something do we need to do something, we need to do better. no mother, no parent should be losing their children like this. it is not fair. hello. welcome to the programme. we start in the us. 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 interview was pre—recorded and alongside her running mate, tim walz. it was aired by the american network cnn — in the battleground state of georgia. now 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 that you've made, that you've explained some of here in your policy? is it because you have more experience now and you've learned

more about the information? is it because you were running for president in a democratic primary? and should they feel comfortable and confident that what you're saying now is going to be your policy moving forward? dana, i think the the most important and most significant aspect of my policy perspective and decisions is my values have not changed. you mentioned the green new deal. i have always believed, and i have worked on it, that the climate crisis is real, that it is an urgent matter to which we should apply metrics that include holding ourselves to deadlines around time. we did that with the inflation reduction act. we have set goals for the united states of america, and by extension, the globe, around when we should meet certain standards for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. she also struck a bipartisan tone — this is what she said about her potential cabinet. you had a lot of republican speakers at the convention.

will you appoint a republican to your cabinet? yes, i would. yes i would. anyone in mind? no, nobody in particular in mind. i have got 68 days to go at this election, so i am not putting the cart before the horse. but i would, i think it is really important. i have spent my career inviting diversity of opinion. i think it is important to have people at the table where some of the most important decisions are being made that have different views, different experiences. and i think it would be to the benefit of the american public to have a member of my cabinet who is a republican. 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!" — seemingly in reference to the interiew. on the same day of mr harris's interview the republican nominee donald trump addressed a major policy issue of his own — claiming that his administration

will force insurance companies or the federal government to cover the costs of in vitro fertilization (ivf) for all americans. democrats have sought to tie trump to anti—abortion groups that want to ban the fertility procedure. here is what mr trump said. i am announcing today in a major statement that under the trump administration in your government will pay for or 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. and you can read more on that interview and ourfull coverage of the us election on our website and app, just search bbc news. let's turn to the middle east now.

un agencies are preparing to start a mass polio vaccination programme in gaza this weekend, after israel and hamas agreed to a series of three—day localised pauses in fighting. the goal is to vaccinate more than 600,000 children, after the first case of polio in 25 years was discovered in gaza. the war has disrupted child vaccination programmes and left most people displaced and living in crowded, unsanitary conditions. at least 90% of children under the age of ten need to be reached. lucy williamson, has the very latest. 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. the mother of a 13—year—old girl who died after a severe allergic reaction to a costa coffee hot chocolate, says she wants to make sure no other parent loses their child in the same way. abimbola dulay, whose daughter hannah died within hours of sipping the drink, is calling on the food industry to take allergy training more seriously — and says she lies awake at night thinking about whether she could have prevented her death. she's been talking to our reporter tim muffett. hannah was a bright child,

funny, full of life. she loved doing tiktok, what any 13—year—old liked doing. she was like a big teddy bear. she loved to come to my bed and just give me a big cuddle. she loved her friends. she loved hanging out with her friends. hannah had a severe dairy allergy. in february last year, when she was on her way to the dentist, her mum ordered two soya hot chocolates from a costa coffee in barking in east london. after one sip, that was it. she called me from the toilet and said, "that was not soya hot chocolate." she was shouting. she was screaming. it happened so quickly, at that point. a postmortem examination found that hannah died after an anaphylactic reaction triggered by an ingredient

in her hot chocolate, which caused an allergic response. earlier this month, a coroner concluded there had been a failure of communication between coffee shop staff and hannah's mum abi, and a failure to follow processes to discuss allergies. we need to do better. no mother, no parent, should be losing their kids like this. it's not fair. is there enough awareness about food allergies? no. i feel like they think they're just a bunch of fussy kids. or maybe we're just fussy parents. the governmentjust need to do better. they need to start taking kids that's got allergies, seriously. if i'm asking for something, and i'm asking, what's in that?, all your staff should know what ingredient goes in everything. every single person — restaurant, coffee shops — need to know. following the death of natasha ednan—laperouse in 2016, after she had an allergic reaction to a pret a manger baguette, natasha's law was introduced in 2021.

it requires foods pre—packaged on site to carry a full list of ingredients. the family of 0wen carey, who died in 2017 following an allergic reaction to chicken containing buttermilk, are also campaigning for more law changes. 0wen�*s law would require restaurants and coffee shops to state, in writing, 1a major allergens at the point of ordering, without the customer having to ask. 0wen�*s family say uk allergen laws are flawed and outdated. the food standards agency says it's developing best practice guidance in relation to allergen information, which will be published early next year. what's your message to the government and to others who can make these types of decisions, given what you've been through? they should have a sticker on every single drink. so you would like clear stickers saying, this has got soya milk, this has got dairy milk... yes. ..so you know what's in it? everybody knows. let people know. the symptoms of someone

having an allergic reaction? you'll be amazing. they can save a life. teach everybody how to use epipen. whether it's a kid, adult, i'm sure everybody doesn't know how to use it. in a statement, a costa coffee spokesperson said... costa says it will continue to review staff training, and is working alongside the natasha allergy research foundation. she loved life. she'd be an amazing adult. hopefully, we can do something to make sure this does not happen to any other family.

