this is bbc news. "peace for peace" — prime minister bibi netanyahu hails a new middle east deal. the normalisation of relations between israel and the uae and bahrain is a win for the white house. it is certainly historic — though it's not the deal with the palestinians that donald trump initially sought. the family of breonna taylor, a black woman shot dead by police, have accepted a multi—million dollar settlement from the city of louisville. also in the programme... the politics of a vaccine: donald trump once again says it'll be ready within weeks. but scientists remain sceptical. the latest unemployment figures in the uk show that young people are being worst hit. we hearfrom a young mum who applied for 280 jobs.

hello, i'm katty kay in washington. james reynolds is in london. donald trump has presided over the signing of a historic deal that normalises relations between israel and two arab countries. what's being called the "abraham accords" paves the way for diplomatic, economic, and travel links between israel and the uae and bahrain. the three countries are driven by common foe — iran. and that's partly why they've come together. it's worth noting that the deal does not address the conflict between israelis and palestinians. but it is a significant win for the white house. since the creation of israel in 1948, only two arab states — egypt and jordan — had made peace with israel. today that number doubled. here's donald trump announcing his deal. we're here this afternoon to change the course of history. after decades of division and conflict, we mark the dawn of a new middle east.

thanks to the great courage of the leaders of these three countries, we take a major stride towards a future in which people of all faiths and backgrounds live together in peace and prosperity. in a few moments, these visionary leaders will sign the first two peace deals between israel and arab state in more than a quarter—ce ntury. in israel's entire history, there have previously been only two such agreements — now we have retrieved two in a single month, and there are more to follow. —— achieved. let's speak to our north america reporter anthony zurcher. it isa it is a big achievement to get two more countries to sign a peace deal with israel from the arab world. how did he do it? well, it is a remarkable achievement. he hints

that there will be five other countries soon to follow. i think he did it — donald trump and jared kushner have been working on middle east peace for pretty much the entirety of his presidential administration. there have been lots of doubters, but i think, as you mentioned earlier, there was interest in creating some sort of opposition to iran, and that helped urge these persian gulf nations to ta ke urge these persian gulf nations to take the first step in 26 years for an arab nation to offer some kind of normalised relations with israel. let's look back to 1979. remember jimmy carter making peace between israel and egypt, shaking hands on that same white house lawn. yet a year later he was voted out of office. signing a middle east deal does not guarantee a keen to read —— key to reelection. it does not, and american voters tend not to vote on foreign policy unless the nation is at war. so there's no guarantee that

double trouble get a political benefit out of this. though you don't have to remember back to far to where people were talking about donald trump as a warmonger, where there was war with north korea and iran. so fortrump there was war with north korea and iran. so for trump to position himself as a peacemaker instead may help to allay the concerns of some vote rs help to allay the concerns of some voters who look at trump's foreign policy and were at least earlier concerned about it. what are you hearing at the white house about the fa ct hearing at the white house about the fact that this does not include palestinians? will they carry on talking to the palestinians, do they think there's a chance of bringing them on board for the peace deal that trump initially said he wanted? mrtrump was that trump initially said he wanted? mr trump was asked that during his press conference , mr trump was asked that during his press conference, he said he would continue and that the palestinians would come along and join the team eventually. but he noted that the palestinians were not very nice to the americans, talking about "death to the united states" and that's why donald trump cut off hundreds of millions of dollars of support to

the palestinian authorities. so the idea is that maybe this incremental progress in the middle east peace. he's not directly dealing with the palestinians, but it will laying the groundwork as more nations come on board to create some sort of a narrative where they can talk with the palestinians and get them to join these negotiations. anthony, thank you so much. for more on the impact of the middle east, let's talk to the former us ambassador to the uae, barbara leaf. madam ambassador, thanks so much for joining us. for years, madam ambassador, thanks so much for joining us. foryears, we madam ambassador, thanks so much for joining us. for years, we all assumed the key to solving the israeli and palestinian conflict was to do that first, then get peace with the other arab states second. doesn't this show it's actually easier to make arab—israeli peace, peace if the palestinians are sidelined? i wouldn't say so. you're right that the old formula of land for peace and the arab peace initiative, the saudi sponsored a peace initiative of 2002, is

essentially sidelined, you're right. but not all countries will take the step that the uae decided to take a month ago. and i will stress that this was a uae initiative, not the us. bahrain is a slightly different matter. it was pressured into accelerating what might've done in the period ahead. so the palestinians are not entirely sidelined, but the old formula certainly is a. you mentioned recently the saudi peace proposal 2002 - it recently the saudi peace proposal 2002 — it made peace after israel depending on israel's withdrawal. but i want to ask more about saudi arabia. might that country now follow its colleagues in recognising israel? no, i don't think so. not at this time. you had an indication in the last two years of a certain forward leaning posture by the crown prince, the future king of saudi arabia. but king saul mann himself is firmly committed to the old

formula. so for the moment i don't see any prospect. ambassador, i see what's in this for israel and i see what's in this for israel and i see what's in this for israel and i see what's in it for donald trump. certainly it's a major diplomatic achievement for him. you were ambassador to the uae. mr trump said today that there had been years and yea rs of today that there had been years and years of fighting between uae and bahrain, suggesting... i've lived in both of those countries and i don't remember any fighting. is it really all about iran for the uae? no, no it's not. it's about a lot of different things. it's about the uncertainty of the period ahead, uncertainty of the period ahead, uncertainty in terms of the us commitment to the region, engagement with the region, the pressure that small states like the uae and others feel from non—arab it would be great powers oi'i feel from non—arab it would be great powers on the rim, iran and turkey. and for the first time, but the uae has done, rather than seeking this protective embrace of a great power

