this is bbc news. i'm samantha simmonds with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. making history — the black senator kamala harris is chosen as the running mate for the us democratic presidential candidate, joe biden. they'll take on donald trump in three months‘ time. his campaign team has already weighed in, saying americans will resoundingly reject the pair at the ballot box. protests over the disputed presidential election in belarus continue as the main opposition leader flees the country after challenging the result. new zealand's largest city goes back into lockdown after auckland records its first new coronavirus cases in 102 days. dwayne the rockjohnson leads the forbes list of the world's

highest—paid male actors. over a quarter of the wages are paid by streaming giant netflix. hello and welcome. the us democratic presidential candidate, joe biden, has chosen the california senator and one—time rival for hisjob, kamala harris as his running mate for november's election. ms harris is the first african american woman on a major presidential ticket in us history. here's our north america correspondent, david willis.

apologies, we are having some technical issues of that report and will bring it to you a little later. joining me now live from new york is suzanjohnson cook, she's been an adviser on race to president clinton and ambassador at large for international religious freedom in the obama administration. welcome to you, thank you very much for being with us. tell us more about, le harris and the significance of this decision to select her as vice president a running mate —— kamala harris. my honour to be on your show and thank you for having me. it is significant for many reasons. number one, we now have a winning ticket in the democrat party. number two, have a winning ticket in the democrat party. numbertwo, it shows that the black boat in the united states will not be taken for granted and black women are significant part of the winning ticket. we have helped so many candidates win and go over the top and nowjoe biden has seen the reality of that and so we are ecstatic, we are excited and we know that we are excited and we know that we a winning ticket. she is a good

running mate and it's a good winning team. what makes you so sure that she will really do the trick forjoe biden because often in the past, the choice often in the past, the choice of vice presidential running mate is not all that significant but this one feels more so than in past elections, doesn't it? yes, and is not only a trick. america has gone through so much, notjust the covid pandemic of the world is facing but we have had racial issues. and so recently, this issues. and so recently, this is very important that we get someone of colour, a black woman in the race because right now we have two deal with what is happening in our country. so, it is significant because not only is the age of our presidential candidate up there but he has already said that he is only going to run for one term. this positions for the first time, a black woman for the second highest office in america and possibly the first highest office in america. it is significant for many respects but it also says we

respects but it also says we respect black americans and that black lives matter and we respect the black vote. what about her record because she was previously attorney general in california. some critics say she wasn't progressive enough on the criminaljustice system. you know, when you're in office, everyone who is looking from the outside in does not a lwa ys from the outside in does not always understand what the internal situation is an infrastructure that you have to deal with. i work for the new york city police department for 20 when years and i was doing a very rough time on the outside, many things are happening and people outside were like, way working for the police department? i think when you are ina department? i think when you are in a row and you have impactand are in a row and you have impact and influence, you have to make the decision, the best decision available to you at that time. she has demonstrated that time. she has demonstrated that she has a track record, she has won twice a statewide office and she is the united states senator. that is nothing to laugh or cough up. she is now ready, she is campaigning with joe now ready, she is campaigning withjoe biden now ready, she is campaigning with joe biden and now ready, she is campaigning withjoe biden and now she will campaign with joe biden.

withjoe biden and now she will campaign withjoe biden. we will support her. she has the support of, i must havejust gotten, just begin the last broadcast and this one, 50 attacks and e—mail saying we're with you, what can we do? the omentum has started that is why is significant. significant he chose that we are ready to run with them. how much of an issue as it bought their campaign that she has obviously been a family critical ofjob item when she herself was running for president. you know, when you're on the debate stage, it isa you're on the debate stage, it is a debate and made the best man, the best woman win. and certainly it was helpful to him but he said he holds no grudges and she says it was politics. it is called the game of politics and if you don't know how to play it and you don't know how to take the heat or give the heat and you're not really a formidable candidate. so they too have talked, they worked out the issues. she works very closely with his late son joe works very closely with his late sonjoe when he was attorney general of delaware. so there is history there. so, yes, there was a rough point in

the debate but it was called a debate and debatess are not handholding, kebaya, it is what is your strength. he said she is your strength. he said she isa is your strength. he said she is a fierce fighter and now he has got a fierce fight on his hands on someone who will fight with him. thank you for your thoughts and for being with us. my thoughts and for being with us. my pleasure, thank you for having me. a third night of demonstrations has rocked the belarusian capital, minsk, as protestors clashed with heavily—armed police. the rallies began after president alexander lukashenko claimed victory in sunday's election, which many believe was rigged. 0ur correspondent, abdujalil abdurasulov, followed the protests on the streets of the capital. another night, another protest in belarus. it is day three after disputed presidential elections. and this is how authorities here respond to any kind of dissent. riot police

are using teargas and stun grenades to disperse the crowd that has gathered here on the streets of minsk. people refused to leave even though it is very tenancy. people continue to gather spontaneously fortnightly rallies despite the total internet blackout. alleged fraud in sunday's election is feeling anger here. translation: i want all of our votes to be counted. boats shouldn't just disappear. people shouldn't just disappear. riot police are coming, we have to leave. earlier in the day, our team was attacked by men dressed in dark who appeared to be security forces stop we showed our media accreditation and one of the officers ripped out collea g u es of the officers ripped out colleagues card from around her neck. when we demanded it be returned, one of them lashed out with his button. —— baton.

