and as donald trump and kamala harris embark on a media blitz in the last weeks of the us presidential race, we look at what's at stake in the key swing state of pennsylvania. welcome to newsday, i'm steve lai. we start with that developing news from argentina, that liam payne, the former one direction singer was declared dead at the age of 31. local police say the british musician's body was found outside a hotel. authorities there confirmed to our partner cbs news that he died after falling from the building's third floor. hailing from the uk, liam payne rose to global stardom with other band members harry styles, niall horan, zayne malik and louis tomlinson.

these pictures are from a short time ago. fans have gathered and laid tributes to the musician near the hotel in buenos aires. some fans have been giving their reaction to the news of his death. |translation: i was in my livingi room and my sister told me liam died, we couldn't believe it, we came here directly to confirm it was true. he was 30 years old, with a seven—year—old son. i saw him two weeks ago at a niall concert. he was there, i saw him, he was ok. rania aniftos is an associate editor and entertainment journalist at billboard. she had more on what liam had done in the years since one direction. liam immediately took off running, a handful of solo projects including singles, and a lot of collaborations with rita ora and others, and he was just nonstop.

he released his first full album in 2019. from what i understand, earlier this year, he was working on another album. so i hope some of those songs get to see the light of day despite him not physically being in our realm any more. joining me live now is our correspondent azadeh moshiri. get correspondent azadeh moshiri. us up to the speed latest get us up to the speed with the latest you are hearing from argentina. latest you are hearing from argentina-— latest you are hearing from araentina. ,, .,, ,, ., argentina. steve, as you have outlined there, _ argentina. steve, as you have outlined there, he _ argentina. steve, as you have outlined there, he has - argentina. steve, as you have outlined there, he has had - argentina. steve, as you have outlined there, he has had a l outlined there, he has had a huge impact on the music industry. together with his bandmates in one direction, they have legions of fans, so this is extremely difficult news not only for the music industry but also so many people who cherished this band and cherished liam payne. the latest police statements say they found his body at a hotel

in buenos aires in argentina, in buenos aires in argentina, in what was a rather upmarket neighbourhood there, palermo. it is said he fell from the third floor of the hotel. we do know he was in argentina to see a concert a fortnight ago of one of his bandmates, niall horan. i want to read you this next part of the police statement because it is sensitive and it's worth getting the details correct. the police statement said, the police were dispatched after an emergency call in which they were informed of an aggressive man who may have been under the effects of drugs and alcohol. when they arrived, the officer in charge said he heard a loud soundin in charge said he heard a loud sound in the inner courtyard of the hotel. we also know the head of the emergency services in buenos aires said that once

they arrived, there were very serious injuries and they were not able to resuscitate him. we have also heard from the uk foreign office, who have not specifically referred to liam payne, but they say they are in contact with local authorities in regards to the death of a british man there. we in regards to the death of a british man there.- british man there. we are awaiting _ british man there. we are awaiting more _ british man there. we are awaiting more details - british man there. we are awaiting more details andj british man there. we are i awaiting more details and we will be sure to bring them to our viewers, will be sure to bring them to ourviewers, but will be sure to bring them to our viewers, but you were talking earlier about one direction and liam payne himself, and how they are loved and cherished by so many around the world. could you tell us a bit more about the man himself, liam payne, and the band he was a part of, that at one point was the biggest band in the world? ~ , ,., , , was the biggest band in the world? ~ , , , ., world? absolutely, they have had a mammoth _ world? absolutely, they have had a mammoth impact - world? absolutely, they have had a mammoth impact on i world? absolutely, they have l had a mammoth impact on the music industry. all of these members were thrust into the

spotlight at a very young age. he was only 14 when he first auditioned for the x factor, and he was told then by simon cowell, the godfather of that programme, to come back two years later, and at 16 he joined what was to become one of the biggest boy band in the world. they placed third in that competition but they are arguably the most successful act to ever come out of that breeding ground for talent. it made boy bands cool again, it had been sometime since a boy band had that kind of followings. they were often compared to the beatles in terms of having so many global young and many female fans as well. they had not only four uk number one albums, 17 million records sold, but several world tours, including stadium tours.

