the range of the radars that would be put in this area. israel has massive amount of ideas of how the borders should be controlled between egypt and gaza. it's really surprising to see how this whole negotiation around the exchange of hostages, the end of the suffering of the people in gaza, more than 50 people killed in the last 2a hours in egypt, all of its centralised

now on the philadelphi corridor, because of the proposal that the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu put with the us foreign minister antony blinken last week. thank ou, and antony blinken last week. thank you. and huge — antony blinken last week. thank you, and huge congratulations . you, and huge congratulations for your daughter's gcses. thank you! all a stars! let's get some of the day's other news now. it's now known that at least ten people were killed when a boat carrying migrants capsized on a river separating serbia and bosnia. the serbian authorities said a baby, around nine months old, and its mother were among those who died. rescuers say they'll resume their search on friday for others still thought to be missing. the authorities in pakistan say 11 police officers have been killed in an ambush by heavily armed attackers in punjab province. a police statement says two vehicles came under rocket fire when one of them broke down. seven officers were reportedly injured. the greek owners of a huge oil tanker which was crippled by an attack by yemen's houthis are preparing to inspect the vessel.

the eu navalforce in the region says the sounion is an environmental hazard. all crew members were safely evacuated from the tanker, which was struck off the yemeni port of hodeida on wednesday. urgent talks are due to take place in canada to try to resolve an industrial dispute that's paralysed the country's huge rail freight network. the government has ordered existing contracts between rail companies and unions to be extended until new agreements are signed. billions of dollars of goods and raw materials cross from canada into the us by train each month. officials in italy say it could be some time before the body of the final victim is recovered from a luxury superyacht which sank off the coast of sicily. the search is expected to resume shortly. six bodies, including

that of the british tech entrepreneur mike lynch, have now been brought to shore after the sinking of the superyacht during a freak storm on monday. it's believed mr lynch's 18—year—old daughter, hannah, is still missing. of the 22 passengers and crew on board, 15 survived. while few details have been released about investigations, the authorities will likely want to examine what measures were taken to mitigate against bad weather, such as whether access hatches were closed. friends and colleagues of mike lynch have paid tribute to "the uk's greatest tech entrepreneur" after he was confirmed to have died when the yacht sank in the early hours of monday. mr lynch was a prominent figure in the uk tech industry, where his backing of successful companies led to him being dubbed the british equivalent of microsoft founder bill gates. he was awarded an obe

in recognition of his service to uk enterprise. indian prime minister narendra modi is due to visit kyiv today, a month after he visited russia. india imports russian crude oil, despite calls from western countries for sanctions against the trade, and mr modi will be the first international leader to visit ukraine since it launched its cross—border incursion into russia's kursk region. the fighting continues in ukraine's eastern donbas region — the ukrainian military says the situation around pokrovsk remains tense — as russian forces continue to try to push forward. more civilian evacuations from the city have been taking place. and in russia, a ferry has sunk near the black sea port of kavkaz, after reports it was hit by a ukrainian missile. it's reported to have been carrying a cargo of fuel.

a volcano has erupted in iceland — the sixth to do so there since december. the eruption, in the the eruption, in the southwestern reykjanes southwestern reykjanes peninsula, has seen lava spewing into the air. it is the sixth eruption it is the sixth eruption in the region since december. the icelandic meteorological office said the eruption began at 21.26 local in the region since december. time following a series of earthquakes. the nearby fishing village the nearby fishing village of grindavik was evacuated. it is not known how many people were in the area as most of grindavik was evacuated. of its nearly 4,000 residents left in november. let's speak to emeritus let's speak to emeritus professor at school professor at school of geosciences of monash of geosciences of monash university, raymond cas. university, raymond cas.

