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As a murder carried out by the netanyahu government. President erdogan said he condemns, what he called, a barbaric attack by israel. The white house says it is deeply disturbed by the incident. Here's us secretary of state, antony blinken. First things first, let's find out exactly what happened owned we will draw the necessary consequences. As you have heard me say, i have no higher priority than the safety and protection of american citizens, wherever they are, something i take the utmost seriousness, so if we have more info, we will share it and, as necessary, act on it. Our international correspondent, mike thomson sent this report. Unknown term had been taking part in a protest in the northern west bank. It was organised, one of many taking place in recent weeks to protest against the increased expansion of settlements in the west bank and it is said by local media israeli police had opened fire on those taking part in the demonstration and also used stun grenades and tear gas to try and put a stop to it and during this the young american was hit in the head by a bullet. She was taken to a hospital in nablus and later died. The facts are still being cleared up. The israelis say they are investigating what happened. They admit their forces opened fire after stones were thrown at the soldiers, they say threatening those people, but they say they haven't yet determined exactly what led to the death of the american. It is one of those situations where the americans say they will not point fingers either but they want the facts and the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has said this is a tragic loss and he will do all he can to try to uncover what has happened. When we look at the west bank, we can see the number of settlers that have increased over the years. There are something like 700,000 now across the west bank including eastjerusalem, and the number of attacks by settlers on palestinians, especially palestinian villages, has increased a lot and that has been a great cause of worry. Recently america decided to issue sanctions against a number of individuals and entity too to try and put a stop to this but so far there is no sign of that stopping, carrying on and causing increasing concern across not just the west bank but the western world too. Elsewhere in the occupied west bank, the israeli army has withdrawn from jenin after an operation lasting nearly ten days. The palestinian health ministry says 36 people were killed in one of israel's largest operations in the west bank in years. Residents were displaced as israeli forces damaged buildings and other infrastructure in the northern west bank. Joining me live is hussein ibish, senior resident scholar at the arab gulf states institute in washington. Great to have you back. An american citizen killed, the us calling for an investigation. And a sustained operation injenin. What do you think we are seeing in the west bank? extreme provocation is the only term. I think israel for whatever reason has decided to throw the gloves off in the west bank and go after the armed youth groups especially in jenin armed youth groups especially injenin make. jenin. There might be another in nablus, another hotbed of young men, but there they are and i think there is a sense of heightened angen there is a sense of heightened anger, animosity and also paranoia that is starting to creep into israeli behaviour in the west bank. It is notjust a matter of expanding settlements in very provocative ways but also of orchestrating attacks of the government, orchestrating attacks by israeli settlers that our like ku klux klan style, night riding thing where villagers are suddenly descended upon and people are killed and staff is destroyed. If i could jump in. . . And now we have got the shooting. In. . . And now we have got the shooting in. . . And now we have got the shootinu. . , shooting. You were saying these are settlers _ shooting. You were saying these are settlers also _ shooting. You were saying these are settlers also carrying shooting. You were saying these are settlers also carrying out are settlers also carrying out raids. You said there are armed groups in the west bank. To what extent do they pose a threat to the communities and the idf? , a,. the idf? they have not posed much of a _ the idf? they have not posed much of a threat _ the idf? they have not posed much of a threat to _ the idf? they have not posed much of a threat to the the idf? they have not posed much of a threat to the idf. L much of a threat to the idf. They have not launched an insurgency like the one that has developed in gaza where hamas continues to pop up all over gaza and israel is having destroyed everything above ground of any value now do not know what to do and are being sucked into a quagmire research and counterinsurgency. Inaudible in the west bank. It is a theoretical threat and these groups also engage occasionally in armed confrontations or sometimes even criminal activities, but it is really the settlers who have been on a rampage, not the armed palestinian gains in the inner cities. We armed palestinian gains in the inner cities. inner cities. We have seen the us imposed inner cities. We have seen the us imposed sanctions inner cities. We have seen the us imposed sanctions on inner cities. We have seen the | us imposed sanctions