protesters constantly out with his button. —— baton. protesters co nsta ntly cha nge locations to make it harder to disperse them. riot police chase them wherever they went. and when they caught up with fleeing protesters, this is what happened. people in apartment blocks booed and swore at the officers, some would even throw a piece of furniture at them. after several hours of cat and mouse, the streets turned,. the protesters are gone but they vowed to return again tomorrow. abdujalil abdurasulov, bbc news. new zealand is back in lockdown after four mystery covid—i9 infections were detected in auckland. they're the country's first confirmed cases of community transmission in more than 100 days. here's the prime ministerjacinda ardern. i know how hugely frustrating

this current situation is for every single member of our team of 5 million, but if we get our immediate response right in this critical phase we have the opportunity to lessen the time that we will have those heavier restrictions, and that is a lesson that we have all learned together, so please as always stay kind, look after one another and please stay tuned as we update you on the situation as it continues to unfold. for more let's speak to shaimaa khalil, who is our correspodent in sydney. welcome to you. new zealand was doing really well in dealing with coronavirus, very few cases. do we know where these have sprung up from?” cases. do we know where these have sprung up from? i think thatis have sprung up from? i think that is really the major worry for health workers in new zealand, samantha, the fact that they don't know the source of those four new cases. they are not linked to overseas travel, not linked to managed

isolation. and that's really what is concerning them because that means that they're potentially could be more cases that could be detected. and look, overall, these numbers are minute on a global scale but in new zealand context, they are a major setback and you could hear the disappointment and the frustration of new zealanders but also in jacinda frustration of new zealanders but also injacinda ardern herself in that briefing, the press co nfe re nce . herself in that briefing, the press conference. only over the weekend, a few days ago, this country mark a hundred days with no community transmission of covid—i9. so nothing outside of covid—i9. so nothing outside of hotel quarantine. a few days after that, we have those four new cases and we don't know the source. another thing that is really worrying healthcare workers is also the fact that two members of the family that tested positive have actually travelled to the tourist town of rotorua, a very popular tourist destination on the north island of new zealand. now health workers are scrambling to find out exactly where they visited. as of today, for another three days,

auckland, the whole of auckland is in lockdown but really a disappointing turn to a country that has been its seen globally asa that has been its seen globally as a success story, notjust in suppressing the virus but also in eliminating it at one point. let's talk about the situation in australia which has recorded its deadliest date from the coronavirus pandemic. 21 deaths in the past 2a hours, all in the state of victoria. what more do we know about these numbers and where these cases are coming from. look, it seems that every other day now we are looking at a troubling, new troubling record that has been set in victoria, and melbourne to be specific. we know that 16 out of the 21 deaths today, which is the highest number of deaths in a single day since the pandemic began, arlington to aged care and aged care clusters. a big chunk of the deaths and of the cases have actually been linked to aged ca re actually been linked to aged care homes. it is almost seen asa care homes. it is almost seen as a crisis within a crisis. the other thing that is really

worrying and concerning health authorities in victoria and melbourne that the number of cases where actual source of the infection is unknown is growing. that means contact tracing is harder, patrolling the number of new cases is also harder. melbourne has been in its second lockdown for months now with further restrictions and a midnight curfew imposed on the third of august. but there is a real worry among people about whether or not the authorities can control this and whether it could viral even further. and again, be context, big teacher contacts, australia is doing much better. the rest of australia is doing much better than victoria and new south wales where we have clusters. it is a localised, bleak picture in australia's second most populous city and there are worries about whether or not this situation can be controlled. thank you very much. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: a full sports round—up, including the end of wolves‘ europa league dream as sevilla score a late winner.

the big crowds became bigger as the time of the funeral approached. as the lines of fans became longer, the police prepared for a huge job of crowd control. idi amin, uganda's brutal former dictator, has died at the age of 80. he's been buried in saudi arabia, where he lived in exile since being overthrown in 1979. two billion people around the world have seen the last total eclipse of the sun to take place in this millennium. it began its journey off the coast of canada, ending three hours later when the sun set over the bay of bengal.

