donald trump. i have talked with military leaders, some of them worked with you, they say you are a disgrace. we them worked with you, they say you are a disgrace.— you are a disgrace. we are -la in: you are a disgrace. we are playing with _ you are a disgrace. we are playing with world - you are a disgrace. we are playing with world war - you are a disgrace. we are playing with world war iii, you are a disgrace. we are - playing with world war iii, and we have — playing with world war iii, and we have a _ playing with world war iii, and we have a president we don't even — we have a president we don't even know if he is... where is our— even know if he is... where is our president? is even know if he is... where is our president?— our president? is the debate came to an _ our president? is the debate came to an end, _ our president? is the debate came to an end, pop- our president? is the debate l came to an end, pop superstar taylor swift endorsed kamala harris on social media, calling her a gifted leader and a warrior. we have also heard from the owner of x elon musk. he said, while i do not think the debate hosts were fair to donald trump, kamala harris exceeded most people's expectations. the us secretary of state antony blinken and his uk counterpart david lammy arrive in kyiv to demonstrate their support for ukraine. officialfigures their support for ukraine. official figures released their support for ukraine. officialfigures released by the uk economy so that it failed to grow for the second month in a row. —— show that it failed to grow. hello, i'm kasia madera. the two candidates vying

to become the next us president have finally met and finally debated. donald trump and kamala harris strode the stage in the swing state of pennsylvania, for what turned out to be a fierce clash with claims, many of them false, hurled in each direction. topics included the economy, abortion and immigration. it was a prime time showdown which often turned personal. we have been monitoring the opinion polls as the pollsters try to track how the two fared, but both candidates and the campaigns are claiming that they came out best. moments after the debate, donald trump entered the spin room to telljournalists he'd won the night. our senior north america correspondent gary o'donoghue was watching the debate in philadelphia. the abc news - presidential debate. here now, david muir and linsey davis. - good evening. i'm david muir, and thank you forjoining us for tonight's abc news presidential debate. not just the first debate

for these two as presidential candidates, but the first time these two have ever met. that was about as friendly as it got, as they came to debate in philadelphia, the so—called city of brotherly love. not so much. she's a marxist. everybody knows she's a marxist. people start leaving his rallies early, out of exhaustion and boredom. but soon, they got on to issues such as immigration, a key concern for voters and one that could be a strength for the former president, though he chose to focus on unsubstantiated claims about migrants eating people's pets. in springfield, they're eating the dogs, the people that came in. they're eating the cats. they're eating... the vice president could scarcely contain herself. they're eating the pets of the people that live there. moderators attempted to fact—check the former president on several occasions during the debate, not least when he had this to say on the contentious issue of abortion. will she allow abortion in the eighth month?

ninth month? seventh month? come on. 0k. would you do that? there is no state in this country where it is legal to kill a baby after it's born. the economy was always going to be a hugely important issue. it's what most americans really care about. she is biden. you know, she's trying to get away from biden. i don't know the gentleman, she says. and donald trump attempted to tie kamala harris to her boss. the worst inflation we've ever had. the vice president talked about her economic plans, but not perhaps as much as her supporters would have liked. on international affairs, though, she was scathing. world leaders are laughing at donald trump. i have talked with military leaders, some of whom worked with you, and they say you're a disgrace. donald trump hit back by attacking the chaotic withdrawal of american troops from afghanistan, and again claimed the ukraine war wouldn't have happened under him. we're playing with world war iii, and we have a president that we don't even know if he's~~ _

where is our president? moments after the end of the debate, donald trump himself appearing in the spin room, talking to a whole pack of journalists, hundreds ofjournalists, a sign that he thinks this did not go well. gary o'donoghue, bbc news, philadelphia. here is more from gary o'donoghue from the spinroom on how the polls are responding. well, i think there's been some... i mean, there's been some of these instant polls that some of the networks do here, and some of that is indicating that kamala harris may have made some progress amongst independent voters, moderate voters, which are going to be key to this election in certain of these swing states, including places like pennsylvania, where i am now. she was, you know, going to introduce herself to the american people tonight, despite having been vice president for four years. that's a pretty invisible job, to be quite honest, so this will be the first time that a lot of people got to see her at length, facing questions, seeing how she held up to the kinds of attacks that donald trump is known for.

