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kamala harris has chosen the governor of minnesota tim walz to be her running mate for november's presidential election. news has been confirmed by the bbc�*s us partner cbs. we haven't had offcial confirmation from the harris campaign yet, but all the indications are that walz is the pick. tim walz is minnesota's 41st governor, elected to the role in 2018 and was re—elected in 2022. he has a reputation as a progressive governor, citing free school meals, goals for tackling climate change, tax cuts for the middle class and expanded paid leave for minnesota workers among his achievements. mr walz is an army veteran, a former high school teacher and football coach. so why has kamala harris chosen him, and what will he bring to the race for the white house? let's speak to my colleague rajini vaidyanathan who's in washington. let's begin with who is tim walz and

his name might have become more familiar in recent weeks but he might be a relative unknown to people outside washington. figs might be a relative unknown to people outside washington. as you mentioned. — people outside washington. as you mentioned, he _ people outside washington. as you mentioned, he is _ people outside washington. as you mentioned, he is the _ people outside washington. as you mentioned, he is the governor - people outside washington. as you mentioned, he is the governor of i mentioned, he is the governor of minnesota, and before that he was a member of congress, since 2007, overturning a very republican district at the time, and when he was in the governorship that he has brought in a range of policies, for example, free school meals, abortion predictions, gun restrictions and other things, predictions, gun restrictions and otherthings, but predictions, gun restrictions and other things, but the other thing thatis other things, but the other thing that is quite key when you look at why kamala harris went for him in the end is that he has a lot of friends in congress and a lot of people in washington in congress were rooting for him in the democrats. that is important because when it comes to being the vice president, building partnerships in the house of representatives and the

senate is really important when the president wants to get policies through and deliver on an agenda. this is a key part of this but the other thing that a lot of people say is that he just is according to people who have worked with him, very and very likeable plain speaking politician, —— very relatable. and in politics to world over, likeability matters, and this is looking like it will be a very close race between kamala harris and donald trump, and so any little element that can help bring more undecided voters on is key. the last thing on that point, this was a decision that kamala harris agonised over, and we heard she wanted to sleep on it last night and make her final decision this morning, and tim watts was not necessarily when you talk to people in washington yesterday number one on the pick list —— tim watts. in some ways this is a bit of a surprise but when you

look at this it makes sense in terms of what is the requirements for a successful vice presidential candidate. he successful vice presidential candidate-— successful vice presidential candidate. , ., ., .,~ ., candidate. he was starting to make a name for himself, _ candidate. he was starting to make a name for himself, wasn't _ candidate. he was starting to make a name for himself, wasn't he, - candidate. he was starting to make a name for himself, wasn't he, outside his state with that weird word, his reference to donald trump and donald trump's running matejd vance as being weird which is something that kamala harris has really picked up on in her speeches? it shows that he can connect. speeches? it shows that he can connect he — speeches? it shows that he can connect. he from _ speeches? it shows that he can connect. he from the _ speeches? it shows that he can connect. he from the midwest, j speeches? it shows that he can i connect. he from the midwest, a midwestern state, at the other credentials he has that make him quite relatable to a lot of those

core suburban swing voters, he was a teacher and he served in the national guard, and he was also a school football coach. in many ways he is going to be projected as the man next door who has the political experience, and air will draw on that experience because when he was governor he had control of the democrats, well, the democrats had control of the state senate and the statehouse, the trifecta, as they called it, and many people say the way he delivered on policy change, much of it progressive, is seen as a model of what a possible harris tim walz white house could look like in terms of delivering on the democratic policy agenda. for the moment, thanks _ democratic policy agenda. for the moment, thanks for _ democratic policy agenda. for the moment, thanks forjoining - democratic policy agenda. for the moment, thanks forjoining us. i democratic policy agenda. for the i moment, thanks forjoining us. let's talk a bit more about the next few days. kamala harris will be embarking on a five—day tour around some of the key states that she needs to win to become the next president of the usa. she is

