this is bbc news, the headlines: un agencies will start a mass

polio vaccination programme in gaza this weekend after israel and hamas agree to a three—day pause in fighting. kamala harris has given her first major tv interview since accepting the democratic nomination — defending her record on key policy issues like immigration and health. 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. all of that is coming up in the next few minutes. let's cross to jayne dougall, who has all the latest sport. good afternoon, matthew. we'll start with cricket. england have had a successful

day with the bat, and are now doing well with the ball in the second day of the second test at lords against sri lanka. they've taken seven wickets already. they finished batting in the first session on 427, gus atkinson helping them by reaching his maiden century for england. sri lanka have begun their reply and are 124—7, matthew potts took two — bowling angelo matthews for 22 and then getting the captain de silva for a duck. olly stone took two as has chris woakes. sri lanka need 110 more runs to avoid the follow on. england won the first test at old trafford. to the paralympics and blaine hunt has won great britain's first medal on day two at the velodrome in paris. hunt had the fastest time in the men's c4—5 1,000m time trial until australia's korey boddington went just over a tenth of a second faster to win the gold medal for australia. that meant britain'sjody cundy and archie atkinson narrowly miss out on medals, finishing fourth and fifth respectively. however, cundy does have another chance of winning a medal on sunday in the team

sprint. to football my. the northern irish club larne has made history by becoming the first irish league club to make the league stages of a european club competition — and they now know who they'll play. they'll face six other teams including gent, molde and shamrock rovers. the welsh side, new saints are the first domestic welsh club to do the same thing — and they can look forward to a trip to florence to play fiorentina. chelsea and hearts are also in the league stage. you can see the full fixture list on the bbc sport website. but it was a night to rememberfor larne fc, and the ceo of the club. we had full capacity last night in the stadium. over 2500 home fans, 14% of our town's capacity, and as you would expect, they enjoyed the evening. a lot of drama in the game itself as it unfolded, a lot of nerves in the stadium, but everything fell into place

thankfully and we secure the result and the qualification, and there was a lot of partying and enjoyment, as you would expect. the draw for the europa league has also been made. manchester united, tottenham and rangers will all play eight teams — rangers have drawn both manchester united and tottenham. spurs also face galatasaray among their eight, while manchester united will play porto and fenerbache. you can see the full draw on the bbc sport website. there's been plently on movement on premier league transfer deadline day. arsenal goalkeeper aaron ramsdale has joined southampton in a deal worth up to £25m. the 26—year—old has signed a four—year contract. you can get all the latest transfer deadline day news on the bbc sport website and app. to the us open now where there's been a shock early exit for the third seed carlos alcaraz who's van de zandschulp. alcaraz was hoping to become the third man in history

to win the french open, wimbledon and the us open in the same calendar year in the open era. however, the spaniard had a shaky start, losing the first set 6—1. he picked up in the second, but world number 7a van de zandschulp, went on to win 7—5, and then 6—4 in the third for his highest—ranked win. the defeat ends alcaraz�*s is—match winning run at grand slams. meanwhile, the two—time champion naomi osaka said it feels like her "heart dies every time she loses" after she went out in the second round to karolina muchova. the czech won in straight sets 6—3, 7—6. japan's osaka won the title in 2018 and 2020, but missed last year's tournament after giving birth to her daughter. and that's all the sport for now. thank you. let's return now to the us presidential election. kamala harris and her running mate — tim walz, have faced their first joint tv interview.

karmala harris defended her record as vice—president and set out her policy platform if she were to win the election in november. bbc verify had been listening to the interviewer and fact checking some of what she said. with me is our verify correspondent merlyn thomas. we were talking a little earlier on the programme about one of the central issues, immigration. there are quite a few questions also on fracking and her policy and policy positions on that issue. take me through it. 50 positions on that issue. take me through it.— me through it. so fracking is one of the — me through it. so fracking is one of the main _ me through it. so fracking is one of the main policy - one of the main policy positions she has had to defend. in this interview on thursday, she said, "i would not ban fracking, as vice president i did not ban fracking. as president, i will not ban fracking". this needs context and a slightly misleading, because in 2019, she said she was in favour of banning fracking. the following year, and the vice presidential debate on the take it with a joe biden, she said, "joe biden

