bethany, the seas look absolutely — have. bethany, the seas look absolutely calm _ have.lutely calm today, - have. bethany, the seas look absolutely calm today, but i have. bethany, the seas look absolutely calm today, but of have. bethany, the seas look - absolutely calm today, but of course the depths that you're talking about and the hazards, the difficulties that you were just describing, is the hope, are you hearing anything that now they've recovered for, that they are clearly inside the vessel so the hope would be that they will be able to retrieve the final two in the coming hours? the? be able to retrieve the final two in the coming hours?— the coming hours? they haven't commented _ the coming hours? they haven't commented at _ the coming hours? they haven't commented at the _ the coming hours? they haven't commented at the moment - the coming hours? they haven't commented at the moment on i the coming hours? they haven't i commented at the moment on the status of the operation. but within the last couple of hours, they did recover for bodies, the last couple of

and bethany, for a lot of the boat. and bethany, for a lot of the course — the boat.a lot of the course of _ the boat. and bethany, for a lot of the course of today, _ the boat. and bethany, for a lot of the course of today, the _ the boat. and bethany, for a lot of| the course of today, the authorities have been underlining just the huge challenges involved in actually trying to retrieve the bodies, trying to retrieve the bodies, trying to retrieve the bodies, trying to actually get to the inside of this wreckage.— of this wreckage. extremely difficult. what _ of this wreckage. extremely difficult. what we _ of this wreckage. extremely difficult. what we have - of this wreckage. extremely | difficult. what we have been of this wreckage. extremely - difficult. what we have been told is that divers have a minute or so to get down to the sea bed, which is 50 metres below sea level and so 160 feet down. and then they can spend up feet down. and then they can spend up to 8—10 minutes down there before they need to return and come back up. they have also been hampered, the

bethany _ happened. for the moment, thank you very much. bethany bell— happened.n _ happened. for the moment, thank you very much. bethany bell in sicily - very much. bethany bell in sicily with the latest on those reports. let's turn our attention to some weather that is causing problems in the united kingdom. storm lillian has swept across parts of the uk, meaning flights have had to be cancelled, drivers have been urged to take care and the leeds festival in the north of england has had to close a couple of its stages because of the conditions. you can see people in attendance with layer tents being billowed about in those strong winds. some performances won't be taking place. let's find out more of the details now with the weather. the showers keep going through the night, the south—east— time the rain pushes up through south—east england and the south—east to take us into tomorrow morning some warm air as well 13 to 16 as we start saturday. we start their weekend grey and wet across the southern and eastern areas, things will gradually improved but slow impro

let's bring bethany bell back in, because bethany, we started the day with the search for six of thethat work continues. as i wasjust referencing, another boat is came into the quayside in the last few moments. , , into the quayside in the last few moments-— into the quayside in the last few moments. , , u, moments. yes, right behind me i can see another— moments. yes, right behind me i can see another boat _ moments. yes, right behind me i can see another boat also _ moments. yes, right behind me i can see another boat also circling - see another boat also circling around in the harbour. it is a bit earlier, we saw a body bag being taken out of the small boat, being taken out of the small boat, being taken to shore. add a little bit earlier than that, i could see very faintly through a telephoto lens looking out to sea at the sight of the wreck, divers pulling what appeared to be a body out of the water. the authorities have so far not confirmed the names or at the ages already sexis of any of these two bodies that we are talking about, and of course there are still four people unac

bethany, thank you very much. bethany, thank you very much. bethany bell in sicily.the democratic nomination for president, setting up the race for the white house this november. at the final day of the democratic national convention in chicago, the vice president pledged to lead �*for all americans�*, saying there was a chance to move past bitterness, cynicism and division, to a �*new way forward'. democrats have been riding a surge of enthusiasm since harris became their nominee, but polls suggest the election remains extremely tight. talking about her republican rival donald trump, ms harris called him an �*unserious man�* but warned the consequences of him returning as president would be �*extremely serious�*. our correspondent emma vardy sent this report from chicago. please welcome the democratic nominee for president, vice president of the united states of america, kamala harris! a month ago many people did not envisage this moment. america�*s lesser—known second—in—command propelled into the starring role. but she�*s become the woman democrats now believe can

