here is aleem maqbool. eem: the latest night of protest was mainly confined to the city.through the streets of ere was none of the violence and destruction of recent days and no sign of the aesed vigila who intimidated and killed protesters. this courthouse habeen the focal point for protest, but during the night, we barhey saw anybod at all i. thlikely to be because of a new police tactic to drive by, round people up, and detained him for breaking curfew. it is not because anger has dissipated over the shooting of jacob blake. n the officer involvedat shooting has been named as rusten sheskey. it has been confirmed police tried to taze jacob blake but failed to stop him. >> during the investigation following the initial incident, mr. blake admitted he knife in his possession, and the division of criminal iginveion recovered a knife from the driver's side of the floorboard of mr. blake's vehicle. aleem: that still doesn't b blake was sho seven times in the back as he was walking away from the officer. demons

aleem maqbool looks now at the effect on that early traffic in human lives on american society.t, against their will, the first 20 africans to what was already a british colony. and so began the horrific legacy of slavery here, from which more than 400 years on, some of the greatest ills in american society can be traced. there are those who feel some people in britain looked at americans with contempt during the recent race troubles that need to acknowledge their own role. britain put its stamp on america from the beginning. if you claim that america has its foundational culture based on england, then you've got to take it all. and that includes slavery. that includes the systemic racism in our laws, in our practices, and in our culture. why's you kneeing on her neck? the policing that we see that, , automatically assumes that a black person is a criminal — that starts from, really, the founding of our country that viewed africans as systemically different as people. but americans of course have to shoulder responsibility, too. they won independence, but then there was civil wa

aleem maqbool, bbc news, in kenosha, wisconsin.ke to chris ott, the executive director of the american civil liberties union in wisconsin. i asked him if there was a particular problem with policing in his state. well, unfortunately, yes. this latest vicious attack, this vicious example of police brutality caught on camera is not the first example of this that we have seen in wisconsin. we have seen disturbances this year and over the last decade, so unfortunately we have some of the same problems that we see gci’oss the united states. obviously there is much to be established about what happened in this incident. as you understand it, what happened 7 well, like so many people i watched this video last night and what i saw was mr blake walking away from police, trying to get into his car and then police opening fire on him, shooting him in the back in full view of his three children. it's just a disgusting act of police violence. i suppose the police might argue — obviously much is still to come out about this — that they might hav

aleem maqbool, bbc news, in kenosha, wisconsin.ttorney general recently made a statement. the basic facts we can report at this time are these. on the evening of sunday, august 20 third, 2020, kenosha police department officers were dispatched to a residence in the 2800 40th st after a female caller reported her boyfriend was present and was not supposed to be on the premises. during the incident, officers attempted to arrest jacob s blake, aged 29. law enforcement deployed a taser to stop mr blake but it was not successful. mr blake walked around his vehicle, open the driver's side door leaned forward. while holding onto mr blake's shirt, the officer fired his service weapon several times. the officer fired the weapon into mr —— into his back. the kenosha police department does not have body cameras and the officers we re body cameras and the officers were not wearing body cameras. the officer, police officer rusten sheskey has been with the kenosha police department for seven years. mr blake admitted he had a knife in his possess

aleem maqbool, bbc news, in kenosha, wisconsin.d trump has been formally been renominated as his party's candidate for president, kicking off this week's republican national convention. he accepted the nomination with an hour—long unscripted speech. mr trump is planning to speak every night of the convention — ahead of an election that everyone agrees is largely about him. here's a little of what he had to say. we have to win. this is the most important election in the history of our country. this is the biggest. this is it. our country can go in a horrible, horrible direction, or in an even greater direction. and before the plague came in from china, that's where we were going. we were going in a direction like we had never seen, the most successful economy in the history of our country. well, the convention is being held in charlotte, north carolina. this is the room where it's all happening. 336 delegates are meeting there, a fraction of the 2,500 who would have been there in person were it not for covid, so many states sent in

aleem maqbool, bbc news, in kenosha, wisconsin.14, wisconsin was shocked by another police shooting. dontre hamilton was shot 14 times and killed by police in milwaukee. no charges were brought, but the officer in question was fired. as a result of the shooting and the widespread subsequent protests, milwaukee police officers were equipped with body cameras. something that officers in kenosha aren't required to do. well, joining me now is maria hamilton, who is the mother of dontre hamilton and runs the mothers forjustice united campaign. thank you so much for talking to us. you are obviously in your car, we can see you are fine, i hope you can hear me all right. thank you. you obviously have been watching what is happening, how did it feel? 0h, what is happening, how did it feel? oh, my god. it is a... it is heart—wrenching. this is a lived experience that i've been having over and over again. it's a triggerfor having over and over again. it's a trigger for me when they continuously keep killing our black children. i think anyone

