welcome to bbc news — my name's mike embley. our top stories: president trump flies to kenosha — to praise the police and condemn the damage to property. violent mobs demolished or damaged at least 25 businesses, burnt down public buildings and threw bricks. these are not acts of peaceful protest but, really, domestic terror. but the family of jacob blake — whose shooting triggered the unrest — chose not to meet the president. they'll be speaking to us live in a few moments. we have a special report on the huge challenges faced by lebanon as it struggles to rebuild after last month's port explosion. and back in class. all round the world, millions of children return to school despite the global pandemic.

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 protest — some violent. but the family ofjacob blake, the black man whose shooting at the hands of police triggered the unrest, say he was disrespectful. they, and called for a president who could unite america. aleem maqbool reports. officials here feared a visit by donald trump would reignite tensions. 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 is just 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. justin blake is the uncle ofjacob blake, tanya mclean is a friend of the blake family and alvin owens runs a barbershop and was tear gassed when he was protesting. ta nya, tanya, i know you held a family event today in the street where jacob was shot. a very different event from the president's press conference. different event from the president's press conferencelj wa nt president's press conference.” wa nt to president's press conference.” want to ask you, briefly, how would you describe kenosha. do you recognise the picture that the president painted of your place? absolutely not. we have

some technical issues. at the moment your picture is frozen. can you hear me? yes. yes we can hear you. tanya, painters a picture of kenosha. we are just a small town, a peaceful people, getting on with day—to—day life. nothing major happening here. there are some issues here in our town with division but we have never seen anything like this. alvin, you know that mr trump today called the angry protest, the violence and the property damage in the city domestic terror. you have a business there, your barbershop is fine but you must have seen other businesses, many of them black owned being trashed. how did you feel about

that? you must understand the anger and frustration but that must have been rough. what is rough is splashing a video of a black man and shot seven times. what is rough is within one week we had a fire in uptown here in our city and then four oi’ here in our city and then four or five days later we had looters from god knows where that we did not recognise tear up that we did not recognise tear up our city that we did not recognise tear up ourcity and that we did not recognise tear up our city and tore down the upper half of uptown. but the president is 100% incorrect and told a lie when he called protesters, nonviolent protesters, nonviolent protesters domestic terrorist. we all know in america who the terrorists are and what they are and what they do. the citizens and residents of kenosha are not that. we always come together as a small city to help each other. and we lost

you for a moment, alvin but if you for a moment, alvin but if you can hear me, your business, luckily is fine. are you sure that the people who lost their businesses feel the same way that you do? a few of those businesses came together, those businesses came together, those businesses who were burned out and were feeding pizza and sandwiches and bringing water to the nonviolent protesters. just this past saturday. so that gives you an inkling of how they felt. even though they are going through... even though their businesses have been burnt and torn down, they came out in support ofjacob late and help the community come together and heal. —— jacob lake. —— blake. come together and heal. —— jacob lake. -- blake. how is

he? he is hanging in there. he is the epitome of the lack man, going through many struggles but still turning it into great success. but still turning it into great success. is there a chance he will walk again? —— black man. he has spoken to family members and says he is starting to get better and that is the start of his comeback. how aware is jacob of what happened and, also, what has been going on in kenosha since? he is still stuck in the moment before he got shot. he knows something is going on and can feel the love.

so if you look at what we have done with our rally, our family demanded and asked that our brothers and sisters... again, some problems with the connections but if we can re—establish, i wanted to ask you, as re—establish, i wanted to ask you , as everyone re—establish, i wanted to ask you, as everyone knows, his children were in the car at the time he was shot. how are they? they are doing as well as somebody could be. after watching your father be shot seven times. i must ask you as well, what about the reports that there was a knife in the car that he may have been reaching for a weapon that police were reacting to the possibility he was going for a weapon. his mother and father,

weapon. his mother and father, we all say he had no weapon whatsoever and it was unjustified to shoot an unarmed man seven times in the back. it could have ricocheted in the carand hurt the could have ricocheted in the car and hurt the children. thank you so much for coming together and for talking to us. 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. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: tragedy in mauritius. three sailors die while trying to help with the clean—up from a stranded oil tanker. 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. welcome back. very good to have you with us here on 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 protestors 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. well, let's stay with that story now. gabriel debenedetti is national correspondent for new york magazine. he's in charlottesville, virginia. that is the scene of an early clash in the trump presidency, a place that showed a very difficult event there and a place that showed the power of the far right, particularly. donald trump's campaign, the republicans have played this pretty smart, given all the questions they could be asked about the pandemic, about the current state of the economy, keeping it on a law and order issue. they think this is smart because it is essentially the only move that they have right now because as you have just said things are looking so bad for donald trump and really for americans in terms of the coronavirus issue. by trying to turn this into a law and order

issue, and link tojoe biden to decry what is happening in georgia, he feels strongly that his message and gave a big speech in pennsylvania, an important state. he essentially said violence and protests is not what he is looking for. he condemns violence and looting. he said the message that it is now putting up ads with that message all over the states. but donald trump certainly feels that this will be a message that will win voters at least in suburbs in states like wisconsin. in effect, surely donald trump forced joe biden to fight on his ground. when joe biden says that rioting and looting is not protest, it is just law business, aren't there people who would vote democrat but are not that enthusiastic but are not that enthusiastic butjoe biden might just but are not that enthusiastic butjoe biden mightjust stay home? that is precisely what

happened with hillary clinton in 2016 in states like wisconsin and pennsylvania nearby michigan. but thejoe biden campaign feels pretty strongly that this is the correct message for them right now, otherwise they would not have gone out and given the speech yesterday and they would not be paying for so many ads pushing this message forward. obviouslyjoe biden's campaign and donald trump osma campaign are in disagreement here, but the trump campaign has not been disciplined in his message. donald trump yesterday and today refused to condemn support who killed two people in kenosha and today he compared police officers who should victims to a golfer who misses an easy part. even his intern with a gas at that statement. gabriel debenedetti, thank you very much, hope to speak to you again soon. —— gassed. —— aghast. to mauritius, now.

