this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. history at the white house as israel signs a peace deal with two arab countries. these agreements prove that the nations of the region are breaking free from the failed approaches of the past. today's signing sets history on a new course. india's coronavirus infections reach five million — we have a special report. the family of breonna taylor, killed by us police agree a multi—million dollar settlement. and humanity at a crossroads — the un's urgent warning on bio—diversity.

hello, welcome. we start in washington, where a ceremony to mark the signing of a peace deal between israel, the united arab emirates and bahrain, has taken place at the white house. president trump said it was the "dawn of a new middle east". the gulf states are just the third and fourth arab countries to recognise israel, but the palestinians have urged other arab states not to follow suit, while their conflict remains unsolved. our north america editor jon sopel has the story. since the founding of the state of israel in 1948, only two arab countries have made peace with israel. today at the white house, that number doubled as the uae and bahrain were brought together by donald trump to sign an agreement to normalise relations with the country. the signatures on the page took only a few seconds but it had taken decades to get here. and for donald trump,

with one eye on the forthcoming presidential election and another on his place in history, this was a sweet moment, a significant foreign policy victory. we are 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. for benjamin netanyahu, the israeli prime minister, whose political fortunes have gone through similar gyrations as donald trump's, this was a welcome relief from the domestic pressures of scandal and covid. to all of israel's friends in the middle east, those who are with us today and those who willjoin us tomorrow, i say — as—salamu alaykum — peace unto thee. shalom.

there's no cheering for the deal in the gaza strip and west bank, where many palestinians feel betrayed by these two gulf nations signing a deal with israel before any agreement is reached on the future of the palestinian people. and israel says rockets were fired onto their soil by militants in gaza. but no apology for making peace from the uae or the bahrainis today. the declaration supporting peace between the kingdom of bahrain and the state of israel is an historic step on the road to genuine and lasting peace, security and prosperity across the region, and for all who live there. there are still many questions about how these new relationships will develop. but the reality is that these gulf nations have already been dealing with israel through back channels for some time. this formalises a new relationship, though today's signing is no less important for that.

joining me now is michele dunne — a former us state department official who is now the middle east programme director and senior fellow at the carnegie endowment for international peace. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. where does this leave the palestinians then? how likely is it that other arab states will want to follow? it is possible that some other arab states will follow. but these agreements to effectively is and the arab peace initiative which had been an initiative led by saudi arabia to say that arab states would normalise relations with israel if israel would make a peace deal with the palestinians. now it is clear that at least some therapist states will normalise relations with israel because it's useful to them even without a deal with the palestinians. there is really nothing in this for the palestinians and there is nothing to suggest that

this will be to any further process that would help the palestinians. what might it mean though in terms of bringing greater stability january lead to the middle east as a region? —— generally? january lead to the middle east as a region? -- generally? ithink january lead to the middle east as a region? -- generally? i think the deal is useful to the governments of the united airport emirates and bahrain. the middle east is a rapid change of the place as oil and gas become less important to the world, the gulf is becoming less wealthy and less important. those two governments have bought themselves in insurance policies, cooperation with israel as well as increased value in the eyes of the united states and perhaps others in the world now they are at peace with israel. so it is of use to them. in terms of stabilising the region, i'm not so sure about that. there is a lot of turmoil in the region that is in relation to the dissatisfaction

of citizens with the government and military interventions and so forth, ido military interventions and so forth, i do nothing this will and any of that and moreover, there are aspects of the steel that are troubling. it looks as though it might set off another arms race in the region because it seems that the trump administration has promised advanced fighter aircraft to the united arab emirates as part of this deal, an undeclared part of it, and that israel based on that will be asking for even more advanced weaponry to maintain its qualitative edge and on and on. how much of a favourite does this deal at this time do for donald trump? this is definitely a favour to president trump. his peace deal looked like a failure and now it looks like a success or at least a certain kind of a success. and so the united arab ambris in particular did him a favour here as well as benjamin benton yahoo, the prime

minister of israel who is in point of hot water and now he can show thatis of hot water and now he can show that is theory of peace just needs to be made with arab states and not the palestinians and he can show that has succeeded. —— as well as benjamin netanyahu. i will say that although it is a success for president trump, a tip a medic success , president trump, a tip a medic success, he hasn't had many of those, i do not think it is going to have a significant effect on how americans will vote in the november elections. michele dunne from the carnegie endowment fund for national peace, thank you. thanks for having me. india has now crossed the unfortunate mark of having five million confirmed cases of coronavirus. it's the second worst—hit country in the world. and the conditions caused by the pandemic, have had severe knock on effects on those affected by other diseases, and on some of the country's poorest citizens. the bbc‘s india correspondent yogita limaye reports. they weren't infected by covid but they've suffered because of it.

