and covid cases are on the rise across the us. we sit down with dr anthony fauci, who led the country through the worst of the pandemic. hello. i'm caitriona perry. you're very welcome we begin here in the us, with details of two shootings — one from over this weekend and one from just a few hours ago. in a moment, we'll hear the latest on the investigation into the racially—motivated killing of three people in jacksonville, florida on saturday. but first, a faculty member was killed during a shooting at the university of north carolina on monday. students at the campus in chapel hill spent hours in lockdown as authorities tried to locate the suspect. they had onlyjust returned to school for the fall semester, which began just a week ago. the suspect was eventually taken into custody, and the fbi

is helping local authorities with the investigation. turning to this past weekend's shooting injacksonville, florida. we're learning more about the gunman�*s wherabouts just before the attack that left three people dead. the sheriff's office has released new surveillance footage, showing the suspect walking into a convience store to buy some items before the attack. here, we see the gunman�*s car on the edward waters university campus where he parks to put on what police say is a tactical vest. then, footage from after the shooting, police officers entering the store where it took place. the city's police chief says homicide detectives are working around the clock in their investigation. our agency will continue to diligently investigate these horrific crimes so that we can better understand what happened. likewise, i will continue to update the public on any developments in this investigation. while this is a dark time injacksonville�*s history, these senseless acts of violence do not define this great city or the people

that live here. this person was not from jacksonville. in this shadow time i am heartened by the unity, resilience, and resolve that our community has shown. as you've heard, the gunman first went to edward waters university, a historically black college, but fled when campus police approached his vehicle. the university's president, dr a zachary faisonjr, says he believes the school was the gunman�*s initial target. i spoke to him a short while ago. dr zachary faison, president of edward waters university, thank you forjoining us. my condolences to you and the community first of all for what happened on saturday. how is the campus community reacting to all of this? well, thank you for having me. there certainly is a high level of apprehension and admittedly some fear amongst a lot of our students, faculty, and staff. there are some concerns for individuals that might

operate as copycats that might want to come to the campus and do harm. so there is some apprehension, some fear, as you might imagine after such a murderous tragedy that has taken place in the shadow of our institution. but we are doing all that we can to support our students and our faculty and staff and let them know we're doing everything we possibly can to keep them safe. now, it was through the diligent actions of your students and your campus police that nobody was injured. would you mind talking us through what happened on campus on saturday? so, summarily the now deceased perpetrator came onto our campus. we are a relatively small private historically black university, so we kind of champion the notion of being a very engaged community that knows each other and, fortunately, a group of students noticed this perpetrator on our campus in our back parking lot where he was putting on gloves and fashioned what looked like a tactical armoured vest

and we have a mantra at the institution, a culture of caring, that we call it — if you see something, say something. in these young people did just that. they alerted our campus security that something just didn't feel right, this person didn't appear to be someone that should have been on our campus, so they alerted our campus security officer. lieutenant antonio bailey, who showed up and really was a hero in showing up and thwarting this attack. when he came on scene in his safety vehicle the perpetrator immediately fled the scene, jumped a curb wanting to get away so quickly. so if not for the keen awareness of our students and then the quick response of the security officer, who knows what might have taken place on our campus. now, this gunman had

no criminal record. he had been held for involuntary psychiatric valuation for three days in 2017. police had also received a domestic violence call involving himself and his brother. he had bought these guns legally. what do you make of that whole situation? as you mentioned, that is kind of background as has been reported by local authorities. our contention is this, that we do know based upon the information that has been shared, is that this was a white supremacist who acted as a domestic terrorist. he had a hate for african—americans. and so we know this was not by happenstance that he first came to edward waters university. it is distinctively the state of florida's first historically black university and we believe

his aim was to come here because this is the bastion and birthplace of black excellence, particular in higher education, in this state and he wanted to send a message by coming here. but, again, thankfully, because of the great work of our students first and certainly our campus police force he was not able to reach our campus and harm our immediate university. now, under florida governor ron desantis, he has banned the teaching of critical race theory in this state, which acknowledges systemic racism in american history. you have been working with the governor since these incidents on saturday. he has given you an extra $1 million for security at the campus. what have your discussions with him involved in the last couple of days? well, to be very frank with you, we haven't had any discussions around policy. i think if we did we certainly would be diametrically opposed. my opinion and my view is certainly one that supports

