this is bbc news: i'm mike embley. the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a teenager is charged with murder, following the shooting dead of two people during unrest in the state of wisconsin. we have someone we have someone on we have someone on the other side who is coming from outside, apparently because he wa nted outside, apparently because he wanted to, we don't know his motives exact we, we don't know why he shot his people. president trump says he won't stand for looting and violence and pledges to send in the national guard. night three of the republican national convention will see the vice—president speak along with key trump advisor, kellyanne conway, who's leaving the white house. leave or face death — as hurricane laura approaches, people living in the us coastal regions of texas and louisiana,

are given a stark warning. the latest headlines from bbc hello. a 17—year—old boy has been news. police and the us state charged with murder, of wisconsin have charged a after two people were shot dead 17—year—old with the murder of in the us state of wisconsin two people. president trump has during the third consecutive night of unrest, sparked by the shooting of a said he will send federal officers to restore order. it black man by police. president trump has announced all began on sunday when police that additional federal forces shot and wounded an unarmed and the national guard will be sent to try to restore like man, jacob blake. on the law and order. third day of the rnc, the theme is land of heroes. speakers our north america correspondent aleem maqbool is in kenosha. some of you may find will include vice president mike pentz, his daughter—in—law his report disturbing. tensions on the street here la ra mike pentz, his daughter—in—law lara and matt to mexico announced this week she is leaving the white house. —— have increased dramatically. acta mac. people in louisiana at times, it's barely believable that these are scenes playing out in a small city in america's and texas have been warned to midwest. and there's a new

leave or face death as dimension to the chaos. hurricane laura brings an un— survivable storm surge. as well as the confrontation between protesters and security forces, the fireworks and the tear gas, there are now armed vigilantes claiming they're protecting property from getting damaged. gunfire. 0h, he shot him! gunfire. mobile phone footage appears to catch the moment someone with a rifle... he shot him, man. ..fires on protesters. he laid him out, he died. it later zooms in on someone lying motionless on the ground as others run to help. another distressing video appears to show a similar incident. again, a protester is gunned down. two people were killed and a third, seen here, was injured by gunshots. let's go! someone who appeared to be armed was later seen walking with his hands up towards police. straight ahead, come

on, straight ahead. a 17—year—old has now been charged with first—degree murder. get out of the road! but many here, including local officials, defend the vigilantes. for those who want to protect their livelihood, that is their right. it's something that every american is guaranteed. even if it could lead to the loss of life? obviously, i don't. .. any responsible gun owner, i think, myself included, i own firearms as well, none of us have the goal of taking a life. it's a reflection of the starkly polarised way in which different americans are viewing what's going on here. some see young people tired of police killings making their voice heard. others just see wanton destruction. protesting, peacefully protesting, yes, fine, go for it, peacefully protest. but don't burn down buildings, don't break windows and don't mess up other people's stuff. looting? burning?

unfortunately, it's part of it. how do you compare brick and mortar to life? but this did all start when 29—year—old jacob blake was shot in the back several times by police in front of his children. his family confirmed he's been paralysed from the waist down. they shot my son... ..seven times. seven times. like he didn't matter. but my son matters. ifjacob knew what was going on, as far as that goes, the violence and the destruction, he would be very unpleased. a mother's hopes of calm and of healing have as yet been farfrom realised, and there's no telling where this goes and how dangerous

things get now. aleem maqbool, bbc news, in kenosha, wisconsin. there wisconsin attorney general recently made a statement. the basic facts we can report at this time are these. on the evening of sunday, august 20 third, 2020, kenosha police department officers were dispatched to a residence in the 2800 40th st after a female caller reported her boyfriend was present and was not supposed to be on the premises. during the incident, officers attempted to arrest jacob s blake, aged 29. law enforcement deployed a taser to stop mr blake but it was not successful. mr blake walked around his vehicle, open the driver's side door leaned

forward. while holding onto mr blake's shirt, the officer fired his service weapon several times. the officer fired the weapon into mr —— into his back. the kenosha police department does not have body cameras and the officers we re body cameras and the officers were not wearing body cameras. the officer, police officer rusten sheskey has been with the kenosha police department for seven years. mr blake admitted he had a knife in his possession and dci agents, the division of criminal investigation, recovered a knife from the driver ‘s side floorboard of mr blake's vehicle. a search of the vehicle. a search of the vehicle located no additional weapons. law enforcement immediately provided medical aid to mr blake and flight for