— earlier it was the uk, then the us — in a sense, the uae has stepped down to look at the regional superpower, israel, not fora protective and sheltering embrace, but to essentially be a partner with that. but i think it goes beyond defence and security for sure. when israel and jordan made peace back in 1994, i think it might've been one of the princes said he could imagine that they were he could drive to tel aviv in the evening to watch a concert. but those hopes of cultural exchanges never materialised. does that now temper the hopes in this particular deal? no, quite the reverse. particular deal? no, quite the reve rse. because particular deal? no, quite the reverse. because emma roddy officials have been explicit about their intention —— intention towards a warm peace, unlike the rather chilly state to state relations that egypt and jordan enjoyed with israel. so for the israeli public,

this is rather thrilling. i was in israel injanuary, this is rather thrilling. i was in israel in january, and this is rather thrilling. i was in israel injanuary, and i was consta ntly israel injanuary, and i was constantly peppered with questions about when they might expect that these golf countries would allow this sort of normalisation. and indeed, the uae has been leaning in that direction all along. ambassador barbara leif, thanks very much for joining the programme. james, i spent most of my early yea rs james, i spent most of my early years in the middle east, and the only thing i was really conscious of in terms of conflict was israel and palestine. but you spent also there a long time working as an adult and asa a long time working as an adult and as a correspondent. what does this tell you about the direction the region is taking as a moment? it's fascinating, i spent five years there, and almost feels like they've dug out the playbook from the late 70s. your member that first peace deal that we mentioned earlier between israel and egypt back in the late 70s. that was essentially egypt setting the precedent that an arab

state could disentangle itself from the palestinian cause and make its own singular peace with some vague commitments towards the palestinians. i wonder if that's the model for 2020 as well. yes, and i guess the question now is whether other countries do follow. particularly saudi arabia. as mr trump was suggesting... the search for a coronavirus vaccine is the holy grail. and for donald trump, it's also the hail mary that he keeps throwing into the election campaign. today, he claimed again that a vaccine will be ready within weeks — there is no evidence that's true. the who is tracking more than 170 teams working on vaccines. but as you look to the right — it shows there are just nine groups at the stage of holding large scale final trials. while most scientists aren't looking at donald trump's timeline of weeks — there was some optimism from bill gates. speaking to the bbc, he said he's hopeful that a vaccine will be available by spring next year — but there a lot of work to do on global coordination.

well, the vaccine work, the r&d piece, including the expensive trials — the rich countries, particularly the us, have funded that work for a lot of these companies. so if the companies who are doing it just on a break—in basis, they can afford to do it because of the us and that other money. so from the research side, that's good news. for getting the money to buy the vaccine for the poorer countries, that has not yet come together. the us hasn'tjoined those meetings — even though it's normally, with hiv, polio, and many other things, the leader in global health. so as yet, we still need to pull that together. and here, of course, there's this huge benefit — even though the rich countries, so the epidemic won't keep coming back. so the plan to have lots of factories and the plans

of how we allocate it, including money for procurement for the poorer countries — that's still, despite some good work by europe and others, we still don't have enough to support that basic need. we're joined now by dr chris beyrer, professor of public health and human rights atjohns hopkins university. doctor, there's no point in having a vaccine unless people are prepared to have it to be injected with it. but i noticed a democratic senate candidate in north carolina saying he'd be hesitant to take a vaccine, worrying about corruption in the process. how do you address those fears ? process. how do you address those fears? i think the most important thing to say it is first of all, we need to protect the trials. and we can't trust the phase three large—scale can't trust the phase three la rge—scale efficacy trials can't trust the phase three large—scale efficacy trials —— trust. we have to see these through and determine in clinical trials if

these vaccines are safe and effective. short—circuiting that in trying to jump ahead effective. short—circuiting that in trying tojump ahead of effective. short—circuiting that in trying to jump ahead of the data will cause a great deal of public concern ‘ will cause a great deal of public concern — and it should cause a lot of concern to all of us, because there is a process, there is scientific integrity, and it must be defended. talking about the integrity of the trials briefly, the oxford astrazeneca files delegate trials have remained after someone fell ill. but they're not happy about the info they are given on the subject cosmic health. should they be more transparent?” subject cosmic health. should they be more transparent? i think everyone wants there to be more transparency, but we do have to balance that, particularly in the united states with the protection of individual volunteers's health information. so that is factored into this, as well. it is true that the astrazeneca trials were caused globally, all the trials. there are multiple ones, and they have been restarted in the uk, south africa and brazil. so that is very