this is bbc news, the latest headlines: making history — the black senator kamala harris is chosen as the running mate for the us democratic presidential candidate, joe biden. protests over the disputed presidential election in belarus continue as the main opposition leader flees the country after challenging the result. it's been more than a week since an explosion in the lebanese capital, beirut, left more than 200 people dead and thousands more without homes. with a lack of support from the state, it has fallen upon charities to provide assistance with clearing the rubble, as well as providing food, shelter and medical care. one charity that has been helping is caritas and the director of the lebanon branch,

doctor rita rhayem, joins me now. thank you so much for being with us, tell us about the challenges you are facing right now in the work you are doing? thank you for having me, caritas deployed rapidly after the explosion. we went to the hospital's and rushed there to assist the doctors and nurses and secondly we put two tenths where we are providing assistance —— tents and we are able to supply 35,000 meals for people whose houses were damaged, and we are also be able to support psychologically. our volunteers we re psychologically. our volunteers were able to clean the streets and so farwe were able to clean the streets and so far we have been able to clea n and so far we have been able to clean more than 560 houses, cleaning the debris and glass and helping people to stay in

their homes. the job is so huge with so many hundreds of thousands of people affected, losing homes, livelihoods, how are you prioritising where help goes? actually, during the first couple of days, it was a rapid response, the everyone was able to be served and now we are shifting the approach, we are shifting the approach, we still have the tents, serving the people coming to the tense but serving the people and youths are volunteering all across lebanon, being able to assist those in need and caritas has shifted its work because we have already been working in lebanon since 1972 so the officers were damaged and this is why we put in place tents and now we are going to the place of people who are used to serve and we are assessing the needs of other people, so it's not only serving in the tents but as well if there is

door—to—door selling, home visits and making sure that all the needs are really delivered to those in need —— door to door, going to home visits. how can people get help if they need it? being there for more than a0 years in lebanon, eve ryo ne than a0 years in lebanon, everyone knows caritas lebanon and putting the tents in strategic locations helps us to reach out to the biggest number of people. many are calling on hotlines, many people just asking in the tents, many people referring us so there is a neighbour and calling and telling us that the neighbour is in need and ask for us to go there. this is how we are working now, especially with the biggest number and imported number of volunteers, and the importance and big number of our team at caritas are spread across beirut and trying to serve and assist as much as

possible. thank you, doctor, thank you for being with us. the authorities in mauritius say cracks in the hull of a cargo ship which ran aground last month, sparking an environmental emergency are worsening. efforts to remove the about 900 tonnes of oil on—board the stricken vessel are continuing. catherine byaruhanga reports. a toxic trail of oil seeping into the ocean and invading reefs, mangroves and lagoons. the mv wakashio wreckage lay on the mauritus horizon, as crews battled for days to empty it of all of its oil. then things got much worse. cracks on the ship's hull deepened. locals have been wondering why exactly, why was nothing done. why did it take so long? why did the government give so many contradictory messages? mauritius is in crisis. volunteers are using their bare hands to clean up the oil,

threatening their most valuable assets — water and wildlife are vital sources for its lucrative tourism industry, which is reeling from the coronavirus pandemic. and people here are furious. this is the leader of the opposition questioning the minister for shipping in parliament. the government is accused of being slow to act. this government did not assume its responsibilty, with the consequences that there has been a collapse of the ecosystem in this country and we hold this government totally responsible! france, japan and united nations have sent teams to help with this clean—up operations but mauritius says has never faced an ecological disaster like this one and there's real concern about whether this environment will ever recover. catherine byaruhanga, bbc news.

i'll be talking to the prime minister of mauritius about the oil spill in the next hour, so do stay tuned for that. time now for the latest sports. hello, this is your wednesday sport briefing, where we start with football, and wolves have been knocked out of the europa league after conceding an 88th minute goal to sevilla in their quarterfinal. rauljiminez failed to convert a penalty in the first half after adama traore had been brought down in the box and then, in a game of few chances, lucas ocampos gave the five—time winners the victory and they'll now face manchester united for a place in the final. serena williams played her first competitive match for six months as she took on bernarda pera at the lexington open. the number one seed, who was last in action at a fed cup qualifier, started slowly, losing the first set a—6, in kentucky. pera had two chances to take a decisive break in the second but williams fought back, levelling the match. she then moved up the gears to take the third, 6—a, and will play her sister venus

wiliams in the second round. to the world snooker championship, where the ‘crucible curse‘ has struck again — defending champion judd trump is out after a 13—9 quarterfinal defeat to kyren wilson. trailing by four frames, overnight, the world number one got it back to 11—9 before wilson pulled clear and he‘ll now play anthony mcgill in the last four. trump had been hoping to break the so—called curse by becoming the only first—time winner to retain his title since the tournament moved to its current venue, in sheffield, in 1977. also through to the last four is five—time champion ronnie o‘sullivan, who beat three—time winner mark williams 13 frames to 10. o‘sullivan had to come from 7—2 and 8—a down to set up a semifinal against mark selby. i don‘t expect to be in it