on some extremist settlers. Meanwhile fighting continues in gaza and the dispute over the gaza egypt border seems to be a real roadblock to a ceasefire. Where do you assess where things stand now? i do you assess where things stand now? do you assess where things stand now? i think it is clear prime minister _ stand now? i think it is clear prime minister netanyahu. Prime minister netanyahu doesn't want anything to do with this potential ceasefire obley because he fears realistically f there were six weeks of relative calm, that also produced prisoner exchanges and the release of hostages and things like that that would be pleasing on both sides of the equation and it looked like both parties were getting more out of talking and making deals than continuing fighting, that he might get dragged into a permanent ceasefire that would allow hamas to reemerge in gaza as either a governing force or a potential military force and he wants nothing to do with that. He wants the water continue, and this is insurgency, counterinsurgency to go on for years. Counterinsurgency to go on for ears. ~. counterinsurgency to go on for ears, ~.. ,. counterinsurgency to go on for ears. ~. .... years. What about hamas? that is precisely _ years. What about hamas? that is precisely the _ years. What about hamas? that is precisely the next _ years. What about hamas? that is precisely the next question. L is precisely the next question. The allegation is hamas killed those six hostages and is being cited as proof they are not interested. It cited as proof they are not interested. cited as proof they are not interested. It is evidence of that certainly _ interested. It is evidence of that certainly and _ interested. It is evidence of that certainly and there that certainly and there is plenty of other evidence. I think you can generally see the hamas leadership in gaza believes this has all been very beneficial to it and would like it to go on, but they would like a pause to regroup their forces now that the war is turning into a prolonged insurgency. They would love to get some prisoners back and the credit for that because they have been under political pressure in gaza because people, some people are starting to realise it was all their fault to begin with and then there is the sense in which they want to use an insurgency against fighter and to claim leadership of the palestinian national movement and i think that was their goal to begin with, so i don't think hamas wants a ceasefire either, but they will take a pause if they can sell it as a ceasefire. They need that proviso in the plan that allows the ceasefire to continue after six weeks and the israelis do not want it. Six weeks and the israelis do not want it not want it. Interesting analysis _ not want it. Interesting analysis as _ not want it. Interesting analysis as always. Not want it. Interesting i analysis as always. Thank not want it. Interesting analysis as always. Thank you forjoining us tonight. And; forjoining us tonight. Any time. Thank forjoining us tonight. Any time. Thank you forjoining us tonight. Any time. Thank you so forjoining us tonight. Jifiy time. Thank you so much. In gaza, un agencies and partner organisations have begun the second stage of a major polio vaccination campaign. The rollout comes a month after authorities confirmed the first case of polio seen in gaza in 25 years which left a iomonth old partially paralyzed. The vaccine rollout began on septemberi and since then, the world health organization says 411,301 children have been vaccinated in gaza. The ultimate goal is to vaccinate 640,000 children in gaza against polio. A fire at a boarding school in central kenya killed at least 17 students. 70 children are unaccounted for after the blaze at the primary school's dormitory on thursday evening. Hundreds of people tried to help rescue the children, many of whom were sheltering under their beds. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. President william ruto said it was horrific and devastating. 0ur africa correspondent barbara plett usher has the latest from kenya. It's too much to bear, the sudden and violent death of children. Parents return from the damaged dormitory after being told their boys are among the dead. The fire broke out overnight while they were sleeping, many too burned to recognise. I want to go or my child is, this woman cries. The bodies i have seen are of big children. My child has died. The school is in a remote area. Firefighters were delayed by bad roads, but neighbours rushed to try and rescue the boys. In the chaos, some went missing. Anxious relatives waited to hear whether their son or nephew might still be alive. Emergency services brought in to give psychological care, the scramble to determine who lived and who died has drawn national attention. We still have 17 kids that are unaccounted. That does not mean that they have perished or they are injured, the word is that they are unaccounted for. We are praying and hoping for the best. Dna tests will identify the bodies. It may be harder to find what triggered this terrible tragedy. There have been a lot of fires in kenyan boarding schools over the years, many of them said to be because of arson. Now, we don't know what caused this fire, but officials are promising a thorough investigation. But right now, what we're seeing isjust raw grief and anger. Sobbing there is fear that the death toll could rise and hope that it doesn't. Barbara plett usher, bbc news, central kenya. For american voters, the economy remains their top priority. And on friday one of the most important gauges of the us economy was released, providing a mixed review. The us bureau of labor statistics released its monthly report showing us employers added 142,000 jobs in august, slightly fewer than the 160,000 jobs economists had predicted. However, the unemployment rate dropped slightly to 4. 