us presidentjoe biden is now spending a long bank holiday weekend in the us at his rehoboth, delaware beach home after traveling to florida as it recovers from hurricane idalia. mr biden surveyed the damage and 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, met with federal and local officials and first responders, and took an aerial tour of storm—affected areas. search—and—rescue teams helped people whose homes were surrounded by water, and now the storm has passed. and you're dealing with what's left in its wake. and we're not going anywhere, the federal government. we're here to help the state as long it takes. fema and the small business administration are here to help

residents whose homes and businesses were destroyed or damaged. i also convened my whole cabinet in the whole of government response. and that response will be 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, tens of thousands of people 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 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 describe 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's still there. so today's clashes, then, you have supporters

and opposition and government supporters coming together and clashing. how will this be regarded by eritrea? well, 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? well, 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 it was a few years back. you have sudan in civil war. you have chaos in ethiopia. and the 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 is what one of the protestors had to say. translation: france will leave. this is our home. they are going to leave whether they want to or not. if they won't leave, we're here. 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 is 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 had 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. in other news: the british museum has named

a new interim director, sir markjones, to help lead the institution after its former director, hartwig fischer, resigned after nearly 2,000 artifacts were reported missing, stolen or damaged. the chair of the british museum, george osborne, says jones was approved unanimously by the museum's board of trustees. the nobel foundation announced it will not invite the ambassadors of russia, belarus, and iran to attend this year's nobel prize awards ceremony in stockholm, reversing an earlier decision after sparking criticism. last year the foundation did not invite the ambassadors of russia and belarus because of moscow's invasion of ukraine. after lashing parts of hong kong and macau, typhoon saola has made landfall in the southern chinese province of guangdong early saturday. so far one person has been killed in the dangerous storm, with severe winds leaving a trail of devastation and stranding hundreds of hong kong travellers.

former un ambassador, congressman and new mexico governor bill richardson has died. president biden called richardson a patriot and true original in a statement. us secretary of state antony blinken said in his own statement richardson dedicated his life to public service. 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, myanmarand 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. his songs like margaritaville and cheeseburger in paradise have been tropical rock genre anthems for decades. he was nominated for two grammys. the cause of buffett�*s death is not clear, but he was hospitalised in recent months. in key west, florida, featured in several of buffett�*s songs, fans have been laying flowers and other items at a makeshift memorial outside his recording studio and cafe. buffett had lived on the island for years starting in the 1970s. jimmy always, always— he called key west home. no matter where ever else he built a house or wherever he decided to reside for the moment, key west was always home — was always home. more from correspondent

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josiah, thank you so much forjoining us. we can see that obviously you are currently at burning man. can you describe for us just what the conditions are like right now? well, there are warnings of gales in black rock city. 6- 6— eight cyclonic later, but good. we actually play the shipping forecast every morning. a lot of mud, but things are starting 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. our neighbouring camp 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. we're definitely using it as an opportunity to hang out and spend more time with our new friends and old friends in the camp. definitely other camps i can see, they're partying and having a great time, playing music, doing karaoke, making the best of it. about half an inch of rain fell, 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? i mean, we can see puddles and mud behind you. well, even more so than just being desert, where the black rock desert is, it's a prehistoric lake, fed by the glaciers in the last ice age. so while you might think of it

as a typical sandy desert, it's an alkaline lake bed. so when it rains, it turns... i wish i could show you my boots. there's four inches of mud, just from the walk from 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, there are 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 this year? i mean, it will, it's just 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, as we all had to do today. there are 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, hey, we may not be able to go home when we thought we might be able to? no, not from anyone i've talked to that isn't a drama queen and not what we would call a sparkle pony. some of the influencer—y types. but no, a bit more rain tonight that's supposed to come in. but we're out in the desert, the mountain isjust over that way, which creates 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, people start to leave around

friday and saturday, and we haven't had that sort of natural, phased departure of folks, 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's a logistics team on the planet i trust to solve that problem, i'd take them to do it, because it's what they've spent their life working on, and they've done a good job in the past, even in crazy conditions. you mentioned there's a lot of people there. this festival is known for these big installations that people bring in and build up all kinds of different parties there. can you just give us a sense of how the community is coming together and trying to get through this awful weather and the flooding that you've been experiencing? we are having a great time. i woke up this morning, had what we call a strike plan. 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. over there there's a bar, and it looks like they're dancing and 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're certainly not walking very 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've been here since last wednesday, so i've had time to check out a lot of them. one thing that's interesting is, there's definitely a group of folks that come in on the weekends, a bit more touristy, not that there's anything wrong with that. but they're not here this year because they couldn't get in. that's been different. to not see a lot of clean people. those of us who have been here for ten days are caked in mud, looking a little haggard. josiah, a ten—year burner, a theme camp organiser

at burning man, thank 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. no problem. have a great one. i appreciate you. to a lengthy rescue mission underway to antarctica right 110w. aship a ship has been sent out evacuation by air was ruled out due to harsh weather conditions. our nicky schiller has more. this is the icebreaker being sent on a rescue mission to rescue the researcher who has what is being cold a debilitating medical condition. it has taken weeks to get this vessel ready, including equipping it with helicopters. to give you a sense of the scale of the operation, look at this map. it is leaving from hobart in tasmania and is on a journey all the way to the casey research station in antarctica, which is of course one of the most inhospitable places on the planet. indeed, the journey is 3443 kilometres

