this is bbc news. the headlines: a white supremacist in new zealand who shot down — instead 51 with them worshippers is sent to life imprisonment without parole. national guards are deployed in the state of wisconsin following violence, sparked by the police shooting ofa sparked by the police shooting of a black man. us sports stars including nba players announce a boycott in protest of the shooting of jacob blake. a boycott in protest of the shooting ofjacob blake. us vice president mike pence tells the republican party convention that four more years of president trump is the only way, in his words, to keep america great. the choice is

clear, to bring america all the way back, we need four more yea rs of way back, we need four more years of president donald trump in the white house! hello and thank you forjoining us. hello and thank you forjoining us. brenton tarrant is devoid of empathy for his victims, he is neither contrite nor ashamed. his actions were inhuman. that is the assessment of thejudge who inhuman. that is the assessment of the judge who sentenced tarrant in of the judge who sentenced tarra nt in life of the judge who sentenced tarrant in life in prison without parole for the murder of 51 muslim worshippers in christchurch last year. they we re christchurch last year. they were killed in an attack on two mosques and it's the first time the sentence has ever been handed down in the country. our correspondence has just sent this report. for three days, brenton

tarrant, the for three days, brenton tarra nt, the killer for three days, brenton tarrant, the killer responsible for the massacre in two mosques, sat on the dock as dozens mosques, sat on the dock as d oze ns of mosques, sat on the dock as dozens of survivors and bereaved family spoke to him directly with a mix of anger and grief. i would never have imagined that the country in which my parents immigrated to for safety a nd which my parents immigrated to for safety and for a successful future for their children would result in this. this did not have to happen. while you are in prison, you will come to reality that you are now in hell. and only the fire awaits you. today, thejudge hell. and only the fire awaits you. today, the judge spent more than one hour reminding brenton tarrant of each person he killed and injured and the agony the families animals in community now face. then, he handed down the sentence. on each of the 51 charges of

murder, charges 1—51, you are sentenced to life in prison. i order that you serve the sentences without parole. brenton tarrant is now the first man in new zealand to be given a full lifetime without parole. he had told police he wa nted parole. he had told police he wanted to burn the mosques after the attack and that the mass shooting in which he killed 51 people including a three—year—old boy was meant to instill fear and division but almost everyone who spoke in court told him he had failed. the sentencing and is one of the highest profile cases in new zealand but march 15, 2019 will go down as a dark day in the countries history, the trauma and the tragic loss will stay with their families long after. we will speak to our reporter ina we will speak to our reporter in a moment but before that, the prime ministerjacinda ardern was speaking and she said that the gunman deserved a lifetime of complete and utter

silence below the strength of oui’ silence below the strength of our muslim community. who said words in court over the past few days, you relived the horrific events of march 15 to chronicle what happened that day and the pain it has left behind. nothing will take the pain away but i hope you felt the arms of new zealand around you through the whole process andi you through the whole process and i hope you continue to feel that all the days that follow. the trauma of much 15 is not easily healed but today i hope that i hope is the last where we have any cause to here or utter the name of the terrorist behind it —— march 15. his deserved to be a lifetime of com plete deserved to be a lifetime of complete and utter silence. jacinda ardern there, let us speak to the reporter now. that

isa damning speak to the reporter now. that is a damning view from the prime minister, three days of extremely emotional hearing as well, i presume that for all the pain at least there is some satisfaction that this is as tough as it could have been as a sentencing? that is right and all through the three days, most of the people who were reading their impact statements, some through their tea rs statements, some through their tears with a mix of grief and angen tears with a mix of grief and anger, sometimes directing that directly at brenton tarrant himself, many of those he spoke after thejudge for himself, many of those he spoke after the judge for exactly that punishment, for life without parole. many asked him to have brenton tarrant spend the rest of his life in jail. i remember one of them, on the second day of the judge, she never latent brenton tarrant ever see the sun again. —— to never let. this is a sentence they had hoped for, had asked for and it does bring some sort of closure but as we heard from jacinda ardern, the pain, the

