crowd, joe biden took to the stage in the swing state of north carolina, seemingly unfazed by the torrent of bad headlines his disjointed debate performance had generated. crowd: joe! joe! - folks... i don't walk as easy as i used to. i don't speak as smoothly as i used to. i don't debate as well as i used to. but i know what i do know. i know how to tell the truth! crowd: yeah! he seemed for all the world like a new man, reading from the teleprompter with a passion that had been all too absent the night before. i know, like millions of americans know, when you get knocked down, you get back up. it was a far cry from the rasping and rambling performance on the debate stage that was all too often painful to watch. everything we have to do with, uh... look... if... we finally beat medicare. it's left his party in a state of crisis. yet, despite rumblings about replacing their candidate, publicly, at least, democrats are circling the wagons. referring to his own lacklustre performance in a presidential debate in 2012, joe biden�*s former boss barack obama tweeted, "bad debate nights happen. "trust me, i know." but this election is still a choice between someone who has fought for ordinary folks his entire life and someone who only cares about himself. despite being just three years younger thanjoe biden, donald trump has consistently condemned his rival as too old to be re—elected. but addressing supporters in virginia, he said the question was less one of age and more one of competence. the question every voter should be asking themselves today is not whetherjoe biden can survive a 90—minute debate performance, but whether america can survive four more years of crooked joe biden in the white house. crowd b00 and the calls forjoe biden to pull out of the presidential race are growing. this the headline in an editorial in the new york times, which goes on to declare, mr biden is not the man he was four years ago. i don't think so! the word from the biden camp is that their candidate has no intention whatsoever of pulling out of the race, but much may depend on how he fares going forward and what the opinion polls make of his debate performance. david willis, bbc news, los angeles. crowd: four more years! to the election here now. the reform uk leader, nigel farage, has insisted that secret filming that caught one of the party's campaigners using racist language to describe the prime minister, was a "set—up". the video provoked condemnation from other party leaders. in a special edition of the bbc show question time mr farage suggested the video could have been arranged to smear his party. our political correspondent leila nathoo reports. the leader of reform uk, nigel farage. the final weekend of the election campaign and for one party leader, difficult questions are piling up. what is it about you and your party that attracts racists and extremists, whether you say you want them or not? i've done more to drive the far right out of british politics than anybody else alive. i took on the bnp just over a decade ago. i said to their voters, "if this is a protest vote, "but you don't support their racist agenda, don't vote "for them, vote for me." and we destroyed them. nigel farage was challenged last night over homophobic and racist remarks made by reform uk canvassers, secretly recorded by channel 4 news. one campaigner implied gay people were paedophiles, and another suggested army recruits should shoot at people crossing the channel in small boats, and used a racist insult to describe the prime minister. mr farage insisted that man was an "actor", and described the channel 4 report as a deliberate attempt to smear his party. this was a comedy act, but it was designed to hurt us and sadly — sadly — some people believe it. let me promise you... so who do you think would have done this, nigel farage? i want nothing to do with people like him and he has nothing to do with us. he's somebody who turned up. we didn't know who he was, and by sheer coincidence, he happened to get teamed up with channel 4. elsewhere, nigel farage was questioned about his party's manifesto and how he would pay for his promises. there's a lot of stuff in your manifesto, but how do you actually plan to pay for all this stuff? we can comfortably save £30 billion a year by growing up and being sensible, and recognising if we want carbon—free energy — reliable, not intermittent — carbon—free energy, the only way to go is small modular nuclear reactors. also fielding questions on stage last night was someone whose views could not be more different — adrian ramsay, the co—leader of the green party. i think we all know that we need |to step up action on the climate| crisis, both to adapt to the changes that are already happening, - but to avoid the runaway climate change that will affect us - all dreadfully if we don't get to grips with this. i and he defended proposing to raise some taxes in his party's manifesto. we're talking about £5 extra a week for someone earning £55,000. - now, what would that get you? at the moment, people can't access an nhs dentist, - and if you can afford to do so, you might be forking out- for a private dentist. well, how much does that cost you over a year? - how much does it cost you over a year to pay extortionate - train ticket prices because we're not - investing in our railways? or to have to heat your home - and see your bills going up and up every month, because we've got the leakiest homes in europe . and we haven't insulated them? so we're setting out a different vision, sonia, for where yes, . we ask those earning a little bit more to pay a little bit more, . including the multi—millionaires and billionaires, but it's- about a different type of society. for all parties, the journey to polling day is nearly over. leila nathoo, bbc news. the first of the main party leaders to be out campaigning on saturday was labour's sir keir starmer. he was at an event in aldershot, in south—east england, meeting military veterans to honour armed forces day. while he was there, he was asked about the rise of what some would consider to be extreme views in political campaigning. iam i am concerned about populism and nationalism and i think in a time where in our country and across the world, there are increasing challenges of every variety, the like of which we haven't seen until recent years, it is very important we have a progressive answer to those challenges. we are a progressive party, we hope we can win the election and form a progressive government, a government that always says country first, party second, but also rises to the challenges both in this country and across europe. dozens of uniformed firefighters, police and mountain rangers have joined what authorities had hoped would be a "massive search" on tenerife for missing british teenagerjay slater. they had also called for experienced volunteers to come and help, but by 10am, fewer than a dozen members of the public had arrived at the meeting point. the 19—year—old was last seen on the 17th ofjune in a national park on a remote part of the spanish island. police confirmed that today's search would go over much of the same ground as previous ones, but that it would be more intensive and detailed, making use of the extra personnel. 