aleem maqbool, bbc news, in kenosha, wisconsin.ing and barcelona have put him unnoticed. —— on notice. he's the first african american to win the presidential nomination of a major party, and he accepts exactly a5 years ago to the day that martin luther king declared, "i have a dream." as darkness falls tonight, an unfamiliar light will appear in the south—eastern sky — an orange glowing disc that's brighter than anything save the moon — our neighbouring planet mars. horn toots there is no doubt that this election is an important milestone in the birth of east timor as the world's newest nation. cheering it will take months and billions of dollars to re pair what katrina achieved injust hours. three weeks is the longest the great clock has been off duty in 117 years. so it was with great satisfaction that clockmakerjohn vernon swung the pendulum to set the clock going again. big ben bongs this is bbc world news, the latest headlines: the first lady's endorsement — melania trump gives the keynote speech on the second night night of

aleem maqbool, bbc news, in kenosha, wisconsin.imir putin, has said he has a police force ready to move into belarus, but it will do so only if what he called "extremists" there try to seize control. mr putin called on the authorities in belarus and the opposition to find a solution to the political unrest that erupted over the disputed presidential election, won by alexander lukashenko. with more protests expected this weekend, our correspondent steve rosenburg has been to president lukashenko's home town, to gauge support for the embattled leader. a country consumed by protests still needs to work the land. this is the district of shklov. it's famous for two things: its cucumbers, which have their own statue, and the president. alexander lukashenko grew up near here and ran a local farm in communist days. he's exhibit number one in the museum. alexander grudina has known mr lukashenko for a0 years. here they are, side—by—side back in the ussr at a meeting of the local communist party. translation: he was physically strong and he

aleem maqbool, bbc news, in kenosha, wisconsin.d trump, has weighed in on the situation, taking to twitter, saying the governor of wisconsin should call in the national guard, adding "it is ready, willing, and more than able" to "end the problem fast." africa has been declared free from naturally occuring polio, a disease that used to leave tens of thousands of children paralysed every year. nigeria was the last country on the continent to have a case of wild polio four years ago. now, there are just two countries on the planet, where the disease is endemic. here's our medical editor, fergus walsh. just two drops of vaccine can prevent polio, and now africa's children are protected. polio can cause lifelong paralysis. these men in nigeria part of a para— soccer league are powerful advocates for immunisation. as polio survivors we know the difficulties we have faced for many years and today i'm happy that we are no longer going to have any polio in our continent. there are still some cases of vaccine derived polio in africa which oc

aleem maqbool, bbc news, in kenosha, wisconsin.publican national convention, we are expecting eric trump to have a recorded speech in a few minutes. we will speak first to our correspondent, jenna ryan in washington, dc. jane, other people made this point. the democrats really wanted last week to make this election a referendum on donald trump as my character, but watching this convention, even what we have seen so far does mcdonald trump's character, it is laying out as it is character and record were strengths. it is as if the pandemic, the economic just hasn't happened? you have to remember that his supporters absolutely to remember that his supporters a bsolutely love to remember that his supporters absolutely love him. they are fiercely loyal, they are passionate about him, even to the point of protective. and i don't think anything that the democrats had last week will have changed that. donald trump is trying to get them to come out and vote and notjust his base, but also reluctant republicans who may have voted for him in 2

aleem maqbool, bbc news, in kenosha, wisconsin.as been tweeting in response to events in wisconsin. i'm joined now by katty kay in washington, democratic strategist mary anne marsh in boston, and republican strategist and former adviser to president george w bush, ron christie, who's also in washington. it is, of course, day 3 of the republican national convention, with vice president mike pence due to speak, along with outgoing adviser to the president kellyanne conway. before we get onto that, we have to start with events in wisconsin. how will they impact not only the convention but the election? good evening to you. i think we will see here is a trifecta between now and the election. americans are very concerned by the state of the economy, they are very concerned about finding a way to curb coronavirus and they are also very concerned about the social fabric of the us. how are we going to find a way to stop the looting, stop the rising and pillaging is going on. the one issue we would not have been thought possible to be on th

aleem maqbool, bbc news. is executive director of the american civil liberties union of wisconsin. he's in madison. good to talk to you. thank you for your time. no—one can really dispute there is an issue, those kinds of big questions about policing across the united states. is there a particular issue in wisconsin, at least up till now? well, u nfortu nately, yes. at least up till now? well, unfortunately, yes. this is the latest vicious attack, this vicious example of police brutality on camera is not the first example of this we have seenin first example of this we have seen in wisconsin. we have seen disturbances over the last decade, we have the same problems you see across the united states. there is much to be established about what happened in this incident. as you understand it, what happened? well, like so many people i watch this video last night and what i saw was mr blake walking away from police, trying to get into his car and please opening fire on him, shooting him in the bark in full view of

