hello. i'm lucy hockings. we start in the us, where kamala harris' campaign is riding the favorable momentum from tuesday night's presidential debate, in the battle ground state of pennsylvania. her team posted a photo of newspaper clippings praising her performance, with the caption: "winner". the vice president's republican rival, former president donald trump, said he did a "greatjob", but accused the abc news moderators of bias in what he called "a rigged deal". a yougov poll of more than 2,000 registered voters who watched at least some of the debate found that 54% say harris won the debate, compared to 31% who say trump won. some trump supporters have also criticised the debate�*s moderators, saying the handling of the night was unfair. here's more from our analysis editor ros atkins.

donald trump says the tv debate was rigged against him, and he was asked this in the spin room afterwards. what did you think of the moderators— what did you think of the moderators fact - what did you think of the moderators fact checking what did you think of the - moderators fact checking you throughout? _ i think the moderators were very unfair. trump supporters described it as three against one because he was fact checked more than kamala harris. but he said much more that was not true. in springfield, they are eating the cats, they are eating the dogs. it prompted one of the more unlikely fact checks. there have been no credible reports of pets being harmed by the individuals. well, i've seen people on television... after sourcing that claim to people on television, trump also said this.

her vice presidential pick says abortion in the ninth month is absolutely fine. he also says execution after birth, execution, no longer abortion, because the baby is born, is ok. and that's not ok with me. again, the moderators did not let this pass. there is no state in this| country where it is legal to kill a baby. after it is born. the moderators clarified fact checked donald trump five times, kamala harris not once, despite her making statements that required correction. for example... that's not true. she also said this... if donald trump were to be re—elected, he will sign a national abortion ban. there she goes again, it's a lie. that harris statement was misleading but there were also many other trump claims that went unchecked, for example, he said... this is not supported by evidence.

during one attack on biden and harris, trump claimed there's been the worst inflation we've ever had. that's not true. and how abc approached all of this was different to cnn injune. it decided not to fact check biden and trump during their debate, although it did so afterwards, and this illustrates how, ever since trump first ran in 2016, journalism has wrestled with how to respond to the volume of false and misleading claims he makes. pollster frank luntz tweeted... maybe it will, but while both candidates made statements that require correction, trump did so much more. it's not biased to that out. but even after the debate,

the contest for the white house remains tight. the bbc has launched its national poll tracker, based on the latest polling data in the us. since us presidentjoe biden stepped down from his re—election campaign, kamala harris has maintained a slight lead, at 47%, compared to donald trump, who is at 44%. but the presidency is not won by the national popular vote. it's decided by the us electoral college, in which candidates aim to secure 270 or more electoral college votes, and that's determined state by state. analysts say the presidency will come down to who can win over undecided voters in seven battleground states. alberto fujimori, the former president of peru, who was convicted of human rights abuses, has died. he was 86. his death was announced by his daughter, and indirect successor as president, keiko fujimori. a controversial and authoritarian figure, he governed peru between 1990 and 2000, before being forced from office, amid allegations of corruption.

his tough stance against a left—wing guerrilla insurgency while president brought allegations of human rights abuses. he fled the country in 2000, but was subsequently arrested and extradited to peru, where he was convicted in a number of cases, including for corruption, abuse of power, and being behind two death squad massacres in the early 1990s. unrwa, the un agency for palestinian refugees, says it has suffered the single deadliest attack for its workers since the war in gaza began. 1a people, including two children, and six un staff, were killed in an israeli air raid on a school, housing displaced families in central gaza, according to hospital officials. unrwa said the school in nuseirat was home to 12,000 people, mainly women and children. the agency said the building has been hit five times since last october. the israeli military said

