this is bbc news. i'm david eades with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the democratic party formally nominates kamala harris as vice presidential candidate forjoe biden‘s us election bid, as she addresses the party convention. it is not aboutjoe biden or me. it's about you. and it is about us. people of all ages and colours and creeds. former president barack obama accuses donald trump of treating the us presidency as though it were nothing but a reality show and calls on people to vote forjoe biden and kamala harris. 170,000 americans dead. millions ofjobs, gone. while

those at the top take in more than ever. european union leaders agre to impose sanctions on those involved in repression and election fraud in belarus. opposition supporters remain on the streets of belarus. president trump calls for a boycott of goodyear tyres, accusing the us—based company of playing politics with what its workers are allowed to wear. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. within the past hour, kamala harris has been formally nominated at the democratic convention asjoe biden‘s vice presidential candidate. if the democrats win the november election, she would become the first female vice—president in us history. earlier, former president

ba rack obama warned that the very future of american democracy is at stake in the poll, as donald trump seeks re—election. and hillary clinton, who lost to mr trump in the last us presidential election, said that for four years, people had said that they didn't realise how dangerous mr trump would be, and that they wished they could go back and vote again. in her acceptance speech, kamala harris said there was a movement for change growing across the us. there is something happening all across our country. it is not about joe all across our country. it is not aboutjoe or me, it's about you, and it's about us, people of all ages and colours and creeds, who are, yes, taking to the streets and also persuading oui’ the streets and also persuading ourfamily the streets and also persuading our family members, rallying oui’ our family members, rallying our friends, our family members, rallying ourfriends, organising our family members, rallying our friends, organising our neighbours and getting out to vote.

former president barack obama used his speech to attack his successor donald trump and said he hadn't grown into the job of president of the united states. i have sat in the oval office with both of the men who are running for president. i never expected that my successor would embrace my vision or continue my policies. i did hope, for the sake of our country, that donald trump might show some interest in taking the job seriously. that he might come to feel the weight of the office and discover some reverence for the democracy that had been placed in his care. but he never did. for close to four years now, he has shown no interest in putting in the work, no interest in finding common ground, no interest in using the awesome power of his office

to help anyone but himself and his friends. no interest in treating the presidency as anything but one more reality show he can use to get the attention he craves. donald trump hasn't grown into the job because he can't. and the consequences of because he can't. and the consequences of that failure are severe. political analyst eric ham joins me now from washington. thank you for your time. i mean, that is quite an act to follow? the knife coming out from barack obama to president trump and yet really this is meant to be kamala harris's my mentor, her stage, meant to be kamala harris's my mentor, herstage, starting with her and how you felt she presented herself to the us population? i think for so many millions of americans, particularly women, women of colour, this was a moment of history, this is something that i think many people worry nora.

we saw hillary clinton in 2016 attempt break the glass feeling but with saw her falling short and particularly with black voters in 2016. for whatever reason, they did not come out for her like they did in 2012 for barack obama. but this time there is something different, and energy that is palpable in kamala harris's candidacy and also the fact that she is making history and so that she is making history and soi that she is making history and so i think tonight was a moment for all of these people, these young girls, these women, who believe that they do have, should have a seat at the table and black women have been powering the democratic party for yea rs powering the democratic party for years now and not with validation and kamala harris was the embodiment of all of that for all of these women. she will need the energy given the virtual nature of the convention, which is pretty dry when you haven't got hollering

and cheering. turning, she did that one point, that she knows a predator when she sees one. drawing on her lawyer qualifications, difficult not to make the indirect reference to make the indirect reference to donald trump possibly there as well, but it was barack 0bama as well, but it was barack obama who was the rottweiler in terms of his assessment of the current president? is interesting because after the michelle obama ‘s speech, i likened her to a relay race, the final leg of a relay race, taking the convention home but clearly what she was doing with her searing indictment and criticism of president donald trump was, she was handing that baton off to her husband. we have never seen barack obama speak in such caustic and biting language that we thought tonight and i think what we saw from a former president, speaking about a current president, the current occupant of the white house, which is something we typically do not d