sicily bethany bell are correspondent going tojoin us from sicily in bethany bell are correspondentere. it looks like the weather's in a very unsettled pattern now for the rest of this week — particularly across more northern and western areas where we'll see rain and gales. and today is looking pretty unsettled across much of the north and west of the country — but drier further south, closer to this area of high pressure. but this area of low pressure contains the remnants of what was hurricane ernesto. so there'll be a lot of moisture in it, some heavy and persistent rain continuing through the day and into the evening and night across scotland, northern ireland. pushing increasingly into north and west england and wales, with gales certainly around irish sea coast. but further south and east, it will be a quieter night to come — but a mild one with temperatures around the mid—teens for most. thursday starts off windy — lots of isobars on the charts. this front will be crossing england and wales as we go through the day, but weakening as it does so. so some heavier bursts of rain

bethany bell in sicil , going to proceed. bethany bell in sicily. thank _ going to proceed.l in sicily, thank you very _ going to proceed. bethany bell in sicily, thank you very much - going to proceed. bethany bell in sicily, thank you very much that i sicily, thank you very much that update. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. you are watching bbc news. india's narendra modi has urged president zelensky to enter peace talks with russia to end the war. on a visit to kyiv, mr modi said he would act as a "friend" to try to bring about a truce. last month president zelensky criticised the prime minister for visiting vladimir putin in moscow, on the day that dozens of people were killed in ukraine, by russian missile strikes, including at a children's hospital. a short while ago i spoke to jyoti malhotra — editor—in—chief at the tribune in india. i began by getting her assessment of mr modi's visit to ukraine. this is the indian prime minister's first visit to ukraine since ukraine became independent in 1992, and when the soviet union fell apart. and it's an i

for the moment, bethany, thank you. bethany bell in sicily.theo leggett inafew in a few moments about mike lynch as an entrepreneur. but first the... lord bethell who worked with mike lynch and sought his guidance when he has co—founding the ministry of sound remembers him as very supportive and encouraging. we spoke to you while i go where there was still hope and hope for good news but we have now had it confirmed that the body of mike lynch has been retrieved from the sea and from this vessel. a very difficult thing for people like you who knew him so well to have to process. it is people like you who knew him so well to have to process.— to have to process. it is impossible to have to process. it is impossible to process- — to have to process. it is impossible to process- he _ to have to process. it is impossible to process. he was _ to have to process. it is impossible to process. he was a _ to have to process. it is impossible to process. he was a wonderful- to have to process. it is impossible l to process. he was a wonderful man. —— le

bethany life in sicily- what _ before we get answers. bethany life in sicily.at we have _ before we get answers. bethany life in sicily. what we have seen - before we get answers. bethany life in sicily. what we have seen of - before we get answers. bethany life in sicily. what we have seen of the l in sicily. what we have seen of the last few hours and what we have a head. thank you very much. india's narendra modi has urged president zelensky to enter peace talks with russia to end the war. on a visit to kyiv — mr modi said, he would act as a "friend" — to try to bring about a truce. last month president zelensky criticised the prime minister for visiting vladimir putin in moscow, on the day that dozens of people were killed in ukraine, by russian missile strikes, including at a children's hospital. let's speak to navtej sarna, former ambassador of india to the united states, in dehli. thank you for being here on bbc news. what do you make of this trip by narendra modi?_ by narendra modi? thank you. i think it is an important _ by narendra modi? thank you. i

bethany bell in challenging, dangerous work.ily, thank _ challenging, dangerous work. bethany bell in sicily, thank you _ challenging, dangerous work. bethany bell in sicily, thank you very _ challenging, dangerous work. bethany bell in sicily, thank you very much. . india's prime minister, narendra modi, is visiting ukraine. these pictures from his office show mr modi getting off a train in kyiv this morning and being greeted by ukrainian officials. mr modi says he wants to share perspectives with president volodymyr zelensky on a peaceful resolution of the war with russia. mr modi has previously refused to condemn russia's full—scale invasion and faced criticism from western states for embracing president putin during a visit to russia injuly. let's speak to our europe correspondent nick beake, who joins us from kyiv. in light of that meeting with president putin, what sort of response and welcome is mr modi going to get? i response and welcome is mr modi going to get?— going to get? i think it will be fresh in people's _ goin

