barbara, thank you, barbara plett usher for us event. or us in event. barbara, thank you, barbara plett usher for us in washington. here, the risk to children of dying from covid—19 is "vanishingly rare", according to the world's largest study so far into young patients with the virus. but the report, published in the british medicaljournal, did find that black children, those who are obese and very young babies do have a slightly higher risk. 0ur health correspondent anna collinson has more. after months away from the classroom, schools are preparing to open their doors. in scotland and parts of northern ireland, they already have. now, a comforting message for parents. the world's largest study into the coronavirus has found the need for children to have hospital treatment is extremely small. i think the most important message from this paper is that children make up a tiny proportion of severe covid in the uk and that death with covid in children is vanishingly rare, and i would like to say that these findings are really reassuring. th

thank you, barbara plett usher.ory in the workplace — as france works to fight against a resurgence of covid—i9 in the country. face masks will need to be worn in all shared and enclosed company workspaces from the end of august — apart from individual offices where only one employee is present. the french employment ministry also said that working from home would remain its recommended option for employees. scotland's top civil servant is being questioned by a panel of msps over the government's botched handling of complaints against the former first minister, alex salmond. the permanent secretary, leslie evans, is the first witness to appear before the inquiry. 0ur correspondent lorna gordon is outside the scottish parliament. what is the latest, lorna? this specially convened committee at the scottish parliament are just under two hours of evidence from leslie eva ns, two hours of evidence from leslie evans, who denied the scottish government's amazon procedures had been engineered to set a specific complaint. sh

barbara plett—usher, bbc news, washington.urning 15 during the 1965 voting rights march from selma to montgomery in alabama. she was the youngest of only 300 people allowed to march that day, and during the protest she got caught up in the violence. shejoins me now from selma, alabama to speak to me about her struggle for civil rights and her interactions with martin luther king. welcome, thank you forjoining us. welcome, thank you forjoining us. you have live your life as a campaignerand you us. you have live your life as a campaigner and you have told us a campaigner and you have told us you have beenjailed nine times before even your 15th birth day. what was it that happened in your life that made you such a determined civil rights activist? the death of my mother in 1957, when i was seven my mother in 1957, when i was seve n years my mother in 1957, when i was seven years old. and the older people said my mother wouldn't have died if she hadn't been coloured. and there was a hospital here in selma, and my mother needed blo

barbara plett—usher, bbc news, washington.ington is a monumentous day in itself, its historical significance also comes from the mark it made on the other activists and protesters. just a few years after the march, the black panthers political party was formed to protect residents from acts of police brutality and end racial injustices. i spoke with the party's co—founder bobby seale, and asked him about the first time he heard martin luther king speak. i heard that doctor martin luther king was coming to oakland, california to speak. i went to that place where they had 6000 people plus inside the auditorium and doctor martin luther king spoke there. he spoke about the fact that we needed to getjobs going, connected with civil rights movement and he was saying that kilpatrick‘s bread company did not hire any people of colour. he went on to say that wonder bread company did not hire any people of colour and he went on to say we are going to have to boycott them so consistently and so profoundly that we want to make wonder bread

our correspondent barbara plett—usher sent this report.ing in the year of 2020, this is what a march on washington looks like — drawing on the anger and the energy of months of unrest around the country, now bringing their demands to the doorstep of power, aiming to forge a national movement out of their protests. archive: the lively, heralded and, in some quarters, feared march on washington... they're deliberately connecting their modern—day struggle to the historic civil rights movement, the unprecedented march of 1963 that brought 250,000 people to washington with a thunderous roar, demanding jobs and freedom. nearly 60 years later, it's clear that not enough has changed. i'm 33 and this was in my parents‘ time, so it'sjust like, "ok, here we go again," so we're trying to make sure that we don't have to keep reliving this whole thing all over again. i was not born when the first march happened, but i will be part of every movement, if i need to, until i go to my grave, until we get the justice and the equality that we deserve. nojustic

barbara plett—usher, bbc news, washington. — co—founder and former chairman of the black panther party. he's in oakland, california. thank you so much forjoining us thank you so much forjoining us here on bbc news. i want to start by going back nearly 60 yea rs start by going back nearly 60 years and talking about the reverend martin luther king jr. . you heard him speaking before you founded the black panthers, what are your memories of him? well yes, i... i was a young man than, i was working the gemini missile programme, i worked for a company called kaiser aerospace and mechanics, i had kaiser aerospace and mechanics, ihada kaiser aerospace and mechanics, i had a greatjob in the engineering department, at the same time! engineering department, at the same time i was enrolled in couege same time i was enrolled in college as an engineering design major but i began to research african—american people's history of struggle. and i heard doctor martin luther king was coming to oakland, california to speak, i went to that place w

