This is bbc news, the headlines. The Ebc President ial debate. Donald trump and debate. Kamala Harris Exchange personal insults and debate the economy, abortion and immigration. Gaza has the highest number of child amputees in the world. Unicef say between october and january, over A Thousand children had one or both legs amputated. We have a special report. Translation we are under l siege, the house was bombed. I had to make a decision. Either she is martyred, i have to amputate her. I will never forget it. Kamala harris gets a Taylor Swift endorsement well look at how much a difference that could make. Do you recognise this royal couple . A new statue in memory of the late Queen And Prince philip has received a mixed reception. One that story and the rest of todays headlines late on, but first, Take A Look at the latest sport. Hello from the Bbc Sport centre. Im pippa horn. Now Great Britain are beginning their Davis Cup Campaign without three time Grand Slam champion, andy murray, for the first time since his retirement. And an injury for us open semi Finalistjack Draper means that theyre also without their top ranked player. Hes been unable to recover from a niggle he picked up in New York which means 29 year old Billy Harris will make his Davis Cup Debut in manchester. At the moment Dan Evans is taking on finlands eero vasa. Hes taken the first set on a Tie Break and has a double break of serve in the second set too. That match is one of four taking place on wednesday in the group stages of the davis cup, where 16 teams are competing in four groups of four in different cities across the globe. The United States have alreday beaten chile 3 0. Manchester united say cutting 250 jobs at the club will save them up to £35 million over the next couple of years. Its after the Club Announed Losses of a £113 million for last season. The losses reflect a campaign where the club was knocked out of the Champions League at the group stage, finished eighth in the premier league, but won the fa cup. Before the cuts united had 1150 full time members of staff, but a review following Sirjim Ratcliffe s Part Purchase of the club aimed to scrap some non essential activities. The Miami Dophins wide Receiver Tyreek Hill has called for one of the officers who detained him on sunday to be fired. Hill was pulled over by police on his way to the hard Rock Stadium just hours before the teams opening game of the season. The altercation followed a Traffic Stop where he was dragged out of his car and then handcuffed on the ground. Miami dade Police Department has opened an internal investigation into one of the officers, danny torres, who Remains On Administrative Leave whilst the review is conducted. Hills Team Mates have been giving their support. I have never, personally, gone through myself, | i have never, personally, gone through myself, i have never been through any of that growing up in hawaii. But he knows that he has my support. I would say, just watching the film, in my opinion, i think it could have been de escalated another way. Could have been de escalated anotherway. Ijust. Idon� t think it was done the right way. Australias Tom Craig has been banned from playing hockey for 12 months after being arrested on suspicion of buying cocaine during the paris olympic games. Craig was released without charge but given a warning by a judge after french police detained him for allegedly trying to buy cocaine days after australia lost their quarter final in paris. The 29 year old must serve half of the ban with the remaining six months suspended which is all contingent upon Meeting Conduct and behavioural requirements. For the third successive day no play has been possible in the one Off Test between afghanistan and new zealand. Indias greater noy Da Region where the match is being held has been swamped by rain for the last two weeks. Afghanistan play their matches abroad due to Security Concerns but the match is at risk of becoming just the eighth test to be abandoned without a ball being bowled. But its over to Sunnier Skies in enmgland because the Weather Forecast is looking a lot better for the Opening T20 international between england and australia. Batterjordan cox and 20 year old batting all Rounder Jacob Bethell will make their england debuts at the Utilita Bowl in southampton, which has had a bit of an eco makeover. Over A Thousand newly installed Solar Panels are being switched on today, all with a goal in mind to make it the worlds greenest cricket stadium. The panels will provide roughly a quarter of the total electricity used by the ground, reducing Carbon Emissions by 80 tonnes. And thats all the sport for now. Dont forget you can keep up to date on everything with the Bbc Sport website. Back to you, matthew. Fry since lenski has been saying his victory plan, as he described it, that he wants and present to Joe Biden described it, that he wants and present toJoe Biden this month what in his view, strengthen kyiv and have a psychological impact that could push russia to end its more diplomatically. And of course, president zelensky has been meeting through the course of the day with antony blinken, the us secretary of State And David lammy, the uk Foreign Secretary. But talking about this plan that is