for his part mr trump says it will be easier to beat kamala harris than mr biden. our other main headlines. "an absolutely tragic incident". police appeal for information after four adults and two children die in a collision between a car and a motorcycle in west yorkshire. more than 20,000 people on the spanish island of mallorca have taken part in a protest against mass tourism. and kitesurfing makes its debut at this week's paris 0lympics. we speak to one medal hopeful. hello, i'm nicky schiller. we start in the united states with reaction tojoe biden�*s decision to quit november's presidential race. he is backing his vice president kamala harris to now take on donald trump in the election.

many top democrats have also thrown their support behind her. kamala harris says she intends to "earn and win" the nomination. mr biden withdrew on sunday saying he'd taken the decision in the best interests of his party and the country. the democrat leader in the senate, chuck schumer, called mr biden a true patriot who had put america's future first. mr biden�*s endorsement of his vice president kamala harris as the presidential nominee has received support from many senior democrats. for his part, donald trump told the us network cnn that he thought kamala harris would be easier to defeat in november's election thanjoe biden. 0ur coverage this hour starts with this report from tom bateman. breaking news, president biden dropping out of the 2024 race, endorsing his vice president kamala harris... despite the weeks of mounting pressure on him to step aside, joe biden had been holding firm. but he abruptly abandoned his campaign on a sunday afternoon... we have reaction tojoe biden dropping out of the race...

..as news channels went into overdrive. in a written statement, he said... the last time the president was seen in public having caught covid, he was gingerly descending the steps of air force one. that was wednesday. since then, huddled with his closest aides at his delaware home, he had been reflecting for a couple of days, say sources, before finally making up his mind yesterday morning. mr biden�*s campaign was fatally damage from this point, almost a month ago, facing donald trump in a head—to—head debate. mr biden faltered, forgot things and couldn't finish sentences. dealing with everything we had do with...

look, if... we finally beat medicare. by now the attempts to revive his campaign were damage limitation. but that was too late, he'd already flunked the moment that really mattered. and then there were more mistakes — including this at a nato summit. now i want to hand it over to the president of ukraine, who has as much courage as he has determination. ladies and gentlemen, president putin. president putin? he has to beat president putin, president zelensky. in the end it was a critcal mass of democrats in congress and the threats of some donors that spelled the end of the road forjoe biden. i was following his campaign for part of this last week and saw him up close as he tried but failed to regain momentum. let me ask you, are you all in? because i'm all in. in las vegas, back on the campaign trail last week, the 81—year—old

started out energised. but the next day he seemed to have slowed down. during a stop at a mexican restaurant, a pitch to hispanic voters, all the questions from us reporters were about the growing calls for him to quit the race. all talk at once. then, after 90 minutes held inside, the whole trip was abandoned. we were raced away in the motorcade as it was confirmed the president had covid. the candidate was going home and it felt like a campaign in crisis. gunshots. screaming. and this race had already taken an extraordinary turn when donald trump survived an assassination attempt. now officially the republican nominee, mr trump last night hit out at his former rival. he said...

democrats have paid tribute to mr biden, hailing his decision to pull out as a selfless act to serve his country. former president bill clinton and his wife hillary, the former us secretary of state said... so what happens next? mr biden has backed his vice president, kamala harris, for the nomination. dozens of democrats in congress have endorsed her but she doesn't become the candidate automatically. there has to be a process and others may still throw their hat in the ring. welcome to the white house, everybody. one person who hasn't explicitly backed ms harris, former president barack 0bama. other big names might also favour an open contest. withjoe biden out of the race,

the democrats now find themselves in a situation unprecedented in modern american history — without a presidential candidate a little more than three months out from the election. tom bateman, bbc news, washington. kamala harris says she was "honoured'" to be endorsed byjoe biden and will now "earn and win this nomination". kamala harris was the first woman and the first black person to serve as california's attorney general. she gained a reputation as one of the democratic party's rising stars, after being elected as a senator in california in 2017. after becoming vice president in 2021, she's focused on several key policies, including abortion rights, and has called on congress to restore the constitutional right to abortion after the supreme court overturned the protections of roe v wade in 2022. it's in the swing states that presidential races are won and lost — they are the battlegrounds that could potentially be won by either of the candidates. so what do voters there make

