live from london. this is bbc news. us secretary of state antony blinken is in israel, amid hopes that a gaza ceasefire deal can be reached. ukraine says it's destroyed another key bridge in russia's kursk region — almost two weeks after its offensive into russia. we have a report from inside russia and hear what local people think of the situation at their border with ukraine. for the first time in more than 80 years you have foreign fighters on russian soil seizing russian territory. kamala harris campaigns in the vital us swing state of pennsylvania, ahead of monday's democratic national convention. hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga.

the us secretary of state antony blinken has arrived in israel on his 9th visit to the region since the war in gaza began — to push once again for a ceasefire and hostage—release deal. the us and israel have expressed careful optimism about a deal — since talks resumed last week. but hamas denies progress is being made — and accused israel of adding new conditions to the agreed proposals. this afternoon, the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu insisted israel could not be flexible on all issues — accusing hamas of being "obstinate." from tel aviv, jenny hill sent this report. the efforts to secure a ceasefire in gaza come amid widespread fears of a broader war across the region. there is already conflict between israel and the militant group in lebanon, hezbollah — which is backed by iran. since october, tens of thousands of people have fled from both sides of their shared border. over 500, mostly fighters, have been killed in lebanon, while in israel 42 people have died, mostly civilians.

many in lebanon now fear an escalation to all—out war. from the capital beirut, our senior international correspondent orla guerin reports. as international mediators clutch at a ceasefire in gaza. hezbollah buries its dead. this is darayya in south beirut, where many are born into the iranian backed armed group. and many die for it, fighting against israel. but we found some mourners hoping for a diplomatic breakthrough. we hope that the international world can play a role to to cease fire, because it seems that we are going to a very great explosion and everybody will be losers. no winners.

funerals like this are a familiar sight here. hundreds of hezbollah fighters have been buried in recent months. people here say they're not looking for all—out war, but they're not afraid of it either. and if it comes, they'll be ready to fight. just how ready is on display in this new propaganda video apparently showing hezbollah�*s network of tunnels and some of its arsenal of weapons. we can't verify the contents of this video, but hezbollah is much stronger now than in 2006, when the two sides last went to war. we are in danger and we've been feeling it even more. the minister who has to plan in case of another all out war, says people here know too well how bad things could get.

the images they've been seeing, watching on the news, receiving on their phones from gaza, an unjust genocidal war that led the images they've been seeing, watching on the news, receiving on their phones from gaza, an unjust genocidal war that led to more than 40,000 people being killed. a lot of them children, women, civilians making people afraid. do you think people here expect it will be like gaza if it happens? i think the images from gaza are being played in the heads of every lebanese. and these images, too, are fresh in people's minds. a massive blast four years ago this month at beirut port caused by chemicals unsafely stored. and we had like six people died in the street and the parallel streets, we had like 20 people died. etienne had to rebuild his restaurant from the rubble. he says if beirut becomes a war zone, he will rebuild again.

but he's worried for his daughter. she's a six—year—old girl, so every time, like a sound happen or something, we tell her that it's a training. it's an army training because i don't want her to understand, like there's war or something happen. but when it will happen, it will happen. the next move may come from hezbollah or its iranian backers. both have promised to hit israel hard for the assassination of senior militant leaders without a ceasefire in gaza. without a ceasefire in gaza, they may not hold fire for much longer. ukraine's armed forces say they have destroyed another bridge in russia's kursk region. they say the crossing was used by russians to supply troops and its destruction will hamper the movement of weapons. it comes almost two weeks after ukraine's surprise cross border operation into russia.

ukraine's offensive represents the first time in more than 80 years that a foreign army has seized and occupied russian territory. the attack has shocked the russian public. they'd been lead to believe that their country's borders were safely guarded. 0ur russia editor steve rosenberg travelled to the town of aleksin, south of moscow, to hear russians�* reaction to the dramatic events. this is aleksin, a 700—year—old town about 100 miles from moscow. and i've come here to find out what people think about the dramatic situation which has been unfolding in kursk region with the ukrainian incursion. with ukrainian soldiers now in russia, lyubov tells me that she's worried. "i can't even watch the news on tv because i start crying," she says. "how is this possible? "someone let this happen". "people here trust our soldiers to finish the job," andrei says. "and to win".

at the market, regina is selling vegetables from her garden. "the most important thing," regina says, "is that war doesn't come here, that they don't get "all the way here. "0ur soldiers, especially the commanders, must "be more vigilant". keep in mind, this is a nation which is constantly being reminded by those in power here of the horrors of the second world war — the horrors of invasion. world war ii is very much part of the national psyche here and now, for the first time in more than 80 years, you have foreign fighters on russian soil seizing russian territory. that's quite a shock. vladimir is worried but thinks that russia will achieve victory. what exactly is victory in this war, i ask him.

