surveying the damage caused by hurricane idalia. mr biden�*s visit included an aerial tour of storm—affected areas. he also met with floridians impacted by the storm in the gulf coast part of the state. the president and first lady also took part in a briefing on recovery efforts, as well as met with federal and local officials and first responders. search and rescue teams helped people whose homes were surrounded by water. and now the storm has passed. and you are dealing with what's left in its wake. we're not going anywhere, the federal government. we are here to help the state as long it takes. fema and the small business association are here to help residents whose homes were damaged. and there will be a whole of government response to

increase the number and intensity of extreme weather events, and be aware we will use all the resources of government to do it. in north florida, thousands of homes continue to be without power. to israel now, where police have opened an investigation into the use of live fire by officers during clashes in tel aviv between rival groups of eritrean asylum seekers, which left nearly 150 people injured. violence broke out as eriteans protesting against their government clashed with supporters of the regime. both groups then fought police attempting to impose order. some suffered gunshot wounds and are in serious condition. israeli media report it was the first use of live fire on protesters inside israel since the second intifada in 2002. investigators are now gathering evidence from the scene to determine whether officers behaved according to the law. our middle east correspondent yolande knell is following developments from jerusalem. well, this was an event

that was organised by the eritrean embassy, a kind of festival event. it had hired a hall not far away from the embassy, to the centre, south of tel aviv. and earlier in the week, as you were saying, there are activists within the eritrean community, they mostly reside in the south of tel aviv, who had warned against hosting this. they say that the authorities didn't heed their warnings. certainly the israeli authorities, the police, the hospitals as well, seem to have been really caught by surprise with what happened here. there were attempts to break through police barricades. the israeli police then ended up using all of these different riot control methods, as they described them, to try to push people back. but you could see as well from some of the videos that have been shared on social media, that there were actually also street fights going on, notjust with the police, but also involving asylum seekers who are against the eritrean regime and those who are in favour of it.

and that has been something that we've seen in the past, not on this scale, in the south of tel aviv. there has been previous violence between the two sides. professor kjetil tronvoll is an eritrea expert at the oslo new university college. he explained to my colleague lukwesa burak why the migrants in israel had left eritrea. they have fled one of the most repressive and human rights abusing regimes in the world. president isaias afwerki has ruled eritrea with an iron fist since he came to power in 1991, and he is still there. so, today's clashes, you have supporters and opposition, government supporters, coming together and clashing. how will this be regarded by eritrea? it is a clear signal, because this event in tel aviv follows a similar scenario

in germany earlier this summer, in stockholm, and in canada and the us, and even this evening in bergen in norway, there have been demonstrations and clashes between eritrean immigrants to norway. so, it is a way for the new wave of eritrean refugees to raise a critique against the regime back home, and these cultural festivals as they are called, is the new battleground to fight the regime back home. i mean, president afwerki has been in power since 1991, since independence. what impression, or how is he regarded by the international community? i think, in most of the international community, at least the western world, looks upon him as the dictator he is. but the new geopolitical play in the horn of africa region makes him relevant in a different way today than a few years back. you have sudan in civil war,

you have chaos in ethiopia, and middle east and russia and china is also very actively involved in positioning themselves in the horn and eritrea then becomes a useful pawn in many ways, so there is a bit of hesitation towards how the new international relations are reconfigured towards eritrea. large crowds have gathered in niger to protest against the presence of french troops. demonstrators rallied near a french base in the capital niamey to back niger's army, which launched a coup injuly. thejunta has accused paris of flagrant interference by openly supporting niger's deposed president, mohamed bazoum. france has deployed some 1,500 soldiers in niger, to help fight an islamist insurgency in the region. here's what one of the protestors had to say. translation: france will leave, this is our home. i they're going to leave