will not ban fracking. a change in possession from 2019 to 2020 and she has been in lockstep with the administration's policies since. and she was referring to joe biden�*s policy positions, but did not explain whether her views differed.— views differed. that is one of the attack — views differed. that is one of the attack lines _ views differed. that is one of the attack lines for _ views differed. that is one of the attack lines for the - the attack lines for the republicans, the notion of flip—flopping. a lot of questions about the economy, cost of living. by genomics. what is she saying about that? —— bidenomics. she honed in on tax credits, and saying... this is a slight exaggeration. it needs context because child poverty did fall, but not by over 50% and then it rose again. the impact was temporary. for context, americans earning less than $200,000 annually under the

child tax credit scheme currently will get $2000 per yearfor currently will get $2000 per year for each of currently will get $2000 per yearfor each of their currently will get $2000 per year for each of their children under the age of 17. thenjoin covid commander president biden, to increased to a maximum of 3600, but then reverted back to what it was at the end of 2021. kamala harris said she would restore the checked out credit enhancement scheme —— child tax credit. and provide $6,000 to families for the first year of ibd�*s lie. the final area you have been looking at is green issues. —— the first year of a baby's life. ,, . , the first year of a baby's life, ,, ., , ,, the first year of a baby's life. ,, .,, , ,, ., life. she was pressed on the investment _ life. she was pressed on the investment they _ life. she was pressed on the investment they made - life. she was pressed on the investment they made in - life. she was pressed on the - investment they made in climate and clean energy issues and said... it is true that a large number of clean energyjobs number of clean energy jobs were number of clean energyjobs were created under the biden administration, but the exact

number is uncertain, so she is referring to thejobs number is uncertain, so she is referring to the jobs created under the inflation reduction act, which was a law signed by president biden in 2022. introduced major investment in climate and climate —related projects. the claim of the number 3000 comes from a climate report by climate comes, an organisation, climate power, but the caveat is that not all of the jobs have necessarily began. the second thing to say is that actually, it is tricky to attribute all these jobs coming from this particular act signed by president biden because it comes at time of a surge in jobs globally investing in clean energy and climate jobs. merlin thomas, from bbc verify. thank you for taking us through those key areas. let's turn to ukraine. a ukrainian pilot has died, after one of the f—16 warplanes that ukraine received from its western partners crashed according to ukraine's army general staff.

his name was oleksiy mes, with the callsign moonfish, and he was one of the first few ukrainian pilots trained to fly advanced fighter jets. 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. let's speak to llia ponomarenko, a freelance defence journalist in kyiv. welcome to the programme. how do we —— want do we know about how this f—16 went down with its pilot? how this f-16 went down with its ilot? , . ., ., ~' its pilot? this incident took lace its pilot? this incident took place amongst _ its pilot? this incident took place amongst the - its pilot? this incident took place amongst the largest. place amongst the largest russian missile drone attacks ever on ukraine. we know oleksiy mes was among ukrainian pilots on f—16s protecting ukrainian skies and he reportedly shot dead three russian missiles and a drone during the attack —— shot down. at some point, he went off the

radar and it was later discovered he had crashed. it is now a subject of bitter debate in ukraine what actually happened because the ukrainian air force remains secretive about what happened. it was not revealed until the first publication in western media. right now, there are lots of speculation, lots of things going beyond the control of the media space and moreover, the latest development of this is the air force agreed there needs to be a proper investigation with the involvement of american specialists, international specialists, international specialists that will give strict answers of what happened and whose guilt was that, who was to blame for that. we wait for that. let's _ was to blame for that. we wait for that. let's turn _ was to blame for that. we wait for that. let's turn from - was to blame for that. we wait for that. let's turn from some | for that. let's turn from some of that speculation which is obviously out there to the actual facts. obviously out there to the actualfacts. tell obviously out there to the actual facts. tell me obviously out there to the actualfacts. tell me more about this young man, this 30—year—old. because i was reading about him today and it

is fascinating because he played such a big part in getting the west to actually give ukraine those f—16s in the first place, didn't he? give ukraine those f-16s in the first place, didn't he?— first place, didn't he? yes, he was among — first place, didn't he? yes, he was among several— first place, didn't he? yes, he was among several young - first place, didn't he? yes, he i was among several young pilots, celebrities in ukraine, wartime celebrities in ukraine, wartime celebrities his legacy is ukraine acquiring and getting f-165 ukraine acquiring and getting f—16s in the end after so many months and years of negotiations in lobbying and in conversations with decision—making. oleksiy mes was among those young pilots who was not only popular on social media as a young, handsome pilots, which is inevitable in ukraine, but also a very skilful specialist in aviation. one of many who became senior officers and a super experienced pilots in their 20s and 30s. he was amongst those young pilots who are going to america, talking to serious people trying to use

