this is bbc news, the headlines... india celebrates a bit of history made — it becomes the first country to successfully land a spacecraft near the moon's south pole. republican candidates gear up for the first debate of the 2024 presidential nomination campaign — but rival donald trump opts out, saying he'll share his own interview at the same time. and surgeons carry out the first successful womb transplant in the uk. she's doing really, really well. she has started having menstrual periods and that means her prospects of having a baby are very high. time for a look at the business news now with ben thompson. thanks very much. we start with that slump in uk

economic activity in august, as higher interest rates hit demand. for the first time this year, uk pmi figures fell below the benchmark 50, which indicates a contraction. last month's purchasing managers�* index, a measure of the health of the economy, was 10.9. the figure was well below the 50.3 economists had forecast. faltering activity in the uk was mirrored in the eurozone, where the index fell to a 33—month low of a7. both figures will be looked closely by bank of england and ecb policymakers ahead of their next interest—rate decisions. chris williamson from s&p global told me britain is likely to head into a downturn. the figures are consistent with the economy contracting midway through the third quarter. we've seen a nice growth resumption in the spring after the problems of last autumn with the truss budget and so forth,

so business has picked up again but it now looks like the weight of the cost of living and higher interest rates are really taking their toll on the economy now. companies are reporting falling demand, falling activity, so expect a contraction in this quarter. yes, and is this the price that we pay for trying to keep a lid on inflation? well, precisely. the whole point of raising interest rates is to dampen demand. it seems to have taken a while. we had a tail wind, if you like, from the pandemic whereby travel, tourism had been constrained, so a new lease of life was seen in the spring — across europe in particular. but it looks like that is now starting to fade. we've had ourfun in the sun, as it were, and we're now seeing the increased costs come through on our bank accounts, increased mortgage rates, as well as the general increased cost of living. and that's just hitting demand now and causing a lot of retrenchment from consumers and that's hitting businesses, who are then likewise starting to pull back as well. yes, and we know core inflation

is still pretty sticky, but the wider picture looks like maybe tentatively heading in the right direction and inflation starting to ease somewhat. but as you've touched on there, it will be a while until we feel the benefit of that. it will be a while, but as you say, everything's moving in the right direction. the survey data, we've got price data on what companies are seeing in terms of their costs and what they're charging their customers and these gauges are coming down nicely now. they're consistent with inflation on the high street continuing to moderate as we go through the rest of this year. one of the other things that's quite nice to see here, in terms of the bank of england's fight, is that the labour market, the frothiness of the labour market is starting to cool as well, so that should bring down some of the wage pressures. obviously it's not great for households, but from the bank of england's determination in this fight against inflation, that battle seems to be being won as well. and, chris, it's notjust the uk that's facing these sorts of problems, france and germany seeing pretty

lacklustre growth as well, so it's easy to point the finger at things like brexit, isn't it, at times like this? but france and germany also facing their own set of challenges? yes, there's a global slowdown in trend at the moment. the eurozone�*s been very hard hit, germany in particular. its huge manufacturing sector is reeling. one of the toughest periods it's got since the global financial crisis 2009, so it's being hit hard. there is a global downturn in demand for goods, a lot of companies are winding down their inventories, so even in continental europe, the uk, we are seeing that growth pillar start to fade.

the uk trade secretary kemi badenoch is in india on a visit for the g20 trade ministers meeting. it comes as trade talks between the two countries could be creeping closer to a deal. government sources say the talks are reaching their "final but trickier" stages. there has been speculation about whether a trade deal may be struck before rishi sunak visits india in september. the bbc though, has been told there's no expectation that a full deal will be agreed by then. earlier i spoke to one trade economist and asked why getting a deal is so important. i think there are two things that are going on here. the first is obviously that this is about the uk being able to negotiate trade deals. it's very important that we're seen to be doing that and we're seen to have this sort of whole post—brexit trade deal dividend. but the other thing as well is that india is a massive market. i mean, it's a huge economy and it's growing very fast, and it's growing very fast. so the imf is actually saying that that it will be the fastest growing economy — 6% to 7% gdp growth expected in 2023. so this is a massive market for the uk and it's very large in terms of the potential. it might not have a huge impact

