this is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. donald trump accepts the republican party's nomination to run for president, accusing the democrats of having a far—left agenda, and being weak on law and order. japan's longest—serving prime minister, shinzo abe, announces his resignation due to ill health. translation: i decided to step down as the prime minister. i would like to send my apologies to the people of japan. the world's largest study of patients with covid—19 has confirmed that the risk of children needing hospital treatment for the virus is "tiny". and if you would like to get in touch on any of our stories today, you can contact me on twitter @annita—mcveigh, or use

the hashtag #bbcyourquestions. manchester united captain and england defender harry maguire says he feared for his life, in his first interview about his arrest in greece. we thought we were getting kidnapped. we got down on our knees, we put our hands in the air. and then, erm, theyjust started hitting us, they were hitting my legs, saying my career‘s over, no more football. a new uk government campaign to encourage people to return to the office, amid concerns that city centres are suffering as workers stay away following the pandemic. and coming up this hour... a blue plaque for a woman of indian heritage who became a british spy during the second world war.

hello and welcome, if you re watching in the uk or around the world, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. president trump has set out his case to win a second term in office as he formally accepted his party's nomination for november's election. addressing the republican national convention from the white house lawn, mr trump described it as the most important election ever, and presented himself as the candidate of law and order. he warned that his rival, joe biden, would "demolish" the american dream and give free rein to anarchists and criminals. our north america correspondent david willis was watching. please welcome, ivanka trump. it's been a family affair, this convention, and it fell to donald trump's daughter ivanka to introduce him on the final night of the republican gathering —

a billionaire businessman she described as a builder, an entrepreneur, and an outsider. my fellow americans, our first lady and the 45th president of the united states, donald j trump. and onto the south lawn, to a rousing reception from an invited and un—socially distanced audience, stepped donald and melania trump. the white house, a federal building, a controversial, some have said unconstitutional backdrop for a political pitch of this kind. donald trump's appeal to remain here coming at a time of renewed racial tension, and on the day a hurricane wreaked havoc on america's gulf coast. my fellow americans, tonight, with a heart full of gratitude and boundless optimism, i profoundly accept this nomination for president of the united states. calling the forthcoming election the most important in the country's history,

donald trump called once again for the restoration of law and order in the face of protests against police brutality and racial injustice, some of which have grown violent. like richard nixon in 1968, the message to white suburban voters is clear — safety on their streets is at risk, and he's backing the police over the protesters. the democrat party wants to stand with anarchists, agitators, rioters, looters and flag burners. that is up to them. but i, as your president, will not be a part of it. the republican party will remain the voice of the patriotic heroes who keep america safe and salute the american flag. touting his achievements in trade negotiations, criminal justice reform and the middle east, the president vowed to rebuild an economy ravaged by what he calls the china virus. perversely, perhaps, given his criticism of the black lives matter protests,

he made this assertion about a voting group his party is nonetheless still hoping to woo. i have done more for the african—american community than any president since abraham lincoln, our first republican president. there was no mention ofjacob blake, the black man shot in the back by a white police officer in wisconsin on sunday, nor of the trump—supporting teenage vigilante charged with murdering two people who were protesting that shooting. david willis, bbc news, los angeles. greg swenson is from republicans overseas uk. i spoke to him a little earlier. well, i think you have to have some balance and perspective. it was his speech on the last night of the convention. i guess if you wanted to look at vp biden and senator parris walking out with the masks, there is

clearly a difference between the parties on where they rank the priorities, and it is amazing, the partisan difference, and when they poll democrats, by all means, over 7596 poll democrats, by all means, over 75% say the pandemic is the biggest issue, and when they poll republicans, it's the economy. and i think what he is trying to message is that a thriving economy is not incompatible with managing the virus. and it is important to balance both. but the economy isn't thriving and the virus isn't partisan, and this was the biggest platform, arguably, of the year, and therefore, should the president have been sending a very clear message that social distancing and mask wearing our advisable? well, and that's fine, and he has done that in the past, but i don't think it would have been appropriate for this particular moment, this particular speech. the americans believe in liberty and making responsible choices. so, you will see, you can even see it in the results in the states that have had the most

extreme lockdown driver and the most aggressive policies in managing it, aren't necessarily the ones that are doing well in terms of outcomes, and they are also crushing their economies at the same time. so i think the president has got to strike, and i think he strike, the right balance between addressing the pandemic, doing the right thing, but also at the same time maintaining a confidence in the country to recover from this. i think the big message that he wanted people to take away from his speech was his claim that no one would be safe in biden's america, that's pretty audacious, isn't it, that repeated claim in the speech, given the unrest in cities around america on his watch? where was the policy in that speech in terms of what he was saying he would do to deal with this? it is a good point, annita, you hit a couple of topics. it is on his watch, and he has very vocal —— he has been very vocal about that and offered federal help in all of those, by the way,

democratically managed cities, he has offered help and in some cases he has provided it. it is a federal system so you have to look at the states and the federal governments and local government is to handle the disruption. so, on a number of measures, he is defining himself as the law and order president and i think you have to look back at the dnc last week and there was no mention of the violence, no mention of the riots. so, the democrats during this last three months have either ignored it or condoned it. either way i think it is a good case for the president to define himself and the party as law and order politicians, law and order leaders of. i am guessing the democrats would absolutely refute that they have condoned any of the violence. but let's talk about who this speech will have appealed to, was that enough for his core supporters, presumably yes? will it do anything to persuade anyone who is undecided about voting for donald trump? really good question, annita, because the one thing that is unique

about this election, there are not a lot of persuadable voters, everybody has made up their mind. people are pretty divided, you either love the president or you don't. but in a couple of spots, there are some persuadable demographics, for example, hispanic men, and also a bump in the african—american polling for the president. so, there are some persuadable shot and i think they have made a great case all week that some of the people don't vote republican have really good reasons to vote for this president and also in the state and local elections. i think he made a good case for that but you made a good point, there aren't a lot of persuadables, so this becomes a turnout election, and thatis this becomes a turnout election, and that is where enthusiasm kicks in, andi that is where enthusiasm kicks in, and i think he did a good job generating some enthusiasm. when they poll democrats that support vp biden, the majority don't support him because of him, they support him, or they will vote for him because they don't like trump, whereas trump's voters, 75% or more

are supporting him because they like his policies and they like the president and what he has done. so i think it does become a turnout election and that is why speeches like last night and this week will help him with the enthusiasm,, and help him with the enthusiasm,, and he already has an enthusiasm gap advantage, but i think the rnc would help that. greg swenson from republicans overseas uk. japan's longest—serving prime minister, shinzo abe, has announced he is stepping down because of ill health. abe, who is 65, has suffered from the disease ulcerative colitis, an inflammatory bowel disease, for many years, but his condition has worsened. in 2007, he resigned abruptly from an earlier term as prime minister because of his struggles with his condition. in recent months, his government has faced severe criticism over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, which many people injapan view as being too slow and uncoordinated. shinzo abe had recently become the country's longest continuously serving prime minister, and has no clear successor. this was the moment mr abe confirmed

he would be stepping down. translation: even though i have one year to go translation: even though i have one yearto go in translation: even though i have one year to go in my tenure, and with other challenges that have not been addressed yet amid the coronavirus outbreak, i decided to step down as the prime minister. i would like to send my apologies to the people of japan. let's speak to professor seijiro takeshita, from the university of shizuoka. despite shinzo abe being in hospital a couple of times recently, has this announcement, is a surprise? a couple of times recently, has this announcement, is a surprise7m a couple of times recently, has this announcement, is a surprise? it was rumoured earlier this week so it does not come as a super surprise, but it is a pretty bad timing considering the fact that as you just reported coronavirus is still

on. geopoliticaltension just reported coronavirus is still on. geopolitical tension with china is rising, ambiguity in the united states is rising because of the election coming up. all of these negativity is that are hurting our economy. so, of course, i personally feel sorry for him because it is health reasons, but it is pretty difficult to find a successor because in spite of all the criticism, he was the longest prime minister, so, he had created very good connections both inside and outside japan. so, who might succeed him, who wants this job at such a tricky time? well, i am pretty sure there are a lot of people who would willing to raise their hand, there area willing to raise their hand, there are a lot of possible candidates who will be raising their hands in the september election, in spite of this circumstance. but the fact of the matter is that i think the coordination has probably started this week so i would say that things

probably have not been solidified within that group as well. let's talk about the days and weeks ahead, what is the process by which a successor is decided on and appointed? they would have to go through the ldp election, that is probably going to come up in september. and when they decide the new leader, then he or she will be the prime minister. but again, so many of the issues both domestically and internationally have been unsolved, and the connection, the ties and the bridging has not been passed on. the methodology of japanese business, be it political or not, is basically handing it onto your successor in a very time—consuming methodology. so, this is rather abrupt, so i must say that this is coming at a very, very unpredicted time, especially for the bureaucrats who are really running the show. so, the nature of it is shaking things up a bit in itself, but once a successor is appointed, and as you consider who the possible

candidates might be, substantially, are we going to see much change in the way japan governs itself and operates with the rest of the world? i think it will be a wait and see, particularly with regard to the november elections coming up in the united states. geopolitical tension with china will continue to be very, very harsh, that is not going to end, it is only going to get worse. and the economic situation which is of utmost importance is very much aligned with how the covid—i9 goes. so, ithink aligned with how the covid—i9 goes. so, i think there will be a lot of weight and see attitude, at least into november and possibly into next year. professor, thank you very much. the largest ever study of children with covid—i9 has concluded that it's "vanishingly rare" for young people to die from the virus. it found the disease has not caused the deaths of any schoolchildren in the uk who did not have serious underlying health problems. the report, published in the british medicaljournal, identified which children were more likely to need critical care support, including newborn

babies under a month old, young people from a black ethnic background, or children who are obese. our science correspondent pallab ghosh has more. this is the world's largest study of patients with covid—i9. and it confirms that the overwhelming majority of those aged 19 or under don't get severe symptoms. the study looked at 70,000 patients who were admitted to hospital in the uk. just 651 were children. six of those died and all of them had serious underlying health problems. i think the most important message from this paper is that children make up a tiny proportion of severe covid in the uk and that death with covid in children is vanishingly rare. what i would like to say is that these findings are really reassuring. and, for myself as a parent, as a children's doctor and also as a scientist, i find these numbers are extremely

reassuring for parents who are about to send their children back to school. the researchers also found that young people with black ethnicity and those medical staff classed as obese are more likely to need extra treatment, such as intensive care. the findings were seen in advance by england's chief medical officer, professor chris whitty. they were part of the evidence he looked at when he told parents on sunday that it is safe for children to return to school in september. pallab ghosh, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... donald trump accepts the republican party's nomination, accusing the democrats of having a far—left agenda, and being weak on law and order. japan's prime minister, shinzo abe, has announced that he will step down from the position due to ill health. the world's largest study of patients with covid—i9 has

confirmed that the risk for children of needing hospital treatment for the virus is "tiny". manchester united captain harry maguire has spoken for the first time about being found guilty of assaulting police and bribery on the greek island of mykonos. in an exclusive interview with the bbc, the england defender says he feared for his life when he was arrested by plain clothes officers and thought he was being kidnapped. he has been talking to our sports editor, dan roan. since he left a greek courthouse on saturday, harry maguire has not been seen or heard. but finally, the united and england star has broken his silence, telling me what it was like to spend two nights in custody. it was horrible. it's not something i ever want to do again. i don't wish it on anybody. who do you owe an apology to? i don't feel like i owe an apology to anybody. an apology is something when you've done something wrong. do i regret? i regret being in the situation. obviously, the situation

has made it difficult. i play for one of the biggest clubs in the world, so i regret putting the fans and the club through this. maguire says trouble began when he suspected his sister, daisy, had been attacked by two strangers. these two men approached my little sister. they asked her where she was from, she responded, and then my fiancee fern seen my little sister's eyes go into the back of her head, and... she ran over and she was fainting, she was in and out of consciousness...and, erm... sorry. maguire says he and his friends tried to get to hospital, but were instead taken to a police station, where they claim outside, they were attacked by plainclothed officers. my initial thought was

that we were getting kidnapped. we got down on our knees, we put our hands in the air. and then theyjust started hitting us. they were hitting my legs, saying my career is over, no more football. "you won't play again." despite everything you've said, the facts remain, sadly, that you were found guilty. how can you remain captain of one of the biggest clubs in the world? it's a massive privilege to play for the club, never mind to be the captain. obviously, it's not my decision to make. i have great faith in the greek law. the retrial will give us more time to prepare, gather the evidence, allow witnesses into the court, and i'm really confident that the truth will be told and come out. a campaign to emphasise the benefits of going back to work will be launched by the british government next week. it will urge employers to reassure staff that it is safe to return,

by highlighting the measures they're taking to make workplaces covid—secure and the benefits of working in an office environment. the opposition labour party said it could force people to choose between theirjob and their health. our political correspondent leila nathoo has more. we've already heard some comments from boris johnson in recent weeks, saying, go back to work if you can. at the start of the month, the official guidance saying work from home actually changed to give employers a bit more discretion over their own workplaces. so, over these months, employers will have been putting in various protective measures, making adjustments to try to make their workplace covid—secure. and i think what we're hearing from the government now is a bit more of a renewed push, we've got a different context, schools are going back across the country, so it might help parents with childcare. it is worth pointing out that

of course, certain workplaces, people have gone back to work already, many people have been going in throughout, so this is clearly aimed at offices. what we are hearing this morning from the transport secretary, grant shapps, is that it is safe for people to go back to work, offices are ready with protective measures, the transport network is also ready to carry people back into offices, the government clearly mindful of the impact of people working from home en masse, and what this is doing to city centre economies, and also on transport revenues. this is what grant shapps said earlier. by and large, where it's possible, people can now return to work, it's safe to do so. your employer should have put in covid—friendly or covid—unfriendly, i suppose you could say, measures, to ensure that people can work safely from their offices, because there are just things which are impossible to do from home over zoom videos, as we're doing now. so, yes, gradually, now, people

will start to return to the office, but i suspect we will see more flexible working than we have seen in the past, and it will be for employers and employees to work out the right balance in their particular cases. interesting to hear grant shapps saying that ultimately it would be up to employers, because of course that is the case, no matter what the government says and tries to cajole people back into offices, it will be up to individual employers to manage what is best for them. and, of course, with social distancing still required, it will be very difficult for most workplaces to get back to full capacity, with people coming in full—time. and, of course, many businesses have figured out that actually perhaps working from home works best for them and they are having a bit of a rethink. so i think it is unlikely that we are going to see some snap back to a full return or anything like what we saw pre—coronavirus. but this is just a campaign and pressure from the government, there will be a campaign in the regional press next week,

i think it is clearly another push to say to people, things are safer now and you should start thinking about going back into the office. leila nathoo in westminster, thank you very much. a march on washington demanding criminaljustice reforms will take place later, spurred by months of protest over police violence against black people. its been organised to coincide with the 57th anniversary of martin luther king jr 5 i have a dream speech, with civil rights leaders hoping to build momentum behind a national movement for lasting change. barbara plett usher reports. they chant: nojustice! no peace! how to channel a summer of mass unrest into concrete change.

