one person is dead and six are missing after a super yacht sinks during a storm off sicily. british tech entrepreneur mike lynch has been confirmed as one of those missing — his wife has been rescued. the democratic national convention begins in chicago later, where kamala harris will formally accept the party's nomination to be its presidential candidate. in chicago later tonight, president joe biden will address the convention, officially handing on the democratic party leadership to his vice president, kamala harris. america's top diplomat says today is a "decisive moment" as he meets with the israeli prime minister. and ukraine continues its incursion into russia, with moscow confirming a third crucial bridge has been damaged.

we have been looking at ukraine's targeting of bridges in russia's kursk region. hello, i'm annita mcveigh. one man has died and six others, including four british tourists, are missing, after a yacht sank in the early hours of this morning. in the last few minutes, the bbc has confirmed that the british technology tycoon mike lynch is among those missing. sources have also confirmed that his wife, angela bacares, has been rescued. the incident took place in the mediterranean, off the coast of the italian island of sicily. one body has been recovered by the coastguard who rescued 15 other people. captain karsten borner was on a nearby vessel and helped with the rescue

of those 15 people. we saw a red flare, so my first mate and i went to the position and we found this liferaft drifting. anything inside? i5 found this liferaft drifting. anything inside? found this liferaft drifting. an hinu inside? ' , , anything inside? 15 people inside. four peeple _ anything inside? 15 people inside. four people were _ anything inside? 15 people inside. four people were injured, - anything inside? 15 people inside. four people were injured, three . four people were injured, three heavily injured, and we brought them to our ship, heavily injured, and we brought them to ourship, and heavily injured, and we brought them to our ship, and then we communicated with the coastguard, and after some time, the coast came. later, they picked up injured people. and maybe one or two hours later, they picked up the other people. let's speak to our reporter sam harrison. tell us a bit more about what actually happened.— tell us a bit more about what actually happened. yes, a tragic incident. the _ actually happened. yes, a tragic incident. the north _ actually happened. yes, a tragic incident. the north coast - actually happened. yes, a tragic incident. the north coast of - actually happened. yes, a tragic| incident. the north coast of sicily is susceptible to this type of bad weather. we know there have been several storms over the last couple

of weeks. this particular storm hit at 4am today. some reports in local media actually called it a tornado, so extreme weather locals were seeing. this yacht in particular, 56 metre long super yacht, it was anchored outside of port, close to palermo. being anchored outside of port, it was susceptible to some of that bad weather, but we are told this is common practice for boats to be outside of port at this time. it got into trouble. at last transmitted close by potted cello. we know that most of the people on board were from britain, the us and canada. that is confirmed now as well. we know one man has died. six others are missing. mike lynch is now, of course, confirmed as one of them. ~ ., ., i. now, of course, confirmed as one of them. ~ ., ., ,, , them. what more can you tell us about him? _

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thousands of delegates are beginning to gather in chicago ahead of the democratic national convention which is getting under way in the next few hours. the four—day event will see kamala harris formally accept the party's nomination to be the presidential candidate following president biden�*s withdrawal from the race last month. activists are buoyed by poll numbers that show her having wiped out the clear lead that her republican rival, donald trump, had established, but there are concerns that divisions over the war in gaza could undermine party unity. this is the scene at the venue, where security is tight ahead of the four—day event. this this is going to be jam—packed later. lots of noise has the delegates file in to see democratic party royalty, i think it is safe to

say. let's speak to my colleague caitriona perry, bbc chief presenter in the usa, who's in chicago for the convention. democratic party royalty, definitely appearing at this event, along with celebrities. there will be a lot of razzmatazz around this, won't there? their world. and royalty is a good way of putting it, actually, because at this convention there will be three presidents speaking. we will hearfrom presidentjoe biden hear from presidentjoe biden tonight, hearfrom presidentjoe biden tonight, from former president barack 0bama tomorrow night, from former president bill clinton on wednesday night, and then we will hear from the person that this party hopes will be the next president, kamala harris, on thursday night. they really are bringing out all the big guns. we will also hearfrom the current first lady and two past first ladies in michel 0bama and hillary clinton, and the current second gentleman, who hopes to become the country's first first gentleman should kamala harris win. just 78 days out from the election,