whether they want to or not. if they won't, we are going to stay, even if it's 100 years. we are going to stay here, we are determined, and france will leave. the army in gabon, which led a coup on wednesday, says it's opening all the country's borders with immediate effect. the borders were closed when army officers deposed president ali bongo, shortly after his declaration that he'd won a third term in an election widely seen as lacking transparency. the coup leader, general brice 0ligui nguema, has insisted the suspension of gabon�*s state institutions will be temporary, and the country will be returned to democracy. the opposition has warned that the military shows no sign they plan to return power to a civilian government. the coups in niger and gabon of course came in quick succession, prompting many questions about what the two countries�* situations share in common. on friday, my colleague caitriona perry spoke with bisa williams, former us

ambassador to niger, and eric benjaminson, former us ambassador to gabon. if i can start with you, bisa, in the wake of the niger coup, ecowas had concern about the risk of contagion on the continent. french president emmanuel macron thinks they are different situations — what is your view? i think both things are correct. i think the coup in niger is a very bad signal to militaries that are thinking perhaps political leadership is no longer necessary and nobody�*s going to do anything about it. at the same time, i think what happened in gabon is not... ..did not happen to the same kinds of reasons. ..did not happen for the same kinds of reasons that you had a coup in niger. the fact you have military taking the steps, everyone needs to pay attention, but i also think it's really important to understand

the root causes of these kind of decisions, that kind of outcome. eric benjaminson, do you agree? i do, and thank you for having me on, by the way. i think we have to look at these coups as separate. if there was an underlying effect, i think i would say it was the free flow of information to these the use of smartphones and the internet. the citizens now have more ways to look at information. as you were talking about, we might also have had a coup in the us. so i would be hesitant to lump all these things together. what we used to say about gabon, it's hard to know what's actually going on. you could make a case that this coup might have been driven by other family members than simply by politics. that's just a supposition, there is no way to know. gabon and niger, both former french colonies,

but since 1990, 78% of the 27 coups in sub—saharan africa have occurred in francophone countries. how might the legacy of colonialism be influencing things today? that is a pretty startling statistic and it needs paying attention to. however there was colonialism all over the continent. if you go to root causes, maybe this has something to do with the kind of opportunities came up, how much education people have in the various countries in africa, what their access is to good health and employment, the ability to take care of theirfamilies, and how much they see some kind of possibility for each generation to do better than the previous one. do you see post—colonialism as a factor? yeah, in a manner of speaking. i think you can draw some distances between francophone colonialism,

british, etc. in addition to what bisa said, which i agree with, one which i agree with, of the other factors is the particular ties made between france, french business and government, and their former colonies. it's a little different than the situation between britain and its former colonies. that brings the elites together and businesses together in a way that might be resented by poorer citizens of these countries. so should the us be doing more in the region? a significant us military base in niger. is the us suitably invested in stability invested in stability and interested in democracy in the area? the us has traditionally been very strong in promoting democracy, promoting human rights, promoting transparency. and i think the latest summit by president biden, last december, that brought together african leaders, was even a stronger indication of us involvement

on that level. it is true that the united states was building more and more, it seemed, a larger security partnership in niger. and actually in west africa, let's say. but that was not supposed to be at the expense of its policy to really support civil society, and the rule of law. i personally think there is more the united states can be doing, should be doing. i think it is time for us to be more aggressive in more infrastructure support, more educational support. but i do have to say the united states has consistently supported the rule of law, human rights, democracy. and if you notice, in almost all of the coups we have seen in west africa so far, even when the united states has

said they are against the coups and they stand with the governments and ecowas, united states hasn't been singled out as the villain. for example, as france was, ridiculously, in the case of niger, because the french had nothing to do with the coup happening... but anyway, the united states seems to be balancing pretty well its relationship with civil society and and its relationship with administrations. would you go along with that? you were stationed in gabon, a little different to niger? i go along with - the general points. i do think the us is sincerely interested in maintaining democratisation and human rights and the health of civil society. at the same time, the situation in gabon is quite different. there's almost no military relationship between gabon and the us, no troops on the ground. there is a very small business relationship

