peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. time to look at the weather.tled and cool at times. unsettled thanks to low pressure. a weather front crossing the country and bringing the breeze and a lot of cloud and outbreaks of rain. the heaviest rain across central and northern areas. that will clear away this evening and overnight towards a north sea. holding onto a lot cloud. breezy, showers across western areas. a warm and muggy night for and wales. lubbock teens further north. across the cold front, fresh air moving in, westerly blustery winds on friday. breezy for many. much better than what we have today. lots of sunshine in england and wales for saying dry altogether. a lot of the showers affecting scotland and northern ireland. will affect north—west england. a blustery day wherever you are. especially on the coast. in the north—west. 15—25 in the south, given more sunshine. through friday, overnight drive. showers in the north—west of scotland. this man of england and wales, bringing thick cloud and rain. temperatures 10-15. cloud and rain. temper

peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles.british astronaut back in 1991, spending eight days in orbit. she told me how the team might be feeling. one paces oneself, right? so even if you go away on something lovely, like your luxury holiday that you've been looking forward to for, years, and then suddenly you're there for eight months rather than for eight days. how is that going to make you feel? and in many respects it's similar, although space flight, you know, and this is a test flight as well, so it's riskier than most. they will have known that. that was certainly a possibility. they've certainly trained for it. the big thing as well is that they've got a different crew dynamics going on. so they will have sort of met with the crew that they would have expected to be in space with those that they're in space with now, but it's looking like there's going to be a crew changeover so that more than one, there'll be a crew dragon, and there'll also be a soyuz going up as well. um, so there'll be different crew members. so th

peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles.rt other than badminton. veddriq leonardo won the inaugural men's speed climbing event in paris on thursday. 27—year—old climbed 15 metres in four point 75 seconds in the final race, beating china's wu peng by two hundredths of a second with a personal best. that's all for now. do stay with bbc news. 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 south—westerly winds brought in by a warm sector. 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 scotland, northern ireland, northern england and wales, eventually leaving the rather humid air to start the day on friday across east anglia, south—east south—east england, where

peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines.ver mega earthquake warning around the southern pacific coast. the advisory was issued on thursday night local time, telling people to be alert but not to leave their homes. it came hours after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake off the southern island of kyushu. the us, qatar and egypt — have issued a joint call for israel and hamas to resume ceasefire negotiations next week. they suggested the talks take place either in cairo or doha. israel has agreed to attend, there's been no response from hamas so far. venezuela's president nicolas maduro says the social media platform x will be blocked in his country for ten days. maduro has repeatedly clashed with x owner elon musk since venezuela's disputed presidential election in late july. people in san diego have been getting a sneak peek of some new residents. the san diego zoo invited a lucky few to see yoon chwan and sheen bao, a pair of chinese giant pandas that are the first to enter the united states in 21 years. the bbc�*s emma vardy has mo

let's speak to our north america correspondent peter bowes. he is in los angeles.ampaign trail already. what kind of message does it descend, the fact she is going to pennsylvania just ahead of the national convention? pennsylvania is one of those key states, a battleground state, as it is known. she has to win it if she is known. she has to win it if she is to become the president from the beginning of next year. battleground states of michigan, pennsylvania, wisconsin, nevada, here in the west, and arizona. they are the key states that either candidate must win. because of the way the system works in this country, it isn't popularity vote, the latest opinion polls are interesting because they suggest kamala harris is of donald trump nationally, that is a popularity vote. she is neck and neck. in pennsylvania where she is right now, the latest cbs poll shows she is a 50-50 with the latest cbs poll shows she is a 50—50 with donald trump in state. that shows it is very close, clearly, and she has a lot of work still to do. that is why she is there right now in the r

peter bowes, thank you very much indeed.nishing touches to a major speech he will deliver this morning in which he plans to address some of the underlying causes behind the summer riots. he will lay the blame for the "rot" within british society, at the door of the last conservative government. and there is a warning in this speech that "things will get "worse before they get better." that is a pretty candid message for a prime minister to deliver just several weeks into office. and, if you're watching in the uk, we will have full coverage of the pm's speech at 10am. you get time. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. the un secretary general antonio guterres has told the bbc that the small islands in the pacific were facing an enormous environmental injustice. mr guterres is in tonga to attend the pacific islands forum leaders' meeting. his warning came as the world meteorological organisation said the pacific islands were facing a triple threat of warming waters, a rise in sea levels and growing acidity bec

peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. let's speak to cady coleman.ng more than 150 days living on the international space station. i will welcome to you. i have to say when i read this have on this morning part of me kind of internally panic but of course i can see you there and you are wearing it of course what i imagine you might be wearing up there at iss. what is your reaction to it? i be wearing up there at iss. what is your reaction to it?— your reaction to it? i think if you asked me _ your reaction to it? i think if you asked me or— your reaction to it? i think if you asked me or a _ your reaction to it? i think if you asked me or a number- your reaction to it? i think if you asked me or a number of- your reaction to it? i think if you asked me or a number of my - asked me or a number of my colleagues, we would sayjealous. in that it's what we live for and we trained for. it's a mission that we are all dedicated to, and the hard part is actually the training on the ground and getting ready. when it's your turn, ground and getting ready. when

our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. three, two, one, ignition.t 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 astronauts. they may have to hitch a lift with rival company spacex. the capsule crew dragon is due to head to the space station later this year, and talks are under way with nasa to leave two empty seats so the stranded astronauts can get home on the return trip. they've already been stuck in space for two months, but the pair could be in for quite a wait, since the crew dragon won't be heading back to earth until next february. peter bowes,

our north america correspondent, peter bowes, joins me from la. urprise? these charges have come as a surprise and _ as a surprise? these charges have come as a surprise and i _ as a surprise? these charges have come as a surprise and i would - as a surprise? these charges have | come as a surprise and i would say as a surprise? these charges have l come as a surprise and i would say a shock to the many fans of matthew perry around the world, that there was this allegedly wide network of people including two doctors and matthew perry's personal assistant, personal assistant who lived with him at the time, all working together to get him large quantities of this drug, ketamine. that's the cause of his death, he had ketamine and extremely high levels in his body when he is found in the hot tub at his home last october. many people thought his drug problems were behind him, although as we've just heard in this news conference, that wasn't the case. and it seems at least the allegation is, these doctors and others work together, knowing especially in t

peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles.themed experience in glasgow which went viral earlier this year. the event was promoted as a family day out, but customers were disappointed to find a sparsely decorated warehouse. well, now there's a musical based on it, which is being performed at this year's edinburgh fringe. david sillito has been behind the scenes to meet the team involved. edinburgh, and welcome to the fringe. my show, attention seeker, is a character comedy sketch show. biscuit barrel — not another 69 sketch show. my show is called little beasts. and this is willy wonka and the doctor factory. there's also a wonka magic show and two wonka musicals. there's a lot of willy wonka here. i think it's sort of a glasgow situation. have you heard about that? glasgow. you may remember it. the gloriously disappointing wonka chocolate experience. the images went round the world, especially this one of a very sad 0ompa loompa, which inspired an american producer, richard kraft. so, what is this show you're doing? ok, so wha

peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. hearing relating to two bankruptcies. the former model was arrested last night when she flew into heathrow. our reporter sam harrison is outside the courts. sam, how did we get today's hearing? yes, katie price back in the headlines. this relating to two separate cases of bankruptcy. the first, filed back in november 2019, the second, filed this year, march 2024. that the second, filed this year, march 202a. that one was in relation to unpaid tax bills of around £750,000. because of these bankruptcy cases, she was told she would have to attend a specialist bankruptcy court here in london. that was onjuly 30. judge burton, in charge of the hearing, said she had been given very clear warnings that he had to attend, that she rakes arrest if she didn't. we now know that that is the case. we have been told instead of turning up to that hearing, katie price was in fact a way in turkey. judge burton saying she provided no explanation as to why she had gone away. and that she couldn't provide

let's go live to our north america correspondent, peter bowes. hello, peter.cipated, highly anticipated _ hello, peter. how anticipated, highly anticipated is _ hello, peter. how anticipated, highly anticipated is this - hello, peter. how anticipated, highly anticipated is this next | highly anticipated is this next debate, well, the first debate between these two presidential candidates? this between these two presidential candidates?— candidates? this is going to be must view _ candidates? this is going to be must view television. - candidates? this is going to be must view television. you - candidates? this is going to be must view television. you are l must view television. you are right there is a little confusion because of course there was a debate between president biden and donald trump and of course it was hugely consequential because of mr biden's terrible performance that ultimately led to him stepping down from the race for the white house so it is kamala harris now and donald trump, their first debate and as we just heard donald trump wants a fur

peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. arts correspondent david sillito explains. edinburgh, and welcome to the fringe. my show, attention seeker, is a character comedy sketch show. biscuit barrel — not another 69 sketch show. my show is called little beasts. and this is willy wonka and the doctor factory. there's also a wonka magic show and two wonka musicals. there's a lot of willy wonka here. i think it's sort of a glasgow situation. have you heard about that? glasgow. you may remember it. the gloriously disappointing wonka chocolate experience. the images went round the world, especially this one of a very sad oompa loompa, which inspired an american producer, richard kraft. so, what is this show you're doing? ok, so what it is, myself and the entire universe saw an image on social media of a really sad—looking oompa loompa. the sad oompa loompa, in a way, became a symbol around the world of "what the hell happened to my life?" and so since i kept asking the question, "what's going on in that girl's head?" i thought, t

peter bowes reporting. the builder continues in the build—up to the national convention.e a big speech on monday night at the opening of the convention from the president, joe biden. later in the week we will hear from the former presidents 0bama and clinton. this is before kamala harris officially accept the nomination for the presidential nominee. that is in chicago. herspeech the presidential nominee. that is in chicago. her speech will be on thursday evening. let's speak to thomas gift now — who is an associate professor at university college london. thank you for journeys thank you forjourneys in the programme. this convention is expected to be a time when the candidates have maximum publicity. 0ver candidates have maximum publicity. over the last few weeks, kamala harris has dominated headlines. do you think a strategy will change the convention? will it be more of the same? . ~' ,, convention? will it be more of the same? ., ~ i. ., ., , same? thank you for having me. it is auoin to same? thank you for having me. it is going to be — same? thank you for having me. i

here's our north america correspondent, peter bowes. in this already extremely long—running case. khalid sheikh mohammed, the alleged architect of the september the 11th attacks, and his two alleged accomplices have been held at guantanamo bay since 2003, when they were detained. the case has been delayed year after year after year because of complicated pre—trial issues. but now we hearjust a couple of days ago that there had seemingly been a plea deal, an arrangement whereby they would plead guilty with the death penalty being taken off the table, and that sparked widespread anger and outrage from survivors, from family members of victims, those who died on that day. mikejohnson, the republican speaker of the house of representatives, said it was a slap in the face for the families of the almost 3,000 people who died. well, now lloyd austin, the us defence secretary, has stepped in to, in effect, reverse that decision of a plea deal, saying that he had removed from the case the military official who oversaw the court at guantanamo bay

joining me now live is bbc north america correspondent peter bowes.walk us through this move by jack potentially. walk us through this move byjack smith and how significant this will be? hera significant this will be? new life in a case _ significant this will be? new life in a case that _ significant this will be? new life in a case that really - life in a case that really started just over two years ago now is when the fbi executed a search warrant at mar—a—lago, donald trump's home in florida that led to these 31 charges against the former president. we saw the pictures, the allegations that dozens and dozens of boxes of top—secret classified documents, government documents had been found at his home on a stage enable room, in a storage area in a room just outside a shower and the charges, 31 of them related to alleged wilful retention of national defence information. donald trump said he was not guilty of those charges, had the case gone ahead and he had been found guilty, he could have been sent to prison for up to ten years on each charge. a ver

i talked about the investigation with the bbc�*s peter bowes in los angeles.ifferent side of hollywood — addiction, wealth, vulnerable people. what did we learn today about what prosecutors say was going on? it is a different side to hollywood, although i would suggest that perhaps it is a different side to the united states that many people from overseas might consider about this country because it is well—known there is a very significant problem here with the abuse of prescription drugs and, in this case, a drug ketamine that matthew perry was using in small doses for legitimate reasons, but when he became seemingly dependent, a lot of people had hoped matthew perry's drug problems were behind him, but when it became obvious that was not the case, he wanted more of the ketamine and that is a point he was reached out, was refused and was taken advantage of by these doctors and other individuals to provide him with more and more ketamine. the motive? the motive would be to make profit. tremendous amounts of money when they were selling vials of ketamine for $

here's our north america correspondent peter bowes.race it was obvious that kamala harris would be overwhelmingly supported by a party to step into that role and she stood unopposed in highly unusual circumstances, prompting the party to take the unusual step of having this virtual rollcall of having this virtual rollcall of delegates that continues until next monday but we know already that kamala harris has reached the threshold of 2350 delegates, the threshold necessary to become presumptive nominee. she has said she is honoured to be taken on that role and she will officially accepted next week. i'm proud to be voting for kamala harris. earlier nancy pelosi the former speaker of the house posted on instagram she was proud to be voting for kamala harris and she said she was someone who would make history as the first woman president of the united states. of course kamala harris is already made history as the first woman of colour to lead a major political parties in this country. in the presidential of action. in the past couple of

