Between kamala harris and donald trump here in the battleground state of pennsylvania. The rivals will go head to head to win the white house in what many experts say will undoubtedly be a close race. The debate will be 90 minutes long with two commerical breaks here in philadelphia at the national constitution center. The us network abc news is hosting the debate. There will be no audience in attendance, and the candidates microphones will be muted when they are not speaking. It comes at a pivotal moment in the campaign, with both harris and trump aiming to win over undecided voters in key swing states. Joining me now is our north america correspondent gary o donoghue from the spin room floor. Gary, i know the action is picking up there, tell us what you ve been hearing from some of the surrogates for both campaigns. figs of the surrogates for both campaigns of the surrogates for both camaians. A. , ,. Campaigns. As you would expect, some of the campaigns. As you would expect,
hello and welcome to the programme. it has been a day of worship and a day of grief in israel and the occupied territories. tens of thousands ofjews gathered atjerusalem s western wall for passover prayers. not far away, hundreds ofjewish worshippers walked close to the al aqsa mosque. and in a settlement in the west bank, the funeral took place for two british israeli sisters shot dead on friday. from jerusalem, my colleague lucy williamson reports. as maia and rina were brought in, the wailing of rina s teenage school friends filled the prayer hall. theirfather, a rabbi, bent low over their bodies. the pain on his face hidden for a moment, in a last embrace with his daughters. today, thejewish people have proven that we are one. we are united. this simple, quiet family is devastated. the whole country hurts. maia was 20 years old when she died, rina was 15. their mother, still unconscious in hospital, doesn t even know yet they are dead. they were travelling from their west
live from london, this is bbc news. jack teixeira the us airman accused of leaking classified pentagon documents appears in federal court. talk to our correspondence live in a moment or two. here in the uk, a mother and father are convicted of the savage and brutal christmas day murder of their baby son. and could certain types of nail gel be causing life changing allergies? we ll speak to one woman who says it happened to her. welcome back to bbc news. let s return to the breaking news from boston surrounding jack teixeira. because the us intelligence officer has just appeared in federal court. he has been charged with the unauthorised removal and retention of classified documents and materials. thejudge of classified documents and materials. the judge and justice department listening to the various requests that have been made. he is going to be detained pending trial, as you would expect. those are the live pictures. jessica parker is monitoring everything. tell us a
welcome to the programme. exactly six months ago, vladimir putin ordered his army to invade ukraine. it was a decision that not only unleashed the biggest war in europe since world war ii, but it also turned the world on its head. thousands of ukrainians and russian soldiers have been killed in the fighting. today, in ukraine, it is independence day. normally, there would be parades and celebrations marking 31 years of freedom from soviet rule. but not today, it s not safe. and in the past 6 months, russia has clawed away at ukraine s freedom. this was the map of ukraine on february 24th. russian backed separatists already held significant territory in the eastern regions of donetsk and luhansk and moscow controlled the annexed crimean peninsula. this is how things stand now. russian forces control large parts of the south of the country, all of the luhansk region and continue to make advances in donetsk. but there is still the threat of danger, everywhere in the country and