between gabon and the us. so you can't really say the us is being motivated by economic or political, military circumstances. i think while we do generally agree that there should have been a democratisation change, we also recognise... by saying this, i don't mean we support a coup in any way, but i think we all recognise there were some irregularities in the recent election, and perhaps past elections. i also think, we do ask ourselves in countries like gabon, what more could we be doing? i think it's important we continue to work with the united nations, the african union, the regional organisations that are part of the african union. that's where we exert the influence we have. but in gabon, i would say that our levers that we can use specifically are less than we have in niger. president trump created a special envoy position to the sahel region, which president biden has not yet filled.

should he make that a priority? i would leave that question to bisa. ididn't i didn't work on the sahel much, _ i didn't work on the sahel much, but any involvement of the us— much, but any involvement of the us in_ much, but any involvement of the us in africa is a very strong _ the us in africa is a very strong thing and a very useful movement. your quick response to that, would you like to see a special envoy to the sahel region? i think the sahel is very important. a special envoy, if in fact that special envoy is going to be able to influence policy, would be useful. we will leave it there. thank you both forjoining us. as eric benjaminson mentioned there, questions remain about what the coup in gabon means for the bongo family, which has ruled the country for more than half a century. in the past few hours, a senior source close to the deposed president ali bongo told the bbc

that the coup leader, general nguema, was "a direct product of the bongo clan" and that the coup was engineered to keep the family in power. you can read the full bbc report and more on the coups in niger and gabon on on our website, on the coups in niger and gabon on our website, bbc.com/news. former un ambassador, congressman and new mexico governor bill richardson has died. moments ago, president biden called richardson a "patriot and true original" in a statement. richardson helped negotiate the release of americans detained abroad. he bargained for the release of hostages and detainees held by regimes in north korea, cuba, iraq, myanmar and sudan. most recently, he helped secure the release last year of marine veteran trevor reed from russia in a prisoner swap. representatives say he died in his sleep at his massachusetts home. richardson was 75 years old.

ll cool], eltonjohn, and the beach boys�* brian wilson are among the fans of american singer—songwriter jimmy buffett paying tribute to the creator of margaritaville. he died friday aged 76. a statement on his website says he died peacefully surrounded by friends, family and his dogs. the mississippi—born musician was best known for his hit 1977 song margaritaville. buffett got his start in country music, before moving to florida and helping to create the "tropical rock genre". he was nominated for two grammys. buffett's songs were also turned into a broadway musical debuting in 2018. the cause of buffett's death is not clear, but he was hospitalised in recent months. here in the us, more than 70,000 people have been stranded at the famous burning man festival

in the desert state of nevada, due to rare rainstorms that turned the event into a mudbath. slippery conditions in nevada's black rock desert prompted a ban on people leaving the site due to dangerous driving conditions. they've have been warned to shelter in place. a shortwhile ago, i spoke withjosiah roe who is attending the festival. thank you so much forjoining us. we can say you are currently at burning man. can you describe what the conditions are like right now? well, there are warnings of gales in black rock city. we play the shipping forecast every morning. inaudible. a lot of mind, that things have started to dry out. it's an incredibly resourceful city. everyone for the most part has tonnes of extra water and fuel

and food. good to last for a week if not more. and of course, everyone does a really good job of helping each other and taking care of each other in the camp. my neighbour came over with firewood. we hooked him up with some... kind of looking after each other, making the best of it, it's definitely muddy and wet, we are hunkered down. using it as an effort to hang out and spend more time with our new friends and old friends in the camp. definitely other camps i can see, partying and having a great time, playing music, doing karaoke, making the best of it. �* . . doing karaoke, making the best ofit. ~ ., ., . ., of it. about half an inch of rain fell. _ of it. about half an inch of rain fell, i _ of it. about half an inch of rain fell, i believe, - of it. about half an inch of rain fell, i believe, on - rainfell, i believe, on friday. which may not sound a lot, but this is the desert. how does that amount of rain affect black rock city, we can see puddles and mud behind you. even more thanjust

