and kamala harris speaks to cnn in a first interview as nominee. hello. iam in a first interview as nominee. hello. iam caitriona perry. the world health organization says israel and hamas have agreed to three separate pauses in fighting to allow un teams access to vaccinate more than 600,000 children in gaza against polio. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, stressed that the pauses do not amount to a ceasefire. the un has warned for months about the dangers of a widespread polio outbreak and its agencies have been trying to finalize plans quickly. starting sunday, aid groups will now have a chance to vaccinate the most vulnerable people in gaza. the who says that 1.26 millionjabs of the polio vaccines are already in the territory. a 4 week interval is required between the first and second doses. earlier the who spokesperson spoke to the bbc about what we can expect from this

vaccination campaign. meanwhile, israel's military is in the second day of an operation in the occupied west bank. the palestinian health ministry say at least 16 people have been killed in the raids. israel defence forces says it has killed 12 people. you can see israeli forces deploying armoured bulldozers on the streets. israel says its launching the operation to combat terrorism — but the un says the israeli military is �*fuelling an already explosive situation.�* our middle east correspondent jon donnison sent this report from jenin. born a month before the gaza war began, abdul rahman has played a role in pausing it — something world leaders have struggled to do. earlier this month, abdul rahman was diagnosed with polio — the first case in gaza for 25 years. the family, nine children in all, live in a camp in central gaza, displaced multiple times from their home in the north. the constant moving disrupted his vaccinations. his mother says others

in the camp are afraid and stop their children playing with them. translation: the virus stopped his progress. i he stopped sitting, stopped walking, stopped crawling and stopped moving. i want him to be treated. he wants to live and walk like other children. abdul rahman�*s diagnosis has raised fresh alarm over conditions in gaza's camps. the phased pause in fighting will allow medics to vaccinate more than half a million children in stages across the territory. but the conditions that caused this crisis are worsening, say aid organisations, and their solutions are not straightforward. due to the insecurity, the damage, the road infrastructure and population displacement, but also based on our experience with this kind of campaign globally and worldwide, the three days might not be enough to achieve adequate vaccination. israel's prime minister was clear

that this was not a ceasefire. the war has so far been resistant to both diplomacy and disease, but preventing another layer of tragedy is seen as one small victory. what the eu's foreign policy chief called a drop of hope in a sea of despair. lucy williamson, bbc news, jenin. for more on the situation in gaza i'm joined by the head of humanitarian emergencies for unicef. set out for us how critical is it the children of gaza receive these vaccines. thanks for having me. it is critical. we sawjust now the breaking story of a ten month baby born into war and became sick with a poliovirus and we need to make sure no more cases like that appear and the

situation does not get out of control. it is concerning right now. 600,000 children plus need to be vaccinated. they missed previous rounds of routine vaccination and a poliovirus, which had been... vanish from the region for 25 years, is now back and making a strong comeback so we need to make sure this campaign is rolled out and no more children get sick with polio urgently. figs sick with polio urgently. as far as you _ sick with polio urgently. as far as you are away, how are these humanitarian pause is going to work to allow for this vaccination programme? the agreement — vaccination programme? the agreement we _ vaccination programme? tue: agreement we have vaccination programme? tte: agreement we have now is to have first a three—day pause starting in the central part of gaza to start the vaccination campaigns, to start the first dose i'll polio vaccine to children in that area and then, if needed, extend may be a day, which is probable, that will happen and then move to other parts of gaza to the north and the south, always with three

days period to make sure we reach overall at least 90% of vaccination coverage, so we need to make sure during these days and hours that have been agreed for this pause children can get to health centres safely, that men are tearing workers and health workers can move around without risking their lives. otherwise the vaccination will not be successful so we have indeed a very small chance here to prevent a public health crisis in gaza on top of a protection crisis for children, a health crisis for children, a health crisis for children and absolute horror for the last ten months.— absolute horror for the last ten months. how practically will it be — ten months. how practically will it be delivered? - ten months. how practically will it be delivered? do - ten months. how practically will it be delivered? do you| will it be delivered? do you have the personnel, the vaccines and how do you keep track of children who are on the move so constantly and have no fixed place to live? we the move so constantly and have no fixed place to live?— no fixed place to live? we have hundreds of— no fixed place to live? we have hundreds of health _ no fixed place to live? we have hundreds of health teams - no fixed place to live? we have hundreds of health teams on i no fixed place to live? we have. hundreds of health teams on the ground and facilities even though the circumstances are very dire and the whole system in gaza is at the brink of

