hello and welcome to bbc news with me. i'm lukwesa burak. we start in the us, where kamala harris, the democratic presidential nominee, has given her first major tv interview since replacing joe biden in the race for the white house. the prerecorded interview, alongside her running mate, tim walz, was aired by the american network cnn in the battleground state of georgia. in that interview, ms harris played down claims that she has shifted her stance on key political issues, insisting her values "have not changed". generally speaking, how should voters look at some of the changes you have made, that you have explain some of you, in your policy? is it because you have more experience now and you learn more about the information? is it because you

are running for president in a democratic primary and should they feel comfortable and confident what you are saying now will be a policy moving forward? i think the most important and most significant aspect of my policy perspective and decisions is my values have not changed. you mentioned the deal. i always— you mentioned the deal. i 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 metrics— matter to which we should apply metrics including 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 america and by extension the globe around when we should meet certain standards for a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. ms harris also said she would name a republican to her cabinet if she is elected. you had a lot of republican speakers at the convention. will you were a point once your

cabinet? , ., ., cabinet? -- will? yes. no-one in mind- _ cabinet? -- will? yes. no-one in mind- i— cabinet? -- will? yes. no-one in mind. i have _ cabinet? -- will? yes. no-one in mind. i have 68— cabinet? -- will? yes. no-one in mind. i have 68 days - cabinet? -- will? yes. no-one in mind. i have 68 days to - cabinet? -- will? yes. no-one in mind. i have 68 days to go l in mind. i have 68 days to go with— in mind. i have 68 days to go withe— in mind. i have 68 days to go with a selection sol in mind. i have 68 days to go with a selection so i am not putting _ with a selection so i am not putting the cart before the horse _ putting the cart before the horse but i would. i think it is realty— horse but i would. i think it is really important. i have spent _ is really important. i have spent my career inviting diversity of opinion. i think it is— diversity of opinion. i think it is important to have people at the — it is important to have people at the table when some of the most — at the table when some of the most important decisions are being — most important decisions are being made that have different views, — being made that have different views, different experiences, and i— views, different experiences, and i think it would be to the benefit — 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 he was _ to have a member of my cabinet he was a — to have a member of my cabinet he was a republican. in other noteworthy moments from that interview, kamala harris said that the first thing she would do on day one in the white house would be to take measures to "support and strengthen the middle class". asked about the economy, ms harris said the economic slump was "because of mismanagement by donald trump" during the covid pandemic. and on immigration, the vice president again blamed the former president for calling on republicans to block a bipartisan border

bill, adding that she "will make sure that it comes to my desk "and i would sign it." on the war in gaza, kamala harris reiterated her support for a two—state solution, adding she would focus on a ceasefire saying "we have to get "a deal done." ms harris brushed off donald trump's comments on her racial identity, saying it was the "same old tired playbook. "next question." i'm joined now by our correspndentjenny kumar in washington. how significant a moment was this? normally a presidential candidate doing an interview is not hugely significant but it took on added significance because four weeks kamala harris has not done an interview and has appeared reluctant to talk to the media

and the republicans have been pressurising her for weeks saying she needed to do a live interview and they marked when the details of this interview warren mounts to ——an ounce, it was a joint interview and pre—recorded. up until now the campaign has going very well, very smoothly, but media interactions have been restricted, they have been around carefully choreographed events, so it was important this interview went well. did we learn _ this interview went well. did we learn anything new from kamala harris and tim walz? i kamala harris and tim walz? i would say there was no standout, breakthrough moment and probably importantly for the campaign, there were no major mistakes, putting their footin major mistakes, putting their foot in it. she appeared calm and confident. she answered the questions you would expect her to be asked and she clearly was well prepared. this is

something she has been criticised for in the past, for not being well prepared and seemingly uncomfortable but there was not any of that i thought in this interview. many this was the first time to see kamala harris in an interview situation and a chance to see how closely she would align herself with her administration, with the biden harris administration, and she very much embraced it, she praised president biden and his legacy, so i think with the republicans and the format of this, it will not necessarily extinguish those calls and questions for her to open her up questions for her to open her up to more media scrutiny. in up to more media scrutiny. in terms of scrutiny, what sort of reaction has there been? from donald trump. _ reaction has there been? from donald trump, there _ reaction has there been? from donald trump, there was - reaction has there been? from donald trump, there was a - reaction has there been? from| donald trump, there was a very interesting reaction. there was one were posted on his social media website, which was,

