the middle east that few could have imagined. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. michele dunne is a former us state department official who is now the middle east programme director and senior fellow at this is bbc news — the carnegie endowment with the latest headlines for international peace. for viewers in the uk she told me about the significance of this deal. and around the world. it is possible that some other i'm martine croxall. history at the white house — arab states will follow. as israel signs a peace deal with two arab countries. these agreements prove what these agreements that the nations of the region effectively is end of are breaking free from the arab peace initiative the failed approaches which had been an initiative of the past. led by saudi arabia to say that arab states would normalise today's signing sets relations with israel if israel would make a peace deal history on a new course. with the palestinians. india's coronavirus infections reach five million — now it is clear that we have a special report. at least some arab states will normalise relations with israel because it's useful the family of breonna taylor — to them even without a deal killed by us police — with the palestinians. agree a multi—million there is really nothing in this dollar settlement. and humanity at a crossroads — for the palestinians the un's urgent warning on bio—diversity. and there is nothing to suggest that this will lead to any further process that would help the palestinians. what might it mean though in terms of bringing greater stability generally to the middle east as a region? i think the deal is useful to

the governments of the united arab emirates and bahrain. hello, good evening. we start in washington, where a ceremony to mark the signing of a peace deal between israel, the united arab the middle east is a rapidly emirates and bahrain, changing place as oil has taken place at the white and gas become less important house. to the world, the gulf is becoming less wealthy president trump said it was the "dawn of a new middle east". the gulf states are just and less important. the third and fourth arab countries to recognise israel, but the palestinians i think that those two governments have bought have urged other arab states not to follow suit, themselves insurance while their conflict policies, they've bought themselves cooperation remains unsolved. with israel as well as our north america editor increased value in the eyes of the united states jon sopel has the story. and perhaps others in the world because now they are since the founding of the state at peace with israel. of israel in 1948, only two so it is of use to them. arab countries have made in terms of stabilising peace with israel. the region, i'm not so sure about that. today at the white house, there is a lot of turmoil in that number doubled as the uae and bahrain were brought together by donald trump the region that is in relation to sign an agreement to normalise relations to the dissatisfaction with the country. of citizens with their governments 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 and military interventions foreign policy victory. and so forth, i do not think this will and any of that we are here this afternoon to and moreover, there are aspects of the steel change the course of history. that are troubling. it looks as though it might set after decades of division off another arms race and conflict, we mark the dawn in the region because it seems of a new middle east, that the trump administration thanks to the great courage has promised advanced fighter aircraft to the united arab of the leaders of these three emirates as part of this deal, an undeclared part of it, countries, we take a major and that israel based on that will be asking for even stride towards a future more advanced weaponry to maintain its qualitative in which people of all faiths edge and on and on. and backgrounds live together how much of a favour does this deal at this time in peace and prosperity. do for donald trump? this is definitely a favour for benjamin netanyahu, to president trump. his peace deal looked the israeli prime minister, like a failure and now it looks whose political fortunes have like a success or at least gone through similar gyrations as donald trump's, a certain kind of a success. and so the united arab emirates this was a welcome relief in particular did him a favour from the domestic pressures here as well as benjamin of scandal and covid. to all of israel's friends netanyahu, the prime minister in the middle east, those who are with us today and those of israel who is in plenty who willjoin us tomorrow, of hot water and now he can i say — as—salamu alaykum — show that his theory of peace, that peace just needs to be peace unto thee. made with arab states and not the palestinians, and he can shalom.

show that has succeeded. there's no cheering i will say that although it is for the deal in the gaza strip and west bank, where many a success for president trump, palestinians feel betrayed by these two gulf nations a diplomatic success, signing a deal with israel before any agreement he hasn't had many of those, i do not think it is going is reached on the future to have a significant effect of the palestinian people. on how americans will vote and israel says rockets in the november elections. were fired onto their soil michele dunne. by militants in gaza. but no apology for making from the kern yi qi endowment peace from the uae or the bahrainis today. for international peace. —— the declaration supporting from the carnegie endowment. peace between the kingdom of bahrain and the state india has now crossed the unfortunate mark of having five million confirmed cases of coronavirus. of israel is an historic step it's the second worst—hit country in the world. on the road to genuine and the conditions caused by the pandemic, have had severe knock on effects and lasting peace, security on those affected by other diseases, and on some of and prosperity across the country's poorest citizens. the bbc‘s india correspondent the region, and for yogita limaye reports. all who live there. they weren't infected by covid but they've suffered because of it. there are still many questions about how these last month, ramesh kumar‘s new relationships will develop. two—year—old son died but the reality is that these gulf nations have already of nerve damage in his brain. been dealing with israel through back channels the family was turned for some time. 00:03:54,206 --> 2147483051:38:41,818 this formalises a new 2147483051:38:41,818 --> 00:00:00,154 relationship, though - could 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 to take him "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. 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. —— at public hospital in mumbai. when a doctor is the sole participant, it is not good in terms of health safety. we are overworked, 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. praveen kumar‘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," praveen 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. the family of breonna taylor, a black woman who was killed by police in louisville, kentucky, have agreed a multimillion—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 still needed to be done. as significant as today is, it's only the beginning of getting full justice for breonna. her beautiful spirit and personality is working through all of us on the ground. so, please, continue to say her name.

