i going welcome to bbc news — my name's mike embley. our top stories: donald trump says an effective coronavirus vaccine could be good to go within weeks, contradicting one of his own top health officials. i called him and he didn't tell me that, maybe he got the message confused, maybe didn't a nswer correctly message confused, maybe didn't answer correctly but we are ready to go immediate. hurricane sally makes landfall in america — causing catastrophic flooding — with winds exceeding 160km/h. fresh warnings for the uk from senior us politicians jeopardise the good friday agreement and there will be no trade deal. and maduro accused — a united nations investigation says venezuela's government ordered the torture and murder of opponents.

president donald club has insisted that the country will be ready to roll out a vaccine in the manner of weeks. doctor robert redfield of the centre of disease control and prevention says he doesn't believe a vaccine will be ready until the middle of next week year. i think there will be a vaccine that will be initially available sometime between november and december but very limited supply, and will have to be prioritised. if you're asking me when it's going to be generally available to the american public so we can begin to ta ke american public so we can begin to take advantage of a vaccine

to take advantage of a vaccine to get back to our regular life, i think we are probably looking at late second quarter, third quarter of 2021. we can cross live to our washington correspondent nomia iqbal. what you think is going on this kind of uncertainty potentially so kind of uncertainty potentially so damaging when confidence is so so damaging when confidence is so important. we seen so much resistance, even to the wearing of marks. —— masks. confidence ina of marks. —— masks. confidence in a vaccine of course is vital. this isjust in a vaccine of course is vital. this is just going in a vaccine of course is vital. this isjust going to add to the confusion. if you ever wa nted add to the confusion. if you ever wanted a prime example of a contradiction, there you have it. it's not the first time president trump has gone against the advice of the medical experts. he is often going against the vice of the advice of dr anthony fauci, probably america's most trusted voice on the virus. when donald trump says he thinks vaccine will be be ready, he says he believes a vaccine will be

ready for the entire american public which is complete in contradiction to what we heard from robert redfield, giving testimony to a panel of senators. he says is the vaccine is available, it will go to the first responders to begin with but ultimately it has to go through a lot of safety precautions before it's rolled out to the public and those comments were made just hours before easter trump gave his press conference this evening, and when he was asked about the comments made by mr redfield, this is what he had to say. i think you made a mistake when he said that, it's just incorrect information and i called him, and he didn't tell me that, and i think he got the message may be confused, maybe it was stated incorrectly, but we are ready to go immediately as the vaccine is announced and it would be announced in october, it could be announced a little bit after. this suggestion that one of the most senior medics and scientists in the us is confused is really quite something, coming from a president who so often seems

confused himself and so often frankly says things that are not true. it's be clear, if the cdc, the top medics and scientists, say a vaccine is not ready, there is nothing a president can do to make it ready, he just wishes president can do to make it ready, hejust wishes it president can do to make it ready, he just wishes it would be for the election. i think that's true, because the coronavirus pandemic is the one issue that is still a big issue in the run—up to the election. it's not idealfor in the run—up to the election. it's not ideal for the trump team, the pandemic is something that they want to get away from. mrtrump that they want to get away from. mr trump would rather be writing on law and order, it's the ground that he feels most co mforta ble the ground that he feels most comfortable with and that's because the figures speak for themselves when it comes to coronavirus. more than 6 million cases, 196,000 people have died with the virus. it's something that he doesn't want to be reminded of and the democrats keep trying to pull it back to the coronavirus, joe biden tonight saying the reason why america is in this position is because the virus wasn't

handled right from the beginning. it's really interesting because you get the feeling with mr trump that the coronavirus pandemic is almost the way of what he says would be an inevitable success in the re— election, that he re—elected, but as we've seen there, tonight, mr trump re—elected, but as we've seen there, tonight, mrtrump is once again at odds with his health officials but he insists that his administration has got a handle on the virus. thank you very much. on top of all this, tropical storm sally has made landfall along the gulf coast in the us state of alabama, causing devastating flooding and cutting power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses. sally was downgraded to a tropical storm in the last few hours but the national hurricane center in the us says it could still drench the region with an estimated 60 centimetres of rain. alabama, florida and mississippi have all declared