0ur correspondent nick garnett, who's on tenerife, gave us an update on the search forjay. they have now moved across three valleys to look in all of those areas to see where this teenager may be. they've found nothing so far, despite intensive searches involving mountain rescue, helicopters, drones, the fire service. now, if we have a look over here at the moment, they're doing a briefing at the moment between the emergency services who are about to go on the search. the ones in the red are the fire service. and then there's the guardia civil, which is the the police service, are doing their work as well. there are in total probably around 30 or so of the police and the fire service here. i have to say that there have been very few members of the public who have come. we've only counted five people so far who have actually turned up this morning. it is early and it is a saturday. and most of the people that are here are the professionals who are going to go out and do the searching. i have to also say that there are more journalists here than there are in any other group at all. but that means that, you know, what they want is they want the publicity to show that it is still important, and it's still important that this search goes on, and that they want people who may have seen jay to come and have a help as well, or to be able to get in touch with them. what they're going to be doing during this day is going through the undergrowth and through the very dense areas of vegetation that are on the hillsides around here in an effort to see if somebody has missed something or not seen something, or something may have moved. it's going to be a difficult day for them all as they move through this area. they've got search dogs with them today as well. hopefully, that will take up some of the area. but at the moment, not that much going on at the moment in terms of the actual search. that's because they're organising, but they will be moving out across the area in the next few hours, and they say they're going to spend the whole day searching. the real reason for this, though, is jay slater and his family. they're going through torment at the moment. his mother says that what she wants more than anything else is for them to be able to go home together as a family. a temporary us pier, designed to deliver aid to gaza, has once again been removed because of high seas. these are newly—released images of the pier in operation this month, showing aid being off—loaded from a ship. it's the third time since it became operational in mid—may that weather conditions have forced the pier to be detached from the gaza coast. distributing the aid to gaza's population has also been problematic, because of israeli military operations nearby. as a result, aid is piling up at a depot onshore. a pentagon spokesperson has acknowledged that the marshalling area is almost full. if there's not enough room on the marshalling yard, then it doesn't make sense to put our men and women out there when there's nothing to move. there is still room. i don't want to give the impression that it is at capacity. it is certainly full. but we do need to see that marshalling yard opening up to allow for aid groups to continue that distribution so that we can get more aid in as we get it from cyprus. a court has acquitted all 28 people charged with money laundering in connection with the panama papers scandal. the verdict concludes a trial in panama that began in april. among those exonerated werejurgen mossack and the now deceased ramon fonseca, founders of the defunct law firm mossack fonseca, who were at the centre of the scandal. the panama papers were a trove of 11 million documents leaked to journalists in 2016, revealing the offshore financial secrets of world leaders and other public figures. some flights to and from the republic of ireland are being disrupted today, because of strike action by aer lingus pilots. the strike is part of an ongoing dispute over pay. it began at 5am and will last for eight hours. the airline says there are "a number of options" for passengers affected. now it's time for a look at today's sport with hugh ferris. eight teams have gone as the european championship enters its knockout rounds, and after the next four days there'll only be eight left. the last 16 begins later on saturday with both hosts and defending champions among those to feature. italy's match against switzerland is the first of the round and the day. they meet in berlin. while germany's game with denmark is in dortmund, from wherejohn watson looks ahead. yes, all eyes on the last 16 matches which get under way at this year's euros. we see england in action tomorrow but today, the focus will fall on germany who face denmark here in dortmund a little later. we are in a park where danish fans will be gathering, having qualified from the same group. they were in there alongside england, three draws for them but it will be a tough task for them but it will be a tough task for them after the germans started so brilliantly with that 5—1 win against scotland in the opening match. england avoiding germany, who they could have faced in the last 16, but having topped the group they will be taking on slovakia in that last 16 tie. the other match does have significance for england because they know the winners between italy and switzerland will lie in wait for them in the quarterfinals to determine who will win that match today. is an interesting matchup between those two but a big test will really come to england. their tournament hasn't sparked into life and gareth southgate and his side will be hoping that after a good period of preparation this week, they can at long last to produce the performance that the english fans are so desperate to see her in germany. brazil's opening game at the copa america was underwhelming. their second not so much. they followed their goalless draw with a 4—1win