trauma, that is still there are many have spoken about the psychological effect all of this has had on them, the survivors, the families of the bereaved and they have said thatis bereaved and they have said that is going to stay with them for yea rs that is going to stay with them for years to come but was really interesting in the sentencing today as well, david is the fact that the sentence itself did not take a lot of time but thejudge itself did not take a lot of time but the judge took almost an houri time but the judge took almost an hour i would say, specifically, specifically listing every single person brenton tarrant has killed and wounded by name, giving details of their lives, of their achievement, referring to them as athletes and engineers and young people who were loved by theirfamilies, each young people who were loved by their families, each and young people who were loved by theirfamilies, each and every one of them had a story about their lives and also pointing out the agony that the families are feeling right now and told the killer that despite the resilience of the muslim community, the damage and trauma cannot be ignored and

this is really what they have to live with right now. the sentencing puts an end to this highest profile cases in new zealand but that pain will remain for many, many years to come for the families. is a puts an end to it but jacinda ardern, if i understood correctly, said that we should never speak the man's name, wiping from memories. that is a difficult message to sell in many ways for people who will hang their loved ones and what happened and know that this is a defining moment in all their lives of course? look, i think that was really the balance that was really the balance that many of the survivors and family members were trying to walk in those impact statements if you will, on the one hand, there was speaking to the judge they were speaking to the killer himself, telling him how the events and attacks on march 15, 2019, shatter their lives in every way, physically, mentally, emotionally, how it

is difficult for them to move on. on the flipside of that, they also wanted to tell the man who killed their family members that he had failed in terrorising them. many of them said this was an act of hate, it was a hate — act of terror but they told him he failed, pointing out that even though it's hard for them to move on with their lives they are aware of the support they have been getting, not just from of the support they have been getting, notjust from the community in new zealand but from around the world but absolutely you are right. what he has done to those lies will be very very difficult to forget and even though many would not speak his name, his actions have affected so many people ‘s lives so long. shaimaa khalil, thank you very much indeed. 200 federal agents have been sent to the city of kenosha following three nights of unrest sparked by the police shooting of a black suspect, jacob blake, last sunday, shot in the back and injured as he openly car door.

a curfew is in effect for the fourth night in a row. on wednesday night, two people we re wednesday night, two people were shot dead in the midst of those protests, a 17—year—old has been charged with the killing. the attorney of wisconsin has been giving more details about the circumstances surrounding the death of jacob blake. during the incident, office rs blake. during the incident, officers attempted to arrest jacob blake, aged 29, law enforcement deployed a taser to attempt to stop jacob blake but the taser was not successful in stopping him. jacob blake walked around his vehicle, opened the driver '5 side door and leaned forward. the holding onto jacob blake '5 shirt, the officer fired his service weapon seven times. the office rs weapon seven times. the officers fired the weapon in to the back ofjacob blake. no other officer fired their weapon. the police department does not have body cameras and

therefore the officers were not wearing body cameras. the repercussions will inevitably go on but hitting other areas of life as well. sports events have been hit by a number of boycotts announced by players, protesting the shooting of jacob blake. by players, protesting the shooting ofjacob blake. naomi osaka has pulled out of her semifinal match in the tournament in new york, three nba play—off games, to major league baseball games, three wnba fixtures along with five major league soccer games have all been postponed in response to the shooting. more of that in our sports section later in the bulletin as well. it is day three of the republican conventon and have come to an end with vice president mike pence using his speech to focus on the economy but also on the dangers of electing joe biden as the argued for the re—election of donald trump. the president former adviser kellyanne conway

has praised donald trump for promoting women and says his consent — a success has confounded critics. the man who could one day replaced donald trump's doctor party lines. the violence must not, whether india ambled up allows, or wisconsin, too many people have died defending freedom to see others struck each other, we will have law and order on the streets of this country for every emre can of every race and creed and colour! —— of every american. —— indianapolis and wisconsin. also prays for the police. president trump and i know that

the men and women who put on the men and women who put on the uniform of law enforcement are the best of us. but no mention of police brutality. the american people know we do not have to choose between supporting law enforcement and standing with our african—american neighbours. to improve the quality of their lives. education. jobs. and safety. from the first days of this administration we have done both. it all started at a tea party... with polls showing that african americans and women are more likely to vote for donna —— joe women are more likely to vote for donna ——joe biden then donald trump at the moment, there is a significant number of speakers, including his wife, speaking at the anniversary of the 19th amendment when women were given the right to vote. because of heroes like ccb anthony and