because he has dealt a test and i can‘t see anyone left in the tournament to beat him over that distance either and that‘s just my personal opinion, do you know what i mean? that‘s not about me taking the pressure off myself, i have nothing to prove and all that, but just as an nothing to prove and all that, butjust as an insider, a bit of inside information, for me, i cannot see how anyone can beat him, you know? the champions league quarterfinals take to the field later on wednesday with the opening match between french champions paris saint germain and italian side atalanta. all matches from here on, including the semi—finals and final, will be played in lisbon, with the quarters and semis one—legged ties in the rescsheduled competition and the parisian side looking to make the semi—final stage for the first time since 1995. their opponents, atalanta, are looking to continue a dream season that has seen them compete in europe‘s top competition

for the first time and finish third in serie a. and finally we‘re going to end with some action from ‘the mountain race‘ in russia, you‘re forgiven if you‘ve never heard of it, but dmitry mityaev, a russian trail runner knows all about it, he set the course record earlier this month by getting to the finish line of the 111 km race in record time, but it wasn‘t enough for him. he then kept his head down to push for another 29km setting the fastest known time for running around mount elbrus which is europe‘s highest peak. in total, it took him just over 16 hours. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that‘s bbc.com/sport. but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the team, that is your wednesday sport briefing. the top ten highest earning actors in the world took home just over one half a billion dollars combined last year,

according to the latest figures from forbes. the streaming giant netflix was responsible for a lot of that money, paying over a quarter of those wages to film stars as paul hawkins reports. dwayne ‘the rock‘ johnson, officially the highest—paid actor in the world last year, according to forbes magazine, no wonder he looks so happy! in the last 12 months tojune he pocketed $88 million, a quarter of that was from netflix, just over $23 million for his role as an interpol agent in the film red notice. how did i get here? by being the hardest worker in the room. while the sportswear brand also boosted earnings. ryan reynolds is second on the list, with $72 million, and $20 million for red notice and 20 million for six underground, both made by netflix, who also made mark wahlberg ‘s action company spencer confidential, no

surprise then that mark wahlberg is third on the list with $58 million. in fact, netflix is responsible for 25% of the total earnings of last year ‘s top ten highest—paid actors, cementing itself as a big rival to the traditional film studios, many of which have suffered because of covert related cinema closures while online streaming has beamed with many of us in lockdown. adam sandler only made one film called murder mystery last year, but because it was for, you guessed it, netflix, he still made it into the top ten number nine with $a1 million and actor kemal is the only bollywood star with $a9 million and as for the highest earning film out actors, the list is yet announced but given last year the top female earner, scarlettjohansson year the top female earner, scarlett joha nsson and $33 million less than the top earning actor, dwayne ‘the rock‘ johnson earning actor, dwayne ‘the rock‘johnson again, it earning actor, dwayne ‘the rock‘ johnson again, it will be interesting to see if hollywood has closed the gender pay gap.

paul hawkins, bbc news. lucky them! you can reach me on twitter — i‘m @ samantha tv news. i have all the top business news coming up next. stay with us. hello. there is quite a mix of weather on offer across the british isles just at the moment. the headlines are being made by the heat but, at times, some low cloud is running in to some of the coastal areas, making it a great deal cooler and then, when all that heat really powers on through, we get that possibility of some thunderstorms and that is the mix that will take many of us through wednesday. there is heat to be had widely across western europe at the moment. the moisture being fed around this low out of biscay, up towards the british isles, where we start wednesday on another really humid note. widely across the british isles temperatures in the teens if not the low 20s. the bulk of the morning thunderstorms to be found across the north—eastern

quarter of scotland. these gradually drifting towards shetland by evening, and then leaving behind just the chance of one or two thunderstorms dotted around, but generally they will begin to gang up across parts of wales, the midlands, and central, southern england as we get on through the afternoon, where again the temperatures widely will exceed 30 celsius. although, underneath the cloud and murk, around about some of the coast, you could be closer to 17—19, something of that order. through the evening and overnight, those showers just getting a little bit further north and a little bit further out towards the west, and the murk becoming ever more extensive across parts of northern and eastern scotland, and into the eastern side of the pennines, and again where it‘s going to be a very close—night again. widely temperatures into the teens to the low 20s. thursday gets off to a pretty grey start. the cloud more extensive than we have seen it of late but a really close—feeling day, and it is that mixture of heat and humidity again that will spark those thunderstorms widely across the southern half of britain. always that fraction fresher and perhaps drier too further towards the north. though if the sunshine pops out here, again,

you will be off into the 20s. as you move towards friday, i think we‘re going to see again the low pressure very much the dominant feature. and always that risk of those torrential downpours affecting central and southern parts of the british isles. further north, again, the onshore breeze is dragging some low—level cloud into the eastern side of scotland. most of the best of the sunshine for northern ireland and across western scotland. although those temperatures look as though they are dropping awayjust a touch, i think you will still feel pretty close and it is going to take quite a while before we get something a good dealfresher moving in from the atlantic to affect all parts of the british isles.

