this is bbc news — with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm tim willcox. war of words — joe biden and donald trump put law and order at the centre of the race for the white house. donald trump is determined to instill fear in america. that's what his entire campaign for the presidency has come down to — fear. but i believe americans are stronger than that. for months, joe biden has given moral aid and comfort to the vandals, repeating the monstrous lie that these were peaceful protests. they're not peaceful protests. that's anarchy. does this man have the toughest politicaljob in the world? we look at the challenge facing the new prime minister of lebanon. a cluster of suspected coronavirus cases, after passengers on a plane carrying them home from greece

don't bother to put masks on during the flight. it's quite scary, to be honest. as soon as we boarded, we realise that many of the passengers hadn't really been educated about the wearing of facemasks. hello, welcome to bbc news. the democratic presidential candidatejoe biden has accused donald trump of stoking violence and sowing chaos in america. in a strongly—worded condemnation of the trump presidency, mr biden said his republican rival had failed to do even the basics of thejob in keeping the american people safe. donald trump has blamed the democrats for violence which has erupted in cities such as portland and kenosha in recent weeks. here's our north america

correspondent nick bryant. this was the doorstep of the white house last night — canisters of tear gas fired almost within sniffing distance of the president. and in this fog of ongoing protest, donald trump sees a clear political opening, a comeback in the polls fuelled by scenes of civil unrest. "law and order," he tweeted today, in what's fast becoming his re—election slogan. and he also attacked what he called the radical left mayors and governors of cities where this "crazy violence" is taking place who've "lost control of their movement". his tweets followed a weekend of violence in portland, oregon, where a white man was shot dead amid clashes between supporters of donald trump and anti—racist protesters. it also came in response to an attack on the president from portland's democratic mayor. do you seriously wonder, mr president, why this is the first time in decades that america has seen

this level of violence? it's you who have created the hate and the division. at the start of the summer, in the aftermath of george floyd's death, donald trump's law and order credo didn't have the same cut—through. but since then, he's refined his message and seized upon the demand of black lives matter protesters to defund the police, even though it's a policy thatjoe biden doesn't actually support. make no mistake, if you give power tojoe biden, the radical left will defund police departments all across america. tonight, the former vice—president delivered his rebuttal, in a speech stressing that rioting was not protesting and in which he claimed that donald trump was a toxic presence, poisoning america. fires are burning and we have a president who fans the flames, rather than fighting the flames. but we must not burn. we have to build.

donald trump would much prefer to fight an election focused on civil unrest rather than the coronavirus outbreak. it's electoral terrain that historically has favoured the republicans. the question is, has this summer of black lives matter protests altered that political dynamic? nick bryant, bbc news, new york. well in the past hour, mr trump has been putting his point across in the white house press briefing room. his main point was that the democrats were to blame for the violence in portland and other cities — and he could solve the problem swiftly if they were willing to co—operate. they are, in all cases, democrat—run — but we're doing the best we can to help them without really much of a consent. we'd like to have the consent — as an example, in portland, we could solve that problem in approximately one hour. but the mayor refuses, perhaps for political reasons, i don't know if it's good for him to have a city that's falling apart. and it's under siege

now for 94 days. but really, it's been under siege for years, if you know portland. so to the mayor, i say, whenever you're ready, let us know and we'll solve your problem of violence, we'll solve your problem of crime, we'll arrest those criminals very rapidly, and you'll be able to have some nice evenings in portland. let's get more now from our north america correspondent, peter bowes. nowjoe biden brought forward his campaigning, even though he rebutted everything mr trump has had to say. is there a sense from the democrat camp that republicans are making the running on this issue for the time being? yes, and i think there is some indication from there is some indication from the latest opinion polls that this might be a winning campaign message from donald trump, that he is beginning to persuade some americans that cities might be safer if he we re cities might be safer if he were to win a second term in the white house. that was

certainly a theme of his speech at the rnc delivered from the white house last week. and he's really now doubling down on that message, talking about left—wing political violence, talking about the democrats being to blame for what's been happening in some cities around the country. and notjust talking about the democrats, but talking about the party of joe biden — very directly linking his opponent to what's happening in these cities. he will be going to kenosha tomorrow, as well, because of course kenosha is in wisconsin, a key battle ground state in the selection? yes, and that's where jacob blake, the 29—year—old black man was shot and severely injured by a white police officer. he was shot seven times it is back, and there were some disturbances after that shooting. it's been up after that shooting. it's been up in the air as to what mr trump would do on his visit on