they went their separate ways and announced an indefinite hiatus about six years later, and liam payne also pursued a solo career. he said this was his talent, what he was meant to be doing in the world. he really loved songwriting. not only one direction songs but his own songs later on, and he collaborated with huejackson, people like rita ora and ed sheeran. he also had a child bearin sheeran. he also had a child bear in 2017 with his then partner cheryl who was also the member of a girl partner cheryl who was also the member ofa girl group, partner cheryl who was also the member of a girl group, girls aloud, who were very successful in the uk. she was a judge in the uk and the us on the x factor. he leaves behind a lot of people who loved him, and greatly admire him. —— collaborated with huge acts, people like rita ora and ed sheeran.

the us ambassador to the un says they are watching israel's actions in gaza to make sure they don't have a "policy of starvation" in the northern part of the strip. she made the remarks to the un security council. israel has denied previous accusations that its military is surrounding parts of the north and preventing food aid from getting through. it comes as trucks carrying humanitarian aid enter the war—torn region for the third day in a row following a two—week period when the united nations said no aid had entered northern gaza. the deliveries follow a warning from the us it would cut military support to israel if it didn't boost aid efforts in the strip. wyre davies is following all of these developments. the last three days, there's been a significant and small increase in the amount of aid in northern gaza, perhaps as a response to the very strongly worded letter from the american secretary of state and the american defence secretary outlining the fact that israel's military offensive in gaza was having unacceptable humanitarian consequences. about 50 trucks have gone in through the erez crossing in northern gaza. it's still way short of the 500 trucks or so

a day that are needed. but israel says it is sending in aid, it accuses hamas and other groups sometimes of stealing that aid, but clearly not enough is getting in. the united nations has again said the situation in northern gaza is completely unlivable at the minute. we've heard more accusations and criticism from some of israel's closest allies. the americans have told israel they're keeping a very close eye on what israel is doing in northern gaza because of the humanitarian situation. i think israel is probably going to have to rethink its military objectives in northern gaza. israel can't simply go in there now, almost flatten parts of the area in pursuit of the remaining hamas units. it has to think about the impact on the 300,000 or so people who are living there. israel says it is encouraging

people to leave, but many agencies like msf have said it's impossible for people to leave. some people are being shot at when they try to leave by troops apparently, and even when people get to the so—called designated safe areas, they find themselves at threat. sadly, there were people that have been killed in bombings and shellings in these so—called safe areas. perhaps a rethink for israel of its military objectives in northern gaza, although it does say that it is continuing to kill hamas fighters. apparently 50 hamas members were killed by israel in gaza in overnight activity. that is why israel is doing what it's doing. but clearly, given this criticism in writing and also on the floor of the un from the united states, from the british — israel defending itself, but it might have to rethink things in northern gaza. elsewhere in the region, cross—border fire between israel and hezbollah continues.

90 missiles were fired into israel in the last 2a hours according to its military. and in lebanon, 138 strikes were reported in the past day. the israeli army said its warplanes struck dozens of what they say are hezbollah targets in the southern city of nabatieh. the air strikes killed the local mayor and 15 others. the lebanese government said this was a direct attack on civilians. rescuers have also been searching for survivors today in the village of oana, where the israeli military says it killed a hezbollah commander. javed ali is an international security expert at the university of michigan, and he told me more about the impact of continued israeli attacks on hezbollah in lebanon. based on what the israeli military says about their campaign against hezbollah, by those accounts, it seems israel has made a significant amount of progress in really hammering hezbollah in a way probably israel has never done in the decades—long struggle between israel

