this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. will bahrain says it is normalising relations with israel, in a move that further erodes the arab world's boycott of the jewish state. protests in lesbos against conditions on the greek island with migrants demanding to be allowed onto mainland europe. more than half a million people in the us state of oregon flee deadly wildfires raging across the pacific northwest. in the uk, the r—number, showing how many people each coronavirus patient infects — moves above one for the first time since march.

bahrain has agreed to normalise its relations with israel, further eroding the arab world's boycott of the jewish state. president trump tweeted the news after phone conversations with the leaders of the two countries. he said: ‘another historic breakthrough today! our two great friends israel and the kingdom of bahrain agree to a peace deal 7 the second arab country to make peace with israel in 30 days!‘ he also posted this joint statement that says bahrain and israel have agreed to establish full diplomatic relations. for decades most arab states have boycotted israel, insisting they'd only establish ties after the palestinian dispute was settled. but these pictures are from last month when the united arab emirates broke with that tradition, and agreed to normalise its relationship with the israelis. a palestinian official has described

the bahraini deal as a betrayal. in the last hour hamas, the militant islamist group that controls gaza, has put out a statement condemning the deal. their spokesperson, hazem qassam said: "bahrain after the emirates, joins the path of normalization with the zionist regime, making them a partner in the aggression against our palestinian people, because it means that they accept the deal of the century that trump announced. this deal is danger to the palestinian cause, and arab national security. " the bbc‘s tom bateman is injerusalem. good to see you again. thank you for joining us. more and more reaction. tell us about how significant this is in relation to these relationships between the us, between the gulf states as well. relationships between the us, between the gulf states as wellm isa between the gulf states as wellm is a significant moment because it

would help them gain regional recognition from the arab countries that took a significant turn when their ties with the israelis never have a month in bahrain, the fourth arab state in history to make the israeli prime minister said it's a historic moment to pivot towards peace and trumpeted by the bahrainis come and this is a path towards peace and a huge boon for his sun in law that is been pushing for this stuff. to get the gulf states and the israelis on board with normalising relations and that is the success that allows him in the

ceremony that we tightly make they —— they would have the bahrainis sign. and he will be touted as a peace broker. this has been on the agenda forjared kushner in the trump administration and they have been pushing that peace plan since january that didn't quite go down well with the palestinians. does this isolate the palestinian side a little more and make it perhaps more pressing for them to come to the table on that? the trump peace plan had always been completely rejected and boycotted by the palestinians, they see it is heavily weighted towards israel and see that the entity they leave them with is nothing like a state and simply would not be anything that any palestinian leader could accept, if

they are to gain any popular support oi’ they are to gain any popular support or maintain any kind support of their own people. that is been the situation with the donald trump plan but in terms of that, by jared kushner and president trump was the sometimes referred to as the outside in approach where you bring in some of the arab states on board with the israelis, and that would add in effect to the pressure of the isolation of the palestinians to really force them to engage with a plan to the israelis broker to the americans and so far, all the signs are among the palestinian leadership is that there's no way that they will be involved in any of this. they said but the bahrainis did was a betrayal of peace initiative and i was the idea of solidarity between the arab states, that they would not normalise the relationship with israel until there was a piece on the basis of the 0rd formula, the two state solution in the pre—i967

line with eastjerusalem is a prime —— receiving having signs of having quite a bit of internal dissent among bahrainis and there's a bit of dissent in the country there than there is in the emirates and trending on twitter already is the hashtag bahrainis against normalisation. migrants on the greek island of lesbos have been protesting on the streets demanding the freedom to travel on to mainland europe. more than 10 thousand migrants were left without shelter this week after europe's largest refugee camp was gutted by fire. protesters approached riot police cordoning off the road out of the moria camp. four hundred unaccompanied children from the camp are to be taken in by eu countries.

the european commission says the destroyed camp will be rebuilt, a plan strongly opposed by authorities on the island. our correspondent bethany bell is on lesbos: many migrants are sleeping and living rough after the camp burnt down and they are on the sides of roads, some are sleeping in cemeteries or under the trees in olive groves. some are also been supplied with food and supplies but sanitary conditions are grim and there's little to no running water and it is very difficult for people to wash themselves. people here have been holding protests, migrants have been of europe, away from lesbos and away from greece. marching up and down demanding freedom to move to other parts of europe, away from lesbos and away from greece. freedom, not food, one person said. we want to go somewhere else. we want europe to help us.