"victory is when there will be peace," he says. 0n the town square a patriotic pop concert. but the atmosphere is pretty subdued. people do seem worried, very worried by the situation in kursk region, by the ukrainian attack. people do want peace, there's no doubt about it. but here's the thing. they still seem to trust the man at the top, the man running the country, president putin, to secure that peace for them. the same leader who, two and a half years ago, launched the full—scale invasion of ukraine. steve rosenberg, bbc news, aleksin, russia. here in the uk — the home office says it will include extreme misogyny — the hatred of women — among types of extremism which the government should take steps to tackle. it's started a rapid review to address gaps in the current system

and will develop plans to "map and monitor" extremist trends — both on and offline. the home secretary yvette cooper said that "for too long" governments had "failed to address" the issue. 0ur political correspondent, helen catt told me more. this is a rapid review that she's asked civil servants in the home office to carry out. she hopes that it will be completed by about october time, and the idea is to look at the current strategies for tackling extremism, to identify any gaps, to look at the evidence for what works in turning people away from these sorts of views, and to look at cracking down on the people who push them. and so it will look at the rise of islamist extremism, of far right extremism, but it will also look at other forms of of ideologies that the home office says they've seen a rise in in recent years. so that includes things like extreme misogyny, the extreme hatred of women. it also includes things like people who have a fixation on violence.

now, considering misogyny as an extremist ideology isn't entirely new, so incel culture is already recognised as a form of extremism, people are referred to the anti—terrorism strategy prevent for it. that is, of course, involuntary celibacy, where generally young men believe that they are involuntarily celibate and they blame their problems on women and what they call alpha males. so that is already recognised as a form of extremism. and there's been a bit of a focus on misogyny in recent years as well, in recent months as well, because of the rise of social media influencers like andrew tate, for example. now this review, as i said, it's hoping to be done pretty quickly. it will then go on to inform a new counter extremism strategy. and there hasn't been one of...a new one of those since 2015. the government promised it in its manifesto. the criticism that's often levelled at these reviews is that sometimes they can be a way of being a substitute for action. but what the home office,

what the home secretary is saying is, "look, we haven't had a new strategy since 2015, "we need a review to see what the new threats are." more now on the diplomatic effort to try to arrange a ceasefire deal in gaza. our state department correspondent tom bateman is travelling with the us secretary of state, antony blinken, and has this update from tel aviv. the air is thick with expectation when it comes to antony blinken. this was referred to as an inflection point referring to what they had to get inflection point referring to what they had to get from inflection point referring to what they had to get from the inflection point referring to what they had to get from the ceasefire deal. some are talking off their hopes that they can get this thing over the line as soon as this time it next week. that may sound extremely optimistic, and what we are perhaps seeing here is antony blinken trying to apply as much

diplomatic pressure as possible, starting tomorrow morning with a meeting with prime minister netanyahu. what he will try to urge him to do is drop any final... more concessions from the steel, to stop going for what he might think it's a perfect agreement and settle for something that the american stink is already very good. so, that will be the diplomatic heart of this. —— something that the americans think is already very good. they are happening in a very technical way, led by the cia, mossad, the egyptians. very technical and difficult discussions. much of that was about the exchange of israeli hostages and palestinian prisoners. that is known in the language of the deal as the keys. some progress has been made on that, but when it comes to the fundamental point about the situation on the ground at the end of the conflict, that is much more difficult, because the israelis want

to keep boots on the ground, particularly in the south hams at the centre of the gaza strip. hamas currently say no way. we have had more defiant statements from both sides tonight. no breakthrough seems imminent on that, perhaps this is a bit of a negotiating tactic. 0ne bit of a negotiating tactic. one final point, remember the backdrop to all of this, the americans, is that electoral politics. it is much harder to do this with the political and she needed closer to the american presidential election. so, for a democratic administration, i think the clock is ticking that much faster, trying to get an agreement, thanit faster, trying to get an agreement, than it is for the two sides involved. tom bateman reporting. there's less than 2a hours until the democratic national convention gets under way in chicago — a key moment for kamala harris to set out her stall as to why she should be the next us president. her nomination is secured afterjoe biden withdrew, and she won't make her big speech until later in the week. she's spending some of the time between now and then in the swing state of pennsylvania —