the notion of critical race theory. i think it's a historical fact that this nation was born from a conception out of a racist ideology. so, again, we haven't had those policy discussions, i don't think we would find much synergy there. our discussions have been around really responding to this tragedy and i can give the governor credit for responding and notjust talk but some action in providing edward waters with about $1.1 million in financial support to help to fortify our campus from a security perspective. this gunman had about 20 pages of racist writings that the authorities have so far seized. what can be done to keep the community safe from people like him? i think it starts with places like edward waters university. you have to educate. you have to educate, you have to expose. most folks that develop that kind of ideology develop that

kind of ideology out of ignorance and so it's critically important that spaces of education and particularly historically black colleges and universities, we are the disseminators of truth, particularly truth when it comes to matters of race in this country and so what needs happen is they needs to be even a more heightened level of support for historically black colleges and universities around this country and particularly places like edward waters university. so we are calling upon the white house, the biden administration, state and local government, the business and community, excuse me, the business and corporate community, philanthropic communities around the country to galvanise in this moment and support edward waters university and support similarly situated historically black colleges and universities around the country in perhaps a way they have before, because these institutions are absolutely indispensable to the future of america. 0k. we will end on that note.

dr zachary faison, president of edward waters university, thank you forjoining us. thank you, thank you so much for having me. also in florida, preparations are under way as it braces for a major storm. storm idalia is forecast to reach hurricane strength soon. it's expected to be classed as a �*major hurricane�* by the time it makes landfall in the area wednesday. this is the weather system's predicted path. the national hurricane centre is warning it could bring life—threatening conditions to parts of the state as soon as tuesday. in anticipation, tampa international airport will close from tuesday noon. it plans to be shut until at least early thursday. it's securing its planes and equipment. us presidentjoe biden spoke with florida governor ron desantis approving an emergency declaration for the state ahead of the storm. mr desantis has declared a state of emergency in 46 florida counties and is warning residents to be safe. evacuation orders for many of these areas have already been issued.

more may be coming throughout the balance of tonight. clearly you have time today and for probably the better part of tomorrow, but you are going to start seeing some impacts with winds and some nasty weather tuesday night and, of course, we are expecting a landfill to happen sometime on wednesday. cases of covid—19 in the united states are again rising. national data shows hospitalisations associated with the virus increased nearly 19% over the past week and deaths increased about 21%. the statistics come from the us centers for disease control and prevention. this late summer spread comes as a new variant known as eris, or eg.5, has become the dominant strain of coronavirus in the us. though it's unknown whether it's the direct cause of the surge. the bbc�*s katty kay discussed all this with dr anthony fauci, who served as the us chief medical advisor and spokesman during the height of the covid pandemic.

front page of the new york times today, not over yet. late summer covid _ times today, not over yet. late summer covid wave _ times today, not over yet. late summer covid wave brings warning of more to come. right. because right — warning of more to come. right. because right now— warning of more to come. right. because right now we _ warning of more to come. right. because right now we are - because right now we are having, it is defying seasonality. early on people would say well, it is like the flu, it pegs in winter and goes away. that is what everyone thought. naively and dramatically, incorrectly, that when covid came at the end of december, the beginning of january that it would peak in march and then drop as you come into the summer months. it did not do anything like that. this virus does not know whether it is spring summer winter or fall and it shows us right now, we are in august a new start to see an acceleration of cases. how serious could it get again? the virus that is circulating

now is the e.g. five and variants. most people who got infected or who have gotten vaccinated and boosted have a degree of immunity that they may well get infected with the virus that is circulating. two positive aspects of that is that 96% or more of the population has some degree of immunity either through prior infection or vaccine or both with or without boosters. so if you get a surge of infections now you will certainly see infections and people who will likely get mild— directly ill, some people, mostly the vulnerable and the elderly and those with underlying conditions who may require hospitalisation and even some deaths. but i very seriously doubt, although you do keep an open mind and never say things with complete confidence, but i

