organisations who're trafficking guns, drugs and human beings. a four—day week. employees could be given the right to ask for more flexible working in the uk. and we talk to the paralympic guide runner who helped david brown become the fastest blind sprinter in the world. the un is preparing to start a mass polio vaccination programme in gaza this weekend after israel and hamas agreed a series of local pauses in fighting for three days. the aim is to vaccinate more than 640,000 children, after the first case of polio in 25 years was found there. 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 this report. 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 these kind of campaigns 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. ina in a press conference a short while ago the un secretary—general has welcomed the pause. i secretary-general has welcomed the ause. . ., the pause. i welcome the commitment _ the pause. i welcome the commitment to _ the pause. i welcome the - commitment to humanitarian pauses in specific areas to allow the vaccination campaign to be carried out. due to insecurity, damage to roads and infrastructure and population movement and displacement, three days in each area is unlikely to be enough to achieve adequate coverage. we urge all parties to ensure their protection and that of health facilities and children. humanitarian polls are welcome, but ultimately the only

solution to safeguard the health of the children of gaza is a ceasefire. the best medicine is peace. let's speak to georgios petropoulos, head of the un office for the co—0rdination of humanitarian affairs in gaza. we are grateful for your time here. the need is absolutely obvious, but the challenges in doing this could not be great, greater. this is a war zone, you don't need me to tell you that. ~ . . . , w that. we are at a breaking oint, that. we are at a breaking point. past _ that. we are at a breaking point, past any _ that. we are at a breaking point, past any kind - that. we are at a breaking point, past any kind of- that. we are at a breaking i point, past any kind of reality check. we have given warnings to everyone that has listened to everyone that has listened to months now, the complete collapse of what is a very good health system here in gaza has resulted needing to do this polio campaign. i'm sure you've

heard before that essentially it is a compromise between the un and israeli authorities and how that campaign can be rolled out across the gaza strip. tell me how you're _ out across the gaza strip. tell me how you're going to try to do this. ,, . , me how you're going to try to do this. , , ., , ., do this. essentially, the idea of olio do this. essentially, the idea of polio vaccinations - do this. essentially, the idea of polio vaccinations is - do this. essentially, the idea of polio vaccinations is to - do this. essentially, the idea| of polio vaccinations is to get as many people as possible of the targeted population as quickly as possible. this campaign is targeting almost 650,000 children. 640,000 children under ten. presently the idea is you would have three areas of gaza, the central part, the south and the north. each one of these, in that order, would have three days of vaccinations, plus one extra day if required for catch up extra day if required for catch up for children that we have not reached. and during those three days, they will be a pause in fighting from 6am to 2pm to enable the vaccination

teams, thousands of people with vaccines, to get to as many children as possible. it is not perfect by far, it is not what the point home that beyond the medica by far, it is not what our technical specialists would perfect by far, it is not what our technical specialists would like to see, but it is the best like to see, but it is the best we can do in the world's most we can do in the world's most affected war zone. might make affected war zone. might make you talk about those three you talk about those three areas but we know how difficult areas but we know how difficult it is to even move around on it is to even move around on the ground, let alone the the ground, let alone the hazards of hazards of the ground, let alone the hazard ., ., ., ., ., ., the ground, let alone the hazard ., ., ., ., ., ., hazards of that war all around. in terms of— hazards of that war all around. in terms of— hazards of that war all around. in terms of those _ hazards of that war all around. in terms of those _ hazards of that war all around. in terms of those numbers - hazards of that war all around. i hazards of that war all around. in terms of those numbers - hazards of that war all around. i in terms of those numbers you in terms of those numbers you mention, 640,000, realistically, in this medical mention, 640,000, realistically, in this timeframe, how many do think timeframe, how many do think you will actually be able to you will actually be able to get to? i get to? i you will actually be able to net to? ., �* you will actually be able to aetto? .,�* . ., , you will actually be able to net to? ., �* you will actually be able to aetto? .,�* . ., , you will actually be able to ietto? ., �* . ., , ~' get to? i don't certainly think we will be — you will actually be able to retto? ., �* . ., , ~' get to? i don't certainly think we will be — get to? i don't certainly think we will be able _ get to? i don't certainly think we will be able to _ get to? i don't certainly think get to? i don't certainly think we will be able _ get to? i don't certainly think we will be able to _ get to? i don't certainly think we will be able to get - get to? i don't certainly think we will be able to get to - get to? i don't certainly think we will be able to get to all l we will be able to get to all of them. i am optimistic we can we will be able to get - get to? i don't certainly think we will be able to get to - get to? i don't certainly think we will be able to get to all l we will be able to get to all of them. i am optimistic we can get to most of them. what i can get to most of them. what i can tell you is that one of the of tell you is that one of the of this medical campaign is the this medical campaign is the who, unicef and other agencies who, unicef and other agencies involved include civil and involved include civil and military officers which drives military officers which drives the point home that beyond the the point home that beyond the

