but i know what i do know! i know how to tell the truth. crowd: yes! he seemed for all the world like a new man, reading from the teleprompter with a passion that had been all too absent the night before. gentlemen, thanks so much for being here. let's begin the debate. let's start... it was a far cry from the rasping and rambling performance on the debate stage that was all too often painful to watch. everything we had to do with... what... if... we finally beat medicare. it has left his party in a state of crisis. yet despite rumblings about replacing their candidate, publicly, at least, democrats are circling the wagons. referring to his own lacklustre performance in the presidential debate in 2012, joe biden�*s former boss barack obama tweeted... "bad debate nights happen. "trust me, i know". despite being just three years younger thanjoe biden, donald trump has consistently condemned his rival as too old to be re—elected. but addressing supporters in virginia, he said the question was less one of age and more one of competence. the question everybody should be asking themselves today is not whetherjoe biden can survive a 90—minute debate performance but whether america can survive four more years of crooked joe biden in the white house? crowd: boo! and the calls forjoe biden to pull out of the presidential race are growing. this, the headline in an editorial in the new york times, which goes on to declare... "mr biden is not the man he was four years ago". i don't think so. the word from the biden camp is that their candidate has no intention whatsoever of pulling out of the race. much may depend on how he fares going forward and what the opinion polls make of his debate performance. david willis, bbc news, los angeles. now to the uk election. the reform uk leader, nigel farage, has again insisted that video showing one of his party's campaigners using racist language to describe the prime minister was in fact a "set—up". the comments were recorded by an undercover reporter for channel 4. the broadcaster says it stands by its journalism and dismissed mr farage's suggestion that someone may have been paid to make the comments. here's our political correspondent damian grammaticas. i've always been a tory voter... still causing reverberations, the undercover filming from channel 4 of reform uk canvassers. one suggested gay people were paedophiles. another, this man, andrew parker, suggested people crossing the channel in small boats should be shot at, and used a racist insult to describe the prime minister. applause the leader of reform uk, nigel farage. it's put the spotlight on nigel farage. last night, he claimed mr parker was an actor, and it was a setup. this was a comedy act, - it was designed to hurt us, and sadly, sadly, - some people believe it. let me promise you... so who do you think would have done this, nigel farage? i want nothing to do. with people like him, and he has nothing to do with us. but there were more questions about three of his candidates and comments they'd made. live on air, mr farage appeared to disown them, saying he wanted nothing to do with them. rishi sunak has already condemned the comments made about him, describing them as shocking. he said he wanted to call out blatant racism when he saw it, and added there were clearly deep, deep problems in mr farage's party. nice to see you. the labour leader was out meeting veterans this morning for armed forces day. he said he shared rishi sunak�*s disgust at the racism, and he said it was not good enough that mr farage had condemned the comment after the event. leadership, mr starmersaid, was about setting the culture and standards for your party. well, i am concerned about populism and nationalism, and i think in a time where in our country and across the world there are increasing challenges of every variety, the like of which we haven't seen until recent years, it's very important we have a progressive answer to those challenges. it all means that there is now increasing scrutiny on nigel farage, his party, his canvassers, his candidates and his leadership. our political correspondent damian grammaticas reporting. iran's interior ministry has confirmed that a run—off presidential election will be held on friday, after none of the candidates in the snap poll secured a majority. the reformist masoud pezeshkian, a heart surgeon, won the largest number of votes. one of his hardline rivals, saeed jalili, came second, after taking an early lead. the election was called after the death of ultra—conservative president ebrahim raisi in a helicopter crash last month. the four candidates were all vetted by an influential committee of clerics before they could stand. turnout was about a0%, according to an interior ministry count, the lowest on record since the 1979 revolution, raising questions about the legitimacy of iran's system of government. siavash ardalan from the bbc persian service told me more about the election. this is the lowest turnout we've seen since the 1979 revolution, 43%. i mean, that's pretty low, not even counting those spoiled ballots which might take the real turnout down to the 30s. this is just unprecedented, especially given the fact that the supreme leader had come out a few days before the election saying that, "we want people to turn out because if they turn out, "then that will prove that the people are still loyal "to the system and the system is legitimate, whereas a low turnout "is bad news for us." so, they have a run—off vote. do you think now that pezeshkian is leading in this first round, do you think people will turn out in the second, in the run—off vote? it really depends, it really depends. so, the society is very polarised now. on one hand we have these people turned away from the elections altogether, you know, giving a very powerful message to the system, "we don't want you, we don't want the clerical "establishment any more, we want more like a secular, "liberal—minded democracy," and then you have