of highlighting the plight of domestic and sexual abuse survivors. more now on our top story. donald trump and kamala harris are pushing their closing messages to voters on their last day of campaigning before america decides its next president. the polls suggest the race is still exceptionally close. matt schlapp, chairman of the conservative political action conference — and a close ally of donald trump — sees money as the biggest challenge facing the trump campaign. i think the democrats, there are still based on labour and environmental groups, very well funded by nonprofit networks and billionaires like bill gates and mark zuckerberg and others and our side is predominantly local grassroots activists, a lot of people who

associate with the group that i chair, we don't even come close, 10% of the funding and so it's one of the deficits you have, you have social media oligarchs against the media, the media against you, we have all funded ngos and nonprofits but he is going to back it all and when but the money is a huge problem in american politics, it's all on the left. with 75 million people having already voted early, jim messina — the ceo of the messina group and former white house deputy chief of staff for operations under barack obama wishes kamala harris had more time to campaign. she's been the candidate for less than 100 days and you would love to have another month or two to make a case for swing voters, i saw some pulse over the weekend, undecided voters, only a quarter of them think they do not know enough —— enough about her and it

would have been nice to have a month or two to make a case but you've got to go for a great aid for the you've got to go for a great aid forthe campaign you've got to go for a great aid for the campaign she put together in 100 days, it feels much more like a european snap election than the two—year barack obama campaign that i run but she's done a greatjob. in the end, she would have loved to have had a little bit more time. as election day approaches, we'll be keeping track of the polls and seeing what effect the campaign has on the race to the white house. you can watch live coverage of the results here on bbc news — and on bbc one and the iplayer in the uk at 22:40 gmt on tuesday. sumi somaskanda and caitriona perry will bring you a special programme from washington dc with our team of experts and correspondents. an israeli court has said a leak of classified intelligence — involving a close aide to the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu — may have compromised efforts to secure the release of israeli hostages held by hamas.

the court said the advisor, eliezer feldstein, and three others were under investigation. mr netanyahu has denied wrongdoing by any of his staff. let's speak to our correspondent injerusalem, joe inwood. tell us more about this leak. these were documents given to two european newspapers, the jewish chronicle in london and built in germany and they came out around september. they were seen as being very helpful to the political position of the israeli prime minister and to explain the context, on the 1st of september it was announced six of the hostages held by hamas in gaza had been murdered and there was outrage and despair in this country about the deaths in the belly of the government to get a hostage deal. shortly afterwards the prime minister started to say there were fears there was intelligence that the hostages could be smuggled out of gaza

and into egypt. 0n the 5th of september a report was published in thejewish chronicle newspaper by a writer cold elon perry, secret intelligence document saying this was part of the plan, on the 8th of september a similar report came in the german newspaper, on the sixth, i should stay that backsay and it built a narrative that it was not possible to do a hostage deal and it was seen at the time is being useful to the prime minister and he amplified those reports and emerge shortly after an investigation started as to how the documents got out and that led to the arrest of a man cold eliezer feldstein and he was the spokesman for the office of the prime minister, three other people arrested as well but their names have not been released and what is alleged to have happened is that someone in the office of the prime minister was involved in allegedly leaking secret documents some of which were

indeed fabricated to international newspapers in order to build a case that was useful to the prime minister. what do the families want to do about this?— about this? the families have been outraged _ about this? the families have been outraged and _ about this? the families have been outraged and say - about this? the families have been outraged and say that if| been outraged and say that if true, this shows that they have been used as political pawns and criticised in order to scupper a deal and put forward the agenda of benjamin netanyahu. it's been alleged by many people, i spoke a moment to go to a leading commentator here and he said it's widely considered benjamin netanyahu does not want to do a deal because as soon as peace happens he might be forced from office and he is obviously keen to avoid that so the families have been critical and say that if true this is the final breach of trust between them and the government. it's not just families who are critical, the of the opposition who has said that benjamin netanyahu is either complicit in these leaks

