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. 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 followed his lead and 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, damaged 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... we had to 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 mr biden had... 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 focussed 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. our us special correspondent katty kay told me more about the reaction to biden�*s decision to step down as the democratic candidate. 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, as 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, he's put his country first for democrats but he has also done it so late it leaves the party in a bit of a mess. does that mean, because it is so late there is only one candidate, and that is kamala harris, that the top democrats like the clintons are backing, and not, interestingly, 0bama at the moment. is it certain it will be her? look, 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 kamala harris being the nominee. partly because the delegates who will go to the convention in august, 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. it's a delegate component that will skew more liberal perhaps than the american population, and that, i have been told by democratic strategists, that actually amongst those people kamala harris polls very well, they like her. even if there were some open process between now and the democratic national convention in august, the chances are that at the first round of voting kamala harris would still win. so just explain to our viewers 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 nominee is kind of formally announced, if you like. all the delegates cast their votes for that nominee and there is a voting process. 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, say, 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 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 say, ok, 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 doing so, sort of, isjoe manchin, who has actually left the democratic party.

most of the people you might expect to run have decided not to run against her, making me think she is the likely nominee. of those who we thought might who haven't, the attention turns to whether they will be, if she does get it, her vice presidential running mate and those names in the frame. yeah, 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 was almost already vetting a week was already vetting a week ago potential vice presidential candidates and among them were andy beshear, the governor of kentucky, a conservative state but who has proved himself by being elected as 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 north carolina, again,

a fairly conservative state, a democrat who's done well in a conservative state. those were the names i heard a week ago, i haven't had any specfic updates on extra people at the moment. it's my understanding both nancy pelosi and the 0bamas, 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 this 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 who 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 her as 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 tim alberta 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 to run against thanjoe biden in the current state he has been in. she puts abortion much more front and centre of this campaign and that will be a very important issue for democrats. 0ur our us special correspondent katty kay. world leaders have been paying tribute to president biden since news emerged of his decision to drop out of the

presidential race. 0ur chief political correspondent henry zeffman has reaction from here in the uk. when it comes to the people behind me, keir starmer and his team, they would say not a lot has changed. they will work, a uk prime minister will work with whoever the us president is. but 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 when the nato summit was in washington to meet joe biden for the first time, and very quickly afterjoe biden made his announcement last night keir starmer released a statement saying, "i respect president biden�*s decision and i look forward to us working together during the remainder of his presidency." he went on to praise joe biden�*s remarkable career. there are also fairly warm tributes to the president from rishi sunak and borisjohnson, who of course have both worked for some time withjoe biden during his three and a half years in the presidency. it is this interesting period we are in becausejoe 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 untiljanuary knowing that he will not be there going forward. absolutely 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 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 should be will be 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, i am 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 time just the other week after the attempted assassination. itjust underscores that for this new government and this new prime minister the business of diplomacy will be complicated and that includes diplomacy with britain's closest ally. henry zeffman at downing street. america will be waking up shortly so there will be lots more onjoe biden quitting the presidential race. more updates on this story, as kamala harris works to become the democrats�* nominee, you can go to our live page. kamala harris is due to talk at the white house at around 11 o'clock, 11:30am at washington time, later this afternoon uk time, and we will

bring you that, her first public appearance since the announcement was made byjoe biden. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

bangladesh remains tense following days of protests against governmentjob quotas in which more than 150 people have died. some of the demonstrators have promised to continue the protests until the government enacts a court ruling which scrapped most of the quotas that had reserved the jobs for relatives of veterans from the country's 1971 war for independence from pakistan. but in the last hour, one key student leader has called for the protests to be suspended for 48 hours. 0ur south asia correspondent yogita limaye has been in bangladesh following the protests. we should warn you, her report contains distressing images. troops on the streets, a strict curfew, a near—blackout

of communication. bangladesh is using all its might to control public anger. over the past week, students marched on the streets against quotas in governmentjobs for families of veterans of bangladesh's war for independence, which some say benefit those close to the ruling party. the police and paramilitary are accused of cracking down on the protests. in this video — verified by the bbc — a young man, injured but alive, left on the streets by security forces. he died later, one of more than 150 killed. outside a dhaka hospital, shahida begum — the aunt of 16—year—old imam hussain, who succumbed to gunshot injuries. "my nephew was an innocent child.

why did they kill him in such a brutal way?", she cried. hundreds have been injured in what many describe as the worst violence they've seen. translation: three | of my friends are dead. see? there are blood stains on my hand. why are my hands coloured with the blood of my brothers? bangladesh's government has denied that it used violence against unarmed students. it alleges the protests are politically motivated. prime minister sheikh hasina last spoke out on wednesday. she promised action against those who've committed murder. in nearly 15 consecutive years in power, this is one of the most serious challenges she's faced. yogita limaye, bbc news, dhaka. a line of breaking news coming from the united arab emirates. a court

they're sentenced three bangladeshis to life in and 53 others to ten years injailfor holding protests across the gulf state against their own government. —— to life in prison. more than 20,000 people have taken part in a protest against mass tourism on the spanish island of majorca. around 18 million people visited majorca and the other balearic islands last year. this demonstration is the latest in a wave of anti—tourism protests across spain. 0ur europe correspondent nick beake is in majorca. the authorities in spain saying 20,000 people turned out for it, and we were there, and certainly there was a real strength of feeling amongst the people who were walking the streets, saying that enough is enough, because basically they say that if you look at the figures, 18 million visitors to this island last year and the other balearic islands, three quarters

of those from abroad, and they say simply it's too much for the resources they have here, for the space available, and also crucially for the accommodation, for the housing. and this is a real specific source of anger for so many people twe of anger for so many people we were speaking to yesterday. they say what's happening is 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're unable to find anywhere to live. that's what one after another 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 arrive a 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. here in the uk, the prime minister keir starmer has been speaking about his government's plans for skills this morning in hampshire. he's also been taking questions from the media and was asked by our political correspondent nick eardley whether he thinks mr biden is capable of serving his last six months as president. firstly, on president biden, can i first say, given we are here at this airshow, how much president biden cares about defence and security, and has made that central to his leadership. and of course he led us through the nato counciljust ten days or so ago, a really important nato summit, a bigger nato a stronger nato, and a nato with real results. i respect the decision that he has now made. not an easy decision, but a decision that i know he will have arrived at taking into

account the best interests of the american people. and i look forward to working with him for the remainder of his presidency. sir keir starmer talking aboutjoe biden and going ahead with his presidency untiljanuary. i can take you to live pictures from washington. there is capitol hill with washington waking up in a little while to the news that kamala harris is trying to get enough democratic support to be the new presidential nominee. she will be at an event at the white house at about 11:30am washington time, greeting some athletes from around the country. it will be the first opportunity to hear what she has to say afterjoe biden quit the race. you are watching bbc news. hello again. 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, though, 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 course of the morning and some showers moving from the west to the east. but the cloud breaking up with more sunny spells developing. any showers in the south rattling through on a brisk wind. further north they will be slow moving and here too you might 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. 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 and under clear 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've got 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 shower and breezy down this north sea coastline which will take the edge off the temperatures here. but 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 later in the day we have the thicker cloud, murky conditions, some 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 push 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. mr 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. six people arrested, after a teenage boy was shot dead in west london. "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. and kitesurfing makes its debut at this week's paris 0lympics. we speak to one medal hopeful. in the last an hour, sir keir starmer has set out plans to curb reliance on foreign workers by improving skills training in england. speaking at the farnborough air show, the prime minister announced a new body to address what he called the "fragmented and broken" training system. we know that national renewal, it's not going to happen overnight.