tuesday. he confirmed he will meet the police, and he talked about how the governor of that state eventually agreed to allow the national guard in. that seems to be the main theme of the visit, but the question remains over whether he would talk to jacob blake's family. he said he spoke to the family's pastor who said the family's pastor who said the family would like a lawyer present if mr trump were to meet them on that visit, and donald trump said he felt that was inappropriate, so he won't be meeting them. how interesting. joe biden of course has been pilloried by donald trump as sleepyjoe, a man not on top of detail. what about the presidential debates? what is the latest on that, whether these two will go head—to—head? whether these two will go head-to-head? it looks almost certain that they will go head—to—head. and quite frankly, there is every election period, every four yea rs, election period, every four years , we election period, every four yea rs, we have election period, every four years, we have this debate as to whether all of the debates

will go ahead in the form that is traditional. and the signs are from both sides that they will go ahead. of course, a very different scenario with coronavirus, so the question remains over the forum, whether there will be an audience, if there'll be a small, socially distanced audience, or if this will be a digital affair. but in terms of the two men either meeting head—to—head, it seems like they will likely be in the same room, they will go ahead in matter of three weeks on three separate occasions. peter, thank you. let's get some of the day's other news... steve bannon, a former adviser to donald trump who's charged with defrauding a crowdfunding campaign to build parts of a wall along the us border with mexico, has been told his trial will begin next may. mr bannon is one of four people accused with using hundreds of thousands of dollars to cover personal expenses. all deny the charges. also in the us, a couple who allegedly aimed guns at black lives matter protestors in front

of their house in missouri have appeared in court. mark and patricia mccloskey are accused of unlawful use of a weapons, an offence which has a maximum penalty of four years in prison. in the wake of the incident, they were given a prominent speaking slot at the republican national convention. australia's foreign ministry says it has been in contact with an australian citizen working as a high profile news anchor in china, after she was detained. it's understood cheng lay, who works for the chinese state broadcaster cgtn, was arrested two weeks ago. relations between the two countries have become strained, after australia led calls for an official investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic in china. lebanon's prime minister—designate, mustapha adib, has called for a government to be formed in record time. his nomination comes almost a month after a massive chemical explosion devastated much of beirut, plunging the country deeper into a political

and financial crisis. lebanon was already on the verge of bankruptcy. his appointment came hours before french president emmanuel macron arrived for his second visit within a month, to press for reforms and action to tackle corruption and waste. following his nomination, mradib immediately paid a symbolic visit to parts of beirut worst affected by that huge explosion at the port. here's a little of what he had to say about the challenges he faces. translation: the opportunity before our country is limited, and the task i have accepted is based on the fact that all political forces are aware of the need to form a government in record time, and to begin implementing reforms immediately. let's take a moment to look at mr adib's background. he's 48 years old and has previously served as lebanon's ambassador to germany. he has a doctorate in law and political science, and previously taught at universities in

lebanon and france. he has also served as an adviser to former lebanese prime minister najib mikati — and was endorsed by several other prime ministers over the weekend — before his new position was confirmed earlier on monday. niamh mcburney is head of middle east and north africa at the global risk data company verisk maplecroft. i asked her whether mr adib was the right choice. i suppose the question is, what is the right direction for lebanon now? he's considered the right choice by the political elite. as you said, he's been backed by the broad swathe of the lebanese political elite. at least 90 mps have chosen him. but protesters ahead of president macron's visit this evening have pointed out that he is like much of the rest of the political party. he's been an adviser

to the former prime minister, whose own tenure was really very unsuccessful. one of the good jokes going around lebanese social media earlier today was the fact that mustapha adib is an anagram of diab, his predecessor, insinuating he is as much of the political class as the protest movement that emerged last october has been very critical of. their key slogan has been "all of them means all of them." so fundamentally, he is all of them... but because of the strict political structuring in lebanon after the civil war, how do you produce a prime minister who doesn't come from within the institutions, which have been so carefully thought through in terms of representation from different parties, various sects, and everything else? so, it's about having representation from all of the communities, but also

about the political elite themselves of all those political communities — they're all extremely wealthy now since the 1990s. the banking sector, which is really struggling — lebanon has been a part of that wealth accumulation. but unfortunately, though, that political elite needs to sacrifice in compromise some of the benefits they've accumulated — notjust since the 1990s, but since france became an independent state in the 1940s — and they‘ re fundamentally unwilling to. so it really leaves a question as to how successful he can be when he's operating fundamentally in a very limited framework. staying in the middle east — and there was a hugely symbolic plane journey on monday — the first direct flight from israel to the united arab emirates. the uae is only the third arab nation, after egypt and jordan, to normalise relations with israel.