see puddles and mud behind you. even more than just being desert, where the black rock desert is, it's a prehistoric lake, fed by the glaziers in the last ice age. —— the glaciers. it is an alkaline lake bed, so when it rains, it turns... i wish i could show you my boots, there is four inches of mud, just on the walks on my van over here to do this interview. that's why the second there is rain, it shut down everything, because otherwise it creates a giant mess and vehicles get stuck. the only vehicles that can move are emergency services vehicles. the city has an absolutely impressive ems network. on the other side of the structure... dozens and dozens of volunteer doctors and nurses who wanted to come out and have fun. they are the only ones allowed to move around right now. just waiting for it

to dry out. is the man going to burn? it will, it'sjust a question of when, and then how are we going to get home. i don't know, i have messaged my co—workers and told them i don't know when i'm going to return to the office.— don't know when i'm going to return to the office. there are tens of thousands _ return to the office. there are tens of thousands of - return to the office. there are tens of thousands of people i tens of thousands of people there. you said you don't know when you might be able to get home. is there any level of worry among people there in terms of, we may not be able to go home when we thought we might be able to? ida. go home when we thought we might be able to?— go home when we thought we might be able to? no, not from an one might be able to? no, not from anyone i've _ might be able to? no, not from anyone i've talked _ might be able to? no, not from anyone i've talked to. _ might be able to? no, not from anyone i've talked to. that - anyone i've talked to. that isn't a drama queen, what we would call a sparkle pony. some of the influencery types, but no, a bit more rain tonight supposed to come in, and around the desert, the mountain is just over the way which create their own weather so we will

see what happens. it'll take a day or two to dry out, just kind of waiting for the green light to start moving. the big variable this year will be the fact as it gets towards the final weekend, fact as it gets towards the finalweekend, people fact as it gets towards the final weekend, people start to leave around friday and saturday, and we haven't had that natural phase of departure, so it might end up being how will we get 70,000 folks and their vehicles out at the same time? but again, if there is a logistics team on there is a logistics team on the planet by trust to solve that problem, i would take them to do it, because it's what they spend their life working on, and they've done a good job in the past, even in crazy conditions.— in the past, even in crazy conditions. ., ., ., ., conditions. you mentioned a lot of --eole conditions. you mentioned a lot of people there. _ conditions. you mentioned a lot of people there. this _ conditions. you mentioned a lot of people there. this festival. of people there. this festival is known for these big installations that people bring installations that people bring in and build up all kinds of different parties there. can you give us a sense of how the community is coming together and trying to get through this awful weather and the flooding

you have been experiencing? taste you have been experiencing? we are you have been experiencing? - are having a great time. i woke up are having a great time. i woke up this morning, we went over to the camp and everyone just went to work when it wasn't raining... from where i can see, there's a bunch of people hanging upside down on an interesting structure. 0ver there, there's a bar, having a great time. it condenses the city, trying to hang out in your camp and your neighbourhoods a bit more because you cannot bike around and you are not walking far because of the mud. in a lot of ways, it creates more intimacy, the community in your core camp, which is pretty lovely. it would be nice to see more of the bigger installations, but i have been here since last wednesday so i've had time to check out a lot of them. one interesting thing is, there's definitely a group of folks that come in on the weekends, a bit more touristy, not that there was anything wrong with that, but they are not here

this year because they couldn't get in. that's been different. those of us who have been here for ten days are caked in mud, looking a little haggard. its, for ten days are caked in mud, looking a little haggard.- looking a little haggard. a ten ear looking a little haggard. a ten year burner. _ looking a little haggard. a ten year burner, a _ looking a little haggard. a ten year burner, a theme - looking a little haggard. a ten year burner, a theme camp i year burner, a theme camp organiser at burning man, thank you forjoining us and wishing you forjoining us and wishing you some better weather as the conditions are not looking great behind you. we hope everything is fine. thank you forjoining us. king charles iii and queen camilla have attended their first braemar gathering as monarchs. 0ur royal correspondent daniela relph reports. applause. leading the royal party, for the first time as king and queen. no royal family summer break in scotland is complete without a visit to the braemar highland gathering. # god save our. gracious king...#. the king was wearing a kilt made from the newly created king charles iii

