hello, i'm geeta guru—murthy, welcome to bbc news 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 world health organizaion officials have siad that 1.2 million polio vaccine doses have already been delivered to gaza ahead of the roll—out on september 1. the goal is to vaccinate more than 600,000 children, after the first case of polio in 25 years was discovered in gaza. lucy williamson reports. 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 translation: the virus - stopped his progress.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. sam rose, director of planning at unwra, shared more on the implementation of the vaccination programme. i mean, we're deeply, deeply concerned about the levels at which it can be, it may be at. there's one confirmed case that your reporter referred to. there may be many more, because the health system here has been decimated largely

over the past ten months. the bombardments, the destruction of clinics, the collapse of water and sewage, solid waste management infrastructure, the malnutrition. these are precisely the conditions in which a vaccine like this re—emerges, a vaccine which had been eradicated for more than 25 years inside the gaza strip, has re—emerged. so we're deeply, deeply concerned. and at the same time, we welcome so much, as everyone here does, the respite forjust a small amount of time from the bombings, from the evacuation orders that we hope will allow us to administer a successful campaign, working closely with the world health organisation, unicef, the ministry of health and other partners. but as you said, this is a massive, massive effort. we just really, really hope that that it will be successful for the children we're vaccinating.

just explain for us how you actually get to all the children and how you can be sure all the children there will be reached. is three days enough? will be reached. is three days enou~h? , enough? three days perhaps isn't enough. _ enough? three days perhaps isn't enough, and _ enough? three days perhaps isn't enough, and this - enough? three days perhaps isn't enough, and this will. enough? three days perhapsi isn't enough, and this will be three days across three different areas of the gaza strip. the vaccines, most of them have now arrived in gaza. the personnel who will administer those vaccines, who will register the children, who are raising awareness amongst the community have been hired and trained, are out there. but doing anything in gaza right now is incredibly difficult. surviving the night is very difficult. so we face a number of challenges. the fact that

there will be humanitarian poses, the fact that they will be no evacuation orders means we can distribute the vaccines, the fuel, the staff to the areas in which they need to go. and my organisation, unwra, will be vaccinating about half of these children we have taken on about 1100 personnel to be involved. we will be vaccinating out health clinics at health points we have set up in areas, we have mobile teams are working at the dozens and dozens of schools where hundreds of thousands of people are sheltering. and we will do what previously was house to house, but now is a tent to tent largely given of the situation in which people live. but reaching that magic number of 90% of children will be very difficult because we don't quite know how many children there are, we don't know how

many are still alive, certainly precisely anyway. to the us now — where kamala harris has given her first major tv interview since replacing joe biden as the democratic presidential nominee. speaking in a pre—recorded interview shown on the american network, cnn, she promised to "turn a page" and offer "a new way forward". she also defended her shift in position on key political issues, insisting that her values had not changed. her republican rival, donald trump, called the interview "boring". from washington, jenny kumah reports. cheering. a sign of confidence, campaigning with energy in the key battleground state of georgia. it's no wonder kamala harris is smiling. not long ago underjoe biden, many thought the democrats' chances here were low, but opinion polls are now rising in her favour. is it because you have more experience now? her first tv interview since becoming the democratic nominee was a much bigger test. speaking to cnn, the vice—president was challenged on how she's shifted her view on key policies and defended

her record on the border, something the republicans have frequently attacked her on. we have laws that have to be followed and enforced that address and deal with people who cross our border illegally, and there should be consequences, and let's be clear— in this race, race, i'm the only person who has prosecuted transnational criminal organisations who are trafficking guns, drugs and human beings. i'm the only person in this race who actually served a border state, as attorney general, to enforce our laws and i would enforce our laws as president going forward. i recognise the problem. but these responses have done little to extinguish republican claims that she's flip—flopped on major issues, with donald trump posting on his social media platform. boring, was his assessment, while also challenging harris' stance on policy positions. he said, i look forward