life transported him to hospital in milwaukee. he remains at the hospital. the division of criminal investigation at the wisconsin department ofjustice is leading this investigation assisted by the fbi, wisconsin state patrol and the kenosha cou nty state patrol and the kenosha county sheriff ‘s office. law enforcement officers are fully cooperating during the investigation and the involved officers have been placed on administrative leave. it is day three of the republican national convention. let's get more from washington dc. you have seen seen a seen a lot of elections and polls. what are you making of this convention? there are two conventions going on at the moment, you've written. there is one convention that is

apathetic, compassionate, sympathetic, speaks in softer tones, trying to appeal to the swing vote when america. and then there is a second convention primarily with the trumpet kids and their significant others that is much more red meat, in yourface, and are trying to appeal to the trump loyalist and the question i have, which convention is the public going to remember after all this shouting is over?|i think the polls suggested americans are mostly concerned about the pandemic and the economy. very few people seemed to mention the pandemic and if they do, they suggest it's in they do, they suggest it's in the past and the economy is a p pa re ntly the past and the economy is apparently a success at the moment which doesn't look very accurate. i agree with that and i think you cannot tell people that happy days are here again on its 1932 in the middle of a depression. you can talk about the way things were back in march, the strongest economy america has had in 50 years and

you can remind them that the same policies that brought us there can bring us back again but don't expect people to believe the pandemic is solved, when individuals are still dying by the hundreds and don't ask people to believe the economy is strong when you have double digit unemployment. there are echoes this week of the civil rights era around 1968 when richard nixon of course did very well on the law and order ticket. how do you think voters hear it? there are a whole lot of people who are concerned about social justice, racial injustice, many others are scared, see it all as law and order. that's a very good question and my response is that law and order to the average american is police clubbing over protesters and that's not what they want, they wa nt that's not what they want, they want public safety, they want a safe streets, safe neighbourhoods, they want the rioting and looting to stop but they support the protesters. here is a remarkable statistic.

if the 9% of americans feel favourable towards black lives matter. the same percentage feel favourable to police across the country. they want the protests to continue, they just wanted peacefully. he was going to win in november? we've got trump's speech tomorrow, we got trump's speech tomorrow, we got three debates. joe biden clearly has the lead but it still much too close to call. joe biden is the favourite right now. i'm sure we will speak to you again, thank you for speaking to us. with the election season in full swing, increasing concern among many black americans, many who voted democrat that their right to vote is increasingly being impeded.

mothers of the movement, whose children have died and another campaign are trying to encourage more election funding. designer tina knowles wilson is leading the charge. we can speak to her from los angeles. not least of all, you are the mother of beyonce and solange. your family is concerned about social justice. it's being made more difficult to vote and that seems to be a concerted effort. yes, absolutely. voter suppression is alive and well in america right now and the polling places in the last primary elections were, it was frightening because in one particular place, they had one polling place for 6000 registered voters. it was

really just amazing that they could do that and this is happening all over the country. and it's a time of covid and people shouldn't have to pick whether they are going to be healthy or do their civic duty and vote so we healthy or do their civic duty and vote so we were healthy or do their civic duty and vote so we were trying to get this bill passed where $3 billion will be allocated, so they will be masks and safety measures, at its staff and we can assure that all the polling places will be open. some people were in line for five or six hours and they tried to close the one polling place early. there is all types of things going on, with the mail system costing money for all of this. and the funds have not been allocated for that. we're

about fuel places to vote, your voting staff. restrictions on mail in voting and absentee voting and demands for voter id. which many black voters don't have. republicans president trump in particular is to help combat fraud. well, we know that is not the truth. at that the mail in system has been safe and in some states, thatis been safe and in some states, that is the only way they can vote but now all of a sudden, it's an unsafe situation. only in florida is it safe to do that so it's just a lot of trickery going on and we haven't been prepared for that and we have to have a plan in place to vote so you have to have your id, with everything matching what you put on your application, to register to vote, because if there is any difference, they just vote, because if there is any difference, theyjust need picking and trying to find any reason not to let the votes count. in a nutshell, what are

you and your dose daughters and family doing about it?|j you and your dose daughters and family doing about it? i am working with the leadership conference on civil and human rights and i'm doing a show every week, i'm doing everything i can and my daughters are involved with posting and just trying to get people out to vote and understand that not to vote is a vote for the wrong side as far as a vote for the wrong side as faras i'm a vote for the wrong side as far as i'm concerned. they are trying to encourage young people to really get out and vote. and ask the questions they need to ask and hold everybody accountable for what they promise, the democratic party, to hold them to the fire and hold them accountable but get out and vote no matter what you do, it's so important right now. thank you for talking to us.

