i'm joined now by katty kay in washington. always good to talk to you, katty.e 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 pretty erratic tonight. he is going to be on the south lawn of the white house with lots and lots of american flags. the chairs have all been laid out for guests, it looks like there's going to be a couple of hundred guests from the look of all the chairs that have been put out, and there is no social distancing between those chairs, so the message almost, subliminally, from the optics as you don't have to worry about social distancing, the coronavirus is behind us, and i'm going to give a campaign speech... vision has —— traditionally, there's been a s

katty: i'm katty kay. this is "bbc world news america." the impact of mass migration in europe. look at what changed and what has not. >> earlier this year when tensions rose between turkey and europe,ury sent more migrants towards greece. it could do it again. right n' it is greece's actions are also causing concern. katt as president trump tries to paint democra as weak on law and order, joe biden makes it clear he does not support violence. >> the senseless violence and looting and burning and destruction of property -- i want to make something absolutely clear. rioting is not protesting. katty: and we meet tt shepherd from england whose new book set out his vision for the future of farming. ♪ welcome to "world news america" on pbs and around the world. greece has been in harbor for migrants seeking a better life. nearly 9000 hundred people arrived there bac in 2015, throwing european politics into today, those numbers are lower but they have started to trend upwards again. the e.u. border forces the balkans is now the most active out for migrants, with more p tn 90ple making

. ♪ katty: i'm katty kay. this is "bbc world news america ."belarus, more protests and strikes against its president after his disputed election. in the u.s. senate, democrats begin their unconventional convention as the coronavirus has turned the whole event into a virtual one. as he prepares to become the party nominee, what the young people actually think of joe biden? we will take a closer look. ♪ welcome to "world news america" on pbs and around the world. alexander lukashenko has ruled belarus for more than 20 years. he gave a speech at a factory but instead got heckled and booed. but he insists he will not call a new election. here is the latest. >> this was the day the workers tued on alexander lukashenko. thousands downing tools and marching. while the strikers rallied outside, belarus' beleaguered president arrived by helicopter to address those who stayed at work. he was no doubt hoping for a friendly crowd. >> [speaking foreign language] >> what he got was a public relations disaster. >> [speaking foreign language] >> [speaking fore

ruste katty: i am katty kay in washington commend this is "bbc world news america."s journalists are arrested in belarus, russia's president wei tan hints at-putin hints at- military intervention is the unrest continues. cutting its way across american states, hurricane laura slams into the louisiana coast, the biggest such storm to hit the area in decades. making masks mandatory -- france titans the rules in paris as the country's is a resurgence in coronavirus cases. and a history making republican national convention. katty: welcome to "world news america"ou on pbs and the globe. russian president vladimir putin says he has a police force ready to move into belarus, but y will do so o if what he calls extremists try to seize control. mr. putin called on authorities in belarus and the opposition to find a solution to the political unrest that erupted over disputed presidential election that was won by president alexander lukashenko. steve rosenbe has been to lukashenko's hometown steve: a country consumed by protests still needs to work the land. things, it's cucum

this is bbc news — i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser in londonour top stories.us thatjoe biden will seek to restore international alliances. china does not like america's vast network of alliances and the closeness of its relationship that we have with our european friends. also on the programme. in belarus, more protests and strikes against its president of 26 years after his disputed re—election. and north korea is reportedly rounding up its pet pooches for restaurant meat, amid food shortages. just don't tell my dog charlie that. in belarus, the president has talked of a possible transition of power but has ruled out holding new elections immediately. alexander lu kashenko, is facing the largest—ever protests in his 26 year presidency. he was frequently heckled and booed as he told factory workers that his team was working on constitutional changes to be put to a referendum. our correspondentjonah fisher has the latest. car horns honking. this was the day the workers turned on alexander lukashenko. thousands downing tools and marching to a tractor factory. wh