let's speak to our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. this is a war zone after all, so how will this work and practice? we have not a will this work and practice? we have got a senior— will this work and practice? we have got a senior un _ will this work and practice? we have got a senior un officials _ will this work and practice? we have got a senior un officials think- will this work and practice? we have got a senior un officials think this i got a senior un officials think this is not an ideal way forward, but the plan they have come up with is a workable weight forward. what it really involves, and they have hamas and israel signed up to it, is to have three three—day pauses in the fighting in different parts of the gaza strip where they will roll out this vaccination programme. and what they need in order to get the desired level of immunity is for 90% of children aged under ten years old to have two doses of this oral vaccine. �* , ., .., , .,,

to have two doses of this oral vaccine. �* , ., , .,, ., vaccine. and this of course as a reminder— vaccine. and this of course as a reminder that _ vaccine. and this of course as a reminder that there _ vaccine. and this of course as a reminder that there are - vaccine. and this of course as a | reminder that there are children vaccine. and this of course as a - reminder that there are children who are bystanders in this war. there is also the israeli operation in the west bank that we have been covering over the last few days, what is the latest there?— latest there? this is now in its third day. _ latest there? this is now in its third day, this _ latest there? this is now in its third day, this major - latest there? this is now in its third day, this major israeli. third day, this major israeli operation. israel says it is for counterterrorism purposes, and we know that from witnesses, israeli troops seem to have pulled out of one of the cities which was a main focus of attention in the north of the west bank. and now attention seems to be reallyjust focused on janine, and i have had colleagues there telling me that they can hear sporadic gunfire and explosions that have been going on in a town close to here come out we were hearing earlier from to here come out we were hearing earlierfrom palestinian to here come out we were hearing earlier from palestinian witnesses who said that there were three men who said that there were three men who had been targeted. they said by israeli undercover agents at a house, it had then gone to a car and as they drove off they were hit by

an israeli drone strike. israeli military said it targeted there a terrorist cell.— terrorist cell. and the un has called for _ terrorist cell. and the un has called for the _ terrorist cell. and the un has called for the operation - terrorist cell. and the un has called for the operation to - terrorist cell. and the un has i called for the operation to seize immediately, i wonder what the latest is with the international reaction? . , latest is with the international reaction? ., , ., ., latest is with the international reaction? ., ., , reaction? certainly all that is happening — reaction? certainly all that is happening at _ reaction? certainly all that is happening at the _ reaction? certainly all that is happening at the moment i reaction? certainly all that is happening at the moment is| reaction? certainly all that is i happening at the moment is being very closely scrutinised. we have had warnings from the eu foreign policy chief, from the head of the united nations himself, really saying that what is happening is very dangerous, it could lead to a spread of the war in gaza to the west bank having an operation of the scale and scope. and if so, really, all that is happening at the moment is being very closely scrutinise. thank you for that update, and of course there is more on our bbc news website and app. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

more now on our top story and the us vice—president, kamala harris, has used herfirst broadcast interview of the election campaign to set out her vision for what she would do if she becomes president, promising to turn a page and offer a new way forward. for more on this, we can cross live now to jarred hill in new york. 0ur cbs correspondent. now, what did you take away from the key message she had in terms of the kind of candidate she is portraying herself to be? i candidate she is portraying herself to be? ~' ., candidate she is portraying herself to be? ~ ., ., , to be? i think one of the things that we heard _ to be? i think one of the things that we heard from _ to be? i think one of the things that we heard from vice - to be? i think one of the things i that we heard from vice president harris in this first sit down interview yesterday was that she sees herself as a pragmatist, essentially, a pragmatic democratic politician. there was not a lot of nuance when it came to some of the policy points that she might be trying to push through. a lot of this interview was significantly looking into the differences in her stands on issues now compared to her initial run for the white house in 2019. many considered it can

significantly more left—leaning than she appears to be today. it seemed as though, and again, this was light on specifics and details, that she was essentially saying that she has had time in the white house as the vice president, has seen the way things operate and has seen that maybe she does not need to go as far left as she believed or she espoused previously in 2019 in order to be effective in pushing forward what some of the principles that she thinks are important. still saying that she thinks things like cutting emissions are important as well as figuring out practical solutions to immigration, but not necessarily making some of those grandiose platitudes that she might have before. �* , ., , ., before. and she would be a trailblazer _ before. and she would be a trailblazer if _ before. and she would be a trailblazer if elected, i before. and she would be a trailblazer if elected, the i before. and she would be a l trailblazer if elected, the first woman president, first black woman president elected as well as a woman of asian descent. and get it seemed like she was shying away from focusing on that during this