to debating comrade kamala harris and exposing her for the fraud she is. harris has changed every one of her long held positions on everything. america will never allow an election weaponising marxist to be president of the us. i want to ask you about your opponent, donald trump... perhaps one of the most striking moments in interview was miss harris' response to donald trump's questioning her race, as she gave her shortest answer. he suggested that you happened to turn black recently for political purposes. questioning a core part of your identity. yeah. same old tired playbook. next question, please. that's it? that's it. the democrats will be pleased that the interview was without any major mishaps. the next major test will be the tv debate in a couple of weeks with donald trump, an event that could have a major impact on the race to the white house. jenny kumah, bbc

news, washington. i've been speaking with rina shah, political strategist and republican national convention delegate in 2016, and hilary rosen, democratic political analyst and strategist. i asked them for their reaction to the vice—president's interview. the goal of kamala harris last night was to make sure that first she did no harm. she's leading in many polls and wants to keep that lead, wants to grow that lead as she introduces herself in some battleground states. and she did no harm. she actually answered questions with policy, with thoughtfulness, in a way that donald trump hasn't, and i think that people saw someone who is going to take their concerns seriously. she focussed on the middle class. she focussed on climate change. she focussed on immigration and foreign policy. i think she did pretty well. rina shah, for the republicans, what's your overall take? do you think she did look presidential? well, in the words of donald trump, boring, boring, boring is a good thing this time.

and i would say for anybody who doesn't like vice president harris, last night's interview couldn't have changed their minds, because it wasn't intended to do that. there weren't any viral moments. and i think she went in knowing she had one job to do, which was to keep it steady. and i think as a political strategist, that's a dream. when you see a candidate stay on script, stay on message and conduct an interview in a manner that donald trump never has and never can, then that is a win on many parts. so, i think republicans who were watching last night to hear something new, they perhaps didn't get much in that way, but what they got was reassurances that she is not going to be the chaos candidate in any way, shape or form, nor will she be so far off the reservation, so to speak, that they would be uncomfortable taking another look at her. and hilary, in terms of the identity question, she brushed that off, didn't she? she sort of she really looked as though she did not want to get into the personal

attacks, and yet we've seen donald trump again on social media still very much going down that path. it's an important point you're making, and it's obviously something that in the uk has not really been an issue. but in the us, this sort of attempt to divide people on the basis of race, on the basis of gender and to kind of scare people. donald trump put out an ad the other day on on twitter that essentially had one photo of a mass of of black people, showing chaos, and a clean neighbourhood full of white people, and said one is an administration with donald trump, and one is the administration with kamala harris. he's trying to scare people on the basis of race, and she didn't take the bait. and i think that's important to people that that that she's not making this a central tenet of her campaign.

while kamala's pre—recorded interview was being broadcast — donald trump addressed a major policy issue of his own at a rally in the key battleground state of michigan — claiming that his administration will force insurance companies or the federal government to cover the costs of in vitro fertilization for all americans. i'm announcing today in a major statement that under the trump administration, your government will pay for, or your insurance company will be mandated to pay for, all costs associated with ivf treatment — fertilisation for women. cheering. ivf treatment. because we want more babies, to put it very nicely. a murder investigation has been launched in the west midlands, after a 13—year—old boy was stabbed to death

in 0ldbury. police say paramedics tried to treat the teenager at the scene, but he died of his injuries. phil mackie has sent this report. this has become a tragically familiar scene — police tape, flowers and tears. the highest rate of knife crime in england and wales last year was here in the west midlands, and too often the victims have been teenagers. birmingham and the west midlands is pretty high on the stabbing side of things. there's a lot of knife crime going on. do we need to go back to the drawing board? how and why is this actually happening to our young people in this area or in any area, actually, in the whole of england? it happened yesterday afternoon. an ambulance was the first to arrive, and paramedics did their best to save the boy, but they were unable to. since then, forensic investigations have been

carried out and officers have been scouring the scene for evidence and speaking to locals. the house is the focus of the investigation and will be for some time. the loss of another young life has once again highlighted how knife crime is devastating families, notjust here, but across the country. phil mackie, bbc news, 0ldbury. as the contest continues for the next leader of the conservative party, former home secretary dame priti patel has launched her bid in a speech today. now, i don't need to remind anyone in this room as to why this leadership contest is taking place, and many column inches have been devoted to how we fell to such a historic defeat. i have heard loud and clear what the british people have had to say. and while we will reflect and learn on the lessons, under my leadership, our party will be firmly