katty kay is watching. your thoughts as we approached the climax of this convention?spoke to ivanka trump earlier, about having political ambitions of her own. she has been very loyal to her father, standing by his side and adding something softer to the trump family. it is not surprising that it is going to be ivanka trump. she comes from quite liberal background in new york once coming into washington and becoming an advisor to the president, has become fully committed to the trump project and speaks lovingly about what mr trump has done for women in the country, for working women, for mothers like herself. she is going to get out and make the picture again. this is constant through the week... here she is. she's about to introduce her father. good evening. before i begin, i want to send a special message to everyone who has been affected by hurricane laura, our hearts are with you and the president will continue to support you every step of the way and, just like americans always do, the nation will come together to help you rebuild your homes, businesses and commu

now on bbc news, the bbc‘s katty kay discusses the us response to coronavirus with us infectious diseaseuci as cases continue to rise across the country. he's the most famous doctor in america and, as head of america's institute of allergy and infectious diseases since 1984, anthony fauci has advised six different american presidents on everything from ebola to aids. over the last few decades, he has also seen his effigy burnt, heard the cries of protesters calling him a murderer, and had smoke bomb thrown at his office window. since the beginning of the year, he has been in the thick of a new battle against coronavirus. for americans, he has become a trusted presence behind the podium at white house covid—i9 briefings. but as a us struggles to contain the pandemic, six months after its first known case, tensions have been rising between dr fauci and the president. dr fauci has criticised the president's response on a number of occasions, pushed back on the president's claims that the outbreak is improving, and attributing hasty state reopenings to the recent surges. the white house is t

now on bbc news: katty kay speaks to doctor anthony fauci.the most famous doctor in america, and as head of america's institute of allergy and infectious diseases since 1984, anthony fauci has advised six different american presidents on everything from ebola to aids. over the last few decades, he has also seen his effigy burnt, heard the cries of protesters calling him a murderer, and had smoke bombs thrown at his office window. since the beginning of the year, he has been in the thick of a new battle — against coronavirus. for americans, he has become a trusted presence behind the podium at white house covid—19 briefings. but as a us struggles to contain the pandemic, six months after its first known case, tensions have been rising between dr fauci and the president. dr fauci has criticised the president's response on a number of occasions, pushed back on the president's claims that the outbreak is improving, and attributing hasty state reopenings to the recent surges. the white house is targeting dr fauci by briefing reporters about his al

it's fascinating he used the words debt and death, katty kay.y away from those two words if i were donald trump. talk about american carnage, look at the cities erupting in violence as the president tried to stir up racialanimus, as he's been doing four years. this is the president's america, he broke it, he owns it. i guess we know what the american carnage speech was about, because when he delivered it, crime was at a 50 year low. illegal crossings across the southern border is at a 50 year low. there's no lies, conspiracy theories that can be spread around. look at trump's own government websites and they'll show you when he delivered the american carnage speech all of that was at a 50 year low. now we are here three and a half, almost four years later, and he talks about death and debt. america's debt at record highs. deficits exploded to record highs. and death, what are we at now, 175,000 dead from a pandemic that donald trump said was one person coming in from china and would go away. >> you give corporations a $2 trillion tax cut and you

my colleague katty kay looks at the life and career of mr biden. how you doing? over, will you? joe biden‘s political brand is empathy, a firm handshake, a look in the eye, an arm around the shoulder. he showed it in his first run for the white house way back in 1988. but that bid failed amid questions over the very authenticity he held so dear and a speech that stole too closely from neil kinnock, the leader of the british labour party. why is it thatjoe biden is the first in his family ever to go to a university? why am i the first kinnock in 1,000 generations to be able to get to university? my ancestors who worked in the coal mines in northeast pennsylvania and who'd come up after 12 hours and play football for four hours... the people who would go to work eight hours underground and then come up and play football... hello, everybody. biden dropped out of that race, but even then knew it wouldn't be his last. there will be other opportunities for me to campaign for president. and 20 years later, he ran again and lost to barack obama. but what began as a rival

