a very warm welcome to bbc news. my name is mike embley. our top stories: an overnight curfew comes into effect in the us state of wisconsin following protests over the police shooting of another unarmed black man. donald trump receives official republican backing at the party's convention to run for another term as president. in new zealand, the man who killed 51 people at two mosques last year is confronted in court by survivors and relatives. hello and welcome. an overnight curfew has come into effect in the city

of kenosha in wisconsin following viole nt protests on sunday sparked by the police shooting of an unarmed black man, jacob blake. the governor of wisconsin has deployed the national guard to help regulate protests. video posted online appears to show the 29—year—old father of three being shot in the back. he's in serious condition in hospital. tensions in the country are already high over a series of violent incidents and killings of black americans by police. the democratic presidential nominee, joe biden, has said the officers in wisconsin must be held accountable. aleem maqbool reports from wisconsin. it's become a familiar scene. angry protests after the police shooting of a black man. this time, it's wisconsin, where in the early evening, officers had been called to deal with a domestic disturbance. in mobile phone video, 29—year—old jacob blake is seen walking around his car, followed by officers with their weapons drawn.

as he opens the door, an officer pulls on his shirt and several shots are heard. onlookers start screaming and the car horn blares as mr blake slumps over the steering wheel. a prominent civil rights lawyer says mr blake's three sons were in the vehicle at the time. police say they immediately offered medical assistance, but jacob blake remains in a serious condition in hospital. some witnesses told local news channels he'd been trying to stop a fight between two women, but details of what led up to the shooting are still emerging. the reaction came quickly, though. with hundreds taking to the streets, trucks that had been moved into place to block protesters were set on fire. we're tired of it. and right now, this is the wrong generation that this is happening to. the frustration is boiling to the top and we are sick and tired. eventually, an emergency curfew was imposed, and the state leader was quick to link this incident to others,

like the killing of george floyd. you'd think after the past few months when people were stepping up to demand justice, that police departments, chiefs of police, even police unions, would rush to implement some sort of reform. but that hasn't happened. or else you wouldn't have had to have seen the actions that we all had to see last night. the officers involved have been put on administrative leave and an investigation opened, but it is less than three months since george floyd was killed, and the concern for many african—americans has been that in spite of the outrage over that death, little of consequence has really changed. aleem maqbool, bbc news, in kenosha, wisconsin. i spoke to chris ott, the executive director of the american civil liberties union in wisconsin and i asked him if there was a particular problem with policing in his state. well, unfortunately, yes. this latest vicious attack, this vicious example of police brutality caught on camera is not the first example

of this that we have seen in wisconsin. we have seen disturbances this year and over the last decade, so unfortunately we have some of the same problems that we see across the united states. obviously there is much to be established about what happened in this incident. as you understand it, what happened 7 well, like so many people i watched this video last night and what i saw was mr blake walking away from police, trying to get into his car and then police opening fire on him, shooting him in the back in full view of his three children. it's just a disgusting act of police violence. i suppose the police might argue — obviously much is still to come out about this — that they might have thought he was going into the car to retrieve a weapon? well, i'll leave that to police to justify what they've done, but looking at this video, it is very hard. it's impossible, actually, to understand why they took the course of action

that they did. the — as i understand it, the county had voted — had already allocated a budget for body cameras for police. it doesn't seem to have happened in this case? right. my understanding is that the county vote to put that in the budget was for next year. so obviously that doesn't help in this case. and it was not the county's officers, but the kenosha police that were involved in this incident. do you have a sense there is a process of change within wisconsin at all? well, i certainly hope so, but we will need to see. we have seen so many examples of this throughout the country where something terrible like this happens, you know, a vicious attack, sometimes resulting in a murder, and people not being brought tojustice. i think that many of us felt that after — with all the attention we saw brought to this problem since the murder of mr floyd in minnesota, we were at a tipping

point for racialjustice and police accountability. but we can't take that for granted, we need to see results. chris ott of the aclu in wisconsin. in the us, the first evening of speeches and events is just getting under way for the republican party's national convention, designed to drum up support for president trump's bid to win a second term in office this november. instead of crowds cramming conference halls for the four—day event, the coronavirus pandemic means this year's is a far more scaled back affair, though unlike the democratic party's virtual convention last week, key figures are appearing in—person. including president trump, who after being officially nominated by his party earlier gave an hour—long unscripted speech in charlotte, north carolina. here's some of what he had to say. we have to win. this is the most important election in the history of our country. this is the biggest. this is it. our country can go in a horrible, horrible direction, or in an even greater direction, and before