and i think her team will be pretty pleased. she landed a bunch of blows, donald trump seemed a bit riled, he seemed a bit unhappy at times. and then kind of crucially, just after it was all over, a few minutes after, he appears here in the spin room, where i am talking to you from now, for 15 or 20 minutes. now, the point about spin rooms is that is where you send out the people — your surrogates, as they call them — to do the spin for you. that's where the campaigns put the gloss on the message or correct any problems that happened in the debate. you don't really see candidates coming out into the spin room. and if you do, that indicates there may be a bit of a problem. so i don't think that will have been something that his campaign will have liked tonight, and it may mean that they are much perhaps more willing to contemplate a second debate in october, which is not agreed at this stage. gary o'donoghue there in the

spin — gary o'donoghue there in the spin room _ in the minutes after the debate, pop superstar taylor swift endorsed kamala harris for president writing in a post to her 283 million instagram followers: "i will be casting my vote for kamala harris and tim walz in the 2024 presidential election". she signed the post "childless cat lady", a reference to comments made byjd vance. donald trump last month posted ai photos that gave the false impression that she had already endorsed him. and we've also heard from the owner of x — formerly twitter — elon musk. he said: "while i don't think the debate hosts were fair to donald trump, kamala harris exceeded most people's expectations tonight. that said, when it comes to getting things done, notjust saying nice—sounding words, i strongly believe that trump will do a far betterjob." reactions and endorsements coming in thick and fast. much more analysis on this presidential debate is

available on a very special episode of americast. available on bbc sounds now. here, the chancellor has told the bbc that next month's budget will require "difficult decisions on tax, spending and welfare". rachel reeves was speaking as official figures for the uk economy show that it failed to grow injuly. she's been talking to our economics editor faisal islam. we are confident that pensioner incomes will continue to increase, even after the changes that we have had to make. but when you face a situation where there is a £22 billion in year gap in the public finances, you have to make decisions. taking no option, taking no stops is not an option in those circumstances will the work means testing _ circumstances will the work means testing in _ circumstances will the work means testing in public - means testing in public services? here i been clear that the budget on the 30th of october will require difficult

decisions on tax, spending and on welfare. but decisions on tax, spending and on welfare-— on welfare. but if we can bring stability back _ on welfare. but if we can bring stability back to _ on welfare. but if we can bring stability back to our _ on welfare. but if we can bring stability back to our economy, | stability back to our economy, bring investment back to britain, the price is economic growth, good paying jobs in all parts of our country, to realise the huge potential that we have. i am realise the huge potential that we have. iam in realise the huge potential that we have. i am in thisjob to make britain better off. we are just getting started on what is needed to turn our economy around. we can talk over live with faisal islam now. they're sticking to the line that they need to make tough decisions. fix, need to make tough decisions. mixed message from the chancellor, that interview coming on the day that we got those gdp, economic growth figures forjuly, showing the economy did not grow for two months on the trot. although if you take a longer term measure, it is up 0.5%. and mixed messages in the data reflected in the mixed messages from the chancellor, that on the one

hand she went on again about how bad the inheritance was from the previous government, very consistent message, very singular message from the prime minister and the chancellor on that, but on the other hand, she is lauding, the reason why she's here at the silverstone circuit, is to laud the investment in data centres from amazon web services. an £8 billion investment, they will be training some of their apprentices at a college on this site. so you have the sort of duality. she is trying to make this political case that the economy was terrible that she inherited from the previous government, but now is a perfect time, she will argue, for the world's biggest countries to invest in the uk. there is a danger is this, trying to get investment going, if there are green shoots in the economy, she has to persuade people to feel confident, businesses and people on the property market, for example. so there is a

balancing act, if you like, for the chancellor, and i think you saw that in the interview. making the political case that she has had a bad inheritance and some corrective action will be required at the budget, but at the same time not scaring the horses too much in what is clearly a delicate recovery. a recovery work, yes, the first couple of quarters of this year, we have seen the uk economy bounce back, but this is looking a little bit fragile, as we see the very latest months figures. so that is the balancing act. you had a very clear exposition that we have had that controversial decision on winter fuel payments and that there is more to come at the budget at the end of next month. more on tax, in terms of tax rises, more on spending in terms of squeezes, and more on welfare cuts as well. not an overwhelmingly sunny message as the economy appears to be stuck in neutral, at least in the month ofjuly, when there were big hopes that it would start growing again.