-cin something we typically do not d — c in presidential politics, it was striking but also rather riveting to see someone like barack obama riveting to see someone like ba rack obama who riveting to see someone like barack obama who we typically expect calm and cool and collected, to be so visceral in his indictment of the current president. is clearly they have got their ducks in a row, speaking with one voice and well choreographed in terms of what different people were speaking about and yet there must be lurking, in the background, this abject fear of what happened four years ago, being in with a shout, thinking they will win and hey presto! losing it. i think you are right and that's why so much of this convention is being shaped around the narrative of the regular american or the black lives matter or for instance tonight, the night of the woman, a night for women because we saw so woman, a night for women because we saw so many women on the virtual stage speaking so, clearly, what we are seeing are

a democratic party leaving no stone unturned, trying to rally and get out there base, their base of women, their base of african—americans, their base of latinos, their base of young, progressive democrats. thank you very much indeed for your assessment. 0bviously thank you very much indeed for your assessment. obviously a long way to go in the run up to november and we will see how that pans out but you won't be surprised to hear that president trump has already taken to twitter during what is night three of the democratic national convention. first, a satirical welcome back to barack obama and hillary clinton, adding he'd see them on the field of battle before taking closer aim at the former president and questioning his endorsement ofjoe biden. a raft of tweets coming out. a french politician has blamed britain for the death of a young sudanese migrant found on a french beach. pierre—henri dumont said

the death was caused by britain's refusal to allow asylum claims to be made outside the uk. so far this year, nearly 5,000 migrants have made the crossing, many in flimsy vessels. the discovery of the dead boy highlights the challenge faced by the governments of both britain and france. lucy williamson reports from calais. in the sudanese camp in calais today, everyone had heard of the boy from back home found dead on a beach down the coast. no—one was surprised that he tried to sail to the uk in a dinghy, nor even that he died. "this is what life here is like," one said. governments do not care about us. if we are all dying, they don't care about that. ahmad, sheltering inside his tent — from both the camera and the rain — has been trying to cross the channel in one way or another for the past five years. they don't care. if they care, the uk can open the border to people if they don't like the

people dying at sea. this is where the teenager's body was found this morning, hours after he'd set sail with another boy in a small inflatable boat. when the boat capsized, only one of the boys was found alive. he's said to have told rescuers that his missing companion couldn't swim. this crossing did not have the usual hallmarks of a smuggling network, more a desperate, homemade attempt by two teenagers to cross on their own. but it will fuel a growing political row on both sides of the channel about how to stop migration across this stretch of water — and who's to blame when they can't. more than 1,200 people have crossed the channel in small boats so far this month. these people arrived in kent today. a local mp here in calais said no amount of policing would stop migrants pursuing their dream and accused the british of lacking even an ounce

of humanity by not allowing people to claim asylum from outside the uk. the craft they are taking to are, frankly, not even fit to go out on a beach, on a pleasure trip. these are tiny boats, they have sometimes no motor, they‘ re using kayaks that they buy in sport shops — all kinds of desperate measures with which to make it to england. the home secretary, priti patel, said on twitter today... she's vowed to make the channel crossing unviable. not everyone can afford to pay smugglers. the boys who put to sea last night reportedly used stolen shovels as oars. prepared to cross alone, without an engine, the teenage retort to police, politicians and laws. lucy williamson, bbc news, calais. let's get some of the day's other news:

the leaders of the military coup in mali have faced a wave of international pressure after they forced the civilian president, ibrahim boubacar keita, to resign in the wake of mass protests. the un security council condemned what it called the "mutiny in mali" and demanded that the soldiers release mr keita and other officials. the african union has suspended mali. the us says it will not seek the death penalty for two british members of the islamic state group accused of murdering western hostages in the middle east. alexander kotey and el shafee elsheikh — nicknamed the beatles — have been stripped of their uk citizenship and are currently in us military custody in iraq. hundreds of thousands of b—tec students have become the latest to face chaos with their results after an exam board announced the grades would be reconsidered just hours before they were due to be published today but gcse students will get their results.