states of emergency. striking slowly but mercilessly in alabama, some riding the storm by clinging on. as the day came, signs and trees uprooted and power cut for residents. we were on the first floor and we started together windows pop, and the sound was ripping, and we just windows pop, and the sound was ripping, and wejust rode it out. my kids were scared and i just told them, it was going to be ok but we are going to try to survive this, we are going to survive this, we are going to try to go through this and we're just going try to be safe. this is the view from the of my hotel room, look at the street. roads, now rivers in lower‘s westernmost city. street. roads, now rivers in lower's westernmost city. my goodness, this is just... lower's westernmost city. my goodness, this isjust... i have never seen anything like this. the third worst storm surge ever to hit here. wind speeds reaching 158 kilometres an hourand up speeds reaching 158 kilometres an hour and up to 18 inches of rainfall. the governors have all been spoken to, and it's a combination of real spirit and

esprit de corps and a tremendous sense of working on hurricanes, we got very good at it and we've certainly had plenty. but to make matters worse, there are more tropical storms stacking up, threatening other parts of the gulf coast. cities like new orleans or biloxi, mississippi, are all in that kind of impacted by these hurricanes so you are starting to see a lot of people, particularly officials take the necessary precautions in terms of warning citizens to either evacuate or prepare their buildings. and look, as the storms but off the coast, see as well a grey band of smoke from the california wildfires, drifting east across america, a worrying picture that captures the consequences of extreme weather conditions. what we are seeing with hurricanes is that they are becoming more frequent in terms of the most intense storms we are seeing, again breaking those records. the

extension of the season to longer time periods, this season itself, a record—breaking start of the north atlantic hurricane season, and of course, when they do occur, science tells us they do occur, science tells us they are going to deliver more precipitation than they would otherwise have in this warming world. in addition to the growing force, officials are 110w growing force, officials are now running out of letters to name you hurricanes, they are coming so thick and fast. i'm joined now by rob fowler, chief meteorologist for wcbd—tv in south carolina. thank you for your time, he must be a busy man, how is it looking. i tell you what, must be a busy man, how is it looking. itell you what, mike, this link to that report, i am shaking my head every time because you are looking at potentially an historic season, it's already running well ahead ofa it's already running well ahead of a pace that we should have, except for three letters, every form is lived earlier. 20 named

storms, we have had hurricanes. for hurricanes make landfall, eight total storms make landfall. in september is our peak month, we are only halfway through the month. what's interesting about sally, made la ndfall interesting about sally, made landfall about the same place ivan made landfall 16 years ago in 2004 and here it is, september, 16 years ago, that area had a hurricane as well, i don't know how to describe it, mike, it's almost been unprecedented. and of course, this is all bad news, rob, but a slow—moving storm is really bad news. absolutely because the rainfall, flooding potential, storm surge potential, storm surge potential, you have a slow—moving system, i was doing the weather last night on our tv station, it was moving along 2000 miles an hour, most of us get on a treadmill and we are working —— walking three or four miles an hour. you kind of

get a perspective of how slow it was moving and we saw about two feet of water, two feet of rain before it ever made landfall, it was out on the gulf of mexico, so i think i will be some areas picked up 45 inches of precipitation and for us inches of precipitation and for us here in charleston, we get about 52 inches per year, so some of those areas on the gulf coast got half of our annual rainfall ina coast got half of our annual rainfall in a few days. and of course, people in these areas are used to storms. people know what to expect. how well are people able to expect —— prepare for this, to get out of the way. it's important to listen to the emergency managers, listen to your local meteorologist you have faith m, meteorologist you have faith in, has trust and experience and when they give you advice to leave and tell you what the conditions might be, it's probably best to get out of the way. i was looking at a study recently and in the united

