political editor chris mason sits down with prime minister sir keir starmer — as he comes under pressure over slavery reparations at a commonwealth summit in samoa. a warning from the un — cut carbon emissions or be on track to miss global warming limits by a �*catastrophic�* margin. hello, i'm catriona perry. you're very welcome. we start in the middle east where efforts to re—start negotiations on a ceasefire and hostage release deal in gaza continued on thursday. us secretary of state antony blinken is in doha for meetings with qatari leaders. he said that israeli and american negotiators will travel to doha in the coming days for fresh ceasefire talks. a hamas official, speaking after talks with egyptian mediators in cairo on thursday, told the french news agency afp that the group is ready to stop fighting if israel

commits to a ceasefire deal. secretary blinken said he hopes to find a diplomatic resolution to the war in the wake of israel's killing of hamas leader yahya sinwar, whom he described as a central obstacle in previous negotiations. the reason i believe there is opportunity now is because the biggest obstacle to that was sinwar and the fact he is no longer with us perhaps allows an opening for moving forward and concluding an agreement. secretary blinken announced washington will send an additional $135 million to palestinians in gaza and the occupied west bank for humanitarian assistance. it comes as a hospital in central gaza says an israeli air strike on a school killed at least 17 people, including children. israel's military said it targeted a hamas command and control centre embedded in the nuseirat refugee camp. our correspondent wyre davies is following developments from jerusalem.

they have been some very distressing videos and images emerging today from the gaza strip showing clearly civilian victims including victims are children of the latest air strikes. they said it attacked the camp because it was going after operatives using this area which used to be a school as a command and control centre. israelalso as a command and control centre. israel also saying it did everything it could to mitigate risk to civilian casualties but clearly looking at those images, many, many civilians appear to have been killed in that latest israeli air strike. killed in that latest israeli airstrike. furtherto killed in that latest israeli air strike. further to the north, israel is intensifying its blockade around parts of northern gaza where hundreds of thousands of civilians are said to be trapped. aid agencies and the un say the humanitarian crisis there is dire, there is talk and images of people as

they are being evacuated from they are being evacuated from the area are being stopped and searched and in some cases taken away by the israeli forces for questioning so the humanitarian crisis in northern gazais humanitarian crisis in northern gaza is particularly acute, not enough aid getting in say the un. and of course, aid into northern gaza and the impact of israel's military offensive in the north was the subject of antony blinken�*s visit when he came to israel earlier in the week. mr blinken has since moved on to other parts of the middle east and in qatar earlier as he left he also reiterated the need for a better humanitarian response in gaza. israel hasn't directly responded to that, israelis certainly haven't talked about the resumption of ceasefire talks. talks, of course, which could see the release of some of those israeli hostages still being held in gaza. but there was some hope out of blinken�*s talks in qatar that the qataris themselves, who have been

mediators throughout this year, may be trying to get talks going again and that mediators, particularly from egypt and qatar and the united states, might sit down again to try and get those ceasefire talks going again. but i must say that hopes aren't very high on either side, hopes aren't very high on eitherside, hamas hopes aren't very high on either side, hamas doesn't really have an obvious leadership at the minute after the killing of sinwar last week and the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu hasn't benjamin neta nyahu hasn't really benjamin netanyahu hasn't really expressed thus far that much interest in restarting ceasefire talks before he's achieved a full military victory in gaza. speaking in qatar, antony blinken said the us is closely watching israel's activities beyond its northern border. israel is continuing military action against what it says are hezbollah targets in lebanon. lebanese media report there were 17 israeli strikes on southern beirut overnight. the israeli military says hezbollah has launched more than 30 rockets at northern israel. meanwhile, world leaders at an international conference in paris on thursday pledged

