i accept your nomination to be president of the united states of america. kamala harris promises a �*new way forward' as she makes her case to be president. british households will pay more for power — with the energy regulator announcing an increase in its price cap. india's prime minister is in kyiv meeting president zelenskyjust weeks after mr modi was in moscow to see president putin. a volcano erupts in iceland for the sixth time in eight months — a nearby fishing village has been evacuated. and a transgender woman in australia wins a landmark discrimination case — against a women—only

hello, i'm annita mcveigh, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. we start with breaking news from sicily and a body believed to be the sixth and final person missing after a luxury yacht sank in a storm has been located — according to the italian coastguard. we can speak now to our correspondent bethany bell who is in sicily. tell us more about what the italian coastguard are saying. i tell us more about what the italian coastguard are saying.— coastguard are saying. i have 'ust seen a coastguard are saying. i have 'ust a group fl coastguard are saying. i have 'ust a group of i coastguard are saying. i have 'ust seen a group of bowli coastguard are saying. i have 'ust seen a group of bowl with i coastguard are saying. i have just seen a group of bowl with diversl coastguard are saying. i have just i seen a group of bowl with divers on board coming back to the quayside here. it is not clear if they had a body with them on board, i am a little too far away to see clearly but certainly we have had news that

a body has been located. we understand that the final missing person was the daughter of mike lynch, 18—year—old hannah lynch. and we know divers have been out very early this morning continuing their search for her. this is a very complicated rescue operation that i can see, i don't know if you can see over my shoulder, the red fence, boats on the quayside where divers periodically come back, but it is where previous bodies have been brought back and then put into a waiting ambulance which then takes them to a mortuary for the final identification, formal identification, formal identification process. yes, very dynamic situation here at the moment. but it is believed that the body of final missing person may have been found.—

body of final missing person may have been found. bethany, is there an more have been found. bethany, is there any more news _ have been found. bethany, is there any more news on _ have been found. bethany, is there any more news on the _ have been found. bethany, is there any more news on the focus - have been found. bethany, is there any more news on the focus of - have been found. bethany, is there any more news on the focus of the | any more news on the focus of the investigation? obviously those looking into this tragedy have been considering a number of possible causes for what happened but are they narrowing their focus yet? what they narrowing their focus yet? what we have to say _ they narrowing their focus yet? what we have to say with _ they narrowing their focus yet? what we have to say with this _ we have to say with this investigation, it is it is in its extremely very early stages. we know that investigators have questioned the captain, a 51—year—old man from new zealand. but at the moment they are considering all sorts of different options and we are told by the authorities that this is a process that could go on for weeks if not months. and a lot of things they will have to consider, questions about whether this was human error, whether measures could have been taken to prevent the yacht from going down as quickly as it did. a lot of speculation, but as i

say, all this the subject of an investigation by the authorities so it is very hard to speculate. bethany, thank you very much. bethany, thank you very much. bethany bell in sicily. kamala harris has accepted the democratic nomination for president, setting up the race for the white house this november. at the final day of the democratic national convention in chicago, the vice president pledged to lead �*for all americans�*, saying there was a chance to move past bitterness, cynicism and division, to a �*new way forward'. democrats have been riding a surge of enthusiasm since harris became their nominee, but polls suggest the election remains extremely tight. talking about her republican rival donald trump, ms harris called him an �*unserious man�* but warned the consequences of him returning as president would be �*extremely serious�*. our correspondent emma vardy sent this report from chicago. please welcome the democratic nominee for president, vice president of the united states

of america, kamala harris! a month ago many people did not envisage this moment. america�*s lesser—known second—in—command propelled into the starring role. but she�*s become the woman democrats now believe can make history by becoming the first female president of the united states. i will be a president who unites us around our highest aspirations, a president who leads and listens, who is realistic, practical, and has common sense, and always fights for the american people. from the courthouse to the white house, that has been my life�*s work. she took the fight to her opponent with a warning. in many ways donald trump is an unserious man. laughter. but the consequences,

but the consequences of putting donald trump back in the white house are extremely serious. women�*s bodies would be policed when it comes to america�*s most divisive issue. he plans to create a national anti—abortion coordinator, and force states to report on women�*s miscarriages and abortions. booing. simply put, they are out of their minds. in just a few weeks kamala harris has been on an accelerated path to this moment sincejoe biden dropped out of the race. now she�*s appealed to people to see her as the future and urged voters to prevent a return to donald trump�*s america of the past. # what about us