medical undertaking, this is an undertaking in a battlefield and all of us at the rest of

undertaking in a battlefield and all ( to s at the rest of undertaking in a battlefield and all ( tos a on e rest of undertaking in a battlefield and all ( tos a on the st of undertaking in a battlefield and all ( tos a on the ground. it attempt to do on the ground. it does. that is a very unfortunate, tragic incident, thankfully no one is hurt or injured. which goes to show we are not crossing a checkpoint, we are crossing a front line. everyone is putting in danger, ourselves, contractors, most of all civilians, vaccination teams will come close to front lines. and there is always a danger of an lines. and there is always a danger ofan airstrike danger of an air strike anywhere danger ofan airstrike anywhere at day of danger of an air strike anywhere at day of the week danger ofan airstrike anywhere at day of the week in the week in gaza as we have seen for so many months. there is a proliferation of these incidents and they are becoming more frequent as the space within which the united nations and its partners is forced to operate and people are forced to live in. operate and people are forced to live im— to live in. just a final question. _ to live in. just a final question, because i to live in. just a final i question, because you to live in. just a final _ question, because you touched upon it in yourfirst question, because you touched upon it in your first answer and terms of communication. you said to a producer there has been cooperation with the israelis but you have also said

there is quite a lot of misinformation. misinformation and what particular way? irate and what particular way? we have already _ and what particular way? - have already seen use come out about the origin of the vaccines and of course here on the ground as with any major vaccination campaign that i have been part of there is always suspicion about the programming of the campaign. these vaccination campaigns have a lot of medical undertakings and assessments and are essentially door—to—door, tent to tent, shelter to shelter and something like that always tends to raise suspicions. and the concern about the safety of our vaccinations team is at a very high level and we are making sure that before the vaccinate is get to the community is the people know what this is about. again, as you have heard, the people of gaza had a health system, had a medical system and they know

what vaccinations are and they made sure their children were vaccinated to a very high level. so we are confident they will make sure that the children this vaccination. they understand the risk. you children this vaccination. they understand the risk.— children this vaccination. they understand the risk. you have a critical few _ understand the risk. you have a critical few days _ understand the risk. you have a critical few days ahead - understand the risk. you have a critical few days ahead of - understand the risk. you have a critical few days ahead of you. | critical few days ahead of you. we are grateful for your time and perhaps we will speak again through the course of this weekend as you carry out this vaccination programme. thank you forjoining us on the programme. you forjoining us on the programme-— you forjoining us on the rouramme. ., ., ., programme. thanks for having me. meanwhile, israeli forces say they've killed a hamas commander on the third day of a major military operation in the occupied west bank. witnesses say israeli undercover forces tried to detain him with two other the men in a village nearjenin. when they tried to flee, their car was struck by an israeli drone. israeli forces are thought to have withdrawn from the west bank city of tulkarm where five palestinians were killed on thursday. let's speak to dr hasan alhasan, senior fellow for middle east policy at the international institute for strategic studies.

thank you also for your time here. why do you think we are seeing this major operation now in the west bank? i seeing this major operation now in the west bank?— in the west bank? i think there are two main — in the west bank? i think there are two main factors _ in the west bank? i think there are two main factors that - are two main factors that explain israel's ability at the moment to widen the scope of its military operations in the occupied west bank. the first of these two factors is the fact that in large parts of gaza, israel has already passed on to a third phase of military operations that are less intense and therefore require less manpower. so it has more resources available to redirect to the occupied west bank on the one hand. the second i think a majorfactor the one hand. the second i think a major factor is the relative de—escalation that we saw along the israeli lebanese front in the sense that hezbollah showed restraint in its retaliation according to

hezbollah�*s leader, hezbollah were intent on striking israeli military facilities that were involved in the assassination of the hezbollah senior commander but did not seek war. i think this message has resonated in israel, we have seen an encouragement for the israeli government for people to return to their homes in the north. i think this reflects an expectation in israel that we will not see an all—out war between israel and hezbollah in the future and means hezbollah has more resources yet again to redirect to the occupied west bank. ., , ., bank. eight double final question _ bank. eight double final question because - bank. eight double final question because the i bank. eight double final| question because the un secretary—general has been talking, do you agree with his opinion is fuelling... an already explosive situation, and in terms of iran's strategy and in terms of iran's strategy

