this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm lewis vaughan jones. president trump brokers a peace deal between israel and the united arab emirates, israel's prime minister calls it an historic breakthrough. i believe there is a good chance we will soon see more arab countries joining this expanding circle of peace. israel has agreed to delay plans to annex more palestinian land, but the palestinian president calls the deal a betrayal of his people's cause. tens of thousands in belarus stage more protests against alexander lu kashenko‘s disputed election, as the government announces the release of detained protesters.

his arrest in his own words. hong kong newspaper owner jimmy lai describes being detained under the territory's new security law. are you scared? no, i'm not. why should i be scared? israel and the united arab emirates have signed a peace treaty that will open the way to the two countries signing deals in areas such as trade, tourism, investment and security. as part of the us—mediated deal announced by president trump, israel will put on hold its plans to annex more palestinian land. but the surprise move has angered palestinian leaders, as our correspondent yoland 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. an israeli minister in the uae. the delegation singing in the jewish 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, 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 majorforeign policy achievement. in a measure of its great popularity with israelis, tonight, the tel aviv municipality was lit up with the emirati flag.

but some think the deal may have limited significance. here's sarah yael hirschorn, visiting assistant professor in israel studies at northwestern university. i think each party is going to sell it as a victory for themselves but these are two nationstates that really were not at war with each other, so the idea that they have now pronounced a peace seems rather artificial and a distraction from some larger agendas in the region. that's interesting. we heard that, in israel certainly, this is the most significant step in 26 years, do you think that is simply overblown? i think that there were already quiet diplomatic relations that had moved increasingly into the open in the last several years so it is not terribly surprising that this has now come about, but i think we have to now looked at the larger picture of

what has been given in return. the trump brokering of the deal and what the larger ramifications will be for the palestinians in the west of the region in the wake of this agreement. ok, let's just unpick one of those first and that is the role of donald trump and that administration. how much credit do you think they deserve? look, i think they've had an agenda going back to their conference in bahrain to bring arab states and israel closer together and also for the trump administration to be able to pronounce the deal of the century between israel and the arab world, so they certainly had a great stake in the issue but i would like to see more of what the actual, tangible consequences of this will be. first of all, anything that has been announced right now is all preliminary, there has been nothing officially signed, only an announcement, and what ramifications will be for the other states signing peace treaties with israel, primarily more important arab partners like saudi arabia as well as what this will mean for the arab peace initiative and israeli—palestinian peace remains to be seen.

and what does this do for donald trump domestically? i think does much less than he will hope. i think there is going to be very little that will distract american voters from 150,000 dead and very significant unemployment in this country, and even his evangelical brace i think will be sceptical of this deal because it doesn't really conform to their ideological or theological commitments. israel sending an ambassador to the uae is not necessarily going to bring around the second coming in their theology so i wonder how much it will matter to them when they go to the polls in november. in belarus the interior minister has said everyone who was detained in this week's protests will be released by 6:00am local time this morning, that's in an hour's time. it comes as workers from state—run factories joined thousands of people on the streets for a fifth day of protests over the disputed re—election of alexander

lukashenko as the country's president. 0ur correspondent abdujalil abdurasulov, sent this report. chanting. 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 minsk is going down, but the movement against president 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. translation: 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 were 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 show 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? now to latin america, where two countries have officially reached more than half a million coronavirus cases. peru now has close to 508,000 confirmed cases and over 25,000 related deaths, according to the country's health ministry. the number of confirmed cases

is similar in mexico, with a total of 505,000 infections. however, the government has said the real number of infected people is likely to be significantly higher. over 50,000 people have died with coronavirus in mexico. apple has a new high—profile lawsuit on its hands. the company behind the popular video game, fortnite, is pursuing a case against the tech giant after its game was removed from the app store. the rivalry has quickly become a top trend on social media, with people around the world posting the hashtag #freefortnite. 0ur reporter alanna petroff joins me now with the latest details. so, what is going on here with that battle between apple and the makers of this computer game? the makers of this videogame are called epic games, they make fortnite and fortnite is hyper— popular around the world, and specifically they offered this new discount so when you want

to make a purchase inside the game, exchanging real money for the game currency, they said they will give you 20% off but you have to buy from them directly. that goes against the rules on iphones where you have to buy through the app store, so to buy through the app store, so you put your finger on your phone and make that purchase, verify it with your fingerprint. apple says you can't go around our system and buy directly from epic games, from fortnite, you have to buy through us. epic games says that's not fair, you charge a huge markup on that, 30% to make these purchases, we should get more of that money and consumers should get a bigger discount. apple responded by banning the game, so you can no longer download fortnite on your iphone stop you can still get it on pcs, computers, but not on iphones anymore. this seems quite a significant move, just because it is such a huge

game, huge sums of money i am sure involved both sides, and everything seems to be happening pretty quickly. yes, absolutely stop and let me just go over the statements that each company put out quite quickly have. first of all, epic games said: and then apple responded to this, and this is what they had to say: so, a lot of back and forth and when you say that things move fast, the app store removed this game and then all of a sudden there was a movie out on youtube, like a quick ad, promoting this, people started tweeting, as you said before,