ofjoe biden�*s decision? the bbc�*s gary 0'donoghue is in the swing state of michigan, getting reaction. be in no doubt it is in places like michigan, places like pennsylvania, places like wisconsin, georgia and arizona, where the decision will be made about who is the next president. now, joe biden has been slipping in these swing states in respect of donald trump. he's been edging behind him by two, three, four percentage points. and it's not clear at this stage that a kamala harris candidacy would do any better. indeed, one recent poll in michigan had kamala harris doing worse thanjoe biden up against donald trump. so i've been speaking to democratic voters here and gauging their reaction to joe biden�*s decision. i was secretly hoping that he would drop out. um, ijust think there are so many other more qualified people. well, i think anyone that's working needs to know when their time's come and it's time to move on,

let someone else have a chance, so it's another opportunity. yeah, it doesn't give us much time to actually choose a proper candidate. there's so many other better people out there. but because we have a very few months left, it's very frustrating. and time here is the crucial factor. i was speaking to one senior local democrat, who said he hoped for a really smooth transition to a kamala harris candidacy, but he also said the problem is, you put five democrats in a room and you get six different opinions. so don't be surprised if this is not a smooth process to a nominee for the democratic party. gary 0'donoghue in michigan. let's speak to our us special correspondent katty kay. thank you for coming on the programme. before we get into what happens next, can i get your reaction to the fact that biden has

finally quit. reaction to the fact that biden has finall auit. . , reaction to the fact that biden has finally quit-— finally quit. yeah, this is something _ finally quit. yeah, this is something i _ finally quit. yeah, this is something i have - finally quit. yeah, this is something i have been l finally quit. yeah, this is- something i have been hearing finally quit. yeah, this is— something i have been hearing pretty firmly from people around president biden for the last week or two. it seems like there was a last—minute push back by the president but once the poll numbers came in after the debate, particularly poll numbers from swing states, it became very difficult for him to stay. today you are getting democrats lauding president biden as doing the right thing, is putting his country first and giving them a chance to win. but there is also a lot of frustration amongst democrats i have been speaking to overnight about the fact he didn't do this four months ago, that he didn't do this a year ago. because by staying in the race as long as he has he has deprived the democratic party of this incredibly important process of the primary test, and that is when candidates can test their mettle, become better candidates and become, if you like, political athletes, and by dropping out this late he hasn't given them the opportunity to do that. so in a

sense, yes, joe biden has done the right thing and put the country first for democrats but he has also done it so late it leaves the party in a bit of a mess.— done it so late it leaves the party in a bit of a mess. does that mean because it — in a bit of a mess. does that mean because it is _ in a bit of a mess. does that mean because it is so _ in a bit of a mess. does that mean because it is so late _ in a bit of a mess. does that mean because it is so late there - in a bit of a mess. does that mean because it is so late there is - in a bit of a mess. does that mean because it is so late there is only | because it is so late there is only one candidate and that is kamala harris, and that the top democrats like the clintons are backing and not interestingly 0bama at the moment. is it certain it will be her? ., , moment. is it certain it will be her? . , . , her? certain?! is anything? the messaue her? certain?! is anything? the message of— her? certain?! is anything? the message of the _ her? certain?! is anything? the message of the last _ her? certain?! is anything? the message of the last few - her? certain?! is anything? the message of the last few weeks l her? certain?! is anything? the. message of the last few weeks in american politics is that nothing is certain. but if i had to take odds on it then yes i would put my money on it then yes i would put my money on kamala harris being the nominee. partly because the delegates who will go to the convention in august, democratic delegates of the democratic delegates of the democratic national convention tend to be heavily labour unions, compared to the rest of the country there are higher numbers of african—americans and higher numbers of hispanic delegates will stop its a delicate proponent that will skew more liberal perhaps than the american population and that, i have been told by democratic strategist, that actually amongst those people