beginning in philadelphia, pennsylvania. let's speak to our correspondent nomia iqbal. we are expecting to see kamala harris and tim walz for the first time together as the two people on the ticket in philadelphia? yes. the ticket in philadelphia? yes, once the official _ the ticket in philadelphia? ye: once the official announcement comes through, kamala harris will be in philadelphia, and there was a view that because she was kick—starting her tour here in philadelphia, she might have picked the governor here, josh shapiro, but it seems that tim walz has got the nomination. she will be here with tim walz at some point later today, at a venue that holds up to 10,000 people, to begin this tour of battleground states which will end in nevada, and that is the ball game of the election. we will get to see what the harris and tim walz ticket looks and feels like

later this afternoon. find tim walz ticket looks and feels like later this afternoon.— later this afternoon. and 'ust a word on josh fl later this afternoon. and 'ust a word on josh shapiro, _ later this afternoon. and just a word on josh shapiro, the - later this afternoon. and just a - word on josh shapiro, the favourite word onjosh shapiro, the favourite for many people to be the choice for vice president, but was he may be seen as being too similar in terms of the demographic to kamala harris and may be too metropolitan? whereas tim walz can may be appealed to more rural areas? ~ , �* rural areas? when president biden stood down — rural areas? when president biden stood down just _ rural areas? when president biden stood down just over _ rural areas? when president biden stood down just over two - rural areas? when president biden stood down just over two weeks i rural areas? when president biden i stood down just over two weeks ago, there was not much of a fight to replace him, and the party quickly coalesced around kamala harris much to the anger of the republican party who claimed that it was unlawful and it was a coup, although legally none of that history. what we have seen with the vice presidential pick, that has become the sort of fight, the democratic primary fight that we never had, because it did take on a bitter tone, josh shapiro was the favourite but he has been bloodied and bruised in the pr battle, i

would say, and all the potential choices have been publicly auditioning for the role essentially, they have been on american media and holding press conferences, because kamala harris has not had much time to pick from them, and usually the process takes months but she has had less than two weeks. in the midst of all of that, josh shapiro was criticised heavily for a lot of things, like his position on schooling in pennsylvania which many democrats felt was too conservative, and also his views on israel, he is very pro israel and he criticised the student protesters who were angry about what is happening in gaza and also decisions he made when he was attorney general which came back to haunt him. that might have been a factor but we don't know and kamala harris is not done any sit down interview so far so there's no sense about her decision making progress and we still have yet to get the official announcement confirmation from her that tim walz is her vice presidential pick. for

from her that tim walz is her vice presidential pick.— from her that tim walz is her vice presidential pick. for the moment, thanks forjoining _ presidential pick. for the moment, thanks forjoining us. _ presidential pick. for the moment, thanks forjoining us. i— presidential pick. for the moment, thanks forjoining us. i want i presidential pick. for the moment, thanks forjoining us. i want to i thanks forjoining us. i want to show you a couple of locations that a lot of cameras are trained on. this is kamala harris�*s official vice president residence. she will be leaving to go to philadelphia, not too farfrom be leaving to go to philadelphia, not too far from washington to philadelphia. and now over to minnesota and this is the official residence of the governor of minnesota, tim walz. no word from him at the moment and we have not had official confirmation from the kamala harris campaign that he is indeed her official pick.

we expect to see them together in philadelphia a bit later. let's speak to democratic strategist, mary anne marsh. your reaction to the choice of tim walz? it your reaction to the choice of tim walz? , ., your reaction to the choice of tim walz? , . , , , , your reaction to the choice of tim walz? ,, , your reaction to the choice of tim walz? , ,, , walz? it is a surprise but you can see why he _ walz? it is a surprise but you can see why he was _ walz? it is a surprise but you can see why he was chosen _ walz? it is a surprise but you can see why he was chosen and i walz? it is a surprise but you can see why he was chosen and first | walz? it is a surprise but you can i see why he was chosen and first and foremost kamala harris has done a greatjob in short order, bringing the democratic coalition together, and tim walz finishes that in several ways, certainly with progressive, who have supported kamala harris, but they wanted tim walz and now they have him. when you look atjoe biden voters, you overlay to inbox voters in minnesota and the votes thatjoe biden got, they are the same, white voters, key constituencies that tim walz is going to appeal to, notjust in minnesota but you can start to see how that would be appealing in michigan and pennsylvania and