the european union has increased pressure on belarus over the disputed presidential election, announcing it will impose targeted sanctions on some officials. eu leaders say the election was neither free nor fair, and that they do not recognise the result, which handed alexander lukashenko a landslide win. the president has stepped up efforts to reassert his control after days of street protests and strikes. joining me now from perth, australia, is dr alexey muraviev, he's associate professor of national security and strategic studies at curtin university. very good to see you again, we spoke a week ago as the demonstrations were just building a head of steam, i suppose. now the eu is starting to play its role, talking about sanctions, argue surprised at how far this has gone and how

much further it may go? i'm not really surprised, brussels had no option but to respond given the atrocities that everybody has been witnessing over the past couple of weeks but the dilemma for the eu is how far are they prepared to push alexander lu kashenko and are they prepared to push alexander lukashenko and the un, if they face too many sanctions, like they did with russia, then they will bring belarus back into the influence of russia and they are mindful to ensure that on the one hand they have two obviously demonstrate to the lukashenko regime that what doing is not 0k regime that what doing is not ok but then on the other hand leave a small window of opportunity to also demonstrate some sort of stein goodwill, saying they are still willing

to embrace belarus, and belarus would transform into pluralists democratic transparent society. we don't want dell —— belarus to be part of russia's armenia but we cannot be in situation where we have to punish but do what mildly. and the president, lukashenko, has always tended to maintain an independent attitude towards russia for example, as much as to the eu and then we thought that russia may come in behind him. it does not seem that they have been as ready as perhaps he may think they would so what do you think will happen? the russians had massive rumbles with lukashenko going back to the times when he was trying to get lucrative energy supplies from russia and then he was leaving off russia's credit without paying them back and then accusing the russian authorities of meddling with the election and there are

so many lies at the kremlin cannot pretend all continue to ignore such behaviour. while the russians seem to throw some sort of verbal political support behind lukashenko because clearly they don't then alternative and that resulted in vladimir putin having conversations with key conversations with key conversations with key conversations with the eu, including chancellor angela merkel worry kept emphasising it is not for any external power to interfere with what is happening in belarus. russia opposes any formal intervention ma nifested opposes any formal intervention manifested by the statement issued by the russian foreign minister and also if we believe claims made by lukashenko because he had numerous discussions with vladimir putin over the last few days, russia promised some sort of support to the belarusian regime and then escalation roads whether they have troops right now in belarus. at the end of it, we

know that mr lukashenko says if you go on strike, you lose your job, there is pressure on the demonstrators and on the opposition to pull something together. at they got the wherewithal, do you think to sustain this situation?|j wherewithal, do you think to sustain this situation? i don't think i would describe this is pressure on the demonstrators, it isa pressure on the demonstrators, it is a paralysis of power. lukashenko fails to derail from his hard man attitude when he talks to people in the really patronising and dismissive way or he doesn't even know how to alter his behaviour, so he's trying to protect, is still a very strong man and he is not going to be bullied into any submission but on the other hand, the fact that he went out and reached to the protesters when he went to those factories, despite the fact that he was moved there, he is

in desperate search of finding a solution and try to find some of the popular moods that slipped through his fingers in the last election. thank you very much indeed, good to see you. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: as kamala harris takes centrestage, we visit the beaches of the indian city of chennai where the democrats pick for vp says her political views were shaped. 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 home town 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? " this is bbc news — the latest headlines: the democratic party formally nominates kamala harris as vice presidential candidate for joe biden's us election bid. as she steps up to accept the nomination as the party's candidate

for vice—president, she'll become the first woman of colour in us history, to do so. she's half jamaican, half indian — and her indian heritage has been key in shaping her ideas. rajini vaidya nathan reports. my grandparents were phenomenal. we would go back to india, like, every other year. my grandfather fought for... in social media videos, kamala harris has often talked about the importance of her indian roots. my grandfather would take me on his morning walk. it was on the pristine sands of elliot's beach in the south indian city of chennai where she says her political views were shaped. a young kamala harris would join her grandfather, pv gopalan, on walks with his friends. i would hold his hand and i remember the stories that they would tell and the passion with which they spoke about the importance of democracy. it was those walks on the beach with my grandfather in besa nt nagar that

had a profound impact on who i am today. her uncle told me the family were raised to be open—minded in an india that could be deeply conservative. i think these are the values they picked up, be tolerant. if your children want to do something that you will not do, don't stop them from doing thatjust because you you would not do that. don't worry about black, blue, yellow, green, orange, anything. 0r because of her accent... in another video, kamala harris speaks about how her mother shyamala defined her life. shyamala gopalan moved to the us to study at the age of 19 and married jamaican student donald harris. they later divorced, with shyamala raising their two daughters. she used to take the kidsd to all the civil rights