2% from 4. 3% in july. It comes as the us federal reserve is preparing to cut interest rates for the first time since 2020. 0ur north america business correspondent michelle fleury has the latest from new york. They a crucial fed reserve meeting to set policy, us employers added 142,000 jobs in august, more than the previous month but below expectations. Gains for the two previous months were revised down. The latest figures confirm a slowdown is under way in america's labour market even as the unemployment rate drops and wages grew. For some it is raising fears interest rates in the world's largest economy may have been capped too high for too long. The federal reserve has a chance to do something about this. The us central bank, which meets next week, is planning its first interest rate cut in four years. The question is what will be the scale of that cutmake the difficult task of taming inflation without tanking the economy comes at a critical time with the us economy a top issue for voters in november's looming presidential election. Kamala harris and donald trump might be setting out their plans for the country, but here in the us, it's congress who writes the laws. The president only signs or vetos them. And control of capitol hill is on a knife's edge going into november. Take the house of representatives. Republicans control the lower house, but democrats only need to flip five. On friday, cook political report, one of the most respected election forecasters in the country, put out their latest estimates for the us house election. The democrats slightly improve their odds of retaining control. They republicans are narrowly ahead, but control of the house will likely come down to 24 socalled tossup races. Erin covey is us house editor at the cook political report. Good to where are the racists that are closest? == good to where are the racists that are closest? good to where are the racists that are closest? races. The races that _ that are closest? races. The races that will _ that are closest? races. The races that will come _ that are closest? races. The races that will come down that are closest? races. The races that will come down to i races that will come down to control of the house are spread out. A lot are concentrated in new york, california, how the blue states that are not competitive at the presidential level. The races that will probably determine which party controls the house next year are happening in places where there are not competitive presidential election or senate races. We believe currently the races. We believe currently the race for control of the house remains atars up. Like you said, republicans have the narrowest of advantages but momentum is on the democrat side. Since kamala harris is on the top of the ticket, democrats are feeling more optimistic. We saw democrats are feeling more optimistic. We sanoe biden was doing much worse than he did in 2020 and threatening to be an anchor on democrats' prospects are now that kamala harris is at the top, we see these districts will perform probably similar to the way they did in 2020. The other reason we believe democrats have momentum is house democratic candidates have a massive fundraising advantage over republicans. That massive fundraising advantage over republicans. over republicans. That is interesting. _ over republicans. That is interesting. It _ over republicans. That is interesting. It is over republicans. That is. Interesting. It is important for both. How are they battling over the seats? how much are they investing in these President erdogan <\/a>said he condemns, what he called, a barbaric attack by israel. The white house <\/a>says it is deeply disturbed by the incident.<\/a> Here's us secretary of state,<\/a> antony blinken.<\/a> First things first, let's find out exactly what happened owned we will draw the necessary consequences. As you have heard me say, i have no higher priority than the safety and protection <\/a>of american citizens, wherever they are, something i take the utmost seriousness, so if we have more info, we will share it and, as necessary, act on it. Our international correspondent, mike thomson <\/a>sent this report. Unknown term had been taking part in a protest in the northern west bank. It was organised, one of many taking place in recent weeks to protest against the increased expansion of settlements in the west bank and it is said by local media israeli police <\/a>had opened fire on those taking part in the demonstration and also used stun grenades <\/a>and tear gas <\/a>to try and put a stop to it and during this the young american <\/a>was hit in the head by a bullet. She was taken to a hospital in nablus <\/a>and later died. The facts are still being cleared up. The israelis say they are investigating what happened. They admit their forces opened fire after stones were thrown at the soldiers, they say threatening