aleem maqbool, bbc news, in kenosha, wisconsin. hours, president trump will address the republican national convention from the south lawn of the white house to formally accept his party's renomination for november's election. the us faces crises on several fronts. the pandemic has cost over 180,000 lives and caused mass unemployment, hurricane laura has smashed into the louisiana coast and anti—racism protests show no signs of stopping. so how will he convince voters he is the man to deal with them? i'm joined now by katty kay in washington. always good to talk to you, katty. four years ago, we are both in cleveland, ohio, for the republican convention, where candidate trump excepted the republican nomination. things look different now, don't they, katty? he is in the white house and we're in the middle of a pandemic. what can we expect tonight is yellow he made that very dramatic entrance in cleveland, do you remember, with the lights behind him, all the fog smoke behind him, all the fog smoke behind them. it is going to be prett

aleem maqbool, bbc news, in kenosha, wisconsin.he impact of covid—i9, it's heartening to report a very positive story about eradicating a disease. africa has been declared free from naturally occuring polio, which used to leave tens of thousands of children paralysed every year. nigeria was the last country on the continent to have a case of wild polio four years ago. now, there are just two countries on the planet, where the disease is endemic. here's our medical editor, fergus walsh. just two drops of vaccine can prevent polio, and now africa's children are protected. polio can cause lifelong paralysis. these men in nigeria part of a para— soccer league are powerful advocates for immunisation. as polio survivors we know the difficulties we have faced for many years and today i'm happy that we are no longer going to have any polio in our continent. there are still some cases of vaccine derived polio in africa which occur in low immunisation areas. but naturally occurring polio has been eradicated. back in 1988 when the global erad

aleem maqbool, bbc news, in kenosha, wisconsin. let's go to atlanta.did you think when you heard what happened? you know, i want to be optimistic and think the chances are high but ijust don't know at this time. i just hope people continue watching in the world continues seeing what is going on here. it is a very, serious thing and it's coming to a head now. so on one hand, i am sad because this is my country and i see what's going on and the world is now seeing what's going on. but it's been a while, simmering for a while and it's time for things to come to a head. it's no time ago, really, but there was a timejust after george floyd's death when it seemed so many people are talking to us about a moment. the time it felt real change was possible. does it feel that way at all to you? you know, i think real change is still possible. but people on both sides of the aisle here are going to have to take responsibility for what's going on, and this is republicans and democrats. it's notjust one group that's going to be able to fix this. it's going to take b

man, named as jacob blake, is said to be in a serious condition in hospital. 0ur correspondent aleem maqboollice were called out to a domestic disturbance. we haven't been given more details about what that disturbance was, although eyewitnesses have told local news stations that this man, a 29—year—old, jacob blake, had been trying to stop a fight between two women outside that area. what we do see from that very disturbing video is jacob blake walking around a vehicle from the passenger side to the driver's side, followed by two police officers with their guns drawn. as he opens the door, he has pulled back by one of the police officers, and then you hear seven shots at least ring out, then he appears to go limp. you then hear the horn of the car blaring, as we assume that he has leaned against it. what we have since heard from civil rights lawyer benjamin crump is that three of the sons of jacob blake, young sons, were in the back of that car, and he says that they saw their father shot by police. as you say, he is in a serious condition in hospital at the moment. the governor has release

our correspondent aleem maqbool is in kenosha and has this report on tuesday night's violence .ning, his report contains pictures you find disturbing.

aleem maqbool takes us through what happened in kenosha on tuesday.some viewers may find it distressing. tensions on the streets here it m that these are is barely believable that these are playing out in a small city scenes playing out in a small city in america's midwest. and there's a new dimension to the chaos. as well as the confrontation between protesters and security forces, the fireworks in the tear gas, there are now armed civilians saying they are protecting property from getting damaged. he shot him! mobile phone footage appears to catch the moment one man with a rifle... shot him, man. shot protesters. he later zooms in on someone lying motionless on the ground as others run to help. in distressing video appears to show a similar incident close to a patchell station — again, a protester is gunned down. —— patchell. what

our north america correspondent aleem maqbool is in kenosha.ve been really decisive but people seem to agree that police have handled it really badly, some people say they should be more force and more police on the streets and we are likely to see that in the coming hours but others say at times they have appeared to use what looks like military force against american citizens and that should never happen. last night, they only got things under control of the two people had been shot dead and they we re people had been shot dead and they were not shocked by the police or protesters, but by at least one armed civilian —— they were not shot. many others on the streets also decided to take matters into their own hands. tensions on the street here have increased dramatically. at times, it is barely believable that these are scenes playing out in a small city in america's midwest. and there's a new dimension to the chaos. as well as the confrontation between protesters and security 0h, he shot him! gunfire someone with a rifle... he shot him, man.

our north america correspondent aleem maqbool is there — and a warning, his report contains images thatfind distressing. another american city turned into a conflict zone after the police shooting of a black man.