the march on washington is capitalising on this national moment of reckoning to try and do just that, like civil rights leaders in 1963. at george washington university, nestled between the lincoln memorial and the white house, these students feel swept up in the tide of history. i think the past few months, i don't know if it has, like, sparked something, whether it has sparked something in the nation that made it ok for us to be outwardly upset and outwardly feeling what we've always felt day—to—day going through life being black. what do you think this march can achieve? this is for the goal that this doesn't have to keep happening. because my grandma's generation, it breaks their heart that here we are spending our 20s having to fight for our right to live. it's not radical. one — black lives matter... like, that's not radical. that's not... it shouldn't be radical. newsreel: the widely heralded and in some quarters even feared march on washington... this seemed radical, even militant, at the time. it brought some 250,000 people to the doorsteps of power, with a thunderous roar. in 1963, the march on washington moved race relations forward with landmark legislation on civil and voting rights, but it didn't finish the job. activists are still pressing

for new laws, but they also want new attitudes, they want to change the nation's state of mind. the pandemic has thrown up unexpected barriers. so, the crowds will be thinner, and the revolution will be streamed. a virtual version of the march will amplify its demands for new policing and voting laws and push to get out the vote. i think that after the 3rd of november, when we see the results notjust for the white house but all elections across the country locally, we will then be able to determine whether or not the march was impactful. so, this is a train to the 3rd of november, and we want more folks to join us. for the marchers, it is a call to believe in something they haven't yet seen, and to make it happen. barbara plett usher, bbc news, washington.

one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the united states, hurricane laura, has killed at least six people in louisiana. the state's governor said the storm had caused tremendous damage, but it was not as bad as originally feared. paul hawkins reports. the calm after the storm — lake charles city in louisiana. this damage caused by sustained winds of 150 miles an hour had power cuts to more than half a million homes. it was wild. at around one or so, the wind picked up and i could hear, the neighbours's roof blew off the side of the house, and just blew into my house. there was also this chemical fire at an industrial plant. it is clear that we did not sustain and suffer the absolute catastrophic damage that we thought was likely, based on the forecast we had last night. but we have sustained a tremendous amount of damage.

this predicted 20ft storm surge failed to materialise, because the storm tracked 15—20 miles east of the calcasieu river, which feeds into lake charles city, meaning the marshland soaked most of it up. it has already weakened into a tropical storm, with winds of 60 miles per hour, and will continue to weaken further as it heads into arkansas and towards the american east coast. meanwhile, eastern texas is also counting the cost, with places like port arthur underwater. the state's governor surveying the damage for himself from the air, and warning that the weather is not finished yet. one thing that we are continuing to look at is, we stand ready to watch and respond to potential flash flooding, as well as potential tornadoes, as the storms continue to go through the exiting process of exiting the state of texas. and there could be an unusually high number of storms still to come. scientists are warning, if they keep appearing at the current pace,

then the number of storms in this hurricane season could equal the record set in 2005, when hurricane katrina hit, 15 years to the day on saturday. paul hawkins, bbc news. a woman of indian heritage is being honoured with a blue plaque, the first in the scheme's 150 year history. noor inayat khan, who was a british secret agent during the second world war, lived at a house in bloomsbury in central london before leaving for what was to be herfinal mission. lizo mzimba has more. it's the first time in its 150—year history that a blue plaque is being unveiled in honour of a woman of indian origin. noor inayat khan was born in moscow to an american mother and an indian father. he was a musician and teacher. the family moved first to london and then to france. she was educated in paris and later worked writing children's stories. after the fall of france in 1940,

khan escaped to england, where she joined the women's auxiliary air force. two years later, she was recruited to join the special operations executive as a radio operator. shortly after, she returned to paris, this time to work as a spy — the first female radio operator to be sent into nazi—occupied france. after months of dangerous work, she was betrayed, arrested by the gestapo, imprisoned and tortured. she died after being shot in a concentration camp in september 19114. her plaque marks the return of the blue plaque scheme after a brief hiatus because of coronavirus. the new plaque will mark the house in bloomsbury in central london that was her family home when she left england for the last time. english heritage, which oversees the blue plaque scheme, believes that the story

of her remarkable courage in the service of her adopted country is something that will serve to inspire future generations. lizo mzimba, bbc news. hello, this is bbc news with annita mcveigh. the headlines... donald trump accepts the republican party's nomination to run for president, accusing the democrats of having a far—left agenda, and being weak on law and order. japan's longest—serving prime minister, shinzo abe, announces his resignation due to ill health. i decided to step down as the prime minister. i would like to send my apologies to the people of japan. i would like to send my apologies to the people of japan. the world's largest study of patients with covid—19 has confirmed that children's risk of needing hospital treatment for the virus is "tiny". manchester united captain

and england defender harry maguire says he feared for his life in his first interview about his arrest in greece. a new uk government campaign to encourage people to return to the office amid concerns that city centres are suffering as workers stay away following the pandemic. let's return to our top story now. president donald trump has formally accepted the republican nomination for november's presidential poll, describing it as the most important election in us history. in a speech at the white house lasting more than an hour, he repeatedly denounced his democratic party rival, joe biden, saying he would give free rein to violent anarchists if he were to win the election. well, we can speak to sonja nichols who is the republican candidate running for election to the north carolina state senate to represent district 37.

good to have you with us, thank you for joining good to have you with us, thank you forjoining us. i am going to ask this straight out because a lot of people do not associate donald trump as being a man favourable to female candidates and he has been accused of stoking racial tensions by many people as well, so why are you as an african—american woman running for the republican party? is it more to do with the party unless to do with donald trump? yes, thank you for having me. it is definitely to do more with the republican party. however, i will respectfully say that donald trump is notjust stoking racial tensions. the issues we are having in this country have been here for 400 years, lisa says the forming of our constitution. he is not creating the issues that have a lwa ys is not creating the issues that have always been here. he isjust

reminding everyone and what he is also trying to give us a very clear option. if we would move forward not with the continued anger, that it we would move forward with the aspirational things that we can do in this country, i think we would all be better served. sorry to interrupt you. is he giving a clear option? did he say last night in his speech what he would do to deal with the unrest? he seems to spend a lot of time saying that if people vote forjoe biden then america will not be saved. how can he say that when this trouble is on his watch?|j would this trouble is on his watch?” would also add to that, that this trouble has been here four years. all of what you see now and what is being broadcast around the world, this did not happen in the last four yea rs. this did not happen in the last four years. this has been going on for at least a couple of centuries and i

think what he is trying to point out is the cities where you see the most u nrest is the cities where you see the most unrest are not run by republicans. they are not. they are run by the democrats. so he is giving people an option to determine do we want law and order or do we want to move so far to the left that anything goes? i think we have to make a decision. i think we have to make a decision. i think also the amount of unrest we are seeing right now is not taking over our entire country. all of the u nrest over our entire country. all of the unrest you see right now is a symptom of a lot of things that have been going on, but this is not as rampant asi been going on, but this is not as rampant as i feel it is being portrayed in the media. what is he saying about police reform? you are right, these problems did notjust appear in the last four years, people have been talking for a very long time about reform to police

training for example, so you do not have these situations where police officers are shooting unarmed, often black members of the public. what is donald trump going to do about that? we heard him talk and use very strong language around law and order, but we did not hear much about how to deal with it and we did not hear much about the peaceful protesters, d id not hear much about the peaceful protesters, did we? the unfortunate thing is we did not hear anything about the peaceful protesters who are very fairly trying to make sure that our message is getting across. ido that our message is getting across. i do believe there has to be a tremendous amount of reform in all of our police departments. as we all know, please departments were set up again hundreds of years ago with the idea of capturing slaves, so we will start with that. this has been going on for years. i think the police

reform not only is it going to come down from the top down, i think the cities have to be part of it. i think we have to bring everyone to the table to discuss what does that police reform look like? we have different police associations, we have community leaders, we have the mayors of our cities, the governors of our states. i think everyone has to bear in this particular conversation. while donald trump is the leader, he is not the only one that gets to determine what that reform is going to look like. all of us reform is going to look like. all of us in this community, in all of our communities, we all have to participate. i really want us to open up that table and invite those who are the most effective. to ask what could be some of the best ways to make police reforms work in all of our communities. there cannot be a one size fits all. every community

has its own nuances and everyone needs to come to the table to have the discussion on how we move forward. while donald trump is the leader, everyone in our community must be involved in how we make these reforms. i just must be involved in how we make these reforms. ijust want must be involved in how we make these reforms. i just want to must be involved in how we make these reforms. ijust want to ask you more broadly about when you are talking to potential voters, trying to win their votes, how does donald trump for you? is that an asset? is he an asset for you? or are some people whose votes you might like to win saying, i have an issue with him?i win saying, i have an issue with him? iam win saying, i have an issue with him? i am thinking particularly about his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. last night we saw this white house speech, an audience of more than 1000 people, no masks in evidence, no social distancing. a lot of people would argue that was the wrong message to send out when more than 100,000 americans have died from this disease. when i am out on the

campaign traili disease. when i am out on the campaign trail i want to say that he can be both an asset and in some cases there are some people who have shared with me their views on what they think about the president. while you may not like the way the president delivers his message, the work that he says he has going to do he has done. as relates to the coronavirus i would like to say that again in every community it is totally different how they want to proceed. we are all clear the science suggests we need to wear masks, we need to wash our hands, social distance. i believe the individuals who showed up yesterday, i understand currently, the temperatures were ta ken, i understand currently, the temperatures were taken, they were checked before coming in. i think what he was wanting to portray when

we look at the event last night as he wanted to show that we are a country that is great, we have great freedoms, we are not fearful, we are not cowering in some corner. we are determined that while it is horrible —— as horrible as this coronavirus is, it is not going away and we have got to learn how to live with it. how do we move forward given the nature of this particular virus? when you look every where we are all trying to figure out how we move forward. what he wanted to display last night was what america can be, what america is, the wonderfulness of our country, the freedoms that we have, the aspirational things we wa nt to have, the aspirational things we want to do. that is what he wanted to present. we are out of time, but thank you very much for your time. the republican candidate running for

election to the northern carolina state senate. amnesty international has accused police in the indian capital delhi of being "complicit and active participants" in the religious violence between hindus and muslims in february this year. more than 50 people were killed, a majority of them muslims. some of amnesty 5 top findings mirror the investigation done by the bbc in march. our india corresponent, yogita limaye has been following the story. well, amnesty has accused the delhi police of human rights violations. they say that the police acted, participated, in the violence, alongside rioters, they committed custodial torture, used excessive force against protesters. they also found that when people from the muslim community called for help, the delhi police responded in a mocking way. they say that their report is based on scrutinising videos that emerged on social media at the time, and they are gathering testimony from dozens of riot survivors, eyewitnesses and activists.

that we covered in february this year in north—east delhi, it started off as, sort of, clashes over india's controversial new citizenship law, which critics see as anti—muslim, but what we saw increasingly on the ground was that it took the form of religious violence between hindus and muslims. more than 50 people were killed, people from both communities died, but two thirds of those killed were muslims. and our own report from that time, we investigated the delhi police's role as well and we uncovered evidence from some of those videos that amnesty has also looked at, that the delhi police acted alongside hindus against muslims. we also looked at a set of videos that showed the delhi police using excessive force against muslims, one man died allegedly from the injuries that he succumbed, because of this

excessive force, because of police brutality. let's get reaction now to the largest ever study of children with covid—19 published by the british medicaljournal, which has concluded it's "vanishingly rare" for young people to die from the virus. it also found the disease has not caused the deaths of any schoolchildren in the uk who did not have serious underlying health problems. with me to talk about this more is tracy maguire. her daugher, peyton, was diagnosed with covid—19 at only three weeks old. also we're joined by calum semple. he's the lead author of the study and a professor in child health and outbreak medicine at the university of liverpool. welcome to all of you today. tracy, i want to begin with you and your gorgeous baby. she was eight weeks premature and then at three weeks diagnosed with covid—19. that must have been incredibly scary for you.

tell us how she came to be diagnosed. yes, obviously she was diagnosed. yes, obviously she was diagnosed with covid—19 at three weeks, but for us she had already started that battle with being premature. so at the time we thought, here we go, this is her starting again, this will be something else. it was horrifying getting told that she was positive for it. what happened was they had done a blood test and she had a sniffle so they decided to check her to make sure she did not have the virus and it came back as positive. at that point in time we were told we could not see her and we managed to stay in with her, luckily. but i was crying and she was crying. she was crying and she was crying. she was in the incubator at the time and she was so relaxed and she was fine. you thought you might have to be quarantined from her? yes, and we

had only seen her an hour a day, myself and my husband. that was because of the restrictions, we could only stay an hour a day. then we got told that we were possibly going to be away from her 42 weeks and that was the most horrible thought the world, but at the same time we knew why it was in place and we knew it was to look at safety to make sure that she was safe. luckily for us she did not show any symptoms and therefore she seemed to get through it fine. it went from a positive test to the next one was negative. at that point in time we we re negative. at that point in time we were just so grateful that we managed to get through the next hurdle as we saw it. she is nearly six months now and looking incredibly alert, as you cuddle her there. she is being very well behaved, i hope i am notjinxing it. let's see if that continues.