and if they decide to retaliate further. ., further. the widening of the sco -e of further. the widening of the scope of israel's _ further. the widening of the scope of israel's military - scope of israel's military occupation in the occupied west bank is risky indeed because on the one hand it coincides with provocations and we have seen calls by senior israeli officials that would imply the destruction of the mosque and thatis destruction of the mosque and that is obviously a major provocation. 0n the other hand, the civilian casualties resulting from israel's operations in the occupied west bank, the destruction of roads by israeli bulldozers, all of these suggest that we might very well see a worsening humanitarian situation there. not to mention the fact that some villages and camps remained cordoned off without article access to food, water, medicine and the ability to move back and forth. as far as iran is concerned, they have delayed their retaliation for a month and initially the

rhetoric coming out from their leadership was very hard line. the supreme leader, the revolutionary guard, now we hear officials within the revolutionary guard a retaliation could take some time. i think they want to avoid the risk of an all—out confrontation with israel at this stage. i think they are largely spurred by a strong american presence and wouldn't want to be seen anything to undermine the ceasefire talks at this time. i think these factors at this time might explain why we haven't seen an iranian retaliation just yet. absolutely, thank you very much forjoining us and giving us that analysis here.- forjoining us and giving us that analysis here. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

we start in the us, where kamala harris has given herfirst major tv interview, since replacing joe biden as the democratic presidential nominee. )the us vice—president, has promised to "turn a page" and offer "a new way forward". speaking to the american network cnn, the democratic candidate defended her shift in position on key political issues. she insisted her values had not changed. she appeared alongside her running mate, tim walz, in the battleground state of georgia. she was pushed on immigration, and climate change and in particular, why some of her positions appear to have altered since her failed attempt to run for the white house in 2019. here's how she responded. generally speaking, how should voters look at some of the changes you have made that you have explained some of here in your policy? is it because you have more experience now and you have learnt more about the

information? is it because you are running for president in a democratic primary? and should they feel comfortable and confident that what you are saying now is going to be your policy moving forward? i think the most important _ policy moving forward? i think the most important and - policy moving forward? i think the most important and the i policy moving forward? i think i the most important and the 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 a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. sidney blumenthal, the former senior adviser to president bill clinton and hillary clinton, joins me now.

thank you for being with us, what did you make of it? well, i thou~ht what did you make of it? well, i thought she _ what did you make of it? well, i thought she was _ what did you make of it? well, i thought she was crisp, i i thought she was crisp, well—prepared, she offered well—prepa red, she offered clearly well—prepared, she offered clearly constructed arguments without rhetorical destruction. she was a lawyer at the top of our game. i'm more than that, she was not playing by the playbook, and she dismissed trump is a relic of the past. the democrats responded to the interview which did a lot of fundamental political work in a very short period of time and it reinforced the strong performance she gave at the convention.— performance she gave at the convention. donald trump, we saw how he — convention. donald trump, we saw how he reacted, _ convention. donald trump, we| saw how he reacted, describing it as boring. in a sense, does that underline a success of sorts. it gave him nothing really to latch on, to vent about. �* ., about. he can't handle her. interestingly, _ about. he can't handle her. interestingly, boring i about. he can't handle her. interestingly, boring is- about. he can't handle her. interestingly, boring is the | interestingly, boring is the word that stormy daniels

applied to his technique. trump's response to kamala harris has been response and sinister, he demeans and belittles and tries to intimidate her as a woman. he had snarling and his sidekick, jd vance, can't stop building on his attack on women, on childless cat ladies. his latest is to claim that female schoolteachers without children of their own should not be in the classroom and out brainwashing kids. trump can't help himself. he says he is better looking than harris and the statement that her interview was boring states that he has nothing to work with right now. he has no traction. with right now. he has no traction-— with right now. he has no traction. ., . ,, ., ., traction. coming back to what kamala harris _ traction. coming back to what kamala harris was _ traction. coming back to whatj kamala harris was questioned about in those key areas, immigration, on the cost of living, isn't it a difficult task with the wider voting public to on the one hand

defend the record as an incumbent, but also talk about change with her going forward? well, you rightly raise that question. with biden out, she is now the new figure, she is the new generation, she runs in the new generation, she runs in the future against the past represented by trump who is now the incumbent. and she has blamed trump for the problems. this comes at a very interesting time while there is still an affordability crisis for most people, particularly on groceries. when inflation is falling and the federal reserve is about to lower interest rates, which is enraging trump who has called for executive control of the federal reserve if he wins again, which would be economically disastrous. so it is a very interesting,