those people, but they say they haven't yet determined exactly what led to the death of the american. It is one of those situations where the americans say they will not point fingers either but they want the facts and the us secretary of state,<\/a> antony blinken, has said this is a tragic loss and he will do all he can to try to uncover what has happened. When we look at the west bank, we can see the number of settlers that have increased over the years. There are something like 700,000 now across the west bank including eastjerusalem,<\/a> and the number of attacks by settlers on palestinians, especially palestinian villages, has increased a lot and that has been a great cause of worry. Recently america decided to issue sanctions against a number of individuals and entity too to try and put a stop to this but so far there is no sign of that stopping, carrying on and causing increasing concern across not just the west bank but the western world too. Elsewhere in the occupied west bank, the israeli army has withdrawn from jenin after an operation lasting nearly ten days. The palestinian health ministry <\/a>says 36 people were killed in one of israel's largest operations in the west bank in years. Residents were displaced as israeli forces damaged buildings and other infrastructure in the northern west bank. Joining me live is hussein ibish,<\/a> senior resident scholar <\/a>at the arab gulf states institute in washington.<\/a> Great to have you back. An american citizen <\/a>killed, the us calling for an investigation. And a sustained operation injenin.<\/a> What do you think we are seeing in the west bank? extreme provocation <\/a>is the only term. I think israel for whatever reason has decided to throw the gloves off in the west bank and go after the armed youth groups <\/a>especially in jenin armed <\/a>youth groups especially injenin make.<\/a> jenin. There might be another in nablus, another hotbed of young men, but there they are and i think there is a sense of heightened angen there is a sense of heightened anger, animosity and also paranoia that is starting to creep into israeli behaviour in the west bank. It is notjust a matter of expanding settlements in very provocative ways but also of orchestrating attacks of the government, orchestrating attacks by israeli settlers that our like ku klux klan style,<\/a> night riding thing <\/a>where villagers are suddenly descended upon and people are killed and staff is destroyed. If i could jump in. . . And now we have got the shooting. In. . . And now we have got the shooting in. . . And now we have got the shootinu. . , shooting. You were saying these are settlers _ shooting. You were saying these are settlers also _ shooting. You were saying these are settlers also carrying shooting.<\/a> You were saying these are settlers also carrying out are settlers also carrying out raids. You said there are armed groups in the west bank. To what extent do they pose a threat to the communities and the idf? , a,. the idf? they have not posed much of a _ the idf? they have not posed much of a threat _ the idf? they have not posed much of a threat to _ the idf? they have not posed much of a threat to the the idf? they have not posed much of a threat to the idf. L much of a threat to the idf. They have not launched an insurgency like the one that has developed in gaza where hamas continues to pop up all over gaza and israel <\/a>is having destroyed everything above ground of any value now do not know what to do and are being sucked into a quagmire research <\/a>and counterinsurgency. Inaudible in <\/a>the west bank. It is a theoretical threat and these groups also engage occasionally in armed confrontations or sometimes even criminal activities, but it is really the settlers who have been on a rampage, not the armed palestinian gains in the inner cities. We armed palestinian gains in the inner cities. inner cities. We have seen the us imposed inner cities. We have seen the us imposed sanctions inner cities. We have seen the us imposed sanctions on inner cities. We have seen the | us imposed sanctions on some extremist settlers.<\/a> Meanwhile fighting continues in gaza and the dispute over the gaza egypt <\/a>border seems to be a real roadblock to a ceasefire. Where do you assess where things stand now? i do you assess where things stand now? do you assess where things stand now? i think it is clear prime minister _ stand now? i think it is clear prime minister netanyahu. Prime minister <\/a>netanyahu doesn't want anything to do with this potential ceasefire obley <\/a>because he fears realistically f there were six weeks of relative calm, that also produced prisoner exchanges <\/a>and the release of hostages and things like that that would be pleasing on both sides of the equation and it looked like both parties were getting more out of talking and making deals than continuing fighting, that he might get dragged into a permanent ceasefire that would allow hamas to reemerge in gaza as either a governing force <\/a>or a potential military force <\/a>and he wants nothing to do with that. He wants the water continue, and this is insurgency, counterinsurgency to go on for years. Counterinsurgency to go on <\/a>for ears. ~. counterinsurgency to go on for ears, ~.. ,. counterinsurgency to go on for ears. ~. .... years. What about hamas? that is precisely _ years. What about hamas? that is