professor semple, where there is concern for children with this virus it is very young babies, as we have seen it is very young babies, as we have seenin it is very young babies, as we have seen in eight in's case, children who are obese and what about children from ethnic minority backgrounds? tell us more about those findings. even though these children are very, very slightly more increased risk, what our study shows is that overall it is vanishingly rare for children to get sick with this disease. there are roundabout 6 million school—age children and preschool age children as well, and in our study which looks at roughly two thirds of the whole population we only found 651 children admitted to hospital and there were only six deaths. each of theseis there were only six deaths. each of these is a tragedy for the families but put into the wider perspective it is vanishingly rare. all six of

these children had significant medical problems already. many of these medical problems would be considered to be life limiting medical problems. we are not talking about children that had a bit of asthma or even children who had cystic fibrosis. we are talking about children with profound medical problems. this study is hugely reassuring and it comes at a time when parents have to think about sending their children back to school. let me ask you about that because a lot of parents want to send their children back to school, but they know the government wants children to go back to school as well, but they might be saying the government wants them back because it wants parents to get back to work. how reassuring are you, and you sit on the government sage advisory group, what reassurances can you give parents about the safety of their children at school? that is a great question. delete author of the paper, doctor olivia

swann is a paediatrician and wares in glasgow at the hospital for sick children. i am a paediatrician and both of us are parents and we are all scientists. we would not put our name to this paper if we were not confident about the results and my daughter is going back to school. we are putting our money where our mouths are. a few viewers have tweeted. clarejenkins has said, thatis tweeted. clarejenkins has said, that is reassuring, however can we discuss the transmission rates? she is asking to her sons need to stop seeing vulnerable people like grandparents again? on a similar theme from... another says, people are genuinely concerned about children as covid—19 carriers are taking the virus to parents and grandparents. not any reassurance in research about this. dan pearson says, we know about the low risk to children, what we need to know is the transmission risk because of all the transmission risk because of all the grandparents who will go back to

being child carers. what can you say about the transmission risk question? these are great questions again and very important. it is not pa rt of again and very important. it is not part of our research, but i did get to see research which came out on monday. they looked at 20,000 schools, albeit schools that are only partially open. out of the 20,000 they found 101 over 19 events and they identified 30 outbreaks that could be attributed to covid—19 in the schools. by outbreaks that is two or more in the schools. by outbreaks that is two or more cases. in the schools. by outbreaks that is two or more cases. of the 30 events 15 were staff to staff, two were people to people and six were people to staff. out of a very large number of schools and of 30 outbreaks, one in five was going between the child and the adult. i cannot say there is no risk, it is a small risk. but in the greater scheme of things you need to think that children are not where the problem is. granny is more

likely to catch this from another aduuin likely to catch this from another adult in the community, potentially from people she might meet in the shops, rather than the kids. from people she might meet in the shops, ratherthan the kids. if granny is particularly vulnerable, extremely vulnerable, then other practices need to be taken to protect her. on the whole i think we need to move away from seeing children as the problem and seeing children as the problem and seeing children as the victims of this because they have missed out on education and seeing their friends. it is only through education and peer support that you keep their well being strong and you get them out of the inequities that education enables them to get out of. really interesting to hear your answer. i wa nt to interesting to hear your answer. i want to turn back to tracey and ask more about your daughter. she was born eight weeks premature and she had that positive test for covid—19 at just three weeks had that positive test for covid—19 atjust three weeks old. has that affected her development in anyway? she looks wonderful, she looks

really alert and very happy. what i would say is there is nothing that has been a side effect of her having had covid-19. if she has been a side effect of her having had covid—19. if she looks small at six months it is because she was premature. at the same time she is getting on amazingly and is trying to set up and use her feet and try to set up and use her feet and try to stand on her legs and she is not allowed to yet, but she is adamant thatis allowed to yet, but she is adamant that is what she wants to do. she is coming along great. i am surprised she is staying quiet because she likes to babble and talk. we can cope with a bit of babbling. she has behaved perfectly. thank you so much to you and your baby and to professor colin semple from the university of liverpool. thank you all for your time. the august bank holiday weekend is upon us and it is a crucial one

for britain's tourism industry. but bookings for uk staycations for this august bank holiday weekend are down by around half on last year according to visit britain. our business correspondent ben thompson has been in a wet and windy whitstable this morning. yeah, good morning, annita, welcome to sunny whitstable. you're absolutely right, earlier this morning the rain was here, but they will be hoping that it lasts much longer, and the weather being so glorious right now, because they will really rely on this weekend to make sure that they can get the visitors in that they need. in the months ofjuly and august and this will be really crucial to help salvage what is left of the summer season, given that the bars and restaurants and shops here have missed out on the easter weekend, the other bank holidays this year, the school holidays, so they will be hoping that this weekend will deliver. but you're right, the number of trips overnight stays are down significantly.

this time last year, 8 million of us were planning an overnight trip over the weekend, this year it is just 4.8 million. clearly we're still travelling but not staying overnight. so what does that mean? let me introduce you to patricia, from visit britain, and also sarah, who runs a hotel and restaurant. good morning to you both. patricia, talk to me about the importance of this weekend, this year, even more important, this bank holiday weekend? yes, because tourism businesses need to make their money in the summer to help them through the quieter months. as you say, they have lost a lot of business this year, so this is the last hurrah before the kids go back to school and it is important to get people out and supporting local businesses and spending their money. speaking of local businesses, sarah, you are pinning your hopes on this weekend being a good one, because you have been through it all this year, with lockdown and changes to the way you operate, tell me about how tough it has been? absolutely. so, lockdown came overnight,

it was really important for us to look after our customers, and change. we want to be covid—secure, we've got great outside space so we have been able to adapt quickly. however, the hotel was on lockdown, we're just coming out of lockdown now, we've got weddings, albeit smaller, intimate. as a business we are having to gear up again and think about the future. great that we have got these small staycation is right now, however, cold months ahead. and also i was speaking to another restaurant owner earlier and he said the problem is the mondays, tuesdays, the wednesdays, the things that the chancellor was trying to help outwith, but for the likes of businesses like yours, it is really difficult, people are coming for the weekend and not the rest of the week? the eat out campaign has been great to give back to our customers and also positive to get the food supply chain going again. however, coming back to the hotel

side, we are noticing last—minute stays, people who want to suddenly get away, but we have to make sure that we are covid—secure and we offer confidence to our customers to encourage them to keep coming out. and patricia, a final word, this is really make or break, but what about november, december, january, february, it's going to be tough, isn't it? it is, even the places in resorts that have been doing good business are expressing worry about how they get through to christmas. if you're in a city centre business, you've not got business travellers, you've not got people who are confident travelling on public transport. so, a really positive message is needed that people can travel confidently and go into cities and we are launching the escape the every day campaign, where those memories of lockdown

hopefully will fade and we can get out and enjoy ourselves. you've got your work cut out but on a glorious day like today, it makes yourjob slightly easier. many people will be choosing to go away even if it is just for a day but hopefully for a bit longer to make the most of what this country has got to offer. when you see shots like this, from the drone, you really do see what this country has to offer, and whatever you may be up to this weekend, have a wonderful time. a video of two passengers being escorted off a flight at stansted airport by officials in protective suits has been shared on social media. the man had just boarded a ryanair plane to pisa in italy when he received a text saying he had tested positive for coronavirus. after alerting cabin crew, the man and his travel partner were taken to an isolation area at the terminal. rya nair said both passengers were seated for only ten minutes, but the flight on wednesday was delayed while seats and overhead

cabins were disinfected. you are watching bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather, with sarah keith lucas. hello. after heavy rain brought some flooding problems yesterday for many areas, today is going to be rather mixed weather—wise. we have got further outbreaks of rain, equally some sunshine coming through, too. this was the picture earlier, some blue skies overhead, showers in the vicinity as well. things will be drying up this afternoon for scotland, northern ireland and the far north of england, some sunshine reappearing here. further south, patchy rain across northern england, wales, the midlands, and heavy showers and thunderstorms interspersed with some sunshine further south. the winds will be a feature of the weather today, particularly across the northern half of the uk. gusts up to 40mph, especially around the coasts. temperatures only in the mid—teens,

feeling chilly other than that with the northerly wind. this evening and tonight, most places tending to dry out but we will keep the threat of heavy showers in the south and the south—east, due to this low pressure, which will be slowly drifting away as we go into the weekend. higher pressure coming in from the atlantic which will tend to dry things out as we get into saturday morning. we have still got the northerly wind which will be driving in further showers for northern scotland and the east coast of england and the south—east. they should start to ease later in the weekend. some sunshine on offer. again, chilly northerly winds up to about 45mph gusts. temperatures, cooler than they have been recently. on saturday, it will typically be around 13—19. under the largely clear skies and with the wind is easing,

saturday night, take note if you're camping, will be quite cold. temperatures, well down into single figures for the start of the day on sunday. sunday will be dominated by high pressure, moving on from the west. so, not as blustery. still a bit of a northerly breeze, you will notice, around the eastern coasts, further west, less blustery than it has been. variable amounts of cloud on sunday, with sunny spells. temperatures are little below par for the time of year. on monday, which for some of us is a bank holiday, it is looking largely dry and less breezy and cooler than it has been.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. donald trump accepts the republican party's nomination to run for president accusing the democrats of having a far—left agenda, and being weak on law and order. japan's longest—serving prime minister, shinzo abe, announces his resignation due to ill health. translation: i decided to step down as the prime minister. i would like to send my apologies to the people of japan. the world's largest study of patients with covid—19 has confirmed that children's risk of needing hospital treatment for the virus is "tiny". manchester united captain and england defender, harry maguire, says he feared for his life in his first interview about his arrest in greece we thought we were

getting kidnapped. we got down on our knees, we put our hands in the air. and then, erm, theyjust started hitting us, they were hitting my legs, saying my career‘s over, no more football. you want to play again. a new uk government campaign to encourage people to return to the office, amid concerns that city centres are suffering as workers stay away following the pandemic. and coming up this hour: a blue plaque for a woman of indian heritage who became a british spy during the second world war. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. president trump has set

out his case to win a second term in office as he formally accepted his party's nomination for november's election. addressing the republican national convention from the white house lawn, mr trump described it as ‘the most important election ever‘, and presented himself as the candidate of law and order. he warned his rival —joe biden — would ‘demolish' the american dream and give free rein to anarchists and criminals. our north america correspondent david willis was watching. please welcome, ivanka trump. it's been a family affair, this convention, and it fell to donald trump's daughter ivanka to introduce him on the final night of the republican gathering — a billionaire businessman she described as a builder, an entrepreneur, and an outsider. my fellow americans, our first lady and the 45th president of the united states, donald j trump. and onto the south lawn, to a rousing reception from an invited and un—socially distanced audience, stepped

donald and melania trump. the white house, a federal building, a controversial, some have said unconstitutional backdrop for a political pitch of this kind. donald trump's appeal to remain here coming at a time of renewed racial tension, and on the day a hurricane wreaked havoc on america's gulf coast. my fellow americans, tonight, with a heart full of gratitude and boundless optimism, i profoundly accept this nomination for president of the united states. calling the forthcoming election the most important in the country's history, donald trump called once again for the restoration of law and order in the face of protests against police brutality and racial injustice, some of which have grown violent. like richard nixon in 1968, the message to white suburban voters is clear — safety on their streets is at risk,

and he's backing the police over the protesters. the democrat party wants to stand with anarchists, agitators, rioters, looters and flag burners. that is up to them. but i, as your president, will not be a part of it. the republican party will remain the voice of the patriotic heroes who keep america safe and salute the american flag. touting his achievements in trade negotiations, criminal justice reform and the middle east, the president vowed to rebuild an economy ravaged by what he calls the china virus. perversely, perhaps, given his criticism of the black lives matter protests, he made this assertion about a voting group his party is nonetheless still hoping to woo. i have done more for the african—american community than any president since abraham lincoln, our first republican president. there was no mention ofjacob blake, the black man shot in the back

by a white police officer in wisconsin on sunday, nor of the trump—supporting teenage vigilante charged with murdering two people who were protesting that shooting. david willis, bbc news, los angeles. sonja nichols is the republican candidate running for election to the north carolina state senate to represent district 37. she explained why she's running for the party as an african—american woman, despite the fact president trump has accused of stoking racial tensions. i would say it definitely is more to do with the republican party. however, i would respectfully say that donald trump is notjust stoking racial tensions. the issues that we're having in this country have been here for 400 years, at least since the forming of our constitution, and so he's not predating the issues

and so he's not creating the issues that have always been here. he's just reminding everyone. i think what he is also doing is... i think he's trying to give us a very clear option and i think if we would move forward, not with the continued anger, but if we would move forward with the aspirational things that we can do in this country, i think we would all be better served. japan's longest—serving prime minister, shinzo abe, has announced he is stepping down because of ill health. abe — who is 65 — has suffered from the disease ulcerative colitis, an inflammatory bowel disease, for many years, but his condition has worsened. in 2007, he resigned abruptly from an earlier term as prime minister because of his struggles with his condition. in recent months, his government has faced severe criticism over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, which many people injapan view as being too slow and uncoordinated. shinzo abe had recently become the country's

longest continuously serving prime minister, and has no clear successor. here is the moment he announced his resignation. translation: even though i have one year to go in my tenure, and with other challenges that have not been addressed yet amid the coronavirus outbreak, i have decided to step down as the prime minister. i would like to send my apologies to the people of japan. dr kristin surak, senior lecturer in japanese politics at soas university, spoke to us earlier. she says there are a few contenders to replace abe emerging following his shock announcement. i think it's blindsided quite a number of people, even people within his own party and his staff did not expect this and certainly not at the beginning

of the week and i think the suddenness of the announcement, especially given that he only had a year left in power, suggest that the health issues really are quite serious that he's dealing with now. but there are a couple of leading contenders. one is fumio kishida, who is currently the policy chief. he is very popular within the party, less popular with voters, but he is, in a sense, in first place to take over because if it doesn't go to a popular vote then really the power within the party is significant. other contenders are yoshihide suga who is the chief cabinet secretary and he's been really abe's main advisor through his entire tenure, very powerful within the party as well. and the third contender would be shigeru ishiba who is currently the secretary—general of the liberal democratic party of which abe is a member. he is abe's main rival and actually when abe was first elected in 2012,