#freefortnite, and it got a lot of publicity, and it is a bit like a chess game where epic games, with fortnite, was thinking if we do this, if we try to bypass the system, then apple will respond and this is how we will respond, with a lawsuit right away. interesting stuff. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: wanted dead or alive, the giant hornet being hunted in the us state of washington. 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: the united states brokers a peace deal between israel and the united arab emirates. the palestinian president says it's a betrayal of the palestinian cause. in belarus, as protests continue against president lukashenko, the government announces

the release of all detained protesters. the us government has accused yale university of illegally discriminating against white and asian—american applicants. an investigation by the department ofjustice concluded the ivy league university had breached civil rights law in its undergraduate admissions process by favouring black and hispanic applicants. the university has denied the accusations and says diversity is a mark of its excellence. joining me now from washington is art coleman, managing partner of educationcounsel and former deputy assistant secretary of the us department of education's 0ffice for civil rights. thank you forjoining us. thank you for having me. you are presumed you are someone you for having me. you are presumed you are someone who wa nts presumed you are someone who wants diversity in university andi wants diversity in university and i presume you support the university on this case but

what you make of this adjustment specifically? it is clearly a preliminary judgement. the department of justice is giving yale university about some steps it can take. it is simply to start litigation. more broadly what you see this appears to be a pattern of a continuing attack on the consideration of race admission in colleges and universities around the united states and ultimately it appears to be a challenge to precedent that is a0 year standing. we have a precedent by the supreme court that affirms the power and the compelling interest of diversity in universities and institutions have the leverage and that contacts to consider race in limited and appropriate ways and of course there are legal requirements and what we have right here is a letter from the department ofjustice

following almost a year investigation so that foundations are not very clear. you mentioned you can use race in certain limited circumstances and they say yale university's use of race is anything but limited. that is a common claim you see litigation that follows some of these cases. i think the issue present here, again on a letter issued today, we have no factual basis to understand the basis for the department of justice's conclusion make what do you say to bite and asian american applicants to yale university? what i say is, i cannot speak to the facts of yale specifically but i can tell you to the principles that yale university appears to be following the decision about admitting students on many

factors depends on eight contextualisation and holistic evaluation of test scores, grades and other factors and foundations and it is not as simple asa foundations and it is not as simple as a mechanical test score plus growth it was merit. that is a comment method it appears to be an element in the foundation here and it is simply not true. you judge an applicant on the four corners ofan applicant on the four corners of an application not to elements of that application... sorry for jumping in we elements of that application... sorry forjumping in we have to leave it there but we are glad to get your thoughts on this. thank you. let's get some of the day's other news: the uk is to impose a fourteen day quarantine on all arrivals from france and the netherlands, after a rise in coronavirus cases in the countries. the measure comes into effect on saturday and also applies to malta, monaco, aruba and the turks and caicos islands.

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. at least three people have been killed in clashes in ivory coast as hundreds have taken to the streets following president wattarra's decision to run for a third term in office. police fired tear gas at demonstrators, who defied a ban on protests. on monday, hong kong media tycoon,jimmy lai, was arrested in a scene that shocked many. his newspaper offices were raided by hundreds of police. mr lai, the founder of the apple daily, is the most high—profile person to be detained under a controversial new security law. hejoined me from hong kong, a short time ago, in one of his first media interviews since being released on bail.

i don't know what is going to happen to me next because they have not given me a date of the judgement. i was given a bail of $300,000 cash and $200,000 personal guarantee and my passport was confiscated so i cannot travel, and i am waiting for the next thing to happen. are you scared? no, i am not. why not? why should i be scared? i have been doing this for 30 years and now is a time of test, it is a time that needs my courage, and it is a time that i have to go forward. i am not scared and i will go on, you know, and that's my mission.

just tell us what happened on monday, when the police arrived at the newspaper offices. i was just down from upstairs by my maid. i didn't know what happened so i went down, and i saw a bunch of policemen, about 20 of them and they said, "mr lai, you are under arrest under the national security law," so i was a bit shocked because national security law is a very draconian law, that i may be sent to china right away so i said, "look, i have just finished exercising, may i have a bath?" so they followed me to my room, to my bathroom, and didn't allow me to close the door, of course. they're watching me. i washed and i went with them, they handcuffed me.

i was very pleased to see that the whole team were hong kong policemen, that means that i was not going to be sent to china. if they had some chinese mandarin—speaking police there, it was almost sure that i would be sent to china. then i was sent to the police station, and i was detained for a0 hours. during the a0 hours, they treated me very nicely and politely, while as a criminal, of course... what are they accusing you of doing? the first thing is, deception, which means that we have companies that register their address on my company, you know, only the correspondence was sent there, so this is while they're

leasing contract — so that's the first. the second is resignment, so this is under the basic law. this the third charge is collusion, subversion, which is under one last question, in the last couple of hours donald trump was asked about your arrest and president trump said it was a terrible thing. do you think the international community is doing enough? i think that the international community has done a lot but what is enough? 0nly history can tell.