their charisma and give their energy to american decision—makers to get the very belated decision. so f—16s are the legacy of oleksiy mes and his friends, who died a year and a day before him in an air crash, his friend who is known under the callsignjuice were under the callsign juice were advocating. under the callsignjuice were advocating. it is super important in the ukrainian aviation in wartime. thank you very much _ aviation in wartime. thank you very much for— aviation in wartime. thank you very much forjoining - aviation in wartime. thank you very much forjoining us - aviation in wartime. thank you very much forjoining us live i very much forjoining us live from kyiv, llia ponomarenko. around the world and across the uk, you're watching bbc news.

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. several countries already allow the practice, but opinions seem to be divided on whether it's a good thing or not, and there are still many more people working five days rather than four. on the positive side, there's less environmental impact from the journey to and from work. surveys suggest it can also make it easier for bosses to hire staff and retain them. and research carried out in iceland claims that a four—day working week either maintains or increases productivity. on the other hand, some experts claim that longer hours each day at work can increase the amount of stress. let's speak to iain griffin, ceo and co—founder of rail ticketing app seatfrog. iain introduced a four—day working week for his team two years ago.

great to have your new programme. i'm really interested to get your take on this. it has generated lots of conversation. let me rewind and ask you, first of all, when you first suggested this to your board, what they make of it? i think like any conversation where you're talking to a venture capital investors who have given you a lot of money to build a business very quickly, do this i did not go down too well as a suggestion, but the main thing with any good business just watch the debtor. that was my response to the board, we were going to test it for a six—month period, it was in the middle of covid, perfect time for it, and we watch their daughter and it told us everything we wanted to know that the four day week was going to have a positive impact the business —— the data. haifa the business -- the data. how did that work _ the business -- the data. how did that work in _ the business -- the data. how did that work in practice? - did that work in practice? seatfrong is a tech business, so the first thing to point out

is the four day week will not work for every organisation, but protect businesses specifically when my team are working fully remotely, it enables us to track productivity incredibly well and the results of what we have been doing over the last few years are employee reflections because i through the roof, productivity is at an all—time high, where one of the fastest—growing tech companies in the uk, and that is all down to people having better balance. to people having better balance-— to people having better balance. ., ., , , ., balance. how many staff do you have? and _ balance. how many staff do you have? and have _ balance. how many staff do you have? and have you _ balance. how many staff do you have? and have you noticed - balance. how many staff do you j have? and have you noticed any downsides? what have you had to adjust to make it actually work 7 i ad'ust to make it actually work ? ,, ad'ust to make it actually work 2 ~ ., ? i think the main thing businesses _ ? i think the main thing businesses make - ? i think the main thing businesses make in - ? i think the main thing i businesses make in terms ? i think the main thing - businesses make in terms of mistakes is not having the right leadership and managers to have the trust and the team to have the trust and the team to have the autonomy. and at the right processes in place to enable a four day week. i think the main thing is the human brain is not wired to be more

efficient with more time. actually, what we found is if you take that failure to the business and you're working monday to thursday, you have a team more ruthless in their focus, you have a team that prioritises more effectively, and actually work that is being done on the pace it is being done on the pace it is being done at delivers much better results. , , . ~ , ., results. some supermarkets have tried it and _ results. some supermarkets have tried it and at _ results. some supermarkets have tried it and at least _ results. some supermarkets have tried it and at least one _ tried it and at least one stopped because their staff were exhausted because they were exhausted because they were doing longer days, and they found it did not really work for that reason. i read that article _ work for that reason. i read that article about _ work for that reason. i read | that article about specifically morrisons, i think it was. morrisons, i think it was. morrisons tried it and had a different problem, staff having to work some weekends. the difficulty with — to work some weekends. iie: difficulty with supermarkets as it is a customer facing difficulty with supermarkets as it is a customerfacing retail store organisation where it is totally different prospect to a tech business. but i think a four day week is going to work for the majority of companies, especially if they get it right. especially if they get it ri i ht. , , especially if they get it riht. , i, , especially if they get it riht. , ., , right. just a brief quick question. _ right. just a brief quick question, i— right. just a brief quick question, i think - right. just a brief quick question, i think i'm i right. just a brief quick. question, i think i'm right right. just a brief quick- question, i think i'm right in saying on fridays, you take it