between israel and the uae came about — and the us role — here's our state department correspodnent barbara plettrael has been developing relationships with the states for some time quietly because of their shared concern over the threat of a run. us officials have said that over the past year and a half, the uae and israel talk about going public about normalisation. but the israeli prime minister was talking about annexing parts that the palestinians want for a state in the uae said that is a red line, we cannot go there and in fact, the ambassador made a very dramatic and the appeal to the israeli people in a video for he said if you do this, you are going to jeopardise relations with the arab world in the official said that they started talking about this idea of formulating a plan or a deal like this and israel suspends its annexation plans in exchange for normalisation. so, this happened over the past couple of months and now you have this announcement. you can find much more on the agreement between the united arab emirates and israel on our website. there's a special section devoted to pr

barbara plett usher, bbc news, washington. barbara plett usher is in washington for us now.3 did achieve quite concrete things. the voting legislation, the civil rights legislation, the civil rights legislation, as i said, thejob was not finished, so the point of this by reverend al sharpton, a veteran civil rights leader, was that he wa nted civil rights leader, was that he wanted to capitalise on this moment for people to push for something that would make a long—term impact and, of course, because it is no election year, activists feel that they have more power to change in a lasting way that they might have otherwise, but here today, you are going to see the full impact of their message. it will be about police brutality, changing in policing, a roll call of families whose family members have been shot by the police or vigilantes but also you will hear a lot about the pandemic because of the way it has affected people of colour in a disproportionate way, so they will use these things as rallying cries to seek legislative change but also organise people who have been enga

david willis, bbc news, los angeles. 0ur correspondent barbara plett—usher is in washington.ro event? what are we to expect from this event? we expect kamala harris and joe biden to make a joint appearance for the first time at a high school in wilmington, delaware and we understand it will be an in person event with invited guests present. and then after that, they are going to be holding a joint fundraiser which we also understand it's going to be in the same city but in a ballroom of a hotel which has a history with joe biden. ballroom of a hotel which has a history withjoe biden. it is the place where he first announced his senate candidacy in 1972 and he has made various public appearances there over the last few decades in there over the last few decades in the last place he had an in person event this year just the last place he had an in person event this yearjust before the coronavirus shut down the campaign trail. so it is expected that that joint fundraiser will be virtual but based in that ballroom. and of course most of the campaign with miss harris and mr biden

the bbc‘s barbara plett usher has more.hs ago, or did he create it? that's what this hearing was about. cutbacks that he's made to the postal services have delayed the mail and there's concerned that they will also delay mail—in ballots especially in a year where there is going to be a lot of them. and there's a suspicion that this is deliberate because president trump is against expanded mail—in voting, he says it's going to lead to widespread fraud although there's no evidence of that. and he is opposed extra funding to the postal services because of that. but mr dejoy said there was no conspiracy to undermine the vote. he said that allegation was outrageous. he said he was a businessman who'd been brought in to fix the postal service, to whip it into shape because it was billions of dollars in debt. he said the changes he made so far did not reduce the capacity to deal with a lot of mail—in ballots but because of the concern expressed, he would put them on hold until after the election and he would make sure that things

on how the agreement came about — and the us role — here's our state department correspodnent barbara plettisrael has been developing relationships with the states for some time quietly because of their shared concern over the threat of a run. what us officials have said that over the past year and a half, the uae and israel began to talk about going public about normalisation. but the israeli prime minister started talking about annexing parts that the palestinians want for a state in the uae said that is a red line, we cannot go there and in fact, the ambassador made a very dramatic and uprecedented appeal to the israeli people in a video for he said if you do this, you are going to jeopardise relations with the arab world and the us official said that they started talking about this idea of formulating a plan or a deal like this and israel suspends its annexation plans in exchange for normalisation. so, this happened over the past couple of months and now you have this announcement. the uk has added france and the netherlands to its list of nations from which incoming travellers will hav

barbara plett usher is in washington.reaction to the choice of kamala harris? well, president trump was tweeting again this morning, to once again essentially call her a failure because of her poor performance in the primaries. the wider republican reaction has been to target her as being overly liberal, saying she would pulljoe biden to the left. frankly, they were going to say that about anybody that joe frankly, they were going to say that about anybody thatjoe biden chose, and other candidates would have been easier to target. for example, and other candidates would have been easierto target. for example, it might have been more easy to attack a spying susan or communist current. instead they are attacking phony kamala, that is the name for her. she is a safe choice because she is a moderate, and has been vetted in the senate and primary campaigns. if she had a dinosaur in a closet, it would have come out by now. they have come behind herfirmly with would have come out by now. they have come behind her firmly with a u

