Some breaking news, the uk Foreign Office has called For british nationals in lebanon to leave now as the situation could deteriorate rapidly. This message has come through in the past few minutes from the office of Foreign minister david lammy. Ministers are calling For british nationals to leave, as tensions remain high in the Middle East following the assassinations of Hamas Leader in iran and a key commander in hezbollah. The Uk Government has called a british nationals in lebanon to leave now advising against all travel to lebanon and says british nationals still in the country should leave now while options remain available. This comes as the us embassy has also called For its citizens to leave lebanon on any ticket available. This has come through in the past few minutes. More on that on the Bbc News Website and with us here on Bbc News throughout the afternoon. The olympics have entered their 8th Day and my Colleague Maryam Moshiri is in paris. Hello. Welcome to da. It has been
Theyre certainly in our Thoughts Today will do hello, thanks so much for joining us. And sciutto in washington, Fredricka Whitfield is off today. We are following several major moments on the campaign trail, starting in atlanta, where a short time for now, former President Trump Trump and his running mate, j. D. Vance will hold a rally there event comes just hours after trump announced that he was agreeing to he said a whole new Debate Plans and this one on Fox News in front of a live audience against his democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris Harris has not accepted that new invitation. Given shes sticking with what was the previously planned debate, agreed to by trump as well, hosted by abc News Trump now backing out of that plan, also this weekend can harris is meeting with her Beading Team for indepth presentations on each of the finalists to be her running mate, she is expected to meet with the top candidates as well this weekend an announcement of her final decision, t
Good morning. You are live in the cnn newsroom. Im Paula Reid in washington. Jim acosta is off and we start this morning with three Words Everyone was waiting to hear. Theyre finally home. Former us marine Paul Whelan, Wall Street Journal reporter, Evan Gershkovich and Russian American Journalist Alsu Kurmasheva are now back on us soil, arriving to a Heros Welcome overnight take a look theyre long nightmare. Finally over as they hug to their families for the first time since being freed, President Biden and Vice President harris, also on hand to welcome them home the historic Prisoner Swap was the largest since the Cold War involving 24 detainees and said of in countries biden posted this photo showing the trio on their way home earlier this morning, they touched down in texas for medical evaluations with their families in tow. But even with the gravity of the last 24 hours still sinking in gershkovich was quick to point out that the nightmare is far from but over for other detainees w
Kamala harris more than doubles the amount raised by Donald Trump last month. I am honored to be the presented democratic nominee for president of the united states. Nancy the Cbs Evening news begins now. Good evening. Im Nancy Cordes in for norah odonnell. Shes done it. Vice president Kamala Harris has secured the democratic nomination for president , becoming the first woman of color at the top of a major party ticket. She crossed the threshold this afternoon, picking up the majority of democratic delegates in a virtual Roll Call vote. Now, harris turns her full focus to making her pick for Vice President , and it could be among the most consequential decisions of her political career. She has to make that decision within the next couple of days. Cbss Robert Costa reports on the Vice President s busy weekend schedule. Reporter Vice President Kamala Harris clinched the nomination in an online Roll Call, and immediately started rallying supporters. We are going to win this election. Re