on uk gdp over the next ten years, but it will have an impact on our sort of trade presence in the world. you may well be watching this from home — with hybrid and remote work increasingly common — lots of office buildings are empty. vacancy rates are at 30—year highs in many american cities. new york's vacancy rate was an eyewatering 22.2% in the first three months of this year. it raises the question — what should be done with all of that empty space? from new york here's our north america business correspondent, michelle fleury. the big apple, defined in part by its looming office towers, is sinking under the weight of skyscrapers made useless by remote work. high interest rates are making a bad situation worse. many buildings are financed with short term loans. there's about $1 trillion in commercial real estate debt coming due in the next 18 months and so that will be hard to refinance these loans. and a lot of landlords will decide

that it's not worth it and they will decide to give back the keys instead and default on those loans. some real estate companies will not survive the crisis. others are pivoting. so this is a vacant office that's been used in the show equaliser. finding a new lease on life, this midtown manhattan tower often doubles as a film set. so this room is an office that the landlord left as is for film and tv. amanda weisenthal runs backlot, a company that helps film and tv productions find locations. she says landlords are waking up to the possibilities. a three to five—day shoot can bring in $80,000 to $150,000. they're very surprised by how much they can make. yeah, backlot has really created a revenue stream that is real and shockingly real for a lot of landlords. i know he was planning.

on running for congress... so this space was brought to life in crime drama law & order, but a short lease is not a long—term fix. a long time ago, this used to be the offices of goldman sachs. today, the building is being repurposed into apartments, part of a much bigger conversion wave which city officials hope will provide much—needed housing. so we've got the plans here. where are we standing right now? right now we're in the corner of the building. this is going to be someone�*s living room. this roughly one—million—square—foot tower undergoing a transformation from office cubicle to someone�*s home. where once was the enclosure to a mechanical cooling tower will now be enclosed and made into a residential amenity room with an outdoor pool and all kinds of great spaces for the residents of the building to use. wow. and it's notjust a new york thing.

architect eugene florin, whose company is designing the floor plans, is fielding a lot more calls about conversions from across the country. they've been around for a long time. they're just getting a lot of attention right now because it's become such a national, almost kind of emergency. what are the economics? it sometimes can be even more expensive than a brand—new building. so there is this kind of careful economic factor where we have to be very smart about how we modify the buildings so it's actually, you know, cost effective to work. what's stopping it in a lot of parts of the country is economics completely. from permits to making sure you have the right structure to begin with, it's hard to make the numbers work, but vacancy rates are at an all—time high, and as landlords struggle to find tenants, they're being forced to think outside the box. michelle fleury, bbc news, new york. they will be converting this place into flats before along! in other news... mortgage rates in the us have hit their highest level in two decades.

an average 30—year fixed rate mortgage rose to 7.3% last week — the highest since december 2000. meanwhile, demand for residential mortgages fell to the lowest level since april 1995. despite the surge in mortgage rates, home prices have been propped up by a lack of housing which still forces buyers to bid higher. global stocks head for their worst month in nearly a year. broker aj bell says that the benchmark indices in the us, europe and china, have shed $2.8 trillion in august so far. after a bumper start to the year, chinese economic data and surging us borrowing costs have dented investor confidence. online adverts for the retailer boots promoting four brands of infant formula on google broke advertising rules, according to the uk watchdog. in britain, it is against the law to advertise infant formula for babies up to six months because it might discourage breastfeeding. boots apologised and said the adverts have been removed. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