it was targeting hamas fighters operating a command centre in the grounds. on tuesday, an israeli air strike killed 19 people in what had been designated as a humanitarian area by the israeli military — that's according to gaza's hamas—run health ministry. as gaza's humanitarian crisis continues, it now has the highest number of child amputees in the world. between october and january, more than a thousand children had one or both legs amputated, and those numbers have been rising daily, according to unicef. but with just nine orthopaedic surgeons in gaza, hospitals are overwhelmed. 0ur reporter, ru abbass, examines the case of one patient and her doctor. a warning that this report contains distressing scenes from the start, and throughout. its just before midnight on friday the 30th of august in north gaza. paramedics rushed through thick airfull of north gaza. paramedics rushed through thick air full of sweat

and debut —— baby to the site of an and debut —— baby to the site ofan airstrike. israel does not allow international journalists into gaza. the bbc has been unable to independently verify this footage. with the building on the brink of collapse, every second counts in the frantic search for survivors. among them is a child named wafa. just minutes earlier, she was at home with her mother and sister. both died instantly in the bombing, just days from celebrating her seventh birthday. now, with each laboured breath, her fragile body struggles for survival, unaware that she will never walk again. according to unicef, gaza is the most dangerous place in the world to be a child. hospitals are overwhelmed with cases like wafa. the doctor who operated on her says he handles up to ten such cases daily and surgeries are carried out without anaesthetics due to a severe shortage of medical supplies.

injanuary, a viral video circulated on social media showing him forced to amputate his teenage niece�*s right leg at home. the operation took place on the kitchen table without anaesthesia. translation: i will never foruet translation: i will never forget there _ translation: i will never forget there was _ translation: i will never forget there was a - translation: i will never forget there was a sight i translation: | will never. forget there was a sight when my patient was being injected with ketamine. a typical sterilised procedure takes up to an hour but we work within three minutes with makeshift tools from a carpenter's workshop. since the war began, gaza's doctors have worked tirelessly. most are unpaid, and the relentless pressure has severely impacted their own well—being.

i am the kind whose tears start at the door. i cry while i operate, and it's particularly hard when its children. we don't have enough medical staff, supplies are almost nonexistent and operations are done without anaesthetics or sterilisation. we work like robots. we wouldn't be able to continue if we stopped to acknowledge our feelings. many times we have gone into surgery to find that the patients are our loved ones. we are mentally exhausted, and our energy is completely depleted. we can't take it. as infectious diseases ravage gaza, the world health organization describes the state of health care as "beyond words". there are around 11,000 injured in gaza that need to go abroad to complete their treatment. i implore everyone, we can't handle this. we are all psychological victims during and predating this war. everything we have seen in previous wars doesn't compare. there is no winner. all parties will lose.

children like wafa require a lifetime of surgeries. unable to provide the critical care needed for survival, doctors are struggling with the medical system on its knees in gaza, a place where no one is promised tomorrow. ru abbass, bbc news. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news in the uk. the housing minister says the government hopes to stop landlords evicting tenants in england without cause by next summer. labour's renters' rights bill will also ban bidding wars, set a time limit for landlords to fix problems, and give tenants the right to have a pet. landlords say they need time to prepare for the changes. the uk government has announced a £500 million grant for tata steel. the grant will contribute towards the cost of putting an electric furnace in its port talbot plant in south wales.

it will melt scrap steel or iron to produce steel. the changes will lead to the loss of up to 2,800 jobs. 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 it 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. you're live with bbc news. the us and uk are reconsidering a block on ukraine using long—range missiles to attack targets deeper within russia's borders. us secretary of state antony blinken and uk foreign secretary david lammy have been in kyiv to discuss the risk of escalating the war. the kremlin warned of a russian response should a strike on its territory follow. the talks come after mr blinken accused iran of supplying

russia with ballistic missiles, a claim iran rejects. during their visit, mr blinken and mr lammy each pledged about $700 million dollars for additional humanitarian assistance. earlier, a member of the ukrainian parliament, 0leksiy goncharenko, shared his reaction to donald trump saying that he wanted to work for a negotiated deal to end the war in ukraine during last night's presidential debate. so it's better to help ukraine are not asking for boots on the ground, but we are asking just enough support, again, but enough support, again, but enough support, again, but enough support, not the volume that gives us possibility to survive but really the support in the volumes which will give us possibilities to win this war. live now to melinda haring, nonresident senior fellow for the atlantic council and senior advisor at the nonprofit razom for ukraine. very good to have you with us, mallinder. can wejust very good to have you with us, mallinder. can we just reflect adversely on that comment we