# what about all the times you said you had the answer?# though there wasn�*t an appearance by beyonce that many had hoped for, plenty of celebrities have been lining up to back her. polls suggest kamala harris has taken the lead in this race. but there are fears about the economy and illegal immigration that play to donald trump�*s strengths. once the convention excitement subsides, there�*s still much to overcome if her dream of a new era is to be realised. emma vardy, news, chicago. with me isjohn scardino — vice—chair of democrats abroad uk. thank you very much for coming along. thank you very much for coming alonu. ., , ~' thank you very much for coming alonu. ., , ~ , along. how did she do? i think she did very well. _ along. how did she do? i think she did very well, she _ along. how did she do? i think she did very well, she gave _ along. how did she do? i think she did very well, she gave a _ along. how did she do? i think she did very well, she gave a very - did very well, she gave a very rousing speech. it is an interesting study, she came from very background and rose to be the chief law enforcement officer in the big estate in the country. and now for the last 3.5 years as

vice—president, so highly qualified. your opposite number, sat in that chair a little earlier and said she did not touch on policy, did not talk about his agenda much because he argues she does not want to associate her with things they may not like from the last four years. that has been one of the big talking points around kamala harris, she needs to tell voters more about her policies and plans. did you see much on what she said?— on what she said? there was little and i would _ on what she said? there was little and i would like _ on what she said? there was little and i would like to _ on what she said? there was little and i would like to see _ on what she said? there was little and i would like to see more. - on what she said? there was little and i would like to see more. she| and i would like to see more. she said she wants to focus on making housing more affordable so she will have help for first—time housing more affordable so she will have help forfirst—time home buyers and focusing on small business in their access to capital, those were a couple of things you mention. there is this idea of no tax on tips and other issues that have been proposed. i think you will see that in the coming weeks and then the debate between harrison trump on september the 10th if trump sticks

to that. ., ., , ., ., ., september the 10th if trump sticks tothat. ., ., w, ., , to that. how does kamala harris take the ener: to that. how does kamala harris take the energy of— to that. how does kamala harris take the energy of these _ to that. how does kamala harris take the energy of these last _ to that. how does kamala harris take the energy of these last four - to that. how does kamala harris take the energy of these last four days - the energy of these last four days in chicago and move into the next stage of the race including that big presidential debate? this stage of the race including that big presidential debate?— stage of the race including that big presidential debate? this has been unusuall , presidential debate? this has been unusually. we _ presidential debate? this has been unusually, we have _ presidential debate? this has been unusually, we have had _ presidential debate? this has been unusually, we have had this - presidential debate? this has been unusually, we have had this surge | unusually, we have had this surge since she was officially named as the nominee for several weeks ago. it has been continuing and i expect that will continue for another week and she would get some of the northern battleground states week or two, possibly more. that will continue for another week or two, possibly more. that will continue for another week ortwo, possibly more. but that will continue for another week or two, possibly more. but i would expect that to sort of settle a bit that will continue for another week ortwo, possibly more. but that will continue for another week or two, possibly more. but i would expect that to sort of settle a bit and you will see the polls, i would and you will see the polls, i would say there is roughly 40% of the say there is roughly 40% of the people are for harris and 40% are people are for harris and 40% are for trunk, so we are all fighting for trunk, so we are all fighting over this last 20% or so and in key over this last 20% or so and in key battle states. in those states she battle states. in those states she has been rising and rising and has been rising and rising and rising. trump was likely to get some rising. trump was likely to get some of the southern battleground states of the southern battleground states and she would get some of the and she would get some of the

northern battleground states like northern battleground states like wisconsin and mitch again. she is now tied and perhaps going past him in north carolina. i think that should be a big worry for trump. let�*s stop finally and briefly, a bit about that up coming debate. people might remember trump and hillary clinton. i presume kamala harris and her team will be looking very closely at that to prepare for this! i very closely at that to prepare for this! ., very closely at that to prepare for this! . , ., ., , this! i am sure and i am sure there will be more _ this! i am sure and i am sure there will be more about _ this! i am sure and i am sure there will be more about policies - this! i am sure and i am sure there will be more about policies and - will be more about policies and issues. i think that what we are seeing from harris and i believe one of the things there is the surge of support for her is that voters generally do like, i would argue, what you said about our previous republican guest, voters don�*t like what they saw in joe republican guest, voters don�*t like what they saw injoe biden. i would disagree with that, i would say there was a surge of support in harris because people want to see