flexible and supple moment right now economically. {line right now economically. one final question, _ right now economically. one final question, because i right now economically. one final question, because one of the lines from democrats is that it shows kamala harris has flipped and flopped on major positions and that undoubtably will carry forward in terms of a charge on the debate. a question about that and on what you think is the biggest hit full of her comeback debate on september ten. full of her comeback debate on septemberten. —— full of her comeback debate on september ten. —— the biggest pitfall. september ten. -- the biggest itfall. , ., , pitfall. there is a bigger chan . e pitfall. there is a bigger change she _ pitfall. there is a bigger change she is _ pitfall. there is a bigger change she is affecting l pitfall. there is a biggerl change she is affecting in pitfall. there is a bigger i change she is affecting in the democratic party. she ran in 2019 to the left on identity politics. she has now avoided that trap and she is wiping that trap and she is wiping that away is the basic plan for the democrats. it is one of the most important political strategies she is now establishing going forward. and she is protecting and defending

the democrats and herself moving away from that towards a centre in which she represents the whole of the democratic party. at that same time, she and her running mate, tim watts, are obviously relatable as people and they are modern and relatable which contrasts very sharply with trump and jd vance —— tim walz. very sharply with trump and jd vance -- tim walz.— vance -- tim walz. what does she need _ vance -- tim walz. what does she need to — vance -- tim walz. what does she need to avoid _ vance -- tim walz. what does she need to avoid in _ vance -- tim walz. what does she need to avoid in the i she need to avoid in the debate?— she need to avoid in the debate? ,, , ., ., ., debate? she needs to avoid the tra of debate? she needs to avoid the trap of being — debate? she needs to avoid the trap of being seen _ debate? she needs to avoid the trap of being seen as _ debate? she needs to avoid the trap of being seen as the i trap of being seen as the candidate of woke identity politics and she needs to explain the economics of the past few years and going forward. and that's what she tried to do in the interview and establish a basis for what she will do in the debate. great to talk to you, thanks for being here on our programme. thanks for your time. . ~ programme. thanks for your

time. ., ~' the mum 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 duyile's daughter, hannah, died within hours hannah's mum has been speaking 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. 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. 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. owen's law would require restaurants and coffee shops to state, in writing, 14 major allergens at the point of ordering, without the customer having to ask. owen'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. in a statement, a costa coffee spokesperson said... "the loss of hannah is a tragedy, and our heartfelt thoughts remain with her family and friends. they added... "we have strict allergy training and procedures in place to help to minimize the risk to those customers who suffer from allergens. however, we agree with the coroner's conclusion that our allergen process was not followed that day at our franchise partner store.

costa says it will continue to review staff training, and is working alongside the natasha allergy research foundation. let people know the symptoms of somebody having an allergic reaction. it would be amazing. you could save a life. teach everybody how to use an epipen. but as a kid, adult, i'm sure everybody doesn't know how to use it. 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 me tell you what is coming up let me tell you what is coming up in the next few minutes live on the programme. we will talk to the paralympic guide runner who helped david brown become the fastest sprinter in the world.

hello there. today we've got high pressure sitting over the uk and that means dry weather and it means quite a bit of sunshine today. temperatures are maybe a degree higher than they were yesterday. we're going to peak at around 24 or 25 in the southeast of england. the cloud probably bubbling up a bit over land, but as we head into this evening, that will tend to dissipate. and we've still got light winds for a while, but the winds will pick up here in the southeast of england, and we'll start to see some cloud coming in here, maybe bringing one or two showers. that will keep temperatures a bit higher than last night, but head further north into scotland and northern ireland and again we could see temperatures as low as 3 or 4 degrees. but there should be quite a bit of sunshine here to come on saturday. there is this cloud in the south, it's mostly high cloud. it'll push further north into england, and wales could still give one or two showers, more focus towards the far southwest and the channel islands, and the winds are going to be a bit stronger, i think on sunday, particularly so across east anglia, the southeast and through the english channel. but with that sort of wind direction, it means this part of the country should be a bit

warmer to start the weekend, maybe only by a couple of degrees or so. so we're going to reach the low 20s in a few more places, and we could see temperatures a bit higher than that in the southeast as we get some late sunshine. but we're drawing in humid air and it's going to keep temperatures a lot higher across england and wales on saturday night. a more uncomfortable night for sleeping. 0ur area of high pressure is going to gradually drift away and before we see this weather front coming in, we're going to draw in warm air from the near continent. but it brings with it the threat of some storms. we could see a few of those on saturday night, continuing into sunday, pushing across more northern parts of england and eastern england too. and as it brightens up in that humid air in the south, we could trigger a few showers. there will be more cloud heading into scotland and northern ireland, so temperatures here not quite 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 of heavy rain and thunderstorms that's likely to be pushing northwards across more eastern coastal areas

of england and scotland. the weather front in the west is not producing much rain, but following on from that, we do get a bit of sunshine for northern ireland, wales and the south west and the airturns a bit fresher here. still some warmth across some eastern parts of england even on monday.

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