let's speak to our foreign correspondent bethany bell, who is in paris. bethany, hello to you.with the german chancellor?- the german chancellor? again this message _ the german chancellor? again this message from _ the german chancellor? again this message from the - the german chancellor? again this message from the prime l this message from the prime minister saying that he wanted to reset relations with the eu, with france. enjoy statements issued both by at elysee palace and downing street, he said the two leaders agreed to broaden and strengthen relations between the two countries. we did not get much detail, not as much detail as we got after the german leg of the trip, but certainly this i did that they wish to increase cooperation when it comes to defence, when it comes to security, when it comes to tackling the problem of migration. and on the question of migration in the small boats, they said they wanted to try to work more closely together to stop smuggling routes further upstream and share more intelligence together. yes, that last area _ intelligence together. ye

bethany, initially we _ cancel the shows. bethany, initially we were _ cancel the shows.any, | initially we were hearing the police were just planning to step up security. do we know concerts were cancelled altogether? it concerts were cancelled altogether?— concerts were cancelled altouether? ., . , ., altogether? it was a decision b the altogether? it was a decision by the organisers. _ altogether? it was a decision by the organisers. they - altogether? it was a decision by the organisers. they put l altogether? it was a decision l by the organisers. they put up a statement on their website, saying that when they receive the information, they said safety had to come first and they had no choice but to cancel them. they promised to refund people's money within the next ten days, but there of course many, very disappointed taylor swift �*s hands and vienna this evening. you can imagine is 5000 people —— taylor swift fans. that's not counting everyone who tends to gather outside the stadium where taylor swift is performing. this is a very big blow for the fans in vienna to

mark lowen and the bbc�*s bethany bell is there and we have just heard from bethany in the past few secondsift a body out of the water. she herself has seen this happen, divers have lifted a body out of the water. this report from la repubblica, that they were seen behind two mattresses, is a bit dated now, when our correspondence bethany bell clearly confirming that they have lifted bodies out of the water and the civil protection society confirming these two bodies have been found. rescue efforts very much still under way to extract the bodies and bring them to shore, deafening saying she has seen the divers lift a body out of the water. we continue to bring you the very latest from porticello. we have had an interview with the civil protection agency and we will bring you more from that as well. stay with us on bbc news and you can also go to the bbc news website with also go to the bbc news website with a live page up and running for you with all the latest news of the incident. do take a look also with us here on bbc news. hello there. it looks like the weather's in a very unsettled pa

i'm bethany bell, live imported cello.he search continues for his 18—year—old daughter, who is still missing. ex—footballerjermainejenas has been sacked by the bbc from presenting the one show. i'm katrina perry at the democratic national convention, in chicago — in tonight, kamala harris will officially accept her party's nomination for president. last night, tim walz delivered a pep talk for the nation.— for the nation. we've got 76 days - that's nothing _ for the nation. we've got 76 days - that's nothing at! _ for the nation. we've got 76 days - that's nothing at! will _ for the nation. we've got 76 days - that's nothing at! will sleep and i that's nothing at! will sleep and we're _ that's nothing at! will sleep and we're dead, we're going to leave it all on _ we're dead, we're going to leave it all on the — we're dead, we're going to leave it all on the field! hello, i'm martine croxall with verified live. friends and colleagues of mike lynch have paid tribute to him, with the death of the tech tycoon in a luxury yach

bethany bell for as there in — has to come first.little bit windy with showers across parts of the uk and it will turn really hot across southern parts of the uk and we have brisk westerly winds across scotland's and the irish sea and we have some showers earlier on here on the radar and we also had thick cloud earlier on in the south and that is a weather front which is now cleared which has now cleared towards the east and it is much brighter and the temperatures this afternoon are a mid—20s in the south—east of england and low 20s in the north—west but the teens for scotland and northern ireland. it should be a fine friday evening although in that north—west it should be a fine friday evening although in the north—west of scotland the showers will continue and the western isles too. later in the night we are also expecting thicker cloud to spread into wales, central england and the south—west, and it will really be quite murky around some coasts, a little bit of rain and drizzle is forecast. and the further east you are, the drier

she said there, bethany was it? bethany? is like when i think of climate change i think of population control and it is-- >> matter of fact. >> matter of fact. that is so often how these messages are being delivered and i think folks i look at these videos who say people are sing gravy crazy stuff, project 2025, these are all folks who worked very high up in the united states government, you know, these are people, bethany is a decision-maker, a deputy chief of staff, there's another video on the former assistant director of public affairs. >> play the video for the former assistant secretary of global affairs, honey, they are telling you, they are telling us. >> the american people, who vote for an conservative administration, they are not reading the "new york times", they are not reading the washington post. actually, to the contrary, if they published something they are going to assume it is false. so, the only way to reach them with heavy voice and credibility is through working with conservative media outlets. >> they