tartan, as he watched this celebration of highland culture and traditions. the king first came here as a young boy with his mother, queen elizabeth. she was a regular spectator throughout her 70—year reign and the images of her here with her family were a view of her at her most relaxed. this year's gathering is the first since her death last september, and the memories of queen elizabeth remain strong. one of the everlasting memories i have is the whole royal family in there, watching i think it was the sack race, and the little kiddies, and whatever happened everybody was bursting with laughter. that memory will stay with me for a long time. that tradition of seeing the royal family at its most informal continued today. since 1832, kings and queens have been visitors here to see the traditional games of the highlands. but this year was, perhaps, bittersweet.

as the royal family prepare for the first anniversary of the death of the queen, she was one of this event's most loyal supporters. daniela relph, bbc news. stay with us here on bbc news. hello, the weather is set to field decidedly summer like over the next few days. but there is a small reminder that we are now into september. a little more autumnal. a murky start on sunday with mist and fog patches in places. and a completely different type of weather in the far north of the uk, this stripe of cloud is a frontal system continuing to bring rain in the far north of scotland, breezy here.

but light winds further south, some mist and fog patches across parts of england, wales, northern ireland, south—west scotland, tending to lift and clear through the morning. then we will see long spells of sunshine, although it may turn hazy at times with high cloud in the sky. 0urfrontal system in final scotland still bringing outbreaks of rain and a brisk breeze, with shelter from the breeze in north—east scotland, so we could see highs of 25. parts of southern england up to 26 celsius. sunday night, mist and fog patches developing, the frontal system still plaguing the far north of scotland, with cloud, some splashes of rain. certainly not a cold start on monday. most places between 10—15 celsius. for monday, we do it all again, frontal system still in the far north of scotland, particularly the northern isles, seeing cloud and rain. elsewhere, the early mist will clear, some long spells of sunshine, a bit more of a breeze

in the south—west, but still 25 in plymouth, 27 in london, 26 in aberdeen, so the warmth will be widespread. and there is more where that came from, another very warm day on tuesday. the small chance of a shower in western uk, the frontal system weakening in the north of scotland. temperatures again widely into the low to mid 20s, some places may be a touch higher. for the middle of the week, the area of high pressure is set to shift eastwards. low pressure swirling to the west. this weather set—up will bring us a southerly flow of winds and some very warm air indeed. in fact, it may feel hot in places on wednesday. temperatures in the south up to 29, possibly 30 degrees, and only very slowly turning more unsettled at the end of the week.

this is bbc news, we will have the headlines for you at the top of the hour. straight after this programme. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let's go and take a look at what's on the show. a demographic time bomb. the global life expectancy has doubled in just over 100 years, but it's not all good news. what does our rapidly ageing population mean for societies and our wider economy? in some places, there's

a growing imbalance between an increasing older generation and a birth rate that seems to have fallen off a cliff. it means paying for health care and welfare is one of the biggest challenges facing governments all around the world. but this older generation, it represents a huge commercial opportunity. so, how do businesses capitalise on the silver consumer? i'm going to be discussing all of that with these two. there they are. professorjane falkingham is director of the centre for population change, and drjoe coughlin, who's the big boss at the mit age lab in boston. also on the show, i'm joined by the big boss of moleskine. yeah, the luxury accessories company still providing beautifully bound notebooks to every generation. after three years at the helm, daniela riccardi is going to tell us how the business is adapting to the changing demand for stationery. wherever you'rejoining me from around the world, once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. three score years and ten. what's that?

well, it's an ancient biblical number expressing