states about 50% of our population lives within one hour drive of some body of water so people want to be near the water, close to the water also means there are threats and tropical systems are a threat and this year, more of them than any other, we talked to you guys about three weeks ago about hurricane laura now we're talking about hurricane sally making landfall. thank you for it again. rob fowler in south carolina, thank you. let's get some of the day's other news. a french court has sentenced the former head of world athletics to four years in prison — two of them suspended — for accepting bribes to cover up evidence of doping. lamine diack was also found guilty of accepting russian money to delay anti—doping procedures. the head of libya's internationally—recognised government in tripoli, prime minister fayez al serraj, has announced his

intention to step down. he hopes to leave by the end of next month and wants to hand authority to a new executive authority to be chosen in planned talks between libyan factions in geneva next month. mr al serraj has come under pressure from factions within the tripoli government and from recent protests against worsening living conditions and government corruption. 41 people have been detained in sedan after hall of explosives was found. the public prosecutor said the amount had been enough to block the capital, khartoum. —— blowup. the us house speaker nancy pelosi has repeated her warning that congress will veto a us—uk trade agreement if brexit undermines the good friday agreement, which secured peace in northern ireland. in a statement after she held talks in washington with the uk foreign secretary dominic raab, saying:

mr raab earlier told congressional leaders that the good friday agreement was under threat from the "politicisation" of northern ireland by the eu. and shortly after ms pelosi issued her statement joe biden, the the democratic candidate, tweeted saying: these comments by nancy pelosi and joe biden — come a day after four members of the us congress wrote to prime minister borisjohnson — threatening to veto any trade deal between the two countries if the uk fails to uphold its commitments to northern ireland. the bbc‘s katty kay spoke to one of the representatives behind that letter — congressman richard neal, who is the democratic chair of the house's ways and means committee. he outlined the importance of the good friday agreement to the us. the american convention to the success of the good friday agreement was indispensable. we see ourselves as guarantors of

the agreement. i was long involved and the now more than 30 years, it was useful to remind people of what the situation was like in the north before the good friday agreement. there were 30,000 british soldiers on the ground and much of the parts of the northern ireland were ravitch. i think the success that we have had represents to the rest of the world conflict resolution and should not be disturbed. is this to do with antipathy towards brexit itself amongst members of the democratic party on the hill? absolutely not, that is a sovereign decision that the nation made. we are not concerned at all with the decision that they made, we might have a disagreement on why but the truth is that was up to the people of the uk. they made that decision. 0ur argument is that ireland and a successive good friday agreement are not to be used as a part in a dispute between the uk and the european union.

success of the good friday agreement is there for the world to witness and included the elimination of the border and the republic of our own game of article 2 and 3 of their constitution with the purpose of helping the agreement. what we want to do is remind people how grim the situation was and there ought not be any threat. we sought that clarity today from secretary raab. did you get clarity on that from sec. raab, working you convinced the uk government is not going to do anything to jeopardise the good friday agreement? it came very clearly that there was no consideration of returning to a border on the island of ireland. i think that island of ireland. i think that is welcome news. we should point out, the dispute they have with the eu remains co nsta nt, have with the eu remains constant, so i think that what we will do is we will be vigilant, many of us were part of that agreement, we feel very

strongly about it and we ought not to be revisiting it every time there is a dispute someplace that involves a trade agreement with the european union. stay with us on bbc news — still to come: we go to germany to find the syrian refugee who crossed europe in her wheelchair five years ago. 30 hours after the earthquake that devastated mexico city, rescue teams still have no idea just how many people have died. 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 rainier, 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 has been forcefully presented by monsieur badinter,

the justice minister. he's campaigned vigorously for abolition, having once witnessed one of his clients being executed. elizabeth seton has spent much of her time at this grotto, and every year hundreds of pilgrimages are made here. now that she has become a saint, it is expected that this area will be inundated with tourists. the mayor and local businesses regard the anticipated boom as yet another blessing of saint elizabeth. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: donald trump says an effective coronavirus vaccine could be good to go within weeks — contradicting one of his own top health officials. hurricane sally makes landfall in america — causing catastrophic flooding, with winds exceeding 160 kilometres per hour. the human rights council of the united nations