he was the main rival in that election and so it depends a bit on what's going on within internal party politics and the sort of negotiation and compromises that will be made in terms of who of those three come out on top. borisjohnson has tweeted his reaction to the news this morning. shinzo abe has achieved great things as prime minister ofjapan — for his country and the world. under his stewardship the uk—japan relationship has gone from strength to strength in trade, defence and our cultural links. the largest ever study of children with covid—19 has concluded it's ‘vanishingly rare' for young people to die from the virus. it found the disease has not caused the deaths of any schoolchildren in the uk who did not have serious underlying health problems. the report, published in the british medicaljournal, identified which children were more likely to need critical care support including newborn

babies under a month old, young people from a black ethnic background, or children who are obese. our science correspondent pallab ghosh has more. this is the world's largest study of patients with covid—19. and it confirms that the overwhelming majority of those aged 19 or under don't get severe symptoms. the study looked at 70,000 patients who were admitted to hospital in the uk. just 651 were children. six of those died and all of them had serious underlying health problems. i think the most important message from this paper is that children make up a tiny proportion of severe covid in the uk and that death with covid in children is vanishingly rare. what i would like to say is that these findings are really reassuring. and, for myself as a parent, as are children's doctor and also as a scientist, i find these numbers are extremely reassuring for parents who are about to send their children back to school. the research has also found that

young people with black ethnicity and those medical staff classed as obese are more likely to need extra treatment, such as intensive care. the findings were seen in advance by england's chief medical officer, professor chris whitty. they were part of the evidence he looked at when he told parents on sunday that it is safe for children to return to school in september. the manchester united captain harry maguire has spoken for the first time about being found guilty of assaulting police and bribery, on the greek island of mykonos. in an exclusive interview with the bbc, the england defender says he feared for his life when he was arrested by plain clothes officers and thought he was being kidnapped. he has been talking to our sports editor, dan roan. since he left a greek courthouse on saturday, harry maguire's not been seen or heard. but finally, the united and england star has broken his silence, telling me what it was like to spend two nights in custody.

it was horrible. it's not something i ever want to do again. i don't wish it on anybody. who do you owe an apology to? i don't feel like i owe an apology to anybody. an apology is something when you have done something wrong. do i regret? i regret being in the situation. obviously, the situation has made it difficult. i play for one of the biggest clubs in the world, so i regret putting the fans and the club through this. maguire says trouble began when he suspected his sister, daisy, had been attacked by two strangers. these two men approached my little sister. they asked her where she was from, she responded, and then my fiancee fern seen my little sister's eyes go into the back of her head, and... she ran over and she was fainting,

she was in and out of consciousness. . .and, um... sorry. maguire says he and his friends tried to get to hospital, but were instead taken to a police station, where they claim outside they were attacked by plainclothed officers. my initial thought was that we were getting kidnapped. we got down on our knees, we put our hands in the air. and then theyjust started hitting us. they were hitting my legs, saying my career is over, no more football. "you won't play again." despite everything you've said, the facts remain, sadly, that you were found guilty. how can you remain captain of one of the biggest clubs in the world? it's a massive privilege to play for the club, never mind to be the captain. obviously, it is not my decision to make. i have great faith in the greek law. the retrial will give us more time to prepare,

gather the evidence, allow witnesses into the court, and i'm really confident that the truth will be told and come out. you can watch an extended version of the bbc 5 interview with harry maguire at 9.30pm tonight on the bbc news channel and listen to it now on the bbc sounds app. the headlines on bbc news: president trump has formally accepted the republican nomination to run for a second term, warning thatjobs and "american greatness" would be at risk if his rival, joe biden, wins. japan's prime minister — shinzo abe — has announced he will step down from the position due to ill health. the world's largest study of patients with covid—19 has confirmed that children's risk of needing hospital treatment for the virus is "tiny". three new uk—wide studies will look

at answering key questions on how the immune system interacts with coronavirus, in an attempt to determine when and how immunity persists, or whether people can become re—infected. the uk coronavirus immunology consortium will receive £6.5 million to bring together leading immunologists from 17 uk research institutions. one of those immunologists is the project lead, professor paul moss from the university of birmingham. hejoins us now. thank you he joins us now. thank you very much for joining he joins us now. thank you very much forjoining us todayjust tell is a little bit more about the purpose of this, the questions that you want to answer. thank you very much, it's very nice to meet you today. as you know, this is a novel coronavirus and the immune system is absolutely critical to understanding the outcome of every infection and also many questions about the current pandemic and we know that the immune system is mediated by two arms,

antibodies, proteins that neutralise the virus, and the cellular refunds that can kill infected cells, but there are many questions remaining and that is what our consortium will address. there are three principal things that we want to focus on. the first is studying how the immune response at the time of the initial infection determines a patient‘s outcome which can vary from asymptomatic to severe disease. secondly, to understand how the immune response can eradicate the virus and how long that lasts. and thirdly, to see if the immune response plays any role in damaging tissues, so—called immuno pathology. when you talk about immunity, is it the same for every condition? does the same for every condition? does the body pretty much respond in a similar way no matter what the infection? it uses the same principles, antibodies and cellular immunity, but the way in which that is employed differs for all infections, viruses and bacteria, and we are still learning about how

the immune response to this virus is coordinated and it varies quite a lot between different people which isa lot between different people which is a key factor. do you have any particular ideas about that, the reasons for that at the moment? obviously, you might not want to kneel your colours to the mast because that is the purpose of this research, but is there anything that is coming forward at the moment i could help you answer that? there are some unique questions about immunity to coronavirus. one is that antibody responses developing almost every patient but it appears to decrease by up to 10% every month over time, whereas the cellular immune response may last for much longer. if we look at their historical precedent of the stars epidemic from 2002, cellular immunity lasted for ten years, still we are wondering after introduction, how long will immunity larsson

protects patients for a? the temptation is to think that if you have had coronavirus or think you have had coronavirus or think you have had coronavirus or think you have had to coronavirus due to symptoms cut that you must be ok, that you cannot spread it, cannot be reinfected. how unwise is that as an assumption? very critical question that many people are debating and until last week, there were no cases of reinfection with this virus despite millions of infections. u nfortu nately, despite millions of infections. unfortunately, this week, there is one definitive case of reinfection, gentleman 33 in hong kong who was infected twice for .5 months apart. although his first infection was symptomatic, his second one was not, so these cases of infection are rare and that case was certainly asymptomatic so i think we can be reassured that immunity does give you relative protection for at least some time but, of course, we only have six months experience of fire. 17 uk universities involved in this, how important is it that you have

that number of researchers and research ce ntres that number of researchers and research centres involved? it is critical, really. the uk is very strong on immunology research on what we are aiming to do here is bring that community together in a collaborative nature rather than a competitive nature and not reproduce the same work, so it is very critical. it is a new way of working for science and i think that will be one of our legacies. so, what will you do with this information? i mean, there are lots of trials around the world to try to find a vaccine, is that what you are feeding into? i think there are three main outcomes we want to get from this. the first is to try to develop new treatments. we have found an anti—inflammatory drug that is very good treatment, but we want to identify new targeted agents for treatment. secondly, we want to help with diagnostic tests to give medical staff and, indeed, the public confidence about their immune status and the relative risk of reinfection. and thirdly, as you imply, we want ourfindings to

reinfection. and thirdly, as you imply, we want our findings to help with the optimal design of vaccines which will be critical in helping to control the pandemic. we wish you luck and thank you very talking to us luck and thank you very talking to us today. breaking news now, one of pc andrew harper's killers has lodged an application for a leave to appeal his manslaughter sentence. this is henry long who were sentenced to 16 years in prison. he was acquitted of murder as an old bailey trial last month but he did plead guilty to manslaughter. he was sentenced to 16 years in prison. he has lodged an application with the court of appeal seeking permission to challenge his sentence. his passengers and friends, who were 18, we re passengers and friends, who were 18, were found guilty of manslaughter and received 13 years each. they both lodged application seeking leave to appeal their convictions and sentences last week. pc andrew

harper suffered fatal injuries when his ankles became hot in a strap trailing behind a car in august of last year in berkshire and he was dragged along for some time, saw henry long has lodged an application for leave to appeal his manslaughter sentence. here in the uk, figures show that leicester had the most covid—19 deaths of any local authority in england and wales injuly. there were 24 deaths in the city that month where covid—19 was mentioned on the death certificate, according to the office for national statistics. the figure is part of a downward trend as deaths there peaked at 153 in april. a campaign to emphasise the benefits of going back to work will be launched by the government next week. it will urge employers to reassure staff that it is safe to return, by highlighting the measures they're taking to make workplaces covid secure and the benefits of working in an office environment. the opposition says it could force people to choose between theirjob and their health.

let's get more from our political correspondent leila nathoo. i suppose the problem is, for a lot of people who have been at home all this time, inevitably, changing that habit will be quite a challenge. yes, and certainly some people have got used to it, some people prefer it. for many companies, it is probably working pretty well and some companies may well have had a com plete some companies may well have had a complete rethink about how they work. of course, for various work places, they have to have social distancing measures in place, so it will be very difficult for them to get back to full capacity anytime soon get back to full capacity anytime soon while those measures have to be in place, so i think what the government is trying to do is say, look, workplaces have protective measures in place, they have made significant adjustments. it is now safe to get back to the office. the transport secretary said the transport network was also ready. we have heard in recent weeks boris

johnson saying, trying to say that people should have the confidence to back to work if they can. remember, the message at the start of lockdown was to work from home. that has now been changed in favour of giving employers more discretion to discuss the arrangements with their employees. here's what the transport secretary had to say a little earlier. by by and large, where it is possible, people can now return to work. it is safe to do so, your employer should have put into place measures to ensure that people can work safely from their offices because there are just things that are impossible to do from home or virgin videos, as we are doing now, so, yes, gradually people will now begin to return to the office but i think we will see more flexible working then we have seen more flexible working then we have seenin more flexible working then we have seen in the past and it will be for employers and employees to work out the right balance in their particular places.

interesting that he said it would be ultimately up to employers to decide arrangements, but it's at the forefront of minister's' mine's is the economic impact of city centre being empty. we have heard their business group, the cbi, saying that city centres are like ghost towns, so some anxiety there about the impact of people staying at home and, of course, the impact on public transport revenues, too. i think this is why we are going to see this renewed push from the government next week. a bit of a media campaign especially in the regional press to say there is a positive aspect of getting back into the workplace, encouraging people that it is safe with all those protective measures in place to get back to the office. thank you very much. a march on washington demanding criminaljustice reforms will take place later today, spurred by months of protest over police violence against black people. its been organized to coincide with the 57th anniversary

of martin luther king jr 5 with the 57th anniversary with civil rights leaders hoping to build momentum behind a national movement for lasting change. barbara plett usher reports. they chant: nojustice! no peace! how to channel a summer of mass unrest into concrete change. the march on washington is capitalising on this national moment of reckoning to try and do just that, like civil rights leaders in 1963. at george washington university, nestled between the lincoln memorial and the white house, these students feel swept up in the tide of history. i think the past few months, i don't know if it has, like, sparked something, whethert it has sparked something in the nation that made it ok for us to be outwardly upset and outwardly feeling what we've always felt day—to—day going through life being black. what do you think this march can achieve? this is for the goal that this doesn't have to keep happening. because my grandma's generation, it breaks their heart that

here we are spending our 20s having to fight for our right to live. it's not radical. one, black lives matter... like, that's not radical. that's not... it shouldn't be radical. newsreel: the widely heralded and in some quarters even feared march on washington... this seemed radical, even militant, at the time. it brought some 250,000 people to the doorsteps of power, with a thunderous roar. in 1963, the march on washington moved race relations forward with landmark legislation on civil and voting rights, but it didn't finish the job. activists are still pressing for new laws, but they also want new attitudes, they want to change the nation's state of mind. the pandemic has thrown up unexpected barriers. so, the crowds will be thinner, and the revolution will be streamed. a virtual version of the march will amplify its demands for new policing and voting laws

and push to get out the vote. i think that after the 3rd of november, when we see the results notjust for the white house but all elections across the country locally, we will then be able to determine whether or not the march was impactful. so, this is a train to the 3rd of november, and we want more folks to join us. for the marchers, it is a call to believe in something they haven't yet seen, and to make it happen. barbara plett usher, bbc news, washington. staying in the us, one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the country, hurricane laura, has killed at least six people in louisiana. the state's governor said the storm had caused tremendous damage, but it was not as bad as originally feared. in neighbouring texas, the governor there said the state had dodged a bullet. paul hawkins reports. the calm after the storm — lake charles city in louisiana. this damage caused by sustained winds of 150 miles an hour had power cuts to more than half

a million homes. it was wild. at around one or so, the wind picked up and i could hear, the neighbours's roof blew off the side of the house, and just blew into my house. there was also this chemical fire at an industrial plant. it is clear that we did not sustain and suffer the absolute catastrophic damage that we thought was likely, based on the forecast we had last night. but we have sustained a tremendous amount of damage. this predicted 20ft storm surge failed to materialise, because the storm tracked 15—20 miles east of the calcasieu river, which feeds into lake charles city, meaning the marshland soaked most of it up. it has already weakened into a tropical storm, with winds of 60 miles per hour, and will continue to weaken further as it heads into arkansas and towards the american east coast.

meanwhile, eastern texas is also counting the cost, with places like port arthur underwater. the state's governor surveying the damage for himself from the air, and warning that the weather is not finished yet. one thing that we are continuing to look at is, we stand ready to watch and respond to potential flash flooding, as well as potential tornadoes, as the storms continue to go through the exiting process of exiting the state of texas. and there could be an unusually high number of storms still to come. scientists are warning, if they keep appearing at the current pace, then the number of storms in this hurricane season could equal the record set in 2005, when hurricane katrina hit, 15 years to the day on saturday. a woman of indian heritage is being honoured with a blue plaque, the first in the scheme's150—year history.