stone, women today like our daughters, audrey and charlotte, and future generations will have their voices heard and their votes count good evening. i'm kellyanne conway. there was also the outgoing top adviser, pressing his support for her. for decades he has elevated women in senior positions in business and government. he confides in and consult of, respect the opinions and insist that we are on equal footing with the men. let the spirit of heroism.... the with the men. let the spirit of heroism. . .. the theme of the evening with land of heroes. eight years ago, in afghanistan, close teammates held fire so that i could walk, blind and body, to medevac helicopters and survive. but as events in wisconsin show, the definition of hero depends on your viewpoint. if there is one

convention that is empathetic, compassionate, sympathetic, specs and softer tones, that is a time to appeal to the swing voter in america and then there is the second dimension, primarily with the trumpet kids and their significant others thatis and their significant others that is much more red meat, in your face that is much more red meat, in yourface and that is much more red meat, in your face and they are trying to appeal to the trump loyalists and the question i still have as a polestar, which convention is the public going to remember? after all the shouting is over? the final night will see president trump make his keynote speech. stay with us because in a moment i will speak to a former republican communications director on capitol hill about the speech of mike pence, coming up in a moment. stay with us. coming up also in the programme, hurricane laura, it is approaching texas and louisiana and emergency services say it will cause an

un— survivable storm surge. we will have the very latest. he's the first african american to win the presidential nomination of a major party, and he accepts exactly 45 years ago to the day that martin luther king declared, "i have a dream." as darkness falls tonight, an unfamiliar light will appear in the south—eastern sky — an orange glowing disc that's brighter than anything save the moon — our neighbouring planet mars. horn toots there is no doubt that this election is an important milestone in the birth of east timor as the world's newest nation. cheering it will take months and billions of dollars to re pair what katrina achieved injust hours. three weeks is the longest 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

you're with bbc news. i am david eaves. amen headlines this hour: a weight supremacist in new zealand who shot dead 51 was in worship as last year as sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. national guard deployed in the us state of wisconsin following violence barred by the police shooting ofa barred by the police shooting of a black man last sunday. now, i'm survivable, the official description of hurricane laura as it moves towards united states —— unsurvivable, winds exceeding 240 kilometres an hour. we have

the deputy director of the national hurricane centre in miami and hejoins us now. edward, thank you your time. give us the latest on hurricane laura's progress? yes, at this hour the centre is located 50 miles offshore, and that distance, more than that distance, more than that distance from the location of la ke distance from the location of lake charles, louisiana, just on the ease of the border with texas and port arthur, texas, after the west. if we can zoom ina after the west. if we can zoom in a little bit we will take a look at the satellite animation on radar. what we are seeing is the strongest part of the hurricane, what is called the eye wall rate around the eye, we expect that to come ashore within the next hour or so and the eye itself in two hours. 150 miles an hour winds, that andy storm surge, the debt is

pa rroted andy storm surge, the debt is parroted in a hurricane, will be coming on shore in an hour or so “— be coming on shore in an hour orso —— and be coming on shore in an hour or so —— and the storm surge, the deadliest hazard in a hurricane, will be coming on shore in an hour or so. and when officials use phrases like unsurvivable, how do you react to that kind of language? that is apocalyptic. some of that terminology comes from us. and i want to show you this graphic, this is the upper texas coast of the border with louisiana and the long louisiana and the long louisiana coast along the gulf of mexico. these numbers if they are visible to you, so the height of the storm surge expected in these areas, and at maximum, we are talking about a 15-20 maximum, we are talking about a 15—20 foot dorm surge, not the water going in 20 feet, at the shoreline, 20 feet deep with battering waves on top. and it's because of that with the extreme power of water that we think we are going to see and

unsurvivable situation along portions of the coast of louisiana and perhaps the upper texas coast. briefly, it is another one of those almost one ina another one of those almost one in a generation hit, isn't it? right. the last comparable hurricane was back in the 19505, hurricane was back in the 1950s, and even back then we had great loss of life with a smaller population at that point. we hope the warnings that had been put out in the approved forecast and messaging that has gone forward has allowed people to evacuate as necessary and prepare their homes. thank you, ed, from the national hurricane centre joining us there. now, i want to get back to the republican national convention in the united dates, day three, it is the day for vice president mike pence to humbly accept the nomination as vice president and teaming up with donald trump again, he has done that already and we have heard his edge. joining us from

