this is bbc news — with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm tim willcox. president trump flies to kenosha — to praise the police and condemn the damage. violent mobs demolished or damaged at least 25 businesses, burned down public buildings and threw bricks. these are not acts of peaceful protest, but really domestic terror. but his opponents say he's just stoking unrest — and the family ofjacob blake, whose shooting by police triggered the protests, have this message for the president. all i ask is that he keep his disrespect, his foul language, we don't have any words for the orange man. alli we don't have any words for the orange man. all i ask —— all i ask is that he keep his disrespect, his foul language, far away from our family. we need a president who will

unite our country and take us in a different direction. we'll have the latest from the small city in wisconsin which has become the front line of the battle for the white house. also ahead... we have a special report on the huge challenge faced by lebanon — as it struggles to rebuild after last month's devastating port explosion. and — as millions of children go back to class around the world — we'll report on how schools in russia are getting ready to teach in a pandemic. hello, and welcome to bbc news. the small city of kenosha in wisconsin has become the front line in the battle for the white house — and on tuesday, donald trump himself paid a visit. he went to stress the need for law and order after days of violent protest. but the family ofjacob blake, the black man whose shooting

at the hands of police triggered the unrest, said he was disrespectful, and called for a president who could unite america. aleem maqbool reports. you walk away right now. if you walk away... officials here feared a visit by donald trump would reignite tensions. 91a 91 a put them in a headlock, do whatever! and as he rolled into town, people took to the streets again. and arguments flared up between black lives matter protesters and trump supporters. i was asked the other day by somebody saying, do you think it's good that trump is coming? isaid, yeah. they're like, well, don't you think it's going to cause dissent? i go, have you seen our city?! when he arrived, the president did view some of the damage caused during the protests, and met law enforcement agencies. he called the demonstrations

anti—police and anti—american. violent mobs demolished or damaged at least 25 businesses, burned down public buildings and threw bricks at police officers. which police officers won't stand for. and they didn't stand for it. these are not acts of peaceful protest, but really domestic terror. my administration coordinated with the state and local authorities to very, very swiftly deploy the national guard and federal law enforcement to kenosha and stopped the violence. this did all start with the shooting seven times by an officer ofjacob blake. but his family said they didn't want to see the president. all i ask is that he keep his disrespect, his foul language, far away from our family. we need a president that's going to unite our country and take us on a different direction. in any case, donald trump's focus has been law and order, looting and burning, not racial injustice. it isjust a deflection, you know. it'sjust like, oh, look at this property damage.

well look at the fact that this cop shot this man. i think what has happened over the last week has just shown how deep the racism that exists in this country is and how it shows up in any town from chicago to kenosha. in part, she is referencing the way in which the president has defended this 17—year—old who shot dead two protesters, while condemning people like her who took to the streets. four more years! what has undoubtedly been exposed by the events here has been the stark polarisation of american society. we did see brief moments of coming together between trump supporters and detractors, but right now this feels like a rarity. aleem maqbool, bbc news, in kenosha, wisconsin. our north america peter bowes has the latest. well, the president is heading back to washington, the response on the streets stayed reasonably calm

throughout the day. of course, it remains to be seen what happens as night falls and it's early evening there now. but the reaction was very interesting. many people, as the report we havejust seen indicated, welcoming the president with open arms, clearly his supporters, but others wishing that he'd stayed away. i think that reflects the division not only in that small town in wisconsin but the division across the country and the dilemma facing voters. nine weeks to the day before americans go to the polls, or at least americans have to send in their postal ballots and to make a decision as to whether they want to vote for president to a visit to a town like this and put the emphasis on supporting the police — talking about law and order without, or barely even venturing into the territory of racial injustice, certainly not talking about police brutality — which is what the protesters there have been campaigning and demonstrating about

now for weeks. when you just think back to presidents in the past and the traditional view of a president would be to arrive there, to embrace everyone and to say, "look, "let's calm everything down. "let's unite." that wasn't the language that was used, was it? the consoler in chief is often what they do ascribe the president as being in situations like this when there has been a terrible tragedy, or in this case, the shooting of a black man by a white police officer seven times in the back, now in hospital paralysed. something that suddenly many members of the community were outraged by. as far as democrats and opponents are concerned, he went in there and fanned the flames, he didn't do what you suggested, and that is play that role of someone who would attempt to bring two sides together. what the president seems to be doing is emphasising his

