this is bbc news. i'm mike embley with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. 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 instilfear in america. that's what his entire campaign for the presidency has come down to — fear. but i believe americans are stronger than that. four monthsjoe biden has given moral aid and comfort to the vandals repeating the monstrous lie that these were peaceful protests. they were not. it is 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 was quite scary, to be honest. as soon as we boarded we realised that many of the passengers had not really been educated about the wearing of facemasks. hello to you. 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. the president 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 few hours, 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. here's our north america correspondent, peter bowes, on the war of words between president trump and joe biden. the battle lines are certainly being drawn and it does suggest that perhaps in the last few days, maybe since the president's speech at the republican national convention that he made from the white house last week that it is beginning to win a few votes for him and perhaps persuade a few people in the suburbs who have been wavering on this issue of law and order and perhaps buy into the president's message that under the democrats and the ‘party ofjoe biden‘ is how donald trump now describes the democrats, that they will not be as safe as under a donald trump presidency. and the backdrop to this, the images from a number

of cities but particularly portland, again over this past weekend, the disturbances, the violence that has been continuing in that city for several weeks as well as in kenosha following the shooting by the police of a black man last week and this was a place that the president will visit shortly. joe biden‘s line on this that writing is not protesting will infuriate a lot of people on the progressive wing of his party with people protesting against police violence but he is trying to address the same voters as mrtrump. it almost appeared that joe biden was determined in this speech to correct all of the, as he sees it, the lies that have been told by president trump about whatjoe biden believes and one of those issues being the attitude towards the police, whether he stands for defunding the police, essentially dismantling police forces and rebuilding them

in a different form that some in the democrats do believe in, on the left of his party. the challenge being set up by the president tojoe biden is to disassociate himself from that wing of the party. joe biden firmly said he did not support the violence and the rioting that has been happening but there is also a political challenge for him as well within his party. our north america correspondence peter bowes. let's get some of the day's other news. the largest faction of japan's ruling liberal democratic party has backed chief cabinet secretary yoshihide suga to become the party's leader. the leader of the ldp will almost certainly become prime minister because of its majority in the lower house of parliament, replacing shinzo abe who on friday said he was stepping down for health reasons. steve bannon, a former advisor 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 of using hundreds of thousands of dollars to cover personal expenses. all deny the charges. a couple who aimed guns at black lives matter ‘s protesters 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 lei, 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 advisor 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. mass coronavirus testing is getting under way in hong kong. half a million people have signed up for the voluntary scheme which opened on tuesday, involving medical staff from mainland china who have travelled to hong kong to assist. but the scheme has been met with concern from activists following restrictions imposed on the freedoms of citizens, in particular, the national security law imposed injune. hong kong has registered more than 4,800 coronavirus cases and 89 deaths. well, it comes as the director general of the world health organisation urges countries to continue to take the pandemic seriously. he said the "who fully supports efforts to reopen economies" but says "no country can pretend the pandemic is over."

if countries are serious about opening up they must be serious about suppressing transmission and saving lives. this may seem like an possible balance but it is not. it can be done and it has been done. but it can only be done if countries are in control of transmission. the more control countries have over the virus, the more they can open up. opening up without having control is a recipe for disaster. the director—general of the who there. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: stranded. why severe weather has made life miserable for many in parts of western europe. 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. britain lost a princess today, described by all to whom she reached out as irreplaceable. 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, the latest headlines: joe biden and donald trump have criticised each other‘s records on law and order, as they continue their campaigns for the white house. lebanon's prime minister—designate, mustapha adib, has called for a government to be formed in record time. let's have more on our top story. la fleur stepehens—dougan is assistant professor of politics at princeton university. she specialises in public opinion, racialattitude and voting behaviour. she has a new book coming out called, race to the bottom: how racial appeals work in american politics. thank you very much for talking to us. just one thing, when president trump says he can solve the problem of violence, of cities following a part, under siege. people may doubt that but what is he

threatening? this is an effort by the president to show he is tough on crime, law and order credentials though by thank you can solve the problem in less than an hour, that is nothing new for him. he has essentially said he is the only person that can fix it. he ran on that platform in 2016. it is surprising he has not made a trip to portland, right, weather has been violence full quite a bit of time, longer than kenosha but that is where he going and that speaks to some of his electoral calculations. in 1968, at the height of the civil rights protest, this law and order line worked well for richard nixon, the appeal to the suburbs who were scared and who

did not see it as an issue of race but one of violence. yes, this place back to the republican playbook first employed by richard nixon and i think donald trump thinks it is going to work for him again. research shows that something like law and order, getting tough on crime, or talking about welfare, is a coded rhetoric which is part of a racist conversation without necessarily having to say black people. this speech from the progressive and of the democratic party, it is a slight problem, isn't it? to find the police is visited caricature even though in fact it seems to divert funds so it is not always arming police who