the oil spill caused by a japanese ship running aground has had further tragic consequences. on tuesday three sailors died when their tugboat capsized, as they were helping with the cleanup. four other men were rescued, although one other sailor is still missing. rebecca bailey has this report. just a warning — you might find some images in it distressing. the mauritian coastguard, setting off on a grim task — body retrieval. eight sailors set out to help clean up the oil spill that for weeks now has been poisoning a marine wildlife sanctuary. not all of them made it back. the sailors were towing an unmanned barge from the spill site when the two boats collided. the tug boat capsized and the crew abandoned ship. those who were rescued are now recovering in hospital. but for their crewmates the only way back to shore was in a body bag. everybody is asking "what was the urgency in order to pull the barge at that point in time, at night, and in spite of the bad weather?" and that is why people are feeling desperate about the situation.

we could have avoided many casualties. this tragic accident is just the latest reproduction of the grounding of the mv wakashio on july 25. the japanese ship has leaked about 1000 tons of oil onto the pristine coral reef it struck. concern over the fact that this will have on the marine environment were heightened after 39 dead dolphins were found washed up on the shore last week. experts who examined two of the bodies said that they couldn't find traces of hydrocarbons in their corpses, but environmental campaigners have demanded an independent investigation. and anger is rising — many mauritians believe the government could have done more to prevent the spill. this protest on saturday was the biggest the country has seen in years. some of their t—shirts read "i love my country, i am ashamed of my government." the government has promised to set up a commission to investigate the spill. the captain of the ship has been arrested and charged with

endangering safe navigation. he's not yet commented. the search for the missing sailor continues, as does the cleanup. but this latest incident will only add to the shock and fury as mauritians continue to demand answers about how this could have been allowed to happen. rebecca bailey, bbc news. the french satirical magazine charlie hebdo says it is republishing cartoons of the prophet mohammed to mark the start of this week's trial of people suspected of being part of the deadly attack on its offices in 2015. 12 people died in the raid. the gunmen were shot dead, but 1a people are accused of being accomplices. in many countries, the beginning of september is of course the start of a new school year for children. the pandemic has meant there have been major changes to school procedures. this all nurseries and schools in the chinese city of wuhan,

where the pandemic began, have opened, with children having to wear face coverings when travelling to and from school. they also have to wash their hands and disinfect shoes. in hungary, pupils queue to get into schools, which are disinfected daily. class sizes are being reduced to help with social distancing. where schools have opened in cuba, hands are sanitised and face masks have to be worn on the property by both students and teachers. students are seated a safe distance from each other. and in vietnam children have their temperature checked as they arrive and hands sanitised. where social distancing can't be observed, masks are worn. in russia, 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 one is traditionally a daily of celebration right across russia as children go to school for the very first time. here in moscow even in the

midst of the putin pandemic, authorities are trying to keep things as normal as possible. -- covid-19. this is things as normal as possible. —— covid—19. this is russian style back to school. from the markings on the floor to all the other measures here, clearly all the proper precautions are in place. but asi precautions are in place. but as i have seen precautions are in place. but 3s i have seen over precautions are in place. but as i have seen over the past few months, while the rules and russia are strict, people are not that great at actually sticking to them. as the weather here is does to get cold again and life was back inside this would become a problem. sarah rainsford, bbc news, moscow. after a seven—year battle, authorities in berlin have agreed to change a controversial name on its streets. moore street was named after people from north africa. people that will help decolonise the capital. one word, 12 letters, decades of

controversy. moor st runs through the streets of berlin. it is symbolic of the time, according to some, that as long past. translation: what we wa nted past. translation: what we wanted to achieve was to dismantle determination in public spaces. we wanted it so that by people who are walking down the streets are not co nsta ntly down the streets are not constantly confronted with not only the discriminating effect of this word but the history thatis of this word but the history that is behind it. it is very important to create an area thatis important to create an area that is free of determination and colonialism. the street has a lwa ys and colonialism. the street has always been an interesting place. where business deals we re place. where business deals were done, where lies were led. karl marx stayed here as a student in the early 19th century. there is also an underground train station which has the same name. the signs will have to be changed here, too, but some feel it is all a little unnecessary.

translation: to try to construct this into something negative is just unscientific. there are industries that i know of, at least in berlin, andi know of, at least in berlin, and i think not in the world, that you would them after someone you that you would them after someone you don't like. mohrenstrasse will soon be known as anton wilhelm ahmed raza, named after a ghanaian philosopher and the first black african to study at a german university. tim allman, bbc news. just briefly, that menus again, donald trump has said that he will rebuild the troubled city kenosha, wisconsin following notes of what he called domestic terror. joe biden has stayed away. there is much more on all the news, national and international, on our website.

and on our twitter feeds as well. thank you for watching. 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, but 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, those are 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 clearer skies developing, still with 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're going to see a lot of cloud here. could be quite a murky start in places, and there will be some outbreaks of rain moving quite slowly southeastwards. but 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.

this is bbc news — the headlines: president 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 stu nt. the president 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. all around the world, millions of children have been returning to class despite the coronavirus pandemic. there have been major changes to school procedures with social distancing and hand washing being enforced. older children will also have to wear face masks when they are in lessons.