kamala harris oppose very well, they like her. even if there were some open process between now and the democratic national convention the chances are that at the first round of voting kamala harris would still win. 50 of voting kamala harris would still win, , , ., of voting kamala harris would still win. , , ., ., ., , win. so 'ust explain to our viewers around win. so just explain to our viewers around the — win. so just explain to our viewers around the world _ win. so just explain to our viewers around the world what _ win. so just explain to our viewers around the world what the - win. so just explain to our viewersi around the world what the process win. so just explain to our viewers i around the world what the process is now going forward up until august. i kind of wish i could explain that. i have been trying to read up on this and the truth is the process is messy because we haven't been here before. we know there will be the august convention and that is when the nominees kind of formally announced, if you like. all the delegates cast their vote for that nominee and their researcher voting process will stop if there is an open convention, and i'm still hearing that is possible although more names are not putting themselves forward, you could go into the convention with four candidates, of whom kamala harris is one and you get a round of voting and if kamala harris won outright then she would be the nominee and then she would be the nominee and then you would have a second round of voting, a third round, until the

delegates agreed on a nominee. the question is what happens between now and chicago? do they throw it open and chicago? do they throw it open and say that lots of people can run and say that lots of people can run and have a mini primary with town halls and debates or something with only three or four weeks to go? the trouble is you have to get people to put their name in the ring and at the moment the only one who is sort of doing it isjoe manchin, who has actually left the democratic party. most people you would expect to run have decided not to run against her making me think she is likely to be the only nominee. {iii making me think she is likely to be the only nominee.— making me think she is likely to be the only nominee. of those who might who haven't. — the only nominee. of those who might who haven't, the _ the only nominee. of those who might who haven't, the attention _ the only nominee. of those who might who haven't, the attention turns - the only nominee. of those who might who haven't, the attention turns to - who haven't, the attention turns to you they will be, if she does get it, vice presidential running mate send those names in the frame. yeah, about a week — send those names in the frame. yeah, about a week ago. _ send those names in the frame. yeah, about a week ago, i've _ send those names in the frame. yeah, about a week ago, i've been _ send those names in the frame. yeah, about a week ago, i've been texting i about a week ago, i've been texting back and forth with democratic sources all week, and about a week ago a fairly big democratic donor who is quite well plugged into what is happening in the white house texted me to say, this is interesting, she had heard kamala harris is almost already vetting a week ago potential vice presidential

candidates and among them were andy bashir, the governor of kentucky, a conservative state but has proved himself by being elected a democratic governor in a conservative state. josh shapiro, the new governor of pennsylvania, i spent a day with him when he was running for governor, very impressive and could perhaps help with pennsylvania. and pat cooper, the governor of carolina, again, doing well in a conservative state will of those are the names i heard a week ago, i haven't had updates on any other potential people at the moment to stop its my understanding both nancy pelosi and former president 0bama would like an open convention with more of a contest and i don't think that necessarily means they don't think kamala harris is the best candidate but they might feel the process of some sort of contest would make her a better candidate and unify the party because then they could say, look, it was an open process and she was the one he won. if it was an open process and she was the one he won.— the one he won. if we turn our attention _ the one he won. if we turn our attention to — the one he won. if we turn our attention to the _ the one he won. if we turn our attention to the trump - the one he won. if we turn our . attention to the trump campaign, the one he won. if we turn our - attention to the trump campaign, he will become the oldest candidate for

president. how do you think they will be rethinking if it is kamala harris he is going to face? interesting, i texted someone pretty close to president trump, former president trump last night when i heard the news and he came back saying this is great for us. we can beat kamala harris more easily than we can beatjoe biden. we will paint has very liberal, dangerously liberal, the fact she comes from california is a great advantage to them, they think california is seen as very liberal with lots of social problems. so they to a reporter at least, and i take this with a little grain of salt, they say they think this is a good move for them. there has also been a lot of reporting recently, and there is a fantastic piece by the journalist to mull better in the atlantic that came out last week, showing that the republican ticket was very much hoping it would run againstjoe biden, that reallyjoe biden post debate was their ideal candidate to run against. i think kamala harris might be a little harderfor them