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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 welcome back, good to have you with us. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: a teenager is charged with murder, following the shooting dead of two people during unrest in the state of wisconsin. night three of the republican national convention, will see the vice president speak — along with key trump advisor, kellyanne conway — who's announced she's leaving the white house. people living in the us coastal regions of texas and louisiana have been warned to leave or face death, as hurricane laura approaches. it's forecast to cause a catastrophic storm sturge, which officials have described as "unsurvivable". the hurricane is due to make landfall in the coming hours. larry madowo has this report. people from south—east texas to south—west louisiana are boarding up their

houses and hoping they survive whatever‘s coming their way. thousands of residents scrambling to evacuate in a race against time before laura makes landfall. once it gets past a category two with the surge issues, there's no way i'm going to take that chance. you know, we'lljust grab our dogs and our family and go. the national hurricane center now using the strongest terms possible in its warnings. it predicts an "extremely dangerous" category four hurricane, "unsurvivable" storm surge, large and destructive waves and water levels 10—15 feet above ground level. the storm surge could go as far as 30 miles inland from the coast. this region hasn't seen a hurricane this dangerous since rita in 2005. laura's shaping up to look a lot like rita did 15 years ago in terms of its forecasted intensity and the forecasted spot where it will make landfall in south—west louisiana.

and again, we don't say that to scare anybody, but that point of reference sometimes helps in order to make sure people understand the seriousness of the situation. boston! is that you? galveston beach in texas among areas getting cleared out. it is beautiful most times of the year, but hurricane season worries even lifelong residents. the north—west gulf coast has handled many disasters like this, but evacuation and temporary accommodation has been complicated by the coronavirus outbreak that has hit the american south hard. covid—19 is going to be in texas throughout the course of the hurricane. as a result, everyone must ensure that they protect their lives also from contracting covid—19. as hurricane laura drives people out of their homes, authorities have to figure out how to shelter them from a deadly storm and a deadly virus. larry madowo, bbc news, dallas.

in new zealand, the final day ofa in new zealand, the final day of a sentencing hearing has begun for the man who opened fire on two mosques last year and killed more than 50 people. brenton tarrant has already pleaded guilty to charges of terrorism and murder. he faces the possibility of life in prison, possibly without parole. it has never been imposed before in new zealand. it has been an emotionally charged three days in court in christchurch. brenton tarrant, the killer responsible for the massacre in two mosques in christchurch in march 2015, sat in the dock as dozens of survivors and bereaved family spoke to the court and to him directly in their impact statements. many of them did not hold back. they looked into his direction and called him a coward, a monster, a failed terrorist. many mothers and fathers asked him, what right he had to kill their children? many of them that looked at the terrorist and told him that

despite your attacks, you have failed to terrorise us. that we are united, not just failed to terrorise us. that we are united, notjust within new zealand or christchurch but also the support that they received from the rest of the world. thejudge has heard that for three days, he has the power to give brenton tarrant a life term with no parole which is what many of the victims's relatives and survivors have asked for. many families are saying they hope this will bring the justice and the closure that they have been waiting for but of course, many say that the memories and the trauma of that day to live with them for a very long time. did 17 dolphins die in mauritius of the recent oil spill? days after the japanese ship was deliberately sunk, their bodies washed up on the coastline of the small african island. paul hawkins has the story. one mission called it a

nightmare. 17 third dolphins washed up on the coast of mauritius. others were alive but only just. some mauritius. others were alive but onlyjust. some had difficulty breathing. an investigation is under way but fingers are already being pointed at the recent oil spill or the japanese owned ship it came from, the power of which was taken out to sea and deliberately sunk last week. we we re deliberately sunk last week. we were working on an informed hypothesis that it is over the actual fuel that had leaked as actual fuel that had leaked as a result of the accident but also the heavy metals that are contained within the ship when it was sunk and when it broke apart. so obviously, there were fragments of metal but there was also quite heavy bits of material that also went into the ocean. so we believe that there will be a link between not only the ship itself but