david willis, bbc news, los angeles. 0ur correspondent barbara plett—usher is in washington.ere? where does the campaign go from here? well, we are heading into a new face of uncertainty and unpredictability, which seem to be the defining themes of this pandemic convention. —— pandemic election season. it was experimental but highly scripted and it played to a joe biden's strengths. he is up against the republican convention next week and i have no doubt they will attack him probably on economic policy and i think they will try to paint him as a radical left—wing socialist who wants to raise taxes and cut private health care, which resonates with the republican supporters. the biggest threat to his second term because he said rigged voting would be highly fraudulent. four test for candidate. convention speech at the three debates. the consensus isjoe biden passed the first test with flying colours but what about the debates? but will be something very closely watched. we are 7a days until election day. so much can happen before then. yes, goodness. thank you. the number of pe

0ur correspondent barbara plett usher is in washington. how has it been received over there?as made these claims before and brandished this data before, and one of the responses, as you saw from that reporter, is to present the fa cts , that reporter, is to present the facts, which are that the total number of deaths in the united states are remember highest in the world, the rate of deaths, the percentage per population, is higher in some other countries including in europe, if you look over the course of the pandemic, but right now the relative number of cases and deaths in those countries is quite low, thatis in those countries is quite low, that is not the case here so the us would still rise higher in the banks. he has claimed regularly that the surge in cases here is due to a large amount of testing, and there isa large amount of testing, and there is a large magic testing, but the number of cases far outpace as the growth interesting. —— and there is a large amount of testing. critics, especially democratic politicians, had said president trump is delusional or deliber

barbara plett—usherjoins us from washington. why has this happened now?ving time quietly for some time now because they see a shared threat from iran. and us officials have said that over the past year and a half the uae and israel have been discussing about hi they might go public with that improving relations. then what happen is that the israeli prime minister netanyahu happen is that the israeli prime minister neta nyahu started happen is that the israeli prime minister netanyahu started to talk about annexing parts of the occupied west ba n k about annexing parts of the occupied west bank that palestinians want for the state. in the uae came out and make clear that that was a redline for stop there was a very direct intervention by the us ambassador to the uae injune in which he said directly to the wrist isaac, if you go in the head with this it's can it jeopardise any relation you have with arab countries after that us officials that they came up with this idea of framing the agreement like this, suspending the plans for annexation in exchange for

our state department correspondent, barbara plett usher, is in washington for us. shejoins us now.mewhat out of the blue. how significant is it? seems to have come somewhat out of the blue. how significant is mm is significant in that it is only the third is really— era peace agreement publicly proclaimed and there is going to be full of different —— diplomatic relations between israel and the uae. it only has such a deal between jordan and egypt and all the other arab nations have been making this to see the palestinian and israeli conflict resolver stop so the framework is the palestinian and it's really complicated to be resolved and that would then open the door for normalisation with arab states. but in this case the uae is going forward on its own. they have been improving relations with israel and other gulf states over the past years because largely they see iran asa years because largely they see iran as a mutual enemy and so there have been ties being established. under the table, not really in public. this is really going above the radar and saying we will do this peace

our correspondent barbara plett—usher joins us now.ecause she has a pragmatic moderate, she has been nationally vetted in a way because she ran to become the presidential candidate in those primaries over the past year so if there had been a dinosaur in her closet it would have come out by now presumably so that makes her less of a potential target for the republicans who will try to target her anyway of course. she can be his attack dog. she is a former prosecutor who has shown she has the capacity to grill trump administration officials during her time in congressional committees and that will be a very valuable commodity on the campaign trail. the key factor is she really could be president. well, that certainly has beenin president. well, that certainly has been in people's mines, asjoe biden has been thinking about who he will call for his running mate. he would be the oldest president ever elected in the united states. he has indicated it is not unlikely he would only serve for one term if he was president. his vice president cou

our correspondent barbara plett usher is in washington.ry sentence some sort of sharp contrast because i think he needed to show he wasn‘t trump, he was the necessary can it scratch a candidate to replace trump but he was an appealing candidate. he presented his policy but his character. building on his own personal history of tragedy and challenge to show he could hear and respond to americans and heal the nation. he also, despite this contrast with what he called a darkness in the country, he knew that the audience wanted to hear also about optimism and possibility and he stressed that for more than some of the other keynote speakers this week. he ended his speech on that, using that imagery of the light. | that, using that imagery of the light. i will that, using that imagery of the light. i will ally with the light. it was a very powerful speech in terms of words, but it was also powerful in terms of delivery and that was also important, may be equally as important, because president trump has been musing about his mental capacity for