our washington correspondent larry modowo interviewed breonna's family last week. he says the settlement won't be the end of the fight. 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. only one of them has been fired two are on administrative leave and not just breonna's family but the entire community in louisville have been waiting for that moment when an investigation will determine what kind of charges they will be expecting. the office of the attorney general of kentucky who we understand has presented the charges toa 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 settlement in that police reforms

are part of it. what are those reforms? there are significant firms bringing us and mayor greg fischer who was at that press conference are but he ordered what he called a top to bottom review of the police department. he told the bbc in a statement last week he was putting in place initiatives to address systemic racism and to reimagine policing. one of the things that has happened since thenis things that has happened since then is the city of louisville has banned what is called no knock warrants which is what was being executed in this case, they are now also requiring that officers have a commanding officer a prove a rate before it takes place. they will need the officers to wear body cameras that did not happen in this case and they are also asking paramedics to be present when you would do a raid like this. there were no paramedics in this case and breonna taylor is said to have went to death on her for and breonna taylor is said to have went to death on herfor and an officer was killed and had to

be carried on the back of another officer's car to get medical treatment and also for mental health calls, they say social workers should be present. it is a huge overview and review of how this city polices its community. stay with us on bbc news. still to come, the race for a vaccine as china announces a possible breakthrough. we analyse how effective the treatments may 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. the uk is facing a growing shortage of tests for coronavirus. seniorfigures in the national health service are warning that operations are being,

because of the testing shortages, while headteachers complain that members staff are having to self—isolate. —— are being cancelled. our health correspondent dominic hughes reports on the situation in greater manchester. from across the country, tales of frustration. infuriating hours spent trying to get a test. anxious days waiting for the results. these are stories from a testing system that seems far from a world—beating. my year four teacher, he was sent home last wednesday due to covid symptoms, a persistent cough. there were no tests available wednesday. he kept trying to book during the day, and he was given the same place as some of my parents have been suggested to go to, like aberdeen and llandudno. and apart from being miles away, they were in scotland and wales and we are in lancashire. if you don't spend all day on the site, i don't think you would get a test. whenever i see the tests appear, there's only about 20. i'm pretty sure there's more than 20 people in the bristol area. and when we've going to get a test, there's been no one

there, and i know it's a wrap capacity thing but just my car. it's been very stressful. it took us nine days to get an e—mail confirmation or a text message about the results which meant during the time i 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 knows that 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. that we are doing more testing. in towns like oldham, infection rates remain stubbornly high and testing should play a vital part in getting those numbers down. at the moment, that system looks like it's struggling. dominic hughes, bbc news. china's centre for disease control has said the country will be ready to begin general distribution of a vaccine for covid—i9 as early as november. 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 u—s by december. in russia, they've produced the sputnik five, which claims to be the first registered covid—i9 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 sino—pharm is following the same method — china has already used it to innoculate medical workers. and cansino biologics also has a vaccine in development using a sars—like

protein. 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 less strong, or else taking bits of protein from the virus like that. but now there is a lot of next—generation formats which are some of the front runners now where you do not actually rely on 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. so, 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 leapt to that but you found 4—5 months later that there was a more effective one, then you might regret that decision. there's 180, 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 said 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? does it require one or two doses? does it need the cold chain? can it be inhalational 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 said forjust waiting and certainly in the west where people's opinions matter a lot more, i think you are going to get a lot of pushback from the anti—vaccine campaigners and you could argue that that is quite appropriate if this is rushed.

dr dale fisherfrom who. humanity is at a crossroads and we have to take action now to make space for nature to recover. that's according to a report just 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. our 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—i9 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. researchers say their numbers in the area have increased by 30% because of the pause in ferry traffic. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @ martinebbc. much more on all of our main stories and our website. 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 more of an onshore breeze for a stunner of a tuesday and will feel much cooler for wednesday.

and the reason we're losing high pressure that brought 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 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 down 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 settled 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 isles 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 thicker 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 throwing 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 into parts

of england by sunday.

this is bbc news — the headlines. the united arab emirates and bahrain have signed diplomatic agreements with israel at the white house — at a ceremony overseen by president donald trump. the israeli prime minister — benjamin netanyahu — said a new momentum for peace could end the arab israeli conflict once and for all. the number of confirmed coronavirus infections in india has crossed five million — the second highest in the world after the us. in the last few days the virus has spread much faster than any other country with daily infections crossing ninety—thousand for the five

days up until monday. the mayor of louisville, kentucky, says the city will pay twelve—million dollars to the family of a black woman killed by police. breonna taylor was shot eight times when officers burst into her home during a drugs investigation. mayor greg fischer said he was deeply sorry for her death. now, on bbc news.