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BBCNEWS BBC News September 1, 2024

Earlier this week, shakiel thibou, from west london, was charged with attempted murder. Westminster magistrates* court heard that ms maximen had tried to intervene in a fight when she was stabbed. In a separate incident, mussie imnetu, a chef who was visiting london from dubai, was found unconscious with a head injury on monday night near notting hill. These cctv images show him earlier that afternoon before the attack. He has also since died. Omar wilson, from east london, has been charged with grievous bodily harm with intent. The metropolitan police said both deaths were now being treated as murder. News of both cher*s and mussie*s tragic deaths is devastating for both families. My thoughts are with them. They will continue to be supported by specialist police officers and we ask that their privacy is respected at this time. Police are extremely keen to speak to anyone who might have been at this restaurant late on monday night, and who intervened during the attack on mussie imnetu. The whole area would have been extremely busy with people who attended carnival. Today, organisers of the notting hill carnival said they are shocked by the deaths. In a statement they said. . . Over 2 million people attended the celebrations over the bank holiday, but on carnival*s 56th year, police are now investigating two separate murder investigations. Helena wilkinson, bbc news. The mayor of london, sadiq khan, has released a statement. He said his thoughts were with the victims families and friends at what he described as a truly terrible time. He also condemned the violence, saying. It is heartbreaking that cher maximen and mussie imnetu have died after being attacked in separate incidents. Palestinian health workers in gaza have started vaccinating some babies against polio, a day before a mass immunisation programme is due to begin. Palestinian health workers carried out the vaccinations in nasser hospital in khan younis. Unicef says the vaccinations will take place for six and a half hours every day until wednesday. Israel and hamas have agreed to three localised pauses in fighting to enable the vaccination of more than 600,000 palestinian children. The parents of the first two children to be vaccinated at the hospital in khan younis both expressed their relief. Translation: i was worried and afraid because this is scary, the polio disease. It makes children not able to move or drink and it's stays with them all their life. This is scary. Translation: as soon as i heard about the start of the polio vaccination campaign, i came _ my son was the first child to get the vaccine. Today, there was one shot and another in four weeks. By that time, he will have another full dosage which will prevent him from getting the infection and any disease in the coming years. This is how the polio vaccine will be distributed throughout gaza the world health organization campaign will be split across the territory's five governates, from north gaza through to rafah in the south. Deir al balah and khan younis have the greatest number of children under 10 more than 200,000 in each region. The who plans on having more than 200 vaccination sites in each of those regions. With more from jerusalem, here's our correspondent, jon donnison. The official polio vaccination campaign doesn't start until sunday morning. It is being coordinated by the united nations but we do understand that the first babies have been vaccinated today in khan younis in the south of gaza. What it's going to involve and get under way as a series of threeday, area specific pauses in fighting that both israel and hamas have agreed to. The key words there are area specific, so we not talking about the formal ceasefire that diplomats have been pushing for weeks and months, we are talking about pauses in fighting in specific areas. So we understand that the first area that they are going to proceed in is deir al balah, in the centre of the gaza strip. Presumably, after three days, they will move on to other areas. But we are talking about a lot of children and babies. 6a0,000, the united nations is saying, so that is going to be quite a big operation and i think particularly in the north of gaza, it could be challenging. In the north, israel has in effect cut the gaza strip in two and it controls this corridor which cuts across the gaza strip and that could make access to the north a bit more challenging. But, it is a rare bit of positive news on the humanitarian fronts coming out of gaza which has been welcomed by everyone watching this conflict that has now been going on for ten months. The vaccination rollout is happening while doctors work to treat patients with minimal access to medical resources. An american doctor mimi syed has sent us this update on the situation from nasser hospital in southern gaza. Hi, this is dr mimi syed. I'm here at nasser hospital in gaza. I have been here since august the 8th providing medical relief to the people of gaza at nasser hospital. The situation here is pretty unfortunate. We have seen many injuries, including paediatric ones. There is an incredible lack of supplies for medical relief, for the care that we need to provide, which is gauze, disinfectant agents. The hospital is overcrowded with people because of the evacuation orders. Many people are just congregating around the hospital and around the hospital there is no space to take care of patients. The number of casualties we're seeing every day is astounding. There are penetrating wounds with shrapnel, gunshots, burns, all sorts of injuries that are devastating, and complicating wounds. Things are difficult to manage even after intervention. Palestinian families have been leaving jenin refugee camp in the occupied west bank, which was sealed off forfour days during a major military assault by israel. The uk foreign office says it's deeply concerned about israel's methods and reports of civilian casualties and the destruction of civilian infrastructure. Loud explosions and sporadic gunfire have been heard from inside the camp, as israeli drones and helicopters circled overhead. Israel says the raids in the occupied west bank which have killed at least 20 people are aimed at preventing attacks. The bodies of three children and a man have been found at a property in staines in surrey. Police were called to an address on bremer road shortly after one o'clock this afternoon. Investigations are under way to establish what happened at this stage police believe it to be an isolated incident with noone else involved. The us vice president, kamala harris, has accused her republican rival, donald trump, of disrespecting sacred ground during his recent visit to arlington national cemetery. In a post on social media, the democratic presidential candidate accused mr trump of carrying out a political