thanks for bethany for that.d states where — in the next few hours, tim walz will formally accept the democratic nomination to be kamala harris�* running?mate. he'll have a tough job following tuesday's headline act. former president, barack obama and wife michelle — fired up the crowd at the democratic national convention. a former donald trump spokeswoman and a host of celebrities also gave their backing to kamala harris�*s campaign for the white house. live now to the democratic national convention — and catriona perry. hello. hello, lewis, iapologise in advance, i hope you guys can hear me. the band is running through the musical numbers we will hear during night three of the democratic national commensurate. this of course is a high energy, four days for the democratic party and seeking to launch their candidates kamala harris and tim walz onto the campaign trail with as much energy and enthusiasm as they can muster and enthusiasm as they can muster and that's the theatrical show that's put on the stage down

and, bethany, what more are we hearing from the survivors?nitially we heard those heart—rending accounts of the mother who was able to save her one—year—old baby, bringing them to shore. but they have been very protected from the public. we know that doctors who have been looking after them here have talked about how they were consumed and absolutely terribly upset by the darkness that engulfed them as the waves rose high and the ship sank. and, bethany, we have been hearing a little bit more on what they think could have happened, what the last movements of the ship were. what are some of the puzzle pieces that are coming together? well, all of this will be the subject of an investigation which is likely to go on for weeks, if not months. what we know is that the diving teams who have been going down to the wreck have been using a robot, remotely controlled vehicles, that have been taking pictures. that, we understand, has been given to public prosecutor's office. the investigators have already questioned the captain. they questioned him yes

thank you for “oining us from vienna, bethany _ for them.he olympics in paris, 35 gold medals are up for grabs in events ranging from athletics to wrestling. in one of the first events of the day, hungary's kristof rasovszky has won gold in the men's ten—kilometre marathon swimming. we're joined now by our reporter grace harbage in paris. good morning. day 14, and we have had that gold medal race of the men's marathon swimming in the river seine. people would be relieved to know that those events taking place in the seine have been completed and with there's water quality concerns, thatis with there's water quality concerns, that is now finished, and the seine will be back in action for the paralympics. taking you back to last night if i may. it was a hollywood script at the bercy arena, where the usa beat serbia 95 591 indie basketball finals. the usa were under a lot of pressure but lebron james and kevin durant, stepped up when they needed to. remember that they toiled by 17 points at one stage in the second quarter, and 13 points going i

for now, bethany, thank you. bethany bell— people. for now, bethany, thank you.ople. for now, bethany, thank you. bethany bell live in _ people. for now, bethany, thank you. bethany bell live in sicily _ people. for now, bethany, thank you. bethany bell live in sicily for - people. for now, bethany, thank you. bethany bell live in sicily for us. - bethany bell live in sicily for us. sally has the rest of the day's stories for us. thank you, ben. former president barack obama is the latest high—profile democrat to rally support for kamala harris, speaking on day two of the party's national convention in chicago. during his keynote speech, mr obama said the us is ready for a new chapter with ms harris as president. he called on the democrats to get out and vote, saying november's election will be very close. we do not need four— election will be very close. we do not need four more _ election will be very close. we do not need four more years - election will be very close. we do not need four more years of - election will be very close. we do l not need four more y

bethany bell, bbc news, vienna. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.esident has said russia brought war to his country, and that it now should feel what it had done. volodymyr zelensky didn't openly refer to kyiv�*s surprise assault into the russian region of koosk, but said the armed forces had carried out an effective operation which was exactly what his country needed. three days into the attack, moscow says it's trying to drive out kyiv�*s troops from the region, where thousands of people have been evacuated. 0ur ukraine correspondentjames waterhouse sent us the latest from kyiv. we're hearing a lot of claims from russian officials that this attack has been stopped. but the fact that fighting is going into its third that this attack has been stopped, but the fact that fighting is going into its third day suggests otherwise. vladimir putin held a meeting today with the governor of kursk, where he announced that any residents forced from their homes from this attack will be awarded 10,000 roubles. awarded 10,000 roubles — that equates to around $115.