precisely the _ years. What about hamas? that is precisely the next _ years. What about hamas? that is precisely the next question. L is precisely the next question. The allegation is hamas killed those six hostages and is being cited as proof they are not interested. It cited as proof they are not interested. cited as proof they are not interested. It is evidence of that certainly _ interested. It is evidence of that certainly and _ interested. It is evidence of that certainly and there that certainly and there is plenty of other evidence. I think you can generally see the hamas leadership <\/a>in gaza believes this has all been very beneficial to it and would like it to go on, but they would like a pause to regroup their forces now that the war is turning into a prolonged insurgency. They would love to get some prisoners back and the credit for that because they have been under political pressure in gaza because people, some people are starting to realise it was all their fault to begin with and then there is the sense in which they want to use an insurgency against fighter and to claim leadership of the palestinian national movement and i think that was their goal to begin with, so i don't think hamas wants a ceasefire either, but they will take a pause if they can sell it as a ceasefire. They need that proviso in the plan that allows the ceasefire to continue after six weeks and the israelis do not want it. Six weeks and the israelis do not want it not want it. Interesting analysis _ not want it. Interesting analysis as _ not want it. Interesting analysis as always. Not want it. Interesting i analysis <\/a>as always. Thank not want it. Interesting analysis as always. Thank you forjoining <\/a>us tonight. And; forjoining us tonight. Any time. Thank forjoining <\/a>us tonight. Any time. Thank you forjoining <\/a>us tonight. Any time. Thank you so forjoining us tonight. Jifiy time.<\/a> Thank you so much. In gaza, un agencies and partner organisations have begun the second stage of a major polio vaccination campaign.<\/a> The rollout comes a month after authorities confirmed the first case of polio seen in gaza in 25 years which left a iomonth old partially paralyzed. The vaccine rollout <\/a>began on septemberi and since then, the world health organization <\/a>says 411,301 children have been vaccinated in gaza. The ultimate goal is to vaccinate 640,000 children in gaza against polio.<\/a> A fire at a boarding school in central kenya <\/a>killed at least 17 students. 70 children are unaccounted for after the blaze at the primary school's dormitory on thursday evening.<\/a> Hundreds of people tried to help rescue the children, many of whom were sheltering under their beds. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. President william ruto <\/a>said it was horrific and devastating. 0ur africa correspondent <\/a>barbara plett usher has the latest from kenya. It's too much to bear, the sudden and violent death of children. Parents return from the damaged dormitory after being told their boys are among the dead. The fire broke out overnight while they were sleeping, many too burned to recognise. I want to go or my child is, this woman cries. The bodies i have seen are of big children. My child has died. The school is in a remote area. Firefighters were delayed by bad roads, but neighbours rushed to try and rescue the boys. In the chaos, some went missing. Anxious relatives waited to hear whether their son or nephew <\/a>might still be alive. Emergency services <\/a>brought in to give psychological care, the scramble to determine who lived and who died has drawn national attention. We still have 17 kids that are unaccounted. That does not mean that they have perished or they are injured, the word is that they are unaccounted for. We are praying and hoping for the best. Dna tests <\/a>will identify the bodies. It may be harder to find what triggered this terrible tragedy. There have been a lot of fires in kenyan boarding schools <\/a>over the years, many of them said to be because of arson. Now, we don't know what caused this fire, but officials are promising a thorough investigation. But right now, what we're seeing isjust raw grief and anger.<\/a> Sobbing there is fear that the death toll <\/a>could rise and hope that it doesn't. Barbara plett usher,<\/a> bbc news, central kenya. For american voters, the economy remains their top priority. And on friday one of the most important gauges of the us economy was released, providing a mixed review. The us bureau of labor statistics <\/a>released its monthly report showing us employers added 142,000 jobs in august, slightly fewer than the 160,000 jobs economists <\/a>had predicted. However, the unemployment rate <\/a>dropped slightly to 4. 2% from 4. 3% in july. It comes as the us federal reserve <\/a>is preparing to cut interest rates <\/a>for the first time since 2020. 