doubt its veracity. se me in fact, the greatest warming serve themselves and won't just serve themselves and their wealthy peers but will is occurring in the higher altitudes, such as the arctic, provide a safety net for people particularly, and in the northern hemisphere, facing hard times. and if we the temperatures in the arctic wa nt facing hard times. and if we want a chance to pursue any of on average are 3, 4, these goals, any of these most 5, even 8—degrees above pre—industrial levels already, so we are seeing basic requirements for a uneven warming and very high warming in some places, functioning society, we have including places like the arctic, where it is especially two vote forjoe biden in significant because of the effect that it has on the ice. numbers that cannot be ignored. because right now, folks who know they cannot win fair and square at the ballot box are doing everything they can to before this, the highest stop us from voting. they are temperature reliably recorded on earth was 129.2 degrees closing down polling places in fahrenheit, that's 5a degrees minority neighbourhoods, they celsius, also here in are purging voter rolls, they death valley in 2013. are purging voter rolls, they we're going to try and cook are sending people out to intimidate voters and they are an egg — it's 109 degrees lying about the security of our fahrenheit on the tarmac. here we go... ballots. these tactics are not sometimes the ground new. but this is not the time here is so hot, you can fry and egg on it... to withhold our votes and it's not working. protest or play games with ..if you do it right. candidates who have no chance it works in films...

paul hawkins, bbc news. of winning. we have got to vote like we did in 2008 and 2012, a story we are likely to come we have got to show up with the same level of passion and hope back to. that's it for now, thank you so much for watching. forjoe biden. we've got to hello there. vote early, in person, if we monday was another day of impressive cloudscapes can. we've got to request our across the uk, but big lumpy clouds like these tend to produce intense downpours and thunderstorms, and that is exactly mail—in ballots right now, what we saw. tonight, and send them back this is the radar picture. it shows that those showers and storms look quite extensive immediately. and follow—up to make sure they were received, across england and wales. and then make sure our friends some of them were heavy enough and then make sure our friends to give some localised flooding and families do the same. we but equally a few spots have got to grab our fell between the showers and stayed completely dry. co mforta ble and tuesday is going to be have got to grab our comfortable shoes, put on our masks, packer brown bag dinner a similar sort of day. and maybe breakfast two, some slightly more persistent rain though across north wales and northern because we've got to be willing england for a time, and generally quite a cloudy start to stand in line all night if across the north of the uk. we have to do. —— pack a brown bag dinner. look, we have already sacrificed so much this year. so many of our already for scotland, the skies should brighten. we'll see some sunshine, going that extra mile. —— many but a scattering of heavy showers into the afternoon. these could give some localised flooding. of you. even when you are not quite as many showers further south at this stage,

through the midlands, exhausted, you are mustering up wales, east anglia, towards the south of england. unimaginable courage to put on but again where they do show up, those scrubs and give our loved they are likely to be ones a fighting chance. even heavy and thundery. top temperatures between 18—23. when you are anxious, you are now, most of the showers will fade during tuesday evening, delivering those packages, but into the early hours of wednesday, rain will swing its way stocking those shelves, and in from the south—west, doing all but essential work so and this signals the start of a very that all of us can keep moving unsettled spell of weather. forward. even when it all feels in fact, this is more of an autumnal weather chart so forward. even when it all feels than one you'd expect so overwhelming, working to see during the summer. pa rents a re low pressure firmly in charge. so overwhelming, working parents are somehow piecing it all together without childcare. that's going to bring some outbreaks of rain at times through the middle part of the week. teachers are getting creative but also, some very, so teachers are getting creative so that our kids can still very strong winds — learn and grow. 0ur young unusually strong winds people are desperately fighting for this time of year, to pursue their dreams. and and that could when the horrors of systemic cause some disruption. racism should our country and oui’ consciences, now on wednesday, it's likely we'll see outbreaks of rain drifting northwards across much racism should our country and our consciences, millions of of england and wales, americans of every age, every into northern ireland and perhaps southern scotland background, rose up too much by the end of the afternoon, for each other, crying out for but the winds will be picking up all the while from justice and progress. —— shook the south—west. gusts of a0 mph or more oui’ for exposed coasts here. justice and progress. —— shook our country. this is who we temperatures on wednesday, well, no great shakes still are. compassionate, for the time of year — 18—22.