washington is sara, a fellow at the harvard kennedy school of politics and former communications director at capital hill. thank you for joining us. it was very interesting, someone was talking about the way in which these species in the convention have divided up between these sorts of redmeat deliverers, if you like, to pump out a very strong message, and the softer cell, which melania trump might come into, mike pence was redmeat and he really tore into joe biden. thank you for having me. yes. that has been mike pence's role, he has been an attack dog for the president. he has been fiercely loyal, and i would have expected nothing less from him. what was interesting about his speech and frustrating for me was it wasn't grounded in reality. the picture of the country that mike pence was painting does not reflect what is actually

happening under donald trump. he conveniently left out the fa ct he conveniently left out the fact 180,000 americans are dead, and they didn't have to be. a lot of it was because of donald trump's failed leadership in addressing the covid process of being honest about handling the pandemic properly. so there was no mention of that. to be fair, he did talk about it and he did recognise there have been a large number of people affected. he did also say we're going to have a vaccine, we're going to have a vaccine, we're going to have a vaccine, we're going to be the world and having a vaccine by the end of the year. yeah, he wasn't honest about that. the fact they are rushing a vaccine through years disingenuous —— is disingenuous because it usually takes years to get vaccines properly through, and the president has politicised the president has politicised the fda and cdc here in america against the medical experts who have warned against pushing through a vaccine too soon or

cutting back on testing. i mean, it has been a political mass here. is to paint a picture of of something other than reality. and the idea we need to protect our heritage, whatever that means, it was incredibly tone—deaf given what is happening on the ground here with racial divisions and injustice and protests happening here in the us. there is no acknowledgement of that. and you know, it'sjust frustrating to hear this, because the reality is that the economy is wrecked, the country is under donald trump's watch and is not doing as well as mike pence is trying to make it seem. i hear your frustration, i understand your frustration. there is a reality here, though, and it comes back to whether you are a red meat or a soft peddler. this is designed to stirup soft peddler. this is designed to stir up the need for support and get the trumpet voter is out, no question, no matter what, no holds barred and he is doing a good job on that point?

well, he's talking to people, he's not expanding his base. the people who are already with emi with him. that 35- 40% the people who are already with emi with him. that 35— 40% who are rabid trumpet supporters are rabid trumpet supporters are not going anywhere, it doesn't matter what he says or does. the people in the middle, the swing states in wisconsin, pennsylvania, michigan, arizona, florida, those other people who they need to talk to. i don't see how this message is going to get through to them when they see the reality is on the ground. tonight was my presentation was much more toned down than in the past and much more in line with traditional conventions. whether that sticks to the constituencies that they need to come to their side remains to come to their side remains to be seen. very briefly, i have been told to stop already, you are a former republican communications director. this is not your sort of republican? absolutely not. it's not orthodox republicanism at all, there are a lot of things that have been added on is about, and the republican party will

destroy itself if it continues down the path of donald trump. tara, thank you forjoining me in keeping that brief. very good to speak to you. thank you and good night. it's going to bea and good night. it's going to be a good morning, actually, but as always, we will have more on mike pence's speech of the national republican convention. it's on the website, bbc.com/news was that website, bbc.com/news was that we have all of the analysis you could ask for. and also the bbc news application, you download it once and have it forever. and with that, let's go to the sports centre. though, i'm just imparted with thursday's export briefing. we will start in the nba, where all three of wednesday's both games were postponed after the milwaukee bucks didn't play their game against the orlando magic in protest of the shooting of jacob blake, magic in protest of the shooting ofjacob blake, and unknown black man who was shot by police in wisconsin on sunday. george hill, bucks' guards that they were tired of

the killings and injustice, senior vice president alex lazaridis tweeted some things are bigger than basketball. sidney boren is a sports journalist at the washington post. they were scheduled to play the magic and both teams said no, we're not going to play. and suddenly that spread to all of the other teams in the nba and the play—off games that were scheduled to go on tonight stopped it raises the larger question, where do they go from here? no, it seems to me that it is inconceivable that the whole season could be in jeopardy. sport that the whole season could be injeopardy. sport and politics a lwa ys injeopardy. sport and politics always mix somewhere down the line. thousands of people have watched a spectacular light show to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the shands and special economic zone —— schengen zone —— shenzhen