the plane touched down in abu dhabi, carrying an israeli delegation, as well as members of the us team who helped broker the agreement. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu said he would "roll out the red carpet" for any uae officials who wanted to make the return trip. he wasn't on the flight — but senior white house adviserjared kushner was. on the plane, we asked the pilots to fly faster, because there is great urgency between the people of both countries to break down old barriers, to get to know each other, to form new and hopefully very deep friendships. while this piece was forged by its leaders, it is overwhelmingly desired by the people. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: beijing's offer of free coronavirus tests for anyone living in hong kong hasjust come into operation — but will it be taken up?

she received the nobel peace prize for her work with the poor and the dying in india's slums. the head of the catholic church said mother teresa was a wonderful example of how to help people in need. we have to identify the bodies, then arrange the coffins and take them back home. parents are waiting and wives are waiting. hostages appeared — some carried, some running — trying to escape the nightmare behind them. an early—morning car crash in a paris underpass ended a life with more than its share of pain and courage, warmth and compassion.

this is bbc news, our main headline this hour... joe biden and donald trump have criticised each other‘s records on law and order, as they continue their campaigns for the white house. all people living in hong kong are now able to get a free coronavirus test — it came into operation just a few minutes ago. the new scheme is backed by the chinese government. the programme is expected to involve staff from mainland china. more than 430,000 people are reported to have signed up to be tested. but a number of pro—democracy leaders, and some health care workers, are calling for a boycott. covid—i9 cases have been falling steadily in hong kong since peaking late injuly, with just a handful of infections confirmed on monday. ben cowling is a professor at the school of public health at the university of hong kong. here's his analysis.

we've had a big epidemic very recently, case numbers are now coming down, down every day. we will get to zero very soon. mass testing could help us to confirm there are no asymptomatic infections left in the community that might still be able to spread the infection around, if we were to relax our social distancing that's been so successful in stopping the current epidemic. 430,000 people, though, have signed up so far. are you saying there's a better alternative? it's really, really expensive to do mass testing. just to test one person for covid is 50 down £50 or more. almost all those tested will be negative, so there must be other good ways to spend billions of pounds. now because we have national security law in place in hong kong, obviously people

are very conscious, including you, about what they can and cannot say. but presumably there is a risk about harvesting personal data here, as well? that has been expressed as a risk, but i don't think it's a major problem. for me, the concern about mass testing is the concern about why we're spending so much money about testing lots and lots of people who will be negative. i think it would be a better strategy to focus on testing high—risk people, maybe the staff and residents in elderly homes every week. we can go on testing those people for months with the same amount of money, instead of just testing everybody in hong kong as a one—off. and as i said, almost everyone will come back as negative. how much of a debate has there been supporting that view? there's not been that much debate because the plan is kind of set in stone. the government will go for it, trying to get as many people as possible to participate, and i think it will be helpful to have the information

from the mass testing if we can confirm there really are no more infected people in the community in a couple weeks' time. it would help because then we could think about relaxing all the measures in place at the moment. just looking at the tracing apps, what sort of take—up has there been for those in hong kong? we're not using tracing apps right now, it's done by the government in the old—fashioned way, with an interview of the patient, and contacting their friends and relatives to find out who might be infected. so it's done in a very manual way, no apps. you're watching bbc news. the polish statesman, lech walesa, has warned against the rise of populism. speaking on 40th anniversary of the landmark solidarity trades union deal, he said people needed to take the initiative from demagogues and replace their solutions with wiser ones. the former president was speaking at the gdansk

shipyard — it was here in 1980 that a deal was sealed between the communist regime and striking shipyard workers led by walesa, which enabled the creation of solidarity, the soviet bloc‘s first free trades union. three years ago, a crackdown by the military in myanmar left thousands of rohingya muslims dead, and forced a mass exodus across the border to bangladesh. over a million rohingya people now live in the world's largest refugee camps in cox bazar, bangladesh. every year 20,000 children are born in the camps, knowing nothing of life outside. the bbc‘s bengali service met one of them — three—year—old nayeem. here's his story.