this is the moment she arrived in pittsburgh, greeting her vp pick tim walz. let's take a listen to some of what she said at a campaign rally in pittsburgh. we know our country is going to be as strong as our willingness to fight for it. and to fight for what we stand for. you know, when you know what you stand for, you know what to fight for. when you stand for working people, you fight for working people. when you stand for freedom, whether it be to make decisions about your own body or love who you love, you fight for those things. when you believe in ending child poverty, you fight for that. when you believe in what we need to do to lift up the middle class, you fight for the middle class. these are the things we stand for, and these, therefore, are the things we fight for. i spoke to thomas gift, an associate professor at university college london, about what to expect from the convention.

these conventions are really four—day infomercials for the political parties. there is some discussion of policy, but a lot of it is personality. the analyst speaking their got it right when they said that this is kamala harris�*s opportunity to introduce herself to the american people. she has been the vice president for the last three and a half years and for the last couple of weeks we knew that she was a presumptive nominee, now officially the nominee. there is still a lot that americans don't know about her. i think that she has been riding this wave, kind of in the midst of a honeymoon period where she hasn't got quite as much scrutiny as perhaps she might. i think she wants to keep that for as long as possible, then she knows reality is going to head. reality is going to hit. she hasn't done any media since becoming the nominee. that is something the republicans are attacking her for, but basically, when it

comes to the convention, she wants to stay on message. it is highly curated, the speeches that individuals give kind it is highly curated, the speeches individuals kind of know what they say. it is going to be a lot of cheerleading to harris. she announcing to escape the accusations she is running on good vibes alone. when do you think we will see her put to the test? is it the debate with donald trump in september? absolutely. good vibes alone are not going to get you to the finish line when they can get you quite close. a lot of republicans suggest the media has been relatively friendly to kamala harris. you have seen increasing consternation in republicans and journalists that harris hasn't answered any questions. she delivered a big speech on the economyjust a couple of days ago where she outlined plans, for example, to place a federal ban on price gouging to expand credits for housing, and do more when it comes to health care. at the same time, i think she is going to have to be more specific and when she gets specific, the devil is in the details, and it will give donald trump more fodder to run

on. and we have heard reports and have seen reports that there might be some pro—palestine demonstrations turning up at the convention. she has her party's support, but is she assured that everyone is behind her within the democratic party? i think you are right. just as important as what happens inside the convention centre is what happens outside. i do think that there is potential for some of the gaza protest is to create at least a huge distraction, if not more. a lot of experts have drawn parallels to the democratic national convention in chicago in 1968, where protesters clashed with police over the vietnam war. if something like that ignites, and really spreads on social media, i do think it could be bad for the democrats. there are a lot of reasons why those parallels to 1968 and not necessarily the best, but at the same time, there are some anti—war protesters saying: death to america, or death to israel, those are going to go viral

and overshadow the convention. thomas gift from university college london. this is the united centre which will host the convention next week. we are expecting the current president, joe biden, to address the convention on monday. we will also hear from the convention on monday. we will also hearfrom the former convention on monday. we will also hear from the former presidents 0bama and clinton next week. let's speak to our north america editor, sarah smith. she is in chicago for us. the big conversation at the moment is whether kamala harris will put forward policies, whether perhaps we will have a much more serious campaign from her. will have a much more serious campaignfrom her. she will have a much more serious campaign from her. she is big on social media, and she is writing a positive way for the moment. do we think next week will focus on those positive elements, or will she

introduce some key policies of this time? , ,., ., ~ introduce some key policies of this time? , ., ~ ., time? there will be some talk of olicies, time? there will be some talk of policies, there _ time? there will be some talk of policies, there always _ time? there will be some talk of policies, there always is - time? there will be some talk of policies, there always is at - time? there will be some talk of policies, there always is at the i policies, there always is at the convention, but it will be kept pretty broad brush, i would bet. kamala harris has been laying out more of her plans. she gave some significant speeches this week about the economy, for example, with several ideas as to how she would like to lower the cost of living. but, don't expect the detail you might get from political parties in different countries in elections. this is much more going to be about the mood and the tone of the campaign. she accepts the nomination to be the democratic candidate. there will be speeches as you said from the current president, former democratic presidents, as well as from her vice president and other party members. they will be talking about the direction of this election. the message is that they are moving with andrew forward whereas donald trump would move it backwards. they say that they will