encouraging. the us fda, the food and drug in the gum is still reviewing that data, so we are still on pause in united states —— the food and drug administration. that is currently on pause. can i pick up on what bill gates was saying about the distribution of the vaccine, particularly the need for it to be distributed globally— there is the ceo of a major vaccine production company in india quoted in the ft today, saying this... that noise you hear is me banging my head realising that it could be until 2024 until we have this vaccine distribute it. but that's the problem, isn't to? this is going at helter—skelter speed, the research on the vaccine, but we still need to produce and distribute it for the whole world, and that

will take a lot longer. well, the us in our programme, which is being called operation warp speed which is conducting five of the efficacy trials — we are not doing the pfizer trial, they're doing that on their own. at the others, including astrazeneca, are being done out of operation work speed. and where we are really saving time and jump—starting process is we dealing for the first time ever with production of all these candidate vaccines while the clinical trials are under way. so that will mean... so you don't think 2024 is the number we should be thinking about? well, first of all, let us say that we don't expect that we will only have one vaccine. we need multiple vaccines. we need different kinds of vaccines. we need different kinds of vaccines that would be safe and special populations like pregnant women and children, the aged. so we

are moving ahead with multiple vaccine trials of different kinds because we are going to need multiple covid—19 vaccines. we think that probably the soonest we will have the data is early 2021. and then, we won't have much vaccine for then, we won't have much vaccine for the first six months of that year. so by 2022, we hope to be well on our way to immunising everyone who wants this vaccine. to love the fact that 2022 now sounds like good news. doctor, thank you very much for joining us. for those watching claimant for those watching, on bbc world news — we'll be right back. in the uk, the health secretary has said the government is working hard to fix operational challenges in the coronavirus testing system, which have left people with symptoms unable to access tests.

demand for appointments has meant many workers — including health care staff — have had to self—isolate, preventing them from returning to work. matt hancock addressed mps in the commons earlier. everyone in this house knows that we are doing more testing per head of population than almost any other major nation. and i can update the house that we have now carried out over 20 million tests for coronavirus in this country. as we expand capacity further, we are working round—the—clock to make sure everyone who needs a test can get a test. the vast majority of people who use our testing service get a test that is close to home. and the average distance travelled to a test site is nowjust 5.8 miles — down from 6.4 miles last week. that was the health secretary matt hancock speaking earlier today. the family of breonna taylor,

a black woman who was killed by police in louisville, kentucky, have agreed a multimillion—dollar settlement. breonna taylor was shot eight times when officers burst into her home during a drugs investigation involving her ex—boyfriend. louisville has also agreed a series of police reforms. of the three officers involved in her shooting — one has been fired. attorney benjamin crump, representing breonna taylor's family, said the fight wasn't over yet. regardless of this landmark step on the journey to justice, we still are demanding that kentucky attorney general daniel cameron bring charges immediately against the police officers that murdered breonna taylor. immediately. this week. justice delayed isjustice denied. our us correspondent larry madowo has been covering this story, and hejoins us now.

we've seen protests in louisville ever since breonna taylor was shot. will this calm the situation, is this what people in louisville wa nted this what people in louisville wanted to see? i think this isjust a first step, as was mentioned at the press conference, the people who gathered for the memorial in downtown louisville... only one officer was fired, two our own administered of lee. and they feel that the reform needed goes much deeper. there's been decades of decades of mistrust with the louisville police department, and they told me when that i was there la st they told me when that i was there last week that they will not stop until they feel this police force is responsive to us. and the man, greg fisher, understands that, so the settlement of $12 million, the largest in the history of the city, is one aspect. but he said in a statement last week that he has ordered a top to bottom review of the entire police department. he's putting in place initiatives to tackle systemic racism and reimagine policing. so imagine pressure will be on him until people feel a lot

more has been done beyond the civil settlement for it breonna taylor's family. thank you so much. unemployment in the uk has risen to its highest level for nearly two years. official figures show almost 700,000 people dropped off the payrolls since march, and economists expect more jobs to be lost as the government's furlough scheme is wound down by the end of october. the official uk unemployment rate for the last quarter now stands at 4.1% — relatively low compared to other countries. but if you break the data down — you can see that unemployment ticked up to 4.4% injuly, the last month we have numbers for — and also when the government started to wind down its furlough scheme. young people have borne the brunt of the economic shock in the uk. the last quarter saw a record fall in the number of 18 to 24—year—olds in work — down almost 150,000 from earlier in the year. let's speak now to 23—year—old mum hannah webb from swindon. after losing herjob in recruiting april, hannah applied for 280 positions