that is bethany bell.r is a professional technical diver with apex diving and marine, based on the dorset coastline here in the uk. he described some of the challenges that divers would be facing with this type of recovery operation. it's a very difficult operation indeed. the divers have to go inside the wreck. you imagine they will be carrying quite bulky equipment. there will be narrow gangways, walkways inside, corridors inside the wreck. you imagine, where the wreck is sunk, everything that wasn't screwed down will be floating around in all the cabins, behind doors, blocking gangways and pathways to the lower decks. very difficult and a very dangerous sort of place to go and investigate. they are bringing in the remote operated equipment as well. none of the windows have been broken and they have to try to get access there. how difficult does that add to this operation? the whole thing is a really difficult and dangerous operation. i mean, obviously the safety of the divers investigating the wreck is

bethany bell, bbc news, vienna.r news updates on our website.— you can find all your news updates on our website. do stay with us here on our website. do stay with us here on bbc news- _ on our website. do stay with us here on bbc news. we _ on our website. do stay with us here on bbc news. we will— on our website. do stay with us here on bbc news. we will be _ on our website. do stay with us here on bbc news. we will be back - on our website. do stay with us here on bbc news. we will be back in - on our website. do stay with us here on bbc news. we will be back in a i on bbc news. we will be back in a minute. hello, again. some of us started the day with some sunshine but a weather front coming in from the west with some more cloud and rain and it will remain fairly murky for much of the day may western areas. rain moving across northern ireland, northern england and eventually into central and southern scotland. as we go through the day, rain will push eastwards and after that bright start, we can see that cloud b

bethany bell, bbc news, vienna.ission to the international space station, two american astronauts are still unable to return home. problems with a boeing starliner spacecraft means they can't be brought back to earth. barry wilmore and sunita williams may now end up spending more than eight months on board the iss. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes reports. three, two, one, ignition. and lift—off of starliner and atlas five. it was expected to be a short stay at the international space station for butch wilmore and sunita williams. but the test pilots for boeing's new starliner are in for a longer trip than they bargained for. eight days could turn into eight months because their capsule has been deemed unsafe to return to earth. problems with its propulsion system emerged during starliner�*s initial approach to the space station injune, and it still hasn't been fixed. no decision has been made yet, but it looks like the capsule will eventually return to earth, but, to be on the safe side, without the astr

bethany bell, bbc news, porticello.hing strikes on lebanon to prevent a larger scale by hezbollah. we are showing you live images now. this is the border looking towards lebanon. it is about 5:30am there, the sun beginning to come up. the israeli military processing earlier in an act of self—defence to remove these threats the rdf is striking targets in lebanon from which hezbollah was planning to launch their attacks on israeli civilians. we heard the rdf warning lebanese civilians to clear out of the area. we will have more on the breaking news coming up at the top of the hour. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. it looks like it's going to get warmer next week, particularly for south—eastern parts of the uk. quite cool though for these areas in particular on saturday, where we had the cloud and rain. a weather front has taken the wet weather away, but there's more weather systems to come in from the atlantic to bring some rain in from the west, together with some stronger winds on sunday. it's quite cool air

bethany bell, bbc news, vienna.n san diego have been getting a sneak peek of some new residents. the san diego zoo invited a lucky few to see yun chuan and xin bao, a pair of chinese giant pandas that are the first to enter the united states in 21 years. very big moment. i love looking at pandas, its just makes my day. panda food, it is not just bamboo. it is a special kind of food. a traditional type of chinese cornbread. they are the first to enter the us in 21 years. the zoo is working closely with chinese experts for aid and adaptation period and to also understand what these pandas might need. they have long used panda diplomacy to enhance china's power. it is a big gesture of goodwill. lovely. hello there. there's some hot weather on the way during this weekend, mainly across england and wales, further north it is going to remain unsettled and cooler at times. today, certainly one of those days, it's going to be unsettled thanks to low pressure and its weather fronts crossing the country, bringing more of a br

thank you for that update and you can see those life pictures next to bethany there, being taken in fullt beautiful and we are expecting sir keir starmer to arrive at any moment, as bethany said there, expecting it in the next few minutes. as soon as he arrives, we will bring that to you and look, there is president emmanuel macron which suggests that sir keir starmer is arriving now. again, this is part of sir keir starmer�*s efforts to build bridges with european leaders, holding talks with the french president emmanuel macron who looks and seems like he is about to greet him now. there he is. the prime minister travelled from berlin to paris, this is part of two days of meetings decide to show the uk wants to, in his words, reset its relationship with the european union, that of course follows years of tensions in regards to brexit. this is not the first time that they have met and sir keir and emmanuel macron were among the audience at the paralympic ceremony on wednesday evening and now posing for that photo in front of the elysee palace and this follows a meeting with french busine