protect the freedoms donald trump returning if you would become president again, ratherthan returning if you would become president again, rather than laying out a detailed prescription for government.— out a detailed prescription for government. . . i, , , government. the analysis has been that the republican _ government. the analysis has been that the republican party, - government. the analysis has been that the republican party, tramp'sl that the republican party, tramp's campaign has struggled to respond to kamala harris�*s campaign. how do you think they will handle next week —— trump's campaign. think they will handle next week -- trump's campaign-— think they will handle next week -- trump's campaign. donald trump is t in: to trump's campaign. donald trump is trying to steal— trump's campaign. donald trump is trying to steal the _ trump's campaign. donald trump is trying to steal the spotlight - trump's campaign. donald trump is trying to steal the spotlight from i trying to steal the spotlight from the democrats here in chicago, but the democrats here in chicago, but the truth is that he has been really struggling to work out how to change his campaign to cope with the fact he is now facing a different opponent. a younger woman of a black and south asian heritage instead of the old president injoe biden. he seems a bit lost and unfocused. you have democratic strategists and senior members of his own party talking publicly on television about his need to focus on policy and talk more about the economy, but he seems stuck on laying into personal

insults against kamala harris,... he doesn't seem to be able to focus on how exactly he is going to attack kamala harris and how he is going to prosecute this campaign all the way through to november.— prosecute this campaign all the way through to november. talkers through some of the latest _ through to november. talkers through some of the latest opinion _ through to november. talkers through some of the latest opinion polls - through to november. talkers through some of the latest opinion polls we - some of the latest opinion polls we have coming in, showing the two candidates are neck and neck at the moment. that is perhaps a positive for kamala harris. tell us what all of this means right now.— of this means right now. yes. so, for months. _ of this means right now. yes. so, for months, the _ of this means right now. yes. so, for months, the opinion _ of this means right now. yes. so, for months, the opinion polls - of this means right now. yes. so, for months, the opinion polls had j for months, the opinion polls had joe biden a little bit behind donald trump. when they change to the candidates will be to go that changed as well. you are seeing, harris building what looks to be significantly more support thanjoe biden had, but probably not enough to say that she is definitely going to say that she is definitely going to win. the margins are very small. today, the washington —based had a poll putting her four points ahead nationally in a poll to cover the whole country. come on harris on 49%, donald trump and a5. there

whole country. come on harris on a9%, donald trump and a5. there have been recent polls in the key swing states, the servant states that really matter and will probably decide this election, and they had come and harass ahead to —— the seven states. in some she was tied with donald trump —— they had kamala harris ahead. she with donald trump -- they had kamala harris ahead-— harris ahead. she is in a honeymoon eriod harris ahead. she is in a honeymoon period with — harris ahead. she is in a honeymoon period with voters _ harris ahead. she is in a honeymoon period with voters right _ harris ahead. she is in a honeymoon period with voters right now. - harris ahead. she is in a honeymoon period with voters right now. that i period with voters right now. that will probably _ period with voters right now. that will probably carry _ period with voters right now. twat will probably carry through if they have a successful convention here in chicago, but it may change if it gets closer to the election. although she is ahead, the margins are tight enough it could go either way. are tight enough it could go either wa . . ~' are tight enough it could go either wa . . ~ , ., in turkey — authorities are continuing to battle wildfires which are burning in the southwest of the country for a fourth day. more than 200 fires have broken out since thursday — but that most of them have now been contained. officials are warning there's a high risk of further wildfires in northern and western provinces in the next couple of days because of high temperatures, low humidity and strong winds.

