Cheers, michael. Welcome back to the weekend, everyone. Election day is 66 weeks i gave early voting kicks off in pennsylvania in just 16 days. To win, vice president kamala harris knows democrats need to grow their coalition and part of that means reaching out to conservative leaning voters. In her first major interview as a democratic nominee, she promised to welcome republican voices to her administration if she wins in november. I have spent my career inviting diversity of opinion. I think it is important to have people at the table when some of the most important decisions are being made that have different views, different experiences. I think it would be to the benefit of the american public to have a member of my cabinet who was a republican. Joining us now is olivia troye, former homeland security and terrorism adviser to mike pence. When i heard that i was like, that michael steele for commerce secretary. I could put on a tie. I would be happy to do that. It would be an honor
a first image of the king since news of his cancer diagnosis was made public. being driven into buckingham palace with his wife queen camilla, after beginning his treatment in a london hospital. this afternoon, the couple headed by helicopter to the sandringham estate in norfolk, where the king will spend time resting in between treatment. it is a place those who work with him say he finds solace and happiness. before he left london, there was a family visitor to host. straight from the airport to see his father, the duke of sussex is back in the uk, flying in from his home in california. he spent around 45 minutes in clarence house with the king, who d phoned him to tell him of his cancer diagnosis. the father and son were last together in may for the king s coronation. the relationship has been strained in recent years but this may be a moment for a thaw. my sense is although this is a national institution, the royal family at its core is a familyjust like any other and whe
chief spokesman for israel s prime minister. amid all the accusations of war crimes and a charge of genocide, is israel s response to the trauma of october 7 serving its own best interests? mark regev injerusalem, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me, stephen. it s a pleasure to have you on the programme. as i said, we are more than 100 days into this war. you are inside the israeli government. is there any discussion inside your government as to whether the current strategy you re pursuing in gaza is working? so, the overall strategy, the goal remains what it was at the beginning, to destroy hamas s military machine, to have our hostages released, returned home, and to end this terror enclave, to end hamas s rule in the gaza strip. now, the way to achieve that is obviously flexible and depending on battlefield conditions and other conditions, as well. so the tactics in achieving that goal can be fluid, but the goal remains the same destroy hamas s military machine,
health issues for two british royals. issues king charles is to be treated for an enlarged prostate. catherine has had abdominal surgery. and china s population is shrinking for a second year in a row. we ll take a look at why that s concerning beijing. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it is newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it comes hours after the houthi said, they targeted another cargo ship in the red sea. and thatis cargo ship in the red sea. and that is a spokesperson says the us owned ball carrier was struck by a bomb cowering drone in a direct hit. this map appears to show the vessel changing course and a past few minutes, the houthi s have said they will carry on attacking ships in the red sea in protest against israel s bombardment of gaza. that s despite a us decision to return them to the list of global terrorist organisations. tom bateman explains what the resignation rather means. well, what