bethany bell— happened. for the moment, thank you very much. bethany bell in _ happened.n 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 improvement rain lingering into the early afternoon. heavy showers som

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

bethany bell in challenging, dangerous work. ly, 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 _ going

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, who we will talk to me just a moment, ground.ethany bell, who we will talk to mejust a moment, saying she has seen divers lifting what appears to be a body out of the water. there is searches have been going on day and night. but these are the life pictures, and developments coming in any last little while. reports that two more bodies have been recovered. let's go live to our correspondent bethany bell who is in sicily. tell us what you know and what has developed any last little while. just in the last few minutes... in fact, you can seejust behind me the books have pulled into harbour. and i saw through a photographer's telephoto lens, when they were out in the harbour, divers who appeared to be pulling in what appeared to be a body into a boat. they have just now pulled into port. we are waiting to hear from the authorities as to the identities. we have no details at this present time as to who these bodies might be. but we have had this confirmation from the authorities. two bodies have been discovered. and what i could see

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

let's speak to our europe correspondent, bethany bell, who's in vienna. we have heard about. ~ . �* ., ., , about. we haven't had too many details about _ about. we haven't had too many details about this _ about. we haven't had too many details about this man _ about. we haven't had too many details about this man beyond . about. we haven't had too many i details about this man beyond the fact that he is 18 years old, said to be an acquaintance of the main suspect, the 19—year—old austrian citizen who was arrested on wednesday, and we understand today as well, we have heard from the interior minister that the process is under way to remind both the 19—year—old who was arrested on wednesday and a 17—year—old austrian who was also arrested on wednesday, to remand them in custody. we also know the authorities have questioned a 15—year—old person here who happens to be around the area of the stadium where the concerts were taking place and they have questioned him but we understand they are treating him as a witness and he has not been arrested. this comes a

bethany bell in sicily.ossible news has been confirmed it would appear that mike lynch was my body has been retrieved from the waters. —— the worst possible news has been confirmed it would appear that mike lynch's body has been retrieved from the waters. yes, that news coming from a source close to the family and that same source as saying the one missing person still unaccounted for is believed to be mike lynch's daughter hannah. we have been watching as the emergency services have intensified their search here with boats coming backwards and forwards bringing diverse to the site shipwreck which is just a bit further out from behind where i'm standing and diving right down to the bottom of the sea bed there which is 50 metres down, and in 64 feet or so. scarring, trying to get into the yacht to see whether they can locate hannah. —— scouring and trying to get into the yacht. we did know yesterday four bodies had been removed from the boat, recovered from the boat, a fifth body has been recovered today and

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, 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

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. 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. 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, 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 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

let's go live now to vienna and our correspondent bethany bell.nd more people than expected. in investigation and more people than exected. .,. , investigation and more people than exected. , ., ., expected. in fact they are also questioning — expected. in fact they are also questioning another _ expected. in fact they are also questioning another person, i expected. in fact they are also questioning another person, a| questioning another person, a 15—year—old boy. 50 questioning another person, a 15-year-old boy.— questioning another person, a 15-year-old boy. so this arrest last niuht 15-year-old boy. so this arrest last nicht in 15-year-old boy. so this arrest last night in vienna _ 15-year-old boy. so this arrest last night in vienna of— 15-year-old boy. so this arrest last night in vienna of the _ 15-year-old boy. so this arrest last night in vienna of the iraqi - 15-year-old boy. so this arrest last night in vienna of the iraqi citizen i night in vienna of the iraqi citizen marks four people that they have singled out in this. the main suspe

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 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

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

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, 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

that was bethany bell giving us the latest from sicily., a professional technical diver with apex diving and marine, based on the dorset coastline here in the uk. welcome back to the programme. we were hearing from bethany, talking about the difficulties. take me through it. when are the basic hazard hear the divers are having to deal with? ,., ., hazard hear the divers are having to dealwith? ., . deal with? good afternoon. where the wreck is new — deal with? good afternoon. where the wreck is now laying _ deal with? good afternoon. where the wreck is now laying on _ deal with? good afternoon. where the wreck is now laying on its _ deal with? good afternoon. where the wreck is now laying on its side, - wreck is now laying on its side, everything in the cabins will have moved around, anything that was not fixed down or was winter will be floating around inside the cabins. the doors might be shut in different ways, with something on its side. and then it will shut down behind you. the divers have got to be able to find their way in and of c

the bbc�*s bethany bell is in vienna and told me what she knew.arlier. they had arrested these two people — one described as a 19—year—old austrian citizen from the town, just a little bit south of vienna. he and the other person who is a left —— arrested were said to have been radicalised by the internet and that the 19—year—old apparently they with the police called an oath of allegiance to a sonic state and earlier injuly. —— islamic state. there is big police presence around the home of this 19—year—old today and a number of other houses had to be evacuated. the police said that the target of the attacks seemed to be events and concerts in and around vienna, including concerts by taylor swift. when they got that information, organisers said they had no choice but to cancel the shows. bethany, initially we _ cancel the shows. bethany, initially we were _ cancel the shows. bethany, initially we were hearing . cancel the shows. bethany, | initially we were hearing the police were just planning to step up security. do we know concerts were cancell