it also making that clear political message about the inheritance from the previous government.— inheritance from the previous government. ., ~ . government. thank you so much for bringing _ government. thank you so much for bringing us — government. thank you so much for bringing us up-to-date - for bringing us up—to—date following that interview with rachel reeves. there is a full article on our website as well in terms of what the uk chancellor was saying to our economics editor. the us secretary of state antony blinken and the uk foregin secretary david lammy have arrived in ukrainer in a rare joint visit to the country. they travelled by train to the capital where talks are set to include a ukrainian request to use a long—range us and british supplied missiles to strike deep inside russian territory. ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky has repeatedly asked for permission to strike deep into russian territory, saying his forces were fighting with their arms tied. our europe correspondent nick beake gave us this update from kyiv. the americans and the british are making the point that this

is the first visit overseas from the british foreign secretary and their american counterpart. they are travelling together, from poland, getting the train here to the ukrainian capital kyiv. they will meet president zelensky, and he is hoping that this visit is notjust symbolic but actually reads to a policy change from both countries. —— leach. president zelensky is hoping permission will be given to ukrainians to use american—made and british made long—range missiles that they have already got here on the battlefield, and specifically hitting further into russia. mr zelensky says is that if they have the ability to hit russian airfields, to take out russian bombers before they even take off and wreak havoc over the skies of this country, that will put ukraine at a huge advantage. so he is very much hoping there will be this change in policy and maybe it is crystallised on this visit. nick speak in kyiv. —— nick

beake. palestinian paramedics say at least five people have been killed in an israeli military operation in the occupied west bank. the israeli military said it was carrying out a counter—terrorism operation in the area — and had struck an armed terrorist cell. the palestinian red crescent said a drone had been used. it's just days after the largest israeli military operation in the west bank since the hamas attacks on october 7. what more can you tell us about the operation in the west bank overnight? this took place overnight, and the palestinian red crescent say that five people were killed, various palestinian channels are naming the dead, saying they are all men. the palestinian red crescent said it has recovered the bodies and taken them to hospital. it described them dying in an israeli drone strike. the israeli defense forces confirmed it conducted a military operation overnight, described it as a counterterrorist operation,

and sent an aircraft had struck —— counterterrorist operation, and said an aircraft had struck what it described as an armed terrorist cell. this all comes as part of a context of a large operation by the israeli military in the west bank that started quite recently. it is the largest operation in the occupied west bank since the october 7th attacks by hamas last year. a previous statement by the palestinian health ministry said in this recent operation, at least 39 people had been killed, including some children. given that five people have died overnight, i think that number will rise. and certainly since the attacks of the 7th of october last year, the palestinian health ministry says over 690 palestinians have been killed. and in separate incident, this one in gaza, israel's army is

saying one of its helicopters crashed in gaza. what more do we know about that? this has just been announced by the israeli defense forces within the last hour. they say that overnight they had a helicopter that was taking part in an operation to evacuate an injured soldier, but the helicopter crashed in the rafah area of the gaza strip. and during this crash, two soldiers were killed and seven others were injured to varying degrees. and those seven were taken to hospital. the israeli military say the indication so far is that the helicopter did not crash as a result of enemy fire, but they say an investigation, an inquiry will take place into how this happened and how the crash occurred. he mentioned the incident and gaza, the humus run health ministry says 19 people were killed in an israeli air strike

on tuesday morning —— hamas run health ministry. which they say took place in what had been designated as a humanitarian area by the israeli military. israel says it was targeting a hamas command centre, which had been set up inside the zone — in al mawasi, near the southern city of khan younis. bbc verify has been looking into what happened. here's richard irvine—brown. let's take you to the scene on the ground on tuesday morning in al mawasi, gaza. the israeli defense forces had conducted a strike in the area on monday night, into tuesday, targeting three hamas operatives. this is bbc footage of the crater from the strike. we have also seen many videos on social media of the impact. the hamas—run health ministry in gaza has said at least 19 people were killed. this satellite image from the 5th of september shows how populated the area has been lately. you can see lots of tents all around the place, and we think the blast happened around here. now, here is a map of where the strike hit. and where it hit is within a kilometre of the southern border of the israeli