the local greeks here also want the migrants to go somewhere else. they say that lesbos has borne the brunt of europe's migrant crisis for too long and at the moment, an agreement with the eu looks very difficult. more than half a million people have been forced from their homes in the us state of oregon, as firefighters try to contain wildfires running out of control. nearly a hundred fires have been burning over the past few days. the affected area stretches 13—hundred kilometres from portland in oregon to los angeles in california. butte county is one of the worst hit regions in california. at least 10 people have died and there are fears the death toll will rise. and in oregon, the damage is widespread. hundreds of homes have been razed to the ground. many people will be returning to nothing but charcoaled remains. freya cole has the story. in the suburb of salem in

oregon state, the sky turned orange. a warning sign of the danger beyond the city's boundaries. from door to door, police checked on residents, telling them to leave now before it's too late. three hours south injackson county, residents were urged to get out in a hurry — and it's lucky they did. all that remains of this neighbourhood are rows of homes in ruins. for some, the escape was frightening. it was unbelievable. i've never seen the flames so tall, and... ..just, it was hard to imagine. evacuation centres across the state are filling fast. volunteers are doing what they can to cater for everyone. authorities say they've never seen conditions so brutal. the fires are fast moving,

fuelled by dry land and fanned by strong winds. across the western states, more than 100 fires are still burning. the death toll is rising — and with no rain on the forecast, the disaster is far from over. britain's coronavirus epidemic is once more on the rise. for the first time since march — the r number for coronavirus infections has risen above the crucial level of one, meaning the virus is now spreading again. that appears to be backed up by the latest daily figures for the last 2a hours which show the highest number of new infections in almost 4 months. our medical editor fergus walsh reports on the rising coronavirus levels. coronavirus is on the rise, as is the demand for tests. it is notjust hotspots that are seeing an increase in cases. those tracking the epidemic say it's a wake—up call.

sadly, i'm a lot less optimistic than i was even a few weeks ago. partly because of the very rapid and unexpectedly rapid increase in case numbers this last week, and also the reports of the difficulties that we are having a naturally providing enough testing facilities. the swab goes right to the back of the throat... research from imperial college london is helping give a true picture of the epidemic by asking people to swab test themselves at home. this monthly survey acts like an early warning system for the prevalence of coronavirus throughout england. 150,000 volunteers do home swab tests. the results for the end of august showed there were 136 positive cases, sharply up in the previous month but still lower than when the survey was first carried out in may.

65% of those who were positive had no symptoms on the day they were tested, which underlines the importance of social distancing. across the uk, the r number is thought to be between 1 and 1.2 which means the epidemic is going, but from a low base. it's thought the prevalence is doubling every seven to ten days. back before lockdown, r was somewhere about 3.0 and cases were doubling every three to four days, so we are in a much better position and back then. position then back then. it behoves us all to heed the message, because with the virus turning up and robustly turning up, with the r being robustly above 1 but the prevalence still quite low, it is a chance for us to nip this in the bud. if you look at the number of patients with covid—19 in hospital, across the uk, that peaked at around 20,000

in mid april and then fell sharply for several months before levelling off. it is now above 800 patients and may be creeping up again. the challenge now is to try to get on with our lives while keeping the virus in check. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: ceremonies are held in the usa to mark the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. freedom itself was attacked this morning, and freedom will be defended. the united states will hunt down and punish those responsible. bishop tutu now becomes spiritual leader of 100,000 anglicans here — of the blacks in soweto township as well as the whites in their rich suburbs. we say to you today in a loud

and clear voice, "enough of blood and tears." enough! translation: the difficult decision we reached together was one that required great and exceptional courage. it's an exodus of of to 60,000 people caused by the uneven pace of political change in eastern europe. iam free! this is news, the latest headlines. bahrain says it is normalising relations with israel, in a move that further erodes the arab world's boycott of the jewish state.