is accusing senior venezuelan officials of human rights violations, amounting to crimes against humanity. an investigation found evidence of systematic violence for the past six years. the report says president nicolas maduro and senior ministers were not only aware of the crimes, but gave the orders and the means to carry them out. i spoke with one of the report's authors, the criminal lawyer francisco cox vial. i asked him how sure he was of the evidence, given the team wasn't allowed into the country. we spoke to people who are insiders who are still in the security forces and gave us the patterns and the decision—making in those agencies. this report is based on the information that we gathered and there are many experiences in which investigations are done abroad and not because, and due to that they fail, and so we are very confident on the information that we are providing.

where we see the report going is that it will be delivered to the un human rights council and then what the un council and other people will do with it is, well, it is what they will do. we fulfilled our mandate and investigated and we have given our conclusions to the un human rights council and two, basically, the international community to take steps to bring justice for victims. and the human rights council cannot sanction. i know the chief of the council called for special action forces to be disbanded and they were not. how confident are you that the security council will take action given the attitudes of russia and china? we are lawyers, we are not politicians or ambassadors or activists. we fulfilled our mandate, we gave the information and we stand by our conclusions

and we believe that other judicial parties that will have to determine the responsibility of those people we mentioned. they may use the information we have gathered eventually in a trial, for example, the international criminal court could, at some point, use this information if they see the value to it and therefore bring justice to victims. hundreds of people remain on the street on the greek island of lesbos, after over 12,000 people were left homeless when europe's largest asylum seeker camp moria burned down on september 8. greek authorities have struggled to convince people to move into the new camp while fears grow over a coronavirus outbreak. no—one was killed or hurt in the fire which broke out after quarantine measures we re out after quarantine measures were imposed. germany has announced plans this week to take more

than 1,500 migrants following the fire at a detention centre on the greek island of lesbos which left thousands without refuge. five years ago at the height of the migrant crisis the bbc‘s fergal keane reported the extraordinary story of nujeen mustafa, a syrian refugee, who crossed europe in a wheelchair. today five years on, fergal has met up with nujeen to hear how her life has changed. whatever happened to nujeen mustapha? an extraordinary teenager in a tumultuous time. i'd love to be an astronaut, to go out and see... and find an alien, yes. i want to meet the queen, yes. born with cerebral palsy, nujeen escaped war in syria's aleppo and travelled 1400 kilometres to reach the greek island of lesbos. when i met her on the hungarian border in 2015, surrounded by other refugees, nujeen was exhausted,

but irrepressible, a girl who'd learned english by watching soap operas. you should fight to get what you want in this world, so... yes, it's a journey for a new life. hungary shut its doors to them, so nujeen and her sister nasrine pushed on across the balkans to a detention camp in slovenia, where i found her at her lowest ebb. nujeen, do you know where you're going? i don't know. i'm lost, really. five years on, i'm on my way to meet nujeen in the german city of cologne. hey—hey! he laughs delightedly. oh dear! i wish i could hug you, but i can't. oh, my god. not with social distancing. memories flooded back. on that border, all those years ago.

that day, where the magnitude of the whole situation just hit me. germany welcomed a child who experienced prejudice because of her disability in syria. even if some dreams have been deferred. i definitely still want to meet the queen, and i definitely still want to be an astronaut. but, you know, since i've been enrolled in school i found out that i'm absolutely terrible at maths, so i might have to resort to plan b. the experiences of the refugee road defined nujeen's life. to help the victims of war and hunger, she's studying to become a psychologist. and she's become a prominent campaigner for disabled refugees, even addressing the un. people with disabilities are forgotten in times of peace. what do you think we expect in times of war?

her calls could not be more urgent. 0n lesbos, where nujeen first reached europe, thousands have been left homeless after the moria refugee camp burned down. hello. her own parents are still marooned in turkey. a weekly video call unites those that have made it to germany and those still waiting. mwah! i guess the part that breaks my heart the most is that they don't get to see my life here, so they don't get to see me go to school and have a productive life, and see me moving forward with my future. but that might change soon, nujeen hopes, so that her parents can see the life she's building, with courage and grace. fergal keane, bbc news, cologne.