before getting a new one — so she knows how hard it can be. hi there, hannah. what kind ofjobs did you apply for? literally anything and everything. at the beginning, it was mainly in careers work, i got so many rejection e—mails, i was applying for anything that was local to me. e—mails, i was applying for anything that was localto me. did e—mails, i was applying for anything that was local to me. did you ever feel like giving up? yes, there were times where i thought that i wouldn't find work. i would wake up the next day and hit the ground running. hannah, can i start by saying how impressed i am with you? it is hard to keep going and apply for that manyjobs, it is hard to keep going and apply for that many jobs, and it is hard to keep going and apply for that manyjobs, and you are a role model in perseverance and overcoming adversity. so well done, i think overcoming adversity. so well done, ithink any overcoming adversity. so well done, i think any employer frankly should have you up just hearing that you would applied for 280 different jobs. what's thejob would applied for 280 different jobs. what's the job that you've got? though i work with in careers

advice and guidance, supporting people back into work. that sounds the absolute perfectjob, given that you probably know more than anyone else what jobs are you probably know more than anyone else whatjobs are out there and not. can i just else whatjobs are out there and not. can ijust ask how your family reacted when you were finally able to waive the e—mail showing that you had got that job? over the moon. my husband was delighted. i can stop crying over rejection e—mails. husband was delighted. i can stop crying over rejection e-mails. but some of thejobs, crying over rejection e-mails. but some of the jobs, you were really applying for everything, weren't you? you're applying for everything, weren't you ? you're qualified applying for everything, weren't you? you're qualified to work in the employment sector, so the irony is not lost on you that you worked in job recruitment and you lost your job, so you knew the system. but at some point, you were applying for basicjobs like food delivery? some point, you were applying for basic jobs like food delivery? yes, soi basic jobs like food delivery? yes, so i broadened my work search, but

i've got two young children so the barrier for me every time was what flexibility i had around the child ca re flexibility i had around the child care setting. there might be an awful lot watching this who might have had similar struggles notjust in the uk but in the us. what's your advice for both sides of the atla ntic advice for both sides of the atlantic for people going afterjob afterjob? chase all your applications, call the employer up, follow u p applications, call the employer up, follow up with e—mails, and it will really help you stand out against all the other application that will be made. ultimately, before each interview, write down five things you're going to nyjust so the employer really buys into what you're talking about. anyone would think you work in job recruitment! that is brilliant advice. hannah, congratulations, i'm so glad that you got a job. and really, you are a

remarkable person for having stuck with it. it's not easy to tailor 280 interviews and applications in the way you did. congratulations, you deserve having had one. think you. i think she should print out all those rejections and sell it as a book. think she should print out all those rejections and sell it as a bookm is so demoralising when you keep applying for things and you keep getting rejections. and on top of that, you've got the stress of the pandemic. and even though you know it's not your fault because some people have been thrown out of work because of covert, not because you are doing herjob badly, at some point, 280 applications, most would have given up. i would've given up after ten, let alone 280. well done to her. it's a stirring image of us military might — funded by the trump "make america great again" committee — except there's a snag. can you spot it? this ad does not show america's top of the range f35 stealth fighter

jets that could be part of the deal with the united arab emirates. instead it shows russian mig—29s. here they are are side by side — apparently one of the soldiers is also carrying a russian—made ak—47. how did that get through? ouch. ok, i'll be completely honest and say that i'm looking at those pictures... bell you can't differentiate them? laughter. thank goodness i am not in a position where i am paid an awful lot of money by a political campaign to come up with and add that promotes the f 35, this masterpiece of american engineering and the triumph of the american military, and instead it's puts it there with russian—made planes. i wonder who's headis russian—made planes. i wonder who's head is rolling or getting yelled at? will be back with more. stay with us.

good afternoon. it's been another day of beautiful september sunshine right across the country. we have seen some glorious weather watcher pictures. i'm showing you one of sissinghurst, kent, because kent had the highest values today with temperatures peaking at 31 celsius. but the warmth was fairly widespread across the country. you can see we have 30 degrees in london, but that warmth extended its way further north and west — mid to high 20s quite widely. now, it does look as though the high pressure that's been responsible for this is continuing to slip its way eastwards. that southerly flow will gradually be cut off that we have seen just recently. high—pressure is starting to move in from the atlantic, but the wind direction will change, and that's going to bring a marked change to the story over the next few days. we have got some weak weather fronts around at the moment, that's going to enhance some cloud and a few scattered showers

across northern scotland and perhaps drifting their way through england through the evening and overnight — a few isolated showers here. it stays relatively mild in the southeast with overnight lows of around 17 degrees. but starting to get a little bit cooler into the north. and the reason being is that area of high pressure as it starts to anchor itself into the far north of scotland will bring a change of wind direction, more of a northeasterly flow and a cooler source down through that north sea. so, yes, we will have some sunshine around on wednesday. the best of the sunshine perhaps across central wales, the midlands and south of that. further north, we keep some cloud and that northeasterly breeze — making it feel notably cooler along that east coast. so, top temperatures in the north likely to peak between 12—18 degrees. further south, we could see the mid 20s on wednesday, but that is probably the last day of the significant warmth. now, as we move into thursday and towards the weekend, we keep the dry story,

but it will turn notably cooler right across the country, with temperatures falling back to where they should be, really, for this time of year. there's still going to be a lot of sunshine around on thursday, a very nice day, dry, settled with highs of 12—21 degrees. so down in some places, a good eight, nine, possibly even ten degrees. heading towards the weekend, the dry theme continues, the fresher feel continues. but as i say, these are the kind of temperatures we should have for this time of year.