which it feels like this campaign has been running for a very long time and, in many ways, it has, but there was that recess just a month ago with the change at the top of the ticket for the democratic party. that has changed what is happening at the convention here as well because ordinarily these conventions have a roll call, which is all the delegates from the various states around the country who are very hard—working volunteers, party ha rd—working volunteers, party faithful, hard—working volunteers, party faithful, who come to these conventions and they cast votes based on the result of the primary competitions in their states for their candidate, who becomes the nominee. of course, this year for the democratic party, kamala harris didn't win any primary elections. they were all one night byjoe biden, and we have this unusual set of circumstances further compounded by the fact that the democratic party decided to hold that roll call virtually a couple of weeks ago. so she is in fact already the official democratic party nominee. what is happening here is basically her formal acceptance of that, although,

formal acceptance of that, although, for the sake of that razzmatazz you are talking about, the party has said they will hold a celebrate of re—rollcall, so we will hear from all the delegates from the states, where they stand up at the little microphones and pledge their delegates for kamala harris. we have just found out the running order, the speaking order, for tonight, and i can tell you that the vice president herself, kamala harris, will make some remarks herself. we will make some remarks herself. we will also hear the main speaker tonight, joe biden. tonight is being billed as a farewell tojoe biden and handing on of the torch from him to her. and there is a tribute to him, some videos that will be played. we will hear from some of those closest friends, like delaware senator chris coons, from jill biden and from joe biden himself. this is the only night he will be here. you will then leave chicago and we won't see him for the rest of the week.

again, slightly unusual, but everything about this cycle is unusual so far.— everything about this cycle is unusual so far. ~ , ,., , ~ unusual so far. absolutely. and will we aet unusual so far. absolutely. and will we get much _ unusual so far. absolutely. and will we get much on _ unusual so far. absolutely. and will we get much on policy _ unusual so far. absolutely. and will we get much on policy vision - unusual so far. absolutely. and will we get much on policy vision and i we get much on policy vision and direction from kamala harris? that has been one of the criticisms so far, hasn't it, that we perhaps haven't had that sort of detail from her? she hasn't sat down for a big, forensic interview with anyone yet. that's it exactly, and that is what we would expect to hear from that's it exactly, and that is what we would expect to hearfrom her anyway on thursday night, when she delivers the final keynote address. in terms of what we will hear tonight, we have indications of the policies that she may include in her address on thursday, because again, just in the running order we have received, there are 13 different segments that the democratic party are hoping to hit on tonight, everything from reproductive rights to the economy, to a section on workers' rights. we will hear from sean frame, the head of the united

auto workers union, who of course endorsed joe biden and now kamala harris. a very important union in terms of the auto plants in wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvania, must win battle ground states for kamala harris. we will hear from that. there was a section interestingly that they are calling fact checking on donald trump. they will play a video that relates to project 2025, that conservative... we are having a few incidents here. still last—minute preparations going on, banging and hammering. we will have something on project 2025, because of the platform that donald trump has sought to distance himself from, but nonetheless lays out many policies that republican party members would like to see under a donald trump presidency. for members would like to see under a donald trump presidency.— donald trump presidency. for the moment, thank _ donald trump presidency. for the moment, thank you _ donald trump presidency. for the moment, thank you very -

donald trump presidency. for the moment, thank you very much. . donald trump presidency. for the l moment, thank you very much. we believe you for the moment as those preparations go on inside the centre for the convention. let's take you outside the centre, where the national democratic convention is going on, because there are some protests relating to the situation in gaza are taking place, which we were telling you about in more detail in the last hour. a big focus on what kamala harris might say over the next four days about the situation in the middle east. officially, we are hearing there is no difference in policy between her and joe biden, but let's see what she says. as katrina was saying in the last hour, chicago is home to one of the biggest populations of people from the middle east in the united states. the prime minister, sir keir starmer, has labelled recent rioting in northern ireland as "clearly racist".

on monday, starmer said he wanted to visit northern ireland to meet those affected by the disorder and to thank frontline officers who dealt with it. the riots started after disinformation spread that the suspect in the southport attack was a muslim asylum seeker. let's take a listen to mr starmer. the disorder is intolerable. it is incapable ofjustification. it is clearly racist and it does not represent the modern forward—looking northern ireland that i know this place is. so i am very pleased to achieve those three things today and to work with all communities, the psni and others to ensure we handle this situation, notjust the immediate disorder, but the longer term that we ensure we have that one northern ireland approach that i know represents the northern ireland, the modern northern ireland, of the future.