developing, he wants to present to world leaders, and say Ukraines Victory depends on the United States. He said the plan would strengthen ukraine and have a psychological impact that would force russia to end the war. He was asked about the possibility of the west allowing kyiv to conduct strikes deep inside of russian territory, hes been asking for that for quite awhile, and his response to the question was we are hoping a strong decision from the west, so that lobbying continues as he puts together this plan, as he puts together this plan, as he says, that could advance Ukraines War against russia. Just to tell you, also, the uk Foreign Secretary on that meeting has announced more than £600 million of support for ukraine. Those are some of the latest details coming out of that meeting in kyiv, and we will bring you more on that in the next little while. More now on our top story the us president ial debate. Political disagreements and personal insults were at the centre of the 90 Minute Event in philadelphia and our disinformation correspondent, marianna spring, has been looking at the reaction to the debate online. Lots of americans will have heard about what happened in this debate on their Social Media feeds. Posts from the campaigns are starting to dominate some of our own feeds too. But whats happening online is also feeding into whats happening in the campaigns, and its been a pretty Catty Affair in both the online and the real world. Let me tell you why. Im going to start with this Instagram Post from Taylor Swift that actually came right after the debate ended. Here she is sharing a picture with her cat. In the post, she endorses Kamala Harris. She says that shes done her research to make up her mind about who to vote for. She then goes on to say Kamala Harris is a warrior for causes she cares about, and urges her 283 Million followers to register to vote, or at least the ones in the us. She also talks about misinformation that spread online about her supporting Donald Trump. Donald trump has previously shared posts like this one, where he suggests that she and her supporters are big fans of his. Ai generated pictures like this one have been shared by Donald Trump, too, on truth social and theyre being increasingly circulated online around the election, almost like illustrations to make specific points. And while quite a few of these ai generated pictures that they share are parody, they have also been shared in a way that can mislead voters ahead of Polling Day in the us. Swift signed off her Instagram Post by calling herself a childless cat lady. Here, shes referencing comments made by Donald Trumps running mate, jd vance, about childless cat ladies, which then went viral online. Why does any of this matter . Well, ive been hanging out with some of the people involved in the swifties for harris campaign, who mobilized weeks before Swifts Endorsement overnight and are very active on sites like tiktok. I messaged them straight after her Instagram Post was shared and they were very excited. Her online army of supporters have a reputation for being effective at pushing particular messages online. They also have a reputation for being devoted to Taylor Swift and ferocious to those they see as her enemies. This online fandom could be a useful tool for the harris campaign, especially when it comes to going head to head with Donald Trumps already very active base of supporters online. Thats a bit like a fandom, too, and this all puts the election on the radar of younger, less engaged voters. Memes and montages from supporters online can feel more authentic than paid for adverts, but theres a question over whether any of this would attract voters from the opposing teams. And i promised you more cats because they were also mentioned in the debate by Donald Trump, and not in a way that you might expect. Trump pushed baseless claims about pets being eaten by migrants in ohio. He said they, referring to illegal immigrants, are eating the pets of the people that live here. Officials have told bbc verify theres no credible evidence to support this. These baseless allegations, again, started on Social Media, seemingly with several posts, including one on a Facebook Group in the city of springfield where someone accused haitian immigrants of killing a cat. This was later amplified by accounts with big followings, including, for example, Elon Musk and then right wing commentators too. The claims were repeated Byjd Vance before they then found their way onto the debate stage. And now Social Media is reacting all over again. You can listen to more analysis on cats, Social Media and the debate on Americast On Bbc sounds. In gaza, the humanitarian crisis continues it has the highest number of child amputees in the world. Between october and january, over A Thousand children had one or both legs amputated and those numbers have been rising daily, according to unicef. But with just 9 orthopaedic surgeons in the entire gaza strip, hospitals are overwhelmed. Our reporter, ru abbass, examines the case of one patient and her doctor. A warning that this report contains distressing scenes from the start, and throughout. Israel does not allow international journalists and gather. The bbc has been unable to independently