economic zone. over 800 drones we re economic zone. over 800 drones were used to perform stunts along the light show. this zone was set up back in 1980, it was the first in china, and you can sit in all its glory. stay with us! hello, so, wednesday was a pretty decent day from 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 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 isobars 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 to contend with through east anglia and the south—east with a wee bit of rain for the first part of the day. and that's the gustiness and the nature of the wind

from the north, so you can imagine it's not going to be the warmest of the day despite the fact that many areas will be dry and really quite bright. but look at that, a max of only 18. that's below par for sure. and having reached those lofty heights, it'll be quite a cool night because the high pressure topples in, the skies begin to clear, the winds fall lighter and we end up with temperatures well down into single figures well across the country. and then sunday is a really decent day if you want to get out and about because there's a lot of dry weather. there won't be much in the way a breeze, so you'll feel every bit of that 16, 17 or 18.

thanks this is bbc news. the business headlines: central bankers meet for the jackson hole imposed him to listen to the fed chiefjerome powell but it is virtual this year. a tough nut to crack, especially when the harvest is big but demand is down, how will not farmers cope amidst the huge fall in orders from airlines, bars and hotels? as millions return to work across europe, what will happen to prime office space and the businesses relying on them?

this is a big day for central bankers as the chairman of the us federal reserve, the governor of the bank of england and the chief economist at the european central bank, feels like we are lining up for a joke! we are not but they were set out strategies for respective economies post pandemic at the jackson hole economic policy symposium, kicking off today. the bankers usually meet up in the town in wyoming for a lot of networking and some fishing but very different this year, most global economies have been ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic and while all eyes will be on the key speakers, it will be on the key speakers, it will be on the key speakers, it will be held virtually and live streams globally. the us federal reserve bosch, jerome powell be watched by investors, looking for his prognosis on the us economy in the longer term and whether more support

will be needed to be given by the central bank. joining me now from new york is a senior wealth advisor and courtney, thank you forjoining us. how important is this moment, do you think? all eyes are really going to be on this meeting and what's interesting is the fed has come out and not really waited for these meetings, they have come out and made some rate cuts and changes, not normally scheduled meetings and willing to come out and do whatever it is needed to step in and help the economy, so, yes, we have a big meeting right now. they've already thrown out a lot of tools but the big question is what will they be looking out for their inflation targets for the future and there is consensus that their idea will be that inflation will be higher than the 2% target and they are ok with that going forward and markets will have an ion that. what impact will that have and

doesn't depend on the language thatjerome powell will use when he talks about it? very much so that having inflation kicking is not necessarily a bad thing for markets and the economy and if it is too low for too long it's showing that we're not getting enough in the economy and in japan, we're not getting enough in the economy and injapan, is a good example, whether have really low growth and low inflation. that's exactly what we are trying to avoid here. i agree it will be hard to see how to explain that and see how markets react but i don't think that they bad thing. you mentioned that whatever it ta kes mentioned that whatever it takes as many attitude, for good reason. would you expect a greater degree of perhaps divergences around now between what the fed may think is the best move, what the european central bank, the governor of the bank of england as well, is a quite likely to be such a co—ordinated uniform approach going forward? we did just see

germany coming out and they will increase their stimulus going forward so i think we may see central banks across the world willing to step in and do everything they need. i would not be surprised if we continue to see that going forward. right. particularly when we look at the potential at the moment, we have had a summer full of spikes left right and centre, the us is doing the same. how well—prepared are any of these economies for a second shutdown? yeah, i'm in the good news is we have learned a lot from that and we shown that companies are more resilient than people had anticipated and they have been able to cut costs a nd they have been able to cut costs and come in mina and efficient going through that and at this point everyone is expecting a second wave, just come in lena and i think they are going into this having learned how to get through in the first place and i think thatis the first place and i think that is a positive thing going forward. they have come in

leaner. turning to tensions between the us and china and trump has announced further sanctions on chinese firms, 24 added to a government list banning them from buying products shipped from buying products shipped from america, the first time that washington cited the territorial dispute in the south china sea as the reason for that. we turn to the asian business harbour and following, any details? breaking newsjust coming in that according to the financial times, the boss of tiktok has just financial times, the boss of tiktok hasjust quit, financial times, the boss of tiktok has just quit, they have been under pressure from the us administration and washington has set a deadline in mid—septemberfor the has set a deadline in mid—september for the us operation to be sold to a us company or else the app was going to be banned. so he has quit the company just going to be banned. so he has quit the companyjust months after becoming the chief executive of the company, kevin meier, and the fd has seen the