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

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

bethany bell in vienna there.amstow. you are watching bbc news. hello. it is a decent enough day for most of us, all though a little bit windy with scattered showers across northern parts of the uk and it will turn really hot across southern parts of the uk and we have brisk westerly winds across scotland 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 has now cleared towards the east and it is much brighter. and the temperatures this afternoon are 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 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 with a bit of rain and drizzl

bethany bell— people. for now, bethany, thank you. bethany bell live _ people. 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 years of bluster and bumbling

bethany belle, "bbc news," vienna. >> former u.s.onald trump says he is prepared to debate vice president kamala harris on three dates in september. those would be september 4 on fox, september 10 on abc and september 25 on nbc. we know that ms. harris's camp has agreed to that abc news debate but we've yet to hear about the two others. donald trump and his party has spent a majority of the time liking pretty confident. but in the past two weeks with the democratic party seeming wily rejuvenated and refocused behind kamala harris, there seems to be a mood at trump h.q. 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. in the last hour he held a press conference from mar-a-lago. >> we have somebody who hasn't received one vote for president and she's running and that's fine with me but we were given joe biden and now we've given somebody else and i think frankly i'd ra

bethany bell has reaction from vienna. >> austria's interior minister says a third person has been arrestedion with the planned attacks on the taylor swift concerts in vienna. he's an 18-year-old iraqi citizen understood to be an acquaintance of the main suspect in the planned attacks. the 19-year-old austrian citizen was arrested in a town just south of vienna wednesday . a 17-year-old austrian citizen has also been arrested. there is widespread shock here in austria that an attack like this was being considered. meanwhile, the city of vienna is full of disappointed taylor swift fans. the city has been trying to lay on compensations for them. a number of museums in the city have offered them free entry including the strauss museum. as well as set, a number of restaurants and cafÉs are offering people with tickets discounts and in general, people are saying to me that the fans say they are very disappointed, but they do understand that has to come first. >> japan's prime minister fumio kishida canceled a planned trip to central asia after scientists warned the country needed to prepare for

bethany bell asked about the timeline of the investigation.out a shipwreck at 50 metres down everything depends on the availabilty of owners and the retrieval of the wreck and all that has to be submitted to the port authorities, and in parallel the inquiry results. some experts have suggested eight weeks. the admiral said the priority was getting the fuel tanks out and then they will work out a timeframe. the owners will bear the full cost of the retrival. the super yacht was anchored about 700 metres of the port of porticello in sicily, and they were asked about whether it was allowed to be anchored there. they said there was anchored there. they said there was a difference between merchant vessels and pleasure vessels, but there was of course those abnormal weather conditions, and again they will be looking at, they were questioned a lot about that. they mentioned that this was a down burst rather than the waterspout, but again they were asked how it was possible that it could affect one yacht and not another. they said they were to get to

earlier our correspondent in vienna bethany bell told us that foil the plot.he interior minister and senior security officials have said they have worked closely with foreign intelligence agencies in uncovering this plan to attack one of the taylor swift concerts here in vienna. we haven't had exact details, confirmation as to which intelligence services they were, but we have had reports that are unconfirmed suggesting the americans may have given them a tip off. but as i say, everyone who has been speaking about this in austria has praised the co—operation that they have had with foreign intelligence services. and wejust and we just have some news coming in from paris. it is gold for toby roberts. meanwhilejapan from paris. it is gold for toby roberts. meanwhile japan took the silver and austria run the bronze. the son of the bangladesh former prime minister, sheikh hasina, has told indian media that his mother plans to return to the country when fresh elections are called. ms hasina quit and fled to neighbouring india on monday, following weeks of deadly pr

bethany bell, bbc news, vienna. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there.end, but we do need to caveat that with saturday, there is going to be quite a lot of cloud around for most of us. but it will turn increasingly very warm and very humid from sunday onwards. let's take a look at what's happening, then. this weather front will bring more cloud on saturday into south—west england and wales, and with isobars quite tightly packed together further north, that's going to feed in plenty of showers, particularly from west to east across scotland throughout the day. southern scotland, northern ireland keeping some sunshine. england and wales, quite a lot of cloud feeding in. at times, there'll be some light, drizzly rain and poor visibility through the irish sea coast there. top temperatures, though, 24 degrees. that's still 75 fahrenheit. but as we move out of saturday and into sunday, this area of low pressure is going to move in and allow the winds to change to a southerly direction. and that means we're going to tap into some very hot weather that's taking