noor inayat khan, who was a british secret agent during the second world war, lived at a house in bloomsbury, in central london, before leaving for what was to be herfinal mission. lizo mzimba has more. it's the first time in its 150—year history that a blue plaque is being unveiled in honour of a woman of indian origin. noor inayat khan was born in moscow to an american mother and an indian father. he was a musician and teacher. the family moved first to london and then to france. she was educated in paris and later worked writing children's stories. after the fall of france in 1940, khan escaped to england, where shejoined the women's auxiliary air force. two years later, she was recruited to join the special operations executive as a radio operator. shortly after, she returned to

paris, this time to work as a spy — the first female radio operator to be sent into nazi—occupied france. after months of dangerous work, she was betrayed, arrested by the gestapo, imprisoned and tortured. she died after being shot in a concentration camp in september 1944. her plaque marks the return of the blue plaque scheme after a brief hiatus because of coronavirus. the new plaque will mark the house in bloomsbury in central london that was her family home when she left england for the last time. english heritage, which oversees the blue plaque scheme, believes that the story of her remarkable courage in the service of her adopted country is something that will serve to inspire future generations.

amnesty international has said police in the indian capital delhi were complicit and active participants in the religious violence between hindus and muslims, in february this year. more than 50 people were killed, a majority of them muslims. some of amnesty 5 top findings mirror the investigation done by the bbc in march. earlier i spoke to our india corresponent, yogita limaye, who has been following the story. well, amnesty has accused the delhi police of human rights violations. they say that the police acted, participated, in the violence, alongside rioters, they committed custodial torture, used excessive force against protesters. they also found that when people from the muslim community called for help, the delhi police responded in a mocking way. they say that their report is based on scrutinising videos that emerged on social media at the time, and they are gathering testimony from dozens of riot survivors, eyewitnesses and activists. just very quickly to take you back to those three days of violence that we covered in february this year in north—east delhi, it started off as, sort of, clashes over india's controversial

new citizenship law, which critics see as anti—muslim, but what we saw increasingly on the ground was that it took the form of religious violence between hindus and muslims. more than 50 people were killed, people from both communities died, but two thirds of those killed were muslims. and our own report from that time, we investigated the delhi police's role as well and we uncovered evidence from some of those videos that amnesty has also looked at, that the delhi police acted alongside hindus against muslims. we also looked at a set of videos that showed the delhi police using excessive force against muslims, one man died allegedly from the injuries that he succumbed, because of this excessive force, because of police brutality. more now on the march on washington demanding

criminaljustice reforms, spurred by months of protest over police violence against african americans. its been organized to coincide with the 57th anniversary of martin luther king jr 5 i have a dream speech — civil rights leaders hope to build momentum behind a national movement for lasting change. clive myrie looks back at that event nearly 60 years ago. #we # we shall overcome they reached the nation's capital any way they could. newsreel: a sunny morning brings people by the bus—load,, the trade load, to the capital. in every part of america new racism. the struggle against deep core rights came from all corners of the land. the

organisers were a cross—section of civil rights leaders, labour unions and religious organisations. they came together under one battle cry, the demand forjobs and freedom. the freedom to vote. freedom to live a life equal to whites. the freedom to fully enjoy their american dream. media interest than for the inauguration ofjohn f kennedy two years earlier and no wonder, this was the biggest gathering of participants for a single event ever in washington, more than a quarter of a million people. we are going to walk together, we are going to stand together. many reflecting america's profound light, all were not created equal and future generations should not have to live with the betrayal.

in the heat, the speakers came and went. but it was the last man to ta ke went. but it was the last man to take the microphone whose words have echoed down the years, a man who had a dream. i dream that to this day for many african remains unfulfilled. as the young demand the samejustice their unfulfilled. as the young demand the same justice their elders had fought for. it shames america that almost 60 years later there has to be another march on washington, that the betrayal of its people persists but the dream remains. staggered start times, wearing masks and year group bubbles will all become a reality for children in england returning

to the classroom from next week. john maguire has been finding out what measures are in place for students who use public transport, and what you can expect on the school run. the school run is almost back, but, as with everything else in 2020, it will look, feel and be very different. public transport companies have been juggling the demands of social distancing, bubbles and face coverings, all while not really knowing just how many children will turn up. in bristol, first bus will run special services just for pupils and, in some cases, for individual schools. we've added buses in which are specifically marked up as school buses and the route number has an s added to it, and they are specifically for those journeys. obviously, the first day is going to be challenging while everyone gets the hang of it. but once the kids have got used to it, i think that will work 0k. unlike the summer term, the majority of parents will now

have no choice other than to send their children to school, but will have to decide how they get there. i've been extremely anxious about them using the transport. i know it's a necessity, because i can't physically get them all there myself. but it is concerning to myself, with us being a shielding family and her vulnerability. i'd like to know who's going to be in the transport with my second child — as to how many children she's going to have within that transport bubble — but i still don't know that with a week to go. the industry's trade body is working to persuade parents that children will be safe. understandable that parents may be concerned, but there's really no need for them to be. operators have been working hard, making sure there is enhanced cleaning in place. obviously, there's the face coverings that children can wear to keep themselves safe, and making sure that there are safety measures in place to protect the driver, as well. from the road to the rails, the return of school children would be the biggest step back to pre—virus life.

but there are considerable and familiar challenges ahead. as with any environment, these days, whether it's a pub, a cinema, or, indeed, public transport, it's not necessarily when you're sitting down and not moving around that social distancing is challenging. it's the getting on and off, the pinch points of accessing a bus or a train. the physical safeguards are plain to see. the safety of those pupils has got to be at the top of our list. we've been carrying customers now for some time. we know how to do it in the railway industry. the wearing of masks, which most of the secondary school pupils will be having to wear, significantly gives that additional reassurance to customers that they can travel safely. and, of course, we've got those enhanced cleaning regimes in place and the social distancing recommendations that we're helping people follow. there are always nerves on the first day of school, but, next week, it won't be just the children who'll be anxious. it will be a major test of public

transport and of public confidence. john maguire, bbc news. a video of two passengers being escorted off a flight at stansted airport by officials in protective suits, has been shared on social media. the man had just boarded a ryanair plane to pisa in italy, when he received a text saying he had tested positive for coronavirus. after alerting cabin crew, the man and his travel partner were taken to an isolation area at the terminal. rya nair said both passengers were seated for only ten minutes, but the flight on wednesday was delayed while seats and overhead cabins were disinfected. back in march, manchester united footballer, marcus rashford successfully campaigned for the government to allow children in england to claim free school meal vouchers during the summer holidays. since then £380 million worth of vouchers have been redeemed by schools and families. jayne mccubbin has been to liverpool to see what a difference it's made. let me introduce you to three families.

i'm melicia, and this is reuben. my name is mohammed and this is bilal. camilla and natalia. this is isaac, this is noah, this is ethan and i'm martin. and let me tell you why they want to talk. weeks before free school meals were due to end in england for the summer, this premiership footballer tweeted. .. marcus rashford made his appeal to government to continue the scheme right through the holidays, right here on breakfast. you know, what families are going through now, i once had to go through that. when i heard about the schools shutting down, that means free meals for some kids that they're not getting at school. for some kids that they're not getting at schools. the 22—year—old kept up the pressure. 48 hours later, the government agreed to extend the scheme. now with the holidays almost

at an end, we've come to liverpool to see what impact those vouchers have had. this is the l6 community centre. this is where these families have been making the most of their summer food vouchers. just before you ring this through, can you show the camera the voucher? this voucher says asda, but it depends on what you have requested, what your local supermarket is. so it could say... iceland, sainsbury‘s. whatever. but the crucial thing is? i can spend this here. it's only a £15 voucher but i get a lot more than £15. £15 worth of goods from here. they will get £30 worth of items for that £15. i am a single parent and i'm struggling a lot lately. but these school vouchers have really helped. thanks, thanks, reuben! and i think that the best thing they've ever done is brought these vouchers out, without them there is going to be a lot of families that are really going to struggle.

these families are eligible because they have household income of less than £7,400 a year, and they say this centre and these vouchers have been a lifeline. i was born in syria, i am an asylum seeker in the uk. i am not allowed to work. but i do fill my time volunteering for the british red cross, the nhs. we have £35 per week per person, and it's very difficult for us. i've been a single parent for five years now. usually towards the end of the month, it's hardest. universal credit is monthly, so making it stretch for the whole month is quite difficult. i've been quite low at times. if it wasn't for places like the l6, i don't know, i'm starting to wonder where i'd be now, or if we'd be here now, together as a family. we're trying to do our best but thanks to the local support that we've been receiving, without it, i wouldn't have been able to do it by myself.

it's mainly when the kids ask for things and you have to say no. exchanging the vouchers for food, itjust makes you feel like you're doing a proper shop rather than asking and begging for food. this scheme helped over1 million kids over the summer holidays. this scheme helped over one million kids over the summer holidays. a campaign that helped lead to change in england, wales, scotland and northern ireland. the marcus rashford campaign... i've got to say, you know, he's a manchester united player. i know this kills you, doesn't it? it does. but i've got to admire him. thank you. you know, you don't realise what help that gives to our kids. if there's something great to come out of this epidemic, all our staff have been there, done it and got the t—shirt. yourself included? meself as well. thank you so much, families, for speaking to me, not easy, appreciate it. it's been a pleasure. thank you very much, bye—bye. you know, it's not been easy but it's notjust about us,

it's about every other family in this situation across the country. it's about trying to give a bit back and help out. glad to do it. definitely. £15 per week per child for six weeks. that might not sound like much for some people. for others, it's meant the world of difference this summer. as for marcus rashford this week, he tweeted... a hint this young man's work trying to tackle child poverty isn't over yet. in a statement the government says, we have taken substantial action to make sure no child goes hungry throughout the pandemic period, including by launching a national voucher scheme to support children eligible for free school meals while they were at home. councils are also receiving additional funding to support families who are struggling financially with the impact of covid—19, and to provide help for those who need it."

the headlines on bbc news: president trump has formally accepted the republican nomination to run for a second term — warning thatjobs and "american greatness" would be at risk if his rival — joe biden — wins. japan's prime minister — shinzo abe — has announced he will step down from the position due to ill health. the world's largest study of patients with covid—19 has confirmed that children's risk of needing hospital treatment for the virus is "tiny". the bbc has found new evidence indicating that the united arab emirates were involved in an attack on a military academy in libya in which 26 unarmed cadets died. the uae has previously denied military intervention in the libyan conflict. but an investigation by bbc africa eye found evidence that the cadets were hit by a missile fired from a uae drone. i should add that rana jawad's report contains images you might find distressing.

0njanuary 4th this year around 50 cadets were doing routine drills at a military academy in the libyan capital, tripoli. a second later an explosion detonated in the centre of the group, leaving 26 young men dead or dying on the parade ground. many were still teenagers. none of them were armed. seven months after the strike, no—one has claimed responsibility for this attack. but the bbc has now uncovered evidence to say what hit the cadets and where it came from. tripoli is the base for libya's un—recognised government of national accord, or gna. at the time of the strike the city

was under siege from the libyan national army, or lna, which fights for a rival government based in eastern libya. both sides are heavily backed by foreign powers. the lna immediately denied that it was behind this attack and suggested that the cadets had been killed by local shelling. but our investigation has found that a much more sophisticated weapon was used. this is the shrapnel left on the parade ground. these fins, these bolt mechanisms, and this connection system all match the components of a missile called the blue arrow 7. the blue arrow 7 is a chinese—made air—to—surface missile and our analysis as well as a report by the un found only one aircraft active in the attack on tripoli which is capable of firing this weapon, a drone

called the wing loong ii. so who is capable of firing this drone over libya? these are all the known airbases in libya but the wing loong ii has only ever been documented at two of them, both in enemy territory at jufra and al khadim. these drones were flying from jufra in 2019 but by september they had vanished from the base and have never reappeared. that leaves us with al khadim. the base has been here for decades but starting in 2014 satellite imagery shows a major redevelopment of al khadim. the bbc and the un have been able to identify some of the military aircraft that were stationed here by 2016. this is the first version of the wing loong drone. this is a uh—60 helicopter that the americans call a black hawk. these are at—802 air tractors and this looks like a hawk air defence system. when this image was taken there was only one foreign player active in this war

that owned all four of these weapons, the united arab emirates. we also found an arms registry that lists the weapons bought by the uae in 2017. it records the purchase of 15 wing loong ii drones and 350 blue arrow 7 missiles. the uae has previously denied military involvement in libya and claims to support the un peace process. but in 2019 the un panel of experts in libya found that the uae‘s transfer of wing loong drones and blue arrow 7 missiles into libya violates the un arms embargo which exists to bring an end to this conflict and which has been in force since 2011, the same embargo that the uae endorsed at the summit in berlin in january 2020. here, along with other world powers, the uae agreed to refrain from intervention in libya's war but in the months leading up to the berlin meeting

the uae‘s wing loong drones were taking off from this runway and all the evidence suggests that among them was the drone which onjanuary 4th fired a missile into the unarmed cadets in tripoli. we put these findings to the government of the uae. they did not respond. the august bank holiday weekend is upon us and it is a crucial one for britain's tourism industry. but bookings for uk staycations for this august bank holiday weekend are down by around half on last year according to visit britain. our business correspondent ben thompson has been in a wet and windy whitstable this morning. welcome to sunny whitstable. you're absolutely right,

earlier this morning the rain was here, but they will be hoping that it lasts much longer, and the weather being so glorious right now, because they will really rely on this weekend to make sure that they can get the visitors in that they need. about a third of all domestic tourism spending is done in the months ofjuly and august and this will be really crucial to help salvage what is left of the summer season, given that the bars and restaurants and shops here have missed out on the easter weekend, the other bank holidays this year, the school holidays, so they will be hoping that this weekend will deliver. but you're right, the number of trips overnight stays are down significantly. this time last year, 8 million of us were planning an overnight trip over the weekend, this year it is just 4.8 million. clearly we're still travelling but not staying overnight. so what does that mean? let me introduce you to patricia, from visit britain, and also sarah, who runs a hotel and restaurant. good morning to you both. patricia, talk to me about the importance of this weekend, this year, even more important, this bank holiday weekend?