migrants on lesbos call for change as european officials promise to rebuild a camp that was burnt down on the greek island. let's stay with that story on the situation in lesbos — i'm joined from washington dc by demetrios papademetriou, who co—founded the migration policy institute. thank you very much for coming to talk to us. we look at the situation in lesbos now we saw people protesting to be let into europe. what is your assessment of the situation? well, this is completely untenable, because both of greece in the migrants themselves. the situation has been simply horrible for several years, going back to 2015 and circumstances under which these people came and also how they we re these people came and also how they were initially received almost an

enthusiastically, gave way to this trust. and now there's a sense that they don't belong there. this has become a real black eye for europe, which increased government, being caught in the middle —— the greek government. the only way that name is been trying to deal with that is through ad hoc kind of things. they agreed to relocate about 400 children in the past couple of weeks and now we are all waiting to see what it is that it's going to happen next because rebuilding the camp is not the answer. the answer is, what to do with the 12,000 people and the many thousands more on the other

greek islands. the core question now is what to do with these thousands of people, but policies about this very issues have been made in the past have fallen apart, why is that? no country wants to have anything that may look to their public as a return to the really horrible dates of 2015 in 2016. in one sense, governments have made a commitment to their public, to their electors that the chaos that they saw four or five years ago is not going to happen again. they realise that if they start relocating all of these people, more people will come. this will become a cat and mouse game in which increased again will be in the middle and turkey will begin tried to blackmail europe about doing the

things that turkey wants to have donein things that turkey wants to have done in other areas, notjust in the area of refugees but in other areas asa area of refugees but in other areas as a means of preventing large numbers of people of crossing to the greek islands. spain was among the european countries intially hardest hit by the covid pandemic. the country brought in strict lockdown measures, and for a while they seemed to be working. cases dropped and life began to return to normal. but, as in many other countries, recent weeks have seen a resurgence of new infections. guy hedgecoe reports from madrid on the measures being taken. for 7—year—old julia, this is a big day. a national lockdown followed by the long summer holiday have meant she is going to school for the first time in six months.

over eight million spanish children are going back to the classroom this month. they want to come back to school because they miss their friends, their teachers, so it's a nice moment for them. the return to school is being staggered according to age groups, as part of efforts to prevent the spread of coronavirus. it's just one of many new measures. children aged six and over must now wear face masks here at sagrada familia primary, and in all schools across spain. i think what's going to happen is we are going to open the schools this week and probably start closing, opening, closing, opening, so it's going to be like an intermittance model. this second wave of the virus is affecting younger people more than the first wave. although infections have

been rising steadily, the death rate has remained relatively low and hospitalisation rates are still well below the levels of march and april. the response to the recent resurgence of coronavirus in spain has been for local authorities to reintroduce restrictions in those areas that have been affected. for example, here in madrid just a few days ago, the local government announced new limits on social contact in public spaces, such as bars and restaurants. my worry is that we reach autumn and winter and then our behaviour change. we go more indoors, we meet with friends, family, we go to pubs, restaurants indoors, and this is a perfect place for virus transmission. after a tragic spring and a difficult summer, spain is desperately hoping for something like a normal autumn. guy hedgecoe, bbc news, madrid. france's prime minister has said it's particularly worrying that the number of hospital

admissions for coronavirus in the country have gone up for the first time in weeks. these images are from a hospital in marseilles, the city has become the epicentre of the epidemic in the country. after a special cabinet meeting, jean castex said it was clear that the virus was spreading more and more and would be around for several months. he said local authorities would be given more powers to tackle specific outbreaks. today marks 19 years since the world stood still, and watched two hijacked airliners crash into the twin towers of the world trade centre. today ceremonies took place across the us to honour the almost 3,000 peeople who were killed on 9/11. the days events began with the unfurling of the stars and stripes from the pentagon — the site of the third aircraft collision. this was followed by events at ground zero — due to covid restrictions the names of those killed were not read out live, but instead pre—recorded and broadcast

during the ceremony. finally president trump addressed the crash site of flight 93, which crashed in a field in pennsylvania after the passengers resisted the hijackers. in the days and weeks after 9/11, citizens of all faiths, backgrounds, colours and creeds came together, prayed together, mourned together and rebuilt together. the song god bless america became a rallying cry for the nation. we were united by our conviction that america was the world's most exceptional country. the chief executive of one of the world's biggest mining companies rio tinto, has announced he is leaving the firm after sacred aboriginal sites in western australia were destroyed. the company went ahead with the destruction of thejuukan gorge rock shelters