bethany bell, bbc news, vienna. let's get some of the day's other news now.n the us capitol building in january 2021. the sentence handed down to david dempsey is the second longest for any of the nearly 1,500 people charged over the riot. north korea says the country's leader, kimjong—un, has made a further visit to one of the areas worst affected by recent devastating floods. mr kim's trip reportedly saw him set out plans to move around 15,000 people to the capital, pyongyang, while new homes are built. venezuela's president, nicolas maduro, has ruled out negotiations with the opposition leader maria corina machado over his disputed re—election. mr maduro was speaking shortly after asking the supreme court to affirm his re—election. there is strong evidence that the opposition candidate edmundo gonzalez was the real victor. king charles has praised the way "community spirit" and "compassion" have countered the "aggression and criminality" displayed in the recent rioting across the uk. he says he hopes "shared values of mutual respect and understanding, will

let's speak to our foreign correspondent, bethany bell, who is in paris.tarmer has been talking about. he says he wants to reset relations and start off on a better foot. he was in berlin meeting the german chancellor, they have agreed to a cooperation agreement in various different fields including the economy. then today, he is meeting with emmanuel macron. we are told that the talks will discuss ukraine, the middle east and continued cooperation on that question of illegal migration across the channel and of course, britain at the moment is paying france millions of pounds to beef up the security along the northern surveillance activities. they are paying for drones, for french soldiers to patrol the coast, in an attempt to bring those numbers of people crossing down. very much, this meeting is being seen as something being following sir keir starmer�*s appearance at the opening of the paralympic games and this meeting this morning is about trying to build bridges with the eu again. sir keir starmer did say that he is not trying to reverse brexit. he sa

a little time ago, i spoke to bethany bell, who is there.st had that news from the head of sicily�*s civil protection agency confirming that a fifth body has been found in the wreck. we understand that that body will be brought again like the other ones here to porticello, to the quayside. it's been a very grim afternoon, seeing one by one boats bringing body bags that appear to be green body bags back to the quayside. and the first i saw of it was through a long distance lens of a cameraman, and we could see what appeared to be divers dragging a body up out of the water into a boat. then they were brought back to the quayside, where there are a lot of rescue workers waiting. the bodies are, we understand, put in ambulances and the ambulances are driven away with police protection, away from porticello. and we understand now that there is this fifth body. we don't know the identities of the bodies so far, the ages or the genders, but we expect that in due course we will hear that. but this has been a very, very grim afternoon. and meanwhile

here's the latest from our correspondent bethany bell in sicily.e know that divers are continuing their search for this final missing person still unaccounted for. the body of the fifth person they discovered yesterday was brought up this morning. we understand the body, like the other bodies that were recovered yesterday, will be taken to a mortuary and then the official procedures involving investigation and postmortems, with the authorities present, will take place. it was a very grim sight seeing body bags being brought to shore yesterday and taken off in these ambulances. and also, the investigations into as to how it was this super yacht went down in this waterspout, this extreme weather event, are under way. and, bethany, what more are we hearing from the survivors? well, initially 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 co

we will be live in sicily with our correspondent bethany bell a little later in this hour, but a remindert we have a life page up and running on the bbc news website and app with the latest on what was said in detail from that press conference held by the italian prosecutors in the last hour. they made it clear that this would be the only news conference that they hold while the investigation continues. all of the details on the bbc news website. a manhunt is under way after three people were killed and eight others injured in a knife attack in the western german city of solingen. eight others have been injured, five seriously during the incident on friday. this is what we know so far. police say they are still looking for the attacker, with national security forces deployed to the scene. they gave no details of a motive. the man reportedly stabbed passers—by at random when the industrial city was celebrating 650 years since it was founded. jack surfleet has this report. an evening of celebration that ended in despair. before ten o'clock, crowds gathered in dam counselling and and a known

we can speak now to our correspondent bethany bell who is in sicily.ing ahead, we have the investigation proper likely to get under way. the investigation proper likely to get under way-— get under way. yes, earlier this afternoon. _ get under way. yes, earlier this afternoon. we _ get under way. yes, earlier this afternoon, we saw _ get under way. yes, earlier this afternoon, we saw a _ get under way. yes, earlier this afternoon, we saw a flurry - get under way. yes, earlier this afternoon, we saw a flurry of. afternoon, we saw a flurry of activity here at the port. helicopters flying low overhead and boats returning from the area above the shipwreck site where they have been circling around. boats carrying the body of we believe to be hannah lynch, they bought the body back and the body was placed in the ambulance. the ambulance drove away with sirens going. escorted by police cars. it has been taken to the local mortuary where we believe the local mortuary where we believe the other bodies are as well. the formal identification process by the italia