collapse but we have specific health clinics that will be ready with the vaccines and will call children and families to come in to receive that polio vaccine, between six am and 3pm time window, so a short time window that needs to happen with safety so children can come and get vaccinated. we are confident it can happen. we have 2000 plus health workers ready to deliver, but again, safety is necessary. it is not negotiable and without that, safety for the children and health workers to operate, the campaign will not work and we will not reach the 90% plus minimum threshold that needs to be reached for the polio outbreak to be contained. itraiith outbreak to be contained. with the olio outbreak to be contained. with the polio vaccine _ outbreak to be contained. with the polio vaccine as _ outbreak to be contained. with the polio vaccine as i _ the polio vaccine as i understand it, you need to give a second dose a few weeks later. have you received guarantees there will be a second stream of pauses in a few weeks to allow for that? we

are takin: few weeks to allow for that? - are taking one step at a time. we will use that those polio pause as we have been calling, a temporary humanitarian pause to make sure the children are vaccinated in the first round and the next four weeks after the first dose is given they can come back with a similar outline and humanitarian logistics on the ground to receive the second dose. it is hard to predict what will happen. we hope this campaign will be successful and no violence will take place while children are getting vaccinated. it is in a way... the first attempt to prevent this catastrophe and we hope we can finish because without a second dose, the polio outbreak is likely to spread and it does not respect borders. it will reach other countries. what would that _ reach other countries. what would that mean _ reach other countries. what would that mean for- reach other countries. what would that mean for the - would that mean for the children of gaza and the children of gaza and the children in other countries in israel, in egypt?— israel, in egypt? polio is a

vicious virus _ israel, in egypt? polio is a vicious virus and _ israel, in egypt? polio is a vicious virus and does - israel, in egypt? polio is a vicious virus and does not| vicious virus and does not respect borders and affects children heavily and can compromise their well being for the rest of their lives. children across the gaza strip have seen too much horror over the last ten months to have to endure a polio outbreak knowing the vaccines are ready in gaza, ready to be distributed and applied, knowing we have capacity, knowledge and know—how to carry out this campaign successfully but the one thing we need the most is safety. without that to operate children will not get vaccinated and this outbreak could again spread and become a catastrophe. fik. could again spread and become a catastmphe-_ could again spread and become a catastmphe-— catastrophe. 0k. here is hoping ou can catastrophe. ok. here is hoping you can deliver— catastrophe. 0k. here is hoping you can deliver those _ catastrophe. 0k. here is hoping you can deliver those vaccines l you can deliver those vaccines as you need to do. ricardo perez of unicef, thanks for joining us on bbc news. ukraine's armed forces say one of the f—16 fighter jets donated by nato allies crashed on monday, killing the pilot. the plane was being used to repel a russian missile attack.

the stricken f—i6 was recently donated by ukraine's nato allies and moon fish was only one of the few pilots qualified to fly the jet. it comes amid unconfirmed reports ukraine is slowing the tempo of its incursion into russian territory and now is digging in to defend strategic locations it has already ceased. correspondence nick beake has the latest. ~ ., ., , ., the latest. the ukrainians are not saying — the latest. the ukrainians are not saying how _ the latest. the ukrainians are not saying how he _ the latest. the ukrainians are not saying how he died. - the latest. the ukrainians are not saying how he died. an i not saying how he died. an investigation is under way about ukrainian literary source has told the bbc it was not a case of a direct by a russian missile and also the source was saying free this earlier media reports that it was pilot error were not accurate but clearly there will be a big investigation. these fighter jets are multifunctional and can be used for lots of things,