$1 billion to ease the humanitarian crisis in lebanon. a million people there — a sixth of lebanon's population — have fled their homes to escape israeli raids. i've been speaking to mara rudman, former deputy envoy and chief of staff for the office of the special envoy for middle east peace at us department of state. she gave me her assessment of the ceasefire efforts. i am hopeful that progress can be made, i think it is critical that these conversations happen and i think expectations need to be modest. but still tremendously important to have these parties talking with one another and to have egypt and qatar and the united states showing their common goal in terms of mediation and that is what is happening now. secretary blinken has also announced this additional 135 million us dollars for palestinians in gaza and the west bank in

humanitarian assistance. during his trip to the middle east over the last few days, will he have received assurances from israel that that aid would actually be let into gaza and permitted to move around the country, that is a problem we have been hearing from aid agencies? so, having myself administered us assistance in a role that i had at the us agency for international development, administered assistance into gaza and the west bank during times of conflict that didn't compare to the current one — i know it is challenging. it is challenging from all sides, notjust from the israeli side but also from what hamas does, how it interferes and what it is doing to hold up aid to its people. what i have read about secretary blinken, i read his comments very closely, it is clear he discussed this with the israelis when he said that he felt there was progress being made but much more needed to occur and he said that as well i believe when he announced the 135 million which i should note

brings the total of us assistance during this time to over $1 billion. and when those talks are going on with the humanitarian situation looking to have the hostages released as well, it is unclear at this point whether hamas will have any representative at those talks. is there a point to the talks without a hamas representative there? let's be clear, the way these talks occur, the united states cannot speak directly with hamas. israel generally doesn't. the united states is precluded by law from doing so. the qataris and the egyptians speak with the hamas leaders, the united states speaks with israel and the qataris and the egyptians and the americans speak quite a bit with one another in real time. what i understood is that egypt have had some initial conversations with hamas and coming out of that conversation that hamas did release some sort of statement saying they were willing to proceed with talks which wasn't clear at the time

of secretary blinken�*s press conference earlier today with the qatari prime minister. the us election is at a fever pitch with just 12 days to go, it's a tight race — so there's again big focus on those all important �*swing' states. this is live in clarkston, georgia — at a rally for kamala harris. it's a star—studded event tonight — we heard earlier from �*the boss�* bruce springsteen, film—maker tyler perry, as well as former us president barack obama. we've got to let them know we know this election is going to be tight. as a country, i get why people are looking to shake things up. donald trump has been campaigning on the other side

of the country today. this is live in nevada, we're expecting the former us president to speak here in the coming hours. arizona — a pivotal swing state — and also a border state. earlier he was in arizona, another important state for both campaigns. he spoke of the issue of immigration in that speech. we are a dumping ground, we are like a garbage can for the world. that is what has happened, we are like a garbage can. it's the first time i've ever said that. every time i come up and talk about what they've done to our country i get angrierand angrier. first time i've ever said garbage can but you know what? it's a very accurate description. the economy has consistenly polled as the most important issue for us voters. our correspondent gary o'donoghue has travelled to the swing state of michigan to find out what voters think of the candidates' economic arguments.

in michigan, the home of the motor car, they like to put their vehicles to the test. it's like the us — a bumpy ride! the lesser of two evils for me at this time is trump. the economy was better four years ago. i hope that he can return it to that. mark walz works building axles in the car industry. he's sceptical about the push towards electric vehicles favoured by the democrats. i'm all for doing what you can to help the environment, but electric vehicles are kind of silly. i don't think we have the infrastructure for them. i think itjust all got politicised. they're not a saviour. just down the road, they're parading theirjeeps. fuel prices are on everyone�*s mind here. they're 50% higher than they were four years ago. mary and eric blame the democrats. we need to use the resources we have in our own country and not buy it from other countries. so when donald trump says, "drill, baby, drill..."

that's right. i'm with donald, yep. and it's notjust fuel. for what it used to cost us to get six bags of groceries, we get two bags of groceries now — every day, we're packing. and delivering over 10,000 healthy, nourishing meals for our local children. - while overall inflation is down to 2.5%, rising food prices mean charities like this are still seeing demand from working families. in 2024, we've had more requests for services - than we ever have in our 22—year history, - because healthy food i is continuing to be more and more inaccessible. in fact, the average household here in michigan is paying over $150 more per month on groceries than it was four years ago. and in this part of the state, wages have not kept up. kamala harris says she's going to do something about those supermarkets who are overcharging. i'll take on corporate price gouging because i've done it before and i will do it again. price controls are popular among many voters,