doubt seriously whether you will see the hospital and death surge that we saw in the past. evenif surge that we saw in the past. even if we get a surge of infections. because there is another fundamental community level protection that even though you find the vulnerable will fall by the wayside and be infected, they will be hospitalised and some will die, it will not be the soon army of cases that we saw.— it will not be the soon army of cases that we saw. when you see headhnes cases that we saw. when you see headlines like _ cases that we saw. when you see headlines like that _ cases that we saw. when you see headlines like that and _ cases that we saw. when you see headlines like that and i - cases that we saw. when you see headlines like that and i don't - headlines like that and i don't know how much you monitor covid still. , . ., , know how much you monitor covid still. , a, , it know how much you monitor covid still. , . ., , it is still. very carefully. it is like your _ still. very carefully. it is like your alter _ still. very carefully. it is like your alter ego - still. very carefully. it is like your alter ego now. | like your alter ego now. doesn't make you worry? youse worry when you see an uptick? i want to make sure and i was on the phone with my colleagues from the white house and the cdc and other health authorities now that we have got to make sure that when the booster becomes available in

the third or fourth week of september, that is its projected timeframe, that we get people vaccinated. because thatis get people vaccinated. because that is a good match to what is circulating now. the e.g. five -- eg.5, is circulating now. the e.g. five —— eg.5, is closely related to it. if you get a boost with xp be you will get reasonably good protection. it may not be against a mild infection it will definitely be against severe disease. so do i worry? my severe disease. so do i worry? my worry is that people are going to feel cavalier that they do not want to be vaccinated. i've been in vaccinated, i've been boosted, i've been infected, in the third orfourth i've been infected, in the third or fourth week of september we're going have a booster available that would be likely matched to what will be circulating during that time. so we should not be complacent? absolutely not. if we did not

have the tools and we were immunologically divergent population i would be very worried. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. donald trump says he will appeal after a judge set a 4 march date for the start of his trial on charges of trying to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election. the date is the day before super tuesday, when the largest number of us states hold primary ballots ahead of the next presidential poll. vladimir putin will not be going to the g20 summit of major economies due to be held in delhi next month. the announcement was made just a few days after the russian president skipped a meeting of the so—called brics nations in south africa. he's currently the subject of an international criminal court arrest warrant. and sir eltonjohn is back home from spending the night in hospital after he fell over at his villa in nice. the 76—year—old singer was sent

to the princess grace hospital centre in monaco, where he was treated for minor injuries. a spokesperson says he was "immediately discharged this morning and his now back at home and in good health." you're live with bbc news. the regional presidents of spain's football federation have unanimously called for the immediate resignation of the federation boss, luis rubiales. they say his behaviour has seriously damaged football in the country. mr rubiales sparked outrage when he kissed the footballer jenni hermoso on the lips after the national team won the women's world cup last week. hermoso says she did not consent to the kiss. hundreds of people have also been demonstrating in the centre of madrid, calling for mr rubiales to go. here's guy hedgecoe. the last week has been one of angerfor many in spain. this protest was against the man at the centre of the country's football

crisis, luis rubiales. the backlash against him also seems to have taken on a broader meaning. "this is a very important moment," said this woman. "it is difficult to capture behaviour like this on camera." i think it is important to raise a voice that i agree with the feminist movement to fight this injustice that the girl and the women have suffered. this is in the now infamous kiss that mr rubiales gave the playerjenni hermoso after spain's world cup victory and which she says was nonconsensual. fifa has provisionally suspended mr rubiales and prosecutors are investigating him for possible sexual assault. and now his own federation is calling on him to resign. mr rubiales's mother has locked herself in a church and begun a hunger strike against what she claimed was a witch

hunt against her son. but for the left—wing government he represents a mindset at odds with modern spain. translation: spanish society is profoundly feminist. - it is at the forefront of equal rights and an example on a global level, which is why these behaviours are so shocking. the spanish government has asked this tribunal to open proceedings against mr rubiales in the hope that eventually he will be removed from office. the involvement of this court and the spanish government reflects how this whole affair has now gone way beyond the limits of the football world. whatever the future holds for mr rubiales, this crisis has already shaken spanish society. meanwhile, the country is trying to remind itself that this all began with a remarkable sporting triumph. guy hedgecoe, bbc news, madrid.

