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 the majority of polls are suggesting that harris outperformed trump. both teams have declared victory. the harris campaign is instantly called for a second debate. us pollster frank luntz said the debate was not donald trump's finest hour. it's not that harris won, it's that donald trump lost, that on several occasions, he spoke in language and with ideas that people who were watching were just simply shocked. the idea that some communities are eating their dogs and cats because they have no food. the idea of who's controlling the media, the concept of the corruption that trump

claimed, even going back to the year 2000, 2020, and still pushing the idea that he was robbed of an election that he won. it was not a good night for him. he was off message. his strongest issue, inflation, he constantly was given the opportunity to speak about it, but he chose to talk about other issues. frankly, i was shocked. it's been 2008, and sarah palin was the last national candidate who could represent the following. the more they talk, the more votes they lose. over the course of the debate, we saw several fact checks from the abc hosts, and republicans are reportedly not happy that most of those were directed at donald trump. here's our analysis editor ros atkins, breaking down some of the key points of contention. there were a number

of different things we could pull out. just to highlight a few. kamala harris again made it clear she supports fracking in certain circumstances. we know that's not a position that she's always held, but she defended that and said she absolutely was willing to support it in certain circumstances. i was very interested that kamala harris referenced the late john mccain, a once a very senior republican, of course, and that was a number of... there were a number of times when kamala harris seemed to me to be talking to republicans who are perhaps wavering about donald trump and saying, come over here. other republicans have. and she referenced a number of republicans who have come out during this campaign and said they'd be voting for her. donald trump, when asked if he would end the ukraine war, said he wanted to end the war but wouldn't say he wanted ukraine to win. he talked about there being a need for negotiation. now, in terms of actual fact checks, let's bring you a couple. kamala harris said donald trump will sign a national abortion ban. now that's misleading. donald trump has denied he would sign a national ban in this campaign.

and he said both in this debate and has said previously that he wants to leave that issue to the states. for donald trump's part, well, we could have picked out a number of different statements. one that will certainly get a lot of attention, he claimed that immigrants are eating people's pets in a city in the city of springfield, ohio. and when told by the moderators, there's no evidence of this. he said he'd seen people on tv making the claims. and you can find a bbc verify article on that claim online at the moment on the bbc news website. one other one, donald trump said we have millions of people pouring into our country from prisons and jails, from mental institutions and insane asylums. there's no data to back up this claim. of the 1.4 million apprehensions of people crossing the border illegally in the year to september 2024, where the border patrol was able to check law enforcement databases. about 1a,700 people had previous criminal convictions. so the data there doesn't support what donald trump said.

i should add, there are more fact checks from bbc verify on the bbc�*s live page, which is running for the next few hours. that life pages still up and running and there is a bit of an update on how undecided voters found the debate, whether they have been influenced one way or another. those votes critical in what is coming up in november in the united states. we will be digging into the story throughout the day on bbc news. it was described as a fiery debate, theirfirst it was described as a fiery debate, their first for the 2024 us presidential election stop. millions of pensioners are set to lose the winter fuel payment this year after an attempt to block the cuts, proposed by the government, failed in parliament yesterday. tim muffett has been speaking to some people set to lose the allowance.

age uk in leicester, where plans to cut winter fuel payments are the talk of the dance floor. he said he would not affect the pensioners, but he has, which i disagree with. he shouldn't be doing it. i shan't have my heating on as much as i could do. i will have to improvise as much as i can. i will have to have it on at night time when i'm sitting down. but most of the day, i will go out, i will go to the library and all over the place and keep warm that way. cuts to winter fuel payments have prompted an impassioned response across the uk. what i did last year and the year before, i just went to bed earlier, turned the heating down, turned it down when i went out but i never let the house get completely cold.