letter that he has sent to his employees and many analysts are saying that he has been in a tricky position because he will have to not upset his chinese owners but at the same time he needed to make sure the company does 0k in the united states as well, so his resignation coming in as breaking news. he talked about this latest function from washington and it is the latest us move to punish chinese companies ahead of the presidential elections and as you said it's interesting they started the south china sea issue because in the past it was about national security concerns as well as the issues, but this time before companies are accused of helping the chinese military construct and militarise the internationally condemned artificial islands and the state department has also imposed a visa restriction on chinese individuals as well.

speaking of us—china tensions, hsbc has also been caught up in this again so the us secretary of mike pompeo has accused the british bank of helping the chinese government to clamp down on hong kong and he said that hsbc stopping executives of media giant from accessing their credit card. the coronavirus pandemic has meant that working from home has very much become the norm and the overall restrictions are being eased, children getting back to school and the government in the uk wants more people to get back to their places of work. will they or has the open plan office had its day? our business editor simonjack has. rush hour, birmingham new street, this is working on commuting in the time of coronavirus, the normalflood of normal office workers into

the city centre nowjust a trickle. in the heart of the business district in birmingham, financial services giant pwc has a brand—new office, home to 2000 on paper, just 150 in today and managers say although many will continue to work from home, the office is still important. we have collea g u es is still important. we have colleagues who may be working on the end of their beds or in the kitchen, that is not sustainable or healthy for the long—term and as employers we invest a huge amount in creating the right environment, eating, technology to make sure the workplace is where people can be their most productive. right next door, annually finished development has seen some tenants continue to sign leases but the developers who built it and admit that others are reviewing their needs so is this the of the end for office? no, it is a nonsense. it will be interesting to see some of those that have headlined out, saying we may never have an

office. i will be challenging them in 12—18 months whether that was the right decision or a reaction to what is going on now. he you have it, 20,000 square feet of virgin brand—new office space and the tenant assures me that the company does not regret signing a very long lease on the building. does this space feel like a relic from a pre— covid—19 error? plenty of evidence that workers want to spend less time in an companies want to spend less time on the office. smaller, older office spaces are not as flexible. this pr agency has a team of seven... social distancing is a challenge. they are enjoying working from home so she is ditching the office completely. i personally don't want to force the team back onto public transport and into environment they are not comfortable with yet, not having walls around us, i don't think will change the dynamic. there are ways i

can invest more in the people because that's spend in small business is not on bricks and mortar. few office workers mean fewer customers like this business, he picked her side earlier this year deliberately to catch committed trade. it has been devastating, office workers are critical for the business and we are hoping and waiting that september may be better and if not, we will really have to look at the business. the urban economy is a delicate ecosystem, relying on the lifeblood of workers into city centres. for now, and the foreseeable future, it is living on scraps. simonjack, bbc news, birmingham. the lockdown has stopped tourism, hospitality and repercussions coming without. supply industry is a benefit, including those that provide snacks, nut prices for example have plunged since the pandemic and lockdown measures halting orders from big buyers like

airlines, hotels, pubs and bars, what will they do with the customers? a food retail consultancy says its benchmark prices for cashews and armaments have been falling since the start of the year with cashews thinking to the lowest level today. a went now with a pricing analyst with a few commodity data company. aidan, thank you forjoining us. he mentioned that prices for cashews and almonds are falling from the start of the year but presumably is it falling off the cliff is a pandemic issue, is that?” think so, yes, as you mentioned, the benchmark prices are ata mentioned, the benchmark prices are at a decade low since 2011 and cashews, purely pandemic driven. a real hit to demand, logistical issues to some of the countries experiencing lockdown. almonds, a mixture, drop in demand and the us, on

the horizon and these factors are played in. a big crop and falling demand, what does that differ prices? and who benefits and who loses? are we going to see cheaper prices as a result of this? is hard to tell how it will feed through to the consumer about what we have seen at least from us, an independent entity, by the been taking advantage of the low prices and we have seen increased cover for later in the season. we have heard on cashews on armaments we are seeing it feeding through in some sticks coming through from the arm and board of california, representing the biggest growing region in the world, 25% of the crop recommended at this point, significantly higher than previous years. i imagine the gradual move to reopening of hospitality and hotels and tourism, is that going to save

