david brown become the fastest blind sprinter in the world. fascinating last interview coming up in ten or 15 minutes�* time. let's return new 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 have been listening the interview and fact checking what she said. merlyn thomas has been looking at some of the main claims. fracking is one of the main policy position she has had to defend. in the interview on thursday she said...

this needs context because in 2019, she said she in favour of banning fracking and the following year any vice presidential debate on the ticket with joe presidential debate on the ticket withjoe biden, said "joe biden will not ban fracking and so a change in position from 2019 to 2020, and since then she has been in lockstep with the policies and she was referring tojoe biden �*s policy positions but did not explain whether her own views in fracking differed from president biden�*s. in fracking differed from president biden's.- in fracking differed from president biden's. that is one ofthe president biden's. that is one of the attack _ president biden's. that is one of the attack lines _ president biden's. that is one of the attack lines for - president biden's. that is one of the attack lines for the - of the attack lines for the republicans, the notion of flip—flopping. a lot of questions about the economy, cost of living, bidenomics. what is she saying about that? she specifically honed in on the child tax credit and said...

this is a slight exaggeration. it needs context because a 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 tax credit scheme currently will get $2000 per year for each of their children under the age of 17. then during covid under president biden, it increased to a maximum of 3600, but then reverted back to what it is now, $2000, at the end of 2021. now kamala harris has said that as a president, she would restore the child tax credit enhancement scheme and said she would provide a $6,000 per child perfamily is would provide a $6,000 per child per family is for the first year of a baby's life. so 'ust the first year of a baby's life. so just the final area you have been looking at. that is green issues. what is her position on that and what did she say, what

was she pressed on? she that and what did she say, what was she pressed on?— was she pressed on? she was ressed was she pressed on? she was pressed on — was she pressed on? she was pressed on the _ was she pressed on? she was pressed on the investment. was she pressed on? she was l pressed on the investment they have made in climate and green energy issues. she said what we have already done, creating over 300,000 new clean energy jobs. it is to a large number of clean airjobs were created under the biden administration, but the exact number is uncertain. she refers to the jobs created under the inflation reduction act, which was a law signed by president biden in 2022, and it introduced a major investment introduced a major investment in climate and climate —related projects. the claim of this number, the 300,000, it comes from a climate report by climate comes organisation climate comes organisation climate power, but the caveat is not all of these jobs have necessarily begun. the second thing to say is actually, it is tricky to see all of these have come from this act signed by biden because it comes at a time when a surgeon jobs globally investing in climate and clean energy have but ——

there has been a surge. that was my lynn _ there has been a surge. that was my lynn thomson. - let's move to a story that affects everyone wherever you're watching this. 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. iain griffin is the ceo and co—founder of rail ticketing app seatfrog.

he told me how he convinced his company's board to agree to introducing a four—day working week for his team two years ago. like any conversation where you are talking to venture capital investors who have given you a lot of money to build a business very quickly, it obviously didn't go down too well as a suggestion, but the main thing with any good business is just what the data. that was my response to the board, we were going to test it for a six—month period, we were in the middle of covid, so it was the perfect time for it. and we watch the data and it told that everything we wanted told that everything we wanted to know that the four day week was going to have a very positive impact on the business.— positive impact on the business. ., ., business. tell me more about that. business. tell me more about that how _ business. tell me more about that. how did— business. tell me more about that. how did it _ business. tell me more about that. how did it work - business. tell me more about that. how did it work in - that. how did it work in practice?— that. how did it work in ractice? ,, ., ., . practice? seatfrog is a tech business — practice? seatfrog is a tech business of _ practice? seatfrog is a tech business of the _ practice? seatfrog is a tech business of the main - practice? seatfrog is a tech business of the main thing | practice? seatfrog is a tech i business of the main thing to point out there as the four day week is not going to work for every organisation, but protect