chiefly for striking down the missiles. that was a key purpose. the nato allies have, 65. the timeframe as you can imagine has been kept under wraps —— wrap so we don't know what stage we are in the process but certainly the ukrainian fighterjet pilots ukrainian fighter jet pilots have ukrainian fighterjet pilots have had what appears to be a truncated training to be able to fly these because ukraine have said they need them so desperately, so it was a massive victory for volodymyr zelensky. he went to london, paris and other cities saying this would be a game changer, they would finally give ukraine an added level of defence and dent this aerial superiority that prosser has enjoyed for the past 2.5 years. —— russia. kamala harris and tim walz sat down for theirfirstjoint television interview since accepting the democratic nominations for us president and vice—president. vice president harris and her running mate were interviewed by cnn's dana bash. the joint interview was held

in the battleground of state georgia. miss harris has been criticised for not giving an interview sooner. ., ., ., ., ., sooner. you had a lot of republican _ sooner. you had a lot of republican speakers - sooner. you had a lot of republican speakers at | sooner. you had a lot of. republican speakers at the convention. will you report —— appoint a republican to your cabinet? , ., ., ., cabinet? yes, iwould. no-one in particular- — cabinet? yes, iwould. no-one in particular. 16 _ cabinet? yes, iwould. no-one in particular. 16 today's - cabinet? yes, iwould. no-one in particular. 16 today's to - cabinet? yes, iwould. no-one in particular. 16 today's to go l in particular. 16 today's to go with— in particular. 16 today's to go with a — in particular. 16 today's to go with a selection. not putting the cart _ with a selection. not putting the cart before the horse. i would _ the cart before the horse. i would i_ the cart before the horse. i would. i think it is really important. i have spent my career_ important. i have spent my career inviting diversity of opinion _ career inviting diversity of opinion. i think it is important to have people at the table _ important to have people at the table when some of the most important decisions being made. they— important decisions being made. they will— important decisions being made. they will have different views, different — they will have different views, different experience and i think— different experience and i think it _ different experience and i think it would be to the benefit of the american public to have — benefit of the american public to have a _ benefit of the american public to have a member of my cabinet who was— to have a member of my cabinet who was a —— republican. the who was a -- republican. the interview _ who was a -- republican. the interview also _ who was a —— republican. tte: interview also covered policy matters with the vice president

asked about recent u—turns and whether voters can trust. generally speaking, how should voters look at some of the changes you have made, that you explained some of here in your policy? is it because you have more experience now and you have learned more about the information? is it because you were running for president in a democratic primary? should they feel comfortable and confident what you are saying now will be your policy moving forward? t your policy moving forward? i think the most important and significant aspect of my policy perspective and decisions is my values — perspective and decisions is my values have not changed. you have — values have not changed. you have mentioned the deal. i have always— have mentioned the deal. i have always believed and i have worked _ always believed and i have worked on it, that the climate crisis — worked on it, that the climate crisis is — worked on it, that the climate crisis is real, it is an urgent matter— crisis is real, it is an urgent matter to _ crisis is real, it is an urgent matter to which we should apply metries— matter to which we should apply metrics that include holding ourselves to deadlines around time — ourselves to deadlines around time we _ ourselves to deadlines around time. we did that with the inflation reduction act, we have —

inflation reduction act, we have set— inflation reduction act, we have set goals for the united states — have set goals for the united states of— have set goals for the united states of america and by extension the globe around when we should meet certain standards for a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. a little greenhouse gas emissions. little earlier stephanie murphy gave us her thoughts about kamala harris giving that interview alongside her running mate, kamala harris. she interview alongside her running mate, kamala harris.— interview alongside her running mate, kamala harris. she has 68 da s to mate, kamala harris. she has 68 days to introduce _ mate, kamala harris. she has 68 days to introduce herself - mate, kamala harris. she has 68 days to introduce herself and - days to introduce herself and her running mate to the american people. it almost feels like it is an efficiency of time that they sit down for an interview but i will note previous presidential and vice presidential candidates from clinton, al gore, barack obama, donald trump, mike pence, sat down and did not face the same criticism so one wonders if it is because she is a female at the top of the ticket that there are questions about her ability to do this and it is not as if she has not taken interviews by herself before. in fact, in the aftermath of