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positive _ focus on your race. and just being a positive mindset. you're live with bbc news. today sees the first republican presidential debate of the 2024 campaign in the us city of milwaukee. eight candidates will take to the stage. they include florida governor ron desantis and former vice president, mike pence. ——ron desa ntis. the debate will be hosted by fox news. the notable absentee is donald trump. however an interview with mr trump, conducted by conservative commentator tucker carlson will air on x, formerly known as twitter. our north america correspondent nada tawfik joins us from milwaukee. nada, tell us more about what we can expect tonight? usually these debates draw millions of euros. it is really the largest audience that many of these candidates have had and will have a head of the primary contest. now that donald trump will not be a part

of it, that will surely take some viewers away. he is doing everything he can to steer attention towards himself. he is going to be doing an interview tonight with tucker carlson, the former fox news host, on x, formerly twitter, the exact same time as the debate. these candidates can't expect at the next day coverage because donald trump will be turning himself in in georgia on thursday. nevertheless, we are hoping to see some fireworks tonight, see if any of these candidates have a breakthrough moment without donald trump, who inevitably will dominate the conversation. with me in milwaukee is my colleague marianna spring. it has been one year since you lunged at the undercover boater project. tell us a little bit about that and how social media is a really impacting this race. the how social media is a really im-uactin this race. u, impacting this race. the undercover voters, impacting this race. the undercover voters. peeple _ impacting this race. the undercover voters, people have _ impacting this race. the undercover voters, people have not _ impacting this race. the undercover voters, people have not heard - impacting this race. the undercover| voters, people have not heard them

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the impact could be. this is what they had to — the impact could be. this is what they had to say. trump won in a landslide. i told you they were corrupt, believe me now? to me, that was a sore loser move. you lost, let it go. maybe trump's a sore loser. maybe he lost. maybe he got his ass handed to him. maybe they cheated and maybe he didn't lose. how am i supposed to tell? i don't think they explain the process well enough and then we see the meme, we see the social media that says, "they stole it!" we automaticallyjust go crazy. so marianna, you talk about how people are sick of polarisation, but looking at this debate tonight, you have eight candidates are finally able to have some time to express their views, their positions, but how much does it really matter when they're unindicted with social media telling them how to think and feel? i think that is a really important question— i think that is a really important question -- _ i think that is a really important question —— inundated with social media _ question —— inundated with social media a— question —— inundated with social media. a lot of the battle that cancer— media. a lot of the battle that cancer seems most important these days is— cancer seems most important these days is the — cancer seems most important these days is the one happening on social media, _ days is the one happening on social media, and — days is the one happening on social media, and maybe it explains why donald _ media, and maybe it explains why donald trump is not going to take part -- — donald trump is not going to take part -- a — donald trump is not going to take part -- a lot — donald trump is not going to take part —— a lot of battle that counts.

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is an interesting dynamic because you have former members of donald trump a's cabinet, the former un ambassador nikki haley, mike pence, his former vice president, and then you have the likes of newjersey governor chris christie, who plans to go directly on the attack against donald trump, so it will be interesting to see how candidates differentiate themselves and how far they go to try to balance that idea of not alienating donald trump might�*s base, but trying tojoin of not alienating donald trump might�*s base, but trying to join a more conservative republicans, more independence you can vote for them. it has been tough for anyone to break through. we see the florida governor, ron desantis, his poll numbers are sliding, just as vivek ramaswamy�*s as numbers arise. he is a biotech entrepreneur. he is someone who has modelled himself on donald trump. thank you for that.