resilient, decent people. whose fortu nes resilient, decent people. whose fortunes are bound up with one now, it stays unsettled and very windy as you move out of another. and it is well past wednesday into thursday. low pressure still firmly in charge, various frontal systems time for our leaders to once swinging around the low, again reflect our truth. so it and quite a few white lines, isobars, on the chart. that shows that it will be windy. is up to us to add our voices these are the wind gusts we can expect. it will be windy for all parts and our votes to the chorus of of the uk, but particularly for western coasts, where wind gusts are likely to get to 40—50 mph. history, echoing heroes like pretty unusual for john lewis, who said "when you this time of year. see something that is not right, you must say something. you must do something". that is the truest form of empathy. not just feeling, but doing. not just feeling, but doing. not just for ourselves, or our kids, but for everyone. for all oui’ kids, but for everyone. for all our kids. and if we want to keep the possibility of progress alive in our time, if we wa nt progress alive in our time, if we want to be able to look our

children in the eye after this election, we have got to reassert our place in american history, and we have got to do everything we can to elect my friend joe biden. as the next president of the united states. thank you, all. god bless. michelle above the market there, of course, topping the bill. -- there, of course, topping the bill. —— michelle 0bama there, of course. this convention is officially in milwaukee, wisconsin, but effectively it is online, it is virtual. michelle 0bama explicitly referencing her big speech at the party's 2016 convention, but also with much more to say. laura trevelyan is at the moment in wilmington, delaware, where joe moment in wilmington, delaware, wherejoe biden will give his a cce pta nce wherejoe biden will give his acceptance speech. that is his home state, of course. laura among many other things, michelle 0bama speaking, as she

says, not many other people this is bbc news. can, as someone who the headlines: says, not many other people can, as someone who has occupied the white house and the democratic party in the us seen occupied the white house and seen thejob of is beginning its convention, occupied the white house and seen the job of president, the designed to drum up support pressures of it, firsthand? forjoe biden and formally nominate him as the party's exactly. a deeply personal candidate for november's presidential election. speech, speaking from her but coronavirus restrictions experience as the wife of mean the four—day event will take place almost entirely barack 0bama, who was eight online, with joe biden yea rs barack 0bama, who was eight years in the white house. she giving his acceptance speech from his home state of delaware. said, speaking as very few americans can, she has seen first—hand, close up, the qualities that you need, of 0pposition protesters clear leadership, of in belarus have held a ninth steadiness. she was incredibly night of protests against the president alexander lukashenko, direct. donald trump is the saying his re—election was fraudulent. thousands of demonstrators took wrong president for our over independence square country, he is in over his in central minsk. the opposition candidate head, she said. it is what it svetla na tikhanovskaya has suggested she could act is, he can't meet this moment. as an interim leader. and she said, if you think things can't possibly get worse, you are wrong, if donald scientists believe death valley in california has registered trump gets another four years. the highest temperature she said we have got to vote ever recorded on earth. an automated weather station forjoe biden like our lives in furnace creek measured 54.1; celsius. it comes amid a heatwave depend on it, because he on america's west coast, listens, he will tell the truth, and trust science. very interesting that she is taking issue there with what she sees as donald trump's lack of

empathy, his inability to walk in the shoes of others. speaking as the wife of the president, she clearly sees that as being the clear quality, the ability to understand where others are, to see where they are going. so this was a very direct, very emotional, very personal and very powerful speech, in which, as you say, she has this unique perspective as the wife of a president. and here she is telling americans, you cannot avoid for the man who is currently in the oval office. laura, as you have been saying, the theme of the convention, officially "we the people", a focus on racial justice, officially "we the people", a focus on racialjustice, on the coronavirus, of course, on reinvigorating the economy. but bernie sanders also centred on this concern about the actual process of voting? that's right, and both he and michelle 0bama made reference to the fa ct 0bama made reference to the fact that they say republicans are trying to undermine the ability of people to vote, that voter rolls are being purged.