activity in berkeley, so from a very young age she was strongly influenced by shyamala. how do you feel about president trump's attacks on your niece? i didn't worry. she can take it on the chin, she is quite capable of doing that. one thing shyamala taught her children was, don't take anything lying down. if anybody questions your individuality or anything that you do, fight back. in her family's ancestral village in south india, signs wishing kamala harris good luck. in many ways herjourney to one of the biggestjobs in politics began here. who knows where it will end? rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news. the american singer britney spears has asked a court not to hand back legal control of her finances and life to her father. she entered into an agreement with jamie spears in 2008 after suffering a series of breakdowns. but her lawyer said the star's situation and wishes had changed. her fans have often expressed concern over the conservatorship,

many posting their thoughts under the hashtag #freebritney. donald trump has called for a boycott of american tyre company goodyear, stoking a controversy over political expression in the workplace. the company allegedly banned its employees from wearing political clothing which supported the president. paul hawkins reports. the largest tyre company in north america and now in president trump's bad books. what they are doing is playing politics and the funny thing is that the people who work for goodyear, i can guarantee you, i poll very well with all of those great workers in goodyear, and when they say that you can't have "blue lives matter", you can't show a blue line, you can't wear a maga hat, but you can have other things that are marxist in nature, there's something wrong at the top of goodyear.

the company found itself in the president's crosshairs after a report based on a slide from a presentation which had been shared by a goodyear employee. the slide said black lives matter and other equality issues were acceptable whilst gear bearing the trump campaign slogan "make america great again" plus "all lives matter" and "blue lives matter" were deemed unacceptable. they want to wear a maga hat or if they want to where blue lives matter, you know that, right, that's policemen and women. that's a terrible thing, that's a terrible thing. so they're using their power over these people, and these people want to wear whatever it is we are talking about, you know that. you ride on goodyear tyres in the presidential limousine. correct. if there were an alternative, would you want those tires swapped out? yes, i would swap them out based on what i heard. you are going to have a lot of people not wanting to buy their product anymore, and they will buy

from a competitor. made in the usa, too. goodyear said the slide in question had not been prepared at its headquarters, and that its rules about activism that falls outside the scope of racialjustice and equity issues, plus, contrary to reports, it wholeheartedly supported both equality and law enforcement. it isn't the first and it won't be the last company to get caught up in battles of politics and race before november's election. paul hawkins, bbc news. that much is absolutely certain, is going to be a rollercoaster ride over the next few weeks. let me remind you of our top story. kamala harris, the only black woman in the us senate, has been nominated as joe biden's the us senate, has been nominated asjoe biden's vice presidential candidate. she accused donald trump of turning tragedies into political weapons, she it. earlier the former us president barack 0bama warned the very future of american democracy was at stake

in november's hole as mr trump is seeking real action. that is the third night of the democratic convention now. business in a moment, don't go away. southern parts of ireland are feeling the full force of storm ellen. here in the uk, also very blustery. the winds will increase in many parts of the uk over the next couple of days or so. it is likely to be very unsettled with the storm closely spinning by. now the worst of the weather has gone over southern parts of ireland, where the destructive winds and places have been. we are just to the east of the storm, so winds will be pretty strong around the coast of cornwall, western fringes of wales, but it will be particularly windy in northern ireland too. now having said that, the weather actually doesn't look too bad at all for most of us on thursday. there will be some rain in the morning across parts look too bad at all for most of us on thursday.