or if he is not, he is incompetent and benny gantz, untilfour months ago incompetent and benny gantz, until four months ago or so was part of the war cabinet, has said this seems to be part of a political survival strategy for benjamin netanyahu and he said if true it is a national crime. it is worth pointing out the office for the prime minister while not denying the links have happened have distanced prime minister from them and they said the spokesman responsible, allegedly responsible, allegedly responsible, was not a member of official stop and did not have access to official documents.— have access to official documents. the man who led the police watchdog investigation into the shooting of chris kaba by a police firearms officer in london, has defended the decision to refer the case to the crown prosecution service. sal naseem has told bbc panorama that he didn t believe mr kaba presented sufficient danger to justify being shot.

click sergeant martyn blake was found not guilty of murder two weeks ago. the metropolitan police says the system for holding police officers to account must be reformed. greg mckenzie reports. the moment the court chris kaba was driving and was surrounded by firearms officers in south london. he was dry to ram his way out of an armed stop and seconds later he was shot dead. the car he was driving had been involved in a drive—by shooting the night before and was being followed by officers from the met firearms unit, they did not know who was driving the car. the armed stop was filmed by multiple police body worn cameras, the footage was reviewed by the independent police watchdog. the officer

who fired the fatal shot sergeant martin blake told investigators he believed the lives of his colleagues were at risk. sal naseem led the iowa pc team. �* , risk. sal naseem led the iowa pc team. 3 ., risk. sal naseem led the iowa pc team-— pc team. it's a split-second decision _ pc team. it's a split-second decision but _ pc team. it's a split-second decision but for _ pc team. it's a split-second decision but for him - pc team. it's a split-second decision but for him to - decision but for him to discharge the firearm that has to be significant threat to life. at the time he did i did not think there was course and that's a very personal opinion. neil basso is a former assistant commissioner at the met police. it assistant commissioner at the met police-— met police. it is dark and chaotic _ met police. it is dark and chaotic. the _ met police. it is dark and chaotic. the car - met police. it is dark and chaotic. the car is - met police. it is dark and | chaotic. the car is rewing met police. it is dark and - chaotic. the car is rewing its chaotic. the car is revving its engine — chaotic. the car is revving its engine it_ chaotic. the car is revving its engine. it is ramming other care — engine. it is ramming other care it_ engine. it is ramming other care it is— engine. it is ramming other care it isa— engine. it is ramming other cars. it is a two tonne vehicle _ cars. it is a two tonne vehicle. watch yourself. i think— vehicle. watch yourself. i think in— vehicle. watch yourself. i think in the chaos of the situation, 17 seconds, we are asking — situation, 17 seconds, we are asking a _ situation, 17 seconds, we are asking a huge amount from police — asking a huge amount from police officers to make difficult decisions to save lives _ difficult decisions to save lives in _ difficult decisions to save lives in those circumstances. panorama _ lives in those circumstances. panorama has spoken to a former

member of m in 19 and wished to remain anonymous and he said mistakes remained on the night that the audi car was not boxed in as strongly as it should happen. his words are forced by an actor. the truth is things went wrong on the night of the operations of the time martin blake were stripped out of his car, the car in which chris kaba was and had far too much room to manoeuvre. it was not safe. the officers said had the audi been contained better chris kaba might still be alive. chris kaba was a member of a violent street gang and before the armed stop, six days earlier, he had shot and wounded a rival gang member. he was surrounded by armed police during the stop demanding he get out of the car and had he done so he might have left. his

parents prosper and helen said had he lived, he should have been put on trial.— been put on trial. we've got the police. _ been put on trial. we've got the police, we've _ been put on trial. we've got the police, we've got - been put on trial. we've got the police, we've got the i been put on trial. we've got i the police, we've got the code to charge him, if thejudge said she agreed to present you go to prison but the role of the police is not to kill. that's it. two weeks an old bailey took little over three hours to find sergeant martin blake not guilty for killing chris kaba and his suspension from duty was lifted. after the verdict the met commissioner said his armed officers respond to more than 4000 incidents every year but only one or two of them result in shots being fired. adding no officer was above the law and said the system holding police to account was broken. an inquest into the death of chris kaba is expected next year. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