wisconsin and elsewhere. final point on this, when you look at the fact that you have to believe the harris campaign has shown they can win pennsylvania with 19 electoral votes withoutjosh shapiro being on the ticket, so either they can do it on their own or now they have other options in other states to put together at the 270 electoral votes you need to win, so when you put that together, see where it tim walz makes a lot of sense. bier? makes a lot of sense. very interesting _ makes a lot of sense. very interesting point, - makes a lot of sense. very interesting point, let's- makes a lot of sense. very j interesting point, let's pick makes a lot of sense. very i interesting point, let's pick up what this reveals about kamala harris�*s strategy in the run—up to november. harris's strategy in the run-up to november-— harris's strategy in the run-up to november. . , , november. that is exactly right. the bi . . est november. that is exactly right. the biggest decision _ november. that is exactly right. the biggest decision she _ november. that is exactly right. the biggest decision she has _ november. that is exactly right. the biggest decision she has made i november. that is exactly right. the biggest decision she has made to i biggest decision she has made to date is this is the presidential nominee, who her vp is and she has done that knowing that first you have to win and many people myself included thought that the slam dunk would be josh included thought that the slam dunk would bejosh shapiro because of the 19 electoral votes, minnesota has

turned, but this is a more traditional choice in that is a demographic pit, and tim walz has the personality but his appeal to those voters that she needs, aggressive they are now all in, white working voters thatjoe biden did so well with in the blue wall states of pennsylvania and michigan and wisconsin, that democrats need, and wisconsin, that democrats need, and also with older voters, and kamala harris has a much closer relationship personally with josh shapiro relationship personally withjosh shapiro and relationship personally with josh shapiro and they both served as attorney general, but tim you have to believe, this would be the capstone of his career as vice president —— tim walz. i do not see him running for president so his whole mission will be to support kamala harris and that is something you have to believe, if kamala harris prevails, that is something she would need and want. as the first woman president, the first woman president of colour as well,

there is a premium on that. interesting point. talk about how tim walz lines up againstjd vance, donald trump's vice presidential pick. donald trump's vice presidential ick. ~ ., , , donald trump's vice presidential ick. ~ . , , ., donald trump's vice presidential ick. ~ ., , , ., ., pick. tim walz brings a lifetime of exnerience _ pick. tim walz brings a lifetime of exnerience in _ pick. tim walz brings a lifetime of experience in public _ pick. tim walz brings a lifetime of experience in public service, i pick. tim walz brings a lifetime of experience in public service, that| experience in public service, that is one of the best record you have ever seen, and you have heard it on your programme and on your network already, he served in the military, he was a high school teacher, football coach, he is very funny, and he mentioned... he mentioned he had lunch duty for to —— 20 years and that is why he lost his hair, and that is why he lost his hair, and he will be able to go after donald trump and jd vance with a smile on his face, that is always the most effective approach. jd vance, he has only been a vc guy for a couple of years, but he has been

in the senate a couple of years and he clearly does not believe in government, and his philosophy is to get rid of government, so when you look at the good things that tim walz did, and as governor, he made sure, this is the law, every school kid in minnesota gets free breakfast and free lunch every single day. jd vance specifically made sure he did not vote on a senate bill that would have given assistance to childcare for working parents across the country. that one contrast alone tells you everything about the values and jd vance may want to back out of the debate he is going to have with tim walz, just like donald trump is trying to back out of his with kamala harris.— trump is trying to back out of his with kamala harris. thank you for shafinu with kamala harris. thank you for sharing your _ with kamala harris. thank you for sharing your views _ with kamala harris. thank you for sharing your views on _ with kamala harris. thank you for sharing your views on this - with kamala harris. thank you for. sharing your views on this breaking news. keep up—to—date with this story on

the website. there is reaction to tim walz from republicans, ron desantis says it is the most left—wing ticket in american history. so do stay with us. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

there have been more arrests in towns and cities in england and northern ireland, after another night of violence. a 28—year—old man has been charged with posting content online intending to stir up racial hatred. he's the first person to face prosecution for posting allegedly criminal messages linked to the violence. meanwhile, dozens of people are appearing in courts following the violent disorder in recent days. the worst outbreaks

of violence were in belfast, plymouth, and birmingham. nearly 400 people have been arrested after a week of violent disorder which broke out after misinformation spread about the identity of the southport attacker. in belfast, riot officers had stones and petrol bombs thrown at them close to a supermarket which was set alight at the weekend. and police say they are treating the "serious assault" of a man in belfast as a racially—motivated hate—crime after witnesses reported seeing people stamp on his head. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page reports. siren blares for several hours, the police faced a group throwing stones, bricks and metal rods. the trouble was on a smaller scale than the violence at the weekend, but officers said it was still dangerous. crowds should disperse immediately, as force is about to be used - against violent individuals. no further warnings will be given. the police fired two baton rounds and arrested a 15—year—old.