there will be some rain in the morning across parts of scotland, but once that clears through, apart from a few showers across western areas, the weather is looking mostly sunny. so it'll be a weird day where we have quite strong winds but also with that, some strong sunshine and decent temperatures. in fact, look at the values in east anglia, up to 26 celsius, 22 in newcastle, and into the 20s where we have these blustery conditions out towards the west, as well. now through the course of thursday evening, the rain becomes more widespread across western fringes of the uk, and the winds will strengthen once again. a bit of a lull with that warmth and sunshine in the afternoon. because by the time we get to friday, what is left of storm ellen will be barreling across the uk — and that means more generally speaking, it'll be a windy day right across the uk. now gusts of wind inland friday into saturday could exceed 50 mph — and this time of year,

that's not good and could prove very troublesome during the summer where the trees are in full leaf, a 50 mph wind could bring down a weaker tree. so be prepared for some disruption as we go through the course of friday and into the weekend. now saturday will still be blustery because what's left of the storm is still with us. frequent showers out towards the northwest of the uk. take a look at these winds — 111—15 mph, that is unusually windy for august. to the south of us, it won't be quite so windy but breezy enough, with temperatures getting up to the low 20s. sunday will be a calmer day.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. employees or contractors? ride hailing apps uber and lyft have until midnight tonight to apeal a court a law that made their drivers employees. hard landing for the ‘flying kangaroo' — australian airline qantas posts a $1.5 billion loss in the second quarter. and, in two years, the value of apple doubled. the iphone maker is now the first ever company to be worth $2 trillion.

by this time tomorrow, there may be no ride hailing services from uber or lyft in all of california. the companies are awaiting word from an appeals court whether they will be able to to delay obeying a state law that came into force earlier this year that requires them to reclassify drivers as employees rather than contractors. both companies say they will suspend services in california, their home state, by midnight tonight if they are not granted a stay. the two companes are supporting a proposition that will be voted upon in november that suggests the drivers would remain contractors, but provided benefits such as health care. so, is this the end of the road for the business model that has driven such rapid growth at uber? joining me now is suzanne rab, a barrister at serle court chambers. very good to see you. takes

some unravelling, this, but on the face of it, a moment of precedent? this is an interesting case from the perspective of californian law but it also has wider ramifications in terms of how uber drivers are classified for the purpose of protections that are given by legislation that are given by legislation that are normally given to employees. it is very double—edged for drivers, presumably. they will want every help and benefit they can get, presumably but if the message from lyft and uber is sorry, we suspend, they have not got a job at all? in this situation, employment law or equivalent rights are often claimed by certain categories of worker to claim more protection but different pieces

of legislation give different degrees of protection, with the strongest being given to employees. this is something we have seen across so many sectors, is entered, whether you are an employee or contractor. is there another way around this? i think lyft and uber have talked about creating franchises instead and distancing themselves from the contractual relationship with the drivers? each country jurisdiction will decide on what types of rights it wants to afford to various categories of employees or independent workers, consistent with their autonomy but also protecting and providing safeguards. it is quite possible that different degrees of protection could be given, based on minimum paid periods away from work. there

is not a one size fits all model but what is very clear is that the themes raised in the california case are finding echoes around the world, including in the uk, in canada and most recently, an action leading to potentially $400 million worth of damages. this is big stakes. i said it was double—edged for drivers, it may be triple edged! because the next step is driverless car ‘sin the next step is driverless car ‘s in any case the next step is driverless car ‘sin any case and we just heard in 24 hours that week we could have those on british roads within 18 months or something like that, there is something like that, there is something much bigger at stake here at? the question of new technology and how this changes the relationship between traditional bricks and mortar type employment scenarios and what we are facing with the new economy or the gig economy does raise some very interesting

questions. going back to the case of cars, there is an interesting issue raised in the uk case regarding if a driver is an employee, or a worker for these purposes, does that differ depending on when they have got their app open and ready to receive work or not. some big issues that have not yet been conclusively decided. a good time for lawyers! thank you very much indeed. in asia, markets are weak, hurt by the us federal reserve's cautious view of the economy, tensions with china and newclusters of coronavirus infections. over in the states, it was a slightly different story to begin with. market sentiment had been bullish up until the fed's comments,

with the s&p 500 and the nasdaq hitting all—time highs, driven largely by apple, we come to that injust a moment. apple has become the first american company to be worth two trillion dollars, making it the most valuable company in history. the technology firm achieved the milestone on wednesday when the share price briefly rose above $467. it took 38 years for apple's valuation to hit a trillion dollars — the next trillion only took two years. joining me now is emma, thank you forjoining us. focusing on apple briefly, because the whole coronavirus episode is clearly a tale of two very distinct paths and technology is the big winner? absolutely and he said there in the