verify this footage. With a building on the brink of collapse, every second counts in the Front Search for survivors. Among them is a child named wafa. Just minutes earlier, she was at home with her mother and sister, both died instantly in the bombing. Just days from celebrating her seventh birthday. Now, with each laboured breath, her fragile body struggles for survival, and aware that she will never walk again. According to unicef, gas is the most dangerous place in the world to be a child. Hospitals are overwhelmed with cases like wafa. The doctor who operated on her says he handles up to ten such cases a day. Surgeries are carried out without anaesthetics due to a severe shortage of medical supplies. After conducting an unprecedented number of surgeries, doctors are having to use unconventional tools to operate. Translation �. , translation ill never forget there was a translation ill never forget there was a Sight Translation ill never forget there was a sight when translation ill never forget there was a sight when mike i there was a sight when Mike Colleague was injecting patients with ketamine on the hospital floor. Patients with ketamine on the hospitalfloor. We patients with ketamine on the hospital floor. We used patients with ketamine on the hospitalfloor. We used Car Mechanic drugs to perform surgeries. As typical sterilised procedure to accept hour, but we work within three minutes with makeshift tools from the capitals workshop. Since the war began, garza � s doctors have worked tirelessly. Most most unpaid and the relentless pressure has severely impacted their own well being. Translation wellbeing. Translation � 4. , translation im the kind whose tears start at translation im the kind whose tears start at the translation im the kind whose tears start at the door. Translation im the kind whose tears start at the door. I translation im the kind whose tears start at the door. I cry tears start at the door. I cry while i operate, and its particularly hard while its children. We dont have enough medical staff, supply is almost nonexistent and operations are done without anaesthetics or sterilisation. We were quite robots. We wouldnt be able to continue if we stopped to acknowledge our feelings. Continue if we stopped to acknowledge ourfeelings. Many acknowledge our feelings. Many times, acknowledge ourfeelings. Many times, we have gone into surgery to find that the patient is our loved ones, and we are mentally exhausted and their energy is completely depleted. We cant take it. Is infectious diseases ravage gaza, the World Health Organization describes the state of Health Care is beyond words. Translation . ,. ,. , translation there are around 11,000 Injune Translation there are around 11,000 in june in translation there are around 11,000 in june in Gaza Translation there are around 11,000 in june in gaza that 11,000 injune in gaza that need to go abroad to complete their treatments. Need to go abroad to complete theirtreatments. I need to go abroad to complete their treatments. I implore everyone, we cant handle this. We are all psychological victims during and predating this war. Everything we have seenin this war. Everything we have seen in previous wars doesnt compare. There is no winner. All parties will lose. All parties will lose. Children like wafa all parties will lose. Children like Wafa Pry all parties will lose. Children like Wafa Pry a all parties will lose. Children like Wafa Pry a lifetime all parties will lose. Children like Wafa Pry a lifetime of. Like Wafa Pry a lifetime of surgeries, unable to provide the critical care needed for survival, doctors are struggling with a medical system on its knees in gaza. A place where No One is promised tomorrow. Well since that report was filmed, wafa, The Little Girl whose Story We Saw has since died. You can of course find out much more about the situation in gaza, including about the impact of the war on healthcare systems, over on the Bbc News Website and app. Around the world and across the uk. This is bbc news. Figures published this Morning Show the Uk Economy failed to grow injuly. Analysts had expected slight growth, but the Office For National Statistics said output in the Production And Construction sectors fell. The chancellor, rachel reeves, says shes under no illusion about the scale of the challenge the country is facing. Lets speak to our chief economics correspondent, dharshini david. Explain a little more about why there has been a lack of growth injuly, and has Significance Thatis injuly, and has significance that is given how much this new government is relying in terms of its Spending Plans on generating significant growth . In pure numbers terms, july was a pretty easy one to look at figure out. In the one hand, we had euros come out start of the olympics. That summer of sport boosted sales of Food And Drink and people were going out to enjoy leisure activities. On the other hand, it was a weak month for construction training manufacturing. The two things cancelled each other out. Its not a spreadsheet, and the Economys Health is not to do with a one Month Worth of data. You see a more nuanced picture for the Uk Economy. That recovery is still intact from the recession we saw last year. Pretty strong