parts of turkey have been ravaged by wildfires in recent years as summers have become hotter and drier, which scientists attribute to climate change. the remaining 31 ted baker stores in the uk are to close this week, putting more than 500 jobs at risk. all of the fashion brand's stores are expected to have shut by the end of tuesday. the fashion retailer was put into administration in march this year. ted baker began as a menswear brand in glasgow in 1988 and grew to have shops across the uk and in the united states, with licensing agreements in place for stores in cities in asia and the middle east. emer mccarthy has more. ted baker here on regent street in central london is about to close its doors for the very last time. it's one of 31 ted baker brick—and—mortar shops that are set to close by the end of the week, and that puts more than 500 jobs at risk.

walking past i have seen a number of shopping bags and ted baker bags. they are very familiar, platy dresses, sharp suits, it meant ted baker really was a stole wart of the british high street. of course, the firm in charge of the company went into administration back in march. then, it really has all been up in the air. now, before that, there were dozens of brick and mortar stores across the uk, as well as the us, and an online store. now, 500 jobs are at risk across the ted baker brand. all stores are expected to close by tuesday. french film star alain delon has died, at the age of 88. the actor was part of the golden era of french cinema, known for his tough—guy persona on screen in hits including the samurai and borsalino. his family say he died

peacefully at home, surrounded by his children and family. president macron has paid tribute — saying he played legendary roles and made the world dream. he also said he was more than a star — he was a french monument the 202a world pipe band champions have been crowned after two days of competition in glasgow. this year's line up included entries from australia, oman and hong kong as well as plenty of bands from closer to home. pipers from scotland triumphed ahead of bands from northern ireland and canada. stay with us here on bbc news. you can get all of the headlines on the bbc website. we have this analysis of kamala harris ahead of that national convention in chicago that national convention in chicago that we were talking about. you are watching bbc news. stay with us.

good evening. it's been a fairly quiet weekend of weather. that's about to change. as we head into the new week, dare i say it, for some it's going to feel distinctly autumnal. there will be heavy rain at times, and the potential for some unseasonably windy weather, as well. not this evening, though. the showers are fading, the cloud will melt away, and we are in for a coolish night across central and eastern areas. could be a little bit of mist and fog for the morning rush. the nights are getting longer, it's hanging around a little later now. but further west the temperatures won't fall that much, because we will have the first signs of the cloud and patchy rain in here. so, this is the first deep area of low pressure, with its thundery rain moving through monday and tuesday. a brief respite before this system, the remains of hurricane ernesto entrained in there, so some tropical air delivering heavy rain and potentially very windy weather for this time of year. more on its way for friday. so, you will expect to see the wettest weather across parts

of wales, northern ireland, north—west england, but especially western scotland this week — in excess of 100 millimetres of rain — but not as much, or not that much, further south and east, where we will start the day with some sunshine. the mist and fog clears away, and we will hold onto that dry and fairly sunny weather in the south and the east. but already, by the middle of the day, really wet across northern ireland, the west of scotland, hence the met office warning for a couple of inches of rain in places, as it will be slow moving. strong winds with it, so not feeling very pleasant, but i do think it will feel quite warm in that sunshine in central and eastern areas. the wind is from the south west instead, and that heavy, thundery rain will push its way southwards and eastwards. tot giving that much rain across southern and eastern areas, but we will continue with more heavy showers in the north and west through the night. so what we will notice about monday night is it will be much more uncomfortable again for sleeping. we've got that humid airwith us again. but it doesn't last long, because that weather front�*s out the way, and there may be another bout of heavy, thundery showers following on for a time, but then some drier weather away from the north and west.

that low pressure is anchored here, with its strong winds, so obviously it's going to feel quite cool here. and for most of us, anyway, having lost the humidity, it will be a fresher feeling day, despite some sunshine, which may well prevail in southern areas on wednesday. but by wednesday there is that next area of low pressure barrelling in, of course, with some tropical air, so it is going to give a lot of rainfall across the north and west. as ever, we will keep you posted.

this is bbc news. the headlines. the us secretary of state antony blinken has arrived in israel — in his latest effort to push for a ceasefire and hostage—release deal in gaza. to push for a ceasefire and hostage release deal in gaza. israel has warned there are issues in the talks it can't be flexible about. kamala harris has flown to the key swing state of pennsylvania, where she'll attend several campaign events before going on to the democratic national convention in chicago. ukraine says it has destroyed a second key bridge inside the kursk region of russia, as it presses on with its counteroffensive. meanwhile, russia says it has captured another village in the donetsk region. the french actor alain delon has died at the age of 88. fellow star brigitte bardot said he left a "deep void" that nobody could fill.