last month, this man's two—year—old son died from nerve damage in his brain. the family was turned away three times by a public hospital. doctors told them they were overburdened because of the covid crisis. "if it wasn't for coronavirus, my son could've been saved. "government doctors told me we needed to take to a private hospital, but i didn't have money for that," ramesh says. deaths like these are going unnoticed as covid—i9 numbers continue to stack up and bring india's already inadequate medical infrastructure to its knees. we don't want... doctors at public hospital in dubai are now being allowed to isolate forjust one day between their duties in covid and other wards

which puts patients at risk. when a doctor is the sole participant, it is not good in terms of health safety. we have no rest, we are working tirelessly, we don't have leave. many are questioning why restrictions continue to be eased including reopening metro rail systems across the country even as the health crisis is getting worse. imposing another lockdown to curb the spread of covid—i9 is an extremely difficult option because the closures we've seen over the past several months have already had a devastating impact on the lives of some of india's poorest citizens. this boy's family has been stitching shoes for generations in the northern city of agra. during the stringent lockdown earlier this year, they once went hungry for four straight days. his mother says they've struggled for every morsel of food. and that she's never seen such days in her life.

even with restrictions easing, there's only been a trickle of work. "i don't know how we will get by in the coming days. "if the situation remains like this, will have no option but to kill "ourselves," he says. over the past decade, india has managed to pull millions out of poverty. hard —fought achievements that are now at risk of coming undone. yogita limaye reporting. the uk is facing a growing shortage of tests for coronavirus. seniorfigures in the national health service are warning that operations are being cancelled, because of the testing, while headteachers complain that members staff are having to self—isolate. our health correspondent dominic hughes reports on the situation in greater manchester. from across the country tells of

frustration infuriating hours trying to get a test, anxious days waiting for the results. these are stories from a testing system that seems far from world—beating. iama i am a yearfor teacher i am a year for teacher who was sent home due to a persistent cough. he kept chained book during a day and he was given the same place of some of my parents have been suggested to go to like aberdeen. like aberdeen and llandudno. he's had a high temperature. he's supposed to be in school. what do you want me to do? just leave leave him out of school? whenever i see the test appear, there is only about 20, i'm pretty sure was more than 20 people in the bristol area. and when we have gone to get a test there has been no one there andl to get a test there has been no one there and i know it is a lab capacity think but just my car, it is been stressful. it took us nine days to get enough confirmation or confirmation of the test which meant during the time we have not been able to see my patients face to

face, i have had to work remotely and the whole thing is been incredibly frustrating and challenging. ministers say they are putting extra resources into testing centres in covid hotspots like here in trafford in greater manchester. that might well account for some of the difficulties people are experiencing in booking a test. but from right across the country, stories are emerging of people who are waiting days before finding an available slot, or being sent to testing centres that are hundreds of miles away. speaker: shadow secretary of state, jonathan ashworth. labour says the unanswered questions over the government's handling of testing are piling up. when will ill people no longer have to travel hundreds of miles for a test that should be available on their doorstep? when will pupils and teachers out of school get access to testing so they can get back to school? everyone in this house is redoing

more tests... and we have done many tests in the country. the system was second the town with the highest infection rate in the country, where the a&e is being overwhelmed by people seeking swab tests. this is a system that looks like it's struggling. dominic hughes, bbc news. like it's struggling. the family of breonna taylor, a black woman who was killed by police in louisville, kentucky, have agreed a multi—million dollar settlement with the city. breonna was a 26—year—old emergency medical technician and in march she was shot eight times after police entered her home in the middle of the night during a mistaken drugs raid. at a news conference breonna taylor's mother, tamika palmer, welcomed the settlement but said more as significant as today is, it's only the beginning of getting fulljustice for breonna. her beautiful spirit and personality is working through all of us on the ground. so, please, continue to say her name. well, the bbc‘s larry madowo interviewed breonna taylor's family last week. he joins me from washington.

it isa it is a huge sum of money, $12 million but that is not the end of the fight is for is the family is concerned. they are calling it a marathon and this is only the first leg of that. they expect and they said at that press conference that the three officers who fired at breonna taylor's house that night on march 13 should be prosecuted and should be convicted. 0nly march 13 should be prosecuted and should be convicted. only one of them have been fired from a two are on and ministry of leave and not just breonna pots or family but the entire community in glee phil have been waiting for that moment when an investigation will determine what kind of charges they will be expecting. —— the entire community in louisville. the office of the attorney general of kentucky who we understand has presented the charges toa grandjury understand has presented the charges to a grand jury and will be making an announcement within the next few days possibly sometime next week.