let's speak to barbara plett usher in washington. 0bviously obviously a very different event this year little bit scripted, sometimes forced. the strength of the production was as pre—recorded video segments, that was quite slick, especially with the younger participants because they knew how to respond to cameras and do selfies and so on. also, they we re do selfies and so on. also, they were able to get more ordinary americans into the picture. they could have little spots with different americans. it was like a big highly produced zoom call and it had strength and weaknesses of the back of that. they will be taking lessons from that for the election campaign. the democrats say they will be largely virtual in terms of how they campaign. 0ne will be largely virtual in terms of how they campaign. one thing i would say is that you were speaking about michelle 0bama earlier, she used the format very much to her advantage. she was very powerful with quite an intimate speech, it felt as though she was speaking to viewers personally. perhaps the format benefited her rather than the reverse.

barbara plett usher.about what the marchers are hoping to achieve today. the main point here is to try to channel that passion and anger we saw in the protests this summer into concrete change, something that has a lasting impact, sojust like at the march 1963 advocating for civil rights legislation that was in front of congress at the time, they are going to advocate here for police reform legislation, which is currently in front of congress, because the main focus, of course, is criminaljustice and police brutality, given what has happened over the summer, and amplified this week in wisconsin by that police shooting of jacob blake. week in wisconsin by that police shooting ofjacob blake. the other main point is voting. this is an election year, and people here are worried their votes will be suppressed, so they are also pushing for legislation to protect their voting rights. beyond that, they just want to organise the young leadership that was thrown up by the protests this summer, to get them into much

barbara plett usher is in washington for us. as serious of these protests been?ide the house were the shooting happened and they also took place outside the police headquarters at the number of vehicles were burned, tear gas was deployed and it's the kind of thing that we have seen across the country in recent months because of george floyd's killing. it was a sudden jolt to see it again over another killing we have heard in terms of that, another shooting, the man, mr blake has apparently come out of surgery blake has apparently come out of surgery and his friends and family say that he is expected to make it and so, we think he is in stable condition, but we have a very strong condemnation from the governor who also said that he also condemned police tactics into the picture to racism in the state, elected officials need to deal with that. and a comment from joe biden, the candidate for the presidential nomination who has condemned what he called the use of excessive police force. he said they need to be an independent police investigation and said we are at an

earlier i spoke to our correspondent barbara plett usher in washington, who explained how the interviewhese kinds of claims of and he has brandished this kind of danger before. one of the responses, it is often the reporter there, is to present the facts. the packs out that the total number of deaths in the united states are amongst the highest in the world. —— the facts. the rate of deaths, percentage per population, is higher in some other countries including in europe if you look over the whole course of the pandemic, but right now, the relative number of cases of deaths in those countries is quite low and thatis in those countries is quite low and that is not the case here, so the us will still rise higher in the ranks. he has also made the claim regularly that the surge in cases here is because of a lodgment of testing. there is a lodgment of testing, but the numberof there is a lodgment of testing, but the number of cases for outpaces that —— large amount of text thing. —— testing. some say either he is delusional or deliberately spreading misinformation in order to distract from

barbara plett usher is in washington. e wrong choice. what is a border reaction? the headlines have been that she is an historic choice but also its a fun, because kamala harris is a pragmatic moderate, and she has taken part in campaigns before for the senate and the democratic primaries, so she has been largely vetted. not a lot of political baggage has shown up for the republicans to target and although they have already courts are although they have already courts a re overly although they have already courts are overly liberal, someone who will pull ajoe biden are overly liberal, someone who will pull a joe biden to the radical left, they don't have that much ammunition to make that argument. there has been a great deal of delight from black women in particular, who see this as confirming or affirming their role not only in the country but in the democratic party, because they are an important constituency. the democratic establishment has a family close ranks behind ms harris, calling her showbiz and, fearless, eggs

let's get more on this from our correspondent barbara plett usher in washington.p has been so focused on building, the southern border of the us with the mexico. steve bannon was a big part of coming up with the idea and pushing it forward, so they had this crowdfunding campaign and they raised $25 million but they told donors this money would be going to the project excel. according to the indictment, some of the money did go into their pockets. the head of the campaign to $350,000 which are used to fund his lavish lifestyle. mr bannon took $1 million, it said to fund his own personal expenses which he channelled through the non—for profit organisation. the indictment says these transfers were covered by fa ke says these transfers were covered by fake invoices and vendor arrangements, so they have been charged with one count of money—laundering and one count of fraud and each of those counts are a maximum prison sentence of 20 years, all of them have been arrested. any reaction? any comments from president trump? any other political reaction? a little bit of reac