a woman has become the first here in the uk to be given a transplanted womb. fergus walsh reports. a uk first as surgeons transplant a womb into a 34—year—old woman, donated by her ao—year—old sister. the surgery in next door operating theatres at the churchill hospital in oxford in february lasted around 17 hours. it was an amazing day, absolutely amazing. these two surgeons led a team of more than 30. they recall the reaction of the younger sister when she came round. she was absolutely over the moon. there were a lot of tears, a lot of emotion. she was very, very happy. and the donor probably was even happier, because she had some time to recover from the anaesthesia. so it was a veryjoyous moment for everybody. the recipient was born without a normal uterus, but with functioning ovaries. with her husband, she already has eight embryos in storage

and could go on to have two pregnancies, after which her sister's womb will be removed so she can stop taking powerful drugs which prevent her body rejecting the transplant. so she's doing really, really well. she has started having menstrual periods, and that means her prospects of having a baby are very high. she needs to stay on immunosuppressive therapy and to be closely monitored, and we hope to be doing an embryo transfer in the autumn. in 2014, a woman in sweden became the first to have a baby after a womb transplant. since then, around 100 transplants have been performed worldwide, with 50 babies born. the surgical team here is funded by a charity, womb transplant uk, and has permission to carry out the procedure with both live and deceased donors. there are a dozen women with embryos in storage or who are going through ivf who are hoping for

a womb transplant. for now, the charity has funding forjust three more operations. i'm really excited, yeah. it's nice to feel that it's finally happening. and the demand here could be significant. around one in 5,000 women is born without a functioning womb, but many more, like lydia, lose theirs due to cancer. she says a transplant would feel miraculous. since getting diagnosed with cancer and the hysterectomy, the infertility was such a huge part of that. and you grieve, you really do. hopefully, being on the waiting list for a transplant would mean everything. being able to carry my own child and have that experience of feeling it, being able to breastfeed and being able to have a newborn baby at least once. the charity womb transplant uk has paid £25,000 to cover nhs costs.

and all the staff involved gave their time for free. but they will need a big injection of funds if many more women are to benefit. fergus walsh, bbc news. just want to bring you some breaking news in the aftermath of the sentencing of the serial baby killer lucy letby. there are calls for nhs managers to be regulated in a similar ways as our medical staff. we have been hearing a short while ago from the health secretary steve barclay. ago from the health secretary steve barcla . �* , ago from the health secretary steve barcla . v . ~ ago from the health secretary steve barcla . �*, ., ,, ., ago from the health secretary steve barcla. �*, .~ ., , ago from the health secretary steve barcla . �*, . ~ ., , ., ago from the health secretary steve barcla . �*, .~ ., , ., ., barclay. let's take a listen to what he said. barclay. let's take a listen to what he said- firstly. — barclay. let's take a listen to what he said. firstly, i— barclay. let's take a listen to what he said. firstly, i want— barclay. let's take a listen to what he said. firstly, i want to - barclay. let's take a listen to what he said. firstly, i want to express| he said. firstly, i want to express my deepest sympathies for the families affected by the horrendous crimes that we have seen at chester. talking to the attorney general

across government,, we will ensure the legal framework has at the full confidence of the families affected and i will be engaging with them on that weather on a statutory or non—statutory basis to ensure that inquiry looking at issues such as whistle—blowers and other actions related to this case are fully investigated. em related to this case are fully investigated.— related to this case are fully investi . ated. �* . ., , investigated. an external review was carried out by _ investigated. an external review was carried out by the _ investigated. an external review was carried out by the trust _ investigated. an external review was carried out by the trust into - carried out by the trust into decisions _ carried out by the trust into decisions of management at the time. do you _ decisions of management at the time. do you share the frustrations of others — do you share the frustrations of others that they are delaying publication of that? a others that they are delaying publication of that?- others that they are delaying publication of that? a whole range of questions _ publication of that? a whole range of questions have _ publication of that? a whole range of questions have been _ publication of that? a whole range of questions have been raised - publication of that? a whole range of questions have been raised by l publication of that? a whole range l of questions have been raised by the case and they need to be looked at fully through a detailed inquiry. we need to ensure that inquiry has the full confidence of the families affected. that is why i am engaging with those families on the right legal framework for that inquiry and it is important we get that setup anyway that has the full confidence of the families, and it is at the family's eye and focused on ensuring