designated humanitarian zone. that is the area at the idf have advised civilians in gaza to go to to avoid combat zones. so, now the idf have said in this telegram post that the three men they were targeting in the strike were involved in the 7th of october massacre. hamas rejected the claim it had a command centre in the area. so we are trying to ascertain what we can about these men. what we do know is the idf had targeted two of them before in gaza, in may of 2021, accusing both of being members of hamas. the idf, again, in this statement have also acknowledged the latest strike was within their designated humanitarian zone. it is not the first time the idf has struck inside the humanitarian zone in gaza. in fact, it is the second strike in just the past week. here is the courtyard next to al—aqsa hospital on the 5th of september in deir al—balah, and for which the idf have claimed responsibility. so, what is this zone? well, it is a humanitarian area, one which the idf

declared expanded on the 6th of may. since then, its boundaries have been revised six times. bbc verify have seen and located visual evidence of 12 blasts— you can see them here — inside those parameters since me, including overnight in al mawasi, that's down here, and the al—aqsa strike referenced just there. however, the idf have not claimed responsibility for all of these incidents, and bbc verify is unable to confirm they were all a result of israeli actions. the last time a strike within the designation of the humanitarian zone was reported to have a larger casualty count than this one was here at khadija school on the 27th ofjuly, in which the hamas run health ministry said at least 30 people were killed. we verified this video, but we're not going to run it because it is graphic. but know the school is north of the al—aqsa hospital and still within that humanitarian area. so here at bbc verify, we will continue to watch what is happening in the humanitarian zone, as well as looking into the circumstances of what happened in monday night's strike in al mawasi.

our thanks to bbc verify. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

healthcare workers in the democratic republic of congo, who are at the front line of the mpox outbreak in the east of the country, have told the bbc they are desperate. our team was given rare access to an mpox treatment centre in south kivu, the worst affected region in the world — where infections are rising, yet medical staff there say they have no information about when they'll get vaccines, are running out of supplies and are demotivated. simijolaoso reports from south kivu. just to warn you that the report does it start with pictures of a baby in distress. as the number of infections rise, the age of the

patients gets younger. this child is the youngest mpox case at lwiro's community hospital at only four weeks old. it's an agonising ordeal for first—time mother faraja. translation: it's sad - to see my first-born suffering from this strange disease. i have a lot of pain in my heart. it's a very bad and dangerous disease. the cries of babies are resounding here. many are malnourished. as babies pass on the disease to their parents, there is fear of a new wave of infections. this is the first time many here have encountered mpox. i just saw the child get sick. i didn't even know the name of the disease. we can't sit and wait for the children, and even adults, to die. bring on the vaccines. just over three weeks ago, this hospital was used to treat all sorts of diseases and conditions, and are used to get around 80 patients a month.

but the outbreak got so bad here they had to convert it into an mpox only treatment centre. and within three weeks, they've had nearly 200 patients. remaining motivated is difficult for nurses like emmanuel, who has worked here for four years. every day he fears catching and passing mpox on his own children, who are only seven, five, and one. it's a sentiment shared by his colleague. translation: you will see that the patients i are sleeping on the floor. there is still no staff motivation. personal protective equipment, there isn't enough of it. we try to do what we can to look after the sick and not to put ourselves at risk either. this region of the dr congo has experienced a battle of control over its mineral rich land for nearly 30 years. the government says it is doing its best to get medics what they need in the vaccines

are coming, but the conflict —— what they need and the vaccines are coming, but the conflict is making things harder. translation: because of war, we have over 5 million - people who are displaced. the disease can be controlled by good sanitation and good living conditions. now that people are in camps, the spread will be dangerous. the dedication of the staff at this mpox a treatment centre has ensured there have been no deaths here. they have vowed to keep showing up despite the bleakness of what lies ahead. simijoloaso, bbc news, south kivu. vietnamese state media is reporting that at least 22 people in lao cai province have died in landslides triggered by flash flooding. more than 70 are still missing. heavy rainfall caused by typhoon yagi has swept across northern vietnam over the past few days, killing nearly 150 people. we are monitoring this live shotin we are monitoring this live