businesses specifically when my team are working fully remotely, it enables us to track productivity very well —— for tech businesses. the results of what we have been doing over the last is employee reflections goes through their youth, productivity is at an all—time high, we are one of the fastest growing tech companies in the last uk, we grew over 300% in the last quarter. that is all down to people just having better balance. ., people just having better balance-— people just 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 work? i downsides? what have you had to adjust to make it work?— adjust to make it work? i think the main thing _ adjust to make it work? i think the main thing businesses - adjust to make it work? i think. the main thing businesses make in terms of a mistake is not having the right leaders and manor and managers to have the trust in the team to have autonomy. i think the main thing is the human brain is not wired to be efficient with more time, and actually what we

found is when you take the fading out of your business and you're working monday to thursday, you have a team that is more ruthless in their focus, you have a team that is prioritising more effectively and, actually, the work being done and piece it is being done that 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 _ results. some supermarkets have tried it and at least one stop - tried it and at least one stop to because their staff are exhausted because you are doing longer days and they found it did not really work for that reason. i did not really work for that reason. ., ., ., . reason. i read that article about specifically - reason. i read that article about specifically about i about specifically about morrisons, think it was. i think it was as actually. morrisons had a different problem which was staff having to work some weekends. —— it was asda. to work some weekends. -- it was asda-_ was asda. that is a customer facin: was asda. that is a customer facing retail _ was asda. that is a customer facing retail store _ facing retail store organisation where it is totally different prospect to a tech business, but 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 . ht. , . especially if they get it riuht. . . . especially if they get it rirht. , ., , right. just a brief quick question _ right. just a brief quick question because - right. just a brief quick question because i - right. just a brief quick. question because i think right. just a brief quick - question because 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? it’s that where you are now? it's not every — that where you are now? it's not every friday, _ that where you are now? it�*s not 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. more on that story here, because in the next hour, we will hear from the conservative party, who have been warning that business is petrified of those plans. we will talk to the opposition conservative party on that story that is getting a lot of traction. around the world and across the uk, you're watching bbc news.

you're watching bbc news. it is football transfer deadline day. it is always frenetic in the last garrison as clu bs try clubs try to get their transfer targets over the line. let's make sense of what is going on. football commentator

and journalist kevin hatchard joins me now i love transfer deadline day, it is so busy in the last few hours. what are the sort of moves you're keeping your eye on? i moves you're keeping your eye on? ~ . . , on? i think it is really interesting _ on? i think it is really interesting because l on? i think it is really . interesting because what on? i think it is really _ interesting because what you're going to have is a situation where you have certain players desperate to move before the end of the window, but that might notjust happen because of the numbers. raheem sterling, of an experienced england international, but looks like he will be the odd man out at chelsea. he would love to leave, but there is nothing materialising at the moment. there has been talk of there has been talk of moment. there has been talk of manchester united, but they are manchester united, but well stocked in that area. moment. there has been talk of man stocked jnited, but moment. there has been talk of man stocked in ted, but moment. there has been talk of man stocked in that but moment. there has been talk of man stocked in that area. arsenal could do with a wide well stocked in that area. arsenal could do with a wide forward, but there had been no forward, but there had been no concrete move from them either, concrete move from them either, so at the moment, sterling so at the moment, sterling faces a position where he might faces a position where he might not get any minutes at chelsea not get any minutes at chelsea in the weeks and months to in the weeks and months to come, which would be a shame come, which would be a shame for him. and sometimes these for him. and sometimes these things are a bit like a jigsaw. things are a bit like a jigsaw. we saw pictures there ofjadon we saw pictures there ofjadon sancho, ivan toney. some of sancho, ivan toney. some of these deals, they could these deals, they could potentially be linked, couldn't potentially be linked, couldn't