interview. focusing on that during this interview— focusing on that during this interview. , , ., , interview. yes, it is an interesting thin . interview. yes, it is an interesting thin how interview. yes, it is an interesting thing how she _ interview. yes, it is an interesting thing how she has _ interview. yes, it is an interesting thing how she has walked - interview. yes, it is an interesting thing how she has walked that i interview. yes, it is an interesting l thing how she has walked that line. on one hand during the interview itself and particularly the interviewer asked her about former president trump has my comments about her seeminglyjust becoming about her seemingly just becoming black. about her seeminglyjust becoming black. what she said was same old tired playbook, next question please. again, pushing away from this. at the same time, we have seen her do things like reaching out to historically black colleges and universities just yesterday, putting out a letter to them specifically asking them to turn out to vote. she has never necessarily shied away from her identity but it seems as though unlike some other candidates we have seen in the past, harris is not using that as a defining feature in her run for the white house. {line in her run for the white house. one big question — in her run for the white house. one big question throughout her campaign has been what her specific policy proposals would be. do you feel we have got a good sense of that in this interview, or is that still a question that is hanging over her campaign? question that is hanging over her camaiun? . ., question that is hanging over her campaign?— question that is hanging over her

camaiun? . ., ., , campaign? so... what we have seen throu~hout campaign? so... what we have seen throughout the _ campaign? so... what we have seen throughout the campaign _ campaign? so... what we have seen throughout the campaign in - campaign? so... what we have seen throughout the campaign in a - throughout the campaign in a particular thing that we saw yesterday was larger ideas on policy, then we have seen we have seen the harris campaign rolling out some more specifics when it comes to things like child tax credits was one that she focused on as well as tax credits for first—time home—buyers. that was really the kind of extent of what we saw in terms of specific policy proposals. something that it seems as though she is trying to make an attempt to try to navigate, especially seeing as how she still is in the white house, currently the vice president to the current president. and not wanting to step on toes or overstep where her current administration is. that will be interesting. thank you so much for that update. now, some breaking news. a 13—year—old boy has died after being stabbed in albury, this information is just died after being stabbed in albury, this information isjust coming in. that is in the west midlands regions of england. a murder investigation has been launched according to west midlands police. now, to repeat, a

13—year—old boy has died after being stabbed. it is a breaking news story so we are getting these lines and pieces of information as soon netsuite have more updates for you, we will bring them to you on the bbc news. now, let's move on to new zealand. new zealand's maori king has died at the age of sixty—nine. king tuheitiaa had been in hospital recovering from heart surgery. new zealand's prime minister, christopher luxon, said king tuheitia's unwavering commitment to his people had left an indelible mark on the nation. king charles (, who knew the maori rulerfor many years,) said he was profoundly saddened to hear of his death. he was king for 18 years, he did a lot to strengthen... we are going to

miss him. i'm joined now by new zealand journalist, mihi — the king reigned for 18 years — what's the legacy he leaves behind? particularly in the last three years, he will be remembered as an elderly statesman who has been able to... in the last six months he has held a number of meetings of the islands. we have come from all four corners of the islands to meet and talk about government policies that many maori believe are difficult to deal with. we have got a coalition government that is looking to as people criticise to rewrite the treaty... he was leading a movement

which was bringing people altogether, he will be remembered for that. altogether, he will be remembered forthat. i altogether, he will be remembered for that. i think that he leaves a real void at the moment, as maori from all over the countryjust from all over the country just grappling from all over the countryjust grappling with some of the policies that are before them. he didn't have constitutional power but he did have a lot of influence didn't he? what influence did he have? maori did not have _ what influence did he have? maori did not have a _ what influence did he have? maori did not have a monarch _ what influence did he have? maori did not have a monarch but - what influence did he have? maori did not have a monarch but after. what influence did he have? i�*f did not have a monarch but after the 18505 did not have a monarch but after the 1850s signing of the treaty, ten years past the signing of the treaty we are having a lot of people coming into the country and the crown was looking for more land to buy and maori realise that they did not have a lot of political power. so they came together at a meeting and the central north island, all of the tribes, to decide to set up a monarch, like the crown in england. because they could see it was powerful and they would talk as one