hello and a warm welcome to the programme. iwonder hello and a warm welcome to the programme. i wonder if we could start with a classification of this eruption, how would you describe it? it’s this eruption, how would you describe it?— describe it? it's what we call a fish or _ describe it? it's what we call a fish or event _ describe it? it's what we call a fish or event eruption. - a fish or event eruption. iceland is a unique country in that it sits on top of what we call the mid—atlantic spread, when the two tectonic plates that represent the east and west atlantic are moving apart from each other. this is driven tjy from each other. this is driven by deep convection... inaudible. it produces these very spectacular magma fountain

style eruptions that we have seenin style eruptions that we have seen in this area in the

assessed and analysed by geoscience professors like yourself, in terms of the activity around iceland. what is taking place around the earth's crust?— is taking place around the earth's crust? this is fairly normal activity _ earth's crust? this is fairly normal activity in - earth's crust? this is fairly normal activity in iceland. | earth's crust? this is fairly i normal activity in iceland. we have similar eruptions occurring every five or six years. in this particular case, this area became active again in 2021. basically, it represents this unique volcanic activity relating to the movement of two tectonic plates aapart from each other. it's one of the few places on earth where this volcanic activity is visible above sea level. elsewhere around the world, volcanic activity is occurring in submarine environments, down

to depths of five kilometres also. so iceland is unique in that it gives us a view of what volcanic activity is like, associated with the spreading and the migration of tectonic plates on earth. the and the migration of tectonic plates on earth.— plates on earth. the feta, fascinating _ plates on earth. the feta, fascinating hearing - plates on earth. the feta, fascinating hearing you i plates on earth. the feta, l fascinating hearing you very much and that is a live shot of the volcanic eruption you have been discussing. —— professor, fascinating hearing you, thank you very much. all the business news coming up shortly. we will be assessing if what we heard from kamala harris in chicago at the democratic convention earlier gives any indication as to her party and her position on the economy. hello, there. storm lilian will dominate the first half of friday, but it's moving at quite a pace and so by lunchtime

the worst of the weather will have cleared away. however, before then, a spell of heavy rain, but more importantly, some gales, unseasonably strong winds for this time of year and still many people on holiday. the strongest of the winds likely to be to the scottish borders down into north wales and the north midlands, a zone of winds gusting widely 50,60 miles an hour, maybe even stronger in one or two places up to 75 miles an hour. that front will ease its way steadily eastwards, so already we can see the first signs of an improving picture into the northwest of scotland. this is 6:00 friday morning. a spell of very heavy rain, maybe even some thunder clearing the scottish borders first thing and the gusts of wind widely 50, close to 60 miles an hour at time. a rash of sharp showers across northern england. a trail of cloud and nuisance rain once again through the midlands and southeast england — that will ease away. the low pressure moves over to scandinavia and then a quieter afternoon, not quite as windy. still blustery winds,

driving in some scattered showers to the far north and west. 1a to 18 degrees the high in scotland and northern ireland, 23 degrees the high, perhaps, in southeast england. but as we move out of friday into the early hours of saturday morning, there could be a pulse of very wet weather moving its way into south east and eastern england. now, we haven't seen that much in the way of rain this august, so that will bring a spell of much needed rain for the gardens out there, but it will linger for some time on saturday, only slowly easing away into the afternoon. strongest winds further north and west. here we'll see a frequent rash of showers on and off throughout the day. top temperatures generally a little bit below par for this time of year. now, from sunday and into bank holiday monday, the azores high will tend to build back in across central and southern england. one or two weather fronts toppling across that high, so, once again, we're back to showers or longer spells of rain into the far

north and west. hopefully a little drier and eventually a little bit warmer further south.

creating an "opportunity economy" — kamala harris wraps up the democratic national convention with a landmark speech.

turning up the heat — uk energy prices are set to rise this winter as the regulator ofgem adjusts the price cap. plus, have you fallen out of love with dating apps? we delve into the multi—billion—dollar online romance business. and the rise and rise of competitive gaming — we take a look at the esports world cup ahead of this weekend's grand final. live from london, this is business today. i'm lukwesa burak. we start in chicago in the us — where, as we've been hearing, vice president kamala harris has just wrapped up the democratic national convention with what was arguably the most important speech of her career to date. in a positive outlook for the future of america,

the democrat nominee covered a wide range of issues