and hezbollah since 1982. so if you look at the amount of senior leadership israel has acknowledged they have killed, it includes the secretary general hassan nasrallah, pretty much the vanguard of hezbollah when it began as a small clandestine terrorist group in 1982, for the most part, that vanguard is dead now. and again, that's only happened in the past six weeks or so. significant attacks against leadership, the idf also said they have destroyed about 50% of hezbollah�*s rocket and missile inventory. and now they are hitting fortified positions in southern lebanon and trying to degrade the capability of hezbollah to fire missiles and rockets onto northern israel. israel thinks they have a lot of momentum and they have achieved a lot of tangible results. remind us how much support hezbollah actually have in lebanon.

the lebanese government says civilians are notjust getting caught up but have been targets of these attacks from israel. well, hezbollah is obviously not the formal government of lebanon, but over these past a0 years, it has transformed from that small clandestine terrorist group i described earlier, that was very violent against the us and other western countries in the �*80s and the early �*90s, and now it sort of retains parts of that but it has a large military force that israel is still trying to fight against. it has over a dozen members of parliament. it provides a lot of social services to lebanese shia in southern and eastern lebanon, parts of beirut. it has become a much bigger political and social movement inside lebanon, outside just the threat it poses to israel itself.

israel might feel it's making ground against hezbollah, but the us has now placed this ultimatum and linked it to aid getting into gaza, speaking up at the un. do you think israel is going to have to acquiesce or back down? that's another fascinating development over the last couple of days, but i think it is decoupled from israel's campaign against hezbollah, which is proceeding now on its own timeline and its own set of objectives, at least from the israeli perspective. whether the pressure the us has now put on israel to wind down the campaign against hamas, to absolutely increase the flow of humanitarian aid into different parts of the gaza strip, where people need it the most... how that affects the calculus of hezbollah to remain fighting against israel, because the hezbollah

deputy secretary has said, as long as israel is fighting hamas, hezbollah will continue to threaten israel. there are so many interlocking variables, but i think from the military side, israel's campaign against hezbollah is separate from the one against hamas. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. a jury has been told that a ten—year—old girl who allegedly died at the hands of relatives she was living with in the uk had more than 70 new external injuries when her body was found. sara sharif was also found with internal injuries and wounds inflicted before the assault which led to her death at the family home in woking in surrey, last year. herfather, stepmother and uncle have all denied murder. the alba party has confirmed that the body of the former first minister of scotland alex salmond, will return

to aberdeen. he died suddenly from a heart attack in the balkan country of north macedonia on saturday, where he was attending a conference. in a statement, the party said a private individual is paying for a charterflight to bring his body back to scotland. and in sport, thomas tuchel says he hopes to make england fans' dreams come true at the next world cup after he was confirmed as the new head coach of the men's national football team. he'll start the job in the january of next year, and has signed a contract until the next tournament in 2026. you're live with bbc news. let's turn to the us now, and kamala harris has sat down with fox news in herfirst—ever inteview with the network, where she was pushed on immigration as well as her vow to be a candidate of change. and on that, she was asked by fox host brett baier about comments she made last week in which she said she wouldn't change a thing about the actions of the biden administration.

my presidency will not be a continuation ofjoe biden�*s. like every new president that comes into office, i will bring my life experiences, my professional experiences and fresh and new ideas, i represent a new generation of leadership. on wednesday, fox news also aired an all—woman town hall with donald trump taped the previous day. he was asked about strict abortion laws imposed in several states, and he praised the us supreme court for ending a woman's right to an abortion in the us when they overturned roe v wade in 2022. like ronald reagan, i believe in the exceptions for rape and incest and a life of the mother. i strongly agree, you have to follow your heart. some people don't, it's a small percentage, but you have to follow your heart but we have