you're watching bbc news with me katty kay in washington, james reynolds is in london. our top stories. the united arab emirates and bahrain have signed diplomatic agreements with israel in a ceremony at the white house. president trump described it as an incredible day for the world that would set history on a new course. for 8 years tony blair worked on a peace agreement between israel and the palestinians — we'll be speaking to him about his thoughts on this deal. also in the programme. joe biden is spending the day in florida — the largest swing state in play for the election — we will examine how he's trying to woo the state s influential latino voters. and keeping up with coursework during a pandemic has many challenges — including the quest to find wifi so you can take your class.

welcome back. i'm katty kay in washington. james reynolds is in london. at the white house this afternoon, there was pomp, there was ceremony, and there was plenty of, well, whatever you would call back—slapping in these days of social—distancing. on the south lawn, president trump presided over the signing of a series of documents that normalised raelations between israel, the united arab emirate and bahrain. mr trump hailed it as the ‘dawn of a new middle east'. but as with most such agreements, the devil could very well be in the details. well, we'rejoined now someone who knows a thing or two about the finer points of such deals. former british prime minister tony blair served as middle east peace envoy, and he attended today's it give much free rain to iran to expand as a regional power in order to counter that, israel and some of

the gulf states are getting together, potentially putting the region on the road open conflict. how is the middle east a safer place after this? james, i think you can tell the history a little bit differently. this is about the belief in the middle east about if you want to establish a peaceful middle east, then you have to establish relationships between the state of israel and the arab nations. that is entirely sensible, not just for reasons nations. that is entirely sensible, notjust for reasons of nations. that is entirely sensible, not just for reasons of security, yes, israel and the arab nations are very worried about what iran does to destabilise the region, but there also worried about the various extreme groups on the site that want to destabilise the region and but this symbolises his people coming together in pursuit of a different middle east, one that is based on religious tolerance societies in modern economies and that is what is really behind this and what you will

find with the agreement side of this is this is not going to be about security comments are going to be about a warm peace and engagement in the economy, culture and the resolution of the palestinian issue. as prime ministers after 9/11, i was a drizzling correspondent at the time, there is the common belief that you cannot solved the issues until you solve the israeli—palestinian conflict. it is the ships in the completely different that you can solve parts of the israeli conflict by signing with the palestinians instead of assigning them to their fate?|j with the palestinians instead of assigning them to their fate? i have studied this now for the best part of 20 years, i was heavily involved as prime minister and as the quartet invoice, i spent years working on the relationship and you're not

going to solve it unless two things happen. you've got to get a palestinian politician that is unified and in favour of peace and arab nations alongside the palestinians in the peace effort. and so, when people say there are people on the site saying that you should have nothing to do with israel until the palestinian issue has been resolved. but the strategy has been resolved. but the strategy has not worked and it will not work in the future. the right strategy is to encourage the relationship between israel and the arab nations and then say to the arab nations that we need your support, unify palestinian politics in favour of peace need your support and that is a strategy that can succeed. if we carry on doing what we have been doing for the past half—century, will carry on with the same result. you just came from the white house, i remember speaking to jared kushner, and he said the donald

trump said he was going to be the one to solve the problem but effectively they had given up on that, haven't they. if the palestinians want to come along, they can come along but i have not seen so much outreach from the white house to the palestinians to get that agreement. to be fair, we have been reaching out the entire time, it's the palestinians that would not engage with the americans at the moment. i understand all the reasons for that. moving the embassy to jerusalem and stuff. but the intervention of the uae was what prevented the annexation plans from going ahead if thejordan valley we re going ahead if thejordan valley were to be annexed, that would make the palestinian state very difficult that intervention has preserved the possibility of a palestinian state in the best thing for them to do would be to engage with the americans, engage with them not saying that we agree with your plan, but saying let us sit down and discuss the detail of it. because

otherwise, and this is why i understand completely why people like me, when we encourage this relationship between the israelis and the arabs, they say that you have an israeli stooge you do not ca re have an israeli stooge you do not care about the palestinians. at the palestinians did not get a different political strategy, they will never get a state. but they have now is a strategy for sympathy, they need a strategy for sympathy, they need a strategy for sympathy, they need a strategy for statehood and a strategy for statehood and a strategy for statehood has to begin with making sure you engage with the americans because they are powerful, making sure you bring the arab nations on site because they can help in making sure the israelis feel secure with a palestinian state because of the present time, they do not. if you want the strategy to succeed, that is how you do it. while we have you come ijust want to ask about another issue and that is climate change and we are seeing all of those fires and i'm sure you have seen them burning out west, it's a catastrophic situation. it is something you've spent a lot of time