those conservative votes, those regime loyalists who have also become radicalised in their own way, choosing a very hardline candidate as opposed to a centre—right candidate, mohammad baqer qalibaf, who used to be the capital's mayor, current speaker of parliament, he sort of supports relations with the west and removing sanctions but at the same time he also takes a very hardline stance on other issues as well. so whether the 13% of people who voted for him, whether they will choose to vote for a far—right candidate or they will choose a moderate pro—reform candidate, and also those election boycotters, whether they will see if there is any difference between these two candidates, because any talk of differences between candidates in a clerical system, for them, is seditious. well, let's just talk about that, because ultimately it's the supreme leader who has the say on everything, isn't it? explain how much influence the president can have. the president in iran's political system is an administrator. all final matters is decided by the supreme leader on foreign policy and many other issues, the general direction of the country, but it does matter who the president is. you have the former president, hassan rouhani, who made a deal with the west, we had the nuclear deal which the americans decided to withdraw from, otherwise maybe iran would have, you know, become more integrated and their national system would have all sanctions removed, and you also had a very hardline president who brought about three un security council resolutions upon itself. so on terms of day—to—day life of iranians, economically, their lifestyle, it does make a difference who the president is. but itjust turns that out a lot of people don't think the reformers have achieved enough, that they have stood up to the hardliners as much as the people expected them to. is it possible to say anything about the female vote? we don't have a breakdown now of how many people from different segments of society voted for who and what percentage were females, what percentage were the minorities, religious minorities, ethnic minorities, people around the border, in the centre, we don't have that breakdown yet. once we do, we will have a better picture, but obviously disillusion and dissatisfaction runs very high among the female population as well, because you know the women, life, freedom protests two years ago against mandatory hijabs was led by females in iran. dozens of firefighters, police and mountain rangers have joined what authorities had hoped would be a "massive search" on tenerife for missing british teenagerjay slater. fewer than a dozen members of the public responded to an appeal for experienced volunteers to come and help. the 19—year—old was last seen on the 17th ofjune in a national park on a remote part of the spanish island. police say today's search would go over much of the same ground as previous searches, but that it would be more intensive and detailed, making use of the extra personnel. let's speak to our correspondent nick garnett who's on tenerife. hello, just to tell us how things are and what is going on. the search started earlier _ are and what is going on. the search started earlier on _ are and what is going on. the search started earlier on today _ are and what is going on. the search started earlier on today and - started earlier on today and involved around 25—30 fire officers, police, civil protection officers and around half a dozen members of the public. the call went out yesterday asking for people who had mounting experience or were experienced walkers to offer their support. only half a dozen came, one was a british tiktok start, people came because they saw the news that jay had disappeared and they wanted help as much as they could. they are searching the same areas that they have been since he disappeared 13 days ago now and they have been in this valley here right the way through the search and indeed today have been back in there. they say they are going further and deeper than they have been able to before and therefore it is searching new ground and making sure that the ground and making sure that the ground they have searched is completely clear. at the moment though we have still not heard they have found any clues whatsoever as to how he disappeared. the man who is leading the inquiry explained what the terrain is like. translation: what the terrain is like. tuna/mom- what the terrain is like. translation: ., ' . translation: there are difficult areas and we _ translation: there are difficult areas and we give _ translation: there are difficult areas and we give instructions i translation: there are difficult| areas and we give instructions for people _ areas and we give instructions for pe0ple not— areas and we give instructions for people not to risk their own safety, but there _ people not to risk their own safety, but there is— people not to risk their own safety, but there is something we need to make _ but there is something we need to make clear— but there is something we need to make clear which is that any area we don't _ make clear which is that any area we don't go _ make clear which is that any area we don't go to, — make clear which is that any area we don't go to, jay won't have gone there _ don't go to, jay won't have gone there either. we have to think about it logically. — there either. we have to think about it logically, if i see there is vegetation in front of me, i am going _ vegetation in front of me, i am going to — vegetation in front of me, i am going to get spiked and cannot get through. _ going to get spiked and cannot get through, he won't have gone through that area _ through, he won't have gone through that area either. we have to be logical, — that area either. we have to be logical, obviously. can that area either. we have to be logical, obviously.