this is bbc news with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. injust over an hourfrom now, the latest uk economic data is expected to confirm the economy is now in a recession. 27 of america‘s largest firms bind together and promise to hire 100,000 workers from low income ethnic backgrounds by 2030. and we‘ll tell you how tiktok has proved to be a massive hit during the global lockdown, despite being under intense pressure from the trump administration.

hello and welcome. let‘s start here in the uk because injust over one hour‘s time, it‘s widely expected official economic data will confirm the uk economy is officially in recession. the office for national statistics will be releasing figures for the uk‘s gdp performance for the three month‘s between april and june. in the first quarter, the economy contracted by 2.2%, which was its largest fall since 1979. two negative quarters of growth equals a recession and the last time the uk experienced that was 12 years ago in 2008. the global pandemic has obviously hit many parts of the economy, with many businesses struggling across the country. let‘s now hear from two of them, the first one is a manufacturer that has weathered the pandemic relatively well, the other, a wedding venue which is stuggling to survive. when it started and the

lockdown was happening, we were credibly worried about the business and what was going to happen. we have to stop trading in march and have been able to open the doors to the public for any events or weddings since then really. there was a diversity of products which helped us through this crisis and with the benefit of that and with the benefit of that and exporting to different countries, we managed to kind of keep our turnover going. we had a good yearfor us. we do realise how lucky we are. so, we had from this year, over 110 weddings that have been postponed now already. and obviously there are still some weddings hoping for better news by the end of the year but they are obviously now not filled with confidence that the situation is going to get any better for them. maybe the fact that out of 150 weddings, we are not doing five. cash flow is the main problem at the moment because we a concussion. the revenue we would have had had at the end of the year, we are pursued have had the venue

hire, food & drink, bar sales in receptions, not missing one of happening. so it is happening a big impact on the business at the moment. next year, we are predicting this recession like everyone else and obviously with the aerospace industry and car industries which rely on lot on lubricants, we can see a further slowdown coming. we‘re ha rd to further slowdown coming. we‘re hard to look at other markets and innovate and try and set free. for our industry, they can take five years, three — five years. has to be attained at some point and the fact of the matter is not knowing we can't as this plan effectively because we knew that something was going to improve, then we've got the ability to move the business plan forward and see where we have got to go and we need to be so we need the route map and roadmap of the future to show where and how we can move it forward. we actually acquired the business after that last recession in 2008 and from what history

tells us, from the outside, it went very quiet again for several months and then picked back up again. so, i think we just going to have to take it on the chin. two very different businesses there. let‘s talk about those gdp figures which are coming out in less tha n figures which are coming out in less than an hour‘s time. joining me now from west sussex is ruth greg, who‘s the senior uk economist at capital economics. so many people are expecting a recession, what would be a relativley good figure? yes, i think we and many other economists are expecting the figures this morning for the second quarter to reveal that the economy shrank by a huge 20% or more stop and that would bea 20% or more stop and that would be a biggerfall 20% or more stop and that would be a bigger fall than a scene in many other countries. and it would satisfy the definition of two consecutive quarters of falling output. and so, i guess

that if a figure, if the fall wasn‘t quite as bad as 20% drop, then that would be better than expected. however, it is clear that this recession isn‘t anything like any of the previous recessions we have seen. the fall in output has been sudden and vast. it is eclipsed the peak trough all that we saw, say in the global financial crisis. the context, that was a 6% fall over five quarters. in the great depression, that was a 7% fall over10 depression, that was a 7% fall over 10 quarters. so if we are right in thinking that there has been a 20% fall in economic activity over just two has been a 20% fall in economic activity overjust two months, that would clearly be very unprecedented in its size and space. 20%, it's almost impossible to think about isn‘t it? you said it is so much worse than in many other countries here in the uk, ways that? i think part of the explanation is because of the make—up of uk economy. it is more heavily weighted towards

consumerfacing more heavily weighted towards consumer facing services. the closure of pubs, restaurants, theatres and so on is always likely to hit the uk harder than some other countries. i think the main explanation really is that the lockdown lasted for longer in the uk and it has been eased more gradually than elsewhere. what do you think is going to happen looking to the future? the economy is slowly coming out of lockdown but many businesses, service industries struggling to recover any kind of momentum. so how long do you think a recession could last? well, we know from the monthly economic activity figures that the economy shrank by a huge amount in the march and april months. but it did recover in may. so in some sense, the recession only lasted for two months and has already ended. i think what is really interested two interesting in the figures