addressing the want to play something that president trump said yesterday when he was out west. just ta ke yesterday when he was out west. just take a listen to this. if we ignore that science, and it's all about vegetation management, we're not going to succeed to get carefully protected. it will start getting cooler. you just watch. carefully protected. it will start getting cooler. you just watchlj wish science agreed with you. yeah, well. i don't think science knows, actually. how much of a problem is that that the president of the united states is that science doesn't know whether the planet is warming or not warming? first of all, let me just say that i am someone who was always believed climate change is a real problem that we need to deal with it. i have strong views that there's a right way to do that, i do not wa nt to a right way to do that, i do not want to get drawn into critiquing what the president says here. but, if you want climate change as an issue to be tackled successfully, you've got to bring people together around a coherent international plan for the science and technology. but,

i have enough issues in my own politics about getting dragged into american politics. is not really american politics. is not really american politics, it's the planet approach to climate change and the leader of the worlds most important country. i've told you anything about climate change, but believe me, i've done quite a lot of interviews over the past two years, i don't like which will me to say but i would rather to just concentrate on the issue. ok. tony blair thank you very much. joe biden is in florida — his first trip of the campaign to arguably the most important state of the campaign. by most reckonings, if he wins florida, he wins the white house. but to do well there, mr biden will need to convince the large population of latino voters that he's their man. in 2016 hilary clinton secured more than double the number of votes from hispanic americans as mr trump. but hispanics do not vote as a block, with variations based on us region and their heritage.

let's take a look at two swing states with significant numbers of hispanic voters. current polling givesjoe biden a slight lead, in arizona overall, and crucial to that is the support of hispanic americans, who back biden 62% to trump's 29%. a massive margin. in florida though president trump currently has a single point lead among latino voters over joe biden. that's largely down to his strong support from americans of cuban descent. according to that same poll, they back the president by 38 points. another huge figure. we put some of those numbers to julie chavez rodriguez, deputy campaign manager for biden 2020. would we have seen and what these posters i do not think recognises that the vast diversity around the latino community, especially in places like florida. if you look at the port that you're referencing, a

lot of the voters that were sampled are cuban—americans., but we know that florida has a huge number of them and he will be in florida right outside of atlanta in the heart of the puerto rican community really talking about what it is that we are going to do for the people of puerto rico, something that this president, president trump is still to do in the three years that he has been in office. a lot of hispanics and i have lived in latin america for a few years, our social and religious conservatives. i wonder if they may have a more natural home in the republican party then in the democratic party? how would you address that? i thinkjoe biden is a man that, he is a man of faith and for folks who know him, they know that his faith really has guided his public service and that is what led him to run for office in the first place. his desire to be a part of something bigger than oneself, this notion that each one of us can use

our lives to improve the lives of others and those are tremendously strong values within the latino community. what i speak to latino voters and to people organising trying to get them to the polls to vote, here a couple of things, i fear that people only ever turn up to ask us for a vote when it's an election campaign, these don't actually do much for us between elections and another thing is that democrats seem to think that it is all about immigration and immigration reform. actually, that is not the number one issue for a lot of hispanic voters and is that whyjoe biden isn't doing so well on the pulse of hispanic voters? because the assumption is president trump is been so rough on immigration that hispanics will flock to joe biden immigration that hispanics will flock tojoe biden is campaign and that's not doing it. that is not the primary issue. yes, i can agree with you more in terms of latino voters caring about a lot of things, the primary issue this point really is covid—19 and we have seen the devastating impact that it is had in the latino community in the field

leadership of donald trump to be able to address it head—on. not mention the impact it has had on latino small businesses and those who were employed, the latino unemployment rate is straight rocketed —— skyrocketed. and it's important for latino voters thatjoe biden has a plan to be able to reopen our economy safely and to be able to ensure that we can do so in able to ensure that we can do so in a way that ensures consumer confidence but also helps to protect our workers ensure their safety since we have also seen the devastating impact of her work is their essential workers at her from workers and our meat—packing industries, those that are picking our food to ensure that we have food in the grocery stores and food on her tables and those latino workers on the front line and they continued to be devastated and those are many issues that will continue to speak to and address. and in terms of

democrats and the latino community, i think we have a very strong track record. obama care is one data point, getting access to quality affordable care. the key is come up hispanic voters might be in several states, but they have to go out and vote. yeah, and it is interesting because hispanic voters are historically having the lowest voting record of any group here in the united states. so, they've got to get to come over to their site, they have to be deciding whether or not they're going to be democrats in the outside to get latino voters registered i went on to texas recently just before the registered i went on to texas recentlyjust before the shut down and asked him to some young voter registration groups, the hispanic groups down there and they're doing this with equal think of traditional party. when a girl turns 15 in the hispanic community, they have a huge big party for them in this voter

registration group was turning up at these parties with their acceptance, and saying that we will give you a photo booth and some music, or a disco ball or something, if they return, you let us have a voter registration table at the back and the princess would say. i can't think of anything i would like to have more at a party. a political young lady. stay with us on bbc news. still to come. just to take classes online. let's return to one of teh top stories in the uk. the health secretary, matt hancock has said the goverment is working hard to fix operational challenges in the coronavirus testing system, which have left people with symptoms unable to access tests. so what is going wrong with the testing system? here's our health editor, hugh pym.