yes, because tourism businesses need to make their money in the summer to help them through the quieter months. as you say, they have lost a lot of business this year, so this is the last hurrah before the kids go back to school and it is important to get people out and supporting local businesses and spending their money. speaking of local businesses, sarah, you are pinning your hopes on this weekend being a good one, because you have been through it all this year, with lockdown and changes to the way you operate, tell me about how tough it has been. absolutely. so, lockdown came overnight, it was really important for us to look after our customers, and change. we want to be covid—secure, we've got great outside space so we have been able to adapt quickly. however, the hotel was on lockdown, we're just coming out of lockdown now, we've got weddings, albeit smaller, intimate.

as a business we are having to re—gear and think about the future. great that we have got these small staycation is right now, however, cold months ahead. and also i was speaking to another restaurant owner earlier and he said the problem is the mondays, tuesdays, the wednesdays, the things that the chancellor was trying to help outwith, but for the likes of businesses like yours, it is really difficult, people are coming for the weekend and not the rest of the week? the eat out campaign has been great to give back to our customers and also positive to get the food supply chain going again. however, coming back to the hotel side, we are noticing last—minute stays, people who want to suddenly get away, but we have to make sure that we are covid—secure and we offer confidence to our customers to encourage them to keep coming out. and patricia, a final word, this is really make or break, but what about november,

december, january, february, it's going to be tough, isn't it? it is, even the places in resorts that have been doing good business are expressing worry about how they get through to christmas. if you're in a city centre business, you've not got business travellers, you've not got people who are confident travelling on public transport. so, a really positive message is needed that people can travel confidently and go into cities and we are launching the escape the every day campaign, where those memories of lockdown hopefully will fade and we can get out and enjoy ourselves. good luck. you've got your work cut out but on a glorious day like today, it makes yourjob slightly easier. that is the view for this weekend. many people will be choosing to go away even if it is just for a day but hopefully for a bit longer to make the most of what this country has got to offer. when you see shots like this, from the drone, you really do see what this country has to offer, and whatever you may be up to this weekend,

have a wonderful time. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas. hello. after heavy rain brought some flooding problems yesterday for many areas, today is going to be rather mixed weather—wise. we have got further outbreaks of rain, equally some sunshine coming through, too. this was the picture earlier, some blue skies overhead, showers in the vicinity as well. things will be drying up this afternoon for scotland, northern ireland and the far north of england, some sunshine reappearing here. further south, patchy rain across northern england, wales, the midlands, and heavy showers and thunderstorms interspersed with some sunshine further south. the winds will be a feature of the weather today, particularly across the northern half of the uk. gusts up to 40mph, especially around the coasts. temperatures only in the mid—teens, feeling chilly other than that with the northerly wind. this evening and tonight, most places tending to dry out but we will keep the threat of heavy

showers in the south and the south—east, due to this low pressure, which will be slowly drifting away as we go into the weekend. higher pressure coming in from the atlantic which will tend to dry things out as we get into saturday morning. we have still got the northerly wind which will be driving in further showers for northern scotland and the east coast of england and the south—east. they should start to ease later in the weekend. some sunshine on offer. and the south—east. they should start to ease later in the weekend. some sunshine on offer. again, chilly northerly winds up to about 45mph gusts. temperatures cooler than they have been recently. on saturday, it will typically be around 13—19 degrees. under the largely clear skies and with the wind is easing,

saturday night, take note if your camping, will be quite cold. temperatures, well down into single figures for the start of the day on sunday. sunday will be dominated by high pressure, moving on from the west. pressure, moving in from the west. so, not as blustery. still a bit of a northerly breeze, you will notice, around the eastern coasts, further west, less blustery than it has been. variable amounts of cloud on sunday, with sunny spells. temperatures are little below par for the time of year.

this is bbc news. the headlines: donald trump accepts the republican party's nomination to run for president, accusing the democrats of having a far—left agenda, and being weak on law and order. japan's longest—serving prime minister, shinzo abe, announces his resignation due to ill health. translation: i decided to step down as the prime minister. i would like to send my apologies to the people of japan. manchester united captain and england defender the world's largest study of patients with covid—19 has confirmed that children's risk of needing hospital treatment for the virus is "tiny". manchester united captain and england defender harry maguire says he feared for his life in his first interview about his arrest in greece. we thought we were getting kidnapped. we got down on our knees, we put our hands in the air. and then, erm, theyjust

started hitting us, they were hitting my legs, saying my career‘s over, no more football. you won't play again. a new government campaign to encourage people to return to the office, amid concerns that city centres are suffering as workers stay away following the pandemic. and coming up this hour: a blue plaque for a woman of indian heritage who became a british spy during the second world war. president trump has set out his case to win a second term in office as he formally accepted his party's nomination for november's election. addressing the republican national convention from the white house lawn, mr trump described it as ‘the most important election

ever‘, and presented himself as the candidate of law and order. he warned his rival —joe biden — would ‘demolish‘ the american dream and give free rein to anarchists and criminals. our north america correspondent david willis was watching. please welcome, ivanka trump. it‘s been a family affair, this convention, and it fell to donald trump‘s daughter ivanka to introduce him on the final night of the republican gathering — a billionaire businessman she described as a builder, an entrepreneur, and an outsider. my fellow americans, our first lady and the 45th president of the united states, donald j trump. and onto the south lawn, to a rousing reception from an invited and un—socially distanced audience, stepped donald and melania trump. the white house, a federal building, a controversial, some have said unconstitutional backdrop for a political pitch of this kind.

donald trump‘s appeal to remain here coming at a time of renewed racial tension, and on the day a hurricane wreaked havoc on america‘s gulf coast. my fellow americans, tonight, with a heart full of gratitude and boundless optimism, i profoundly accept this nomination for president of the united states. calling the forthcoming election the most important in the country‘s history, donald trump called once again for the restoration of law and order in the face of protests against police brutality and racial injustice, some of which have grown violent. like richard nixon in 1968, the message to white suburban voters is clear — safety on their streets is at risk, and he‘s backing the police over the protesters. the democrat party wants to stand with anarchists, agitators, rioters, looters and flag burners. that is up to them. but i, as your president,

will not be a part of it. the republican party will remain the voice of the patriotic heroes who keep america safe and salute the american flag. touting his achievements in trade negotiations, criminal justice reform and the middle east, the president vowed to rebuild an economy ravaged by what he calls the china virus. perversely, perhaps, given his criticism of the black lives matter protests, he made this assertion about a voting group his party is nonetheless still hoping to woo. i have done more for the african—american community than any president since abraham lincoln, our first republican president. there was no mention ofjacob blake, the black man shot in the back by a white police officer in wisconsin on sunday, nor of the trump—supporting teenage vigilante charged with murdering two people who were protesting that shooting. david willis, bbc news, los angeles.

sonja nichols is the republican candidate running for election to the north carolina state senate to represent district 37. she explained why she‘s running for the party as an african—american woman, despite the fact president trump has accused of stoking racial tensions. i would say it definitely is more to do with the republican party. however, i would respectfully say that donald trump is notjust stoking racial tensions. the issues that we‘re having in this country have been here for 400 years, at least since the forming of our constitution, and so he‘s not creating the issues that have always been here. he‘s just reminding everyone. i think what he is also doing is... i think he‘s trying to give us a very clear option and i think if we would move forward,

not with the continued anger, but if we would move forward with the aspirational things that we can do in this country, i think we would all be better served. the largest ever study of children with covid—19 has concluded it‘s ‘vanishingly rare‘ for young people to die from the virus. it found the disease has not caused the deaths of any schoolchildren in the uk who did not have serious underlying health problems. the report, published in the british medicaljournal, identified which children were more likely to need critical care support — including newborn babies under a month old, young people from a black ethnic background, or children who are obese. our science correspondent pallab ghosh has more. this is the world‘s largest study of patients with covid—19. and it confirms that the overwhelming majority of those aged 19 or under don‘t get severe symptoms. the study looked at 70,000 patients who were admitted to hospital in the uk.

just 651 were children. six of those died and all of them had serious underlying health problems. i think the most important message from this paper is that children make up a tiny proportion of severe covid in the uk and that death with covid in children is vanishingly rare. what i would like to say is that these findings are really reassuring. and, for myself as a parent, as a children‘s doctor and also as a scientist, i find these numbers are extremely reassuring for parents who are about to send their children back to school. the research has also found that young people with black ethnicity and those medical staff classed as obese are more likely to need extra treatment, such as intensive care. the findings were seen in advance by england‘s chief medical officer, professor chris whitty. they were part of the evidence he looked at when he told parents on sunday that it is safe for children to return to school in september.

japan‘s longest—serving prime minister, shinzo abe, has announced he is stepping down because of ill health. abe, who is 65, has suffered from ulcerative colitis — an inflammatory bowel disease — for many years, but his condition has worsened. in 2007, he resigned abruptly from an earlier term as prime minister because of his struggles with his condition. in recent months, his government has faced severe criticism over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, which many people injapan view as being too slow and uncoordinated. shinzo abe had recently become the country‘s longest continuously serving prime minister, and has no clear successor. here is the moment he announced his resignation. translation: even though i have one year to go in my tenure, and with other challenges that have not been addressed yet amid the coronavirus outbreak, i have decided to step down as the prime minister.

i would like to send my apologies to the people of japan. our correspondent, mariko oi, joins us from singapore. how much of a shark is this to the people of japan? how much of a shark is this to the people ofjapan? it did come as a surprise, even though he made two hospital visits in just one week prompting some speculation about his health, so a lot of people were wondering what he did at the hospital last week. he spent 7.5 hours and told reporters at the time that it was just a regular checkup, but when he went back to the hospital again just last monday, that‘s when a lot of speculation started, so even then, it did come as slightly as a prize because a lot of people thought he would at least try to finish his term in september

2021, but at the same time, it has been quite interesting to watch is press co nfe re nce been quite interesting to watch is press conference where he did not use a prompter like he usually does and he actually answered almost all the questions instead of answering a pre—selected view and he actually a nswered pre—selected view and he actually answered some very highly critical questions about how his government has been handling the coronavirus pandemic as well. so, no obvious successor, what happens next? well, he said that he is happy to stay on until the replacement is selected, so basically there is no national election that needs to take place until next year, so whoever gets, whoever becomes the leader of the ruling party, the liberal democratic party, automatically becomes japan‘s new prime minister until the end of this term in september 2021. as you said, there are quite a few names around about who can replace him and because the ldp practically governed japan continuously apart from a

couple of years back in 2009, there are so many factions within the ruling party and i‘m all the different teams are now discussing how to get that top job, but at the same time, there are a couple of close allies of mr abe including the deputy prime minister who was also their prime minister once taro aso and also the chief cabinet secretary has also been named as a potential candidate, yoshihide suga. when it comes to who is popular among the voters, that is a different story, so we are not sure when that process will take place. mr abe said it was not his place to determine how aware nor who gets elected as his replacement. for the moment, thank you very much. borisjohnson has tweeted his reaction to the news this morning.

the manchester united captain harry maguire has spoken for the first time about being found guilty of assaulting police and bribery, on the greek island of mykonos. in an exclusive interview with the bbc, the england defender says he feared for his life when he was arrested by plain clothes officers and thought he was being kidnapped. he has been talking to our sports editor, dan roan. since he left a greek courthouse on saturday, harry maguire‘s not been seen or heard. but finally, the united and england star has broken his silence, telling me what it was like to spend two nights in custody. it was horrible. it‘s not something i ever want to do again. i don‘t wish it on anybody. who do you owe an apology to? i don‘t feel like i owe an apology to anybody. an apology is something when you have done something wrong. do i regret?

i regret being in the situation. obviously, the situation has made it difficult. i play for one of the biggest clubs in the world, so i regret putting the fans and the club through this. maguire says trouble began when he suspected his sister, daisy, had been attacked by two strangers. these two men approached my little sister. they asked her where she was from, she responded, and then my fiancee fern seen my little sister‘s eyes go into the back of her head, and... she ran over and she was fainting, she was in and out of consciousness. . .and, um... sorry. maguire says he and his friends tried to get to hospital, but were instead taken to a police station, where they claim outside they were attacked by plainclothed officers.

my initial thought was that we were getting kidnapped. we got down on our knees, we put our hands in the air. and then theyjust started hitting us. they were hitting my legs, saying my career is over, no more football. "you won‘t play again." despite everything you‘ve said, the facts remain, sadly, that you were found guilty. how can you remain captain of one of the biggest clubs in the world? it‘s a massive privilege to play for the club, never mind to be the captain. obviously, it is not my decision to make. i have great faith in the greek law. the retrial will give us more time to prepare, gather the evidence, allow witnesses into the court, and i‘m really confident that the truth will be told and come out. you can watch an extended version of the bbc‘s interview with harry maguire at 9.30pm tonight on the bbc news channel

and listen to it now on the bbc sounds app. the headlines on bbc news: president trump has formally accepted the republican nomination to run for a second term, warning thatjobs and "american greatness" would be at risk if his rival, joe biden, wins. japan‘s prime minister, shinzo abe, has announced he will step down from the position due to ill health. the world‘s largest study of patients with covid—19 has confirmed that children‘s risk of needing hospital treatment for the virus is "tiny". sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here‘s lizzie greenwood—hughes. has been a long time since we‘ve seen you and what vision you are! thank you very much.

more sporting events in the us have been affected as players continue to boycott games in protest over the shooting of jacob blake. in the game between the new york mets and miami marlins — both teams took off their caps for a moment of silence, before walking off the field, leaving behind a black lives matter t—shirt. basketball‘s nba‘s play—offs and football and ice hockey matches have also been postponed. american football is in full practice mode, with the season starting in two weeks, but the tennessee titans cancelled their latest session in solidarity. we had a lot of powerful discussions, guys got out their emotions and we had a lot of constructive conversation, but as we went to rt meetings with the entire team, we felt that as players and as an entire organisation that it was right to practice today. we feel that with all the recent events that have happened in our country, not just this year, not only the past year but the past hundreds of years, we decided it was time to take a stand.

