james landale, appreciate — can be made. james landale, appreciate you _ can be made. appreciate you putting that i can be made. james landale, appreciate you putting that in j appreciate you putting that in perspective. we will come back to you as we get more updates from the meetings between antony blinken and arab and foreign ministers. thank you. the other big story we are tracking... the us election is at a fever pitch. with less than two weeks to go, it's a tight race, so there's again a big focus on those all important swing states. kamala harris has been holding a star—studded rally in clarkston, georgia, featuring the boss, bruce springsteen, filmmaker tyler perry, as well as former us president barack 0bama, while donald trump has been campaigning on the other side of the country today in arizona and nevada — another important state for both campaigns. he spoke of the issue of immigration in that speech. let us get more from jarred hill, cbs, joining us from new york. thank you for your time. less than two weeks, lots of star—studded campaigning, as we mentio

james landale, bbc news. dunrod is author, historian, and former manager of decolonising collections at the national museum of wales. she gave me her opnion on the british govenrment insisting they won't consider financial reparations. it's rather disappointing that keir starmer has chosen to be rather dismissive of such an important conversation, which is rather important to me personally, as someone whose grandparents...my grandparents were born enslaved, and to be quite dismissive and imply that this will be an endless conversation of the past is rather dismissive of the hard work done by caricom leaders and academics to point out to create a ten point plan on restorative justice. i'm rather disappointed that he is my representative and he is not allowing this discussion to be had, and rather pleased that leaders from commonwealth are pursuing this regardless. we heard there there are a range of potential, um, demands or requests, and different people clearly have different emphasis on on different areas.

james landale, bbc news.mason is at the summit in samoa, how difficult could this proved to be for the prime minister?- difficult could this proved to be for the prime minister? yeah, hello to ou. for the prime minister? yeah, hello to yom it is — for the prime minister? yeah, hello to you. it is definitely _ for the prime minister? yeah, hello to you. it is definitely awkward - for the prime minister? yeah, hello to you. it is definitely awkward for i to you. it is definitely awkward for the prime minister, no doubt, not least because of what foreign secretary david lammy has said in opposition, when he said that britain had neverfaced justice, as he put it, for the crime of slavery. at the heart of this is a difficult philosophical question, to what extent can these generation be held responsible for the actions of our forebears? and there are moral and legal, as well as political and diplomatic, ramifications to all of that. now, the prime minister's view, as you were mentioning, is clear, he was telling u

let's speak to our diplomatic correspondent, james landale.se discussions, are they going to be anything of substance or is itjust be anything of substance or is it just diplomatic be anything of substance or is itjust diplomatic niceties, james? i it just diplomatic niceties, james? ~ , , it just diplomatic niceties, james? ~ , ., james? i think this is another step along — james? i think this is another step along the _ james? i think this is another step along the road _ james? i think this is another step along the road to - james? i think this is another step along the road to the - james? i think this is another step along the road to the uk in the eu getting closer together after brexit, as you say. this is a very unusual moment. in the past, before brexit, british ministers would be in luxembourg every day. this is unusual and representative of the labour government's attempts to try and get the uk closer to the eu. the problem is, there are difficulties. there are clearly structural disagreements. both sides have tried to get an agree

for more on the antony blinken�*s visit to london let's speak to our diplomatic correspondent james landalee before so many times. it seems like antony blinken is hopeful but what happens on the ground, we aren't seeing the fighting is a described, we are still a long way away from an agreement. it is the job of diplomat to remain optimistic and hopeful, if they don't nobody else will. and this has been said many times, did diplomacy, you can have 1000 days of failure but you need only one day for it to work. that is why antony blinken carries on travelling, this is his 11th round in the middle east. we are in a curious position because we are in a holding pattern. just before an american election, the incumbent, his power and influence is declining, as every day passes, everybody knows in a few months antony blinken will not be secretary of state. unless there is some sort of appointment. he said he is going, he has made clear. that means his influence is declining, everybody is waiting to see who gets elected president. what we have seen in recent months, according to many analysts, is a