0ur north america <\/a>business correspondent michelle fleury <\/a>has the latest from new york. They a crucial fed reserve meeting <\/a>to set policy, us employers added 142,000 jobs in august, more than the previous month but below expectations. Gains for the two previous months were revised down. The latest figures confirm a slowdown is under way in america's labour market even as the unemployment rate <\/a>drops and wages grew. For some it is raising fears interest <\/a>rates in the world's largest economy may have been capped too high for too long. The federal reserve <\/a>has a chance to do something about this. The us central bank,<\/a> which meets next week, is planning its first interest rate cut <\/a>in four years. The question is what will be the scale of that cutmake the difficult task of taming inflation without tanking the economy comes at a critical time with the us economy a top issue for voters in november's looming presidential election. Kamala harris <\/a>and donald trump might be setting out their plans for the country, but here in the us, it's congress who writes the laws. The president only signs or vetos them. And control of capitol hill <\/a>is on a knife's edge going into november. Take the house of representatives.<\/a> Republicans control the lower house,<\/a> but democrats only need to flip five. On friday, cook political report, one of the most respected election forecasters in the country, put out their latest estimates for the us house election.<\/a> The democrats slightly improve their odds of retaining control.<\/a> They republicans are narrowly ahead, but control of the house will likely come down to 24 socalled tossup races. Erin covey <\/a>is us house editor <\/a>at the cook political report.<\/a> Good to where are the racists that are closest? == good to where are the racists that are closest? good to where are the racists that are closest? races. The races that _ that are closest? races. The races that will _ that are closest? races. The races that will come _ that are closest? races. The races that will come down that are closest? races. The races that will come down to i races that will come down to control of the house are spread out.<\/a> A lot are concentrated in new york, california, how the blue states that are not competitive at the presidential level. The races that will probably determine which party controls the house next year are happening in places where there are not competitive presidential election or senate <\/a>races. We believe currently the races. We believe currently the race for control of the house remains atars up. Like you said, republicans have the narrowest of advantages but momentum is on the democrat side.<\/a> Since kamala harris is on the top of the ticket, democrats are feeling more optimistic. We saw democrats are feeling more optimistic. We sanoe biden <\/a>was doing much worse than he did in 2020 and threatening to be an anchor on democrats' prospects are now that kamala harris is at the top, we see these districts will perform probably similar to the way they did in 2020. The other reason we believe democrats have momentum is house democratic candidates have a massive fundraising advantage <\/a>over republicans. That massive fundraising advantage <\/a>over republicans. over republicans. That is interesting. _ over republicans. That is interesting. It _ over republicans. That is interesting. It is over republicans. That is. Interesting. It is important for both. How are they battling over the seats? how much are they investing in these house races <\/a>when the presidential election looms large? these are still milliondollar _ election looms large? these are still milliondollar races. Election looms large? these are still milliondollar races. The i still milliondollar races. The most expensive house race in 2022 was in michigan, not an expensive market, but tens of millions were spent there. These will still be expensive, still gaining a lot of resources even though they may not be at the top of voters' minds, this is a presidential cycle, controllers on their minds, stillan cycle,<\/a> controllers on their minds, still an area where donors are interested and i think especially because the senate now, republicans are favoured to win control of that at this point. The house is looking like a more interesting opportunity for donors and the presidential race looks better for democrats than a couple of months ago whenjoe biden <\/a>was at the top of the ticket. Because control of the house is tied to the national political environment when the democrats's prospects went up in inaudible. in inaudible. What about for republicans? _ in inaudible. What about for republicans? what _ in inaudible. What about for republicans? what impact i in inaudible. What about for| republicans? what impact has donald trump had on some of these races? i5 donald trump <\/a>had on some of these races? these races? is it clear? a lot ofthe these races? is it clear? a lot of the republicans _ these races? is it clear? a lot of the republicans who these races? is it clear? a lot of the republicans who are i of the republicans who are running in tossup races <\/a>are run in districts thatjoe biden <\/a>won in districts thatjoe biden <\/a>won in 2020 so these republicans have known from the beginning they are probably going to have to separate themselves from donald trump to a certain extent to win the election and thatis <\/a>extent to win the election and that is difficult for a member of the house. A lot of members do not have individual brands in the districts, not like senators, representing small slices of the country and many voters do not even know who the housemaid is so they are voting down the party line.