but now without the £300, because that is what i get, it is going to be more difficult to manage. it is disappointing, but i think we have to do it. we simply have to go along with it because they are trying to get the country back into a better state. bbc breakfast has received a lot of e—mails about winter fuel payments. julia and jackie both got in touch. both are angry, but for different reasons. jackie, what do you make of the reaction to these proposed cuts in winter fuel payments? i felt a bit annoyed because lots of people are complaining but there is not the money in the coffers. i do think people in need should have money, i am totally in agreement, but surely if things are means tested, the right people will have the right money. i don't need it, and a lot of people that i know don't need it either. how about you, julia? very angry and upset because of the way it was done,

and the fact that they give the train drivers an enormous pay rise, and then announce that the winter fuel allowance isn't going to happen. ijust don't think it is fair, and the way they have done it. no warning whatsoever for anybody to get prepared for it. many who attend this lunch club in glasgow say the £15 it costs to get here and back and have lunch is cheaper than heating their homes. i am really worried i won't be able to heat my house. that is why i come here, because i don't have to put on the heating. i'll need to go back to heating one room. that's the only thing i can think of to cut back, is heat one room. winter is coming, and this year there won't be additional fuel payments for most pensioners, a seasonal change few predicted. tim muffett, bbc news.

more than 1,700 inmates were released early from prison yesterday, as part of a government scheme to reduce overcrowding injails in england and wales. people convicted of sexual offences, domestic abuse and serious violence are excluded, but inmates who've served 40% of their prison term could be freed. our reporter navtej johal spent the day with one as he tried to find a bed for the night. terry started the day in a prison — he is ending it in a hotel. he is one of around 20 prisoners released early from hmp nottingham under the government's new scheme to help ease overcrowding in prisons. he was convicted of arson and sentenced to 12 months injail. he was due to serve half that time but has been released a week early. what do you make of some people being angry that prisoners like you are being released early?

we should not be released yet, because the system isn't ready. you are checking everybody out. after his release, terry attends a meeting with his probation officer. at the same time, he is supposed to be at a meeting at a job centre 11 miles away. totally impossible. it is setting us up to fail. a later meeting is arranged at a differentjob centre. no accommodation was arranged for his release and his licence conditions mean he cannot return to his home. making it impossible. the government said hotels would be available if there is not space and bail hostels. after meetings with the job centre and local council, terry has been loaned money to book a hotel room for a few nights. do you have any rooms available? how do you feel about this? a lot better.

i'll be warm. if it wasn't for these guys here, i don't know where i would be. he is hoping to have a place in supported accommodation from friday. terry says he is sorry what he did to his victim. the bbc said he was told a week ago of his early release. what do you say to people who might be concerned that you and other prisoners might reoffend? i will never, ever do something like that again. you are not concerned about reoffending? no, alli no, all i want to do is go to work, come back home. some breaking news. oliver campbell who was jailed for life in 1991 further sharp murder of a shopkeeper in london has had his sentence quashed.

the uk government's expected to announce a multimillion—pound package for tata steel. the grant will contribute towards the cost of putting an electric furnace in its port talbot plant in south wales. up to 2,800 jobs could be lost and many are worried about its impact on local economy. housing and planning minister matthew pennycook says steel is �*an integral part�* of the british economy, but the government has to have �*a green transition�* in steel production. the money to be granted matches the amount which was agreed in principle between tata and the previous conservative government. amazon has announced it will invest eight billion pounds over the next five years to build and maintain massive data centres in the uk. the firm says the plans will eventually support 14,000 jobs. the chancellor, rachel reeves, has welcomed the announcement, has welcomed the announcement. the national farmers' union has warned that it could fail to meet its target of making uk farming

net zero by 2040. the union says they will miss the goal because there was allegedly a lack of investment in climate—friendly agriculture schemes by the previous government. the current government says it is still committed to reducing emissions in the farming sector. in many parts of the world, sons are still more highly prized than daughters. this can lead to sex—selective abortion, abandonment of baby girls, or even to infanticide. a new documentary from bbc eye investigations explores the disturbing history of female infanticide in rural india. over the course of 30 years, amitabh parashar interviewed midwives in the eastern state of bihar to find out why they were being told to murder newborn baby girls, and how some of them turned from killers into saviours. a warning this report contains some upsetting scenes.

the woman confessing to killing newborn baby girls is a midwife. i shot this footage nearly 30 years ago in the state of bihar in eastern india. what i found then still shocks me. in total, four midwives spoke to me on camera about killing newborn babies. most of these midwives gave the same explanation for why baby girls were being murdered.