from hobart all the way down to casey station. now, the icebreaker has a top speed of around 30 kilometres an hour, so it is going to take days to get there. an air rescue from the nearby wilkins runway was ruled out, the reason for that is that the runway is made of ice and it is unstable during the winter. indeed, reports suggest it would have taken weeks to get it up to a standard that could be used, so it was much quicker to actually send the icebreaker. now, the research station itself has around 20 staff during the winter months, but medical facilities are limited there. now, we do not know what the condition of the researcher is, but the australian antarctic programme told the bbc that the well being of our people is our highest priority. now, australia says that all researchers sent to the base undergo extensive medical examinations before they depart, and they say that all the other personnel on the base

are safe and accounted for. it's a mad dash this weekend with more than 100 schools in england trying find safe spaces for children, before students return to classrooms next week. the buildings were closed after being identified as having a type of potentially dangerous concrete. more from bbc news education editor branwenjeffreys. these gates will be closed next week. it is shocking and disappointing. that's what this small essex primary has written to parents. next week, children will start the school year online. hayley has had to get last minute childcare for her son. the build—up to go to juniors has been stressful for him, and then to turn around and say, you are not starting school next week, it's been a bit heartbreaking. just in essex, 50 school buildings are affected. raac concrete now considered a threat to children's safety. parents asking today why the warning is so last—minute. itjust seems a bit frustrating, because it seemed

to be last—second that they decided, no, the building's not safe, it's not sound or anything. we have to give it another week or so. it will be difficult because she's only six. to have her another four days, five days, just sitting in. at the other end of the country, in cumbria, this secondary school will delay opening by one day while it works around the affected areas. the raac concrete is limited to four small corridor areas in the school. and all of those classrooms are serviced by those corridors do have access through other rooms. so we are able to operate all of our classrooms from the start of term. the dangers of raac in public buildings have been known for years. in july 2018, a school is collapsed without warning. in may 2019, an expert committee issued an alert on raac.

in 2020, a promise to remove all raac from the nhs. 2021, school building safety was rated critical by the department for education and skills and in march 2022, schools were asked to check for raac. less than half had responded by this summer. some schools have been dealing with this for months, but until yesterday, urgent action was only taken if the concrete was in a critical condition. what we learned over the summer was that there are a number of cases in schools, but also in non—school buildings, in england and outside england, where raac we had previously thought was safe or low risk actually has failed. so we took swift action to change the guidance yesterday. new techniques have produced better schools more quickly and more cheaply than ever before.

in the 1960s, cheap building materials delivered new schools. but now, some are dealing with the crumbling legacy. spending on school buildings in england has fallen sharply. and it is below government estimates of what is needed for repairs. in scotland, similar challenges over raac, 35 schools confirmed today. here too, temporary classrooms are in place. wales and northern ireland are carrying out urgent surveys. branwyn jeffries, bbc news. king charles iii and queen camilla have attended their first braemar gathering as monarchs. our royal correspondent daniela relph reports. leading the royal party for the first time as king and queen. no royal— first time as king and queen. no royal family's summer break in scotland is complete without a visit to the braemar highland

gathering. god save the king plays. 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 herfamily and the images of her here with her family revealed her at her most relaxed. this year's gathering is the first since her death last september, and the memories of queen elizabeth remains strong. fine the memories of queen elizabeth remains strong.— remains strong. one of the everlasting _ remains strong. one of the everlasting memories - remains strong. one of the everlasting memories i - remains strong. one of the l everlasting memories i have with the whole royal family watching, i think it was the sack race and the little kiddies, and whatever happened, everybody was bursting with laughter. so that memory will stay with me for a long time. that tradition of seeing the royal family at its most informal continue 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 repair for the first anniversary of the queen's death. she was one of this event's most loyal supporters. daniella ralph, bbc news. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. the weather is set to feel decidedly like summer over the next few days but there is one small reminder that we are now into september. a bit of a more autumnal and murky start to sunday with mist and fog patches in places. a completely different type of weather in the far north of the uk. the stripe of cloud on the earlier satellite image is a frontal system which will continue to bring outbreaks of rain in the far north of scotland. it will be breezy here as well. further south, under the influence of high pressure with light winds, there

are some mist and fog patches around 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 a little hazy at times with some high cloud in the sky. our frontal system in the far north of scotland still bringing some outbreaks of rain and a brisk breeze. with some shelter from the breeze in north—east scotland, we could see highs of 25. parts of southern england, getting to around 26. on sunday night, one or two mist and fog patches again developing. this frontal system still plaguing the far north of scotland with cloud and some splashes of rain. it is certainly not going to be a cold start to monday morning. most places between 10—15. on monday, we do it all again, a frontal system still in the far north of scotland, particularly the northern isles, seeing cloud and rain with that. elsewhere, early mist

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

voice-over: this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. a myanmar militaryjet circles a primary school. after seizing power in a coup, they are trying to crush an uprising, demanding democracy. when they think it's safe, they run.

but the plane circles back. explosion and gunfire. across myanmar, the military is carrying out air strikes. on the ground, they are struggling to crush the resistance, so they've taken this fight against their own people to the air.