focussed on the future. so today, eight weeks on, our attitude will change and we will draw a line in the sand because it's time to move on and move forward. i'm an optimist with clear goals, and i will revive our party so that we can provide the leadership that our great country needs, because conservatism has not failed. our values and our principles remain as true as ever, and they are still shared by the majority of the public. our love for our community and our country, our commitment to the rule of law, and our passion for furthering the conservative traditions of extending opportunity more widely by promoting freedom and enterprise to deliver security and success for our country. around the world and across the uk, this

the german government has an onset of a package of security and asylum measures after three people were fatally stabbed ata at a street festival last week. the announcement comes ahead of elections on sunday in two german states, with the far right alternative for germany riding high in the polls. the chief political editor at... of convicted afghan defender since the return of the taliban to power in afghanistan. there are two general _ power in afghanistan. there are two general elections _ power in afghanistan. there are two general elections coming i two general elections coming up, and both of these days are pretty much the exception on the german landscape. they are a stronghold of the far right anti—immigration alternative for germany party, which has been campaigning on a thread of

stabbings, of migrants killing innocent germans, and it really is quite a coincidence that last fridayjeremy�*s sob what is believed to be a terrorist attack by a rejected asylum seeker from syria who should have been sent back to bulgaria under the dublin bills which would have allowed for him to be sent back. the general authorities failed to do this. so the government further south on the spot where it needs to prove they can act fast and swiftly ahead of those polls, which will set the mood for the political landscape for elections coming up in a year's time. for now, surviving this week with the key issue for the government. they announced a set of measures which are touting and asylum laws, but today they got a direct flight

from germany to afghanistan on their way in a demonstration they are able to send back the old claimants, critically when they are criminals. but here in germany we see a very heated debate whether any integration... bbc news has learned that five hospices have announced job cuts in the last two months because of financial the organisation representing the sector hospice uk has warned of a financial crisis. that is the wrong report. we will try to bring the right one to you when we can. here in the uk, employees could be given the right to ask to work a four—day week, under government plans to encourage flexible working. it wouldn't mean less work or less pay, because staff would be expected to work

longer days to reach their total number of weekly hours. will stronge is the director of research at the autonomy institute, an independent research organisation that was behind a four—day week trial here in the uk. this is a really welcome step from the government to kind of indicate that the four day week could be at the future of work. there is a really important step, although it like you say it is a slightly different model to what we might call the proper four—day week. what we call that is what we parity backin call that is what we parity back in 2022 back in the uk. a32 hour week, a shorter working week, not working longer hours in the day, but actually reducing the number of hours per week. that trial lasted for six months. the results were fantastic. 90% of companies could don of the four—day week. then reach out a year later if those numbers were still a four—day week when you're on, and they really made

it stick. 91% of ceos who took part say that has been a benefit to productivity and so on. these trials are really important to build the evidence base. but the model that the government is proposing today, while a welcome step, is not quite the flexibility that people have been talking about in the last four years that we have piloted.— have piloted. the 'udge pilot also mean h have piloted. the 'udge pilot also mean a _ have piloted. the 'udge pilot also mean a pay _ have piloted. thejudge pilot also mean a pay cut - have piloted. thejudge pilot also mean a pay cut for- have piloted. the judge pilot l also mean a pay cut for people if they were doing four days? absolutely no. the point is keeping it the same.- absolutely no. the point is keeping it the same. how does that benefit _ keeping it the same. how does that benefit a _ keeping it the same. how does that benefit a business, - that benefit a business, especially a small business? the company that came to was originally about five years ago started coming to us saying we are interested in this idea, how can we pilot this? the reasons we were given were things like recruitment and retention. in many industries that there is often recruitments problems when you just can't get the staff, this