run against. i think kamala harris might be a little harder for them to run againstanjoe might be a little harder for them to run against anjoe biden in the current state he has been in. she puts abortion much more front and centre of the campaign and that will be a very important issue for democrats. be a very important issue for democrats-— be a very important issue for democrats. ., , ., ., be a very important issue for democrats. . , ., ., ., democrats. katty kay, great to have ou on democrats. katty kay, great to have you on with _ democrats. katty kay, great to have you on with your— democrats. katty kay, great to have you on with your analysis _ democrats. katty kay, great to have you on with your analysis and - democrats. katty kay, great to have you on with your analysis and thank| you on with your analysis and thank you, us special correspondent katty kay with the view from the us. that's the view from the us. so what's been the reaction here in the uk? henry zeffman is in downing street. when it comes to the people behind me, keir starmerand his team, they would say not a lot has changed. they will work, uk prime minister will work with whoever the us president is. it is striking, keir starmer hasn't been prime minister very long, he went out to the oval office just a couple of weeks ago 0ffice just a couple of weeks ago when the nato summit was in washington to meetjoe biden for the first time in very quickly afterjoe biden made his announcement last night keir starmer released a statement saying he respected

president biden's decision and i look forward to is working together during the remainder of his presidency. he went on to praisejoe biden's remarkable career. there are also fairly warm tributes to the president from rishi sunak and boris johnson, who of course have both worked for some time withjoe biden during his three and a half years in the presidency. it is during his three and a half years in the presidency-— the presidency. it is this interesting _ the presidency. it is this interesting period - the presidency. it is this interesting period we i the presidency. it is this | interesting period we are the presidency. it is this i interesting period we are in the presidency. it is this _ interesting period we are in because joe biden says he is not going to step down from being president so we are in that period where world leaders including the prime minister have to deal with him up until january knowing that he will not be there going forward.— there going forward. absolutely ri . ht. there going forward. absolutely riuht. it's there going forward. absolutely right. it's not _ there going forward. absolutely right. it's not unusual— there going forward. absolutely right. it's not unusual in - there going forward. absolutely right. it's not unusual in the - right. it's not unusual in the american system for there to be what's known as a lame duck president, that is a president with some time remaining in their term but it is known that term will be their last one. but it's unusual for it to happen in these circumstances. i am sure there will be all manner of things that will happen in a contest between donald trump and

presumably kamala harris which will be quite controversial, which will be quite controversial, which will be heated and which people will ask keir starmer to comment on. and i can guarantee now that for six months keir starmer is going to say, the question of who the next president will be is a matter for the american people, or words to that effect. but that will not stop us asking him. i should say on kamala harris, iam us asking him. i should say on kamala harris, i am told us asking him. i should say on kamala harris, iam told keir starmer has never met her. of course that doesn't mean they can't build ties. he spoke to donald trump for the first timejust ties. he spoke to donald trump for the first time just the other week after the attempted assassination. it just underscores that after the attempted assassination. itjust underscores that for this new government in this new prime minister the business of diplomacy will be complicated and that includes diplomacy with britain's closest ally. includes diplomacy with britain's closest ally-— includes diplomacy with britain's closest all . , ' . closest ally. henry zeffman live in downin: closest ally. henry zeffman live in downing street, _ closest ally. henry zeffman live in downing street, thank _ closest ally. henry zeffman live in downing street, thank you. - the us will be waking up in the next few hours so expect a lot more reaction to both joe biden's exit from the presidential race and whether kamala harris will get the democratic nomination to face donald trump in november.