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as you saw a moment ago, the middle east is on people's minds at the democratic national convention in chicago, and america's top diplomat antony blinken is in the region where's he had talks with israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the israeli prime minister's office has described a meeting with the us secretary of state as "positive". mr blinken said now is "probably the best, maybe the last opportunity" to secure a ceasefire and hostage release deal in gaza. i think we can show you just now these live pictures coming to us from tel aviv. these are relatives of israeli hostages held by hamas, outside the hotel in tel aviv where

anthony blinken has been meeting israeli official. they will continue their programme of protests. there have been many of them, calling on benjamin netanyahu to do everything he can to secure a deal that will see their loved ones released. of course, this is a key part of the discussions that are under officials from egypt and qatar are also working to bring about a deal between israel and hamas that would see the return of hostages as well as a ceasefire in gaza itself. these pictures coming to us live from tel aviv. as for the status of those discussions, the us has expressed optimism about a deal. that level of optimism about a deal. that level of optimism isn't shared by the israeli leadership or hamas. the current negotiations are based on a plan consisting of three phases. phase one would see a "full and complete ceasefire" lasting six weeks. the withdrawal of israeli forces

from all populated areas of gaza, and the exchange of some of the hostages — including women, the elderly and the sick or wounded — for palestinian prisoners held in israel. phase two would see the release of all other living hostages and a "permanent end to hostilities". and finally phase three involves the start of a major reconstruction plan for gaza and the return of dead hostages�* remains. meanwhile, the hamas—run health authority in gaza says israeli air strikes killed at least 21 people, including six children, on sunday. our middle east correspondent wyre davies has the latest from jerusalem. the key areas are what israeli military control would remain in parts of gaza, particular southern

and central gaza. israel wants to take control of a corridor, a strip of land between gaza and egypt. that is a contentious issue. there is also the issue up to what extent people in gaza would be able to return to their home areas in the north of gaza, and central areas, and hindered by israeli military checks. that seems to be —— unhindered. that seems to be a big sticking point. on the face of it, the meeting is a good thing, showing that the two men spoke about fundamental things. according to the israelis, the meeting was positive and held in a good atmosphere, but we have had few other details. of course, there have been leaks from meetings in the past, but israeli reaction on the ground in the well—connected parts of the israeli media is much less positive. there is a feeling that hardline, right—wing members of the israeli government won't let mr netanyahu go through with a ceasefire because

they think the military objectives are not yet met. similarly, hamas on the ground has a new leader in yahya sinwar, thought to be even more reluctant for a ceasefire than his predecessor, who was reportedly assassinated by the israelis. on the ground, much more scepticism than we are getting from the leadership. ukraine is continuing its incursion into russia's kursk region, with confirmation from moscow that a third crucial bridge has been damaged. the latest bridge — which runs over the river seym — is the last remaining crossing point in the area, and its destruction would cut off some russian troops from reinforcement and supply. on sunday, the ukrainian military released this aerial footage of a strike which destroyed a different strategic bridge which also runs over the river seym. ukraine is two weeks into its biggest attack on russian territory since moscow's invasion of ukraine in 2022. ukraine's president zelensky says the assault on kursk is aimed at carving out a buffer zone on russian territory.

he said ukraine was "achieving its goals" and wearing down moscow's �*war machine'. bbc verify�*s olga robinson has been looking at the latest footage. here at bbc verify, we have been analysing satellite images and social media footage to see where and why ukraine has been targeting bridges in the russian border region of kursk. and just to remind you, this is the region where ukraine launched its surprise incursion nearly two weeks ago. and since then, as you can see on this map by the institute for the study of war, a us based think tank, ukrainian forces have advanced up to 30km, that's around 19 miles, into russia's territory. and in the past few days, they have repeatedly targeted bridges over the river seym. first was the bridge in the village of glushkova. here is a video that we verified on the 15th of august that shows big holes in the bridge, after it was reportedly

hit by ukrainians. you can see them here. the bridge then collapsed the next day, and you can still see those same holes in this photo that was shared on russian telegram later. and here's a satellite image from saturday that shows the extent of damage to the bridge quite clearly. then the ukrainian air force commander shared this video on sunday said to show the destruction of a second bridge, this time in the village of svani. and we know it is the bridge because the surroundings that you can see here in the footage match previous social media videos from the area, but the extent of the damage is unclear. and just today, this video emerged on russian social media said to show a representative of the russian investigations committee saying ukraine damaged a third bridge in the village of karish on sunday and this is the last bridge through which russian forces could get supplies in this area. we don't have any visual