but do they work? governments have been very unsuccessful at controlling prices. if you cap the price, then there's no indication to the markets as to how much to make. michigan is also famous for its beer. linus de paoli brews around 200 gallons a week. kamala harris has promised tax deductions for small businesses like his and greater access to investment, while donald trump says he will protect us companies by big import tariffs. linus believes his customers aren't getting enough detail about both parties�* economic plans and that makes for an uncertain business environment. there are a lack of details from both parties on the economic policy. it would be nice to have more direction of how things will affect the people who live in this area, that come to this place, and are the bread and butter of this business. how michigan votes in this election really matters. it's one ofjust a handful of key states that will

determine the outcome in the presidential election. every pollster has michigan as a toss—up right now. this one is going right down to the wire. gary 0'donoghue, bbc news, michigan. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. the chancellor, rachel reeves, has said the government will change its self—imposed rules on measuring debt, so more money can be freed up for more investment in this month's budget. the shadow chancellor, jeremy hunt, says increasing borrowing will mean interest rates stay higher for longer, punishing people with mortgages. police are reopening an investigation into a crash at a school in south london last year, which killed two eight—year—old girls. theirfamilies had previously been told that the driver of the car — which ploughed into their playground — would not be charged, because she had suffered an epileptic seizure. the victim's parents were critical of the first investigation.

the uk's drug safety regulator is asking doctors to look out for signs that people who are not obese may be misusing weight—loss jabs. the medicines regulator says the drugs do have side effects and should only be used for treating obesity and diabetes. it follows reports of some people who are not obese becoming sick after using the jabs. the regulator says while most side—effects are mild, some can be serious. you're live with bbc news. a new report suggests countries are far from reaching global climate targets. that's according to the united nations environmental programme. a global warming limit of1.5 degree celsius above pre—industrial levels was set in 2015 — to ward off catastrophic effects of climate change. but the un now warns world temperatures are on course to rise by three—point—one degrees above pre—industrial levels this century — twice that target set a decade ago. the warning comes just weeks before world leaders gather in azerbaijan

for the international climate summit c0 p29. so, how concerned should we be about this warning? i put the question to michael mann, distinguished professor university of pennsylvania, and author of "our fragile moment: how lesson�*s from earth's past can help us survive the climate crisis." listeners might be left with the impression that there has been some substantial change in the complexion of where we stand over the last year or so. and there isn't actually. what the report states is something we have sort of known for a few years. if we have no further progress, if we only, sort of, if our policies going forward are the policies that we have now, so we make no further progress in decarbonising our economies, then we will probably see somewhere in the neighbourhood of three celsius

warming of the planet. now, that actually reflects some progress since 2016. at the time of the paris agreement, we were heading towards somewhere between four and five celsius. now because we have made progress, not enough progress but significant progress, far more investment in renewable energy, carbon emissions by the way this year are likely to decline slightly so it isn't true that they are increasing. they are basically flat. this year they're going to decline a little bit. that is in large part because of real progress in moving towards renewable energy but we aren't doing it fast enough and three celsius is too much warming. as you reported earlier, the story reported earlier, the story reported earlier, the story reported earlier, if we warm the planet even beyond 1.5 celsius, we are going to start to see far worse consequences. now, the obstacles are not a physical and they are not technological. at this point,

the obstacles to doing that, to achieving that, are still political and so that is a really important message go into this next conference of the parties where this might be our last opportunity to sort of ratchet up those commitments to the point where we do have a chance of keeping warming below that truly dangerous 1.5 celsius. prime minister sir keir starmer is at the commonwealth summit where he's facing renewed pressure from caribbean countries about the issue of reparations for the tra ns—atla ntic slave trade. the prime minister has been speaking to our political editor chris mason it turns out the tropical south pacific isn't always sun—kissed, but peer beyond the windscreen wipers and this small island nation oozes pride at being host to more than 50 countries. some commonwealth countries want the uk to pay up for the impact of slavery. "no" says the prime minister. i think we should be clear from the outset that the slave trade,