our north america correspondent peter bowes was listening.erent authorities, drug enforcement as well as a attorney we were listening to. a remarkable amount of detail given that my people have been charged. given that my people have been charued. , ., given that my people have been charued. , . ., , , .,, charged. yes, there are many people here in los — charged. yes, there are many people here in los angeles _ charged. yes, there are many people here in los angeles and _ charged. yes, there are many people here in los angeles and indeed - here in los angeles and indeed around — here in los angeles and indeed around the world, fans of matthew perry, — around the world, fans of matthew perry. who — around the world, fans of matthew perry, who were going to find the details _ perry, who were going to find the details of— perry, who were going to find the details of these allegations and the extensive _ details of these allegations and the extensive nature of what is alleged to have _ extensive nature of what is alleged to have happened, they a

let's cross live to los angeles to speak to our north america correspondent peter bowes. hello.reaction has the latest development in the story received in the united states?— the story received in the united states? ., ., united states? the word that i kee on united states? the word that i keep on hearing _ united states? the word that i keep on hearing is _ united states? the word that i keep on hearing is sad, - united states? the word that i keep on hearing is sad, how. keep on hearing is sad, how very sad this situation is. matthew perry, our beloved actor and notjust beloved actor and not just beloved because actor and notjust beloved because of his role in friends but beloved because the way that he dealt with his problems. he was very open about his addictions, he wrote about his addictions, he wrote about it, he wrote about in his book and a lot of people had really hoped and thought that chapter in his life was over. but clearly not as we heard from this news conference that he had fallen back into addiction, resulting in him getting involved with this group of, we hea

connection with the operation are continuing to be investigated. 0ur north america correspondent, peter bowesme more deatils about the charges and the investigation. we heard an extraordinary amount of detail at that news conference earlier involving the los angeles police department and federal agencies, as well, about the five individuals who are alleged to have essentially helped matthew perry take this drug of ketamine, which is a legal drug but legal if it is used in medical terms, with doctors monitoring an individual in low doses for depression, for anxiety. but in this case, matthew perry was provided with dozens and dozens of vials at a level which ultimately killed him. and we are learning that two doctors, matthew perry's personal assistant and a woman called the ketamine queen, an alleged drug dealer based in los angeles, and a fifth person who described as a broker, were all involved in this chain of events. in this chain of events to get matthew perry those drugs when, as we heard at this news conference, he fell back into addiction. i think a lot of people had hoped that matthe

ruling mr smith himself was unlawfully appointed to oversee it. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowesust over two years ago now, is when the fbi executed a search warrant at mar—a—lago, donald trump's home in florida that led to these 31 charges against the former president. we saw the pictures, the allegations that dozens and dozens of boxes of top—secret classified documents, government documents had been found at his home on a stage enable room, in a storage area, in a room just outside a shower. and the charges, 31 of them related to alleged wilful retention of national defence information. donald trump said he was not guilty of those charges. had the case gone ahead and he had been found guilty, he could have been sent to prison for up to ten years on each charge. a very serious situation for the former president, as you say. we learned a federaljudge had thrown out the case on the basis that the special counsel had been appointed by the attorney general on a basis that it seems was unconstitutional. that is what the special counsel is now challenging in a motion that he claims t

peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles.ed and imprisoned, and subsequently compensated, will not be given back money which was used to pay for their prison accommodation. the decision comes after the conservative lord chancellor, alex chalk, last year said that future cases will not face deductions. the family of a retired british doctor have 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 is under way involving helicopters and dogs. there has been a sharp decline in the number of foreign workers and students applying to come to the uk. provisionalfigures from the home office show visa applications were down by a third injuly, compared to last summer. the conservative government passed a law, blocking certain migrants from bringing family members to britain last year. britain's katarina johnson—thompson is in prime position for her first olympic medal, as she leads the hepta