what is enough is for china to stop behaviour the way it behaved in dealing with the outside world because this so—called cold war is of war of opposing value and that is why it creates such a confrontation now between china and the free world. jimmy lai. hundreds of traps are being set in the us state of washington, aiming to catch a potentially deadly intruder. a giant insect, known as the ‘murder hornet‘, has been seen in the area. usually native to asia, the hornet is a potential danger to local insects and, on occasion, humans. the bbc‘s tim allman reports. jenni cena is a woman on a mission. she works with the local department of agriculture and she is on the hunt for a giant insect that they call the ‘murder hornet‘. we do have a reproducing population. the removal of the nest is critical because, one, if it is successful it can produce more queens that could create more nests the following year. its real name is the asian

giant hornet and it is known for its orange markings and its sheer size, reaching around five centimetres in length. their sting can be fatal to humans. in japan, they kill around 30—50 people each year. but the real threat is to honey bees. living up to its gruesome name, the murder hornet will bite off the heads of the bees and devour the content of their hives. and so if we have a chance of keeping it out of north america, we have to do everything we can. it is a group effort. people putting up traps and trying to kill—off the murder hornet. the fear is, if they are not eliminated in the next couple of years, they could spread across much of north america. tim allman, bbc news. that's it from me you can get

me on twitter. i'm lewis vaughan jones. this is me on twitter. i'm lewis vaughanjones. this is bbc news. bye— bye. hello there. top temperature on thursday was 30 celsius. nowhere got above 30. that's the first time in over a week we've seen that, so temperatures are falling now over the next few days and we'll have a north—south divide. southern parts of the country will feel most humid, with the risk of thunderstorms over the next few days, whereas further north, higher pressure will tend to bring a lot of dry weather with some sunshine. but there will be some mist and low cloud across more eastern areas. so, for friday, we've got lower pressure to the south, this weather front generating the showers and thunderstorms. higher pressure, though, across the north, which will bring the fine and settled weather, but we will start off with that low cloud and mist, across many central and eastern areas, which will tend to burn back

to the coast through the day. best of the sunshine western scotland, northern ireland, northwest england, where it will feel pleasantly warm. and further south, these thunderstorms could be quite vicious again, with the risk of localised flooding in places where they occur. not as warm as it has been. in fact, the extreme heat will have gone. we're looking at temperatures around the mid—20s celsius at best, but cooler down the east coast, with onshore breeze and where it stays quite cloudy. as we head through friday night, it looks like those thunderstorms will continue to rattle on across southern areas. again, the risk of some localised flooding in places, drierfurther north. it's going to be another warm and muggy night for many, particularly england and wales. now, into saturday, then, it's a similar story — higher pressure to the north, lower pressure to the south, so this is where we'll see the showers and the thunderstorms continue. again, some of them heavy with the risk of some localised flash flooding. further north, we'll start off with a bit of grey mistiness across eastern areas. the best of the sunshine for western scotland, northern ireland and northwest england. it could stay quite grey along some north sea coasts. top temperature 25 degrees in the southeast, the low 20s further north. subtle changes, though,

as we head on into sunday. it looks like that thundery low will drift a little bit further north as this high—pressure retreats away, so it looks like we could start to see some thundery showers edging northwards into north wales, the north midlands, perhaps into northern england, as we move through the course of sunday. but again, some of these will be on the heavy side. top temperatures, 2a, 25 degrees. again, cooler in the north and east with that onshore breeze. as we head on into next week, it looks like things will stay on the cooler side, with temperatures close to the seasonal average, with a mixture of sunshine and showers.

this is bbc news, the headlines: the united states has brokered a peace deal between israel and the united arab emirates. world leaders have given it a cautious welcome but the palestinian president says it is a betrayal of his people's cause. tens of thousands in belarus staged more protests against alexander lu kashenko's disputed election, and a police crackdown. the government has announced the release of more than a thousand detained protesters, and apologised to injured bystanders. britain is to impose a ia day quarantine on all arrivals from france and the netherlands, after a surge in coronavirus cases in recent weeks. the measure will come into effect on saturday. up to half a million uk tourists are thought to be

in france at the moment. now it's time for panorama. during lockdown, we changed the way we think about food. there's a lot of families that have really come into hardship. supermarkets struggled. fresh food started to become a challenge, and then we got into things like tins and packets. and eating out was ruled out. tried to take the positive that it would only be for a few weeks. those few weeks turned into a few more weeks and it has been really scary. really scary times. tonight on panorama, five months into the crisis, we've got new habits. people are enjoying eating together as a family. there are new opportunities. we have our own retail milk round, so it has really been quite a lifesaver.