disasters —— disastrous debate between joe disasters —— disastrous debate betweenjoe biden and donald trump, she was one of a few people out there doing standalone interviews on behalf of the biden harris administration, so i think it is a bit unwarranted attention around the fact tim walz is with her in this interview. fin with her in this interview. on the question of harris —— kamala harris's question... the bi . . est kamala harris's question... the biggest challenge is people are painting heras changing her position _ painting heras changing her position. the american people do not — position. the american people do not mind if a policy —— politicians— do not mind if a policy —— politicians change their issues _ politicians change their issues. candidates do that but people — issues. candidates do that but people will be looking for and throughout the campaign is out these _ throughout the campaign is out these authentic changes you make — these authentic changes you make does she believe in these changes? — make does she believe in these changes? how this based on convention all based on trying to inaudible presidential election. that will be what voters _ election. that will be what voters are focused on. the

political _ voters are focused on. the political base of fire diap for the nominees. kamala harris needs— the nominees. kamala harris needs to _ the nominees. kamala harris needs to win over those swing voters — needs to win over those swing voters. they care about economy, inflation, border securitv _ economy, inflation, border security. kamala harris has changed _ security. kamala harris has changed her position on fracking, appears to have change _ fracking, appears to have change of position on the border— change of position on the border well. the voters out there — border well. the voters out there will say, is that conviction or someone trying to change — conviction or someone trying to change positions in order to win an — change positions in order to win an election? meanwhile the republican nominee, former us president donald trump, is on the campaign trail in another battleground state — michigan. he's speaking in the city of potterville — marking his eighth trip to michigan this election cycle. the former president spoke about in—vitro fertilisation. government will pay for all your insurance company will be mandated to pay for all costs associated with ivf treatment,

fertilisation for women. ivf treatment. because we want more babies, to put it very nicely. former president trump did not specify where the money to pay for this i treatments would come from. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at other stories making news now. the 17—year—old boy has been found guilty of stabbing a teenage girl to death after he allegedly stalked her. 15—year—old honey newton suffered more than 30 injuries during the attack in an alleyway in hexham injanuary 2023. prime minister sir keir starmer has confirmed reports the government is considering tougher rules on outdoor smoking. the prime minister said smoking plays what he called a huge burden on the taxpayer, with a cost to the nhs estimated to exceed

billions. there are concerns about the impact it would have on the hospitality free industry. power is flowing from the uk to the shetland islands. shetland is the windiest part of the uk and the 103 turbine project known as viking can generate enough electricity to power nearly half a million homes. you are live with bbc news. more than 5 million people injapan have been told to evacuate their homes after the country was hit by one of its strongest typhoons in decades. at least four people have been killed and more than 80 injured since the typhoon hit. it has brought torrential rain and left hundreds of thousands of people without power. let's get the latest on that. we can speak to our correspondent who has been monitoring developments from the city of seoul. what is the

latest on this typhoon, on the progress it is making? the -hoon progress it is making? tte: typhoon headlined injapan on thursday morning on the southern island of kyushu and it is the strongest type to have hit japan it is the strongest type to have hitjapan in almost 65 years but it has been weakening since it hit land. at first the authorities that issued the highest level of emergency warning they have which is quite rare. those have been downgraded, but it is still causing devastation because it's bringing with it this enormous amount of rain, even to areas that have not been hit the typhoon itself, so kyushu got two months worth of rain in 70 hours, so millions have been told to leave their homes, even in parts of the country with a typhoon is not predicted to hit and that is because the risk of landslides because of this torrential rain is so great and then you have these widespread

power outages, so about 100,000 people in q shoe are without power and it is summer in japan, so it is very hot, very humid and not having power will be causing problems for people. potentially widescale, significant damage here? this -hoon significant damage here? this typhoon is _ significant damage here? this typhoon is more _ significant damage here? this typhoon is more severe. this is more _ typhoon is more severe. this is more severe and people are saying — more severe and people are saying this is like nothing they— saying this is like nothing they have ever seen before, even — they have ever seen before, even though they have ever seen before, even thouthapan is used to typhoons and is used to preparing for them. what makes this typhoon particularly unique _ this typhoon particularly unique is how slowly it is moving _ unique is how slowly it is moving. since hitting land it has hovered overjapan, slowly crawling — has hovered overjapan, slowly crawling up to the northeast and that _ crawling up to the northeast and that is what makes it so dangerous because so much rain is falling — dangerous because so much rain is falling at the single locations, so that means rivers are more — locations, so that means rivers are more likely to overflow. it makes — are more likely to overflow. it