the libyan prime minister is reported to have sacked his country's foreign minister following anger over a meeting with her israeli counterpart. protests erupted when word of the meeting got out. libya, which claims the meeting was a chance encounter despite israeli denials, has no formal relations with israel. the libyan foreign ministry has issued a statement saying it completely rejected establishing relations with israel. there's been a dramatic rise in violence carried out by israeli settlers against palestinian civilians in the occupied west bank this year. the un says it's now seeing an average of three settler attacks a day. recent months have seen some horrific scenes of violence. 0ur middle east correspondent yolande knell reports. fanning the flames of a bitter conflict, this year has seen a

dramatic rise in violence and vandalism by brad closejewish settlers against palestinians in the occupied west bank. the palestinian village of burka recently mourned a 19—year—old who was shot dead. locals say they had rushed to protect about —— farmland from settlers. in an unusually strong rebuke, the us called the killing jewish terrorism. his relative is afraid to show her face. his relative is afraid to show her face-— his relative is afraid to show herface. ., ., ~ ., , ., her face. no-one knows who the next one will _ her face. no-one knows who the next one will be. _ her face. no-one knows who the next one will be. no-one - her face. no-one knows who the next one will be. no-one is - next one will be. no—one is going to protect us. if, and god forbid there are any other confrontations or attack, our government can't legally do anything. government can't legally do an hina. government can't legally do an hin. anything. israel has full control over _ anything. israel has full control over 6096 - anything. israel has full control over 6096 of the anything. israel has full- control over 6096 of the west control over 60% of the west bank and its soldiers protect hundreds of thousands of settlers. most of the world sees all of the settlements as illegal, but israel is approving an increasing number

and new unauthorised jewish outposts are also being set up, one in this olive grove owned by palestinians. this man tells me the bible is his deed to the hilltop and faarooq members of the israeli cabinet share his ideology. untilwe the israeli cabinet share his ideology. until we have an expectation from the government elected by right—wing votes to settle the land, extend the settlements, and not hurt them. our vision is that all the land of israel will be settled with jewish people. rolling hills are all part of the west bank. alice dini and people who live here have long hoped it would make a large chunk of a state of their own, but with hard—line israeli ministers totally opposed to that now empower, building and settlement is being approved at record speed. the goal is to cement an israeli presence to change the landscape. without grazing land for their sheep, palestinian herders worry for

their future. palestinian herders worry for theirfuture. this month, nearly 90 people fled from the slopes where they had lived for generations blaming settler harassment. this man tells me that the settler harassment became unbearable. �* ,, �* became unbearable. translation: the used became unbearable. translation: they used to _ became unbearable. translation: they used to stop _ became unbearable. translation: they used to stop outside _ became unbearable. translation: they used to stop outside at - they used to stop outside at midnight. they would send kids to harass us. they would scare sheep and block them in or empty our water tank. settlers are emboldened _ empty our water tank. settlers are emboldened by _ empty our water tank. settlers are emboldened by the - empty our water tank. settlers are emboldened by the new i are emboldened by the new political reality in israel. and there is a sense of impunity that adds to palestinian resentment, with a huge new investment in settlements, hostilities here only looks set to deepen. yolande knell, bbc news. flights around the world have been thrown into chaos because of a glitch in the uk's air traffic control system. hundreds of trips into and out of the country were cancelled monday, affecting some of the world's largest airports, like heathrow. the problem has now been fixed, but there are warnings

flights could remain disrupted for several days. it's also happened on one of the busiests days of the year for airlines , with many passengers returning home from their summer holidays. here's our transport correspondent katy austin. one of the busiest days of the summer for flights descended into chaos for thousands of passengers, many on their way back from holidays. need to fly at 11am this morning. it's now 4pm and we've just been told that our flight�*s been cancelled. i don't think there's any flights back to london, nothing that we've seen. so we're getting a ferry to barcelona tomorrow morning and then hotel tomorrow night in barcelona, and flying out of barcelona on wednesday morning. just not being given. any information as to whether or not we're even flying today. i there's been flights before us with other airlines that - have been cancelled. we're really keeping our. fingers crossed that we can actually get home tonight. 0thers waiting to take off from the uk like these people at belfast.