boring. he also did another post where criticised kamala harris for flip—flopping on policy and he also said he was looking forward to the tv debate with her. that is in a couple of weeks. that will be the next major test for her campaigner —— campaign and for donald trump and we have seen recently, injune, how consequential these tv debates with joe consequential these tv debates withjoe biden's halter and performance in that debate in june, having a huge impact on the campaign and the rest. the rest for the white house. thanks very much. let's speak to lynn sweet, the washington bureau chief for the chicago sun times. hello. welcome to the programme. there was a lot of pressure for kamala harris to

have an interview without the autocue as we call it here. how did you think she did? i autocue as we call it here. how did you think she did?- did you think she did? i think it was a lost _ did you think she did? i think it was a lost opportunity - did you think she did? i think it was a lost opportunity for l it was a lost opportunity for her. she did not come out of the start of the interview with a strong answer to the first question, so predictable, what she would do on day one. the answer should have been more specific because a president of the united states has the ability to issue some executive orders. i will do one, two and three. she rambled on a bit, especially since the counterpoint of that is the... inaudible president trump has said what we will do on day one is inaudible a dictatorfor a day. she could have done more on that instead of rambling on. she was trying to get a footing which he found later in the interview. which he found later in the interview— which he found later in the interview. ., , , ., , interview. perhaps it was the ener:

interview. perhaps it was the energy or — interview. perhaps it was the energy or whatever - interview. perhaps it was the energy or whatever was - interview. perhaps it was the l energy or whatever was behind the lacklustre performance. in terms of the facts, how did she do on that?— do on that? she did 0k. the whole point _ do on that? she did 0k. the whole point of _ do on that? she did 0k. the whole point of an _ do on that? she did 0k. the whole point of an interview. whole point of an interview like this, first, is do no harm, and she did not do any harm, and she did not do any harm, but she could have gained more. in terms of facts because she did not offer many, we do not have a lot to fact check on and in some ways she did a pretty good job of avoiding a lot of specifics stop there is one question may be inaudible get to it with me, dealing with it, something called fracking, having to do with getting certain fossil fuel energy is, quite controversial. the thing she talked about in terms of her policies to help the middle class, a few of them she tossed out were very vague and i do not see where she offered a

lot, but then again, i don't think this interview was designed to do that. it was designed to do that. it was designed to do that. it was designed to keep the pledge that by the end of the month she will schedule an interview, which she did, and she even added inaudible. fracking, for where she was, _ added inaudible. fracking, for where she was, in _ added inaudible. fracking, for| where she was, in pennsylvania, it is a big issue. another pressure point of course coming on kamala harris is taxing the ultra—wealthy. how did she do in general when it came to laying out her policies on the economy? i laying out her policies on the economy?— economy? i would say that unless you _ economy? i would say that unless you were _ economy? i would say that unless you were listening i economy? i would say that - unless you were listening word ijy unless you were listening word by word and taking exquisite notes, you would not have much of an impression except she wants to improve things for the middle class i don't think we had any inaudible chapter and verse on policy and i don't think this interview was designed to do that. she was not question a lot about... very detailed about tax policy

inaudible point and counterpoint. it was not, donald trump will do this and i will do that. we did not see this at all and there were so many areas to deal with. this was only a smattering. the interview itself was only about 28 minutes if you do not count the introduction and some of the introduction and some of the other video package elements of it and some questions for the vice presidential nominee, tim walz, which was another component of this. the standout part in terms of the interesting was when she was asked where was she and what was she doing when she and what was she doing when she got the news from joe biden that he was stepping down and in this case, her answer that she was inaudible in her residence with her grand nieces, which she called her grand babies, which you may have seen at the convention, training people on how to say the great auntie's name

correctly. kamala harris inaudible in the eye of donald trump, who will not pronounce it right. it was a charming thing, she was in the kitchen, was making breakfast, the girls want more bacon and thenjoe biden called her. and also an interesting point too when tim walz was asked about the reaction of his son during his convention speech, he got very emotional —— his son got very emotional —— his son got very emotional and cried, that is my dad. in terms of the hard news, it rarely inaudible much out of it, that she was supporting president biden. we knew that and it would have been a giant story if she said inaudible. there is a point where i suppose she could have been pressed a little more about it if she was aware of some of the age related issues that impacted him on debate night. they did that inaudible was seen as a strong defender of