makes this risk of landslides so much _ makes this risk of landslides so much greater. it also makes its path — so much greater. it also makes its path very difficult to predict, so it is expected to continue _ predict, so it is expected to continue crawling out north—easterly direction, so towards _ north—easterly direction, so towards tokyo on the weekend, but meteorologists are warning it could — but meteorologists are warning it could even stick around until— it could even stick around until early next week. jean mackenzie, _ until early next week. jean mackenzie, thank - until early next week. jean mackenzie, thank you - until early next week. jean mackenzie, thank you for i until early next week. jeat mackenzie, thank you for that update. the us and china say they are committed to stabilising their relationship after a round of diplomatic talks between the two world powers. national security adviserjake sullivan is returning after a three—day visit to china. friction with taiwan and china's deepening ties with russia were issues discussed. the bilateral talks were described as inaudible vigorous inaudible but no new agreements were reached about the south

china sea. the white house confirmed president biden and president xi make will hold the call in the coming weeks. while treat call in the coming weeks. while great changes _ call in the coming weeks. while great changes have _ call in the coming weeks. while great changes have taken - call in the coming weeks. while great changes have taken place j great changes have taken place in the two countries in china— us relations china commitment to a goal of a stable and healthy relationship remains unchanged. its principal in handling the relationship based on mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win— when cooperation remains unchanged. under present biden's leadership the united states has and _ leadership the united states has and will continue to advance its interests and values _ advance its interests and values. —— president. look out for its— values. —— president. look out for its friends and we believe competition with china does not have _ competition with china does not have to — competition with china does not have to lead to conflict or confrontation. the key is responsible management to diplomacy. responsible management to diplomacy-— responsible management to diplomacy. and to singapore when ageing _ diplomacy. and to singapore when ageing population - diplomacy. and to singapore when ageing population and | diplomacy. and to singapore | when ageing population and a shrinking young workforce has prompted the country's government to entice senior citizens to return to work. nick marsh reports. martin goh

is well known in this part of town. it is herjob to deliver lunch and dinner to people who struggle to leave their homes. living alone she signed up to a scheme that uses government money to offer retirees paid jobs in the community. t do jobs in the community. i do sweeping. _ jobs in the community. i do sweeping, mopping - jobs in the community. i do sweeping, mopping at - jobs in the community. t gr sweeping, mopping at home. in this chance came by, i grabbed it, to make my life more fulfilling.— fulfilling. loneliness is starting _ fulfilling. loneliness is starting to _ fulfilling. loneliness is starting to be - fulfilling. loneliness is starting to be an - fulfilling. loneliness is starting to be an issue| fulfilling. loneliness is l starting to be an issue in singapore. by 2026, the country is on track to become a super aged society with one in five people being over 65. naturally, people want to retire at an early age and enjoy their life, but from an economic perspective, it is not sustainable and it is going to become a heavy burden for the government. become a heavy burden for the government-— government. working into old are government. working into old age would _ government. working into old age would solve _ government. working into old age would solve a _ government. working into old age would solve a lot - government. working into old age would solve a lot of- age would solve a lot of problems, but for many, it is

not exactly the most thrilling prospect. not exactly the most thrilling --rosect. �* , �* ., ~ prospect. inaudible work. inaudible _ prospect. inaudible work. inaudible work _ prospect. inaudible work. inaudible work anymore. | prospect. inaudible work. - inaudible work anymore. there are no use. who is going to employ you, nobody. they are looking for inaudible youngsters.— looking for inaudible ounusters. ., youngsters. the government knows this — youngsters. the government knows this and _ youngsters. the government knows this and it _ youngsters. the government knows this and it is - youngsters. the government knows this and it is paying i knows this and it is paying compressed is to hire over 60s by offsetting part of their wages. the older they are, the more subsidies a firm receives. persuading the people here to return to work is one thing, but getting employers to actually hire them, that is arguably an even bigger challenge. you can keep drawing public money at the problem, but only for so long. the government really needs is for the private sector to start thinking very differently about age. how can i help you? for retiring, edna worked at one of singapore's biggest banks for 50 years. now she is back after