the day? i think what we are seeing is anything that was moving through from the service and grab and go is getting a hit but there is a slight pickup and as things reopen the demand will pick up again. as i say, we're talking about a perfect storm, if you get a big harvest at a time he cannot sell the stuff, it is a was going to be a problem and on top of that, us nut sales to china, they had been hit in the midst of the us—china tensions and it could hardly be a worse scenario this year? yeah, definitely questions especially with the crop size and where it will go. what we have seen since the tariffs came in on us nuts during the trade spat between us and china we have seen a remounting of global trade and china is taking more from places like australia, and the us is sending more to places like europe. aidan,

thank you very much, the damage of the pandemic gets everywhere. other news from around the world, taking a close look at oil prices and in the us hurricane laura is set to hit near the texas louisiana border any time now and has been upgraded to a category—4 storm and on path to an area comprising a big part of oil producing and petroleum refinery. major gas and oil companies have evacuated employees. facebook has hit out at apple over consent to collect unique data. remove that facebook says will lead to a 50% drop in its advertising business. thousands of developers use facebook to put ads out to users. chinese telecoms giant kawai has lost a lawsuit over technology licensing in the usa and the

court ruled that the english court ruled that the english court has the power to require that smart phone makers to take out a global patent license rather than a local one — huawei. it's being hailed as one of the most significant property intellectual rulings in recent years. do not go away because in a moment, this cycling boom in the wake of the pandemic, is it all about avoiding public transport? we will find out. now, some of the stories making news here in the uk for you. people on low incomes who are asked to self—isolate because of the coronavirus are to receive payments from the government, they will be worth a maximum of £182 and available in areas with high transmission rates like parts of greater manchester, there have been fears people have been refusing to isolate because they simply cannot afford to miss work.

leading virologists are calling on the government to run a national flu vaccination campaign to ease pressure on the nhs this winter. there are fears a potential surgeon coronavirus cases combined with a flu outbreak could overwhelm hospitals. well, according to new al analysis by the bbc, the proportion of people getting vaccinated has been falling over the last five years. and lawyers for manchester united harry mcguire have launched an appeal after a greek court convicted him of assaulting local police officers and attempting to bribe them. he received a 21 months suspended prison sentence. you're watching bbc news. give a being with us. this is the business section of the programme. let's focus on the business now. first of all, the headlines for you, and they are: in new

zealand, a white supremacist who shot dead 51 muslim worshippers is sentenced to life without parole. national guard deployed in the us state of wisconsin following violence sparked by the police shooting ofan unarmed sparked by the police shooting of an unarmed black man. cycling has boomed in the uk, some cycling shops i found it difficult to keep up up with demand. local governments have carved out about bike lanes in cities, paris has subsidised ebay purchases and reimbursed bike repair is to encourage their use. has cycling replaced the traditional commute? let's see if that is the case. joining us from ludlow in shropshire, ceo of islay bikes. thank you for joining us. i suppose you are one of many on a high? yes, we have seen a surge in demand. we specialise in children's bicycles and bicycles to meet

the needs for elderly people. and from the beginning of lockdown, cycling was one of the three exercise activities we we re the three exercise activities we were allowed to go outside for. that resulted in increased sales for hours and most of the industry. that you have a problem with supply? the demand is there? yes. most of the bicycle industry operates on a very international supply chain with white long lead times, degree 3—4 months plus. the surge in demand stripped us out of our available stock for a considerable amount of time. we are at the point now where the supply chain has been able to catch up with that. interesting. you look to create lighter bikes, more user—friendly for many people, but you are also into electric bikes, e—bikes, where is the demand and what is most appealing at the moment? demand and what is most appealing at the moment7m demand and what is most appealing at the moment? it is right across the board. we have recently introduced e—bikes,

not enough to see whether there has been a change in demand because of covid, they only came in at the end ofjuly, but we have seen demand right across the board. particularly in your main street price points, people coming into cycling for the first time that are looking for a good quality bike but not necessarily looking to spend an enormous amount that an enthusiast might go for. for every bite you sail, good, great news, but you are generally keen to look at a more circular economy approach to bikes. is that, for you, the future, or is it the present? can you start doing that now? get people to rent, rent, rent, and you can repair and keep the whole thing going? certainly renting products in the way we have subscription models for virtual products is becoming an option for people across