as a chance to get out and about and go camping. is that where you are now? i wouldn't say every _ where you are now? i wouldn't say every friday. _ where you are now? i wouldn't say every friday, but - where you are now? i wouldn't say every friday, but the - say every friday, but the weather is very good this weekend, so we decided to take the friday off and take the kids camping for the weekend. it has been great to hear your experience and of course as a lot of political debate about this as well, but good to talk to someone who has been doing this for a little while. thank you, iain, for being on the programme. you, iain, for being on the programme-— to day two of the paralympics, where there are 1a medal events being decided in para athletics, the largest paralympic sport. more than 1000 athletes are competing in these para athletic events, many of whom are accompanied by guides and assistants who play a crucial role in the success of the games. let's speak tojerome avery, a paralympic guide runner for team usa. welcome here to the programme is also an absolutely delighted to have you on the programme. just start by telling me, how

did you get into guide running? how are you guys? i came up running at the olympic trials in 2004, so like a lot of people, the grandfather of the sport —— like i tell a lot of people. i came up short in the olympic trials, made it to the semifinals in the 100 metres, and a good friend of mine who i was training with at the time of the paralympian himself and he said, since you didn't make it to the olympic games, do you want to go to greece as a guide runner? the rest has been history. i was able to pair up with an amazing athlete, put him in the podium in the long jump, him in the podium in the long jump, and he had a silver medal, wonder close, another opened, and that is when my mantra, success to a selflessness came alive. it has been absolutely _ selflessness came alive. it has been absolutely fascinating. i been absolutely fascinating. you mentioned you went to olympic trials yourself, so you are really fast, but you teamed up are really fast, but you teamed up with a david brown. he was the first blind athlete to run

100 metres sup 11 seconds. what was that like. — 100 metres sup 11 seconds. what was that like, that _ was that like, that partnership? it was a great partnership. priorto partnership? it was a great partnership. prior to getting into that race, we already knew, well, i knew we were going to win, because of the relationship we had. we were engaged, we were as one person should run down the track and we just felt it. during our whole process of training together. it whole process of training together-— together. it is really interesting - together. it is really interesting you've i together. it is really i interesting you've said together. it is really - interesting you've said you felt it because it is a pretty obvious question, the first i thought about, which is how difficult is it to synchronise? because you have to be absolutely in lockstep, don't you? absolutely in lockstep, don't ou? , , absolutely in lockstep, don't ou? , ., , , ~' you? yes, most definitely. like i tell peeple. — you? yes, most definitely. like i tell people, your— you? yes, most definitely. like i tell people, your cadence - you? yes, most definitely. like i tell people, your cadence has| i tell people, your cadence has to match, and it is all about rhythm. you want to make sure you are in the same rhythm as the athletes. instead of being connected at the feet, as they would in a three legged race, you can actually connect at the hands, and we are allowed two lanes rather than one, so as

the gun goes off, running alongside him, keeping that pattern and pace, but i cannot pull forward or be too far back or he will get disqualified. also, if i cross before the finish line, it is a disqualification, so those are the things i have to be mindful about while we are running to race. it is not my race to win, it is his. race. it is not my race to win, it is hia— race. it is not my race to win, it is his-— it is his. yes. i didn't know a coule it is his. yes. i didn't know a couale of — it is his. yes. i didn't know a couple of the _ it is his. yes. i didn't know a couple of the factory - it is his. yes. i didn't know a couple of the factory talked l couple of the factory talked about, like crossing the winning line. i assume they're all sorts of pitfalls. we have all sorts of pitfalls. we have a still picture of the start, for example, so if david brown has a bad start, you can't go in advance, or if he is running slowly only per day, you have to measure everything, don't you? to measure everything, don't ou? , , i, i, you? yes, i definitely have to to his you? yes, i definitely have to go his pattern. _ you? yes, i definitely have to go his pattern. usually - you? yes, i definitely have to go his pattern. usually one i go his pattern. usually one thing i would tell him, hey, you're racing me, beat me. that makes myjob easier if he is going out there and he is moving, all i have to do is keep up with the guy, then we are golden. in keep up with the guy, then we are golden-— are golden. in terms of this paralympics. _ are golden. in terms of this paralympics, where -