we have our live page up and running throughout the day. it's got all the latest updates from our team of correspondents — you can find it on the bbc news website and the bbc news app. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

four adults and two children have died after a collision involving a car and a motorbike in west yorkshire. it happened on the a61 between wakefield and barnsley on sunday afternoon. 0ur reporter 0li constable sent this update from the scene. police cars have been coming and going all night here to what officers have described as an absolutely tragic incident. they were called to barnsley road here on the border between barnsley and wakefield, shortly before 4:00 on sunday afternoon. a crash between a motorbike

and a car left a male rider and his female passenger dead. those in the ford focus, a man and a woman, along with two young girls, also died at the scene. the road has been closed for much of sunday and overnight, while police investigated what happened and how six people came to lose their lives. well, superintendent alan travis, of wakefield district police, said, "this is an absolutely tragic incident which has resulted in the loss of six lives. our thoughts go out to the families of those who have died, who we are working with to provide support at this time." 0li constable reporting. police have arrested six people on suspicion of murder after a teenage boy was shot dead in west london. the metropolitan police said officers were called after reports of a shooting in a park in ladbroke grove. a teenager, believed to be aged 15, was pronounced dead at the scene the six males who were arrested on suspicion of murder remain in custody. the victim's identity hasn't yet been released.

let's get some of the day's other news now. the israeli military has told palestinians to evacuate from the eastern parts of the city of khan younis in gaza, ahead of what it called a "forceful operation." a spokesman said rockets had been fired towards israel from the location. the area has previously been designated a humanitarian zone, and israel has directed palestinians displaced by fighting elsewhere to go there to seek shelter. and following that huge global it outage last friday, cyber security firm crowdstrike says a "significant" number of affected computers are now back online. disruption still continues, though, with many airlines saying they're struggling to restore normal operations. the us—based carrier delta says it has cancelled more than 300 flights scheduled for monday, with no timetable for an end to the issues. new figures show nearly 500,000 people in england have been diagnosed with dementia — one of the highest rates in the world. experts say the increase has

been partially caused by the ageing population. it comes after nhs england sent teams to proactively assess patients saying the sooner someone is diagnosed the quicker they can help. more than 20,000 people have taken part in a protest against mass tourism on the spanish island of mallorca. around 18 million people visit the other balearic islands last year. this demonstration is the latest in a wave of anti—tourism protests across spa i n. let's speak to our europe correspondent nick beake who's in mallorca for us. this was quite a big protest last night. it this was quite a big protest last niuht. . , this was quite a big protest last niuht. .,, ., ., , night. it was. the authorities in sain night. it was. the authorities in spain saying — night. it was. the authorities in spain saying 20,000 _ night. it was. the authorities in spain saying 20,000 people i night. it was. the authorities in - spain saying 20,000 people turned out for it. we were there and certainly there was a real strength of feeling amongst the people who were walking the streets, saying enough is enough, because basically they say that if you look at the

figures, 18 million visitors to the silence last year and the other balearic islands and three quarters of those were from abroad. they say simply it's too much for the resources they have here, for the space available, and also crucially for the accommodation and housing. this is a real specific source of anger for so this is a real specific source of angerfor so many this is a real specific source of anger for so many people we were speaking to yesterday. they say what is happening as a lot of the flats are being bought up and then rented out particularly over the summer to foreign visitors and so that prices out a lot of local people, they are unable to find anywhere to live. that's what one after another of desperate people were telling us yesterday. what's the solution to this? activists at the rally yesterday were calling for limits to the number of people arriving, so a reduction in the number of planes flying in, the number of cruise ships arriving on this island. we saw another really huge boat arrival little earlier today. no sign that the government here is willing to do that, and there are warnings that you don't want to jeopardise a sector of the economy that's really

been performing extremely well and powering the whole national spanish economy. powering the whole national spanish econom . , , ., , , powering the whole national spanish econom. , , , ., powering the whole national spanish econom. , ,, ., ., y economy. these protests not only ha en in economy. these protests not only happen in mallorca _ economy. these protests not only happen in mallorca but _ economy. these protests not only happen in mallorca but elsewhere | economy. these protests not only l happen in mallorca but elsewhere in spain. barcelona in particular as well, they are not too happy about the number of tourists they are getting. the number of tourists they are cuettin. . the number of tourists they are getting. yeah, in barcelona two weeks ago _ getting. yeah, in barcelona two weeks ago you _ getting. yeah, in barcelona two weeks ago you might _ getting. yeah, in barcelona two weeks ago you might have - getting. yeah, in barcelona two weeks ago you might have seen getting. yeah, in barcelona two - weeks ago you might have seen some video that emerged showing some really angry activists, demonstrators on the streets, spraying water tourists with water pistols. peoplejust spraying water tourists with water pistols. people just having a drink in the city centre. no repeats of that here last night where we are but you are right, there have been other protests on the main line in spain, in barcelona but also in malaga and on the canary islands there have been demonstrations. there has been a debate raging for years in tourist hotspots like this as to whether the visitors actually bring more problems than they do benefits. but it does feel like something has changed this summer in spain. a lot of people say it has reached an intolerable limit, the