keep changing it. it's mad, like, i've never seen anything like this before. but i'lljust keep an eye on it. we are meant to leave at eight and we will be getting there at four o'clock in the morning. air traffic control services provider nats said a technical issue meant it was having to input flight plans manually. that takes longer, so it had to restrict how many flights could operate. the result, hundreds of delays and cancellations into and out of the uk. the issue was fixed by mid—afternoon, but experts say disruption could last for days. a lot of airlines will have to now look at where they've got their aircraft. they won't be in the place they're supposed to be. they've got to replan their schedules. they'll have crews also displaced and a lot of those crews will be beyond their allowable working hours. because the problem was outside airlines' control, customers won't be entitled to compensation, but they have the right to either a refund or an alternative flight.

it is worth noting, though, that a lot of people are needing to be rerouted at the moment. so you might have to be patient. if you're stuck for a really long time, you should be getting food or drink. if you're stuck overnight, the airlines should be paying for accommodation for you. passengers are being told to check the status of their flight before heading to the airport. and there will now be questions asked about how today's outage could have happened. katie austin, bbc news. thanks for watching. you can get the latest update on the website or search bbc news on your preferred social media app. i'm caitriona perry in washington. stay with us here on bbc news. take care. hello there. our final bank holiday weekend of the summer season was certainly dominated by sunny spells and scattered showers — some really potent ones on saturday, but by monday, fewer showers around, allowing us to get out and enjoy some fresh air

and glimpses of sunshine. quite a cloudy start, but into the afternoon, the cloud broke up and we closed out the day with some decent sunshine around. now, low pressure is set to dominate this tuesday and continue with that sunny spells and scattered shower theme. the trailing weather front here will certainly introduce more cloud across northern england, parts of wales and south—west england first thing in the morning, and some light, patchy rain here. we start off with sunshine across the north, but a few scattered showers will develop as we go through the day. and so, by the middle part of the afternoon, our weather front will be sitting across lincolnshire down into south—west england. ahead of it, still relatively mild, but behind it, we'll see some sunshine. there will be a few showers and some of these really quite heavy. for northern ireland, for scotland, it's a case of sunny spells and scattered showers — some of those showers could be really quite potent — the odd rumble of thunder and noticeably fresher, particularly on exposed north and west facing coasts. 15 or 16 degrees at the very best. now, that low pressure drifts away and allows this brief ridge of high pressure to build as we move into wednesday. that means that showers will fade away and skies clear, and so, to start the day on wednesday, we could actually have a chilly—ish start with temperatures generally into single figures.

but it will be accompanied by some spells of sunshine. a north—westerly wind still with us, and so that could just filter a few organised showers down through the isle of man, the irish sea into north—west england. but generally, it will be a quieter day with fewer showers around, but still, because of the wind direction coming from the northwest, those temperatures a little disappointing — 15—20 — that's 68 fahrenheit. thursday into friday sees rain across england and wales and just how far north that goes is subject to question. but after that, it looks likely that high pressure will build for the start of the first full week of september. so, yes, we are going to continue with that showery rain, but fingers crossed that high pressure builds and quietens things down for the start of the following weekend.

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after this programme. applause tim minchin, the cabaret star who wrote matilda the musical. he grew up in western australia, started writing songs in his teens and made his name as a musical comedy performer at the 2005 edinburgh festival. mrtim minchin! after a series of live solo albums, tim was commissioned to write a stage adaptation of the roald dahl book, matilda. the show went on to win 0livier and tony awards and has now been turned into a film. in this episode of this cultural life, the radio 4 podcast, he reveals his formative influences and experiences and how, despite fame and acclaim, bad reviews still hurt. no, i'm not good at taking criticism. you still take it personally? 0h, hugely, yeah.