this morning is the numberfor june as that would tell us how quickly the economy is recovering from the who falls in output that we have seen earlier in the year. 0k, thank you very much for your analysis, roof. we will bring you those analysis when we get them injust over you those analysis when we get them in just over an you those analysis when we get them injust over an hour‘s time. the us trade representative robert lighthizer is today expected to announce a fresh round of tariffs on european exports to america. british gin and german beer are both in the firing line. it‘s all part of a bid by the united states to force the settlement of a 15—year dispute over european subsidies for airbus — a direct rival of america‘s boeing. joining us now from castelnaudary in france is christophe bondy, who‘s a partner at steptoe & johnson llp. christophe was formerly with the canadian government for five years, working on the canada—eu trade agreement negotiations. welcome to you, thank you very much for being with us. what can we expect from today‘s announcement? i think they‘re going to be

seeking to impose tariffs on goods that they think will help exert some kind of pressure. the irony of these increased ta riffs the irony of these increased tariffs is of course the eu is opposed to proposing its own ta riffs opposed to proposing its own tariffs for the corresponding case which was successful against subsidies provided to boeing. as you say, this has been going on for 15 years and the eu has proposed some kind of truth or settlement, especially in the context of an airline industry that is in crisis as a result of covid—19. but the present us administration seems really focused on weaponising tariffs and seeking to avoid the use of dispute resolution mechanisms in favour of essentially throwing its weight around. and what can we expect from the eu in return, do you think? at the point is that the uk itself can impose tariffs when it is waiting on the maximum tariff amount. in relation to boeing,

it will do the same thing. the trouble with tariffs is that they essentially act as taxes on the consumers of the markets in which the goods are set. and they are fairly crude instrument. and so it is u nfortu nate instrument. and so it is unfortunate that there has been an inability to reach some kind of settlement around this issue. because of course, the issue. because of course, the issue of both sides have said that they have withdrawn the subsidies. airbus has said, you know, we have changed the terms of the loan is given to us to help assimilate production. so that situation has gone away but the tariffs remain. and of course, you have worked on trade deals with the eu in the past, just give us an idea of how complex they are. they are very complex because what you‘re trying to do is understand how your own economy works in all of its facets. understand what the potential opportunities in the economy thatis opportunities in the economy that is facing you. what are the blockages in place, what are the things you need to

protect your own economy and where are your points of interest. the eu — canada free trade negotiations overall lasted about 10 years. the trade agreement is not full in force yet. thank you very much force yet. thank you very much for your thoughts and analysis. 27 of the largest employers in new york city have launched the new yorkjobs ceo council, which aims to hire 100,000 people from low—income black, latino and asian communities by 2030. the group includes some of the country‘s largest banks and tech firms. our north american business correspondent michelle fleury has more. as the city he has seen its economy boom, many new yorkers have been left behind, particularly during this pandemic. now, a group of ceos is banding together to try and tackle is banding together to try and ta ckle wa nt is banding together to try and tackle want of society‘s big problems — systemic unemployment. the group calls itself the new yorkjobs ceo council. the members read like

a list of who‘s who of corporate america. debbie morgan, microsoft, google, justin to name a handful. they come from some of the most dominant industries and they say that the plan to hire 100,000 workers over the next decade, focusing particularly on people come from low income backgrounds and also from black, latin and asian communities. this pledge also includes hiring and offering apprenticeships to 25,000 graduates from the city university of new york, an institution that has traditionally focused on those from low incomes and people of colour. this comes at a time when the city of new york is experiencing its worst economic downturn since the 1970s. the unemployment rate in june downturn since the 1970s. the unemployment rate injune was about 20%, the highest it has ever been since records began. speaking about the need for

this initiative, the boss ofjp morgan said that we are using our collective power to help new yorkers who are left behind to get a foot in the door. this marks an effort by corporate america to tackle this problem of inequality and the lack of opportunities for people of colour. it is also a moment for corporate america to try and ta ke corporate america to try and take another step forward in this push that we are increasingly seeing of a capitalism 2.0, a sensitive caring kind of capitalism with higher ethical standards. let‘s have a quick look at how the asian markets are faring. well they are mainly down during wednesday‘s trading session, as concerns remain over rising infections. onto the us now, where stocks tumbled into the red in the last hour of trading on tuesday after the republican leader in the senate, mitch mcconnell, said there had been no talks on a new economic stimulus package since friday, denting hopes for an imminent deal. exporters from hong kong to the united states have received a blow, after washington announced they could no longer