in the same area, a man in his 50s suffered serious injuries when attackers stamped on his head. detectives are treating it as a racially motivated hate crime. the disturbances happened close to this supermarket, which was set alight on saturday. ashes! nothing left. i mean...literally nothing left. like. . . nothing. a number of other businesses were also targeted. the owner of this restaurant said ten people were inside when it was stoned. she didn't want to appear on camera because she was concerned for her safety. most of my staff are muslim, i am muslim, but this is not a reason to attack people, because of their religion, their background. i am 11 years here. my kids are from here. businesses are set to get financial help from the local council. members held an emergency meeting last night to condemn what they called violent destruction

and racist intimidation. we cannot allow this to continue. it is not what belfast is. it is not what we are. some visible signs of violence are being removed from the streets, but the sense of fear and tension hasn't lifted yet. melaniejones is the temporary assistant chief constable in nothern ireland. she described the rioters as despicable. we always wish we could have done more. it was a really dynamic and difficult scenario that unfolded on saturday and again last night. we used the resources as well as we could and my heart goes out to that shopkeeper who has been attacked three times. i want to bring this back to the despicable people who are intent on violence in our communities, but i will reiterate that we are absolutely committed to having a proportionate

and appropriate policing response available and we will continue to individually work with those affected and those minority groups. in relation to the second question, we have an open mind on who is orchestrating and organising this. what we saw last night, we feel it was different from what we saw on saturday. on saturday, we saw mainly older, adult people who became involved in disorder. last night it was clear to us that there was a younger element, teenagers mainly, who were involved in the disorder, but that there was an element of organisation and orchestration from what appeared to be older adults present at the scene. in relation to your last question about paramilitary influence, i have no doubt there is a paramilitary element to this, but i am not in a position to say that this is the main organiser

or orchestrator of these events. however, we do keep an open mind to this and this will be part of our investigative strategy. the director of public prosecutions has told the bbc that anybody invovled in the violence should know they will face the most severe possible charges, including terrorism. stephen parkinson also says his teams will consider seeking the extradition from abroad of social media influencers who are playing a role in the violent disorder. he's been speaking to our correspondent dominic casciani. some offences which can actually be committed online, for instance, inciting racial hatred, actually we have authorised a charge today of one such case. it's subject to the attorney general�*s consent. so there are some kind of communications—type offences out there but another way that online activity can be used is for the purposes of incitement and planning. if you are engaged in that activity then you can be prosecuted for the substantive offence that

you have caused through what you have been doing using the internet. so we are looking at both types. some people are abroad. that does not mean they are safe. we have liaison prosecutors spread around the globe who've got local links with the localjudiciary and law enforcement but also the police are also stationed abroad, so we can cooperate with our international partners. we would certainly consider extradition if we are satisfied that offences are being committed. they must know they are not safe and there is nowhere to hide, and if it takes weeks or months, we will bring them home and they will face justice. nazir afzal is the former chief crown prosecutor for north west england — and was in that role during the 2011 riots in london. he believes social media has played a significant role in the violence spreading in the past week. what we have now is people seeing,

in real time, activities. it creates fear. even if it was 100 miles away, you fear it might happen locally. the other side of that, though, is whilst we have substantially more smartphones in operation, we have fewer smart people. they have been recording their criminality. from an evidential perspective, all the prosecutors have to do when they're in court is play to them their video and then they will be convicted. so from an evidential perspective it is easier to prosecute these people. but as i said, it has created more fear because there is so much of it out there. let's speak to dal babu, former chief superintendent in the metropolitan police. thanks forjoining us. would you welcome a change in the range of charges that could be brought against people involved in the violence, to include terrorism? do you think that would be a significant deterrent? you you think that would be a significant deterrent? you have to exlore significant deterrent? you have to explore terrorism, _ significant deterrent? you have to explore terrorism, and _ significant deterrent? you have to explore terrorism, and if - significant deterrent? you have to explore terrorism, and if you i significant deterrent? you have to explore terrorism, and if you look| explore terrorism, and if you look at some of the offences that are