narrative, his dialogue about law and order and some might suggest almost turning a blind eye to the issues that are so angered those protesters. of course, this message and him doubling down on this has broughtjoe biden out onto the campaign in advance of when he actually planned to do so. yes. joe biden — in the speech that he gave 2a hours or so ago — it pains to point out that he condemns violence. he condemns the looting and the rioting. i think the pressure on joe biden, at least the pressure that's been put on him by some republicans is to come out and support the police in as strong a terms as perhaps the president is supporting the police, and that again is i think a dilemma for voters as to which side or which candidate side they come down on, which candidate reflects their views in terms of priorities, in terms of how the police operate in this country.

0k, peter with the latest. thank you very much. the outcries against police brutality in the us go much further than kenosha. earlier on tuesday — the boyfriend of breonna taylor who was shot eight times and killed when police entered their apartment in march under a so—called "no—knock warra nt" — sued the louisville police department for misconduct. kenneth walker — who fired a single warning shot when police entered believing intruders were breaking in — was arrested and charged with attempted murder. while the charges were later dropped — he says they were an attempt to silence him. i was laying in bed with her around midnight watching a movie. all of a sudden, someone started beating on the door. they refused to answer when we yelled who is it. 15 minutes later, breonna was dead from a hail of police gunfire and i was in police custody. breonna andi was in police custody. breonna and i did not know who was

banging on the door, but the police know what they dead. the charges brought against me were meant to silence me and cover up meant to silence me and cover up breonna's murder. for her and those that i loved him i can no longer remain silent. kenneth walker. there have been more demonstrations on the streets of the lebanese capital beirut — with protestors calling for an end to what they see as corruption and cronyism. protestors broke down gates sealing off one of the roads around the parliament — before police responded with tear gas and baton charges. several people were detained. lebanon is effectively bankrupt — and seems unable to deal with the effects of last month's huge explosion in beirut‘s port. from beirut — our international correspondent, orla guerin, sent this report. in the mountains north of beirut, locals are building a new monument. in the shadow of the cross, they will honour firefighters from the christian village of qartaba, killed at beirut port. three were members

of an extended family who worked together, and died together. as lebanon marks its centenary, rita hatti faces her darkest hour. she lost her son—in—law, her nephew, and her eldest son, najib. it took 13 days to find their remains at the port, after tonnes of ammonium nitrate exploded.

the deadly cargo had languished here for six years. standing here now what is striking is the enormity of the destruction. it is on an epic scale. vast metal structures crushed like paper, buildings shredded. when the blast happened, the port was pulverised. four weeks on there is a lebanese investigation under way and around a dozen arrests have been made. but many here fear the truth will stay buried beneath the rubble. they say the history of lebanon is littered with cover—ups. the country has been crumbling for decades under the weight of corruption and sectarian divisions, set in stone since the end of lebanon's civil war. some hope this latest catastrophe can be a turning point, like riyad al asad, a construction boss,

clearing the rubble of the blast for free. this was not an explosion, this was an implosion. and this is what i see, the justice that finally, with all the destruction around me, all this despair, all this death, i see hope. i see a new country. and i see a new dream materialise, my dreams materialising. but christina francis has lost her dream. the luxury flat where she and her lebanese fiance were supposed to live. for her, the blast is the last straw. you know, you feel like you are suffocated, especially with this government and the economic crisis that we are going through. the governmental crisis that we are going through. the only way out of the suffocation is to leave lebanon. u nfortu nately. others are determined to stay and rebuild from the ruins one more time. they believe lebanon will rise. orla guerin, bbc news, beirut.

let s get some of the day s other news... the norwegian parliament says it's been the victim of a cyber attack targeting the email accounts of several mps and staff members. it said "varying quantities of data" had been downloaded. officials say they've taken steps to stop the attack — and it's not yet clear who was behind it. the french satirical magazine charlie hebdo says it is re—publishing cartoons of the prophet muhammad, to mark the start of this week's trial of people suspected of being part of the deadly attack on its offices in 2015. twelve people died in the raid. the gunmen were shot dead, but fourteen people are accused of being accomplices. new restrictions are being imposed in scotland, after a rise in coronavirus cases. more than a million people living in glasgow, west dunbartonshire and east renfrewshire are being ordered to avoid indoor meetings with people from other households.