— that area either. we have to be logical, obviously. can you reach the sea directly _ logical, obviously. can you reach the sea directly from _ logical, obviously. can you reach the sea directly from the - logical, obviously. can you reach the sea directly from the area i logical, obviously. can you reachl the sea directly from the area you are searching? _ the sea directly from the area you are searching? you— the sea directly from the area you are searching?— the sea directly from the area you are searching? you can, in fact last saturda i are searching? you can, in fact last saturday i went _ are searching? you can, in fact last saturday i went along _ are searching? you can, in fact last saturday i went along the - are searching? you can, in fact last saturday i went along the whole . saturday i went along the whole pass, _ saturday i went along the whole pass, which is only occasionally use because _ pass, which is only occasionally use because it — pass, which is only occasionally use because it is — pass, which is only occasionally use because it is a cliff with very little — because it is a cliff with very little attraction for sporting purposes but you can reach the beach along _ purposes but you can reach the beach along theh~ _ purposes but you can reach the beach along then. we did not find anything, it is a path that goes along — anything, it is a path that goes along the — anything, it is a path that goes along the top and ropes are needed to get— along the top and ropes are needed to get down and we know he was not equipped _ to get down and we know he was not equipped for that. how to get down and we know he was not equipped for that-— equipped for that. how difficult are the difficult areas? _ equipped for that. how difficult are the difficult areas? there - equipped for that. how difficult are the difficult areas? there are - equipped for that. how difficult are the difficult areas? there are rocky dro -s ou the difficult areas? there are rocky draps you can't _ the difficult areas? there are rocky draps you can't get _ the difficult areas? there are rocky drops you can't get beyond, - the difficult areas? there are rocky drops you can't get beyond, you i the difficult areas? there are rocky| drops you can't get beyond, you can only drops you can't get beyond, you can ohty qet— drops you can't get beyond, you can only get down with a harness and rupee _ only get down with a harness and rupee the — only get down with a harness and ropes. the people searching that spot today will have to turn around ithink— spot today will have to turn around i think because they do not have the necessary— i think because they do not have the necessary equipment, and anyway the bestjay_ necessary equipment, and anyway the best jay could do was simply to walk _ so the search goes on and it will continue to go on. in the same numbers, doing the same thing they have done so far, hoping to get that final clue that will unlock what happened to jay slater. final clue that will unlock what happened to jay slater.- final clue that will unlock what happened to jay slater. thank you very much- _ now it's time for a look at today's sport with paul. we're entering the business end of euro 2024 as the knockout stage begins later, with two round of 16 matches coming up. both the hosts and the defending champions will be looking to reach the quarterfinals. italy, who won the title in 2021, take on switzerland in the first game of the day. they meet in berlin, while germany's game with denmark is in dortmund, from wherejohn watson looks ahead. yes, all eyes then on the last 16 matches which get under way at this year's euros. we see england in action tomorrow of course, but today, the focus will fall on the hosts germany who face denmark here in dortmund a little bit later on. we are in a park where a lot of the danish fans will be gathering of course, having qualified from the same group. they were in there alongside england, three draws for them, but it's going to be a tough task against the germans who started the tournament so brilliantly, so breathtakingly with that 5—1 win against scotland in their opening match. of course, england avoiding germany, who they could have faced in the last 16, but having topped their group they go on to play in gelsenkirchen tomorrow and will be taking on slovakia in that last 16 tie. the other match today of course does have significance for england, not least of course because they know the winners between italy and switzerland will lie in wait for them in the quarterfinals, to determine who will win that match today, an interesting matchup between those two. but of course the big test will really come for england with their tournament really yet to get going. it hasn't sparked into life, and gareth southgate and his side will be hoping that after a good period of preparation this week, they can at long last produce the performance that the english fans are so desperate to see here in germany. lionel messi is expected to miss argentina's final group game at copa america as the reigning champions take on peru. argentina are already through to the last eight after two straight wins. but complete their group stage with a match in miami, where messi plays his club football. group a will conclude later, with canada best placed to join the holders in the knockout stage, asjesse marsch's side take on chile. for us, this will be a big challenge. we will make sure that we play disciplined like we have the previous two matches, but we will be aggressive, we won'tjust sit back and think that we are playing for a draw. we know that a win is still the most important thing and the three points puts us through 100%. max verstappen fought off an early onslaught from the mclarens of lando norris and oscar piastri to win the sprint race at the austrian grand prix. norris challenged verstappen hard in the early laps before losing second place to piastri as the briton challenged the red bull for the lead on lap five. the australian led norris in a mclaren two—three ahead of george russell's mercedes and hamilton finished sixth. whoever wins