they? jadon sancho, looks like they? jadon sancho, looks like he could go the other way. it he could go the other way. it could be he moves from could be he moves from manchester united to chelsea he could go the other way. it could be he united from he could go the other way. it could be he united to m he could go the other way. it could be he united to chelsea manchester united to chelsea loan. the ivan toney thing is loan. the ivan toney thing is really interesting because really interesting because brentford are keen to sell him for big money, and it looks b|gmoney "1555535233 ' " ”665251555ny if ' " like a saudi club are going to 716151511555; 333 am; for big money, and it looks like a saudi club are to make a bid for him. the whole like a saudi club are going to make a bid for him. the whole thing is very, very thing is very, very complicated. i complicated. i thing is very, very complicated. thing is very, very thing is very, very complicated. thing is very, very comlicated. , complicated. i suppose those final deals — complicated. i suppose those final deals in _ comlicated. , complicated. i suppose those final deals — complicated. i suppose those final deals in _ complicated. i suppose those final deals in this _ complicated. i suppose those final deals in this final - complicated. i suppose those final deals in this final hours | complicated. i suppose those final deals in this _ complicated. i suppose those final deals in this final - complicated. i suppose those final deals in this final hours | final deals in this final hours are complicated, but a lot of final deals in this final hours are complicated, but a lot of the transfer targets and work the transfer targets and work already done in the can. so already done in the can. so what have you thought are the what have you are the big headline moves? one of the what have you thought are the big headline moves? one of the most interesting ones was most interesting ones was federico chiesa from juventus federico chiesa from juventus to liverpool a cut—price deal to liverpool a for the players they were trying to recover from what was for the players they were trying to recover from what was a serious injury, aaron a serious injury, aaron ramsdale has made his move to trying to recover from what was a serious injury, aar his move to southampton, and he has an ramsdale has made his move to southampton, and he has an opportunity to start to rebuild opportunity to start his career. opportunity to start to rebuild his career-— southampton, and he has an opj career. �*to start southampton, and he has an op| career.-tart - southampton, and he has an on career--t - southampton, and he has an on ween-- southampton, and he has an his career. and so i think there had _ his career. and so i think there had been _ his career. and so i think on career-— his career. and so i think there had _ his career. and so i think there had been _ his career. and so i think there had been some - his career. and so i think - there had been some interesting moves. arsenal brought in there had been some - his career. and so i think - there had been some interesting moves. arsenal brought in

nicole moreno after he did nicole moreno after he did brilliantly, of course, for spain at the championships. there have been some really smart piece of the business done by clubs. he smart piece of the business done by clubs.— done by clubs. he also had slovenia — done by clubs. he also had slovenia going _ done by clubs. he also had slovenia going to - done by clubs. he also had i slovenia going to manchester city. it is notjust premier league —— servinho. it has been the other big european clubs. the big transfer during this window has to be kylian mbappe. even though it was free in inverted commas,

stories of things going wrong. i remember one player going outside to a ground where he hoped he would be signed and no one knew why he was there, the transfer collapse. you have fax machines not working, paperwork not getting there. you always get those stories, don't you? you always get those, i moved to madrid allegedly fell through because of a faulty fax machine. the thing that is always really interesting is the moves are so dependent on other players, other clubs and you have to get so many of the styles to align to actually make these work —— stars to align. why clubs are leave it a right to the end of the window, i don't think i will ever know. well, still if you are to watch and wait. thank you so much for taking us through all of that. if you want to keep right up to date, head to the bbc sport website, hour by hour, player by player, club by club, it is all there, so you can keep up to date. let's turn to the

paralympics. more than 1000 athletes are completing in paris, many of whom are a company by guides and assistance who they are a crucial role in the games. i have been speaking to one, jerome avery, a runnerfor team usa and to explain how we got involved in the paralympics. i came up short at the olympic trials in 2004, so like i like to tell people, you know, i'm the grandfather of the sport or whatnot, but got involved in 2004 after i came up short in the olympic trials, made it to the semifinals in the 100m, and a good friend of mine who i was training with at the time was a paralympian himself, and he said, "hey, jerome, since you didn't make it for the olympic games, do you want to go to greece as a guide runner?" and the rest has just been history. i was able to pair up with an amazing athlete, put him on the podium in the long jump and he was a silver medal and, you know, one door closed,

another one open. and that's when my mantra success through selflessness came alive. well, it's been absolutely fascinating. you mentioned there that you went to olympic trials yourself, so you are really fast. but you teamed up, didn't you, with david brown. now, he was the first blind athlete to to run 100m sub 11 seconds. i mean, what was that like, that partnership? oh, it was a great partnership. prior to getting into that race, we already knew we were going to... well, i knew we were going to win only because of the relationship that 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's really interesting you said you felt it because it's a pretty obvious question, it's the first question i thought about, which is, i mean, how difficult is it to synchronise? because you have to be absolutely in lockstep, don't you? yes, yes, most definitely.