why is it so difficult to book a test? there seem to be enough testing sites, but there are bottlenecks in the report —— laboratory. just when more people are designed to get tested. testing capacity, that is how much the labs can handled, rising untiljune, but then flattened out a bit before increasing a bit recently. it now stands at more than 2040 3000 tests a day. the number of tests actually processed reflecting demand has been increasing steadily in the gaps vast closing in it now stands at around 2006000 today and you always need a bit more capacity. but that is fast being eaten up. so where the uk laboratory capacity? the nhs and public health labs analysing tests for staff and patients are about

72,400 processed in one recent day. then there are new government run lighthouse labs and privately run centres, handling tests for social ca re centres, handling tests for social care staff and residents in the public, but hundred 33,000 in the day. the big lighthouse labs carry out work for all of the uk nations. there've been reports of there overstretched with staff shortages in their been calls for explanations. ministers say that the social care will be prioritised for tests with the problems across the system unlikely to be fully resolved for a few weeks. you are watching bbc news. as we've reported before on this programme, this is a back—to—school time like no other. millions of kids here in the us are learning at least partially at home, and that means computers, laptops —— and of course, the need for a good wifi connection.

but about 13% of households lack access to broadband internet. and in rural america — where service is often unavailable or too expensive — its nearly double—that. all told, some 42 million people can t easily get connected. so schools and familes are doing whatever they can to get online, as angelica casas reports from san antonio, texas. it is currently a 25, we have to get started, and i will go over a few announcements and if you have any questions, just put it in the chat. and go. this is a usual monday for the family. they have driven out to an abandoned church parking lot to access wi—fi from the school bus because they cannot afford internet at home. it is a hassle and we are in an area where a lot of families are on a very in an area where a lot of families are on a very low income and cannot afford the internet to be able to do

your assignments. they can be a problem when school continues to be taught over the internet and the majority of the united states as been very difficult to deal with because we have been educating our students on the flip side, making sure that their safe. they have distributed laptops to more than 80% of the students and deployed more than a dozen of these wi—fi buses into neighbourhood. if the first days, but as you got to know everybody and wasn't embarrassing at all. as a parent, trying to make the kids be able to do their schoolwork is, you have to do it you've got to do and if it means coming to sebastopol next to a school bus and making sure they don't die of heat that that's what they do. the background noise

can interfere with the teacher while they're talking. the been speaking they're talking. the been speaking the last 30 minutes if not longer, i would rather be at home and someplace i can be really co mforta ble. someplace i can be really comfortable. while they adjust to this new reality, the classroom were joseph and christina should be our empty. i am going to choose joseph, do you have anything you want to share with us? joseph loves perfect attendance, which i noticed that he has shown up every single day, even through technological difficulties. joseph. i am going to come back to you joseph, i know we are having technical difficulties, but it is 0k. technical difficulties, but it is ok. we will move on. may be zoom crashed. i am not so happy right now because the internet is not working right now, even though we are right

here by the bus. i am equally getting frustrated with the fact that my kids are struggling. getting frustrated with the fact that my kids are strugglingm getting frustrated with the fact that my kids are struggling. it is hard. there is so much wrong with that, the chronic infrastructure problems with higher broadband speeds in places like south korea and germany herb faster than they are. an hourfrom washington, for to make a phone call or do anything on the internet, after driving sit outside the local library and the local library is crowded with cars and everybody is working. it's like and everybody is working. it's like a parking lot, we are sitting in our cars, making zoom calls because nobody in the area has internet connection, but the other thing that is the problem is that kids in the uk, they're going back to school and in singapore they're going back to school in south korea they're going back to school and here in america, they're not going back to school and a globally competitive world, that means the american kids are going to fall behind because they are just

not learning as much. i am so glad we managed to get that piece because it isa we managed to get that piece because it is a really common problem here. is quite unbelievable to see school kids now want to get on the tube in london, in my back in february or march. it is astonishing, but they are back. yesterday we gave you a quick crash course in the intersection of architecture, history and politics in the what's known as the keystone state — pennsylvania. well maybe mr trump was listening in because tonight that's where he is going to be for a town hall debate. it is one of the most closely divided states in the race. the five thirty eight election model attaches such high value to pennsylvania — that it calculates trump has an 84% chance of winning the presidency if he can win the state, and gives biden a 96 percent chance of becoming president if he wins in the state. it's time for our series — battleground voices.