many of the policies that biden put in place carried on. what you will see is an evolution of some of those policies are not so much of our revolution of anything drastic. evolution not revolution. thank you very much. ukraine�*s president volodymyr zelensky and india�*s prime minister narendra modi have embraced on mr modi�*s arrival in kyiv. but talks between the men could be tense. weeks ago, mr zelensky said it had been a "devastating blow" to see mr modi warmly welcomed by vladimir putin in moscow.

mr modi warmly welcomed by vladimir putin in hug :ow. mr modi warmly welcomed by vladimir putin in hug first of let�*s talk about that hug first of all. people may remember that when mr modi and mr putin embraced in moscow, president is reacted very angrily at that. he called it a devastating blow to peace efforts. talk about the symbolism of this embrace. it talk about the symbolism of this embrace. , ,.,,, , ., embrace. it is quite possible that that embraces _ embrace. it is quite possible that that embraces what _ embrace. it is quite possible that that embraces what led - embrace. it is quite possible that that embraces what led to - embrace. it is quite possible that that embraces what led to this i embrace. it is quite possible that l that embraces what led to this and raised in a sense because there was a very sharp response from kyiv from president zelensky when mr modi had gone to moscow onjuly the 9th, met with president putin. india and russia have very strong ties, traditional ties, russia have very strong ties, traditionalties, prime russia have very strong ties, traditional ties, prime minister modi�*s visit to moscow was a two—day visit followed by natural agreements between the two. in contrast, india�*s ties with ukraine is not as long or deep but prime minister modine has made this a priority after his visit to russia. —— modi.

india may not have a balance when it comes to ties with russia and ukraine but it certainly wishes to maintain a semblance of a balance on the russia— ukraine war. you will recall that india has so far not come out on one side or the other, saying consistently it is on the side of peace. prime minister modi saying there is no victory on the battlefield but not specifically criticising russia for the invasion of ukraine, nor has it said much about ukraine either in the last few years. ukraine had made a special request to the 620 in india and india had not responded favourably. there is no doubt the two leaders had a lot to talk about but the hug between the two leaders seems to indicate that both kyiv and delhi are willing to put may be the recriminations of the past month

behind them and discuss how they can work together. bud behind them and discuss how they can work together-— work together. and ukraine has been askin: india work together. and ukraine has been asking india for _ work together. and ukraine has been asking india for a _ work together. and ukraine has been asking india for a number— work together. and ukraine has been asking india for a number of- work together. and ukraine has been asking india for a number of pieces . asking india for a number of pieces of practical help, telecoms, instruction and medical equipment. is there likely to be any movement on those questionably and more significantly, if not now, does india have a role do you think in facilitating any sort of peace agreement, any sort of ceasefire agreement, any sort of ceasefire agreement between ukraine and russia? , , ., ~ ., ., russia? requests from ukraine have come over the _ russia? requests from ukraine have come over the last _ russia? requests from ukraine have come over the last couple _ russia? requests from ukraine have come over the last couple of - russia? requests from ukraine have come over the last couple of years i come over the last couple of years because india has sent about 15 consignment of tents and blankets and ukraine has consistently said it wants low cost, re—concoction support. having indian companies supplying telecom towers that have been taken out by russian strikes. —— reconstruction. construction equipment, digging for reconstruction effort. that is

something delhi has dragged its feet on and the hope is that when prime minister modi goes there, but the hope is that when he is in kyiv that he will agree to some sort of movement on those specific requests. the larger requests of course that india somehow get involved in the peace process is again something india has not done so far. even in june at epi summit in switzerland, india sent a lower level delegation, not a minister or prime minister, to switzerland to attend the summit. it then disassociated itself from the outcomes of the summit. india is clear that any peace process must be held between russia and ukraine, both of them have to be at the table or india is not really going to be a part of it. whether india can play that large a role really means to be