<\/a> Donald trump <\/a>is an anchor on a lot of republicans as well but the issues that matter the most to voters now, the economy and immigration, are issues that republicans are favoured in. They have the issues set going for them. Abortion is a crucial issue, a to those two issues, and issuer democrats have the momentum, but because with the economy and immigration voters still trust republicans more to handle those issues. That is one thing at the republicans have going for them. Remind us why these _ have going for them. Remind us why these races _ have going for them. Remind us why these races and _ have going for them. Remind us why these races and why have going for them. Remind us why these races and why control over the house is so important. Right now republicans only have a four seat majority <\/a>and before that democrats had a very narrow majority in the previous session and we have seen how hard it is for members of congress to get things done when operating with narrow majorities and because we do not believe either party has an advantage and enough seats to reach a majority outright it will come down to only a couple of dozen seats in the tossup category.<\/a> Because at the presidential level this is quite close and republicans are favoured to win the senate, whether or not washington is divided next year could come down to the house which could certainly come down to a handful of races. It certainly come down to a handful of races. Certainly come down to a handful of races. It all still han. S handful <\/a>of races. It all still hangs in handful of races. It all still hangs in the _ handful of races. It all still hangs in the balance. Handful of races. It all still. Hangs in the balance. Thank handful of races. It all still hangs in the balance. Thank you so much forjoining us tonight on bbc news.<\/a> so much forjoining us tonight on bbc news.<\/a> Thanks for having me on. Donald trump <\/a>welcomed a new yorkjudge's sentencing delay in his manhattan criminal case <\/a>on friday, after he and his legal team had argued for postponement and the dismissal of the case altogether. Justicejuan merchan <\/a>ordered the republican presidential nominee's sentencing for november 26th <\/a>after the us election. Trump was convicted by a jury on 34 felony counts <\/a>of falsifying business records <\/a>back in may, but has maintained his innocence in the case. Earlier the former president characterized the case as election interference <\/a>at an address to the fraternal order of police <\/a>in the battleground state <\/a>of north carolina.<\/a> The manhattan da witch hunt <\/a>against me has been postponed because everyone realises there was no case because i did nothing wrong. It is a witch hunt, an attack by my political opponents in washington, dc. Mr trump was also in court on friday <\/a>for a separate legal case, as his lawyers attempted to overturn a ruling that he defamed and sexually assaulted writer e jean carroll.<\/a> 0urjohn sudworth <\/a>has the details. Donald trump <\/a>spent part of the day in a somewhat unusual press conference <\/a>at trump tower <\/a>behind me. He was relitigating the syllable sexual assault ruling <\/a>against him that he is currently appealing in a new york court.<\/a> He attacked the integrity of the person who won that case, ejean carroll,<\/a> a former writer. That case, ejean carroll,<\/a> a formerwriter.<\/a> He that case, ejean carroll,<\/a> a former writer. He suggested he had never met her before. The sorts of claims of course that in part led <\/a>to the very substantial defamation damages <\/a>against him and the spectacle of him going through in painstaking detail not only those allegations but out the assault allegations <\/a>against him, all to deny them, of course, my as some observers seem like a somewhat art election campaign strategy <\/a>with just nine weeks to go until the election. Nonetheless, shortly afterwards he was handed what will be seen by many as something of a victory in another case that he faces, his new york criminal trial <\/a>for the payment of hush money <\/a>to the former porn star <\/a>stormy daniels in order to try to influence the 2016 election, to keep the allegations of a sexual encounter with her from the american <\/a>public. Thejudge in that case today <\/a>has ruled that he will delay sentencing, just as mr trump's lawyers had asked him to because he said he wanted to avoid the impression, however unwarranted, that the case was designed to somehow influence the election. Of course, what it means is that american voters will be denied the opportunity of knowing what sentence mr trump <\/a>will be given for those bookkeeping offences.<\/a> Will he simply be given a fine or will he, however unlikely many people believe it is, but still a possibility, will he be given a custodial sentence? that knowledge now will have to wait until after november the fifth. Africa's centre for disease control <\/a><\/a>has outlined a sixmonth plan to tackle a surging outbreak of mpox in central africa.<\/a> Thousands of new cases have been reported, many in the democratic republic of congo.<\/a> Mimijolaoso our africa corespondent <\/a>sent this update from goma. The africa cdc <\/a>says it has a six month plan <\/a>to tackle the mpox out,<\/a> including increasing testing, surveillance and community <\/a>in and the plan will cost nearly 600 million us dollars.<\/a> 0ver will cost nearly 600 million us dollars.<\/a> Over the last seven days, more than 4500 suspected cases of mpox have been reported in this recorder. 