occurring, people have been in hostels, people in hotels, asylum seekers women, children, and we have thugs turning up trying to set the building alight and kill the people inside, so that in itself is a serious offence, arson with intent to endanger life, and if terrorism is a motivator, that could be considered so. i don't think you can exclude any offences at the moment because of the level of threat. the key thing here, and i was involved with right demonstrations operationally all the time i was in the police —— riot. in 2011 we had a blackberry messenger services and we did not have the internet to the extent we have now with twitter and so forth, so what we have ended up, it is much easierfor so forth, so what we have ended up, it is much easier for right—wing thugs who are determined to cause as much damage as possible, to organise

online. that is a big difference from what we have had in the past. to explore the second part of the question which was, if terrorism charges were part of the range of charges were part of the range of charges available, would that be more of a deterrent? i charges available, would that be more of a deterrent?— charges available, would that be more of a deterrent? i think we will see more and _ more of a deterrent? i think we will see more and more _ more of a deterrent? i think we will see more and more people - more of a deterrent? i think we will. see more and more people convicted for online offences and terrorism will be explored. i think it would be a deterrent about what you are seeing, some of these people who are rioting, they are not the smartest in the world, and we have had people who have had balaclavas, but you can see their tatties and the clothes they normally wear. they often have a limited wardrobe, so what happens is some of the people who have been convicted of offences, the evidence has been so overwhelming with the clothing they have worn when they have been arrested, compared to the footage that has been posted online, and the tattoos that people can see,

that has led them to plead guilty in a way to reduce the potential sentence they will get. so we are seeing and impact of police working online and directly making arrests whether it is on the night or subsequently and we have had over 400 arrests made, many of them will not be made at the time, they will be made afterwards, but very quickly afterwards. and if i may, we need to pay tribute to the police officers on duty. i have been in their roles and it is tough and hard work and long hours, 15 hours, 16 hour days, but they have shown a great deal of restraint under terrible provocation. restraint under terrible rovocation. ., ., , ., provocation. unfortunately we are out of time _ provocation. unfortunately we are out of time but _ provocation. unfortunately we are out of time but thanks _ provocation. unfortunately we are out of time but thanks for - provocation. unfortunately we are out of time but thanks forjoiningl out of time but thanks forjoining us. you are watching bbc news. hello. the weather's been a little hit

and miss with some rain here and there. a weather front has been crossing the country, but the second half of the day for most of us is looking quite sunny, with scattered fair weather clouds and also a few showers. here's the weather front earlier on, it brought the cloud and the damp weather to southeastern parts of the uk. but there's another weather front also approaching northern ireland and western scotland. so, frequent showers here the second half of the day. the rest of us were in that bit in between. now the temperatures — 17 in belfast later in the afternoon, still hovering around the low to the mid 20s across eastern parts of england. now the forecast for this evening shows frequent showers in western scotland, some in northern ireland. elsewhere, just the odd shower. 0therwise, lengthy clear spells. the morning temperatures will range from around 11—13c, whether you're in the south of the country or further north. but notice quite a wet start in the western isles with this weather front close to the centre of the low pressure, and also here the winds will be quite strong, gusting

in excess of 40 miles an hour, particularly around the coasts but also inland. showers also expected across northern england, but further south the weather should be dry with scattered fairweather clouds once again. and the temperatures — a chilly 13 in windswept stornoway. in the south of the country, more like the low 20s. now on thursday, a weather front sweeps off the atlantic. this is the next one with more extensive layered cloud and some outbreaks of rain. initially, yesterday, the rain was going to be further south, but now it looks as though it will spread further north across the uk. so this is where the heaviest of the rain will be. the south actually may not get much rainfall at all, particularly east anglia and the south east. it is going to be relatively humid air spreading our way. come friday we're expecting more weather fronts in the north, so perhaps frequent showers here, but also very blustery conditions. again, 40 mile an hourwinds. the rest of the country should see lighter winds, and it will be a generally dry and sunny day, with highs reaching 25 in london. for most of us, it's

going to be the low 20s. as we go through the weekend into next week, there's just a hint that, temporarily, things may get quite hot across parts of england, but at the moment it's just the chance. that's it from me.

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