the plague came in from china, that's where we were going. we were going in a direction like we had never seen. the most successful economy in the history of our country. well, one of the key battleground states is pennsylvania, and the bbc‘s jane o'brien, reports from bethlehem. troubling polls haven't dampened enthusiasm. voters in bethlehem turned from barack obama to propel donald trump to victory in 2016. his supporters say they're on track to do it again. yes! trump! you know what? we don't have jesus christ in the office, so, you know, nobody's perfect. and i'm not condoning some of the stuff that he has done and said, ok? you know, but i look at results. promises made, promises kept. if you look at his record, almost everything that he promised, he actually fought for or actually got through. on day one of the republican

party convention, the president touted his economic record. there's never been three months where we've put more people to work — over 9 million people. and, again, we'rejust about ready to break the all—time stock market record. i mean, you look at it... wall street may be weathering the pandemic, but main street has been crippled by the lockdown. the tension between how to control the coronavirus and how to reopen the economy is stark here. biden has already said that he's going to listen to only the scientists, which means... and he said he would shut the whole economy down again. nothing could be worse than that. trump isn't going to do that. pennsylvania is a battleground state, and these small towns have a lot of influence. how people here vote will decide not only their own fate but possibly the direction of the entire country. our correspondent jane o'brien is in bethlehem, in the swing state of pennsylvania.

jane, that line we heard in your piece, nobody is perfect, is this thing, isn't it, this concept as we were talking before about the imperfect instrument, people may not like donald trump or just instrument, people may not like donald trump orjust everything he says, but they are doing —— but he is doing what they want a republican president to do. the key thing is how many people there are and whether they are in the key swing states 7 they are in the key swing states? and that, i think, we just don't know at this point. the polls are telling usjoe biden has a ten point lead across the nation, including here in pennsylvania, but a lot of republicans and democrats as well will say well, the polls weren't right in 2016. they gave an overview and stan sometimes misleading picture. but i think what we are seeing tonight at the conventions are and opportunity for donald

trump to really drum home that message, that platform that he thinks is going to appeal not just to his known supporters, but also to republicans who, as you say, don't necessarily like everything he represents in terms of character or tone, but they do like his agenda. they do like what he stands for in terms of the economy, in terms ofjobs growth, terms of the economy, in terms of jobs growth, and terms of the economy, in terms ofjobs growth, and also, it has to be said, in the way he has to be said, in the way he has handled the pandemic. don't forget that is the thing most americans are talking about right now, as around the world, in tandem with the economy. in the big change in here i have been sitting on the ground is how do you safely reopen the economy in places like bethlehem, pennsylvania, that have been badly affected by the lockdown while containing the virus? and the fact it has become such a political hot potato, increasing the existing divisions we have been seeing in america is another thing, i

think, that is confusing some of the positions that we are seeing at the moment on the ground. so it's very difficult to tell at the moment how many republicans are out there, who are keeping quiet about their preferences, and how many, the vocal ones, are excited enough to go out to the polls. 0k, jane. we will leave it there for now. we're keeping an eye on the conventionjust for now. we're keeping an eye on the convention just in case mr drum himself appears, but for now, thank you very much —— mrtrump. one purpose of national conventions like this week's republican and last week's democratic is to energise voters to rally round their candidate and vote. but there are also strategies in place that, it's alleged, try to limit the number of people who potentially vote for the opposing party — a strategy called voter suppression. leigh chapman is director of the voting rights programme at the leadership conference on civil and human rights, which is a coalition of more than 200 groups, she explained how voter

suppression works. throughout our history we have seen barriers to the ballot box for many voters. these barriers voters are continuing to face in 2020. and the voters that are the most impacted are voters of colour, students, people with disabilities, elderly voters, you know, in recent years since the gutting of the voting rights act in 2013, you have seen laws and policies that have been passed around the country that make it harder for people to vote. we have seen strict voter id laws, mass purges from voter rolls, cuts to early voting and polling place closures all over the country. so covid—19 is just another barrier to the ballot that voters have to face here. and to be fair, of political parties have done this, really, haven't they? yeah. you know, we have seen this from republicans and democrats,

but you know the main point here is that in order to have a democracy that works for everyone, more voters need to participate. regardless of political party, policy makers who want to have a robust democracy in our country should be implementing laws and policies making it easier for people to vote and not harder. and do you expect voter suppression to have a major impact on this election? you know, you only have to look at the primaries to see how voter suppression has played out. you know, covid—19 is another barrier that voters are facing and voters shouldn't have to choose between their health and their right to vote. and if you look at states like georgia and wisconsin, there were some voters that stood in line for over 5—7 hours to cast their ballot. and this was because there were fewer poll workers, there were fewer polling places. you know, machines broke down. and so we cannot have a repeat of this in november. and that's why the leadership conference, our coalition, and advocates around the country are really pushing to make voting accessible and save this election. so that means having more opportunities to register to vote, having expanded early voting,

you know, having safe in—person voting. so those are all the policies that we are advocating for, and we are pushing for congress to allocate $3.6 billion in funding so states have the resources they need to execute and administer safe elections this year. and, another part of this picture seems to be frankly, there are many more people in thejudicial system, many more judges, who are favourable to mr trump's point of view. so when it comes to challenging the picture you havejust painted, it's much harder? well, you know, the leadership conference is made up of a lot of organisations. groups are litigating and winning in courts, and making sure that vote by mail is more accessible. there are states like alabama where in order to vote by mail, you have to have two witnesses or a notary and a copy of your photo id to submit. so there's litigators around the country who are winning cases to expand access to the ballot in this pandemic.