hear so often from ukrainians and from president zelenskyy, just articulated there, "we need enough notjust to survive, but to win". how crucial is it that the uk and the us reconsider allowing these long—range missiles that have been made in the west, sent to ukraine to be used deep inside russia? her; sent to ukraine to be used deep inside russia?— inside russia? hey kolisi. it's absolutely — inside russia? hey kolisi. it's absolutely crucial. _ inside russia? hey kolisi. it's absolutely crucial. so - inside russia? hey kolisi. it's absolutely crucial. so there's| absolutely crucial. so there's two things at stake, one of a us attack weapons and then the other issue at stake are the british weapons, and those are called scalps, and it looks like the uk may have relented, but it's just reported at this point, so we don't know yet, ukraine really needs long—range weapons to prevent civilian casualties and get through the winter. so the white house has relented a little bit, but if the white house were to relax the white house were to relax

the restrictions, it would enable ukraine to hit the 16 russian airforce bases, with the current restrictions 84% of the current restrictions 84% of the targets ukraine would like to hit are off—limits. so we have really tired the ukrainians hands behind their backs. �* r' ukrainians hands behind their backs. �* ,~' ., ukrainians hands behind their backs. �* ., , backs. but the risk of course is of escalation, _ backs. but the risk of course is of escalation, that's - backs. but the risk of course is of escalation, that's been | is of escalation, that's been the concern, that's been the threat from president trump. how real is that threat? 50. how real is that threat? so, look, how real is that threat? so, look. david _ how real is that threat? so, look, david lammy - how real is that threat? srr, look, david lammy said how real is that threat? so, look, david lammy said today that the russians have escalated and these iranian ballistic missiles are a game changer and that the thinking in washington and london has changed, so i think that's .1. thinking has changed in that russia is escalating, not the west. .2 is that us weapons, western weapons have already been used to strike crimea and in kursk, so look, if the argument is that these weapons will cause escalation, it's nonsense, because they've already been used in lands that russia considers its own now. you mentioned kursk, antony

blinken and david lammy saying they wanted to understand right now what ukraine's strategy was, that was a surprise, that incursion into kursk, and it is one that seems to have backfired. how concerned are they do you think about the wider strategy of ukraine? president zelenskyy is a place to unveil his plan for peace in just a few days. so those discussions are being talked about, they are going to be talked about this friday at the white house. i think everyone wants to know what zelenskyy�*s plan is but a lot hangs on the balance of the us election and as we saw last night there are very different views about us assistance to ukraine.- assistance to ukraine. let's have a little _ assistance to ukraine. let's have a little listen - assistance to ukraine. let's have a little listen to - assistance to ukraine. let's have a little listen to what l have a little listen to what former president donald trump had to say last night. that former president donald trump had to say last night.— had to say last night. that is a war that — had to say last night. that is a war that is _ had to say last night. that is a war that is dying _ had to say last night. that is a war that is dying to - had to say last night. that is a war that is dying to be - a war that is dying to be settleu _ a war that is dying to be settled. i will get it settled before _ settled. i will get it settled before i even become president. if i win, — before i even become president. if i win, when i'm president elect, — if i win, when i'm president elect, and _ if i win, when i'm president elect, and what i will do is i will— elect, and what i will do is i will speak to one, i'll speak to the — will speak to one, i'll speak to the other, i'll get them together, that war would have