consumer goods. we have been experimenting with that, we are doing it in a commercial way at the moment. but there are businesses starting to do that in the cycling industry. brompton, the bridges folding bike manufacturer, have announced that in the last week and a half, a subscription model for their bikes. and i think we're going to that as a pa rt think we're going to that as a part of the sustainable economy and acceptability of that in a way of accessing physical products in the future. certainly that is something we're certainly that is something we' re really certainly that is something we're really keen to be a part of. and relatively briefly there is a talk about getting fit and healthy, obesity issue. great message for you to be incorporating in situ reasons to buy a bicycle. also a boost for e—scooters now. what is your view on scooters versus the bike? i think any form of active travel that gets people out of cars is a great opportunity for us to improve our cities. so we know they are good for our physical health

and mental health, making our cities greener, greener, less congested places to live. —— cleaner and greener. and e—scooters introduced in a properly regulated, safeway, is pa rt properly regulated, safeway, is part of the solution for active travel. thank you, isla. it has been a great week for technology stocks, the nasdaq set an all—time closing high. computing shares have soared 26% thanks to very strong earnings. netflix had its day in more than three years, jumping 11%. it is up something like 70% compared to this time last year. joining us is the chief marketing strategist at beaumont hamburgers, and it just goes on and on —— at climb on hambros. i wish i knew the a nswer to on hambros. i wish i knew the answer to the end of this

claim. —— claim. looking at the current value, these companies are incredibly expensive to run right now. i understand you're caution about where it is going. but we are in a different reality, aren't we? we are in a world where technology has not only be desirable, useful, needed, it now encompasses everything, it seems, that we are involved with, courtesy of this pandemic. yeah, well, the pandemic. yeah, well, the pandemic i think has accelerated trends that were obviously in play before. these companies had incredible performance before, and this year, what has obviously happened is we have discovered they are not only incredible companies in their own right, but they are very resilient to the current pandemic and not only that, their ability to

generate growth in a period where growth is very scarce and in the most traditional sense, companies are struggling. it's incredible. does it dig it —— double—digit growth is staggering, and we have to pay for that growth. but looking through history, it is difficult to justify being high price in real—time. in hindsight, expensive companies tend to have low returns. in the long—term, of course we can expect a correction at some point, that would be normal enough stop talking about netflix there, their value compared to a year ago, if we throw forward a year, what is your expectation? we will look back to now and think yeah, the train carried on? it feels like it's going to. -- trend? the reason why these companies have done so well, beyond we are staying at home more and

watching more tv, is because they are actually at their core, apart from the pandemic, incredible companies that have become increasingly important in how we consume entertainment and education and consume you know, even retail. so regardless about, i still think they are incredible in any portfolio, huge parts of the equity market, they will continue to be important well into the foreseeable future. and they should form a part of any portfolio. it's important to remember that not to be caught up in the hype and remain well diversified. because as incredible as these companies are, they are quite expensive. thank you for your inside. just time to remind you tiktok chief executive officer kevin mayer has left the company, general manager

va nessa company, general manager vanessa pappas is replacing him on an interim basis according to an internal memo seen by reuters that has come out in the last few minutes. you are watching bbc news. thank you for being with us. 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 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 isobars 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 to contend with through east anglia and the south—east with a wee bit of rain for the first part of the day. and that's the gustiness and the nature of the wind from the north, so you can

imagine it's not going to be the warmest of the day despite the fact that many areas will be dry and really quite bright. but look at that, a max of only 18. that's below par for sure. and having reached those lofty heights, it'll be quite a cool night because the high pressure topples in, the skies begin to clear, the winds fall lighter and we end up with temperatures well down into single figures well across the country. and then sunday is a really decent day if you want to get out and about because there's a lot of dry weather. there won't be much in the way a breeze, so you'll feel every bit of that 16, 17 or 18.

good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today. life without parole for the gunman who shot and killed 51 people at two mosques in new zealand. the sentence is the longest in the country's history. but today i hope is the last where we have any cause to hear or utter the name of the terrorist behind it. his deserves to be a lifetime of complete and utter silence. £13 per day. the government trials payments for those on low incomes who have to self—isolate in england.

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