voice. tuheitia is the seventh maori monarch, and why they do not have any constitutional powers, i guess they have deep and meaningful relationships throughout new zealand, throughout the pacific and as you have mentioned, there was a message from king charles today and other monarchs around the world. so, he was, very well respected institution.— he was, very well respected institution. ., , ,, ., institution. king charles did know him personally — institution. king charles did know him personally for _ institution. king charles did know him personally for a _ institution. king charles did know him personally for a number i institution. king charles did know him personally for a number of i him personally for a number of years. thank you so much for sharing his legacy with us here on bbc news. next, strong winds and torrential rain are still battering much of japan. that's after typhoon shanshan made landfall on the island of kyushu on thursday. it's the strongest typhoon to hit the country, in almost 65 years, and it's now been downgraded to a tropical storm. at least four people have been killed, and up five million have been ordered to leave their homes, because of the risk from winds and landslides.

on top of that, hundreds of thousands of people remain without power. the storm is expected to hit tokyo this weekend. jean mackenzie reports : it isa it is a typhoon like nothing the people on this island have ever seen before. the strongest to hit japan in decades. bringing devastating damage. the rain started lashing japan before the typhoon even hit. and have kept coming. some parts have had more than two months of rain injust 72 hours. leading to fears that rivers could overflow. millions have been put on standby to leave their homes because of the risk of landslides. three family

members died when their house was swept away by a landslide. with widespread power cuts, people are struggling injapan's hot and humid summer. some of the wind has been knocked out of the storm since it hit. but what is making this typhoon so unique and so dangerous is how slowly it is moving, crawling up the country, dumping vast amounts of rain in one place. it is expected to hit tokyo this weekend but at this pace, its path is proving it nearly impossible to predict. finally, the long—awaited sequel to the 1980's 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.

the film's director, tim burton explained why now said it feels personal to be working with some of the original cast again. stay with us here on bbc news, plenty more to come on our top stories. hello, august draws to a close this weekend. there has been a month of big contracts. the contrast perhaps most dark and northern england, between whitby and salt burn, rain falls concern through august barely a faith of our normal amount. bigfoot in cumbria barely 100 miles away we see well over double. western areas have seen lots of cloud. notjust through august but through the entirety of summer. sterno in the western aerials, one of the dullest spots with barely half the normal sunshine amount. news for the next couple of days, probably comes as welcome news for many in the north and west because a

lot more in the way of dry weather and sunshine around. especially as high pressure builds up from the south and the west. it means winds will be light especially across england and wales, strong sunshine feeling very pleasant. some fairweather cloud, more centred across scotland and northern ireland with the morning showers faded away and temperatures here still in the mid to high teens. a bit of a breeze coming in off the west, but those light winds further south, 20 or 2a cells is possible. 0nce light winds further south, 20 or 2a cells is possible. once we lose this on this evening temperatures will plummet again. anotherfresh night last night, mist and fog patches again, not as many as we saw last night. western areas most prone. winds light in the north, cool conditions compared to 16 in the channel islands on the far southeast. and that is because we have got humid air pushing up with this weather system as we go through into saturday. high pressure and nudging further northwards, whilst many central areas remain dry and sunny and pleasantly warm day in the

south. increased amounts of cloud, increased breeze as well, some sunny spells and the chance of a few showers in southernmost counties and channel islands. that breeze and cloud feeling a little bit cooler compared with today, still nice where the sun is out. a warm day in western scotland and northern ireland, temperatures into the low 20s. as we go through sunday night into saturday and sunday, our weather system pushes northwards and high pressure it moves off into scandinavia. it does not stick around with us for too long, all of us will have a breezy day on sunday. more cloud around but some sunny spells, especially west of scotland and northern ireland. east anglia in the southeast, chance of some showers and thunderstorms. human air across central and eastern areas where it could get around 27 degrees. the breeze means a bit fresh compared to saturday in the north.

this is bbc news. the headlines... kamala harris has given her first major tv interview alongside her running mate, tim walz. un agencies will start a mass polio vaccination programme in gaza this weekend, after israel and hamas agreed to a three—day pause in fighting. more than five million people injapan have been told to evacuate their homes, after the country was hit by the strongest typhoon in decades. under new uk government plans to increase flexible working, employees could be given the right to ask to work a four—day week.

hello. a ukrainian pilot has died after one of the f—16 warplanes that ukraine received from its western partners crashed, ukraine's army general staff has said. the fighterjet 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. 0ur correspondent nick beake has more on the events that led to this crash. this happened on monday morning when ukraine had come under huge aerial bombardment. we'd known that the ukrainians, for the first time, had used f—16 jets to shoot down russian missiles and drones. but tonight the news that one of the ukrainian pilots, 0leksii mes, known by his call sign moonfish, was killed in that effort. the circumstances are unclear. it's said that he wasn't hit

by direct enemy fire and there's an investigation that's now under way.