98% have been here in the democratic republic of congo.<\/a> The country is expecting a delivery of 101,000 vaccines over the weekend but getting those vaccines to the that really need them will be quite a challenge for authorities here. One factor is the ongoing intense fighting between the army and several rebel groups in the eastern region of the country. The african cdc <\/a>also said it has planned to get vaccines to other african countries and said there is an increase in the number of infections on the continent, but there has been a reduction in fatalities, especially because of the improved knowledge of mpox treatments amongst health workers <\/a>here. Let's turn to some other important news around the world.<\/a> A 14yearold boy accused of killing four people at a high school <\/a>in georgia appeared in court for the first time on friday. Colt gray <\/a>was charged with four counts of first degree murder <\/a>and will be tried as an adult in wednesday's attack. His father also appeared in court after being charged with involuntary manslaughter and second degree murder. He faces a total of 180 years in prison. A british man was jailed on friday for nine years after admitting to trying to burn down a hotel housing asylum seekers.<\/a> The sentence handed down to 27yearold thomas birley <\/a>is the longest so far over last month's widespread antiimmigration riots. Birley was among a number of people to appear in court on friday, with about 250 people having been jailed to date. The deadly super typhoon yagi <\/a>made its second landfall in china on friday night <\/a>in the country's guangdong province,<\/a> according to chinese state media.<\/a> Yagi first hit china's popular holiday destination hainan,<\/a> prompting mass evacuations,<\/a> with many seeking to shelter in neighboring vietnam.<\/a> Yagi is the strongest storm to hit southern china <\/a>in over a decade, bringing windspeeds of over 230km\/h. And finally boeing's starliner capsule has undocked from the international space station,<\/a> concluding its nearly threemonth stay in space. It's flying with an empty cabin, leaving behind two test pilots <\/a>who must now remain on the station for another five or six months. The starliner will spend about six hours freeflying through orbit as it slowly makes its descent toward home. That is our programme. Thank you for watching bbc news.<\/a> We are back at the top of the hour with our headlines. Stay with us. Hello there. Before we get to the weekend, friday brought some very big differences across the uk. We had sunny skies in western scotland,<\/a> and in northern ireland, temperatures reached 27, the hottest it's been all year. It was quite a bit cooler <\/a>here at the oval for the test match,<\/a> where we struggled with bad light. Doesn't look quite so gloomy for saturday. Very misty, murky conditions, though, in bristol, where we've seen rain pushing <\/a>in earlier on in the night and into south wales <\/a>as well, with some thunderstorms, too. That's going to be clearing away later, and it's going to be quite a warm start to saturday, muggy as well. And because of that we've got extensive low clouds, some mist and some fog around for england and wales, so things may improve a little. It may cheer up a bit, but there may not be too much sunshine around, more cloud producing a few showers here and there. Looks dry for scotland, northern ireland, sunny for the most part, but that low cloud retreating back to the east coast <\/a>of scotland keeping it cooler here. But in the sunshine in scotland, and northern ireland temperatures <\/a>again into the mid20s, and it may warm up where we get a bit of sunshine in east anglia,<\/a> although not as warm as it was on friday. We've got this area of low pressure is going to bring some wetter weather overnight on saturday night,<\/a> heavy rain <\/a>and some thunderstorms, perhaps already arriving during the evening across these southern areas, and that rain will push its way northwards into england and wales. Drier for scotland and northern ireland, some clear spells, but also some mist and low cloud, again, filtering through the central belt <\/a>of scotland and lingering along the east coast <\/a>of scotland. But another quite warm start to sunday. But it comes with a lot of cloud, and we've got these showers, along with spells of rain affecting england and wales. Again, it could be heavy and thundery. A few showers popping up towards the southeast of scotland. 0therwise scotland,<\/a> northern ireland, generally dry but more cloud around,<\/a> so it's going to be quite a bit cooler, particularly so for northern ireland.<\/a> If we get a bit of sunshine in the midlands across to lincolnshire, that could pop off a few thundery showers here. Now that area of low pressure is going to move away on monday, so it starts to turn drier, but then we change the wind direction.<\/a> We're going to pick up more of a north westerly wind over the week ahead, and that will make it feel quite a bit cooler <\/a>as well. Now, most of the wet weather next week will be more towards the north west <\/a>of the uk this time, the drier weather in the southeast, but those temperatures are going to be lower, perhaps peaking at only 13 or 14 in belfast and edinburgh.<\/a> Voiceover: this is bbc news.<\/a> We'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. 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