currently there is a huge drama here in the us about mail—in ballots, with the us postal service saying it cannot guarantee that everybody‘s male in ballots will be counted. —— mail—in ballots. us postal service is being run by a republican mega donor who is being hauled in front of next week. there is lots of suspicion, fear and anxiety in america about whether or not mail—in ballots will be correctly counted. and of course so many correctly counted. and of course so many people want to vote by mail because of the coronavirus. michelle 0bama taking on all about him saying the only way to make a difference is to vote. i wonder how long it'll take president trump to respond to what was very direct attack on him by michelle 0bama ? very direct attack on him by michelle 0bama? thank you very much indeed for that. joining me now is ameshia cross, a democratic strategist and political commentator in washington. i know you have been waiting a long time to talk to us, thank you. what did you make of that? it was not only invigorating,

but it was honest. it was heartfelt. she was speaking from a place of the need to save this country, a country she feels, and which many americans feel, is in dire straits right now. and in need of true leadership. and that that change, transformation, has to happen now, we cannot wait any longer, because who knows where america will be in the next four years, should donald trump get another four—year term? it donald trump get another four—year term ? it is donald trump get another four—year term? it is extremely pertinent that people get out and vote in supportjoe biden, because america is taking the wrong path. authoritarianism isn't what we stand for. separatism isn't what we stand for. and we see that time and time again from this administration. ameshia, she specifically referenced her big speech to the 2016 collect —— convention, dateline, when they go low, we go high. she took it further than that. you're a poster and a strategic. what is your sense of how she plays with the voters? michelle 0bama has consistently played very high when it comes to the polls. she is locked across

this country, regardless of partisan lines. —— loved. to be able to speak as america's mother, in many ways, is something that is a strong strategy for her. she is somebody who knows how to reach the hearts and minds of american she is someone who really gave people a lot of things to think about tonight, in regards to how pertinent it is and how soon and how swiftly they should move their feet to actually change what is a disastrous administration with donald trump. what kind of attack line would you say it is for the democrats to stress this lack of empathy from president trump? right now, with covid—19 cases on the rise, and we are seeing more and more people, not only continuing to test positive but also dying, i think one of the strongest things that happened during the dnc convention on 9/1 was showcasing the people who have died and showcasing those photos, the daughter of a man who died notjust because he supported trump but believed anything stomp was saying

because of covid—19. and he took that nonsensical science and it cost him his life. when we talk about this election we have to talk about what is at sta ke, have to talk about what is at stake, and what is at stake right now is literally american lives. they think michelle 0bama really makes that hit home. we have been wondering how this would work, whether it would really galvanise anybody, given that it is all virtual, much of it pre—recorded. interesting too that it was structured, really quite explicitly designed, for people to dip into before they went back to their streaming services for their box sets. it wasn't really made to watch the whole thing? absolutely. i think it was broken up into certain parts purposely. first and foremost, to try at home, specific things that the jump administration has failed on, but also to help americans see what unity looks like. they have been moved away from it over the past four years but that doesn't mean we can't get back there, it doesn't mean we can't get america back on track. i think one of the things this dnc has worked really ha rd to things this dnc has worked really hard to ensure is that people have an understanding all was not lost in america, at our institutions are not

forgone. but there should still bea forgone. but there should still be a strong belief in a better tomorrow, but that tomorrow is going to be led by a change in leadership, and it is time for donald trump to go. did you feel it really answered president trump's attack line is thatjoe biden is too old to do thejob, or as is thatjoe biden is too old to do the job, or as a is thatjoe biden is too old to do thejob, or as a puppet is thatjoe biden is too old to do the job, or as a puppet of the left? absolutely, and quite frankly, i thought those attack lines were always pretty weak. there are not that many years between joe there are not that many years betweenjoe biden there are not that many years between joe biden and there are not that many years betweenjoe biden and donald trump, it is only about three. it is frustrating, because donald trump doesn't really have strong attack lines. he tried to paintjoe biden as some kind of ultra progressive, someone some kind of ultra progressive, someone who is going to take america into a socialist regime of no return. those are not things that landed well with the american public. people wa nt the american public. people wantjobs, they the american public. people want jobs, they want security, they want an answer to covid—19, all things president trump has consistently failed on, and at this point it is time for a change. well, we are expecting to hear of coursejoe biden's acceptance speech from his home state of delaware on thursday. ameshia cross, thank you very much. glad to be here,