introduction talked two years to reach $2 trillion and more extraordinary that that was achieved injust 20 extraordinary that that was achieved in just 20 weeks, during the pandemic when so many other business models and sectors of the economy were under huge stress, thinking glenn shorrock, airlines, travel, retail and apple along with its other technology piers we re with its other technology piers were shooting to ever high success but the big question is how much of this is based on fundamentals and how much is the price truly earned and to do with the way we work, live, some similarities with your previous guests in terms of demographic and societal change which does genuinely support the tech stocks —— peers. how much is that margaret spirit and temperament — at market spirit which is not entirely propped up by financials and these fundamentals. that point about market spirit, still very confident the stimulus measures will come in in the us. the

money will be available and people will still be able to invest and you also made an interesting point about the way in which the world is changing so it's difficult to see why the tech companies would continue to soar high? if you look at the uk at the best stocks of the year, the free delivery company accardo is a big one, and the biggest losers for the ftse are things like the airlines but also commercial property companies. i spoke to an individual other day, he said he would not touch commercial space of the long pole and that's a difficult thing, are these short—term chains accelerated or is this a genuine shift in society that we will not be coming back from

and are deserved. a year ago office space was a banker in terms of investment opportunities, couldn't get enough of it. give us your take on what you think this state of the markets will go because eve ryo ne the markets will go because everyone looks around them and sees misery, gloom, joblessness and any turnover to the markets board and they go in the opposite direction? we need to unpick that a bit but although the federal reserve did come out and say there would be potentially fair stimulus required which is in itself negative sentiment because they are saying the economy needs p°ppin9 are saying the economy needs p°pping up are saying the economy needs popping up but they also saying that they will probably do it which the market is like. with each round of stimulus it potentially become less effective, looking at interest rates, the last recession we had, we had 5% to 0.5% and we don't have that leverage anymore, we are at the lowest of the live but stimulus does

have an impact. part of it is the market seeing how much central banks have acted to support economies and some of thatis support economies and some of that is priced in but we are storing up some potential danger so markets in the short to medium term prepare for quite a lot of volatility and it will be dependent on whether we find a vaccine. that is true. it is all a bit of a circus at the moment. emma, thank you very much and good to see you. the coronavirus pandemic has led to schools and colleges shutting down all over the world, and moving their courses online. but in sub—saharan africa the cost of connecting to the internet is higher than anywhere else in the world, when measured against the average person's income. in the latest in our series of reports on education, we look at what african students can do to minimise the costs of studying online.

the bank only gives a limited amount to internet, 100 megabytes of data and this is not adequate to get all the work done. some students, they have to forgo some of the meals, they have to forgo some of the basic necessities so they can go on the internet. the chances of a student able to access in content and classes, it would be 5%.

there are service providers that are actually providing cheaper bundles at night in the small hours from same midnight till four a.m.. small hours from same midnight till foura.m.. it only small hours from same midnight till four am. it only gets cheaper when you are sharing. some providers may not want that but some have allowed that kind of arrangement for students who live close to each other, they can actually share network packages. some breaking news coming in, the leading opposition leader in russia has been taken to hospital and his press secretary is saying he is unconscious and in intensive ca re unconscious and in intensive care after what the press

conference —— press secretary said was a suspected poisoning, he fell ill on a flight back to moscow and was hospitalised, not the first time he was taken to hospital with suspected poisoning but we will keep a cross that for you as it develops. $2 billion australian or $1.5bn us as it battles the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. the financial hit only took into account a few months of the virus outbreak as international flying dried up and the domestic market slumped. this call no surprise, sharanjit, but deeply affecting. absolutely, david. conditions for qantas other worst in the airline's100 year history and that is actually the sobering view of the airline's boss, macro —— alan

joyce, the chief executive, said the impact of covid—19 on our lines is devastating and it will be a question of survival for many. the airline said 4000 of its 6000 planned job cuts are expected to be finalised by next month. global airlines have been hit hard as travel restrictions have been imposed. we heard injune qantas then announced it would make 6000 of its workers redundant, part of its workers redundant, part of its plans to survive the pandemic and those cuts equate to about one fifth of the total workforce the airline had prior to the covid—19 crisis. australia's government has essentially bandits citizens and permanent residents from leaving the country for rare exceptions and no visitors are really allowed in and even australians are struggling to return home because they have to quarantines that's pretty much killed off all of its international routes for now

