Kamala harris has chosen the governor of minnesota Tim Walz to be her Running Mate for Novembers President ial election. News has been confirmed by the bbc s us partner cbs. We havent had offcial confirmation from the Harris Campaign yet, but all the indications are that walz is the pick. Tim walz is minnesotas 41st governor, elected to the role in 2018 and was re elected in 2022. He has a reputation as a progressive governor, citing free school meals, goals for tackling climate change, Tax Cuts for the middle class and expanded paid leave for minnesota workers among his achievements. Mr walz is an army veteran, a former high School Teacher and football coach. So why has Kamala Harris chosen him, and what will he bring to the race for the White House . Lets speak to my Colleague Rajini Vaidyanathan whos in washington. Lets begin with who is Tim Walz and his name might have become more familiar in recent weeks but he might be a relative unknown to people outside washington. figs might
Welcome along, thanks forjoining us. More on a dramatic day at the open golf to come, but we start tonight with the extraordinary events at silverstone, where Lewis Hamilton has been celebrating winning the british Grand Prix. Nothing too surprising in that, but the story of the race was a remarkable one in which the Championship Leader Max verstappen crashed out on the opening lap. Hamilton was blamed for that, given a ten second penalty, but he still fought back to win, closing the gap on his Title Rival to just eight points. Joe wilson reports. Silverstone and a crowd on a pre covid scale, 140,000. An organised arrangement to be checked. Many were supporting the reigning world champion. Lewis hamilton started second on the grid in his black mercedes, aware that red bulls Max Verstappen ahead of him had a faster car and that he had to make an impression quickly. First and second in the drivers championship, battling for the lead in the british Grand Prix until this. 0n the inside, an
reports suggest some of the government were still inside that building and a number of concertgoers trapped in there. reports from that task news agency seen some were able to make their way out and into the underground lines to be able to evacuate from that building but we also know large parts of the building were on fire and reports surfaced in the roof or part the roof had collapsed so giving a sense of the emergency services and attendance at that concert hall. but there s a lot of misinformation and a lot being shared on social media right now. so to make sense of it or bbc verified team checking the footage that has been shared online. team checking the footage that has been shared online. people have been filmin: the been shared online. people have been filming the dramatic been shared online. people have been filming the dramatic events been shared online. people have been filming the dramatic events on - been shared online. people have been filming the dramatic
parts of nova scotia in the coming days so we will hear more about the storm system. first we have cloud across the north west of uk moving into scotland and threatening outbreaks of rain but away from the north west for most it is a fine afternoon with variable cloud and sunny spells. the best of the sunshine in southern england, southern wales and parts of eastern scotland. the cloud melting away into the evening with a bit more sunshine ending the day. temperatures up to the high 20s so feeling pleasantly warm. 0vernight tonight a band of rain is slow moving and will take two days to cross the uk. it moves into scotland and northern ireland bringing heavy rain overnight and eventually it starts to move into cumbria. pretty mild, 1a or 15 degrees in the north west. england and wales time, 12 degrees. 0n and wales time, 12 degrees. on thursday the weather front moves into england and wales with heavy rain for a into england and wales with heavy rainfora time into england and
by the charity birthrights. manchester city s premier league victory was marred by a pitch invasion, in which aston villa s goalkeeper was allegedly attacked. good morning. children s social care needs radical change to avoid tens of thousands more youngsters being taken away from theirfamilies that s the warning following a major review of council run children s services in england. the report said struggling families needed earlier support before they reached crisis point and calls for a windfall tax on the profits of the biggest privately run children s homes. here s our social affairs editor alison holt. ok, so let me know how it s been going since the panel. henrietta works with young people to help them pitch ideas and get their voices heard. and also it would be good to know, like, how you found working on the project as well. her own life was shaped by the crisis in the children s care system that today s report wants to change. after two difficult years, she was re