cannot love your country only when you win _ let's go live to our north america correspondent, peter bowest comments. it is all about context, isn't it?- context, isn't it? it is definitely _ context, isn't it? it is definitely about - context, isn't it? it is. definitely about context because we need to look at how this remark by donald trump was first made. he was speaking in march at a rally in ohio and he was talking about the car manufacturing industry in the united states and how he believed jobs from this country, the united states, were being lost to mexico and china underjoe biden and he believed it would only get worse were joe believed it would only get worse werejoe biden to win the election in november. he was still a candidate then, he isn't now but that is what wanted donald trump to say there would be a bloodbath and his campaign at the time were quick to clarify he met an economic bloodbath as it related to the car manufacturing industry, but the comment was picked up by democrats and clearlyjoe biden because he commented on it at the time, in fact suggesting he thought do

had been clean for over a year, according to medical reports. 0ur north america correspondent, peter bowes? matthew perry died last year— what can you tell us? matthew perry died last year and _ what can you tell us? matthew perry died last year and his _ what can you tell us? matthew perry died last year and his body _ what can you tell us? matthew perry died last year and his body was - died last year and his body was found in the hot tub at his home here in los angeles and at the time, the coroner's report concluded he had died from the acute effects of ketamine which is a drug used to treat depression and anxiety and it is an anaesthetic, and we understand from reports that he had been receiving small doses of that drug as infusions but the? was over the levels of the drug in his body and we learned earlier this year that there was an investigation involving federal authorities and to the los angeles police department looking into where he could have got those drugs from and who could have supplied him with those drugs and the method of supply, and a huge investigation, and we are inde

our north america correspondent peter bowes has more on the reaction this latest development receivedtuation is. of course, matthew perry, a beloved actor and notjust beloved because of his role in friends, but beloved because of the way because of his role in friends, but beloved because of the way that he dealt with his problems. he really was actually very open about his addictions. he wrote about it, he wrote about it in his book, and a lot of people had really hoped and indeed thought that that chapter in his life was over. but clearly not, as we've heard from this news conference, that he'd fallen back into addiction, resulting in him getting involved with this group of... well, we've heard of the five individuals, including the two doctors and the sequence of events that essentially led these doctors, an alleged supplier of drugs, to enable matthew perry to continue to use ketamine in high and clearly dangerous volumes. and we know from the post—mortem examination that it was an excessively high volume of ketamine in his system that that led to his death. drowning played a role

our north america correspondent peter bowes outlined the latest developments., the coroner's report concluded that he had died from the acute effects of ketamine, which is a drug that is used to treat depression and anxiety it is an anaesthetic, and we understand from reports that he had been receiving small doses of that drug as infusions. but the question mark was over the levels of the drug in his body, and we learned earlier this year that there was an investigation involving federal authorities, the los angeles police department, looking into where he could've got those drugs from, who could've supplied him with those drugs and the method of supply, a huge investigation. and we are indeed now hearing reports from us media that at least one person has been arrested. we don't have any further details on that, although there will be a news conference by the authorities here in los angeles in the next few hours when we expect to learn much more. we will bring you that when it happens. challenger 2 tanks, supplied by the uk to ukrainian forces, have been used i

here�*s our north america correspondent, peter bowes.r year, because of complicated pretrial issues. but now we are here, just a couple of days ago, that there had to simile been a plea deal, an arrangement whereby they would plead guilty with the death penalty being taken off the table. that has sparked widespread anger, outrage, from survivors, from family members of victims, those who died on that day. mikejohnson, the republican speaker of the house of representatives said it was a slap in the face for the families of the almost 3000 people who died. now, lloyd austin, the us defence secretary has stepped into ineffective that decision of a plea deal, saying that he had removed from the from the case the military official who oversaw the court at guantanamo bay. and facilitated the agreement in a statement, he said, in light of the significance of the decision to enter into pretrial agreements with the accused, responsibility for such a decision should rest with him. and what that does is a very significant reversal, essentially, wha

peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles.atthew hudson—smith after he missed out on 0lympic 400 metre gold by just four—hundredths of a second. success on the track and in the velodrome mean team gb has passed the milestone of winning more than 1,000 0lympic medals in all the summer and winter games. 0ur sports correspondent, joe lynskey, has more. he looked set for gold until the last few strides. the line wouldn't come. it needed to come quicker for matt hudson—smith. for matt hudson—smith this silver took courage. but it felt cruel. just to get here he had been through near misses and tough moments. he had almost quit athletics to become an electrician. but hudson—smith hit full power in the 400 metre final, a race no british man had won since paris 1924. hudson—smith is still in the front. can he get to it? it is hall's gold. quincy hall, the american, found something extraordinary, from fourth to the front in a surge for the line. hudson—smith had run the fifth fastest time in history. consolation came from those he hadn

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