cricket's t2o world cup will end a long wait for global silverware. india last won a major trophy back in 2011, while for south africa they have never won one. long known as the team that couldn't get past a semifinal, they have the chance to make even more history when the two meet in barbados later. probablyjust see it as a new game of cricket, to be honest. we all know india is a great team. us as a team of south africans have been trending in the right direction the last couple of years but maybe not progressed in tournaments as far as we would have liked, so an exciting occasion tomorrow against a good opposition in india, buta nice opportunity for us as well. the sanjose sharks had the first overall pick of the nhl draft and they chose a player who only turned 18 earlier this month. macklin celebrini! canadian centre macklin celebrini was the youngest player in division one of college hockey last season and says it's a surreal feeling to make it to the nhl. he excelled for boston university, becoming only the fourth first year to win the award for the best player at college level. the sharks chose first after ending the previous season with the fewest points. and that's all the sport for now. back to you. thanks very much. a temporary us pier, designed to deliver aid to gaza, has once again been removed because of high seas. these are newly—released images of the pier in operation this month, showing aid being offloaded from a ship. it's the third time since it became operational in mid—may that weather conditions have forced the pier to be detached from the gaza coast. distributing the aid to gaza's population has also been problematic, because of israeli military operations nearby. as a result, aid is piling up at a depot onshore. a pentagon spokesperson has acknowledged that the marshalling area is almost full. if there's not enough room on the marshalling yard, then it doesn't make sense to put our men and women out there when there's nothing to move. there is still room. i don't want to give the impression that it is at capacity. it is certainly full. but we do need to see that marshalling yard open up to allow for aid groups to continue that distribution so that we can get more aid in as we get it from cyprus. let's get some of the day's other news now. a court in panama has acquitted all 28 people charged with money laundering in connection with the panama papers scandal. among those exonerated were the two founders of the defunct law firm mossack fonseca, who were at the centre of the scandal. the leak of 11 million documents exposed how the rich use tax havens to conceal their wealth. wildfires continue to burn in several parts of the us including this blaze at boulder view in arizona. it only broke out on thursday, but has been burning out of control, and has already consumed nearly 13 square kilometres of land — that's more than 3,000 acres. some flights to and from the republic of ireland are being disrupted today, because of strike action by aer lingus pilots. the strike is part of an ongoing dispute over pay. it began at 5am and will last for eight hours. the airline says there are "a number of options" for passengers affected. more now on the uk general election. the leader of the scottish national partyjohn swinney has been campaigning in glasgow today. let's listen to some of what he had to say. in byres road in the glasgow north constituency and to give alison my wholehearted support for her successful election as the mp for this constituency on thursday. we fought a really strong campaign throughout this election campaign and over the course of the next few days, we have a lot of work to do to make sure that we strengthen the position of the scottish national party and get an outstanding result for scotland. if we look at the polls, what the polls are showing us is that labour support in scotland is that labour support in scotland is a steadily coming down and at scottish national party support is steadily going up, and we need to build on that in the course of the next three days. applause our party is to and working hard for our successful results in the selection. our successful results in the selection-— our successful results in the selection. , ., ,, , selection. john swinney there in glasuow. meanwhile, the liberal democrats are on theirfinal tour of the country — a five—day journey from john o'groats in northern scotland, to lands end in the south—west of england. lib dem leader sir ed davey�*s first visit of the day is to st andrews. he's been playing the highland game of shinty at the university ground in north east fife. let's hearfrom him. he was asked by reporters whether he would be willing to work with parties such as reform if they are elected to parliament. the parties such as reform if they are elected to parliament.— parties such as reform if they are elected to parliament. the focus is on the voters _ elected to parliament. the focus is on the voters between _ elected to parliament. the focus is on the voters between now- elected to parliament. the focus is on the voters between now and - elected to parliament. the focus is| on the voters between now and the 4th ofjuly, they need to know what parties we do in parliament and who can win. sa fights between the liberal democrats and the snp here, in large parts of england and wales it is a fight between the liberal democrats and the conservatives, and people who are making up their minds this weekend, they want to know he was in the area and who is their candidate and what can they do. i'm going to focus on a positive agenda, unlike the nastiness from other parties. a new portrait of the king wearing his military uniform has been released to commemorate armed forces day. the photograph shows king charles, who is commander—in—chief of the services, wearing his field marshal number one full ceremonial coat with medals, sword and decorations. the picture coincided with a message of thanks to service personnel and their families