the dowry system is an age—old tradition, where the bride's family is expected to give gifts like cash, jewellery or clothes to the groom. in many families, it can turn sons into assets and daughters into liabilities. i was not the only one disturbed by these killings. in the �*90s, anila kumari ran an ngo that educated midwives against infanticide. the midwives saved at least five baby girls and brought them to anila. one child died, but four were put up for adoption.

it took a while, but eventually i tracked down a girl named monica, who in all probability is one of the rescued children. i wanted to bring monica and anila together. i landed up in an orphanage. so definitely, i would like to meet. today, infanticide is rare,

but the illegal practice of sex selective abortion still persists in parts of india. for anila and monica, their reunion was a blessing neither had expected, a testament that lives can be saved when harmful practices are confronted. you can watch the full bbc world service documentary the midwife s confession — on bbc iplayer. every 14 minutes, someone in the uk is diagnosed with blood cancer. and for many of those people, a stem cell transplant from a stranger gives them hope. for 50 years, the charity anthony nolan has encouraged people to donate their stem cells. over the years, it has facilitated more than 26,000 transplants all over the world. as the charity prepares to open the uk's first dedicated donor centre in nottingham, it is reminding people how to sign up.

our health correspondent rob sissons has been speaking to some of the people who know just how vital the service can be. a miracle of modern medicine. last year, sophia met dana from germany, who saved her life by donating precious stem cells that proved a transplant match. aged two, sophia was diagnosed with a rare blood disorder. as you'd imagine, sophia and her mum claire, from mansfield in nottinghamshire, are forever grateful. she didn't know her. she didn't have to do it. and it's just amazing that some people can just be so selfless to do something like that for us. behind such joy of a cure, though, are the logistical challenges of organising transplants. and in the uk, there's a problem — the specialist equipment used in the nhs and private sector to extract stem cells from blood is much in demand for other therapeutic services. the anthony nolan charity says there can be delays of weeks,

sometimes months, coordinating a suitable slot for a donor. the majority of the transplants we facilitate, the patient's team require fresh cells, so it's really important we can actually get the date that the clinicians are asking for those cells to be collected and delivered. from the point of collection, we can generally get those cells straight to the patients. the problem we've got at the moment is actually trying to get the cells collected. and at the moment, it's only 20% of the donors who we're putting forward who we're able to collect within the window that the patient's medical team are asking for those cells. here at one of the uk's biggest hospitals, nottingham's queen's medical centre, a dedicated space will soon be kitted out, ringfenced for anthony nolan organised donations. there's going to be four beds in the anthony nolan unit here. they expect to be busy. in theory, you can put eight people a day through it, and although we won't work every day simply because, for example, at the weekends

you can't process the cells so easily. but certainly, you know, a significant number of people from all over the country can access donation here. when it comes to donation, nathan from northampton knows it's something to be proud of. his bag of precious stem cells a bag of magic from the point of view of a recipient. they were collected in january, 16 years after he joined the anthony nolan register by doing a saliva spit test. the day was really boring, because you just sit in a hospital bed for around seven hours while the machine does its work. it's no trouble. there's no effort involved on my part, or our part. you just have to be willing to do it. so you're treated really well. the donation itself is painless. and the good feeling that you get afterwards is amazing. so it's one of those things where if you get the opportunity to do it, do it. so in the next few months, the unit will be kitted out, and they hope to do the first donation here in nottingham early next year.

the new collection facility should also mean more opportunities for cutting edge stem cell research. rob sissons, bbc news, nottingham. let's return to the breaking news i brought you earlier that oliver campbell has had his conviction quashed by the court of appeal. the court of appeal has rejected his attempt to overturn his conviction. he was a man with learning disabilities who was jailed in 1991 for the murder of a shopkeeper. he was interviewed without a lawyer present after being arrested for that fatal shooting during an off—licence robbery. we are keeping an eye on the actions. the foo fighters frontman, dave grohl, says he had a child outside of his marriage. in a post on instagram,