like i tell people, you know, your cadence has to match and it's all about rhythm. you want to make sure that you're 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 it at the hands, and we're allowed two lanes instead of one lane. so as soon as the gun goes off, i'm running right alongside of him, keeping that pattern, keeping that pace. but i can't pull forward and i can't be too far back or he'll get disqualified. also, if i cross before the finish line, that's also a disqualification. so those are the things that i have to be mindful about while we're running the race. it's not my race to win, it's his. yeah, that's incredible. i didn't know a couple of the facts that you talked about, like crossing the winning line, because i assume there are all sorts of pitfalls. i think we've got a still picture of the start, for example. so if david brown has a bad start, i mean, you can't sort of go in advance. or if he's running slowly on a poor day, you have to mirror everything,

don't you? yes, i definitely have to go his pattern. usually one thing that i would tell him, i'd say, "hey, you're racing me, beat me," and that makes myjob easier. if he's going out there and he's moving, all i have to do is keep up with the guy, then we're golden. now, in terms of this paralympics, why aren't you there this time? you know, unfortunately didn't make the team. i was paired up with another athlete and itjust didn't happen for us this year. so this will be the games that i definitely wish i would have been a part of. but we have a great team going to the games this year, so i'm excited to be watching just as well. we showed a picture of you and david a little earlier. i mean, i didn't know this till i saw the picture, but you as a guide runner also get a gold medal, don't you? yeah, that's pretty awesome, huh? that's why you're smiling so much! i definitely love the gold medal that i received. and once i got it, i definitely went to sleep with it

every night for a while. in terms of sprinting, you mentioned also doing tell me, for the different events, then, there are other skills that you obviously have to master. correct, correct. the long jump... we call them callers. you know, i go from a guy running on the track to the long jump as a caller. so i set him up on the runway and i run all the way down to the end of the runway, and i'm clapping him down. "fly, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly—fly—fly! and my pattern switches as he gets close to the board. now he knows how many steps he's supposed to hit, maybe 15 off of his left leg, and that's when he's usually hitting the sand. and those are the cadence i have to be mindful of. not only that, the wind may shift. so now my voice carries,

so now i got to shift my body movement over in a certain area so it actually could be on point. and also, lastly, the crowd, you have a full stadium and the crowd is completely quiet. so now everybody is focussed on the athlete and you while we're running. that's pretty incredible. you can see how he coaxes the best out of those athletes. jerome avery, guide runnerfor team usa. you're watching bbc news. five hospices caring for terminally ill people have planned job cuts in the last two months because of financial pressures, the bbc news has learned. the organisation representing the sector hospice uk is warning of a funding crisis. hugh pym reports. at st giles hospice in the west midlands, andrew, who has been no cancer, is getting used his new surroundings after a transfer from new surroundings after a transferfrom hospital. the transfer from hospital. the clinical director transferfrom hospital. the clinical director is reassuring him. �* . clinical director is reassuring him. �* , ., him. i'm christie and i will have a chat _