thanks. well, somewhere else where politics has really got real. 0pposition protesters in belarus have been on the streets again calling on the president, alexander lukashenko, to go. they've dismissed his offer of a constitutional referendum, followed by a possible fresh election, as a ploy. earlier in the day, mr lukashenko addressed a group of workers in the capital minsk, from where our correspondent jonah fisher reports. car horns toot this was the day the workers turned on alexander lukashenko. thousands downing tools and marching to a tractor factory. chanting while the strikers rallied outside, belarus's beleaguered president arrived by helicopter to address those who'd stayed at work. he was no doubt hoping for a friendly crowd. what he got was

a public relations disaster. chanting outside the plant was maria kalesnikava, pretty much the only opposition leader who hasn't been arrested or fled the country. translation: for 26 years, the authorities have humiliated us. thank you for not being afraid. we are not the little people, we are the nation. cheering are you worried about your own safety? no, i'm not worried. i feel very safe here with my people in belarus. what is your message to the international community as they watch what is happening here? we are very thankful for the support of belarus and, please, only with love and dialogue we can change our lives and our countries.

another sign of the president's weakening grip on power came at state tv, where programming was disrupted this morning. 0utside, striking employees chanted "tell the truth." for the last week, government—controlled media has almost entirely avoided the demonstrations and the torture of activists. the momentum is certainly with the protesters who seem to grow in confidence with every passing day. it's very hard to see any way back from this politically for the president. the last few days have shown belarusians willing to take to the streets and to stand up against him. that surely can't be reversed. the big question now is more when and how he goes and whether it happens peacefully. jonah fisher, bbc news, minsk. stay with us on bbc news.

still to come, beating all records. california's death valley has registered the highest ever temperature on earth. washington, the world's most political city, is today assessing the political health of the world's most powerful man. indeed i did have a relationship with ms lewinsky that was not appropriate. in fact, it was wrong. in south africa, 97 people have been killed today in one of the worst days of violence between rival black groups. over the last ten days, 500 have died. chanting: czechoslovakia must be free! czechoslovakia must be free! chanting: czechoslovakia must be free! russia is observing a national day of mourning for the 118 submariners who died on board the kursk. we all with them now, within our hearts. the pope has celebrated mass before a congregation of more than 2.5 million people in his hometown of krakow.

"stay with us, stay with us," chanted this ocean of humanity. "well, well," joked the pope, "so you want me to desert rome?" welcome back, very glad to have you with us. this is bbc world news, the latest headlines: the race for the us presidency is kicking off in earnest with the start of the democratic party convention. the four day event will formally nominate joe biden as pa rty‘s candidate. a ninth night of protests in belarus against the leadership of president alexander lukashenko. his re—election has been widely condemned as fraudulent. brazil is the worst—hit country from covid—19 outside of the us — more than 100,000 people have died and it has nearly 3.5 million cases. the country's vice—president has defended the handling of the pandemic as well as it's management of this year's fires in the amazon that have now started to burn.

0ur south america correspondent katy watson spoke to brazil's vice president hamilton mourao. of course we regret the deaths of more than 100,000 brazilians, 0k? but the federal government and the state government, they did everything that we could. we were successful in adapting the curve of the pandemic to the capacity of our public hospitals because, in the beginning, everybody was afraid of this, that we would have people dying in the halls of our hospitals — and this did not happen, 0k? and also, we had a lot of measures to mitigate the economic and social problems. i think we are doing a good job. jair bolsonaro has made it clear on how he has felt about social distancing, he's pushed back on the wearing of facemasks. he himself has had it, so has the first lady. a lot of people feel that perhaps