the 55—year—old wrote that he loved his family and was doing everything to regain their trust and earn their forgiveness. he said he intended to be a loving and supportive parent to his new child. it's not clear who the mother is. mr grohl has three daughters with his wife, jordyn blum, who he married in 2003. now, it capped a fantastic summer of sport in the french capital — paralympics gb ended the paris games in second place behind china after securing 124 medals, matching their tokyo haul, but this time with 9 more golds. a little earlier i was joined by one of those returning uk gold medallists, dan pembroke. he was victorious in the f13 visually impaired javelin throw, an event in which he also holds the world record. lit the stage up in a field event the way i did, you know, i had like 65,000 people in the arena. just, like, every single one of them wanted me to do well, and i got the crowd

behind me on that fourth throw. as soon as it left my hand, ijust knew it was going to go down in history, this one. and, yes, it brings back tears to my eyes now thinking about that now. honestly, i am welling up. just help us to understand, for mere mortals like myself, the pressure you must be under in that moment. to be honest, i didn't feel any pressure at all because, you know, the feeling of people, you know, urging me on to do well, like, it was... it was almost like the superpower behind me, all those people, you know, gunning for me to do well. it's extraordinary. so, the vibe, it was a really feel—good paralympics, is that your impression? i believe so, yes. i mean, it was quite special to have that on the field events. you know, often field events don't get the coverage that

they deserve. and itjust shows, i believe, because i enjoyed it so much, and so many people have come up to me and said, you know, that was possibly their moment of the games. so, you know, what an honour that is. wow, that's electrifying. so why do you feel that field events don't get that kind of recognition that you feel they should do? i think possibly they are a longer event, and you have to watch the drama unfold. you know, in my competition, for example, i threw the first world record on the third throw, and then ali on his third throw attempt, you know, got a three—metre personal best. and so i thought, right, thejob is not done yet, so i had to really come down, spoke to my coach, and he said, right, you need to think about your process goals, get the crowd behind you, just go for it. that is exactly what i did. so, you know, there are some drama going on on the field. if it's not picked up on, it'sjust me throwing a throw, but there is actually a lot more drama behind the scenes. it is a performance, ultimately.

absolutely, yes. and, you know, a lot of track athletes have said they wished that they could kind of get the crowd going as much as i did because a lot of the time track athletes run and they are off. i get six attempts to do that. so, in that sense, how do you do that? how do you get the guys behind you, the audience behind you? it wasn't a thing that i went into the competition wanting to do. i guess, for me, it was a natural thing. i saw my friends and family behind me and, you know, they were there, just ecstatic, and i thought, you know what, just slowly get the crowd going. and i got the clap going, and every single person was behind me in that stadium, and i felt at one with 65,000 people in the stadium from all nationalities. it's electrifying. the fantastic done pembroke victorious in the javelin throw. he is visually impaired. a new bronze sculpture to commemorate the late queen is receiving a mixed reception. the statue, created

by anto brennan, was unveiled at antrim castle gardens in northern ireland on saturday. but some have said it doesn't resemble the late queen at all, with one person saying whoever commissioned it should have their "eyes tested". what do you think? let us know. get in touch via social media. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. 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, 47 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.

live from london, this is bbc news. us presidential candidates kamala harris and donald trump meet for the first time, in a head—to—head debate ahead of november's election. world leaders are laughing at donald trump. i have talked with military leaders, some of whom worked with you, and they

say you are a disgrace. irate whom worked with you, and they say you are a disgrace.— say you are a disgrace. we are -la in: say you are a disgrace. we are playing with — say you are a disgrace. we are playing with world _ say you are a disgrace. we are playing with world war - say you are a disgrace. we are playing with world war iii - say you are a disgrace. we are playing with world war iii and | playing with world war iii and we have — playing with world war iii and we have a president who we don't — we have a president who we don't even know... whereas our president? _ 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. and reaction too from billionaire elon musk on x, saying kamala harris had "exceeded most people's expectations". although he still thought trump "would do a better job as president". in other news, the us secretary of state, antony blinken, and his uk counterpart, david lammy, head to ukraine. they are calling further missiles to use inside russia. official figures released for the uk economy show that it failed to grow for the second month in a row. hello, i'm kasia madera. welcome to bbc news.

the two candidates vying to become the next us