despite the opposition of aboriginal traditional owners. they were among the oldest historic sites in australia. shaimaa khalil has the story. a land that dates back millennia destroyed by a mining giant. the blast of the gorge shelters was legally sanctioned for the expansion of one of rio tinto's iron ore mines. it went against the wishes of the lands traditional owners, who said they were shocked and devastated. the caves, seen as one of australia's most significant archaeological research sites, had shown evidence of continuous human habitation dating back 46,000 years. they also sat on nearly 8 million tonnes of high—grade iron ore with an estimated value ofjust under $100 million. the incident itself, as i said, was approved by the last liberal national government in 2013. it was obviously a very disappointing decision,

and as we have set from the very beginning, it was very unfortunate this took place, and obviously these caves in this history cannot be replaced. rio tinto has been heavily criticised for its handling of the scandal. last month, it was slammed for not going far enough when it stripped three executives of their multi—million dollar bonuses but kept them on. now, after months of escalating pressure from aboriginal groups and top shareholders, the ceo, john sebastien jack, along with two other bosses, announced their departure. rio tinto's chairman said the company wanted to ensure this for further action. we don't think it is enough. we are also calling for a forensic review of their systems and processes. their processes and policies. in relation to the aboriginal land.

i have been talking to mining companies recently... we need change. the scandal has raised questions about the government's responsibility to historical ancestral areas. it also highlights the great imbalance of power between the mining industry and traditional landowners. a difficult tussle for a country with a wealth of natural resources and ancient sites dating back tens of thousands of years. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter — i'm @kacungira

hello there. some of us will get a reminder of summer early next week but before then, there's a bit more rain to come and it's mainly for scotland and northern ireland. you can see this ribbon of cloud stretching right the way across the atlantic. that's been bringing some rain down across scotland, northern ireland into parts of england and north wales as well. it's on that weather front there. but that weather front is moving into higher pressure so, it is weakening and the rain is becoming lighter and more patchy, a narrower line of rain moving further south overnight. behind it to the north, clearer skies. quite a few blustery showers coming into ireland and scotland but a cooler night for northern parts the uk. milder further south, double figures especially

where we keep that cloud around. but as we head into the weekend, most of the cloud will be again for scotland and northern ireland. a lot of the rain will actually be on saturday night and it should improve during sunday. further south across england and wales, mainly dry this weekend. warm sunshine as well, and those temperatures will be rising, too. and we start with a fair bit of sunshine on saturday. there's that band of cloud producing one or two showers loitering down towards the south—east corner of england. sunnier skies, scattered showers across scotland, northern ireland before it clouds over later and the winds start to pick up as well with rain not far away. these are the temperatures, quite healthy for the time of year in the sunshine, it will feel quite pleasant as well. but the winds will strengthen on later in the day. we got some wet weather for northern parts of northern ireland and particularly into scotland overnight threatening some flooding. more rain to come on sunday. the main rain heading northwards into the highlands of scotland where there could be a months worth of rain in the coming few days. more sunshine elsewhere across the uk as the winds start to drop late around and with the sunshine, temperatures will be higher. we are looking at me be the mid—20s across eastern england on sunday afternoon. but some higher temperatures

are likely early next week. we got high pressure across continental europe. it has been very hot across iberia, france, and that heat is moving its way northward particularly into england and wales. still got a weatherfront loitering out towards the north—west of scotland, perhaps not far away from northern ireland threatening a bit of rain. so, it's not going to be quite as warm here. higher temperatures further east across scotland but it's across england and wales that we will see temperatures widely into the mid—20s or so. we could be close to 30 degrees on monday and tuesday in the south—east of england before it turns cooler, i think, by wednesday.

this is bbc world news. the headlines. bahrain hasjoined the united arab emirates in agreeing to normalise relations with israel. hamas, which controls the gaza strip, has issued a statement, saying the move does grave harm to the palestinian cause. there have been protests by migrants stranded on the greek island of lesbos after europe's biggest refugee camp was gutted by fire. they're demanding to be allowed to travel on to mainland europe. britain's coronavirus epidemic is once more on the rise. for the first time since march, the r number for coronavirus infections has risen above the crucial level of one, meaning the virus is now spreading again. more than half a million people in the us state of oregon