seen. we have not seen any sign of that when he was in moscow. when he is out of kyiv we might have a better idea. is out of kyiv we might have a better iden-— is out of kyiv we might have a better idea. ., ., ., better idea. 0k, we are out of time. thank ou better idea. ok, we are out of time. thank you for— better idea. 0k, we are out of time. thank you for your _ better idea. 0k, we are out of time. thank you for your thoughts - better idea. 0k, we are out of time. thank you for your thoughts on - better idea. 0k, we are out of time. thank you for your thoughts on that | thank you for your thoughts on that visit. as energy prices continue to be a concern for consumers in many countries, the uk energy regulator ofgem has announced that its price cap will increase by 10% from the 1st of october. it means an average household in england, scotland, and wales will pay an extra £119 a year — although prices will still be lower than last winter. ofgem says rising prices in the international energy market, because of heightened political tensions and extreme weather, is the main driver of the decision. meanwhile the energy security secretary, ed miliband, has defended the government�*s decision to means test

winterfuel payments — despite the higher energy price cap. the plan means about 10 million pensioners in england and wales will lose payments worth between £100 and £300, designed to help with fuel bills. i know this will be really worrying news for lots of families who will face even greater struggles this winter, and it is a direct result of our country�*s exposure to international gas markets that are controlled by dictators, that is a legacy left to us by the last government. that is why this government has a plan to do something about it. our mission for clean, home—grown power that we control in this country, and it is why we have hit the ground running in just seven weeks, consenting new solar power, overturning the ban on offshore wind is precisely to give our country the energy security we do not have at the moment. let�*s hear more about this from our money and work reporter, peter ruddick. we�*re getting quite used

to sort of regular changes in the energy price cap now. it changes every three months, and we�*re talking, of course, about anyone who�*s on a standard variable tariff in england, scotland and wales. now, the last two times, the cap actually went down a little bit. but from october, as you�*ve been saying, it�*s going to go up again. and essentially we are talking about an increase in wholesale energy prices. they�*ve gone up in recent months around 20%. so the regulator today saying 80—odd percent of the reason for today�*s increase, the increase coming in on the 1st of october, is because of those higher wholesale prices. now, they�*re keen to point out that, look, actually, when you look about a year ago, we�*re still talking about energy prices lower than then and much lower than the peak of the energy crisis. of course, the reality then is that there was extra government support in place. and, of course, prices are still much higher than they were pre—pandemic, pre—energy crisis. so i think it�*s really going to reignite that debate that you heard ed miliband

there talking about, about this decision to remove the winter fuel payment for around 10 million pensioners and move it to a means—tested system. it�*s really going to reignite the debate around that. and, unfortunately, we do forecast ahead a little bit. i say we, we look at the energy experts, cornwall insight, for example, they�*re the ones who predict what could happen next with the energy price cap, and the next change will come in injanuary. and as things stand, unfortunately, things could tick up a little bit higher again then. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

now the latest developments from the middle east. as negotiators resume ceasefire talks in cairo, israel�*s prime minister has dampened the already—dwindling hopes of an agreement. benjamin netanyahu has denied reports that his country is willing to compromise on its insistence that israeli troops remain on 6aza�*s border with egypt after a deal. he said a proposal to instead deploy

an international force along the border would not be acceptable. hamas, 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 urged security council 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�*s earlier demands. colleagues, this is a decisive moment. it�*s a decisive moment for cease fire 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.

ourjerusalem correspondent yolande knell is monitoring the talks and gave us the latest on them. from the americans, there is some positivity. we did have the us ambassador there to the un talking about how a deal was now in sight, but the chances of actually reaching an agreement do appear to look so slim. and one of the major disagreements that we�*re hearing about is really this issue about an israeli military presence for the future in gaza beyond the end of the war. and what israel has been insisting on is that it wants to keep troops along two strips of land, the netzarim corridor, which goes from east to west and really divides 6aza into two parts and has been preventing people, particularly the displaced people from the north who are now in the south, from returning back to their homes. and then you also have this strategically important strip of land along the 6aza—egypt

border that also includes the rafah border crossing. and there it�*s notjust hamas that�*s saying it doesn�*t want to have israeli troops present, but also egypt as well. and of course, egypt playing an important role as a mediator here. so that adds to the complications. what we understand what�*s coming out of cairo is that we do have this israeli negotiating team that includes the head of the two intelligence services meeting us officials. there have been meetings with egyptian officials as well, we understand, and the qatari mediators set to get more involved. they have been, of course, passing messages back to hamas, which is not directly taking part in these talks. but still at the moment, it�*s not clear if there could be some kind of a breakthrough that would at least make a summit, a higher ranking summit, possible over the weekend.