never— together, that war would have never happened.— never happened. what's the feelinu never happened. what's the feeling amongst _ never happened. what's the feeling amongst ukraine - feeling amongst ukraine watches, melinda, but also what you're hearing from ukraine about those comments from donald trump, and the fact that he would not even committed to saying that he wants ukraine to win this war?— win this war? yes, solo, lucy, what seems — win this war? yes, solo, lucy, what seems odd _ win this war? yes, solo, lucy, what seems odd to _ win this war? yes, solo, lucy, what seems odd to me - win this war? yes, solo, lucy, what seems odd to me and - win this war? yes, solo, lucy, what seems odd to me and a l win this war? yes, solo, lucy, i what seems odd to me and a lot of others is that the moderator asked donald trump twice if ukraine victory is in us national interests, and he would not say yes. he said at the end of the war is in us national interests, so he is not committed to a ukrainian victory. .2, he claims the war never would have started if he was president, and that's absolute nonsense. president putin would have gone in, his decision was not contingent on us leadership, so i think there's a lot of eye rolling in kyiv. 0n the other hand, folks in kyiv and among ukraine watches were very relieved that kamala harris showed strong support for nato, and the institutions. however i think the moderators gave her a bit of a pass, and probably should have pushed her a little bit

harder and asked her if she is committed to ukrainian victory as well. , ., , ., as well. yes, do people want more in ukraine _ as well. yes, do people want more in ukraine from - as well. yes, do people want more in ukraine from her- more in ukraine from her because so far she hasn't really said what her policy is or her direct thoughts are on the conflict.— or her direct thoughts are on the conflict. right. so people do want more _ the conflict. right. so people do want more from _ the conflict. right. so people do want more from her - the conflict. right. so people do want more from her and l do want more from her and general philip breedlove, former us lackey, has said if the united states continues to give at its current rates, ukraine will lose. so if the next president is committed, if it is kamala harris, she really has to step up her game, remove these restrictions we have arbitrarily placed on long—range weapons and make sure that ukraine can get through this winter. this is going to be the hardest winter, this is the third winter ukraine has faced because that power grid is so weak, in particular. power grid is so weak, in particular-— particular. thank you for “oininu particular. thank you for joining us- _ particular. thank you for joining us. my _ particular. thank you for joining us. my pleasure. j there's been widespread protest in mexico, after congress approved a bill under which alljudges will be

elected by popular vote. demonstrators broke into the senate where the vote was taking place. supporters of the legislation say it makesjudges more accountable to the mexican people. critics argue it undermines the country's system of checks and balances. the bill was promoted by outgoing president, andres manuel lopez 0brador, who had previously clashed with the supreme court over proposed changes to energy and security policy. for more on this, our mexico correspondent, will grant. just as it had been in the lower house, where protesters stormed the building during the debate, essentially forcing it to move to another building, so it was in the senate debate too, when eventually the senators could vote on it, it was passed by a razor—thin margin, it required one key senatorfrom margin, it required one key senator from the opposition, a conservative party, to move to the governing party's side, and cast in favour of the resolution. well, it has now been passed, much to delight of president 0brador, and his supporters who say the justice

system in mexico is not fit for purpose and hasn't been for a long time, is infiltrated by organised crime and needs this reform for a root and branch change. now those protesters are extremely upset about this. they believe that this undermines the independence of the justice system in mexico. many of them workers, striking workers of the justice system and the supreme court themselves. 0ne and the supreme court themselves. one of the leading voices against this measure is the president of the supreme court, norma pienaar, who told the bbc she was pessimistic, it was a dark day, in essence, and that she was pessimistic about the future of mexico as a state and for the ordinary citizenry. the president won't mind about that, he simply wanted to see this passed as one of his final acts before he steps down on the 1st of october. —— norma