a working in traffic? i think it is suffering from a branding problem, you might say. the notion of the police and donald trump is trying to use this and people are worried that you would abolish police and he's playing to those affairs whereas it is really about diverging funds, maybe to social workers and other resources so social workers and other resources so police can handle thejob of resources so police can handle the job of policing and not ta ke the job of policing and not take a multifaceted approach for things they are not really trained in. joe biden has been heard speaking out against the protesters, saying writing is not protesting. i guess he has to betray himself as far less left as mr trump is trying to painting. and that has upset many in his party. the danger surely is that surely those voters stay home as they did

for hillary clinton. this is a quintessential problem that the democratic party faces. we see that no democratic presidential candidate has won the majority since lyndonjohnson candidate has won the majority since lyndon johnson and candidate has won the majority since lyndonjohnson and this isa since lyndonjohnson and this is a problem they have often faced with republicans trying to paint them as left—wing and has radicals. joe biden is far from a left—wing but a centrist moderate but this is a strategy likely to work with many of those sort of suburban housewives that donald trump is referring to and that is what he is hoping it will do and try to instill anxiety about a left—leaning radical and for the progressives in the party, there is definitely a danger that they will not be excited about his candidacy. he was not really the first bit of that left—wing of the party and is

—— they may very well stay home if he is not progressive enough. thank you very much, professor. thank you for having me. 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's 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, has launched an investigation — at least 16 cases of coronavirus have been linked to one of its flights from the greek island of zante to cardiff in wales. the flight was last tuesday. some of those on board have accused cabin crew of failing to challenge those on the plane who were not wearing face coverings. caroline davies reports. 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—19 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, 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 19—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 has 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. parts of western europe have been badly affected by heavy rain and strong winds. at least four holiday—makers were killed in italy, including two children crushed by a falling tree. in austria, there have been mudslides, power cuts and rivers bursting

their banks. the bbc‘s tim allman has this. this is normally a football pitch, now it's a lake, where these young men found themselves stranded. it was a similar story in much of western austria. a deluge of wet weather leading to rising water levels and people in danger. in the town of gschnitz there was a fronting operation to stop the local river bursting its banks. translation: it was really serious. we only had 15 to 20 minutes to react. they managed to stop the river breaking its banks and burying the houses in the upper valley. across the border, in northern italy, the authorities were on high alert. the adige river in verona perilously close to swamping the roads and bridges of the city. this sort of weather is not unprecedented, but experiencing it now is something new.

translation: we were used to having flooding around november but it is kind of strange for it to happen at this time of year. translation: they closed the bridge because there was a big tree that got trapped. it started moving so, for safety, they closed it. more rain is expected in the coming days. weather alerts are still in place. it seems the danger has not yet passed. tim allman, bbc news. berlin zoo's baby pandas have turned one. twins pit and paule celebrated with a cake, made from frozen betroot and sweet potato. seems you ask. the stash since you ask. the twins were born last year to meng meng, who is bringing the cubs up on her own. they will spend the next four years in berlin with their mother before being returned to china. more on this and all the news, national and international any

time on our website and our twitter feed. thank you for watching. 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 tyke, one of our weather watchers. it was that area of high pressure that settled things very nicely that 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've gota 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, there will be a wee bit of brightness in the 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 are going to bring a combination of cloud and wind and rain to many parts. but it will take a time before the rain moves out of northern ireland and away towards the north—eastern 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. but you see, it doesn't really get down into that far south—eastern quarter until quite later in the day, if at all. not too 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. bit of brightness up in the north—east of scotland, 16 — you might make 20 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 follow on 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 the temperatures getting up to around 21 or 22. further north, a slightly cooler feel, but not cold by any means at all. thursday's still a windy old do, across the north—western corner of scotland. this comes back with renewed vigour into the south—western quarter. it may well be that we see some really quite heavy rain. how far north that goes, difficult to tell at this range. but certainly, for the north of wales, northern england, scotland and northern ireland, it's a mixture of sunny spells and some blustery showers, with the high of the day of 20.

this is bbc news. the headlines: president trump has attacked the democratic candidate for the us presidency, claiming his rival has been weak on the issue of street protests and violence in many american cities. joe biden, speaking in pennsylvania accused mr trump of stoking politically explosive violence and seeking to instil fear in the country. the french president, emmanuel macron, has called for the swift formation of a crisis government in lebanon. a new prime minister, mustapha adib, has been named. mr macron is visiting lebanon for the second time in a month and is to meet mr adib. tour operator tui has launched an investigation, at least 16 cases of coronavirus have been linked to one of its flights from the greek island of za nte to cardiff. some of those on board the flight, last tuesday, have accused cabin crew of failing to challenge passengers who were not wearing face coverings. all 193 passengers have now been told to self—isolate.