him to stay in the race. that did not change and also interesting, though i'm not sure where this fits in, maybe historians will do more with it inaudible. i historians will do more with it inaudible-— historians will do more with it inaudible. i am so sorry. we have run — inaudible. i am so sorry. we have run out _ inaudible. i am so sorry. we have run out of— inaudible. i am so sorry. we have run out of time, - inaudible. i am so sorry. we have run out of time, but - inaudible. i am so sorry. we have run out of time, but for. have run out of time, but for that, thank you very much indeed. thank you. meanwhile, the republican nominee, former us president donald trump, responded to ms harris's interview, saying "she didn't look like a leader". he later took to his own social media site, truth social, to simply post "boring!" apparently in reference to the interview. earlier on thursday, while in the battleground state of michigan, he focused on his own policies, including outlining his stance on in—vitro fertilisation. iam announcing i am announcing today in a major statement that under the trump administration, your

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. donald trump didn't specify where the money for ivf treatments would come from. israel and hamas have agreed to several 3—day pauses in fighting to allow the vaccinations of more than 600,000 children in gaza against polio. it's been confirmed a baby has contracted the disease, first in the palestinian territory, for a quarter of a century. lucy williamson, has the very latest. born a month before the gaza war began, abdul rahman has 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. with me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. i wonder if we could first start with the vaccination programme. it start with the vaccination programme-— programme. it is fairly significant. _ programme. it is fairly significant. this - programme. it is fairly significant. this is - programme. it is fairly significant. this is the | programme. it is fairly - significant. this is the first pause. how seriously i'll day

taking it that it would could as —— because a pause in the conflict? as -- because a pause in the conflict?— as -- because a pause in the conflict? . , �* ., conflict? inaudible what will ha en conflict? inaudible what will happen but — conflict? inaudible what will happen but this _ conflict? inaudible what will happen but this is _ conflict? inaudible what will happen but this is one - conflict? inaudible what will happen but this is one of- conflict? inaudible what will happen but this is one of the | happen but this is one of the biggest humanitarian operations in gaza since the war started more than ten months ago. the aim is to vaccinate more than 6000... 600,000 children across gaza. this is hope for the people of gaza, this is giving them some hope and some light amongst all that is happening so the aim is to pause the fighting from nine am until 3pm in these three days to be able to vaccinate them. as you can see, children suffered so much in gaza in this war. amongst 40,000 people killed in gaza, more than half children. this poliovirus is spreading across gaza. it causes paralysis and

it is fatal. it is highly infectious. we can see now cooperation from the health authorities in gaza that is always described as run by hamas and the israeli forces thatis hamas and the israeli forces that is practically controlling the whole of gaza and the international organisation like the world health organization, unrwa and unicef are cooperating to make this campaign happen. families of the hostages are also calling for the hostages to be vaccinated as well. we are looking forward to seeing the un vehicles across gaza vaccinating the children intense and shanty towns and who are living... intense and shanty towns and who are living. . ._ who are living... displaced everywhere- _ who are living... displaced everywhere. concern - who are living... displaced everywhere. concern and l who are living... displaced - everywhere. concern and calls for a deescalation in conflict in the west bank.— for a deescalation in conflict in the west bank. what is the latest? the — in the west bank. what is the latest? the conflict _ in the west bank. what is the latest? the conflict in - in the west bank. what is the latest? the conflict in the - latest? the conflict in the

west bank and the campaign in the west bank is continuing. israel is focusing on targeting militants injenin and (unknown term) and in the north and there are operations also in other cities nike nablus and ramallah and hebron. —— like. it is described as the biggest in the west bank in 20 years. we saw more than 17 people killed. at the moment most of them as has been set our militants from hamas and lg have but the operation is continuing and people are complaining about sometimes targeting the infrastructure. inaudible targeting it to make sure they can hunt these militants.— sure they can hunt these militants. ., ,, , ., ., militants. 0k, thank you for that. around _ militants. 0k, thank you for that. around the _ militants. 0k, thank you for that. around the world - militants. 0k, thank you for that. around the world and | that. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc

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more than 5 million people injapan have been told to evacuate their homes after the country was hit by its strongest typhoon in decades. at least four people have been killed and more than 80 injured since typhoon shanshan hit. it's brought strong winds and torrential rain, and left hundreds of thousands of people without power. understandably, there's lots of concern from people living there. translation: this typhoon j is scary in terms of disaster. we're getting a large amount of rain, so i don't know what will happen going forward. i really hope everyone will stay safe. the typhoon has changed its course frequently and stayed in the area for a long time, so the amount of rain has increased dramatically. that's what i'm concerned about. a ukrainian pilot has died after one of the f—16 warplanes that ukraine received

from its western partners crashed. ukraine's army confirmed the incident. the fighter jet went down on monday during a major russian missile and drone attack. the ukrainian defence forces do not believe pilot error was behind the incident. to the uk now and here, the grieving mother of a teenage girl who was murdered in a frenzied knife attack in northumberland in 2023, has told a court her "beautiful girl was cruelly taken away." on thursday, a jury found a 17—year—old boy, whom we can't name because of his age, guilty of the murder of holly newton, in hexham. alison freeman has the story. these are the moments before holly newton went into an alleyway with her killer, caught on cctv. the teenager, seen on the right here, stabbed and slashed 15—year—old holly more than 30 times injust one minute

in the market town of hexham on 27 january last year. the attack was so brutal and sustained that the knife broke during it. holly was taken to hospital but couldn't be saved. this is truly a tragic case, in which a 15—year—old girl, with so much to look forward to in life, has had her future taken away. holly was a very popular girl and is sorely missed by so many. the boy, who was 16 at the time and has autism, had been following holly for 45 minutes before the attack took place. he'd even turned up at holly's house the night before, and a meeting had been arranged with police to discuss his behaviour. they agreed to come out at four o'clock on the friday, so i told holly, and she said, "but i was supposed to be "going out with my friends tonight," and she'd begged me fora good... i don't know, half an hour, 45 minutes. "but, mam, i want to go out, i want to go out." and in the end, the biggest mistake of my life, i'd agreed.

the defendant told the court he'd been carrying the knife for more than a week because he planned to hurt himself, not holly, and that he had no memory of attacking her in this alleyway. but today the jury said they didn't believe him, and he was found guilty of holly's murder. he was also found guilty of wounding another boy who tried to help her. the judge took the unusual step of asking holly's mum, michaela, to say a few words to the jury about what her daughter was like. she described a beautiful and funny child who would do anything to make people smile. outside of court, she said more about holly. to think that holly should have been collecting her gcse exam results last week, but instead our baby girl's future was cruelly taken away from her. we are grateful to the many people who have shown their support as we continue to navigate a life without holly in it. no result will ever bring our beautiful girl back. it was a crime that shocked this small market town — the brutal murder of a schoolgirl.

the defendant, who's now 17 and can't be named because of his age, is due to be sentenced at the end of october. alison freeman, bbc news, newcastle. a series of weekend strikes by train drivers on london north eastern railway have been called off. members of the train drivers union, aslef, had planned to walk out every weekend until mid—november over what the union said were broken agreements. also on the railways, ticket inspectors should treat deliberate fare dodgers differently to people who make genuine mistakes, the passenger watchdog has said. transport focus said it accepted the need for a penalty—fa re system but added that there was "an overwhelming need for reform of the fares "and ticketing system". finally, the long—awaited sequel to the 1980s film beetlejuice has premiered in london.

stars of the new film beetlejuice beetlejuice, including familiar faces michael keaton, winona ryder and catherine o'hara, took to the appropriately themed black and white carpet in the city's west end. stay with us here on bbc news. all the business news is coming up all the business news is coming up with me after this short break. 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 24 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 furtherwest, 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.

us recession fears ease. us recession fears ease. that in the next few hours. the world's biggest economy the world's biggest economy has its growth rate revised up has its growth rate revised up as consumers keep spending as consumers keep spending pushing the dow to a new record pushing the dow to a new record high. high. as reinforce this and that's as reinforce this and that's the key to keep an eye on for the key to keep an eye on for investors in the coming weeks investors in the coming weeks and months is really around the and months is really around the us and thejobs. us and thejobs. also coming up: can india also coming up: can india retain its crown as the world's retain its crown as the world's fastest growing major economy? fastest growing major economy?

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