the leadershipjust doesn't care. you have to understand the nature of brazilian people. brazilian people are not a very disciplined one, 0k? so, it is impossible to come top down and say, "ok, you have to do this, you have to do that." even governments, local governments, and the mayors of the main cities, they have a lot of difficulties to keep people in their homes. we have a lot of shanty towns in our main towns, so it's not easy to keep a social distance. so these inequalities make the fight very difficult in the way that, for instance, that people in europe did against the pandemic. fires are burning in the amazon. last week, bolsonaro branded them "a lie". despite a ban on fires, they are still burning. how can the government deny they are happening? well, we don't deny what's

happening at any moment. one thing must be very sure and very clear — that the forest is not burning. there is one part of the legal amazon where people are established. jair bolsonaro called it a lie, you know, he said that. and there is a ban on fires at the moment, and there are fires happening. that [and that is, as you talk about being humanised, used to be forest. i mean, this government does not have a good record of protecting the amazon. we have been monitoring this very closely. in this month of august, when the fires really are starting to grow more, we will be fully trying to stop these fires going higher than last year. you said in the past that you didn't want brazil to be labelled by the rest of the world as an "environmental villain," but many people in the world do see brazil's government acting like that.

people say that we are a villain because of the de—forestation that happened in the amazon area, or the fires. but we have very clean energy metrics, 0k? we don't burn coal or oil, 0k? so we are not the villains in this. but we know that it is our responsibility to enforce the law and make people obey it. we understand this, and we are going to do this. that was the brazil vice president speaking to katie watson there. the row between epic games, the maker of online video game, fortnite, and apple is continuing, with the company taking legal action, seeing to block retaliation from the tech giant. it comes after apple and google removed the hit game from their app stores, after epic games bypassed their payment systems, to avoid giving them a cut of sales — with both platforms taking 30% of purchases. danny konsta ntinovic, the associate editor at thinknum media in new york

joined me a short time ago. it is a big deal on a couple of different levels. i think it reflects a failure of government regulation that we have to rely on a company like epic to try and bring down this 30% fee that apple charges, which apple got in trouble for during the anti—trust hearings in washington a few weeks ago. in a more just world perhaps this would not be happening between two companies. it is also a big deal because of the sort of cultural implications of it. epic games, creator of fortnite, which is one of the most if not the most popular games in the world, controls a lot of cultural capital and, in the lawsuit that it filed against apple, claims to has 350 million players, many of whom are very young and the tactic that epic is using to put pressure on apple is to more or less weaponising that group of players

to pressure a business rival, and they are doing so by encouraging sort of this formation of identity around the use of epic game's product in fortnite, which is sort of an ethically questionable thing to do, given to the young age of the players involved and given games as a medium having a very rough history with identity politics and conflating consumerism with personal identity being used to really damaging ends to harm people like women or people of colour into the gaming space. if epic were to win this lawsuit, businesses at large, small and large, would benefit from it, but it's important — and epic is certainly using this as ammunition in their favour in the lawsuit. they, in the lawsuit, they do not claim any damages, they are not asking for any special treatment, and they are trying to posture themselves as sort of the big company looking

after the little guy, so it is important to note that, yes, if epic were to win, it would benefit businesses at large. apple's 30% fee is certainly exorbitant, and they charge ten times less that fee for apps that are just distributed via mac home computers, so, yeah, there would be widespread benefits if epic were to win this, but the long—term implications of it and the damage that it can do to users is certainly something to be cautious of. that was the associate editor from thinknum media. two men have been charged in the cold case murder of run dmc‘s jam master jay. the hip—hop artist's death in october 2002 is one of new york's most notorious unsolved crimes. prosecutors allege karljordan junior and ronald washington killed the musician in a drug dispute. what may be the highest temperature ever reliably

recorded on earth — 130f (54.ac)— has been reached in death valley national park in california. it comes amid a heatwave on america's west coast, where temperatures are forecast to rise further this week. paul hawkins has more. 00:24:12,923 --> 2147483051:48:51,176 it is already one of 2147483051:48:51,176 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 the hottest places on earth,