confirmation of this yet. with three bridges destroyed or damaged over the river seym, the russians have apparently been trying to find alternative routes across this river. we spoke to a defence specialist at king's college london. the russians have already — king's college london. the russians have already been _ king's college london. the russians have already been trying _ king's college london. the russians have already been trying to - have already been trying to establish alternative routes across the river. take a look at this satellite imagery that shows, that is from saturday, and it shows what looks like a new structure nearly two kilometres, orjust over one mile, to the east of the glushkova bridge. and we know it's new, because if you compare it to this earlier image from satellite from last week, it's just not there. we also identified what appears to be another new structure, a second new bridge, nearly four kilometres orjust over two miles to the north—west. ukraine may still be

able to hold the advantage. samuel cranny evans, of the rusi uk—based think tank, told us that if ukraine is able to establish its own defensive lines on the banks of the river seym, then it would be hard for the russians to push them back. the pioneering us television talk show host, phil donahue, has died at the age of 88. donahue, who created and hosted the phil donahue show between 1967 and 1996, was considered the "king of daytime talk" in the united states. his tv show was the first to include many elements familiar to viewers today, including participation from the studio audience. the often—controversial issues he chose to discuss made his show both notorious and popular. donahue won 20 emmy awards, and earlier this year, was awarded the medal of freedom by presidentjoe biden. i want to show you those live pictures from tel aviv again. these

are families of hostages held by hamas outside the hotel in tel aviv where us secretary of state anthony blinken has been meeting israeli officials, keeping up their campaign officials, keeping up their campaign of pressure, urging benjamin netanyahu to do whatever it takes to ensure their loved ones are freed. meanwhile, in the united states, outside the centre where the democratic national convention will be taking place over the next four days, pro—palestinian protesters have gathered outside to criticise the biden administration position on israel. we will keep a close eye on the situations in both of those locations for you, as well as all the other main news events of the day. do stay with us here on bbc news. you are watching verified live.

good afternoon. it will feel very much as if autumn has arrived at times this week. it will be unseasonably windy, particularly blustery one irish sea coast, gusts up blustery one irish sea coast, gusts up to 50 mph through the week. more heavy rain to come in the forecast, especially for the north and west, but some are not completely lost, some sunny spells, though for most of us temperatures will dip throughout the week. low pressure is dominant, out to the north—west, sending all these weather fronts spinning our way over the next couple of days. the heavy rain this afternoon will mostly be across northern ireland in western scotland, with heavy, thundery showers approaching western wales and the far south—west of england. cloud ahead of this rain but still some sunshine hanging on for east anglia and south—east england, some of it hazy at times, a curious colour to the sky with that wildfire

smoke still in the atmosphere from north america. temperatures in the mid 20s in the best of the sunshine. the wind will ease tonight, clear spells developing across central areas. watch out for the super moon, which should be visible for some. a mild start to the day tomorrow. a lot warmer tonight than last night. particularly to the east, it will feel muggy. we still have that legacy of cloud and outbreaks of rain into tomorrow morning. that is all cleaving further eastwards and it is a day of sunshine and showers. —— clearing further eastwards. the wins will be picking up yet again, particularly across western scotla nd. particularly across western scotland. some of the showers could be thundery. drierfurther scotland. some of the showers could be thundery. drier further south and east, but a fresh appeal to things across the board, 14—23 c. more rain to come on wednesday, but again, most likely out across northern ireland, particularly for western areas of scotland, with strong, gusty winds and high spring tides

that could cause some problems. further south, and much drier day with a ridge of high pressure. temperatures again in the low 20s towards the south, but probably the mid—teens from many across northern ireland in western scotland. for the rest of the week, there is more rain in the forecast to come. on thursday, particularly in the north and west. the rain will be further south on friday. goodbye for now.

british tech entrepreneur mike lynch has been confirmed missing after a super yacht sinks off the coast of sicily. a record offer — canadian buyers are circling the japanese retail giant 7—eleven. and australia's minimum wage creeps up — but is it affordable for small businesses? welcome to business today. i'm tadhg enright. it has been confirmed that the british tech entrepreneur mike lynch is missing after a luxury yacht sank off the coast of sicily during bad weather in the early hours of monday morning. one man has died and six others — including lynch — are missing. he's one of the uk's best—known tech entrepreneurs, the former chief

executive of autonomy, which he sold to hewlett packard