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Israel-Gaza war live: Israeli negotiators in Cairo for ceasefire and hostage talks as Kamala Harris urges peace

US vice-president and presidential candidate was speaking at the Democratic National Convention as Israel confirmed its negotiators are in Cairo for talks

Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, is reporting that a 10-month-old baby in Gaza was paralysed by polio.

The polio virus was detected last month in waste water samples in Deir al-Baleh and Khan Younis. The 10-month-old baby was the first polio case in Gaza in 25 years.

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