schools in england are preparing to welcome back pupils — after nearly 6 months out of the classroom. the government insists it is safe to return — but polls suggest as many as one in six parents are seriously considering keeping their children at home, due to worries about covid—i9 infection. for many children around the world, this is the week they will go back to school. that includes russia, where schools and colleges have reopened, just as the number of confirmed cases there is expected to pass one—million. staff have been tested, contact between different year groups, is being kept to a minimum, and the traditional start—of—year celebrations have been cancelled. sarah rainsford has been to one school in moscow. september the 1st is traditionally a day of celebration right across russia, as children go to school for the very first time. here in moscow, even

in the midst of the covid—i9 pandemic, they are trying to keep things as normal as possible. so this is russian style back to school. singing. the children here are all in their best clothes, they've got flowers for the teachers, and balloons that they're releasing into the air. now, there is not a whole lot of social distancing going on here, but the parents have been given facemasks, and, normally, there would be a lot more children here at one time, but the classes have been split up to celebrate their first day at school in far smaller numbers. the parents say they are not too nervous about this return. the pandemic...this mother rather not think about that today. the headmistress lists a hole series of safety measures from hand sanitiser to temperature checks and all the staff getting tested for coronavirus. the children are supposed to stay in their class groups

too, though that's easier in theory than in practice. but with over a million registered cases in russia now, even the youngest know something about covid—i9. translation: this virus is really very dangerous, and a lot of people even die of it. translation: we need to wash our hands, and wear a mask in shops and enclosed spaces. it's not hard to understand why russians are so relaxed about the coronavirus, when most of the messaging from the politicians these days is pretty positive, stressing the relatively low official death rate here. and, of course, the russian vaccine, sputnik, that wasjust registered a few weeks ago. now, the reality is that safety trials, mass clinical trials, are only just about to start, and teachers here, including at the school, are going to be amongst the first to get the jab. translation: for now, of course, it's voluntary, but as soon as we have the chance, i think me and my fellow teachers should definitely get vaccinated. for us, it's a matter of great

pride that our scientists have made this possible. from the markings on the floor to all of the other measures here, clearly, all the proper precautions are in place. sarah rainsford, bbc news, moscow. stay with us on bbc news — still to come... england striker — marcus rashford — says he has a new goal off the pitch — ending child poverty in the uk. 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... president trump has visited kenosha — the scene of violent

unrest after a black man — jacob blake — was shot by police. he accused violent mobs of behaving like domestic terrorists. jacob bla ke's family insisted they did not want to meet mr trump — saying they wanted a president who could unite america and take it in a different direction. large groups of students in belarus, have marked the return to university, by staging the latest protest against president alexander lu kashenka's disputed election victory, last month. police stopped them, from forming a human chain, in the capital minsk and carried out arrests. the students chanted "fascists" — an insult mr lukashenka has levelled at the opposition. our correspondentjonah fisher was in minsk — and sent this report. shouting.

chanting. i know who he is, he is a stupid dictator. he's the last dictator in europe. are you scared to come out here and demonstrate? no, i'm not scared because i don't know why, but i'm not scared at all. this is a game of cat and mouse. over here, a group of student demonstrators are here, look come over here. this is the riot police, the omon, that are trying to disrupt it. shouting. chanting.

so what's happening here is the omon are dragging people away to their vehicles. it's something we've seen repeatedly over the last few weeks here in minsk, people being detained and put in bands like this. often, these people are emerging from detention several days later with stories of being beaten. shouting.

protests on the streets in minskafew protests on the streets in minsk a few hours ago. the manchester united footballer marcus rashford has joined forces with some of the country's biggest food brands — to create a "taskforce" — in a bid to reduce child food poverty. today the government said it would consider their proposals to tackle hunger in children. rashford successfully campaigned to extend free school meals this summer and he's now written to members of parliament outlining the help he feels some families still need. our correspondent sally nugent has been speaking to him. go on, get it. 0h! for the footballer marcus rashford, this is a deeply personal project.