shot in the north of the country. rescue workers are struggling to reach remote mountainous areas, communications are down, roads are washed away. we are monitoring that situation. that live shot from northern vietnam. mexico's senate has approved a controversialjudicial reform under which judges will be elected by popular vote. the bill has triggered protests and strikes with demonstrators breaking into the building where the vote was taking place. supporters argue that the changes will make judges more accountable to the mexican people. critics say that the move will open the judiciary up to politicisation and corruption. the driver of a bus that crashed in australia — killing 10 people and injuring 25 — has been sentenced to 32 years in prison. injune last year, brett button was driving home in the new south wales' hunter valley with a bus full of wedding guests when he lost control of the vehicle. it was australia's deadliest road accident in decades. in the final leg of his 12—day tour of south—east asia,

the pope has arrived in singapore. it's the first visit by a pope to the city—state since 1986. the two—day visit will include a spoeech to politicians and a mass at the national stadium, which tens of thousands of people are expected to attend. the pope there are wheelchair bound because of pain in his legs. what's more on our website. i am legs. what's more on our website. iam back legs. what's more on our website. i am back in a few seconds. do stay with us here on bbc news, thanks for watching. hello. a day of sunshine and blustery heavy showers across the uk today. a cool feel as well, notjust being felt here, but across much of northern and western europe. blue colours showing temperatures well below average at the moment, 4—7 celsius for some. that continues to the rest of the working week, but milder air does make a comeback. things return to normal this weekend.

that's a few days away though. out there today, as i said, it's a cool northwesterly wind feeding those showers more widely across the country into the afternoon. one or two spots may just about avoid them. some parts of southeast scotland, northeast england, some southern counties as well. very few if any showers for some of you, but i think you'd best cater for at least a downpour or two coming your way through today on that brisk wind, which will make it feel even colder when the rain is with you. probably a wind chill holding things down to around 6 to 7 celsius for some in northern scotland, but for all, temperatures, certainly down on what we saw at the weekend. now, as we go into this evening and overnight, showers continue around some of the coasts again, maybe pushing a bit further inland through parts of wales into the north west midlands, but with some clear skies elsewhere and winds starting to fall just a little bit lighter. temperatures lower this coming night than the night, just gone, down to around 2 or 3 celsius in some parts of northern england and scotland. it does mean, though, much more sunshine around to begin the day. fewer showers, but they'll still be there in northern and western areas to begin with. some will develop a bit more widely inland, particularly through england and wales, but overall fewer

showers around. more will have a better chance of staying dry, if not all day long, certainly for the bulk of the day, but another chilly one, 10 to 15 celsius. what will follow, though, will be the coldest night of the week, and that's because we've got a ridge of high pressure building in. cold air in place to begin with. the ridge of high pressure means winds will be lighter, and so by the morning, temperatures will have dropped further. a greater chance, certainly out of the towns and cities, of seeing a frost on the grass and on the cars, even if not in the air for parts of scotland and northern england. but it'll be a lovely, crisp, fresh, sunny start to friday. cloud builds from the west through the day, maybe some late rain into northern ireland and the far west of scotland, but mostly you'll have a dry day. after that cold start, temperatures may be up a little bit, so improvement with lighter winds and they will rise further into this weekend. saturday though, this area of low pressure will bring some weather fronts to north and west, which willjust slowly move their way southwards and eastwards, but introduce a run of milder conditions. so rain at times for some, particularly north and west, on saturday this weekend. but next week it looks like things will turn drier and milder again.

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including immigration and foreign policy. as the debate came to an end, pop superstar taylor swift endorsed kamala harris on social media — calling her "a gifted leader" and a "warrior". in other news, the us secretary of state, antony blinken, and his uk counterpart, david lammy are in ukraine. they're set to discuss the country's request to use long—range us and british missiles for attacks on russian territory. official figures released for the uk economy showed that the economy failed to grow for two months in a row. paralympian done pembroke who struck gold in the javelin throw. returning to our top story — and it's been a fiery