label their goods as made in hong kong. the us customs and border protection agency said that all exports from hong kong must in future indicate their origin as china. let‘s cross to our asia business hub of singapore, where mariko oi has been following this story for us. so mariko how much of a blow is this? it is quite a blow, samantha, because companies in hong kong sold wordsworth just over $6 billion to the united states in 2018. so things like electrical machinery, precious metals and stones, as well as plastics. but as you said, they will now need to be marked made in china, not made in hong kong, to be sold in the united states. andy tariffs on chinese products will start to apply to those hong kong goods as well at the end of this month. the hong kong government has responded, saying that the move

ignores the city‘s status as a separate member of the world trade organization. he also said that it violated international trade rules but of course, this comes as tensions between china and the united states have been rising. president trump just signed an executive order last month to an preferential treatment for the city and just last week, we saw the us imposing sanctions ona saw the us imposing sanctions on a group of chinese and hong kong officials, including the city‘s leader carrie lam. and of course, china imposed sanctions on us citizens including some senators as well. us and china‘s representatives are scheduled to meet later this week via video conference to discuss the so—called phase i trade deal but it feels like tensions are really starting to rise. thank you very much, marika. let‘s get some of the day‘s other news. airlines are still taking too long to refund passengers whose holidays have been cancelled due to the coronavirus, according to the consumer group which dot com.

last month, the airline regulator said it was not satisfied that virgin atlantic, ryanair or tui were processing refunds quickly enough. which dot com added that despite the intervention from the civil aviation authority, refunds are still too slow. a source close to home secretary priti patel has branded ben and jerry‘s ice cream overpriced junk food after the company criticised her stance on cross—channel migrant crossings. in a series of tweets, the firm urged her and others to show more humanity, adding that people cannot be illegal. tesla‘s shares rose 7% after the electric carmaker announced its first stock split in history. tesla announced a five—for—one stock split, which in theory makes it more appealing to retail investors. the firm has seen its share price rise by over 200% so far this year. shane ryan founded the ready meals company fiid. at the start, supermarket buyers repeatedly refused to stock his product in their stores. he says he took these

knockbacks personally. however, he then started listening more carefully to the reasons behind their rejections. his tip to other young entrepreneurs: listen to people when they‘re turning you down. i think it‘s really really important to recognise that people who are giving us people that a feedback probably have a lot of experience in the giving feedback for a good reason and i‘m all for it. i was iwasa i was a young guy and i thought i had it all figured out and i quickly realised that i didn‘t. the buyers and very different people along the retail chain we re very people along the retail chain were very quick to tell me that it was not what they wanted or what the consumer wanted. there was a lot of kickback and i was loath to think i had done

something wrong, right? the issue was and still is that a lot of fresh brands waste and anything in the chiller generates 15% waste and get thrown away. that is a cost to the brand, a significant cost to the brand. once we restarted it was a rocket ship, lifting up and acting up and people just got it and got really excited and i firmly believe that if we did not adapt, did not take on the feedback, we would not exit — it exists today. i would not have a business. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: president trump asserts the us government should get a substantial part of the sales price if tiktok‘s american

operation is bought by microsoft. students in england could appeal to use results from their mock a—level and gcse exams if they‘re unhappy with the grades they receive in the coming days. the new plan, announced last night by education secretary gavin williamson, comes after cancelled exams mean results have been decided by a computer algorithim. in scotland, thousands of grades will now be changed after criticism of the marking process there. new zealand‘s largest city, auckland, has been put back into lockdown after recording the country‘s first covid infections in 102 days. the four new cases are all members of one family, but none had travelled recently. bars, restaurants and schools there have been closed and workers are being told to stay at home. lesser restrictions have been put in place around the rest of the country.

a new species of dinosaur has been discovered on the isle of wight. palaeontologists say the four bones, which were found separately last year in the seaside resort of shanklin, belong to a new species of theropods which lived around 115 million years ago. the dinosaur has been named vectaerovenator inopinatus and is estimated to have been up to am long. this is bbc news, the latest headlines. making history — the black senator, kamala harris is chosen as the running mate for the us democratic presidential candidate, joe biden. protests over the disputed presidential election in belarus continue as the main opposition leader flees the country after challenging the result. president trump has told bytedance, the chinese company which owns tiktok, it has a month to sell the american operations of the video—sharing app to microsoft or it‘ll be banned in the us. the social video app has gained massive popularity, especially during the lockdown, where many families turned to social media to keep themselves entertained

while they were stuck at home. music. # forward in the house and i‘m in the house, board. ——bored. to have a common bond with my son, we go on tick—tock and we have fun, being ourselves on being silly. —— tiktok. have fun, being ourselves on being silly. -- tiktok. be active! (music plays) music.