growth in the first half of the year. If the look over a longer term, the current chancellor makes the point is that Uk Growth has under performed compared to many other major economies. We are worse off than we could have been commerce of the real challenge as you are saying is for the government to try boost that growth permanently. Not just for the sake of Household Finances but also because it helps the public finances. Labours longer term aspirations rely on getting that growth rate, which will help fund the longer term plans. It doesnt happen overnight, to quote the chancellor overnight. In the short term, we have got this budget coming up next month, and that they claim it will mean difficult decisions. They say there is a big shortfall compared to where they should be given their financial rules. Once you take into account the previous governments decisions but also the cover governments decisions by Public Sector pay. This chequered Growth Backdrop doesnt help when youre trying to scramble around to find extra money. What does that mean . The short term, we are going to have to look at finding more money raising measures, and whether foes we will have to wait and see. Theyre bad to be things in there that are going to be controversial, perhaps more tax rises, more tax been taken out of incomes of the nation as a whole. Had we reversed that kind of pattern again, we come back to the idea of growth. The more the economy grows, frankly, the more tax is available which releases the burden on us. Growth doesnt happen overnight. We need to see much more investment in where the uk has lagged behind. The real challenge is for the chance to figure out how to unlock back and deliver greater prosperity all around. Prosperity all around. Thank Ou Prosperity all around. Thank you very prosperity all around. Thank you very much. In the minutes after the us president ial debate, Pop Superstar Taylor swift endorsed Kamala Harris for president. Writing in a post to her 283 Million instagram followers i will be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 president ial election. She signed the post childless cat lady, a reference to comments made Byjd Vance. Donald trump last month posted Ai Photos that gave the false impression that she had already endorsed him. Lets speak to Judy Kurtz whos the in the Know Columnist at the hill. Welcome here to the programme. Just how significant do you think is this endorsements . It incredibly significance. Taylor swift is notjust some celebrity, she is the supernova in the celebrity stratosphere. This was an endorsement that president biden, before he exited the White House race, his campaign was actively seeking from Taylor Swift, very coveted. Its notjust because of her huge fan base, but it who is in that fan base. Its the youth motors, jen e, Tiktok Generation who tend to be more engaged in politics and head to the polls. It engaged in politics and head to the olls. , the polls. It is interesting. We mentioned the polls. It is interesting. We mentioned 283 the polls. It is interesting. We mentioned 283 Millionj we mentioned 283 Million followers, but she last year posted and encouraged young people to register and i was looking at the figure. Registration jumped 1226 in the one hour after that post, and itjust gives you a glimpse of the sheer Power And Influence she has . Absolutely. Celebrity endorsements influence she has . Absolutely. Celebrity endorsements do influence she has . Absolutely. Celebrity endorsements do a L Influence she has . Absolutely. I Celebrity Endorsements do a few things. They get people to the polls, they get them to register, get them excited about voting and engaged. That is one benefit of having support from someone like Taylor Swift. The other way that they help is in the fundraising efforts. I can see Vice President harris� s regimes of Friendship Bracelet exchanging, with Taylor Swift headlining it. Fundraising is a huge element of the selection, and thats another way that Celebrity Endorsements from someone like Taylor Swift can make a big impact. It someone like Taylor Swift can make a big impact. Make a big impact. It doesnt alwa s make a big impact. It doesnt always have make a big impact. It doesnt always have an make a big impact. It doesnt always have an impact. Make a big impact. It doesnt always have an impact. They| always have an impact. They have been plenty other endorsements. We know that kid rock, ho cogan, can you west have all endorsed Donald Trump, and when you look at democratic endorsements, we have oprah Winfrey And George clooney amongst others. They have different effects, all of the celebrities. When it comes to this one, though, this endorsements. She is encouraging people, notjust a vote. It is interesting with the language used. She said not to vote for, harris, but to get engaged, look at issues and policy and make a decision. I thought that language was interesting. Do we know a rough proportion of young people who dont vote . We proportion of young people who dont vote . Dont vote . We dont have the exact number, dont vote . We dont have the exact number, but dont vote . We dont have the exact number, but taylor dont vote . We dont have the | exact number, but Taylor Swift on this point in her