and lucrative domestic routes are no longer because states and territories have shot their borders to others so qantas says it doesn't anticipate resuming international lights untiljuly 2021 of the very earliest with the possible exception of flights to new zealand. that's another full year, isn't it. sharanjit, thank you. it is bleak and uncertain. let's get some of the day's other news. short—term home rental company airbnb has confidentially filed paperwork for an initial public offering with the us securities and exchange commission. the company says the number of shares to be offered and the price range for the ipo have not yet been determined. the plans to go public come at a time when its business has been hit hard by the covid—19 pandemic, which has forced millions of people to postpone their travel plans. us president donald trump has called for a boycott of american tyre company

goodyear, stoking a controversy over political expression in the workplace.the attack followed reports the firm had forbidden staff from wearing trump campaign gear, while allowing "black lives matter" and gay rights attire. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: which countries will be left behind when the world economy recovers? we'll look at a new rerport. some of the stories making news in the uk. hashem abedi, the brother of manchester arena bomber, will be sentenced today for the murder of 22 people in the 2017 terror attack. abedi has refused to attend his 2—day sentencing hearing and face the families of the victims — who gave emotional statements in court about the impact of their loss. heavy winds and rain have been buffeting

—— heavy winds and rain have buffeted ireland and western parts of britain after storm ellen moved in from the atlantic on wednesday night. met eireann reported gusts of up to 66 miles per hour in finner. earlier, forecasters warned that the unseasonably windy weather could bring down trees in parts of the uk. the big screen is back in the uk with the reopening of cinemas since lockdown, more of us are being encouraged to head out and experience a ‘new normal‘ trip to the movies. industry body cinema first‘s recent research has shown the appetite for cinema—going remains strong. 0ne survey revealed that cinema was the third—most—missed activity during lockdown. this is bbc world news, the latest headlines. the democratic party formally nominates kamala harris as vice—presidential candidate forjoe biden's election bid. if the democrats win in november, she would become the first female in us history to hold the post. of all the leading g20 economies, india, south africa and brazil will take longest to bounce back from the coronavirus pandemic, according

to a new report. verisk maplecroft‘s recovery capacity index considers more than a dozen factors that underpin, or undermine, a country's ability to recover from the crisis. its analysis suggests a two—track recovery, in which some countries are hampered by high levels of poverty and unemployment and the lack of digital infrastructure, or corruption and ineffective government — leaving them struggling to turn their economies around. joining me now is david wille principal economics analyst at global risk data

we conduct this research to help our clients see the global economic recovery in the medium or long—term. economic recovery in the medium or long-term. with east asia on the one hand and other major emerging markets on the other and when you look at the countries that form the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic right now, places like brazil, india, south africa, these are some of the least resilient countries in terms of their ability to respond and bounce back from the coronavirus pandemic. that's really consenting to us. these are major economic players on the global stage, they represent 10% of gdp, 20% of world population, major trade and investment flows to any prolonged economic downturn on

their part is going to have a knock—on effect. their part is going to have a knock-on effect. there is a certain irony. three of the great big steaming emerging world economies, they'vejust failed to deliver. yes. when you look at places like india and south africa, for example, they were quick to adapt strict social distancing measures, economic lot downs, but they just didn't have the fiscal and monetary firepower to support their economies and populations during those lockdowns and as a result, they had to lift some of those restrictions, allow normal economic activity to start to begin again and even before the pandemic was corralled. brazil is a unique case, where they didn't do any sort of social distancing

measures on a systematic scale and they are dealing with the second largest daily coronavirus caseload. very challenging for all nations and economies. as you highlighted, three big economies, important to the global situation. we're going to have to leave it there but thank you your time, david. now, imagine travelling at 70mph on a busy motorway and taking your hands off the steering wheel. car manufacturers say it's already technically possible and now the government is saying that hands—free driving could be legal in the uk as early as next year. it's just launched a consultation within the motor industry. jon kay has been on a test run. nasty conditions on the roads today. so would you hand over control of your car to a computer? so, hands—free. at a private test track, with no other traffic,

i tried out the technology as if i was on a motorway. whoa. so, that is a very strange feeling. not least for a control freak like me. but the car is driving itself and it is following the lines, the lane that's there, it's swerving around. my temptation is to touch it but i'm not. this is really very odd. i've never done anything like this before. beeping. at the moment, cars like this tell you to put your hands back on the steering wheel after 15 seconds. but ministers want to know if the technology is now reliable enough to let drivers go hands—free for extended periods of time. it could actually save lives. it's estimated within a decade this kind of technology could save almost 4,000 lives.