bethany, thank you.oney that was deducted from their compensation, because they didn't have to pay rent or buy food while they were in prison. last year the conservative government said there would be no such deductions in future, after a public outcry over the case of andrew malkinson. he spent 17 years in prison for a rape he did not commit. but ministers say the change won't apply to people who've already received payouts. the family of a retired british doctor has issued an urgent appeal after he went missing in the french pyrenees almost 48 hours ago. tom doherty, who is 67 and from st albans in hertfordshire, was travelling alone in southern france. a search involving helicopters and dogs continues. donald trump and kamala harris have agreed a date for their first televised presidential debate. they'll go head—to—head on the us channel abc, on september the 10th. mr trump says he also wants another two debates later in the month. here's our north america correspondent, peter bowes. the first presid

bethany bell, bbc news, porticello. breaking news from france.f the telegram messaging app, has been arrested at the airport outside paris. according to tfr tv. and bfm tv, british tv sources. they had that he had been targeted by an arrest warrant and france. police to consider the situation may have allowed criminal activity go along undeterred on the encrypted messaging app telegram. those reports coming in from french media, that the billionaire founder and ceo of telegram, was arrested outside paris this evening. palestinians are protesting against new israeli takeovers of their privately owned land, on what is a unesco world heritage site in the occupied west bank. this month, a far—right israeli government minister, published a plan for a newjewish settlement in battir, which is close to bethlehem, and is known for its natural beauty. it comes at a time of widening attacks by settlers in the west bank, and violence there that has increased alongside the war in gaza. 0ur middle east correspondent yolande knell reports. in the picturesque pa

bethany bell, bbc news, vienna.alking. he says the attacks on minorities are part of a conspiracy, he also said that we have to protect our freedom. we will continue to monitor events there in bangladesh. you are watching bbc news. new research suggests the future success of a racehorse can be predicted when it is just one—month—old by looking at its gut health. veterinary scientists at the university of surrey in england have discovered that by testing bacteria in the digestive system of very young racehorses, they can see how well they are likely to perform on the track. our science correspondent victoria gill explains. atjust a few months old, these thoroughbred foals are neverfarfrom mum, although they're very curious about the world. and at this stables in surrey, young racehorses have been involved in a scientific study that's revealed clues about whether they'll be a future winner. this little nibbly one is just four months old, but she's basically an athlete in training. and what this research has shown is t

bethany bell, bbc news, vienna. chuan is a five—year—old male while xin bao is a four—year—old female. the pair are the first pandas to enter the united states in 21 years. the zoo's president says their new residents �*will bring joy to their visitors and symbolise the power of international conservation efforts. that's our programme at this hour. thanks so much for watching and a reminder, you can go to our website bbc.com/news for the latest headlines and analysis from our correspondence around the world. hello there. we did have a lot of cloud through thursday afternoon and with that came drizzle, some heavier outbreaks of rain across northern portions of the uk — for example, here in stirling. with that rain, some low cloud and misty conditions. the air�*s actually been very humid, the humidity caused by southwesterly winds brought in by a warm sector. a cold front out in the atlantic is going to be spreading fresher air in from the west over the next few hours and with that, drizzle will tend to ease away from

bethany bell reports from sicily.peration. rescuers limited to just 12 minutes per dive in the deep waters where the stricken yacht lay. one of the divers told me about the risks involved. translation: personally _ there are many dangers because any type of accident exposes us to unforeseen issues with equipment or physical conditions. the main problem when we are at sea is if we cannot resurface. so any problem that arises requires a safe system to get us out. the yacht went down just over there, outside the harbour. at first people thought it sank because of a waterspout which is a kind of mini tornado. but now officials think it may have been hit by a localised powerful storm known as a downburst which descends from a thunderstorm and spreads out unpredictably. the authorities say the back of the boat sank first, then rolled onto its right side. six bodies were found in the cabins. including mike lynch and his 18—year—old daughter hannah. hannah was in a cabin by herself. translation: the boat sank on the stern sid

taylor swift's three performances in vienna have been cancelled. 0ur europe correspondent, bethany belle had the news of this third arrest, an iraqi citizen, a friend, we understand, or acquaintance of the main suspect, the 19—year—old citizen who was arrested in a town just south of vienna on wednesday. there is also, we understand, as well as the three arrests, police have questioned a 15—year—old boy, but we understand from the authorities that he has been treated as a witness rather than involved in the alleged plot. the interior minister has said that intensive efforts are being made to continue these investigations and he has also praised the cooperation between the austrian services and foreign intelligence services. there are unconfirmed reports that the americans among others may have helped to tip of the austrians about this planned attack but as i say, that is not confirmed. but certainly, there has been a lot of cooperation with foreign intelligence services about this. and bethany, i understand there are lots of people already there in vienna who had travelled in advance of