the exceptions. what we were able to do through the courage of six supreme courtjustices, we were able to do this after years and years of turmoil. now it's back in the states, the states are voting for it. joining me live from washington is our north america correspondent rowan bridge. first the harris interview on fox, give us a sense of how it went. it fox, give us a sense of how it went. . , . , fox, give us a sense of how it went. . , ., , ., , , went. it was a tense and testy exchange — went. it was a tense and testy exchange between _ went. it was a tense and testy exchange between the - went. it was a tense and testy exchange between the vice i exchange between the vice president and the interviewer. the most notable comment was the one you played there where kamala harris was trying to place more distance than we have seen before between herself and joe biden, where she said a harris presidency wouldn't be a continuation of the biden presidency. that it's further she has gone than the language she has used previously. it's difficult if you are the vice president, on the one hand to draw a distinction between yourself and be your own candidate, but

at the same time you are still part of that administration. she was pressed quite hard on a number of issues of interest fox viewers, and seen as the weaknesses full kamala harris, particularly immigration, where she refused to say the mistakes had been made. but the strategy she gave with most of her answers was to deflect from kamala harris herself onto donald trump, and what she perceived as his weaknesses. something fox news viewers wouldn't used to be here in half an hour of people talking about. . , ., ., ., ,, ., about. the decision to appear on fox, about. the decision to appear on fox. a _ about. the decision to appear on fox, a conservative - about. the decision to appear. on fox, a conservative network in america, that's clearly intentional on her part to reach out to some republicans. very much so, part of a broader strategy to do that, really. she has appeared at rallies recently with high—profile republicans, liz cheney, the daughter of dick cheney, the former vice president and a

former vice president and a former congresswoman herself, appeared at a rally with kamala harris a couple of weeks ago. in pennsylvania today with some republicans. the idea here is clearly there is a section of the republican voting block, the republican voting block, the maga base that are never going to be won over by a kamala harris, but this was more about picking up moderate republicans who feel uneasy about voting for donald trump, and to give them a comfort level with the idea of voting for kamala harris. the reality at the moment, this election will be decided by six or seven states. the polls in those states. the polls in those states are very tight, within the statistical margin of error, so every vote that you can pull over some the other side could be crucial in whether you get the keys to the white house. just

whether you get the keys to the white house.— white house. just a touch on former president _ white house. just a touch on former president trump - white house. just a touch on former president trump as l white house. just a touch on . former president trump as well, is he making similar overtures to win democratic voters? yeah, we have seen — to win democratic voters? yeah, we have seen both _ to win democratic voters? yeah, we have seen both candidates i we have seen both candidates appearing in places which are not their natural homes, their audience is not their natural, should i say. kamala harris on fox, and as we speak, donald trump appearing on spanish—language tv network uni vision. if you look at spanish—speaking voters in the us, latino voters, in the 2020 election analysis, they voted disproportionately for democrats. so you are getting here a strategy where donald trump is trying to boost his support among latinos voters, which could be crucial in the battleground states in who makes it to the white house. thank you. both candidates have this week been campaigning in pennsylvania — a key swing state in the election. joe biden won the state in 2020 by around 80 thousand votes and donald trump won in 2016 byjust 40,000 votes. latest polling across

the battleground states in the in the us ahead of the election next month shows a tight race in all — including pennsylvania — where our polls show kamala harris with an advantage of less than 1%. let's talk more about the significance of pennsylvania for both candidates — joining me now is stephen caruso political reporter in pennsylvania at the news website spotlight pa. give us the context, we know there are several key states, several swing states, why is pennsylvania the most important of all? �* , , pennsylvania the most important of all? y , ., pennsylvania the most important ofall? v ., pennsylvania the most important ofall? �*, ., ., of all? it's 'ust a matter of maths. — of all? it's 'ust a matter of maths. of — of all? it'sjust a matter of maths, of all the swing - of all? it's just a matter of - maths, of all the swing states, pennsylvania has the most electoral college votes. it's the most up for grabs of any swing state. some are not as valuable, and also pennsylvania is a microcosm of the united states. it's not a perfect allegory for the demographic divide of the country but it is

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