is obviously a benefit to... we have a huge problem with burnoutin have a huge problem with burnout in this country, lots of people over religious stress, anxiety and depression, there is a lot of sick days accruing through the week. having a four—day week allows people to rest and recuperate, come to work the next week with fresh energy, allow them to think of the companies is taking care of them. of course it doesn't work for all industries at the moment. this is something that could be tricky in health care and education. but in many industries we see more businesses are trying this. big organisations are realising the benefits. it is all about piloting and experimenting, and that's why the government has met announcement today is a good step. met announcement today is a good step-— met announcement today is a good step. the government is suggesting — good step. the government is suggesting that _ good step. the government is suggesting that basically - good step. the government is suggesting that basically you | suggesting that basically you do your hours, but in four days, not five. you could see areas where it could work, but other areas where it could get difficult if the job is too

intense. it is a big difference for small companies versus big companies in terms of whether they correctly manage a reduced workforce days expected. absolutely. the longer hours across shorter days, on the one hand you might have more people can enter the workforce because they have their caring responsibilities they can do an extra day off, and that means more people can work full—time. at the same time, the stress of longer working hours, that is a vocation of working hours is precisely the kind of thing that a proper shorter working week is trying to avoid. it is a danger that working his vocation is actually going to have more detrimental effects, more sick days, more sick leave due to workplace stress. it is to be seen whether this will actually have the benefits they want and whether a proper shorter working week might be the better option. $1150 shorter working week might be the better option.— the better option. also 'ust to clari , the better option. also 'ust to clarify, this i the better option. also 'ust to clarify, this change _ the better option. also just to clarify, this change would - the better option. also just to | clarify, this change would give

people the right to ask for it. it doesn't mean that any employer has to grant it. is employer has to grant it. is that correct? that is my understanding of it as of today. it is a bit of a signal, it is not a law, not eight legislation. i think it is a signalfor legislation. i think it is a signal for employers signalfor employers considering it to signal for employers considering it to give them that confidence. but without the compulsion is, it is unclear. the compulsion is, it is unclear-— the compulsion is, it is unclear. ,, , ., unclear. the swiss city of basel is _ unclear. the swiss city of basel is going _ unclear. the swiss city of basel is going to - unclear. the swiss city of basel is going to host - unclear. the swiss city of. basel is going to host next years eurovision song contest. geneva, which had been widely regarded as the favourite, was beaten by basil, a city in the north—west of the country. switzerland get to host the contest is they won this year's competition. finally, the sahara, it is happy birthday to taiwan's aldous female panda. she turned 20 this morning come up she turned 20 this morning come up with dozens of her fans at taipei zoo. she came to taiwan

in 2008 from china along the know panda is part of a cultural exchange programme. the pair had two cubs. the big day was marked with bamboo shoots. i hope she's happy. we are back in a few minutes. business coming up next. today we have got high pressure sitting over the uk, and that means dry weather and quite a bit of sunshine. temperatures may bea be a degree higher than they were yesterday. the clouds are probably bubbling up a bit over land, but as we head into the evening that will tend to dissipate. we have still got light winds for a while, but they will pick up in the south—east of england and was that was see cloud coming in here, never bringing in one or two showers. further north, we

could see temperatures as low as 3 or 4 degrees, but this should be quite a bit of sunshine to come on saturday. that is mostly high cloud in the south which will push further north into england and wales. we could see it give us more showers. the winds will be a bit stronger on sunday, the through east anglia, the south—east and english channel. but this part of the country should be warmer to start the weekend. but we're going to draw in warm air from the near continent. so high, but it will be a warmer, more humid day for england and wales, 27 or 28 degrees. now this weather front is going to come in from the west, but ahead of it our focus probably shifts to this plume

how is it brightens up her not humid air in the south, it could trigger if you showers. there will be more cloud heading into scotland and northern ireland, saw temperatures here not quite so high. it will be a warmer and more human day across england and wales. this weather front is going to come in from the west, but head of our focus probably shifts through this plume of heavy rain or thunderstorms likely to be heading northwards across more eastern and coastal areas of england and scotland. they were different in that they wish not producing much rain. following on from that, we get more sunshine for northern ireland, wales and the south. still some warmth across eastern parts of england on monday.

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