tour operator tui says it has launched an investigation after at least 16 cases of coronavirus were linked to one of its flights from the greek island of zante to cardiff in wales. sunshine getaways to the island of zante — an appealing prospect to many uk holidaymakers. but for some, travelling back from holiday to cardiff, it wasn't the return they were hoping for. as soon as we boarded, we realised that many of the passengers hadn't really been educated about the wearing of face masks. many of them were wearing them around their chins, underneath their noses, they were taking them off to talk to fellow passengers. at least 16 cases of covid—i9 have so far been linked to the flight.

all passengers on board have been told to self—isolate. lee evans says he was only contacted yesterday afternoon by e—mail, five days after he flew home. i just felt they could have contacted us a lot earlier. it's been a bank holiday weekend, the weather has been kind to us, and i've been out and about, and if i'd known, i would have been in self—isolation today, i would not have done some of the activities that i've done, not wishing to put anyone else at risk. the airline that ran the flight, tui, said there were only made aware of the cases by public health wales yesterday. they say that passengers are informed prior to travel and via pa announcements on the flight that they have to wear masks throughout, and are not allowed to move around the cabin. masks can only be removed when consuming food and drink. they say a full investigation is under way, as these concerns weren't reported during the flight or before today. but this isn't the first time holidaymakers returning from zante to the uk have had symptoms. last week, local health officials in plymouth said

a group of 18 and i9—year—olds had also tested positive. zante itself has introduced its own restrictions, including closing restaurants, bars, clubs and cafes at midnight, and banning more than four people at restaurant tables. it's raised questions about whether there should be localised quarantine for certain high—risk regions, rather than entire countries. if there is enough evidence to suggest that it's a hot spot, and that the social distancing measures cannot be maintained adequately, then there is a case for people not to mix in those destinations. it's not currently the government policy to enforce quarantine for regions, islands or cities. as uk holidaymakers return home, public health officials are keeping a close eye on new infections. caroline davies, bbc news. plenty more on all those stories on the bbc website. from me in the team, we are

back tomorrow. hope to see you then. hello. and so, there you have it — we are done, meteorologically speaking, anyway, with summer. but at least it ended on a high note, and this particular corner of aberdeenshire — a glorious end to the day there, captured by one of our weather watchers. it was that area of high pressure which settled things very nicely across the british isles on monday. but looking out into the atlantic, more disturbed weather is looming just over the horizon. before that arrives, we have a weakening weather front bringing cloud and rain into the western side of scotland for a time, into northern ireland in the morning. but i think here the cloud will clear, come the afternoon. there will be brighter skies, a wee bit of brightness in eastern scotland for a time. across england and wales, it'll be a dry day with a bit of brightness. could get some temperatures

higher than monday — won't be difficult — to around 18—19 celsius. by wednesday, it's those atlantic fronts that will be bringing a culmination of cloud and wind, and rain to many parts. but it will take a time before the rain moves out of northern ireland in away towards the northeast side of scotland — all the while, the rain piling into the western side of england through wales, as well, some of this quite heavy across the north midlands, wales, and the north of england. you see it doesn't really get down into the far southeastern quarter until quite later in the day, if at all. not much in the way of breeze here, but it really will be a windy day across the greater part of scotland, particularly in the northwest. brightness up in the northeast of scotland, 16 celsius, you might make 20 celsius further south where it stays that bit drier. those same weather fronts for the most part get through the northern parts. but in the south, that front becomes aligned with the isobars so there's no great drive to get that front away from the southern counties of both england and wales. brighter skies fall behind, but the cloud and a bit of breeze, and the odd spot

of rain could linger across the south, but it won't stop temperatures getting up to around 21—22 celsius. further north, a slightly cooler feel but not cold by any means at all. thursday's still windy across the northwestern corner of scotland. this comes back with renewed vigour into the southwestern quarter. it may well be that we see some really heavy rain, and look how far north that goes, difficult to tell at this range. but certainly in northern wales, northern england, scotland and northern ireland, it's a mixture of sunny spells and some blustery showers, with the high of the day at 20 celsius.

this is bbc news. the headlines... president trump has attacked the democratic candidate for the us presidency — saying his rival has been weak in the face of recent street protests. earlier — speaking in pennsylvania — joe biden accused mr trump of stoking politically explosive violence and seeking to instilfear in america. the french president — emmanuel macron — has called for the swift formation of a crisis government in lebanon after a new prime minister — mustapha adib — was named. mr macron is visiting lebanon for the second time in a month and is to meet mr adib. the tour operator — tui — is investigating claims that coronavirus guidance was not enforced on a passenger aircraft — after sixteen people travelling to cardiff from greece tested positive for covid—i9. health officials have advised everyone who was on board — almost 200 people — to self—isolate.