are golden. in terms of this paralympics, where a - are golden. in terms of this paralympics, where a tree l are golden. in terms of this - paralympics, where a tree there this time?— this time? unfortunately, didn't make _ this time? unfortunately, didn't make the _ this time? unfortunately, didn't make the team --| this time? unfortunately, . didn't make the team -- why didn't make the team —— why aren't you there this time? it just didn't happen for us this will be the games i would definitely wish i had been part of. �* i, definitely wish i had been part of. �* . . . definitely wish i had been part of. �* i, i, i, i, of. but we had a great team aioin to of. but we had a great team going to the _ of. but we had a great team going to the games - of. but we had a great team going to the games this - of. but we had a great team | going to the games this year, so i'm excited to be watching just as well. we so i'm excited to be watching just as well-— just as well. we showed a icture just as well. we showed a picture of _ just as well. we showed a picture of you _ just as well. we showed a picture of you and - just as well. we showed a picture of you and david l just as well. we showed a picture of you and david aj picture of you and david a little earlier. i mean, i didn't know this until i saw the picture, but you as a guide runner also get a gold medal, don't you?— runner also get a gold medal, don't you? yeah, that's pretty awesome. _ don't you? yeah, that's pretty awesome, yes? _ don't you? yeah, that's pretty awesome, yes? that's - don't you? yeah, that's pretty awesome, yes? that's why i don't you? yeah, that's pretty i awesome, yes? that's why you're smiling so much! i definitely love the gold medal i received. once i got it, definitely went to sleep with it every night for a while! in to sleep with it every night for a while!— for a while! in terms of sprinting. _ for a while! in terms of sprinting, you - for a while! in terms of sprinting, you also i for a while! in terms of i sprinting, you also mentioned doing it with the long jump. tell me, for the different events, there are other skills that you obviously have to master?— that you obviously have to master? ., i i, , master? correct. long “ump, we call them —

master? correct. long “ump, we call them can t master? correct. long “ump, we call them call ups. i i master? correct. longjump, we call them call ups. i go - master? correct. longjump, we call them call ups. i go from i master? correct. longjump, we call them call ups. i go from a i call them call ups. i go from a guide running on the track to the long jump as a collar. i set them up on the runway, i run all the way down to the end of the runway and then clapping them down. fly, fly, fly! and my pattern switches as he gets close to the board. he knows how many steps he is supposed to hit, maybe 15 off his left leg, and that is when he usually is hitting the sand. that is the cadence i have to be mindful of. not only that, the wind may shift, so now my voice carries, so i have to shift my body movement over to a certain area so it actually can be on point. also, lastly, the crowd, you have a full stadium and at the crowd is completely quiet. so now everybody is focused on the athlete and you while we are running. athlete and you while we are runnin. . , , , running. that is pretty incredible. _ running. that is pretty incredible. it - running. that is pretty incredible. it is - running. that is pretty i incredible. it is incredible. it has been incredible talking to you. jerome, you may have just gone under the bar when it came to your own olympics, but

you have been an absolute superstar with the paralympics. superstar with the pa ralympics. it superstar with the paralympics. it has been fantastic talking to you, thanks for coming on the programme and explaining exactly what a guide runner actually does. thank you. we will take a short break and we will take a short break and we will have more in alternate's top headline stories. do not go away. —— and all today's top headline stories. 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. our 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.

live from london, this is bbc news. un agencies will start a mass polio vaccination programme in gaza this weekend after israel and hamas agree to a three—day pause in fighting. one of those involved in the roll out told us about the challenges ahead. this is an undertaking in a battlefield and we will be losing a lot of sleep in the days ahead because we do believe it is a very high risk undertaking. the israeli military says a senior local hamas commander was among three palestinians killed on the third day of a major military operation in the occupied west bank.

kamala harris has given her first major tv interview since accepting the democratic nomination, defending her record, on key policy issues like immigration and health. let's be clear, in this race, i'm the only person who has prosecuted transnational criminal 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 will hear from the paralympic guide runner who helped this athlete become the fastest sprinter in the world. hello, welcome to verified live. 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.