the lawyer for the family have also said that this is a multilayered settle m e nt said that this is a multilayered settlement in that police reforms are part of it. what are those reforms? there are significant reforms? there are significant reforms being announced and mayor greg fischer who was announced —— or was at the press conference revealed the top to bottom... he told bbc news he is putting an end to some systemic racism. what has happened is in louisville has banned no knock wa rra nts is in louisville has banned no knock warrants which was what was being executed in this case, it is called breonna's water and they are now requiring that officers have a commanding officer approval rate before this takes place and make officers whereby the cameras which didn't happen this case and they're asking us to be present if you're going to do a rate by this and breonna taylor was set up to death

on her and breonna taylor was set up to death on herand an breonna taylor was set up to death on her and an officer had to be carried in another officer's car to get medical treatment and also for mental health because they're asking that there should be social workers present. it is a huge overview and a huge review of how the city police as its community. larry, thank you. larry madowo in washington. stay with us on bbc news, still to come... with china announcing one of its coronavirus vaccines could be available to the public as early as november, we'll be looking at the race for a vaccine and how effective any of them are likely to be. 30 hours after the earthquake that devastated mexico city, rescue teams still have no idea just how many people have died. one day there is people alive, and there is people not alive. we just can help and give whatever we got. a state funeral has been held for princess grace of monaco at the church where she married prince rene 26 years ago.

it looked as though they had come to fight a war but their mission is to bring peace to east timor, and nowhere on earth needs it more badly. the government's case is being forcefully presented by monsieur badinter, the justice minister. he's campaigned vigorously for abolition having once witnessed one of his clients being executed. bells ring elizabeth seton spent much of her time at this grotto and every year, hundreds of pilgrimages are made here. now that she's become a saint, it's expected that this area will be inundated with tourists. the mayor and local businessmen regard the anticipated boom as yet another blessing of saint elizabeth. this is bbc news. the latest headlines. history at the white house as israel signs a peace deal with two arab countries. india has now crossed the unfortunate mark of having five million confirmed cases of coronavirus.

china's centre for disease control has said the country will be ready to begin general distribution of a vaccine for covid—19 as early as november. the head of bio—safety says at least three chinese vaccines are in the final stage of testing. around the world there are several different vaccines under development — meaning they're being tested on thousands of people. first, the big three projects from western pharmaceutical companies. astrazeneca partnered by oxford university has this week resumed trials after a participant became ill. it's using a technology previously shown to work on sars. moderna is using a new technique that uses proteins to train the viral system. it's a method also being tried by pfizer working with biontech. they have a deal to deliver 100 million doses to the us by december. in russia, they've produced the sputnik five, which claims to be the first registered covid—19 vaccine on the market even though its trial status is unclear. and then there are the three chinese projects.

sinovac has a vaccine which uses a non—infectious version of the coronavirus. the state—run sinopharm is following the same method. china has already used it to inoculate medical workers. and cansino biologics also has a vaccine in development using a sars—like protein. but are we pinning too much hope on these early vaccines and how effective are they likely to be? we're joined by professor dale fisher, chair of the global 0utbreak and response unit at the who in singapore. doctor fisher thank you forjoining us. doctor fisher thank you forjoining us. which of these many vaccine trials to you looks the most promising? thanks, martin. ithink your answer is inherent in the question in some ways. there are many different ways that vaccines can be developed now. as you pointed

out, the more traditional conventional ways are often to use virus either inactivated or west strong, or else taking bits of protein from the virus like that. —— 01’ protein from the virus like that. —— or less strong. but not there is a lot of next generation formats which are some of the front windows now where you do not actually rely on the virus and more on knowledge of the virus and more on knowledge of the sequence and then deliver that by various means as the vaccine to stimulate an immune response. i think the important thing is having patients see not which one is first but which one is best in a reasonable space of time. it might be better to slow things down and get it right then come to market quickly and be ineffective, is that right? i would not say ineffective,

i don't think anyone is interested in putting an ineffective vaccine out there but you would rather use one that was 80 or 90% effective versus one that was 50 or 60% effective and if the 50 or 60% one is the first and you wept to that but you found 11—5 months later that there was a more effective one, then you might regret that decision. there's 180 you might regret that decision. there's180 at least vaccine candidates out there and only nine are in phase three trials and only 35 altogether are in clinical trials. so there is a lot to be set for waiting which is the most effective, which is the safest. everybody talks about safety and efficacy but obviously there is other points to consider as well such as how long does it last, does it wear off after six months for instance? doesn't require one or two

doses? dosage need the cold chain? can it be inhalation of rather than injection? there is many different features but i think it's worth waiting for and considering. how realistic is the november launch that the chinese are talking about? i think this is a problem, this urgency and particularly in china where they don't have many cases at the moment. i think there is a lot to be set forjust the moment. i think there is a lot to be set for just waiting the moment. i think there is a lot to be set forjust waiting and certainly in the west where people's opinions matter a lot more, i think you are going to get a watch of pushback from the anti—vaccine campaigners and you could argue that thatis campaigners and you could argue that that is quite appropriate if this is rushed. human nature isn't particularly keen on waiting though is that? doctor dale fischer from the world health organization, thank you so much for your time. my