from queen camilla. as a proud daughter of an army officer, i know something of the impact military life has on your loved ones. you, too, are heroes. in times of war and in times of peace, whether seen or unseen, our armed forces support and strengthen our nation. you are a source of inspiration, reassurance and pride. members and supporters of the lgbtq community are taking part in annual pride marches and celebrations around the world. these are live pictures of that central london right now where the annual pride parade set off from, from hyde park a little earlier. i think we can also show you paris. give two... that we go. no, this is london. i'm sure this is london from another angle. london. i'm sure this is london from anotherangle. is london. i'm sure this is london from another angle. is it paris? it is actually paris, sorry, it is our locator that is wrong. these are the events in paris, celebrating the lgbtq community and its achievements. back again to the london parade. ijust saw achievements. back again to the london parade. i just saw a achievements. back again to the london parade. ijust saw a bus stop, i am sure that is london! talking about sport, i want to show you a unique event from the us — the greasy pole contest, which has been held annually in the waters just off gloucester, in massachusetts. first held in 1931, the aim is to make it all the way to the end of the slippery pole, to grab the flag — 45 feet, or 13 metres away. quite a few valiant efforts — but success is rare. but it's not as impossible as it seems. take a look at this. this is max allen, making it all the way to the end. he made it back to shore to a hero's welcome. that is all from me today, thanks very much for your company. goodbye for now. hello there. well, it's certainly now feeling cooler than it was earlier on through the week, and we'll see that cooling trend continue somewhat as we head through tomorrow and into next week. but through the weekend it is set to stay largely dry. some sunny spells around, but just some rain for central areas of the uk still as we head through this afternoon. and that rain is going to be pushing in from the west, some of it possibly a little heavy at times, but most of it is going to be light and patchy and there will be some spots of drizzle, i think, just easing into the midlands, where there'll be plenty of cloud as we head through the rest of the day. cloudy, too, across south—west england and south wales. to the north and to the south of that front there will be a lot of sunshine around, just some showers pushing into north—west scotland. still rather windy here. best of the sunshine hazy at times across south—east england and east anglia, and it's going to be feeling rather warm here, with highs of perhaps 22 to 25 celsius, but cooler, the high teens further north and west. overnight tonight, then our front continues to sink further southwards and eastwards. so cloudier across the south—east and it is going to be a mild start to the day here, but clearer spells developing further north and west here, underneath the clearest of the skies, temperatures could drop back into single figures again. a scattering of showers across the north of scotland. now, tomorrow there should be plenty of dry weather around, but it is going to be a cloudier looking day than today. a few isolated showers, mostly down the spine of the country here. some finer weather into the evening, but it will be feeling cooler with temperatures in the high teens, perhaps 20 degrees celsius towards the south of england. but we've got more of a north—westerly wind blowing, so some cooler—feeling air generally. and then into monday we look out towards the atlantic to see these weather fronts that are going to be pushing eastwards through the day, bringing with it spells of rain. so we're expecting some wet weather, particularly across north—west scotland, down through northern ireland, stretching into wales and south—west england as we head through the morning into the afternoon. it'll take its time, that front, to get to eastern areas of england. so we should stay largely dry in wimbledon until we get to the end of the day. but it will be feeling rather cool for the time of year. temperatures on the disappointing side, and they won't really improve very much as we head through the week. there's more rain in the north and the west. it's a little drier towards the south. bye—bye for now. this is bbc news, the headlines. us presidentjoe biden has hit back after a poor debate performance against donald trump, telling supporters he will win november's election. but the new york times calls on him to drop out of the race. in the run—up to thursday's general election, reform uk leader nigel farage has faced repeated questions from a bbc audience over the racist language used by a party canvasser to describe the prime minister, rishi sunak. iran is to hold a run—off presidential election after no candidate won more than 50% in the first round of the vote. the election was caused by the death of president ebrahim raisi in a helicopter crash last month. and clocks are counting down for coldplay to take to the stage for a record fifth glastonbury headline set, after pop star dua lipa raised the roof of the pyramid stage with her performance last night. fault now on bbc news... americast: thejoe biden and donald trump's debate. i am just getting home after a long night, a fascinating night, anyway a night that is going to go down in history we cover the debate right way through, but also plenty of analysis as well. you will hear later on from sarah smith and also from anthony, but we kicked off in the moments of the debate was coming to an end with miles, are presenter�*s friend, and me. stay with us because we have full analysis of this debate. well, it is over and the anchors are saying goodbye in the two men are standing there at their podiums, both of them looking as if they are still very much on camera and still very serious.