the fuel and the substances from the fuel affecting the body of the animals. but the emotion government says initials tests showed there was no link between the oil spill and the dolphin's deaths. it is pointed to sharp bites but serves further tests are needed. but if the ship the oil is to blame, more marine life could be harmed. the mammals that are there, yes thousands dead but they are not the only ones. should it be that there are unfolding consequences, we foresee that there will be more other animals that will suffer the same fate. it is over a month since the ship ran aground, spilling 1200 tons of oil, damaging the biodiversity here and also impacting on tourism which makes up 14% of the emotion economy. historically, this may not have been a big oil spill at its aftermath will be felt for a long time to come. paul hawkins, bbc news.

in many countries, there is a debate as to whether or not it is safer to wear masks in school classrooms, to open schools of masks have to be worn. our science editor took a look at the evidence. the advice and must keep shifting because the advice keeps shifting. although there is no advice in schools because, from the world health organization it does now say... and that... recommendations that were developed with the children's charity unisa. if it can prevent charity unisa. if it can p reve nt eve n charity unisa. if it can prevent even on additional infection and there is no negative impact on those children who are wearing the mask then it seems like a sensible and necessary step. the effectiveness of different

masks was investigated by the university of edinburgh. they're never going to provide a guarantee against infection but in some situations, they do seem but in some situations, they do seem to make a difference stop so, what does the evidence show about—face coverings? well, we know that if someone is infected, maybe without realising, they can pass the virus to anyone nearby, especially if they are somewhere indoors, crowded and with no fresh air. but if that person covers their face, the mask should trap most of the droplets that they would otherwise release, giving some protection to the people around them. and if those people also wear a mask, but should provide a bit ofa wear a mask, but should provide a bit of a barrier against infection. so, if masks are to be worn in crowded school corridors, why not classrooms as well? when government advisor speaking personally thinks that may eventually come. but he says it's adults, not children, that should be the focus. children are not the problem here. it's actually

households, multigenerational households, multigenerational households and behaviour in the pubs and clubs and restaurants and in workplaces and food processing plants. so the focus on children risks stigmatising them when, actually, everyone group that's really suffered. so what are other countries doing? in parts of germany, masks in the classrooms are now normal. the nuts on top of being careful about hand hygiene. in france, there is a national rule about masks in schools for anyone aged 11 or older. but seen as an extra measure as infections arise. most extreme is thailand where this hospital, newborn babies have their faces covered. whatever the sign says, people are deciding themselves how to try to stay safe. david should win, bbc news. more on that, more and all of the international and national news any time for you on the bbc

news website and on our twitter feeds. thank you for watching. hello. so, wednesday was a pretty decent day for many parts, but that was wednesday. and now thursday has a different look to it because low pressure is increasingly dominant. after a bright enough start in the east, the cloud piles in from the atlantic. and before too long, i think it will be thick enough for some rain to get in through the north of wales, the north of england, into central and southern scotland, through northern ireland, too, in places. and later in the day, will bring some really quite heavy showers and some longer spells of rain through wales and the south—west of england on a day where we might make 20 in the drier spots in east east anglia. i say drier until later in the day when you,

too, mayjust pick up on some heavy bursts of rain there. and all the while, the rain just fizzles away across the heart of scotland. now, having brought that area of low pressure in on thursday, it's still around on friday, and the isoba rs quite tightly packed on its western flank. so, it's a spell of pretty wet and windy weather. less so perhaps again for the far north of scotland, northern ireland drier, too. but the rain in the north of england quite persistent, the showers in the south really quite heavy, quite a lot of them and they may have a rumble of thunder about them. and again, really disappointing temperatures for the time of year. and surprisingly, as i talk about the weekend, i'm talking about quite a lot of dry weather. it will be on the cool side both by day and by night, and the winds will eventually ease. what winds, you say? well, the low pressure's not a million miles away and the high pressure's trying to build in,

so the squeeze comes on, the isobars pack together and they‘ re coming from a cool direction. the wind running along them from north to south, never a warm direction, even at this time of year. and you've got the overhang of cloud 00:28:10,929 --> 2147483051:50:50,179 to contend with 2147483051:50:50,179 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 through east anglia