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the great clock has been off duty in 117 years. so it was with great satisfaction that clockmakerjohn vernon swung the pendulum to set the clock going again. big ben bongs this is bbc news, the latest headlines: an overnight curfew comes into effect in the us state of wisconsin, following protests over the police shooting of a black man. donald trump receives official republican backing at the party's convention, to run for another term as president. the german chancellor, angela merkel, says russia must investigate the suspected poisoning of one of president putin's most outspoken rivals, alexei navalny. he's been moved to berlin for treatment, after falling ill on a flight to moscow, last week. medics caring for mr navalny say they've found traces of a substance which disrupted his nervous system.

the bbc‘s jenny hill is in berlin. well, doctors today in effect confirmed what mr navalny‘s supporters suspected all along — they say there is clinical evidence to suggest that he was poisoned. he is still here in hospital, being treated. he's in an induced coma. just going to leavejenny and verlin and go straight to the republican convention. she called out his democratic opponent, a former vice president, from a failed administration. that ambassador said, andi administration. that ambassador said, and i quote, democrats a lwa ys said, and i quote, democrats always blame america first. the year was 1984, the president was ronald reagan and ambassador kilpatrick work are just as true today. joe biden and the democrats are still

blaming america first. donald trump has i was put america first and he has earned four more yea rs first and he has earned four more years as president. it was in honour of more years as president. it was in honourofa more years as president. it was in honour of a lifetime to serve as the united states ambassador to the united nations. the un is not for the faint of heart. it is a place where dictators, murderers and thieves denounce america and then put their hands out and demand that we pay their bills. well, president trump put an end to all that. with his leadership we did what barack obama andjoe leadership we did what barack obama and joe biden refused to do, we stood up for america and we stood against our enemies. barack obama and joe biden let north korea threaten america. president trump rejected that wea kness president trump rejected that weakness and we passed the toughest sanctions on north korea in history. barack obama

joe biden led you run get away with murder and literally sent them a plateful of cash. —— you run. president trump ripped up the iran nuclear deal. president trump moved out embassy to jerusalem and, president trump moved out embassy tojerusalem and, when the un try to condemn us, i was proud to cast the american veto. this president has a record of strength and success. the former vice president has a record of weakness and failure. joe biden is good for iran and isis and a godsend for anyone who wants america to apologise, abstain and abandon our values. donald trump takes a different approach. he is tough on china and took on isis and one. he tells the world what it needs to hear. —— won. at home, the

president is a clear choice on jobs and the economy. he has moved america forward whilejoe biden has held america back. whenjoe biden has held america back. when joe was biden has held america back. whenjoe was vp, i was governor of the great state of south carolina. we had a pretty good run. manufacturers of all kind float to our state from overseas, creating tens of thousands of american jobs. people were referring to south carolina as the beast of the south—east, which i loved. everything we did happened in spite ofjoe biden and his old boss. we cut taxes, they raise them. we/ red tape, they piled on more mandates and we brought in good paying jobs, joe biden and barack obama sued us. i fought back and they gave up. theyjoe biden and kamala

harris administration would be much, much was. last timejoe's boss wasn't barack obama. this time it would be nancy pelosi, benny sanders and the squad. we note socialism has failed everywhere. they want to tell americans how to live and what to think. they want a government takeover of healthcare. they want to ban fracking and millions ofjobs. they want tax hikes on working families. joe biden and the socialist left would be a disaster for our economy but president trump is leading a new era of opportunity. before communist china gave us the coronavirus, we were breaking economic records left and right. the pandemic has set us back but not for long. president trump brought our economy back before and he will bring it back again. there is

one more important area where our president is right. he knows that political correct this and cancel culture are dangerous and just plain wrong stop in much of the democratic party, it is now fashionable to say that america is racist. that is a lie. america is not a racist country. this is personalfor me. i am the proud daughter of indian immigrants. they came to america and settle ina they came to america and settle in a small southern town. my father wore a turban, my mother wore a salary. i was a brown girl ina wore a salary. i was a brown girl in a black and white world. face discrimination and hardship but my parents never gave into grievance and hate. my gave into grievance and hate. my mum built a successful business. my dad got 30 years ata business. my dad got 30 years at a historically black college and the people of south