and we are back in the keystone state, joined by ken matthews who joins us from harrisburg, thank you so much forjoining us. the citing pennsylvania. what's that? i think there's some sleeper voters. i think what you call them, don't you call them shy tories? i think there's some people that are to be get on the dl and they will surprise a lot of people. do you think that donald trump has pennsylvania ? pennsylvania, yes. florida, iam hoping. he left scranton when he was about seven years old, but, yeah. he spent $10 million last week. he spent $10 million last week. he spent a lot of money here. shy tories, we have not used that phrase

until late 1957, i do not know which book you're reading. but surely, he was born in scranton, he spent the last ten years in pennsylvania, he lives next door to pennsylvania, you must tell him as a hometown candidate. but he is never here, he is only here during the election. so, it's like, who are you? can, interestingly, you're putting the top issues in pennsylvania at the moment is covid—19, law and order, and that's interesting because you have not had a particularly racial protests a nd have not had a particularly racial protests and riots in many kind as far as protests and riots in many kind as farasi protests and riots in many kind as far as i know in pennsylvania, what about energy? and also doesn't donald trump have a big advantage there because joe biden donald trump have a big advantage there becausejoe biden said he is going to ban future fracking contracts, future fracking exploration. i bet they'll be a big opening for donald trump?|j

exploration. i bet they'll be a big opening for donald trump? i think it's one of the reasons why president trump will win becausejoe biden has flip—flopped on fracking a few times, but i do want to get back, if i can, to the riot. we had a riot last night just back, if i can, to the riot. we had a riot last nightjust a few miles from harrisburg south of harrisburg and lancaster, we had an unfortunate police shooting over the weekend and we had people coming in and we had ten arrests and so, we are starting to get pockets of it. it is nothing like minneapolis, or what dressing in california or detroit, but we have had some in philly as well. and ask them sentence, what's the one thing us outside get wrong about the state ? thing us outside get wrong about the state? while, that is a great question. one sentence to answer. oh my gosh. i think it is the population. it is much more energised and diverse than people

think. the only thing philadelphia or pittsburgh, the state is gargantuan. can, you have a sentence, we have to leave you there, we are out of time. thank you, see you. hello there. it's been a beautiful start to our week, hasn't it? with lots of september sunshine, but how long with us for the last four was about more details on that for the high pressures brought the warmth continued to slip east four was about more details on that for the high pressures brought the warmth continued to slip east and it has been replaced by another area of high pressure, but the position of the highest ranking in this easterly feed and behind this weather front, we are going to see a contrast with the feel of our weather developing over the next few days. so, we keep the dry story, but it will turn nicely cooler. so, i suspect there will be a little more cloud around for scotland and northern ireland, northern england in the north

easterly feed again on the east coast keeping a cool, but through wells in the midlands and the south river, we will see a good slice of sunshine through wednesday afternoon and temperatures again still into the mid—20s, very nice indeed. noticeably cooler though, as you can see to the north. on thursday, it will continue with more sunshine, a dry story, a lovely day but a cooler feel across the country. a noticeable difference, really. we were likely see temperatures of 12 to 21 degrees down to get a good eight or nine or possibly 10 degrees in some areas. as we move onto thursday the high drifts as we eastwards at another one builds on quite quickly behind in this with a friend tries to bring in some rain, but it is a very weak affair. is just going to produce some clouds and some showers into the far northwest and friday will be a dry and settled story, and again this temperature is between 13 and 22, which is 72 fahrenheit. moving at the start of the weekend, the high pressure continues to drift its way northwards and east with the isobar squeezing to the south, which means that the winds are going to strengthen across central and southern parts

of england and wales, but from a cool source, you really notice the field, but again, drive with a lot of sunshine expected for the start of the weekend. for the second half the weekend, we need to keep a close eye in the area of low pressure. you're to the southwest, it may welljust kick some showers into that southeast corner as we go through the day on sunday. and the breeze will be a feature as well. so, at the potentialfor some sharp showers developing across the southeast corner in the stretch may be before the south midlands for a time, for the north and the west, it is drier with more settled sunshine on offer again, 11 to 21 celsius the high. this theme continues and to stay, but it is an indication from wednesday onwards but the weather story might be coming a little bit more uncertain. there was a lot more uncertainty as the timing and positioning of the rain and the fronts, and that it will be due to what is happening in the atlanta, very busy

hurricane season there, sadly, several storms off the west coast of africa and it is this energy that gets mixed up into the upper atmosphere and can affect what is happening across the british isles. it can also lead to a great deal of uncertainty of the development of these lows, one thing is for certain is that it really looks as though we're going to see and invigorated jet stream as we going to the second half of the week and it is the jet stream that drives in areas of low pressure. it does look as though we're going to lose that settled september sunshine and turn increasingly wetter and increasingly windier. so, this is going to be the story is going to next week, addressed her with someone september sunshine, but eventually a dry start with some september sunshine, but eventually things turn a little bit more unsettled later on. take care.

tonight at ten — the growing row over the shortage of coronavirus tests, especially in some of the uk's worst—affected areas. because of a sharp rise in demand, the system is facing an "enormous challenge", which could take weeks to sort out, according to ministers. over the summer when demand was low we were able to meet all requirements for testing, whether priorities or not. but as demand has risen, so we are having to prioritise once again. with a growing backlog of test results, there's more evidence of frustration and anger among the public. he's had a high temperature. he's supposed to be in school. what do you want me to do? just leave him out of school for indefinite? i've been trying since the last two days.