pina. with me is democratic congressman greg stanton of arizona, congressman, you raised alarm over these what does this mean for mexico? it is a wrong move where united states and mexico need to be closer, mexico is our number one trading partnerfor closer, mexico is our number one trading partner for the entire united states of america as a result of tensions with china, as we deal with the economic challenge with china we need to be coming closer together, increase that trade relationship. these proposed reforms, not even propose, they are going through in real time as we speak these will make it more difficult for american businesses to invest in china, because it takes away from the independence of the judiciary and so we are going backwards on trade opportunities at a time when it is so important for the united states and mexico to move forward together. mexico to move forward together-— mexico to move forward touether. , , ., ., together. president obrador obviously — together. president obrador obviously disagrees, - together. president obrador obviously disagrees, he - together. president obrador l obviously disagrees, he thinks this will end corruption, and impunity. he says the whole system is rotten and corrupt and the mexican people deserve the right to elect their own

judges, this will clean out the bad ones. if judges, this will clean out the bad ones-— bad ones. if you feel so strongly _ bad ones. if you feel so strongly about - bad ones. if you feel so strongly about it, - bad ones. if you feel so strongly about it, such | bad ones. if you feel so - strongly about it, such major reform, he should not do it in his last few days in office. allow the president elect... she supports this too. i don't want to comment _ she supports this too. i don't want to comment overly - she supports this too. i don't want to comment overly on l want to comment overly on internal mexico politics but she is about to become president of this country. this is such a major reform, let her lead the way on it as opposed to passing it in your last few days. it is such a destructive thing to states must make trade relationship with mexico that maybe you shouldn't do it in the last final days and then hand it off to your successor to deal with the fallout from it. such a mulch —— an important decision should be taken by the new president. i think it is a better approach, because the business is that i speak to, and there are many that want to do even more business with mexico, they are now much more reticent to do that business, because of concerns about whether they would get a fair shake from the

mexicanjudiciary under would get a fair shake from the mexican judiciary under this current proposal. so mexican judiciary under this current proposal.— mexican judiciary under this current proposal. so you really think it will— current proposal. so you really think it will knock _ current proposal. so you really think it will knock investor - think it will knock investor confidence in a big way, that people need to know that legal framework is solid?— framework is solid? correct, es. framework is solid? correct, yes- trade — framework is solid? correct, yes. trade with _ framework is solid? correct, yes. trade with mexico - framework is solid? correct, yes. trade with mexico wasl yes. trade with mexico was increasing exponentially, as we are trying to bring so much jobs and opportunity back to north america, this meant so much investment in china but supply chain are such an incredibly important issue, particularly in the semiconductor space will stop in arizona, my state, is doing incredibly well in the semiconductor industry. we need to make sure we have a secure supply chain because it is so important to our national defence that we have a secure supply chain. mexico is our logical partner, so at a time that mexico should be passing policies and the united states that promote additional trade with mexico, this is a step in the wrong direction and takes us backwards.— us backwards. what about efforts there _ us backwards. what about efforts there are - us backwards. what about efforts there are between| us backwards. what about. efforts there are between the us and mexico to tackle what is happening on the border, to tackle big security issues as well? does that now concern you that that will also take a

knock, if we then see judges they are potentially in the pockets of some of the big cartels? which is one of the claims. i cartels? which is one of the claims. . . cartels? which is one of the claims. ., ., , , ., ., claims. i am a supporter of a stronger— claims. i am a supporter of a stronger us _ claims. i am a supporter of a stronger us mexico - stronger us mexico relationship, i have a long track record of wanting to promote increasing trade with mexico, and yes, there has been greater cooperation between the united states and mexico as it involves migrants moving north to our southern border. it is one of the reasons why the migration has gone down so much, the president of the united states pushed forward an executive order that significantly has decreased the amount of people crossing the border in between ports of entry. it has been a huge success. we want to work closely with mexico on security, on trade, on water issues, on energy policy, all the things that will bring us closer together as we deal with this challenge from china. that's our biggest economic anniversary. we have to win this challenge with china, and