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bethany bell reports from sicily.ery operation for the luxury bayesian yacht which sank off porticello harbour early on monday morning with 22 people on board. now, formal details have begun to emerge as to what happened and how seven people lost their lives, as those involved in the rescue spoke for the first time. translation: the boat sank- on the stern side and then it turned on its right side down in the sea, and that's why those on board sought refuge in the cabins on the left side, because that's where the air bubbles formed. they found the first five bodies in the first cabin on the left side, and the other body in the third cabin on the left. we found all of them in the high part of the boat. the prosecutor also officially confirmed the identities of the dead. hannah's body was last to be found on friday. the day before, they recovered mike lynch's body. on thursday, they found the bodies ofjonathan bloomer and his wife judy, chris morvillo, neda morvillo. the body of the yacht�*s chef recaldo thomas was foun

bethany bell, bbc news, vienna.lympic 100m champion noah lyles has said he believes his participation at the paris games is over after he tested positive for covid. the american sprinter revealed his diagnosis afterfinishing third in the 200m final on thursday night, dashing his hopes of securing a sprint double. lyles had been expected to compete in relay events on friday and saturday, but in a social media post said he believed this now wouldn't happen. the 27—year—old appeared short of breath at the end of the race before being helped into a wheelchair. botswana's letsile tebogo took gold, with america's kenneth bednarek finishing second. also on the track, american sydney mclaughlin—levrone smashed her own world record as she stormed to a sensational 0lympic iioom hurdles gold. team gb�*s ellie aldridge took gold in the women's kite surfing. this is the first time the sport has been included in the olympics. there has been a show of unity between the us and china as san diego zoo officially opened its new panda

we heard from bethany bell, she is posting on the live page with the latest.aking news. police in romania have raided the home of british—american social media influencer andrew tate and announced he faces several new charges. the special prosecution service of the romanian organised crime directorate said police searched tate's four properties in the capital bucharest and in ilfov county on wednesday morning. the new charges include sex with — and trafficking in — underage persons, money laundering, and attempting to influence witnesses. he has previously denied earlier charges, including human trafficking. let's speak to our central europe correspondent nick thorpe. what is the latest that the romanian authorities are telling us? yes. what is the iatest that the romanian authorities are telling us?— authorities are telling us? yes, we have this statement _ authorities are telling us? yes, we have this statement as _ authorities are telling us? yes, we have this statement as you - authorities are telling us? yes, we have this statement as you say - authoritie

bethany bell, bbc news, vienna. our security correspondent gordon corera is with me.om some taylor swift fans but it was a serious plot that led to this cancellation. the individual had the intent to do something. he had also collected some weapons and potentially some chemicals for explosives. i think one of the worrying thing is, it was only disrupted a day or two before those concerts were going to take place, apparently because of a tip—off from the united states which intercepted some communications and then pass them to austrian officials. the austrians have suggested the concrete threat had passed because of the arrests but the promoters still decided to cancel those shows. as we heard, there are those shows are expected in london next week. the expectation is they will go on, the police have said there is no read over from what happened in austria to the uk. the mayor of london has also said the uk has learned lessons from the terrible manchester arena bombing in 2017 and that police and authorities will be working to make sure those concerts do go ahead safel

bethany bell, bbc news, vienna. dates in september. he says those dates would be september 4th on fox, september 10th on abc and september 25th on nbc. we know that ms harris�* camp has agreed to the abc news debate, but we are yet to hear about the other two. donald trump and the republican party have spent much of the election campaign pretty confident about winning in november. despite a criminal conviction, and a number of ongoing trials, the former president looked like he was going to walk back into the white house without barely breaking a sweat. but in the last two weeks, with the democratic party rejuvinated and refocused behind kamala harris, there seems to be a change in the mood at trump h0. according to the washington post, donald trump has become increasingly upset about the vice president's surge in the polls and her widespread media coverage. "it's unfair that i beat him and now i have to beat her, too," he reportedly told a close ally last week. and in the last hour, he's held a press conference fro