pleasure. humanity is at a crossroads and we have to take action now to make space for nature to recover. that's according to a reportjust published by the un convention on biological diversity. it sets out what it calls ""urgent transitions" that could be implemented to slow nature's ongoing decline. 0ur science and environment correspondent victoria gill has more. time is running out to repair the damage we are doing to the natural world. that's the message from the un's convention on biological diversity. its latest report calls for urgent action to slow and eventually stop what it describes as nature's accelerating decline. covid—19 has taught us clearly the relationship between human action and nature. so we need to change our production patterns, consumption patterns, human encroachment into the wildlife, into the forest. the picture this report paints is of an unsustainable relationship between humans

and the natural world. one recent study calculated that nearly £400 billion is spent globally every year to subsidise activities that damage nature, like fossil fuel use, intensive agriculture and unsustainable fishing. some of those billions, the un says, need to be redirected now into turning the tide on biodiversity loss. we certainly have to invest in conserving the nature that we still have, the wild places we still have, and also restoring those that we have lost. this will be essential to contribute to the climate agenda, as well as preventing the sixth mass extinction. this will mean that every country will need to make commitments to protect habitats, to produce food more sustainably and eat a more sustainable diet. that we will have to reduce pollution so that we and wildlife can have clean air and clean water, and we will have to make more space

for greenery and nature, even in our most urban environments. there is a nature crisis, so we really need to think about how we can improve these areas and bring back nature to the city. we really need to connect people back to that nature as well, so people really value its function. in the years ahead, countries will set out to repair the damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic. but without making space for nature as we rebuild, the un says we risk leaving a damaged planet for future generations. victoria gill, bbc news. hong kong's waters are usually a busy marine highway with boats and ferries carrying passengers between hong kong and china. but since travel restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic some unusual but welcome sightings have returned. these are indo—pacific humpback dolphins,

also known as white or pink dolphins, swimming and diving once again in the quiet waters of the pearl river delta. their comeback after six years has given scientists a once in a lifetime opportunity to study the impact of underwater noise on the behaviour of the aquatic mammals. hello, cooler weather on the way. that, of course, most noticeable where the past couple of days have been so hot and also along some north sea coast, eastern scotland, northeast england with an onshore breeze for a stunner of a tuesday and will feel much cooler for wednesday. and the reason we're losing high—pressure to broaden the warmth of the south, replacing it with another area of high pressure, the flow of air around that coming from a cooler direction in the northeast into some of the north sea coasts during wednesday and also this weather front moving south with cloud and another huge amount of rain. before that completes its journey south, rather warm start wednesday morning and they will feel cooler by thursday morning. from that weather front, cloud and a few spots of rain and drizzle,

parts of scotland, northern england, maybe northern ireland pushing further south during the day, taking some cloud to the east of wales, the midlands and east anglia later on. south of that, south wales and southern england seeing some sunshine, just a slight chance of a shower in south east england. northern scotland with sunny spells and temperatures in the mid teens here, some on the northerly coast. the further south you are, some warmth into the mid—20s but that temperature still isn't as high as it has been in the past couple of days. now overnight and into thursday, some areas of cloud, patches of mist and fog and maybe some low clouds and mist with the north sea coasts to start the day, on thursday, there will be a cooler night butjust to be down into single figures. now, on thursday, it is high pressure replacing high pressure, still a lot of settleted weather around. still a good deal of sunshine, particularly into england and wales. sunny spells through the cloud across most of scotland and northern ireland we could see some rain in the western aisles and temperatures are much closer to average for the time of year, still a little bit above them. quite a noticeable easterly breeze

coming across southern parts of the uk in particular. many on friday hold onto the sunshine is the weather front moves into scotland and approaching northern ireland, some thick cloud and you may see a bit of rain and may not amount to very much. looking into the weekend, high—pressure for many of us, so an area of low pressure growing up this weather front and may be a few showers that way later on in the weekend, but for most over the weekend, it is looking dry, variable cloud and some sunny spells, and fresh easterly breeze to the southern a growing chance of picking up a shower, particularly in part of england by sunday.

welcome to bbc news. the dawning of a new middle east. the dawning of a new middle east. the palestinians condemned the deal isa the palestinians condemned the deal is a betrayal. india has not passed the unfortunate mark of having five confirmed cases of coronavirus, the second was said country in the world behind the united states. 0fficials in the us city of louisville have a agreed to pay $12 million to breonna taylor's family. they have won the world has failed to make a series to halt the damage to natural habitat. the reports that somebody could be called urgent transitions that could slow the decline.