their voices are heard. the family's eye and focused on ensuring their voices are heard.— their voices are heard. the health secretary steve _ their voices are heard. the health secretary steve barclay _ their voices are heard. the health secretary steve barclay speaking | their voices are heard. the health | secretary steve barclay speaking a short while ago. the world—famous big dipper roller—coaster at blackpool pleasure beach is celebrating its centenary today. thrillseekers have enjoyed the classic wooden ride since it opened in 1923, and despite a world war and a serious fire, it's survived to help create 100 years of memories. our breakfast colleaguejayne mccubbin has more on the story. i'm not sure about this. she screams we lift up and there is the dip. over the top again. so this is an out and back. we go all the way round, turn round and go back again. this bit is faster.

what makes it so special? it's just a fantastic roller—coaster. this is the very first roller—coaster i rode as a child. it has always had a special place in my heart. i just love it. just the right amount of dips, lifts, it doesn't have to be the biggest, the fastest. what do you think about the rickety debate? it's not rickety, it's got character. it's like a living thing, it moves. there you have it. who said growing old can't be fun? 100 years ago, if you had a shilling, you could have come on this ride, what would that moment have been like for those people? fantastic, 100 years ago, it would have been absolutely amazing.

i mean, it's still brilliant now, so can you imagine what the experience must have been like back then? it would have knocked your socks off. absolutely. great stuff. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello there. we have seen some cloudier weather pushing in towards parts of the uk today, and over the coming days it will be a little bit on the unsettled side — in fact, right through the coming weekend. sunshine and showers for many and also turning cooler, especially towards the south—east of england. we've seen that cloud drifting in from the atlantic and today it has been producing some wet weather, especially for western areas of scotland. further south, producing the odd scattered shower, but a lot of dry weather, albeit cloudy for many. towards the south—east of england, warm in the sunshine, temperatures reaching 26 degrees, but that sunshine turning a little bit hazy. further north, temperatures have been in and around average for the time of year — 18 degrees in glasgow, 19 degrees in belfast. as we make our way through this evening, low pressure towards the north—west of the uk will bring some windier conditions, outbreaks of rain for parts of northern ireland into northern

england and through scotland. some of that quite heavy as it drifts eastwards. some heavy showers beginning to develop too, across the south of england, which could be thundery. but a mild night for most of us. temperatures ranging between 11 and 15 degrees. low pressure dominates through the day tomorrow. it means it's going to be a little bit unsettled. it's not going to be a wash—out, but there will be some heavy rain, especially towards the south—east of england at first tomorrow. some of this could be torrential with thunder, could cause a few issues. further north, drier. some scattered showers, though, coming in on a westerly wind for parts of scotland and northern ireland. temperatures dropping by a few degrees for parts of england. further north and west, in and around average for the time of year. low pressure continues to dominate it as we make our way into friday, but it will drift eastwards towards the continent. as it does so, it will open the door behind it to some cooler and fresher conditions. northerly winds making it feel cool and fresh towards the north and the west of the uk, producing some scattered showers as well. but all in all, to begin with,

on friday, a largely dry start with some sunshine. as the showers get going, though, some of those will be heavy, potentially with thunder and lightning mixed in as well, but largely dry towards the south—east where temperatures will fall back to about 21 degrees, for example, in london. over the coming weekend, it is set to stay unsettled. there will be showers, some of them likely to be heavy with some thunder. temperatures for most will be in and around average, but it will feel much cooler towards the south—east of england.

live from london, this is bbc news. cheering a historic moment for indian scientists — the country makes the first successful landing near the moon's south pole. andrew tate prosecution files reveal graphic claims of coercion ahead of his trial. and — surgeons carry out the first successful womb transplant in the uk. she's doing really, really well. she has started her period, which means the prospect of having a baby is very high. hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones — welcome to verified live. three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them.

india is now the first country in the world to land a spacecraft