bethany bell, bbc news, vienna. making the most of a bad situation.perience. fan who has been having an uplifting exerience. , ., , ., ., experience. very devastated for the obviously we've _ experience. very devastated for the obviously we've been _ experience. very devastated for the obviously we've been really - experience. very devastated for the obviously we've been really excited| obviously we've been really excited about this for nearly a year now, it's such a shame for her to come crashing down at this last minute. you must feel reassure they are taking security very seriously at the concert?— taking security very seriously at the concert? definitely. the right decision has _ the concert? definitely. the right decision has been _ the concert? definitely. the right decision has been made. - the concert? definitely. the right decision has been made. putting| the concert? definitely. the right. decision has been made. putting our safety and the safety of all of the fans was priority and it was a very real and deliberate threat. the right decision

bethany bell, thank you.ade the decision on national security grounds, after the 24—year—old travelled to syria as a teenager to join the islamic state group. more than 1,000 uk military personnel have been put on standby in case british nationals need to be evacuated from lebanon. hundreds of troops have been sent to cyprus, where the uk has a military presence, and others are ready to be deployed. the foreign office has warned that the situation in the middle east could rapidly deteriorate, after israel killed a hezbollah commander in the lebanese capital, beirut. russia has declared a state of emergency in the kursk region bordering ukraine, in response to what the kremlin says is a continuing incursion by the ukrainian military. moscow says troops, supported by 11 tanks and over 20 armoured combat vehicles, crossed the border near the town of sudzha. the authorities in kyiv have yet to comment. at the olympics in paris, there was a bit of argy bargy for team gb in the athletics, while one cyclist suffered

we hadn't bethany, this is the 3rd slide that i'm thinking goes to the other flights were cancelled earlier. and that's nice involved in, i live in lebanon. the situation is so tense and stressful. we don't know what will happen to know. we're trying to escape, but we didn't know where to go like this. i think we were looking for tickets, but everything was fully booked. then we just found on the ticket by chance. and we are staying away until the situation settled. and we can come back. we have tests on the, on the notes on government via the yachts. want to come back to but i'm to intentions between this way and then the bottom died down. it's simply too risky. the only hope it will not be another 2 years before they can see their family and friends again. thailand's constitutional court has ordered the dissolution of the progressive move forward party because of its proposed reforms to the countries royal defamation laws. the court ruled the proposal unconstitutional with serious consequences for the party and its leader to lima. job, her own rats lead the move forward party to have popu

we hadn't bethany, this is the 3rd slide that i'm thinking goes to other flights or cancel earlier. and that's a nice invalid man. i live in lebanon. the situation is so tense and stressful. we don't know what will happen to know. we're trying to escape, but we didn't know where to go. but this, i think we were looking for tickets, but everything was fully booked up in maya. we just found on the ticket by chance. and we are staying away until the situation settled. and we can come back. we have tests on the, on the notes on government via the yachts. want to come back to but i'm to intentions between this way and then they've been on, died down. it's simply too risky. the only hope it will not be another 2 years before they can see their family and friends again. here's a quick look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. at least 9 people have been killed in a blast and the northern syrian tunnel bazaars, which is controlled by turkish backed rebels. local sources say the bomb was planted on a truck that debt and the data that needed at a police check po

our correspondent bethany bell in in sicily.ere saying about the search? they have been saying it is a very challenging, difficult search. they have been searching since the early hours of this morning again. they say it is very difficult because of the depth at which the shipwreck is. and also they have been telling us that it takes them a minute to get down to the sea bed and then they can spend a maximum of eight to ten minutes looking around the boat, looking around the shipwreck before they have to come up again the air. they are using these remote vehicles down there. they are equipped with cameras, we understand. and they can of course stay underwater for much longer than the divers themselves can. but they are being hampered as well because of debris in the yacht itself, very hard to get into the cabin areas where they fear the missing maybe trapped. the coastguard has not ruled out entirely the possibility that some people still could be pulled out alive but with every hour those hopes are diminishing. bethany, thank yo

i'm bethany bell, live imported cello.ll missing. ex—footballerjermainejenas has been sacked by the bbc from presenting the one show. i'm katrina perry at the democratic national convention, in chicago — in tonight, kamala harris will officially accept her party's nomination for president. last night, tim walz delivered