this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm rajini vaidyanathan. president trump announces a us—brokered peace deal between israel and the united arab emirates. israel's prime minister calls it an "historic brea kthrough" an "historic breakthrough" believe there is a good 1 will i believe there is a good chance we will soon see more arab countries joining this expanding circle of peace. israel has agreed to suspend annexing more of the west bank — but the palestinian president calls it a betrayal of his people's cause. also coming up — the uk imposes a two week quarantine on travellers returning from france and the netherlands in belarus, protestors take to the streets in further demonstrations against president lukashenko, saying his recent election, was rigged.

and, 75 years since the end of world war two in the pacific, we look at japan's journey from bitter enemy to close ally of western countries. in what's being seen as an historic agreement, israel and the united arab emirates have reached a deal to normalise relations. donald trump made the announcement at the white house, saying israel would now suspend plans to further annex parts of the occupied west bank. the uae is first arab gulf state to agree to formal diplomatic ties with israel. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, reports from jerusalem. the face of a man who's made an historic deal. israel's leader talking to the crown prince of abu dhabi and president trump. already, there were signs of warming

ties with arab gulf states who share fears over iran. the delegation singing in the sabbath. now such scenes could become normal. we announced the establishment of a full and formal peace between israel and the uae. it includes the mutual opening of embassies, direct flights and many other bilateral agreements. this is the greatest advancements towards peace between israel and the arab rule in the last 26 years. but the palestinians feel betrayed. past peace plans promise diplomatic relations with powerful arab states, only when their conflict with israel had been solved. recently, they have been fighting israeli plans to annex in parts of the west bank which they want for a future state. tonight, they want for a future state. tonight, the uae justified what it

called its bold step, saying israel agreed not to take action. meanwhile, the white house congratulated itself. by uniting two of america's closest and most capable partners in the region, something which was said could not be done, this deal is a significant step to building a more peaceful, secure and prosperous middle east. for mr trump, with presidential elections looming and his friend, benjamin netanyahu, this is a major foreign policy achievement. in a measure of its great popularity with israelis, tonight, the tel aviv municipality was lit up with the emma rathi flag. for more on how the agreement between israel and the uae came about — and the us role — here's our state department correspodnent barbara plett usher.

israel has been developing relationships with the states for some time quietly because of their shared concern over the threat of a run. us officials have said that over the past year and a half, the uae and israel talk about going public about normalisation. but the israeli prime minister was talking about annexing parts that the palestinians want for a state in the uae said that is a red line, we cannot go there and in fact, the ambassador made a very dramatic and the appeal to the israeli people in a video for he said if you do this, you are going to jeopardise relations with the arab world in the official said that they started talking about this idea of formulating a plan or a deal like this and israel suspends its annexation plans in exchange for normalisation. so, this happened over the past couple of months and now you have this announcement. you can find much more on the agreement between the united arab emirates and israel on our website.

there's a special section devoted to president trump's plans to bring peace to the middle east — and a look at what could happen next. just log on to bbc.com/news. the uk has added france, and the netherlands to its list of nations from which incoming travellers will have to quarantine for 14 days. it follows a rise in coronavirus infections in several countries. uk transport secretary grant shapps says the restrictions, which will also affect travellers from malta, monaco, turks & caicos and aruba will come into effect for the whole of the uk from saturday morning. this evening we will announce that there will be quarantined brought in for a number of other locations, including france, and some others. that is because we have absolutely worked so hard to make sure that we are keeping our numbers down here and we cannot afford to reimport those cases from elsewhere. at the same time restrictions within

the uk are continuing to be eased. from august 15, indoor theatre, music and performance venues will be able to reopen with socially distanced audiences. "close contact" beauty services such as facials, eyebrow threading and eyelash treatments will resume and wedding receptions for up to 30 guests will be permitted. the changes will not apply in the specific areas where local restrictions are in place. they also come at the same time as increases in fines for those who don't wear masks in public — repeat offenders could be forced to pay up to £3,200. we can cross live now to westminster to discuss this further with our political correspondent, jessica parker. let's start with the changes in the quarantined list and francis been added and number of other countries. a surprise? speculation about

whether france could be added to the quarantined list has been building for some time now. so, in the sense especially as we have seen, infection rates rising and a willingness from ministers recently at least, to act pretty quickly when they have concerns. of course, was not so long ago when the most popular holiday destination was, for some people, quite out of the blue announced as being back on the quarantined list on a saturday. that caused widespread disruption and huge concern in the travel industry. adding friends to the quarantined list would do the same because he is, spend is the top holiday destination for brits, but this is the second holiday destination. so, it will mean some difficult choices for those already holidaying in france and difficult choices for those who are planning to go over the coming weeks because this announcements has happened in the middle of august and read at the