the prince of wales has described africa as holding a special place in his heart ahead of his arrival in cape town for this year's earthshot prize ceremony. five separate awards of one million pounds will be given to the best environmental innovations at next week's event. from cape town, our senior royal correspondent, daniela relph reports. it will feel personal for the prince of wales this week as he brings his earthshot prize to africa. back in 2018, on a visit to namibia, prince william's earthshot idea was born. but it was also in africa, he says, he found solace after the death of his mother and where he proposed to his wife 14 years ago. the 2024 earthshot prize finalists are... cape town will host this year's ceremony, with a focus on young people and african—led ideas.

these solutions are some of the most exciting, innovative and impactful we've seen. the earthshot ceremony will be held in a specially constructed and reusable ecodome. 0rganisers say bringing earthshot to cape town has created 650 jobs locally. some things move slowly around here, but there is a sense of urgency amongst this year's finalists. they've held an earthshot camp to network and share ideas. for all of them, the big prize is within reach. i come from very humble beginnings, to be honest, and therefore this is so amazing in terms of my personaljourney and it's so important for me. my family is also quite excited about me winning because i come from a very remote part of africa, and therefore it's so surreal. and i'm very excited about, you know, being this close to winning it. the point of earthshot is to turbo—charge environmental ideas with the £1 million prizes, expert guidance

and the contacts and influence of prince william. it doesn't fall off. i got you, i got you. fitting an eco tyre to an electric car, prince william visited enso in london a few weeks ago. last year they were earthshot finalists. 12 months on, they have a deal with uber and plans for global expansion. i would say earthshot is almost being taken from obscurity and almost becoming climate royalty in a heartbeat. and, of course, everything we do is about moving forward. so this is just an acceleration of the technology that we deliver to make electric cars more successful. while of course combating tyre pollution, which pollutes the air we breathe. finding answers to the biggest climate challenges, this year's winners will be announced later this week. daniela relph, bbc news, cape town.

amnesty international has called on iran to release a female student for reportedly stripping in protest at the countries strict dress code. she was seen in social media walking around in underwear outside tehran university. many iranian women have discarded headscarves in protest. china says a 3—person crew has returned to earth after more than six months on a space station. they completed the longest space work for china totalling eight hours and bashing has put billions of dollars into the space programme over the past decade in an effort to catch up with the us and europe. here in the uk, queen camilla is to feature

in a new documentary, highlighting the plight of domestic and sexual abuse survivors. the programme, which is due to air on itv next week, follows her majesty as she continues to raise awareness about the issue she's been campaigning on for more than a decade. our culture reporter noor nanji reports. i'm going to introducel you to the service user that i've been working with. her name is natalie. the queen meeting natalie, a victim of domestic abuse. it's part of an itv documentary focusing on an issue the queen is known to want to highlight — domestic abuse. i don't know where you'd like to begin your story. we see her talking candidly to people who have experienced it and urging people to discuss it more openly. welcome to buckingham palace. the documentary reports that in england and wales last year, more than 2 million people experienced some form of domestic abuse and on average, every five days a woman was killed by a current or former partner. the queen visits a refuge where she listens to women sharing accounts of violence, aggression and threats. thank you for the

dedication you have. former prime minister theresa may and human rights lawyer cherie blair also make an appearance. when — they've been told they are not. the queen has been a long standing campaigner against domestic abuse. she has previously warned of a pandemic of violence against women and she has invited campaigners to buckingham palace. the queen used a recent visit to australia and samoa with king charles to highlight the issue, calling on delegates at a commonwealth summit to end domestic and sexual violence and respect. this documentary shows its an issue that she passionately believes in, and intends to put front and centre of her time as queen. noor nanji, bbc news. 1535 00:17:52,680