this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. welcome to our special coverage of the democratic party convention. at the democratic party convention — it's kamala harris‘ turn — the vice presidential candidate will formally accept her nomination forjoe biden‘s ticket— as she tries to convince americans that she's the woman for thejob. as kamala harris takes centre stage — we visit the beaches of the indian city of chennai, where the democrats pick for vp says her political views were shaped. the state of wisconsin is playing host to the democratic convention — that's no accident — as the party hopes to reenergise its voters... they believe that hillary clinton failed to win wisconsin and other crucial battle ground states not because large

numbers of democrats defected to the republican party. no, they believe they lost because large numbers of democrats just didn't vote at all. with two nights of their convention under their belt, the democrats are probably feeling relieved — given they're conducting the whole thing by tele—conference in the middle of a pandemic that so far has gone largely to plan. tonight, it will be the turn of former president barack obama and the vice—presidential pick kamala harris to try to persuade voters to back joe biden over donald trump. katty is in washington for us now. just for us now. seeing some extra excerpts from

just seeing some extra excerpts from kemal harris going to be highly personal. the team says it is meant to allow people to see themselves in her speech. yes, interesting, isn't it? given that she actually has quite an unusual background by the standards of many americans. herfatherwas jamaican or her mother was indian. she is the first woman of colour on a vice presidential ticket in the united states. in some ways, she's a total groundbrea ker. and people have not seen her before. i think what they want to show is that she has empathy, she cares about people she comes from california, she's on all night all