slave practice, was abhorrent and it's very important that we start from that place and of course that matters hugely to many of the countries that are represented here. my focus is on the forward, not the backward. i want to understand the nature of your objection. is it a financial one, or is it a moral and philosophical one? can our generation be held responsible for the actions of our forebears? i think our generation can say the slave trade and practice was abhorrent and we should, you know, we talk about our history, we can't change our history, but we should certainly talk about our history... but not apologise, not pay any money? i think that we recognise that and of course apologies have already been made in relation to the slave trade and that's not surprising, it's what you would expect, but if you then go on to the question, we have 55 countries here represented

an say in the conversations i've already had, the things that have come up most, their resilience, there are a real concern particularly for some smaller countries about the impact of climate on them and how we can help with international institutions, financial institutions, to unlock money that might help them. you find yourself in the last couple of days embroiled with a row with donald trump with a loosely—worded social media post by a labour staffer and something of a transatlantic spat breaking out over alleged electoral interference by the labour party. does it worry you or is it classic election campaigning and electioneering going on in america? this needs to be seen for what it is, the labour party members and staff who are on a voluntary basis in their own time going to campaign in the election. it's happened every election, every political party does it. if donald trump can kick you around like this as a candidate, what might be like he wins the presidency? i've met donald trump, we had dinner together in new york a few weeks ago. the reason was a shared endeavour, we want to make sure we have a good working

relationship. the relationship between our two countries is a special relationship, we both recognise that. you had your transport secretary calling for a boycott of a transport company, a row over taylor swift concert tickets, now people even inadvertently undermining your relationship with donald trump, your critics say you are behaving like you are in opposition. can i address that head—on? i said economic growth was the number—one mission of this government and what i intended to do was build a partnership between an active and labour government that had absolute clarity about what it was doing on economic growth with the private sector who would come up alongside us and invest... no, let me finish, come alongside as... is there still a mentality shift from opposition after so many years to being in government? these examples point to that,

the sense there is still a mindset of you being an opposition party as opposed to a party of government. i challenge that, £63 billion worth of investment, budget coming where we will fix the foundations, the last 1a years' fiction that has led to disaster for our country, the economy is broken, public services on their knees, put that behind us, we are going to clear the decks here. let me ask you about the budget next week. the chancellor said today you are going to rewrite the rules on borrowing and debt so you can spend more. how big a moment is this, the budget, for the country, for the new government? it's a very important budget because we've had a0 years where the economy didn't really go, badly damaged. i believe in running towards problems. if you know what the problem is... run towards it and fix it at the same time tell the story about the future of the country. the wars in ukraine and the middle east are two major topics on the agenda at the annual meetings of the imf and world bank this week here in washington, dc.

representatives from the more than 190 member countries of the imf are gathering — to discuss how to spur global economic growth, tackle debt and navigate the transition to green energy. among them is poland — whose economic growth is set to accelerate over the next couple of years, according to the world bank. the country — which shares a border with ukraine — is also one of the largest contibutors to nato defence spending, relative to the size of its economy. earlier, iwasjoined here in the studio by the finance minister of poland, andrzej domanski. he told me more about how the war in ukraine is impacing poland. imean, it i mean, it is absolutely clear for us in poland that the threat from russia israel and wejust threat from russia israel and we just cannot afford to ignore it and therefore we have the highest share of spending relative to gdp among all nato

members, 4.1% this year and a next year. but it is clear for us that we need to modernise our army to be ready. and of course we try to convince our european partners to increase their spending as we believe that europe needs more solidarity in terms of spending, defence spending, because when we are buying tanks, jets and other equipment, of course we are protecting poland but of course protecting poland but of course protecting also other european countries. he's best known for directing films such as batman and edward scissorhands — now a major retrospective exhibition of tim burton's work is opening at the design museum in london. burton's personal archives will go on display in uk forfirst time, including hundreds of artworks and costumes. here's charlotte gallagher.