valetteri bottis is enjoying his 31st birthday so far. he was quickest in the first practice session for sunday‘s belgian grand prix, just holding off his mercedes team—mate lewis hamilton, with max verstappen close behind. the top three were separated by tiny fractions, on one of the most demanding tracks on the calendar. rain is expected for second practice later. as british sport continues to slowly re—introduce spectators, murrayfield will stage the first rugby match to admit fans since the lockdown. around 700 will be allowed in to watch edinburgh take on glasgow warriors in the pro 14, with strict social distancing measures in place. tickets have been sold in pairs, with members of the same household sitting together. season—ticket holder darren coutts will be back at murrayfield for the first time in six months, taking his partner anna healy to her first rugby match. i‘m part of a rugby fans group which we started up a few years back and is going strong and everybody has a

sense of, well, we are going to make this work, not just sense of, well, we are going to make this work, notjust for rugby but for sport in general and, you know, there is a sense of responsibility. we understand that covid—19 has racked sports across the land and we just want to make it work and hopefully a great event tonight leads to another great event and we can get back to watching rugby life. let‘s hope she enjoys it! that‘s all the sport for now. i‘ll have more for you in the next hour. an update from the office of national statistics on covid—19 infections in ordinary homes. the estimate that people in homes, not hospitals and care homes, had the coronavirus in the week ending the end of august with 202 infections each day. they say that there is some evidence of a small increase of the percentage of people testing positive in july following a

the percentage of people testing positive injuly following a low point injune positive injuly following a low point in june but positive injuly following a low point injune but this continues to level. the data is based on swabs taken from people who chosen at random, 140,000 swabs were taken in the last six weeks with 71 individuals testing positive in that time. a march on washington demanding criminaljustice reforms will take place later today, spurred by months of protest over police violence against black people. it‘s been organized to coincide with the 57th anniversary of martin luther king jr‘s i have a dream speech, with civil rights leaders hoping to build momentum behind a national movement for lasting change. barbara plett usher reports. they chant: nojustice! no peace! how to channel a summer of mass unrest into concrete change. the march on washington is capitalising on this national moment of reckoning to try and do just that, like civil rights leaders in 1963. at george washington university, nestled between the lincoln memorial and the white house,

these students feel swept up in the tide of history. i think the past few months, i don‘t know if it has, like, sparked something, whethert it has sparked something in the nation that made it ok for us to be outwardly upset and outwardly feeling what we‘ve always felt day—to—day going through life being black. what do you think this march can achieve? this is for the goal that this doesn't have to keep happening. because my grandma's generation, it breaks their heart that here we are spending our 20s having to fight for our right to live. it's not radical. one, black lives matter... like, that's not radical. that's not... it shouldn't be radical. newsreel: the widely heralded and in some quarters even feared march on washington... this seemed radical, even militant, at the time. it brought some 250,000 people to the doorsteps of power, with a thunderous roar. in 1963, the march on washington moved race relations forward with landmark legislation on civil

and voting rights, but it didn‘t finish the job. activists are still pressing for new laws, but they also want new attitudes, they want to change the nation‘s state of mind. the pandemic has thrown up unexpected barriers. so, the crowds will be thinner, and the revolution will be streamed. a virtual version of the march will amplify its demands for new policing and voting laws and push to get out the vote. i think that after the 3rd of november, when we see the results notjust for the white house but all elections across the country locally, we will then be able to determine whether or not the march was impactful. so, this is a train to the 3rd of november, and we want more folks to join us. for the marchers, it is a call to believe in something they haven‘t yet seen, and to make it happen. barbara plett usher, bbc news, washington. barbara plett usher is in washington for us now.

you get the sense from people that they are doing this and feel that they are doing this and feel that they really shouldn‘t have to after decades and decades of marches. yes, the students i was speaking to said that the same thing, that their grandparents that they had made big achievements and now they felt something more needed to be done. they didn‘t even know exactly what needed to be done but felt you have to go for a more lasting impact. having said that, 96 t3 did achieve quite concrete things. the voting legislation, the civil rights legislation, the civil rights legislation, as i said, thejob was not finished, so the point of this by reverend al sharpton, a veteran civil rights leader, was that he wa nted civil rights leader, was that he wanted to capitalise on this moment for people to push for something that would make a long—term impact and, of course, because it is no election year, activists feel that they have more power to change in a lasting way that they might have otherwise, but here today, you are

going to see the full impact of their message. it will be about police brutality, changing in policing, a roll call of families whose family members have been shot by the police or vigilantes but also you will hear a lot about the pandemic because of the way it has affected people of colour in a disproportionate way, so they will use these things as rallying cries to seek legislative change but also organise people who have been engaged and to pull people in from the sidelines to keep this going and sustain it. the phrase that sticks out for me is how do we achieve lasting change rather than change that happens for a while and then seems to unravel somehow? how possible is that unless more black americans are elected, who get into positions where they can really bring about legal change? well, i think you are right on one thing that has been heartening to the

long—term activists as their diversity of people who have been coming out for these marches. in the 60s, coming out for these marches. in the 605, it coming out for these marches. in the 60s, it was 70—80% black people, i am told. now it is very diverse with latinos, white people, a range of classes and sexes and otherwise and the younger people also, many, many young people and it is resonating them. we are seeing a shift in that way, but you are right, the legislation needs to change, the elected representatives need to change, and therefore the focus of this march is very much trying to get national legislation passed and it is very important that this is happening in an election year because it gives them something to work towards, but i think everyone who comes realises that they are in pa rt who comes realises that they are in part of a process. even at the time of the 1963 march, one organiser said that this was the first phase and they would have to come back and keep trying until things became more permanent, so that is also how they are looking at this. thank you very much. a government campaign

to emphasise the benefits of going back to work will be launched next week. it will urge employers to reassure staff that it is safe to return, by highlighting the measures they‘re taking to make workplaces covid secure and the benefits of working in an office environment. labour says it could force people to choose between theirjob and their health. our political correspondent leila nathoo explains how people feel about working from home. certainly some people have got used to it, some people prefer it. for many companies, it is probably working pretty well and some companies may well have had a complete rethink about how they work. of course, for various work places, they have to have social distancing measures in place, so it will be very difficult for them to get back to full capacity anytime soon while those measures have to be in place, so i think what the government is trying to do is say, look, workplaces have protective measures in place, they have made significant adjustments. it is now safe to get back to the office. grant shapps, the transport secretary said the transport network was also ready. we have heard in recent weeks

borisjohnson saying, trying to say that people should have the confidence to go back to work if they can. remember, the message at the start of lockdown was work from home. that has now been changed in favour of giving employers more discretion to discuss the arrangements with their employees. here‘s what the transport secretary, gran shapps, had to say a little earlier. by and large, where it's possible, people can now return to work. it's safe to do so. your employer should have put in covid—friendly. .. or covid—unfriendly, i suppose you could say, measures to ensure that people can work safely from their offices because there are just things that are impossible to do from home over zoom videos, as we are doing now, so, yes, gradually now people will start to return to the office but i suspect we will see more flexible working then we have seen in the past and it will be for employers and employees to work out the right balance in their particular cases.

interesting to hear he acknowledged it would be ultimately up to employers to decide arrangements, but what‘s at the forefront of ministers‘ minds is the economic impact of city centres being empty. we have heard the business group, the cbi, saying that city centres are like ghost towns, so some anxiety there about the impact of people staying at home and, of course, the impact on public transport revenues, too. i think this is why we are going to see this renewed push from the government next week. there‘s going to be a bit of a media campaign especially in the regional press to say there is a positive aspect of getting back into the workplace, encouraging people that it is safe with all those protective measures in place to get back to the office. an update following the news that henry long, one of the killers of pc andrew harper has decided to lodge

an appeal, sorry, an application for leave to appeal his manslaughter sentence. pc harbour‘s mother has responded and she says, my family andi responded and she says, my family and i totally respect anyone‘s right to appeal their sentence, we live in afair to appeal their sentence, we live in a fair society, but this news coming on the very last day he had to put in his appeal is in the another kick in the stomach that leaves us all feeling offal. we will recover from this as we have to do, but my thoughts today are absolutely with my heroic son who gave his life trying to protect others and those responsible for his loss will not live rent free in my head. new figures show that leicester had the most covid—19 deaths of any local authority in england and wales injuly. there were 24 deaths in the city that month where covid—19 was mentioned on the death certificate, according to the office for national statistics. the figure is part of a downward trend as deaths there peaked at 153 in april. now it‘s time for a look at

the weather with sara keith lucas. hello. we have a real mix of weather types out there today. some of us, more heavy downpours, but for other areas, sunshine will reappear. brightening up in northern ireland, scotla nd brightening up in northern ireland, scotland and the far north of england in the afternoon. to the south of that, a band of rain slipping its way south. further south, sunshine, scattered showers and thunderstorms set to develop. we could see 19 degrees or so in brighter spells, typically the mid—teens further north with quite a chilly northerly wind starting to develop as well which we with us for the next few days. do watch out for those heavy downpours in the south. could be lying water, perhaps flash flooding for a time. overnight, some showers in the south—east but most other places looking clear. temperatures between seven and 13 degrees or so overnight tonight, turning colder, though, tomorrow night. through saturday, quite a lot of dry weather on the cards, so some showers especially around the east coast and again quite a chilly northerly wind developing for feeling colder than recent days with

highs between 13 and 19. hello this is bbc news. i‘m martine croxall. the headlines: donald trump accepts the republican party‘s nomination to run for president— accusing the democrats of having a far—left agenda, and being weak on law and order. japan‘s longest—serving prime minister, shinzo abe, announces his resignation due to ill health. translation: i decided to step down as the prime minister. i would like to send my apologies to the people of japan. the world‘s largest study of patients with covid—19 has confirmed that children‘s risk

of needing hospital treatment for the virus is "tiny". manchester united captain and england defender harry maguire says he feared for his life in his first interview about his arrest in greece. a new government campaign to encourage people to return to the office, amid concerns that city centres are suffering as workers stay away following the pandemic. one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the us, hurricane laura, has killed at least six people in louisiana. the state‘s governor said the storm had caused tremendous damage, but it was not as bad as originally feared. in neighbouring texas, the governor there said the state had dodged a bullet. paul hawkins reports. the calm after the storm — lake charles city in louisiana. this damage caused by sustained winds of 150 miles an hour had power cuts to more than half a million homes. it was wild. at around one or so, the wind picked up and i could hear, the neighbours‘s roof blew off

the side of the house, and just blew into my house. there was also this chemical fire at an industrial plant. it is clear that we did not sustain and suffer the absolute catastrophic damage that we thought was likely, based on the forecast we had last night. but we have sustained a tremendous amount of damage. this predicted 20ft storm surge failed to materialise, because the storm tracked 15—20 miles east of the calcasieu river, which feeds into lake charles city, meaning the marshland soaked most of it up. it has already weakened into a tropical storm, with winds of 60 miles per hour, and will continue to weaken further as it heads into arkansas and towards the american east coast. meanwhile, eastern texas is also counting the cost, with places like port arthur underwater. the state‘s governor surveying the damage for himself from the air, and warning that the weather is not finished yet. one thing that we are continuing

to look at is, we stand ready to watch and respond to potential flash flooding, as well as potential tornadoes, as the storms continue to go through the exiting process of exiting the state of texas. and there could be an unusually high number of storms still to come. scientists are warning, if they keep appearing at the current pace, then the number of storms in this hurricane season could equal the record set in 2005, when hurricane katrina hit, 15 years to the day on saturday. paul hawkins, bbc news. amnesty international has said police in the indian capital delhi were complicit and active participants in the religious violence between hindus and muslims, in february this year. more than 50 people were killed, a majority of them muslims. some of amnesty 5 top findings mirror the investigation done by the bbc in march. earlier i spoke to our india corresponent,

yogita limaye, who has been following the story. well, amnesty has accused the delhi police of human rights violations. they say that the police acted, participated, in the violence, alongside rioters, they committed custodial torture, used excessive force against protesters. they also found that when people from the muslim community called for help, the delhi police responded in a mocking way. they say that their report is based on scrutinising videos that emerged on social media at the time, and they are gathering testimony from dozens of riot survivors, eyewitnesses and activists. just very quickly to take you back to those three days of violence that we covered in february this year in north—east delhi, it started off as, sort of, clashes over india‘s controversial new citizenship law, which critics see as anti—muslim, but what we saw increasingly on the ground was that it took the form of religious violence

between hindus and muslims. more than 50 people were killed, people from both communities died, but two thirds of those killed were muslims. and our own report from that time, we investigated the delhi police‘s role as well and we uncovered evidence from some of those videos that amnesty has also looked at, that the delhi police acted alongside hindus against muslims. we also looked at a set of videos that showed the delhi police using excessive force against muslims, one man died allegedly from the injuries that he succumbed, because of this excessive force, because of police brutality. three new uk—wide studies will try to answer key questions on how our immune system deals with coronavirus. the uk coronavirus immunology consortium will receive more than £6 million to bring together leading scientists from 17 uk research institutions.

professor paul moss from the university of birmingham told us more about what they hope to learn. as you know, this sars—cov—2 is a novel coronavirus and the immune system is absolutely critical to understanding the outcome of every infection and also many questions about the current pandemic and we know that the immune system is mediated by two arms, antibodies, proteins that neutralise the virus, and the cellular response that can kill infected cells, but there are many questions remaining and that is what our consortium will address. there are three principal things that we want to focus on. the first is studying how the immune response at the time of the initial infection determines a patient‘s outcome which can vary from asymptomatic to severe disease.

secondly, to understand how the immune response can eradicate the virus and how long that lasts. and thirdly, to see if the immune response plays any role in damaging tissues, so—called immuno pathology. when you talk about immunity, is it the same for every condition? does the body pretty much respond in a similar way no matter what the infection? it uses the same principles, antibodies and cellular immunity, but the way in which that is employed differs for all infections, viruses and bacteria, and we are still learning about how the immune response to this virus is coordinated and it varies quite a lot between different people which is a key factor. do you have any particular ideas about that, the reasons for that at the moment? obviously, you might not want to nail your colours to the mast because that is the purpose of this research, but is there anything that is coming forward at the moment i could help you answer that? there are some unique questions about immunity to coronavirus.