him. i'm christie and i will have a chat with _ him. i'm christie and i will have a chat with you - him. i'm christie and i will| have a chat with you about him. i'm christie and i will- have a chat with you about how things have been, how you are feeling, is that ok? how are you doing? it feeling, is that ok? how are you doing?— you doing? it has been difficult. _ you doing? it has been difficult. and _ you doing? it has been difficult. and in - you doing? it has been difficult. and in a - you doing? it has been difficult. and in a lot i you doing? it has been j difficult. and in a lot of pain _ difficult. and in a lot of ain. �* ., ., pain. but getting on top of it. christian the _ pain. but getting on top of it. christian the senior _ pain. but getting on top of it. - christian the senior management team are facing up to difficult decisions on cuts. we have now gone into collective consultation and that is because there are potentially more than lto rolls being made redundant. i more than 40 rolls being made redundant-— redundant. i had 23 beds on this unit _ redundant. i had 23 beds on this unit i — redundant. i had 23 beds on this unit i would _ redundant. i had 23 beds on this unit i would easily - redundant. i had 23 beds on this unit i would easily fill . this unit i would easily fill twice over but i cannot afford to do that. i now have to make the decisions and work with my teams to find out who can prioritise access to those beds and how many staff i have around me, as a nurse and special palliative care person for a number of years, special palliative care person fora number of years, it special palliative care person for a number of years, it is incredibly heartbreaking decisions we have to make. st giles has an annual budget of £10 million with the hundred and 50 staff, more than three quarters of whom are in clinical positions. quarters of whom are in clinical positions. five quarters of whom are in clinical positions. five years ago, nhs funding covered about 25% of costs. this has fallen to below 18%. the rest has to come from donations and

fundraising. st giles is not alone. at least four other hospices are planning job cuts. they are faced with rising bills, including heating and food costs, wage increases to match the nhs, but from their own resources, and government funding, which has fallen in real terms. they say without urgent help, they will be more cuts. ~ . �* urgent help, they will be more cuts. . . �* cuts. what we're saying the government _ cuts. what we're saying the government is _ cuts. what we're saying the government is this - cuts. what we're saying the government is this is - government is this is ridiculous, there is more demand forever than this kind of service. these hospice services will keep people in the matter of life out of hospitals, hospice services will care for patients at the end of their lives in the best possible way. it is ridiculous that the uk is risking losing the services. flit that the uk is risking losing the services.— the services. of health spokesperson - the services. of health spokesperson covering j the services. of health - spokesperson covering england size of the government inherited huge challenges in the hospice sector and is determined to ship more health get out of hospitals and into the community to ensure patients and their families receive personalised care in the most appropriate setting.

the swiss city of basel will host next year's eurovision song contest. geneva, which had been widely regarded as the favourite, was beaten by basel, a city in the northwest of the country. switzerland get to host the contest as they won this year's competition with the song the code performed by nemo. switzerland hosted and won the first edition of the competition back in 1956. the grand final of the eurovision song contest 2025 will take place on the 17th of may. tickets will go on sale later this year. here's the governor of the basel region. we are the most host friendly city you can imagine at the border of switzerland facing two important european countries, france and germany, so we're used to having a smaller and the world and we will offer those guests an unbelievable experience here in our city. we will have the weather _ in our city. we will have the weather here _ in our city. we will have the weather here any _ in our city. we will have the weather here any moment i in our city. we will have the |

weather here any moment or in our city. we will have the - weather here any moment or two. let me tell you what we have coming up in the next hour. a busy next 60 minutes because we will be live in gaza getting the latest on the polio vaccination programme going to be rolled out over the course of the weekend. it is a huge logistical challenge with the un wanting to get to 640,000 children across gaza, the north, central areas and the south, but of course that is a war zone, so we have been talking to one of the un organisers of that operation, so we will play at that interview. of course, all the different challenges and his assessment of how many of those children that they can actually get to after that first case in 25 years of polio detected in gaza. we have the latest on that story, we have the latest from washington, the first interview that kamala harris has given to a tv network, cnn, last night. we have been going over some of the things she was saying, so we will get the latest from a state department

correspondent, tom bateman there. and we will also have there. and we will also have the conservative party's response to all that talk about the potential of a four—day working week here in the uk. a lot of traction that is getting on the bbc website, so we will have the conservative response, they have been warning that businesses are petrified of that proposal. all of that after weather with darren bent. 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, it 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. 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. the mother of 13—year old hannahjacobs, who died after an allergic reaction to a costa hot chocolate, tells the bbc that allergies need to be taken more seriously. we need to do something. we need to better. no mother, no parent, should be losing their kids like this. it is not fair. a four—day week — employees could be given the right — to ask for more flexible working in the uk. we speak to the shadow business secretary who says businesses are �*petrified' by the plans. hello, welcome to today's 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.