i'm a single parent. yeah. itjust helped him so much with getting food for himself. thank you. it's no problem. no problem. i thinkjust to see the smiles on their faces and to see how much it has helped them made me happy to see that, actually with my own eyes. it's a stigma. they look at it as, "well, who goes to food banks? "who goes to these places?" they look down on it, but with you speaking about it and saying you've been through it, that's given another family confidence. "ok, he's gone through it." it's only a situation, we can pass it and i can ask for that help. marcus has spent the summer thinking about what he wants to do next. we pretty much knew straight away that we'd found a short—term solution, but that wasn't going to work in the long run, so we had to think about, "how is the best way to do it so that these families can eat long—term and not have any issues? " hello, everyone. can everybody hear me? some of the biggest brands in the country are on this call. most have now signed up to rashford's task force. they're supporting

these proposals from the national food strategy — expanding free school meals to every child from a household on universal credit or similar benefits. providing holiday food and activities for all children on free school meals. increasing healthy start food vouchers from £3.10 to £4.25 per week. henry dimbleby is leading the review and spoke at the start of the call. it's important because the alternative to a school lunch is packed lunch, and only 1% of packed lunches have the nutritional value of a school meal. and if you look at packed lunches as children get less affluent, those packed lunches have increasingly low nutritional value. i'm learning so much whilst i'm on the call. they're giving me figures that have sent me a bit, like, "wow!" now the footballer has written to the prime minister, thanking him for the u—turn over free school meals in the

summer holidays back injune. in a very personal letter, drawing on his own experiences as a child, he outlines the extra help he feels some families still need now more than ever. sally nugent, bbc news, manchester. you are watching bbc news. just before we go, senate senate some works of art are designed to last for centuries — but here's one which would be unlikely to survive the next heatwave. it's a sculpture made entirely out of butter. the work, entitled "nourishing our future", is on display at the new york state fair in sirra—cyoos — and has, as you might suspect, been sponsored by dairy producers. —— syracuse. it shows a family using a laptop for some distance learning — while serving up some butter—based meals. it's a strictly look—but—don‘t—touch attraction. although the team behind

say they hope people who see it will — ahem — "spread the news". from me on the team. see you soon. hello there. the first day of september was dry for most of us, but the second day of the month looks a good deal wetter. we will see some outbreaks of pretty heavy rain moving eastward through the day and with that, it will be fairly windy. now, if we look at the recent satellite picture, we can see this area of cloud heading in our direction. this is a frontal system which is going to bring some outbreaks of rain. it's all tied in with an area of low pressure drifting to the north west the british isles. you can see quite a few white lines, quite a few isobars squashing together on the chart, that it will be fairly windy, and we will see a break of rain pushing from the west toward the east. now, the rain will be moving quite erratically eastwards. it will be quite sporadic, quite on and off in nature, some of it will be pretty heavy, particularly across some parts of southwest scotland — where there is the risk

of some localised flooding. brisk winds, particularly up towards the far northwest from those of the average speeds, we could see gusts of 45—50 mph for very exposed spots in northwest scotland. it will be a little bit warmer than it has been lately, 15—20 degrees. and it looks as if the rain won't get into east anglia or the southeast of england until quite late on in the day. but we will see some splashes of rain here as we go through wednesday night and into thursday. the outbreaks of rain increasingly becoming confined to england and wales. some clear skies developing, still 1—2 showers for northern ireland and scotland, and it will be milder than some nights we've had recently. so we head into thursday, and our frontal system will still be in place. this front is going to take a little while, i think, to clear away from england and wales. so, we are going to see a lot of cloud here. it could be quite a murky start in places, and there will be some outbreaks of rain moving quite slowly southeastwards. at the further north and west you are, there will be sunnier skies, some showers, some of which will be heavy. another windy day, and another slightly warmer one then we've

had lately, 17—21 degrees. now, by friday, it looks as if our weather front will still be lingering across southern england in south wales. so further pulses of rain here — but for north wales, northern england, northern ireland and scotland, it's a day of sunny spells and heavy showers, and those temperatures start to come down once again — things turning cooler as we head towards the weekend. for the weekend itself, there will be some showers at time, a fair amount of dry weather, but some rather cool days and some fairly chilly nights.

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the headlines... donald trump has said he'll rebuild the troubled city of kenosha, during a brief visit in which he described several nights of violence there as "domestic terror". mr trump ignored pleas from local democrat leaders to stay away, amid accusations that the trip was an election stunt. mr trump did not visit the family of an unarmed black man, jacob blake, who was shot and paralysed by a white police officer last month — the event which triggered the violence. mr blake's family say they need a president who will unite the country. large groups of students in belarus have marked the return to university by staging the latest protest against president alexander lu kashenka's disputed election victory last month. police stopped them from forming a human chain in the capital, minsk, and carried out arrests.

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