amount of people coming in, so that's why they say something needs to be done urgently. that's why we can expect to see more protests in the week to come. flick can expect to see more protests in the week to come.— can expect to see more protests in the week to come. nick beake live in mallorca, thank _ the week to come. nick beake live in mallorca, thank you. _ we can take you to live pictures out of washington coming up to az30am. americans will be waking up to the news thatjoe biden is not going to be in the presidential race and many leading democrats there have followed his lead already by backing his vice president kamala harris as the party's new nominee for the november elections. we will wait to see what happens there on capitol hill as the discussions get under way. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. as we go through this week the weather is fairly settled. there will be showers at times, rain today and on thursday but a lot of dry weather as well with temperatures

close to where we would expect them to be at this stage injuly. something about today is the pollen level is moderate or high across many parts of the country and we're still talking grass and nettle, although starting to subside in the south—east in terms of the grass pollen. we also have various weather fronts moving across us, they have been introducing a fair bit of cloud through the morning and some showers moving from the west to the east. but the cloud breaking up with more sunny spells developing. in the showers in the south rattling through on a brisk wind. further north they will be slow moving and here too you may get the odd heavy one and the odd rumble of thunder. temperatures, 1a in the north to a pleasant 25 degrees as we push further south. pleasant 25 degrees as we push furthersouth. by pleasant 25 degrees as we push further south. by the end of the afternoon the cloud will be building across northern ireland and south—west england, introducing some patchy rain which will cross parts of england and wales through the course of the night. a lot of the showers further north easing end and under clearer skies in rural areas temperatures could slide away to

about 5 degrees. but in towns and cities, 9—16 will be more like it. tuesday night into wednesday we have this ridge of high pressure across us. you can see weather fronts waiting in the wings so we say goodbye to the dregs of the weather front in the south—east and then a lot of dry weather. yes, there will be the odd isolated showers and breezy down this north sea coastline which will take the edge off the temperatures here. top temperatures, 15 to about 2k degrees. tuesday into wednesday, this high pressure squeezed further east and then these weather fronts do come in from the west. so on wednesday itself there will be a lot of dry weather, variable amounts of cloud here and there, thick enough for the odd spot of light rain. but it's there, thick enough for the odd spot of light rain. but its later in the day we have the thicker crowd, murky conditions, patchy light rain coming in from the west. top temperatures once again up to about 2k degrees. wednesday into thursday, the fronts continue to come in from the west and pushed eastwards so you can see and pushed eastwards so you can see a lot of us are going to have a

cloudy day and there will also be some rain or some showers around. but as we head on into friday, it is drier, some showers in the north and west, potentially a little bit of rain to start in the south.

this is bbc news. the headlines: kamala harris says she intends to "earn and win" the democratic nomination asjoe biden exits the us

presidential race. joe biden and top democrats on capitol hill are backing harris to beat donald trump in november's election. for his part, mr trump says it will be easier to beat kamala harris than mr biden. bangladesh remains tense, with some students vowing to continue protests a day after the supreme court scrapped most of the governmentjob quotas they were demonstrating against. and kitesurfing makes its debut at this week's paris 0lympics. we speak to one medal hopeful. hello, i'm nicky schiller. more now on our top story. a growing number of senior democrats are throwing their support behind kamala harris, after president biden confirmed he would not be contesting the election this november. he'd come under increasing pressure from within his own democratic party, after a stumbling performance in the presidential debate, and a series of high—profile verbal

mistakes. 0ur north america correspondent david willis looked