a reminder of our breaking news, the sad news that divers have located at six body in the wreckage of the yacht that set —— sank off the coast of sicily. we can send you pick cheers here, we believe that is the body of 18—year—old hannah lynch according to reports in italian media. hannah lynch was the last person accounted for after that yacht sank after the bad storm off the italian coast. an australian transgender woman has won a landmark discrimination case against a women—only social media app — after she was denied access on the basis of being male. the federal court found that although roxanne tickle had not been directly discriminated against — she was a victim of to pay her 10,000

australian dollars. we will have more on that story a little later on. a volcano has erupted in iceland — for the sixth time since december. the eruption, in the southwestern reykjanes peninsula, has seen lava spewing into the air. the icelandic meteorological office said the eruption began about 9.30pm local time following a series of earthquakes. the nearby fishing village of 6rindavik was evacuated. these pictures from earlier. it is not known how many people were in the area as most of its nearly 4,000 residents left in november. stay with us on bbc news. hello. it has been a bit of a stormy day so far for some of you,

but already conditions are improving and will continue to do so through the rest of today. in fact, it will be an afternoon of sunshine and some blustery showers as well, some of you seeing more of one than the other. the storm, storm lillian, which was with us this morning, is already out into the north sea and so on the back edge of it, isobars opening out, the winds easing down. although scotland, compared to this morning where winds were light, it will be a little bit more blustery here. but here is where we see frequent showers, same too in northern ireland. england and wales, very few showers around, mainly in the west, central and eastern areas. quite a few of you will stay dry and in the sunshine out the breeze. temperatures of 22—23 it will actually feel quite pleasant compared to just 15 or 16 on the west coast of scotland. well the showers keep going through the night as it will for many. southeast, dry for a time, but then this rain pushes up across southern england, south east midlands, east anglia and the south east to take us into tomorrow morning. some pretty warm air with it as well, 13 to 16 here as we start saturday. but the start of the weekend grey and wet across the southern and eastern areas, things will gradually improve, but it will be a slow improvement.

that rain lingering into the early afternoon across the southeast coast. heavy showers, some of those thundery across the rest of england and wales, easing in the north and west. later, another sunshine and shower day for scotland and northern ireland. it�*s going to be a case of lighter winds tomorrow for england and wales. still a bit of a breeze for scotland and northern ireland, but for all end of august, start of a long bank holiday weekend, temperatures a bit disappointing at around 15 to 18. now, as we head through, saturday night turns quiet for a time and fortunately by night, because by day we see the next weather system pushing its way in. so best of the weather for many of you will be in the morning, sunshine around central eastern parts. cloud increases from the west. outbreaks of rain, maybe a few brighter breaks here and there. driest throughout east anglia and the south east, where we could see temperatures back up into the low 20s. rather cool elsewhere, especially for scotland and northern ireland. into monday, a bank holiday across some parts of the uk. sunshine�*s back a bit more abundantly. there will be a few light showers around, mainly in the west, but for many of you it�*ll be a dry monday. varying amounts of cloud. temperatures start to creep up, and it�*s the start of next week

in which some of you will feel summer return. great news after the autumn feel today. temperatures could climb into the high 20s, low 30s to the south and east, maybe mid 20s in north east scotland. take care.

this is bbc news, the headlines. as negotiators resume ceasefire talks in cairo, israel�*s prime minister dampens hopes of an agreement.

the times newspaper uncovers weapons dealers in yemen openly selling arms on social media platform x — the accounts even have a blue tick. and paralympic champion richard whitehead calls for improvements to nhs prosthetics — he says its essential to help produce the �*next generation�* of gold medallists. hello i�*m annita mcveigh. let�*s get more on the us now and while the focus has been on kamala harris and the democratic convention in chicago, her republican rival donald trump has been trying to turn the conversation to migration. he�*s been in the swing state of arizona — near to where stretches of the border wall with mexico were built. migration has been a key issue for voters, and one that trump and his team think could work in his favour. he blamed president biden and his vice president for a wave of illegal immigration, and criticised ms harris�*s efforts

to reduce the number of people coming from central america —