50 metres up and two metres apart, diners in belgium with a head for heights can once again enjoy dinner in the sky with a new social distance to feel. quested high up like rain, diners are strapped into seats at private tables for four while woman chefs cook from a central platform. this venture has moved to 60 different countries since it was first launched in 2006. just a reminder of the main news, president trump has insisted that an effective coronavirus vaccine will be ready for mass distribution in the united states within weeks, entirely contradicting comments by one of his top health officials. he claimed the head of the cdc made a mistake or was confused when he told congress that a vaccine could be rolled out by the middle of next year and, certainly, not earlier. there is more on that and all the national and international news on the bbc website and on our twitter feeds. thank you for

watching. hello there. it will be a notably fresher start to the day, particularly across the southern half of the uk because the transition was taking place further north yesterday. but there will still be plenty of dry weather on offer, some good spells of sunshine will break for the cloud and make it feel pleasantly warm. we have seen the transition as we come behind this cold front through yesterday and overnight to slightly fresher air back to where we should be for the time of year. quite a brisk easterly wind blowing in the south. always a little bit more cloud close to the north of scotland with this weak weather front, and there could be some patchy fog elsewhere first thing, the first couple of hours after dawn there could be some dense patches, but then it clears away. as should the low cloud near the north sea coast, and the misty low cloud we have had in southern and western areas for the last couple of days. the exception really to seeing that sunshine for most is the north and east of scotland. and with the return

of the sunshine elsewhere in scotland and northern england i think it will feel warmer than it did yesterday, but the 27 we had in the south not being repeated. more like 21, 22 which is where we should be for this time of year. and so under the clearest skies again through the coming night it's going to turn quite cool, and yes again the exception being northern scotland where we have those weather fronts close by. down into single figures quite widely in the countryside setting us up for another date with perhaps some patchy mist and fog again first thing. brisk wind in the south, but otherwise some good spells of sunshine. and even north as that weather front weekends at times it will be bright. 19 to 21 around about average for this time of year. and we keep that high pressure close by into the weekend particularly in the north. but this low pressure in the bay of biscay is giving us a little bit of a headache as it comes northwards it is likely to tighten the isobars. the winds will strengthen again, and possibly it's going to bring some showers close to southern parts of england in particular. so a keen breeze coming off the north sea which will make

it feel cooler. some low cloud as well plagueing the north sea coast. so here temperatures will be as high, but 19 to 22 further west. and then just the possibility of some showers, the question mark is how far north they will come into the southern half of the uk. they are still meandering around the area of low pressure into sunday as well. with that breeze coming off the north sea also risk a little bit more cloud around here, but still a good deal of dry and settled weather with high pressure largely in charge further north. as ever, there is more on the website.

sackis sack is a $;/startfeed. this is bbc news — the headlines: president trump has predicted an effective coronavirus vaccine could be ready for mass distribution in the united states within weeks, contradicting comments by one of his top health officials. mr trump claimed the head of the centers for disease control and prevention, robert redfield, made a mistake or was confused when he told congress that a vaccine could be rolled out by the middle of next year. alabama, florida, and mississippi have declared states of emergency. hurricane sally has been battering coastal areas, and the national hurricane centre says it's caused catastrophic and historic flooding. it is now moving inland at a walking pace, exacerbating flooding. the speaker of the us house of representatives, nancy pelosi, has repeated her warning that congress will veto any trade agreement with the uk if brexit undermines the good friday agreement, which secured peace in northern ireland. joe biden, the democratic party's presidential candidate has voiced similar concerns.