peak of holiday season and i think they'll be questions from ministers as to whether or not they announce this travel corridor policy, whether oi’ this travel corridor policy, whether or not they make the risks abundantly clear at the time and what they been single recently is travel during the pandemic is never going to be risk—free, they will not hesitate to act. and earlier today, they're saying that the government was prepared to be ruthless on this issue and it does appear they are going to be pretty ruthless on this issue and come down pretty quickly in france perhaps most significant addition to the quarantined lists in spain was put on it to a half weeks ago. let s get some of the day s other news two regions in spain have banned smoking outdoors, to try to stop the spread of coronavirus. people in galicia and in the canary islands will be forbidden to remove masks, which are mandatory in public places, to smoke, if they cannot be sure of remaining two metres apart.

apple has removed the video game ‘fortnite' from its app store — after accusing its developers of breaking its guidelines on in—app payments. epic games, which owns fortnite, has accused apple of holding an unfair monopoly on processing payments, and says it will take legal action after being banned. hundreds of homes have been evacuated near los angeles, as fire fighters battled with a fast—moving brush fire. they were alerted to the blaze late on wednesday — and said that within little more than three hours, the flames had spread across some 10,000 acres. in belarus, workers from state—run factories joined thousands of people on the streets for a fifth day of protests over disputed election results. there's been unrest since the long serving leader, alexander lu kashenko, was declared the winner of sunday's presidential election, in a vote condemned by many countries as not being free or fair. police have made around 7,000 arrests, since mr lukashenka secured another term in office. some of those detained were released today, and tearful relatives gathered

outside a jail north of the capital, minsk, hoping to be reunited with their loved ones. from there, our correspondent abdu—jalil abdura—sulov, sent this report. applause. factory workers down tools across belarus today. the protest mood in the country is changing following a violent crackdown on protesters. people are finding new ways to make their voices heard. although the number of protesters on the streets of mixed is going down, but the move against mr lukashenko will not go away back quickly. today, the workers at this plant are going on strike against the violence that courts are using to stop protesters. we demand honest elections, the change of regime, we demand freedom, democracy and peace in our homes. that is why we have come out. these are some of the people who are detained on sunday.

the day when protest in belarus started. now, they are free. after long days and nights of anxious searching and waiting, some families are finally reunited. but many are still looking for their relatives. people in the crowd showed the men photos of family members on their phones in desperate hope that someone will have shared a cell with their loved ones. this woman is looking for her son, who was detained on monday. we have been searching for him for three days. he has three small children at home, she says. for former detainees, the memories of their experience in detention centres will likely haunt them for many years. people told us about brutal beatings and torture the detainees face inside. translation: they beat people

ferociously, with impunity and they arrest anyone. the cells are overcrowded and we were forced to stand in the yard all night. we could hear women being beaten. i don't understand such cruelty. when men get arrested, it is the women who now go out onto the streets. the brutal crackdown he has changed the protest movement, but did not stop it. the question now is, how far will the regime go to maintain its grip on power. britain is to impose a 14 day quarantine on all arrivals from france. we have just quarantine on all arrivals from france. we havejust been quarantine on all arrivals from france. we have just been with the statement of the frenchjunior european affairs minister who has

said that british quarantine on arrivals from france will lead to a reciprocal measure. so, anyone who is going the other direction now, going to france, left her quarantine as well by the sounds of it and we will get more on that story as the evening progresses. to stay with us on bbc news. faith and facemasks. how the social divisions over covid restrictions are playing out in california. 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 brutalformer 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 itsjourney 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. the united arab emirates and israel have announced an historic peace deal, brokered by the united states. britain is imposing a fourteen day quarantine on all arrivals

from france and the netherlands, after a surge in coronavirus cases in recent weeks. in lebanon, lawmakers confirmed the country's state of emergency after last week's deadly explosion in the capital, beirut. about a quarter—of—a—million people remain homeless, and many are still not accounted for. protests calling for change within the lebanese leadership have continued. the government has resigned but remains in a caretaker capacity, and there are growing calls for the international community to intervene. the bbc‘s paul adams has more. in the devastated port navy divers still searching for victims. under the now iconic shadow of beirut‘s shattered grain silos. more than a week on, dozens of people remain missing, some may never be found. beirut‘s clean—up, slow, labourious and painful goes on. it is a daunting task. this bankrupt country seems overwhelmed, unsure of where to start.

hopes are not high that parliament can fix anything, meeting for the first time since the explosion, it rubber stamped last nights declaration of the state of emergency. 0utside, tight security as it has been since the end of last year,