kalno and these are my parents and in my humble opinion it took off because we share a humourous bond that is less common in asian households that should be more common! and that is what we encourage. my name is what we encourage. my name is grace and i go to schools all across singapore to train them in cyber awareness issues. music. ice cream. we talk about screen time, that is high—quality springtime because you are active in creating something rather than passively scrolling through tiktok for hours hours. music.

the pandemic has put an end to many live events from concerts and festivals to theatre and conferences. last night, hundreds of buildings across the uk turned red as employees from the live events industry call on for more government support. organisers say more than a million professionals are now at risk of losing theirjobs. david sillito reports. across the buildings tonight hundreds of buildings showing red. a show of solidarity for the near collapse of their business. this is neg earth, it‘s where bands like the stones, take that, bastille, equip and prepare their lighting shows. at this time of year it should be empty. the stereophonics, v fest, wrestling, these flight cases are like a museum to a cancelled summer. it‘s been tough for a business built up by pip

and her family over 30 years. we have just under 100 people working permanently in this building. we have something like 250, 300 freelancers, but the problem is we have no work. we haven‘t had any work since the middle of march. when everything came to a halt. it‘s going to be a long time before we see sites like this again. but this is about more than just festivals. the buildings being lit up in red tonight, more than 500 across the country. it covers a huge part of the economy, the arts, conferences, trade shows, meetings. the events business is based on one thing — the need for crowds. and as you can imagine, it was the first to be shut down and almost certainly it will be the last to open back up again. and today a protest in manchester, the government has a £1.5 billion support scheme for the uk‘s cultural

industry but many fear it is not going to reach large numbers of people who are dreading the end of furlough. there are cleaners, security staff, bar staff, ticket staff. everything becomes a bit unviable after october when the scheme ends if we've got no income. meetings, music, experiences, that‘s what they make. some 600,000 people. this is big industry and it‘s in trouble. david sillito, bbc news. just before we go, a reminder of the top business story, britain will officially be declared in recession today for the first time since the 2008 financial crisis. figures are expected to show that the pandemics and economic growth plunging by a record 21% between april and june, the second consecutive quarterly construction. we will bring you

full details of that in just over an hour‘s time, i will be talking to the prime minister of mauritius shortly about the oil spill threatening to destroy its pristine waters. you can reach me on twitter. goodbye for now. hello. there is quite a mix of weather on offer across the british isles just at the moment. the headlines are being made by the heat but, at times, some low cloud is running in to some of the coastal areas, making it a great deal cooler and then, when all that heat really powers on through, we get that possibility of some thunderstorms and that is the mix that will take many of us through wednesday. there is heat to be had widely across western europe at the moment. the moisture being fed around this low out of biscay, up towards the british isles, where we start wednesday on another really humid note. widely across the british isles temperatures in the teens if not the low 20s. the bulk of the morning thunderstorms to be found

across the north—eastern quarter of scotland. these gradually drifting towards shetland by evening, and then leaving behind just the chance of one or two thunderstorms dotted around, but generally they will begin to gang up across parts of wales, the midlands, and central, southern england as we get on through the afternoon, where again the temperatures widely will exceed 30 celsius. although, underneath the cloud and murk, around about some of the coast, you could be closer to 17—19, something of that order. through the evening and overnight, those showers just getting a little bit further north and a little bit further out towards the west, and the murk becoming ever more extensive across parts of northern and eastern scotland, and into the eastern side of the pennines, and again where it‘s going to be a very close—night again. widely temperatures into the teens to the low 20s. thursday gets off to a pretty grey start. the cloud more extensive than we have seen it of late but a really close—feeling day, and it is that mixture of heat and humidity again that will spark those thunderstorms widely across the southern half of britain. always that fraction fresher and perhaps drier too

further towards the north. though if the sunshine pops out here, again, you will be off into the 20s. as you move towards friday, i think we‘re going to see again the low pressure very much the dominant feature. and always that risk of those torrential downpours affecting central and southern parts of the british isles. further north, again, the onshore breeze is dragging some low—level cloud into the eastern side of scotland. most of the best of the sunshine for northern ireland and across western scotland. although those temperatures look as though they are dropping awayjust a touch, i think you will still feel pretty close and it is going to take quite a while before we get something a good dealfresher moving in from the atlantic to affect all parts of the british isles.

good morning. welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and louise minchin. our headlines today... just one day before a—level results are out the government has rewritten the rules for pupils in england. students are told they can use their mock exam grades if they‘re unhappy with their a—level scores. the deepest drop in to recession for hundreds of years. in the next hour, we expect confirmation that the economy shrunk by more than 20% between april and june. what does that mean for you? the first black woman to run for vice president of the united states. kamala harris is chosen to be joe biden‘s running mate for this year‘s election.