we can only do it by canada, the united states and mexico working together as a north american unit, and this policy that really is done purposely to reduce the independence of that, of thejudiciary, really puts much of that at risk. congressman, i can't let you go without a quick thought on last night's debate. i without a quick thought on last night's debate.— night's debate. i thought the vice president, _ night's debate. i thought the vice president, who - night's debate. i thought the vice president, who i - night's debate. i thought the i vice president, who i support, i thought the vice president very well. she was strong, she was steady, she was well prepared, she prevented a forward—looking vision —— presented a forward—looking vision particularly supporting the american class. in short, she was presidential, and her demeanour showed she is ready to be president of the united states. i thought she did very, very welcome and of course she won the debate and also got the taylor swift endorsement! laughter you are a swifty, i understand. i am a household full of swifties so we are excited about the endorsement. do you really think— about the endorsement. do you really think you _ about the endorsement. do you

really think you have _ about the endorsement. do you really think you have a - about the endorsement. do you really think you have a big - really think you have a big impact? particularly on young people. impact? particularly on young --eole. ~ . impact? particularly on young --eole. ., , impact? particularly on young n-eole. ., , ., people. we have the facts to back it no. — people. we have the facts to back it up, she _ people. we have the facts to back it up, she promotes - people. we have the facts to - back it up, she promotes people going to a website that deals with voter information registration, hundreds of thousands of people probably crash the site, but young people. by the way, we want young people to register to vote, whether you are a republican or democrat, we need more young people participating in our democracy, that strengthens our democracy, so taylor swift encouraging young people to participate is a good thing for this country and people around the world as well. ., , ,, , ., well. you with us. see you aaain well. you with us. see you again soon- _

asimilar a similarforecast as a similar forecast as we had to thursday. that chilly flow of north—westerly air coming down from polar regions. as it gets heated by the seas, that is what makes the showers. so as long as this cold feed of air continues to work in, so, too, will the showers. for the time being, though, most of the showers are actually draped around coastal areas, inland areas at the moment largely dry with clear spells and it's cold. temperatures starting off the day in the coldest spots down to around about two degrees celsius, cold enough even for a nip of ground frost. so a really cold start for a september morning, thursday morning, but loads of sunshine, showers from the word go around coastal areas. as we go through the day, and those temperatures rise, so the showers will start to break out across inland areas from the late morning and into the afternoon. some of the showers will be heavy with hail and thunder and they'll be very widespread, so most places will see a downpour or two

through the day. temperatures about ten to 16 degrees and probably the heaviest showers come the afternoon, i think, across the midlands and eastern england. by friday, we see an area of high pressure build across the uk, so that's going to kill the showers. it's going to be another very cold start to the day, lots of morning sunshine, but this time we're going to start to see some rain move into northern ireland towards the end of the day. another cold day for the time of year. temperatures about four degrees celsius below average for september. all change, though, into the weekend. an area of low pressure is going to be bringing some wet and windy weather. could get gusts of wind of around 50 to 60 miles an hourfor the north west of scotland, with the rain piling in here and really accumulating. southern and eastern areas should stay dry with some sunshine, and with the winds coming in from a south—westerly direction across the uk, so temperatures are going to leap upwards, closer to average for the time of year, with highs of 16 to 19 degrees, and it looks as we head into next week, high pressure is going to dominate. so loads of dry weather around next week, with temperatures close to or perhaps even running a little bit above average, with some warm sunshine.

prices in the us fall to their lowest level in three and a half years — raising confidence that the central bank will cut interest rates next week. and rates next week. is artificial intelligence seeps and is artificial intelligence seeps further into our lives the conversation around regulation heats up.

hello and welcome to business today. i'm katie silver. markets in the us have rebounded after a key report showed that prices are finally coming down. consumer inflation for august came in at 2.5%. that's the slowest price rise in three years. the figures have cemented expectations that the us central bank will cut interest rates. economist ryan sweet explains what he expects from next week's central bank meeting. even before we get this morning's data i think a rate cut at the upcoming september meeting was already a done deal. it shifts focus away from inflation and towards the downside risks of the labour market because we have seen deterioration over the last few months and that is raised a bit of a red flag at the reserve. i think the big story today is towards a 25 or a 50

point cut and i think it supports a 25 point cut