career is savvy enough not to tell people who to vote for. That doesnt tend to work, and people watchers listen to a celebrity because they tell them who to pick at the polls. What she does know is she can get people to the ballot boxes, and that was a very smart move by her saying, i am voting for, harris, not that you should too but do your research and make an informed decision for yourself. An informed decision for yourself an informed decision for ourself. ,. Yourself. You reference the Su Er yourself. You reference the suaer bowl. Yourself. You reference the super bowl, there yourself. You reference the super bowl, there was yourself. You reference the super bowl, there was a i yourself. You reference the| super bowl, there was a lot yourself. You reference the i super bowl, there was a lot of discussion of Taylor Swift endorsing. There was quite a few republicans and republican commentators who were in was losing their minds at the prospect of two swift endorsing Joe Biden. Has there been much reaction since this actual endorsements . Reaction since this actual endorsements . This wasnt necessarily endorsements . This wasnt necessarily a endorsements . This wasnt necessarily a surprise necessarily a Surprise Endorsement by the Taylor Swift. She had supported Joe Biden in the 2020 race. She has been critical of trump in the past, saying he has gas latent america. Its certainly no surprise that she would support harris, but the timing is surprising, given traditionally silly swift endorses political candidates right before an election, may be weeks before an election. Sometime she does days or hours before. She has never endorsed this early. She said that she was propelled to do so because of those ai images saying that she had supported Donald Trump for president. In this case, the timing, when all eyes were on this debate, right afterwards of her offering this endorsements was a surprise. Julie, thank you so much for joining us in the programme. The princess to the end of the hour. And back with more headlines here are just a moment or two. Dont go away. Hello there. Its been very wet today here in merseyside and through the cheshire plains. Frequent and heavy showers have been blown in. Weve got low pressure between us and scandinavia, and thats feeding in this very showery air stream, cold and gusty northwesterly winds. But you can trace the winds all the way back to the north towards the arctic circle, which is why weve got temperatures this afternoon around 3 or 4 degrees below the average for the time of year. And in the southeast of england, its quite a bit chillier than it was during yesterday. The winds arent quite as strong today. Theres still some strong and gusty northwesterly winds, especially where we have the showers, and there will be more showers through the afternoon and into the evening. But overnight, as the Winds Drop and it gets a bit colder, the showers retreat back towards windward coasts and many places will become dry and clear. And of course its going to be cold as well. Temperatures maybe a little lower than they were last night, and not farfrom freezing in Scotland And North east england, but many places will start quite sunny. Weve got the showers from the word go in northern scotland, Northern Ireland into wales, perhaps the far southwest and along North Sea coasts. There will be showers developing inland during the day. Probably not quite as many as today. Not as heavy as today either, and the winds wont be as strong too. But those temperatures arent changing very much just yet. 13 to 15 degrees once again. So, weve got Cold Air in place. And ahead of this Weather Front coming in from the atlantic, High Pressure will build across the uk on Thursday Night into friday morning, meaning the winds will be lighter, skies will be clear and temperatures will be close to freezing for many parts of the country. There is a risk of a touch of frost. And weve got a sunny start for many places on friday, but there is that Weather Front coming in from the atlantic that will bring in more cloud. It will bring some rain to Northern Ireland and western scotland. And with that cloud coming in over the cold start, temperatures arent going to rise too high. But it will be a little less cold for england and wales. Here weve got higher pressure as we head towards the weekend. This Weather Front will move down across the country. As it does so, it will tend to weaken. But i think on saturday for Scotland And Northern ireland, weve got a spell of wetter and windier weather before things improve for the second half of the weekend. But very little if any rain coming into england and wales. And for all of us, the temperatures will be higher than at the moment. Live from london. This is bbc news. Donald trump and Kamala Harris Exchange personal insults and clash over the economy, abortion and immigration. In springfield, they are eating the dogs, the people that came in, they are eating the cats, they are eating. They are eating the pets of the people that live there. The us Secretary Of State and his Uk Counterpart are in ukraine where president zelensky is again asking for permission to use weapons to strike targets inside russia. 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