signing up for 50 years. now she is back after signing upfora 50 years. now she is back after signing up for a temporary work scheme. it means when projects or part—time vacancies pop up, managers have a ready—made pool of experienced workers to draw from. th of experienced workers to draw from. , ., ., of experienced workers to draw from. , .,, of experienced workers to draw from. , ., ., .,, ., from. in my looks as if health permits. _ from. in my looks as if health permits. i _ from. in my looks as if health permits, iwill_ from. in my looks as if health permits, i will continue, - permits, iwill continue, still continue. permits, i will continue, still continue-— permits, i will continue, still continue. ., ., ., continue. madam go, meanwhile, was working _ continue. madam go, meanwhile, was working double _ continue. madam go, meanwhile, was working double duty - continue. madam go, meanwhile, was working double duty when - continue. madam go, meanwhile, was working double duty when we met her, taking attendance at a local exercise class. she also says she will carry on as long as she physically can. in singapore, as in other countries, it is a scenario that workers and employers will find increasingly common. nick marsh, bbc news, singapore. new zealand's maori king has died at the age of 69. a spokesman said the king had been hospital recovering from heart surgery just days after celebrating the 18th anniversary of his coronation. the monarch is considered the paramount chief of several tribes though he has

no legal orjudicial authority and the role is largely ceremonial. do not forget you can stay across all of the day passed they can use our website, bbc .com/ news. that is it for the moment. i will be back shortly. i am caitriona perry. thanks for watching. do stay with us on bbc news. take care. hello there. despite a few sharp showers in the far north of scotland, thursday was a perfect late summer's day. in fact, quite a rarity for august because we had sunshine topping and tailing the country. yes, it was glorious at times. now, it's likely that we're going to keep that quiet theme for the next few days, despite a little bit of early morning mist and fog around exposed west coasts, on the whole, there'll be a lot of sunshine to start the day on friday. cloud will develop as we go through the afternoon, but nevertheless the temperatures will start to pick up quite nicely.

we're looking at 15—19 degrees in scotland, maybe highs of 2a degrees across southeast england — that's 75 fahrenheit. high pressure stays with us into the start of the weekend. it is starting to pull its way north and east, and that will allow more of an easterly flow and this weak weather front could trigger a few sharp showers. so a little more cloud across southern england and a brisk easterly wind making it feel a little fresher on exposed coast. so west will be best for sunshine and despite that brisk westerly wind — which will be noticeable — in some shelter, it will still feel quite pleasant. so for western scotland we could see highs possibly of 22 degrees, that's going to be a similar value to the london area, with the cloud and the risk of a few isolated showers. on to sunday — our area of high pressure continues to move towards norway, and that's going to allow the wind direction to change once again, this time more to a south—easterly. so that will tap into some very warm air across the near continent, so it will feel increasingly hot and humid

and much of eastern england seeing more sunshine and more warmth on sunday. there will be some cloud further west, but later on in the day that humidity could trigger a few sharp, thundery downpours into the southeast. temperatures, though, likely to peak at 26 celsius. so if you've got plans for sunday evening across southern england, keep abreast of the forecast, the subject potential for change. and then as we go into next week, it looks likely that low pressure will start to centre itself to the far north and west. a lot of uncertainty for the detail, but it does look likely that this settled story that we've been singing for the last couple of days will change to something a little bit more unsettled.

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latest data shows the world's largest economy grew by 3% in the second quarter. which is higher than initially thought. meanwhile, few americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, the dowjones industrial average to close at a record high. the bbc�*s ritika gupta has more. the dow hit a fresh record—high on thursday following robust economic data. americans filing forjobless claims last week came in lower than expected at 231,000, and us gdp for the second quarter was revised upwards to 3% from the previous 2.8% rating. now, a big part of that was down to consumer spending, as it drives two thirds of the us economy. the stronger advances and key categories included spending on health care, housing and utilities and recreation. that offset and downgrades and other categories, like exports and private inventory investment. spending is being supported in part by wage gains, but momentum is slowing as the labour market shifts into lower gear. personal income rose

only moderately. yet, overall, the data is a good sign for the economy