carolina shows me as their first minority and first female governor. america is a story thatis governor. america is a story that is a work in progress. now isa time that is a work in progress. now is a time to build on that progress and make america even freer, fairer and better for everyone. that is why it is so tragic to see so much of the democratic party turning a blind eye towards riots and rage. the american people know we can do better and, of course, we value and respect every lack life. the black ops who have been shot in the line of duty, they matter. the black business owners who watch their lives go up in flames matter. black kids who are being gunned down in the playground, their lives matter as well and their lives matter as well and their lives are being ruined and stolen by the violence on our streets. it does not have to be like this. it was not like this in south carolina five years

ago. our state came face—to—face with evil. a white supremacist walked into mother emmanuel church during bible study. 12 african—america ns pulled up a chair and prayed with him for an hour. then he began to shoot. after that horrific tragedy, we did not turn against each other. we came together, black and white, democrat and republican, together we made the hard choices needed to heal and were peaceful and respectful. what happened then it should give us hope now. america is not perfect but the principles we hold dear are perfect. if there is one thing i have learnt is that, even on our worst day, we are blessed to live in america. it is time to keep that

blessing alive for the next generation. this president and this party are committed to that noble task. we seek a nation that rises to gather, not falls apart it anarchy and angen not falls apart it anarchy and anger. we know that the only way to overcome america's challenge is to embrace america's strengths. we are striving to reach a brighter future where every child goes toa future where every child goes to a world—class school chosen by their parents, where every family lives in a save community with a job, where we are able to achieve and inspire, where every believer can worship without fear and every life is protected. where every life is protected. where every girl and boy, every woman and man of every race and religion has the best shot at the best life. in this election, we must choose the only candidate who has and will continue delivering on that vision. president trump and

vice president pants have my support and america has our promise. —— pence. we will build on ourfuture and promise. —— pence. we will build on our future and that future starts when the american people re—elect president donald trump. thank you, good night and may god always bless america. the republican national convention, nikki haley, the former american ambassador to the un and former south carolina governor and daughter of indian immigrants. we go to the key state. she is a big playerfor the republicans, apart from anything else she is seen as a possible future leader? she's indeed. nikki haley is an absolutely fascinating character. one of the few

senior administrative people who has remained on good terms even as she left her post, of her goodwill. she was fired by tweed. she is seen as a potential leader and possibly a future vice president, possibly a presidential candidate in her own right. it is hard not to draw a parallel between her and comer harris. in that, she has been appearing at the republican party convention as the daughter of immigrants, as, in her words, a brown person, a brown child being brought up in america, the daughter of indian immigrants so she's talking from a very personal place. she has her own personal narrative. she is also defending donald trump is foreign—policy platform, defending his decision to bring the us embassy to jerusalem, defending

his decision to tear up the iran nuclear deal, both of which were very very controversial and remain controversial. so as well as being a woman, she would go or the republicans would hope would go some way to addressing some of the claims by the democrats and other critics that the trump administration is sexist, is not kind to women and also some of the allegations that it is sometimes racist or adopts racist attitudes. i think nikki haley, there is a good reason why she has appeared on the first night of the convention, are trying to canter some of the attacks that have beset the administration in the last four yea rs. administration in the last four years. how strong a card, how believable is it to try and ta ke believable is it to try and takejoe believable is it to try and take joe biden and believable is it to try and takejoe biden and kamala harris as a caricature of socialist? does joe harris as a caricature of socialist? doesjoe biden look like that? kamala harris? she

led the biggestjudicial system in the us in california, the second biggest, as attorney general? i do not think it is a question of how believable those allegations are that they have been hijacked by a socialist agenda. the point is, is that a claim that donald trump voters and independent waivers are going to be concerned about that they will then vote for donald trump. this socialism, as you very well know, is a bogeyman here in america, and the allegations that republicans are making that republicans are making thatjoe biden has been hijacked by the left wing of his party and that, if he becomes president, then he will not be representative of the democratic agenda. thank you very much and thank you to you for watching.

hello there. last week, storm ellen brought us some very wet and windy weather. this week, we have another named storm. this is storm francis, named by the met office. you can see this hook developing in the cloud structure, on the satellite picture. this shows an area of low pressure that is deepening rapidly. it will continue to deepen as it moves across our shores. an unusually deep low for the time of year, bringing some unusually strong winds. with that, some heavy rain. it's a combination that could well cause some disruption. so, that rain already setting in for many of us. it will continue to pile northwards through the day. it then slows down across parts of northern england, central and southern scotland, northern ireland. some rain feeding back into wales. so these areas could see some localised flooding. and then we have the winds, which will be strengthening through the day. during the afternoon, quite widely across england and wales, we will see gusts of 50 to 60mph, some exposed coasts and hills in the west could see gusts of 70mph. that could cause minor damage,