the government will be consulting safety organisations and the industry, but what do drivers think? yeah, i do trust the technology. i use most of what's been invented, but i do not like that the humans don't have to keep an eye. i think it's crazy, to be fair. driverless cars? well, it's madness. ministers are not yet talking about entirely driverless cars, but if the uk goes further down the hands—free route, it could still mean big changes for the law and insurance. the difference between you driving and you being liable, and the car driving and the car being liable is huge. and unless the car can drive as well as a competent human being, the car cannot be classed as being automated. i'm resisting the temptation to hold the steering wheel. whoa! 0k. so, there we go. back on the test track, there's a lot to get used

to and for ministers, a lot to consider. driving will certainly be different in the future. the question is — how fast do we want things to change? jon kay, bbc news, hands—free. it could be quicker than we think. i want to remind you of the breaking news we bought you, alexei navalny, opposition figure, leading critic of the kremlin, he's been speaking on twitter, he's been taken to hospital toxic poisoning. he was on his way back from the city of tomsk to moscow. his flight had city of tomsk to moscow. his flight had to be diverted in fa ct to flight had to be diverted in fact to get on the ground and then take him into hospital. his condition is described as being serious and he is in intensive care, apparently. it's not the first time there have been allegations he's been poisoned and ta ken have been allegations he's been poisoned and taken to hospital. he was in a detention centre

last year when something similar happened. 0bviously last year when something similar happened. obviously we will keep a very close eye on what is going on there for you and stick with that story. you're watching bbc news. southern parts of ireland are feeling the full force of storm ellen. here in the uk, also very blustery. the winds will increase in many parts of the uk over the next couple of days or so. it is likely to be very unsettled with the storm closely spinning by. now the worst of the weather has gone over southern parts of ireland, where the destructive winds and places have been. we are just to the east of the storm, so winds will be pretty strong around the coast of cornwall, western fringes of wales,

but it will be particularly windy in northern ireland too. now having said that, the weather actually doesn't look too bad at all for most of us on thursday. there will be some rain in the morning across parts of scotland, but once that clears through, apart from a few showers across western areas, the weather is looking mostly sunny. so a weird day where we have quite strong winds but also some strong sunshine and decent temperatures. look at the values in east anglia, up to 26 celsius, 22 in newcastle, and into the 20s where we have these blustery conditions out towards the west too. through the course of thursday evening, rain becomes more widespread across western fringes of the uk, and the winds will strengthen once again. a bit of a lull with that warmth and sunshine in the afternoon. because by the time we get to friday, what's left of storm ellen will be barreling across the uk and that means more generally speaking, it'll be a windy day right across the uk. gusts of wind inland friday into saturday could exceed 50mph, and this time of year, that's not good and could prove very troublesome during the summer where the trees are in full leaf, a 50mph wind could bring down a weaker tree.

so be prepared for some disruption as we go through the course of friday and into the weekend. now saturday will still be blustery because what's left of the storm is still with us. frequent showers out towards the northwest of the uk. take a look at these winds — 14—15 mph, that is unusually windy for august. to the south of us, it won't be quite so windy but breezy enough, with temperatures getting up to the low 20s. sunday will be a calmer day.

good morning, welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. 0ur headlines today... more results chaos for hundreds of thousands of pupils as btec students are told they won't get their marks, just hours before they were due to be published. btec have had all this time to sort their grades out and tell people if there have been problems, and we're still not getting the answers that we're asking for. this morning gcse students will get their grades after a government u—turn meant their scores will be based on teacher assessments. kamala harris is formally nominated as joe biden's running mate in the american election. if the democrats win she would be the first woman vice