stunt at the military cemetery on monday. Trump's visit was filmed and used on social media for election campaign purposes. The us army has already criticised the trump campaign team. It said one of mr trump's staff had pushed an official trying to enforce rules barring political campaigning at the site. With more on this, here's our correspondent in washington, jenny kumah. There's been a huge uproar about this. This started on monday when donald trump made that visit, and there were reports of an altercation. He was there with relatives of some of the 13 servicemembers that were killed during from the withdrawal of troops from afghanistan. In response to those reports issuing a report unnamed health officials suffering from a mental health episode tried to block president trump*s team. The army statement saying a cemetery official was pushed when trying to enforce rules, basically campaigning on the site. Photography is also banned. Today we had a response from harris writing on twitter, she says that. . . Trump's team today have been hitting back at kamala harris blaming her and joe biden for the deaths of those service members and blaming them for a chaotic withdrawal of us troops from kabul. They also say they were there with the permission of there with the permission of the family. This isn't the end of it. We understand that democratic lawmakers has risen and asked for a full account of what happened in for a response by september the 9th. Thousands of demonstrators have been taking part in rallies in the eastern german states of saxony and thuringia on the eve of elections in which the farright is expected to poll strongly. In the city of erfurt, protesters denounced the antiimmigrant alternative for germany party, or afd, as fascists. At an afd rally, one of the party leaders, alice weidel, told supporters that germany needed controlled borders and the expulsion of illegal migrants. It's thought the party could emerge as the largest in thuringia in sunday's vote. The three parties of germany's governing coalition are likely to perform poorly. Our correspondent jessica parker has more. These are regional, not national elections. Nevertheless, they could be seismic here in thuringia. Seismic here in thuringia the far right alternative for deutschland has been leading the polls and running a close second in neighbouring saxony. However, because many view the party as extremist, something they reject, they may struggle to find coalition partners in order to actually take power. The man who heads up the afd here in thuringia is a highly controversial figure called bjorn hooker. He's a talisman of the party's hard right, and has twice been fined this year for knowingly using a nazi slogan, something he denied. This vote may also deliver a major repudiation of the government in berlin, under chancellor olaf scholz and his traffic light coalition. It's a litmus test here in the country's east, a year ahead of the federal elections. Researchers say they believe a drug used to treat obesity and type2 diabetes could also help people with certain health conditions to live longer. Studies on the effectiveness of semaglutide which is sold under the brand names ozempic, and wegovy found that the drug could be used to treat a wide range of illnesses linked to heart failure, arthritis, alzheimer's and even cancer. Earlier i spoke to mikhail kosiborod, cardiologist at saint luke's mid america heart institute, and lead author of several pieces of research on the effects of semaglutide. I asked him, what exactly the new research shows. We need to be very clear about what we know from scientific studies that have been completed. And what we can say is that the use of these medications that were initially developed for treating type two diabetes and weight management, or overweight and obesity has clearly expanded. Now we have very solid data that these medications can reduce the risk of heart conditions, such as heart attacks and strokes, and potentially reduce the risk of dying from cardiovascular causes. We also know that in people with the most common type of heart failure, it can improve the debilitating symptoms associated with that condition. And the latest research just presented at the european side of cardiology yesterday, actually showing that it may reduce the risk of more severe heart complications, like having to be hospitalised or go to an emergency department due to worsening heart failure. And research that was published earlier this year also indicated that it can help with people that have diabetes related kidney disease. So it's really a range of significant benefits that people with various heart and kidney and other conditions can derive. You know, ageing process is a very complicated issue. I guess one could say that if people with heart or kidney disease can live longer and feel better in a way that probably addresses that question somewhat. But slowing down the ageing process is a very complex scientific concept that will require more data to confirm. And why do you think this drug is having such an effect? well, i think these medications have really pluripotent effects on multiple organ systems. They act on the heart and the blood vessels, on the kidneys and the liver, on the brain. So and most of these effects clearly appear to provide some benefits, including, as we've talked about, better blood sugar control in people with diabetes, weight loss, heart benefits kidney benefits and potential other benefits that's currently in development. But i think it's also going back to the question of, you know, the overwhelming effects of obesity as a chronic disease on multiple organ systems. So when you target obesity, both through weight loss, but many other effects these medications have, you can really have a multitude of benefits, which is what we essentially are observing here. Just very briefly, should there be some health warnings about who uses it though? well, like any medications, not for everybody. And there are certain precautions that prescribing labels in various countries where these medications are approved for use clearly state, and it's not uncommon that patients that take these medications develop some gastrointestinal effects, like nausea, for example. In majority of the time it's seen usually early when these medications are started and gets better over time, but some patients can't tolerate them. So as i said, it's not for everyone, like many other medications. Oasis have confirmed that tickets for next year's reunion tour in the uk and ireland have sold out. Throughout the day, fans have complained of long queues and technical problems on websites where the tickets were being sold. The band has warned that tickets should only be resold at the original value through authorised sites after some were seen on sale for thousands

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