one is that antibody responses developing almost every patient but it appears to decrease by up to 10% every month whereas the cellular immune response may last for much longer. if we look at their historical precedent of the sars epidemic from 2002, cellular immunity lasted for ten years, still we are wondering after introduction, how long will immuniity protect patients for? the temptation is to think that if you have had coronavirus or think you have had to coronavirus due to symptoms cut that you must be ok,

that you cannot spread it, cannot be reinfected. how unwise is that as an assumption? very critical question that many people are debating and until last week, there were no cases of reinfection with this virus despite millions of infections. unfortunately, this week, there is one definitive case of reinfection, gentleman 33 in hong kong who was infected twice months apart. although his first infection was symptomatic, his second one was not, so these cases of infection are rare and that case was certainly asymptomatic so i think we can be reassured that immunity does give you relative protection for at least some time but, of course, we only have six months experience of fire. 17 uk universities involved in this, how important is it that you have that number of researchers and research centres involved? it is critical, really. 17 uk universities involved in this, how important is it that you have that number of researchers and research centres involved? it is critical, really. the uk is very strong on immunology research and what we are aiming to do here is bring that community together in a collaborative nature rather than a competitive nature and not reproduce the same work, so it is very critical. it is a new way of working for science and i think that will be one of our legacies. so, what will you do with this information? i mean, there are lots of trials

around the world to try to find a vaccine, is that what you are feeding into? i think there are three main outcomes we want to get from this. the first is to try to develop new treatments. we have found an anti—inflammatory drug that is very good treatment, but we want to identify new targeted agents for treatment. secondly, we want to help with diagnostic tests to give medical staff and, indeed, the public confidence about their immune status and the relative risk of reinfection. and thirdly, as you imply, we want our findings to help with the optimal design of vaccines which will be critical in helping to control the pandemic. a video of two passengers being escorted off a flight at stansted airport by officials in protective suits, has been shared on social media. the man had just boarded a ryanair plane to pisa in italy, when he received a text saying he had tested positive for coronavirus. after alerting cabin crew, the man and his travel partner were taken to an isolation area at the terminal. rya nair said both passengers

were seated for only ten minutes, but the flight on wednesday was delayed while seats and overhead cabins were disinfected. from their foster home in south london. six—year—old bilal safi and his brothers mohammed ebrar safi, and mohammed yaseen safi — aged five and three — were taken from a house in coulsdon on thursday 20th august. detectives are looking for 26—year—old imran safi who is said to have threatened the foster carer with a knife. back in march, manchester united footballer, marcus rashford successfully campaigned for the government to allow children in england to claim free school meal vouchers during the summer holidays. since then £380 million worth of vouchers have been redeemed by schools and families. jayne mccubbin has been to liverpool to see what a difference it‘s made. let me introduce you to three families. i‘m melicia, and this is reuben.

my name is mohammed and this is bilal. camilla and natalia. this is isaac, this is noah, this is ethan and i‘m martin. and let me tell you why they want to talk. weeks before free school meals were due to end in england for the summer, this premiership footballer tweeted. .. marcus rashford made his appeal to government to continue the scheme right through the holidays, right here on breakfast. you know, what families are going through now, i once had to go through that. when i heard about the schools shutting down, that means free meals for some kids that they‘re not getting at schools. the 22—year—old kept up the pressure. 48 hours later, the government agreed to extend the scheme. now with the holidays almost at an end, we‘ve come to liverpool to see what impact those vouchers have had. this is the l6 community centre. this is where these families have been making the most of their summer food vouchers. just before you ring this through, can you show the camera the voucher?

this voucher says asda, but it depends on what you have requested, what your local supermarket is. so it could say... iceland, sainsbury‘s. whatever. yeah. but the crucial thing is? i can spend this here. it‘s only a £15 voucher but i get a lot more than £15. £15 worth of goods from here. they will get £30 worth of items for that £15. i am a single parent and i‘m struggling a lot lately. but these school vouchers have really helped. thanks, thanks, reuben! and i think that the best thing they‘ve ever done is brought these vouchers out, without them there is going to be a lot of families that are really going to struggle. these families are eligible because they have household income of less than £7,400 a year, and they say this centre and these vouchers have been a lifeline. i was born in syria,

i am an asylum seeker in the uk. i am not allowed to work. but i do fill my time volunteering for the british red cross, the nhs. we have £35 per week per person, and it's very difficult for us. i‘ve been a single parent for five years now. usually towards the end of the month, it‘s hardest. universal credit is monthly, so making it stretch for the whole month is quite difficult. i‘ve been quite low at times. if it wasn‘t for places like the l6, i don‘t know, i‘m starting to wonder where i‘d be now, or if we‘d be here now, together as a family. we're trying to do our best but thanks to the local support that we've been receiving, without it, i wouldn't have been able to do it by myself. it‘s mainly when the kids ask for things and you have to say no. exchanging the vouchers for food, itjust makes you feel like you‘re doing a proper shop rather

than asking and begging for food. this scheme helped over one million kids over the summer holidays. a campaign that helped lead to change in england, wales, scotland and northern ireland. the marcus rashford campaign... i‘ve got to say, you know, he‘s a manchester united player. i know this kills you, doesn‘t it? it does. but i‘ve got to admire him. thank you. you know, you don‘t realise what help that gives to our kids. if there‘s something great to come out of this epidemic, all our staff have been there, done it and got the t—shirt. yourself included? meself as well. thank you so much, families, for speaking to me, not easy, appreciate it. it‘s been a pleasure. thank you very much, bye—bye. you know, it's not been easy but it's notjust about us, it's about every other family in this situation across the country. it's about trying to give a bit back and help out. glad to do it. definitely.

£15 per week per child for six weeks. that might not sound like much for some people. for others, it‘s meant the world of difference this summer. as for marcus rashford this week, he tweeted... a hint this young man‘s work trying to tackle child poverty isn‘t over yet. in a statement the government says, we have taken substantial action to make sure no child goes hungry throughout the pandemic period, including by launching a national voucher scheme to support children eligible for free school meals while they were at home. councils are also receiving additional funding to support families who are struggling financially with the impact of covid—19, and to provide help for those who need it." the headlines on bbc news:

president trump has formally accepted the republican nomination to run for a second term — warning thatjobs and "american greatness" would be at risk if his rival — joe biden — wins. japan‘s prime minister — shinzo abe — has announced he will step down from the position due to ill health. the world‘s largest study of patients with covid—19 has confirmed that children‘s risk of needing hospital treatment for the virus is "tiny". the august bank holiday weekend is upon us and it is a crucial one for britain‘s tourism industry. but bookings for uk staycations

for this august bank holiday weekend are down by around half on last year according to visit britain. our business correspondent ben thompson has been in whitstable in kent this morning — enjoying typical bank holiday weather. welcome to sunny whitstable. you‘re absolutely right, earlier this morning the rain was here, but they will be hoping that it lasts much longer, and the weather being so glorious right now, because they will really rely on this weekend to make sure that they can get the visitors in that they need. about a third of all domestic tourism spending is done in the months ofjuly and august and this will be really crucial to help salvage what is left of the summer season, given that the bars and restaurants and shops here have missed out on the easter weekend, the other bank holidays this year, the school holidays, so they will be hoping that this weekend will deliver. but you‘re right, the number of trips overnight stays are down significantly. this time last year, 8 million of us were planning an overnight trip over the weekend, this year it is just 4.8 million. clearly we‘re still travelling but not staying overnight. so what does that mean? let me introduce you to patricia, from visit britain, and also sarah, who runs a hotel and restaurant. good morning to you both. patricia, talk to me

about the importance of this weekend, this year, even more important, this bank holiday weekend? yes, because tourism businesses need to make their money in the summer to help them through the quieter months of the winter. as you say, they have lost a lot of business this year, so this is the last hurrah before the kids go back to school and it is important to get people out and supporting local businesses and spending their money. speaking of local businesses, sarah, you are pinning your hopes on this weekend being a good one, because you have been through it all this year, with lockdown and changes to the way you operate, tell me about how tough it has been. absolutely. so, lockdown came overnight, it was really important for us to look after our customers, and change. we want to be covid—secure, we've got great outside space so we have been able to adapt quickly. however, the hotel was on lockdown, we're just coming out of lockdown now, we've got weddings, albeit smaller, intimate. as a business we are having to

re—gear and think about the future. great that we have got these small staycations right now, however, cold months ahead. and also i was speaking to another restaurant owner earlier and he said the problem is the mondays, tuesdays, the wednesdays, the things that the chancellor was trying to get people was trying to get people to help out, but for the likes of businesses like yours, it is really difficult, people are coming for the weekend and not the rest of the week? the eat out campaign has been great to give back to our customers and also positive to get the food supply chain going again. however, coming back to the hotel side, we are noticing last—minute stays, people who want to suddenly get away, but we have to make sure that we are covid—secure and we offer confidence to our customers to encourage them to keep coming out. and patricia, a final word, this is really make or break, but what about november, december, january, february, it‘s going to be tough, isn‘t it? it is, even the places in resorts that have been doing good business are expressing worry about how they get through to christmas.

if you‘re in a city centre business, you‘ve not got business travellers, you‘ve not got people who are confident travelling on public transport. so, a really positive message is needed that people can travel confidently and go into cities and we are launching the escape the every day campaign, where those memories of lockdown hopefully will fade and we can get out and enjoy ourselves. good luck. you‘ve got your work cut out but on a glorious day like today, it makes yourjob slightly easier. that is the view for this weekend. many people will be choosing to go away even if it is just for a day but hopefully for a bit longer to make the most of what this country has got to offer. when you see shots like this, from the drone, you really do see what this country has to offer, and whatever you may be up to this weekend, have a wonderful time.

a woman of indian heritage is being honoured with a blue plaque — the first in the scheme‘s 150—year history. noor inayat khan — who was a british secret agent during the second world war — lived at a house in bloomsbury, in central london, before leaving for what was to be herfinal mission. lizo mzimba reports. it‘s the first time in its 150—year history that a blue plaque is being unveiled in honour of a woman of indian origin. noor inayat khan was born in moscow to an american mother and an indian father. he was a musician and teacher. the family moved first to london and then to france. she was educated in paris and later worked writing children‘s stories. after the fall of france in 1940, khan escaped to england, where shejoined the women‘s auxiliary air force. two years later, she was recruited to join the special operations executive as a radio operator.

shortly after, she returned to paris, this time to work as a spy — the first female radio operator to be sent into nazi—occupied france. after months of dangerous work, she was betrayed, arrested by the gestapo, imprisoned and tortured. she died after being shot in a concentration camp in september 1944. her plaque marks the return of the blue plaque scheme after a brief hiatus because of coronavirus. the new plaque will mark the house in bloomsbury in central london that was her family home when she left england for the last time. english heritage, which oversees the blue plaque scheme, believes that the story of her remarkable courage in the service of her adopted country is something that will serve to inspire future generations. lizo mzimba, bbc news.

on the 57th anniversary of martin luther king‘s ‘i have a dream‘ speech — americans will again march on washington demanding criminaljustice reforms — spurred by months of protest over police violence against african americans. clive myrie looks back at the historical significance of that speech. singing. # we shall overcome... #. they reached the nation‘s capital any way they could. newsreel: one of the brightest days in washington‘s history brings people by the bus—load, the train—load, the plane—load from every part of america to their capital. and every part of america knew racism so the marchers who wanted to bear witness to history, and the struggle for equal and human rights came

from all corners of the land. the organisers were a cross—section of civil rights leaders, labour unions and religious organisations, coming together under one battle cry — the demand forjobs and freedom. the freedom to vote. the freedom to live a life equal to whites. the freedom to fully enjoy their american dream. media interest was higher than for john f kennedy‘s inauguration two years earlier and no wonder, this was the biggest gathering of participants for a single event ever in washington, more than 250,000 people. we‘re going to stand together!

many reflecting on america‘s profound lie, all were not created equal, and future generations should not have to live with that betrayal. in the heat, the speakers came and went, but it was the last man to take the microphone whose words have echoed down the years, a man who had a dream. black lives matter! a dream that, to this day, for many african—americans, remains unfulfilled. as the young demand the same justice their elders had fought for. it shames america that almost 60 years later, there has to be another march on washington, that the betrayal of its people persists, but the dream remains. clive myrie, bbc news. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with ben. after a ll after all the wet weather lately when they start to the weekend. it

will be mainly dry. yesterday brought downpours in southern england and some very wet weather in some places which will cause transport disruption and the winds are strengthening. some north sea coast seeing 40 to 50 mph gusts later in the day. the further north one or two showers but a decent amount of dry weather and spells of sunshine. temperatures on the low side for the time of year. a cool night in the west of 7 degrees to 9 degrees. a bit milder when you‘re closer to the high pressure. strong winds and eastern areas tomorrow. high pressure building which will try things out

over the weekend. the winds will be gusts of 50 mph or more for some areas are not as windy for the west and things will dry out from the west as the day goes on. parts of yorkshire and lincolnshire and east anglia will continue to see outbreaks of rain at times and with the brisk wind it will feel cool and cool feel elsewhere. through saturday night, particularly in western areas where the winds fall light it will turn very chilly indeed and unusually call clip cold for this point in august. some spots down to two or three or 4 degrees and one of two very sheltered places could get close to freezing. a lot of dry weather run by sandy and spells of sunshine. some patchy cloud. temperatures still not high but the winds will be lighter so it might not feel so chilly. monday is a bank holiday for most of us and it stays dry but rather cool for the majority. that is the chance of

thicker cloud and rain in the far west later in the day.

president trump formally accepts the republican nomination for november‘s us election. addressing an audience at the white house, mr trump called himself the candidate of law and order and said black voters should support him. i have done more for the african—american community than any president since abraham lincoln, our first republican president. applause and cheering. mr trump called it the most important election in american history. we‘ll have the latest from washington. also this lunchtime... it‘s "vanishingly rare" for children to die from coronavirus, according to the world‘s biggest study of young patients with covid—19. she didn‘t show any symptoms, and therefore she actually seemed