the living, the dead — can they coexist? the surreal, gothic and eccentric style of tim burton, in his latest film beetlejuice beetlejuice. and this is where all his creations begin, drawings on his sketch pad, something he's loved since he could pick up a pencil. i've always felt quite lucky that it was something that was important to me. and whether i was good or not at it, it was something that meant something to me. it was like therapy. and did no—one ever say to you, "oh, that's a bit weird?" of course! and the monsters in yourfilms are often the ones that, visually, they look scary, but they're the ones that people connect with the most. and they tend to be the heroes — is that intentional? when i grew up on watching these movies, i mean, it was very clear, all of them, from king kong to frankenstein to creature from the black lagoon, all the monsters were the most emotional. you know, the humans

were the ones that scared me. and the monster always had the most emotion, it had the most feeling. burton is credited with kick—starting the superhero genre with his batman films, but would he return to them? no, because it felt new at the time. there was pressure because it was a big movie and it was a different interpretation of comic books. and how do you feel about artificial intelligence? there was ai versions of characters, disney characters designed by me, ai, right? and until it happens to you, you really don't understand it, but it was quite disturbing and ifelt like my soul had been taken from me. it's clear that for this director, his soul is attached to his very real creations. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. that's it for the moment, i'm catriona perry, thanks so much for watching and do stay with us here on bbc news. hello there.

we saw some pretty decent temperatures for the time of year on thursday, with highs of 19 degrees in northolt in greater london. that was thanks to sunshine, warm southerly winds and high pressure. for friday, though a few changes to the weather. it will be cloudier for many. still a bit of sunshine around, but we've got this area of low pressure which will tend to throw up a weather front into southern and western areas to bring outbreaks of rain. strong winds out towards the southwest, but lighter further north and east. and it's here where we'll start cloudy with some early mist and fog, especially the midlands, northern and eastern england that will tend to lift into low cloud. and we'll see this rain in the south and the west slowly pushing northwards across england and wales, tending to weaken as it does so. but skies brighten up behind it with a few showers and it's very windy for the far south—west. most of scotland, northern ireland, northern eastern england will stay cloudy. best of any sunshine, south—west scotland and north—west england. temperatures pretty decent again for the time of year — mid to high teens. friday night, we see that weather front spread northwards across scotland, bringing outbreaks of rain, patchy clouds. skies clear for many. this area of low pressure starts to fizzle out across the southwest so the winds

will ease down here. still fairly mild, temperatures to start saturday ranging between 7 and 11 degrees. saturday, that area of low pressure fizzles out, but we look to the north—west, a renewed area of low pressure. its weather front pushing into scotland and northern ireland bringing strong winds and outbreaks of rain here. but much of southern and eastern scotland, england and wales will have a fine day with some sunshine. a few showers, wales, south—west england some early showers, i think east anglia in the south—east, but these will clear away so the majority will be dry into the afternoon. but a slightly fresher thanks to westerly winds on saturday — into sunday, ridge of high pressure builds into england and wales, so a lot of dry weather here could be quite cool to start on sunday. maybe some early mist and fog as the winds will be light here. but again, quite breezy. scotland, northern ireland with further outbreaks of rain, though not as wet as saturday i think, with much of eastern scotland staying dry. so a fine day to come across england and wales, but a bit cooler again — 11 to 15 degrees. as we move into next week, once we pass monday, it looks like high pressure starts to build in right across the country.

that'll settle the weather down once again, away from the far north of scotland, which will stay quite breezy with some showers, but the vast majority of the country through the week should be dry. they may be quite a lot of cloud around, and it could be quite cool at night with some mist and fog developing. take care.

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the latest headlines follow at the top of the hour, after this programme. hello, and welcome along to a special programme celebrating the 2024 bbc green sport awards, set up to tell the stories of the brilliant athletes and organisations who are all playing their part to make a difference and raise awareness about the issues we are all facing. over the next half an hour, we're going to introduce you to our five winners and tell you a little bit more about the impact they are making. because 2024 has been a sporting year like no other, a feast for us all to enjoy. so many of us have loved watching this summer of sport from back home, but thousands of fans have also travelled to be there in person, which i'm sure has been a fantastic experience, but one that has come with a huge environmentalfootprint. but the winner of our first award for grassroots organisation of the year

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