over paraguay. viniciusjunior scored twice in the victory in las vegas but it doesn't put them top of group d. that's currently colombia, who won their second game in a row, beating costa rica 3—0 to make the quarterfinals and register a 25th straight unbeaten game. those two winners will meet in the final group game on tuesday. argentina are already through to the last eight, but complete their group stage campaign with a match against peru. lionel messi is expected to miss the match. group a will be completed later, with canada best placed to join the holders in the knockout stage. for us, this will be a big challenge. we will make sure that we play disciplined, like we have the previous two matches, but we will be aggressive, we won'tjust sit back and think we are playing for a draw. we know it when it is still the most important thing and the three points put her through 100%. the sanjose sharks had the first overall pick of the nhl draft and they chose a player who only turned 18 earlier this month. canadian centre macklin celebrini was the youngest player in division one of college hockey last season and said it was a surreal feeling to make it to the nhl. he excelled for boston university, becoming only the fourth first year to win the award for the best player at college level. the sharks chose first after ending the 2023/24 season with the fewest points. whoever wins cricket's t20 world cup will end a long wait for global silverware. india last won a major trophy back in 2011, while for south africa it's not happened once yet. long known as the team that couldn't get past a semifinal, they have the chance to make even more history when the two meet in barbados later. probably just see it as a probablyjust see it as a new game of cricket, to be honest. we all know india is a great team, as a team as south africans have been trending in the right direction the last couple of years but maybe not progressed in tournaments as far as we would have liked, so an exciting excursion tomorrow against a good opposition in india, but a good opportunity for us as well. i think everyone will agree we are probably— i think everyone will agree we are probably the top tier teams in the tournament, we have played the best cricket _ tournament, we have played the best cricket in _ tournament, we have played the best cricket in this tournament, so deserving _ cricket in this tournament, so deserving finals for both the teams and hopefully it is a great game of cricket _ and hopefully it is a great game of cricket and — and hopefully it is a great game of cricket and hopefully it falls on the right — cricket and hopefully it falls on the right side. for all the day's at sports, including the formula 1 sprint race including the formula 1 sprint race in austria, go to the bbc sport website. and that's all the sport for now. iran's interior ministry has confirmed that a run—off presidential election will be held on friday, after none of the candidates in the snap poll secured a majority. the reformist masoud pezeshkian, a heart surgeon, won the highest number of votes. one of his hardline rivals, saeed jalili, came second, after taking an early lead. the election was called after the death of ultra—conservative president ebrahim raisi in a helicopter crash last month. the four candidates were all vetted by an influential committee of clerics before they could stand. turnout was about a0%, according to an interior ministry count, the lowest on record since the 1979 revolution, raising questions about the legitimacy of iran's system of government. let's talk to siavash ardalan from bbc persian. let's talk about the low turnout first and people really trying to make their point perhaps on that side of things?— make their point perhaps on that side of thins? , ., ., , , side of things? they have absolutely made their point _ side of things? they have absolutely made their point in _ side of things? they have absolutely made their point in a _ side of things? they have absolutely made their point in a spectacular- made their point in a spectacular way. this is the lowest turnout we have seen it since the 1979 revolution, 43%, that is pretty low, not even counting those that spoiled ballots which might take the wheel turnout down to the 30s, this is just unprecedented, especially given the fact the supreme leader had come out a few days before the election saying we want people to turn out because if they turn out, then that will prove that the people are still loyal to the system and the system is legitimate, whereas a low turnout is legitimate, whereas a low turnout is bad news for us.— is bad news for us. they have a run-off vote. — is bad news for us. they have a run-off vote, do _ is bad news for us. they have a run-off vote, do you _ is bad news for us. they have a run-off vote, do you think- is bad news for us. they have a run-off vote, do you think now| is bad news for us. they have a - run-off vote, do you think now that run—off vote, do you think now that pezeshkian is leading in this first round, do you think people will turn out in the run—off vote? it round, do you think people will turn out in the run-off vote?— out in the run-off vote? it really depends- _ out in the run-off vote? it really depends- the — out in the run-off vote? it really depends. the society _ out in the run-off vote? it really depends. the society is - out in the run-off vote? it really depends. the society is very - depends. the society is very polarised now, on one hand you have these people turned away from the elections altogether giving a powerful message to the system, we don't want you or the clerical establishment any more, we want more like a secular liberal minded democracy, and then have those conservative voters, those regime loyalists who have become radicalised in their own way, choosing a hardline candidate as opposed to a centre—right candidate who used to be the capital's mare, current speaker of parliament, sort of supports relations with the west and removing sanctions but at the same time takes a very hardline stance on other issues as well. so whether the 30% of people who voted for him, whether they will choose to vote for a far right candidate or they would choose a moderate pro—reform candidate, and also those election boycott is, whether they will see if there is any difference between these two candidates, because any talk of differences between candidates in a clerical system, for them, is seditious. ultimately it is the supreme leader who has the say on everything, explain how much influence the president can have. the exp