i'm joined now by katty kay in washington, democratic strategist mary anne marsh in boston, and republicanrmer 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 the american clinical landscape three months ago is very much front and centre on the minds of american voters and people who are looking to make sure that they can go to work saf

joining me from washington is katty kay.joe biden has to do with his speech coming 7 to do with his speech coming f to do with his speech coming up? of ets to speak about joe biden. laura is right, has been a lot of trump — bashing over the course of this convention and maybe that is understandable. the democrats feel this is a particularly acute moments in american politics. they are looking at trump's approval ratings. he is under 50% consistently during his presidency and joe biden is ahead in the polls partly because of covid, partly because of covid, partly because a lot of people have lost theirjobs during the course of this pandemic. and they feel that trump is an easy target for them. they have got to do more than that. in 2016, hillary clinton ran by effectively saying, you can't possibly vote or donald trump, he is unqualified, he is the quy he is unqualified, he is the guy who on an access hollywood tape says he is going to grab women by the private parts, how can you vote for this guy? and americans did vote for

i'm joined now by a modern triumvirate of co—equals — katty kay, in washington, democratic strategist in boston, and republican strategist and former advisor to president george w bush, ron christie, who's also in washington. looking ahead to president trump was macspeech, but does a sitting president have to do in a very nomination speech? —— very nomination. which branch of government am i meant to be? i was hoping the judiciary. president trump is going to come out fighting in his speech. he was that he has spent the last four years reversing the disastrous policies of the barack obama joe biden years. if you want an end to the crime and violence you are seeing around the country, you will have to re—elect president trump and he will also say physically a choice for america, between two different visions, philosophies, agendas and lay it out in those terms. it is a sort of a continuation we have been hearing this week and, if joe biden is elected, the country will be in a disastrous state and if you want to carry on with economic recovery, then you elect donald trump. almost as int

convention in delaware — that's from 9 o'clock on the bbc news channel with christian fraser and katty kaynd's exam results fiasco. and still to come — the young talent failing to break through — could it leave a once—favoured game snookered? coming up in sport on bbc news: ronnie 0'sullivan reflects after a sixth world snooker championship victory — and says he wants more success at the crucible. the foreign secretary dominic raab says the british government does not accept the result of what he described as a fraudulent presidential election in belarus. it comes as more protests have been taking place demanding that president alexander lukashenko — who has been in powerfor a quarter of a century — steps down. sarah rainsford reports. chanting alexander lukashenko is used to being greeted by crowds, but never one like this. they are factory workers, once loyal, now demanding he should go. so, mr lukashenko flew in today, and inside the factory was no better. booing as he tried to speak, the workers shouted "leave". notjust not just the tribune notjust the tribune but not just the tribune

before we hearfrom joe biden, let's hearfrom katty kay who is in washington. wait now forjoe biden. what does this all mean for him? before him and we have got senator tammy duckworth who is one of the vp candidates, could have been one of the candidates. she'll be speaking and then we'll havejoe biden‘s kids and grandkids also introducing him as well. the whole thing is this all about biden and boosting biden‘s biography. this is why we will have the grandkids onstage of him. he is the family man, the patriarch of his family. it's all designed really to show two things. but he is a decent man who has experience. i think thatis who has experience. i think that is what, if democrats are to say that this has been a success , to say that this has been a success, they will feel that they have put those two m essa 9 es they have put those two messages gci’oss, they have put those two messages across, that this is somebody who keeps his word, who has faith who you can trust, who is reliable, but also who has experience governing. he worked with barack obama in the w

and katty kay is with us. >> sdrdescribe what you saw las night. ago. of course, your ran for president. president trump was unkind to you to put it miles mildly in pl terms. what did you think, as a republican, and you are one, about what you saw last night? >> well, i think the mash up that you just played was illustrative of a republican party that's become captured by donald trump and is painting joe biden and the democrats as scary socialists. i would say this, however, as someone who will vote for biden and hopes very much that he wins. i think democrats are going to make a very serious mistake if they dismiss and diminish the intelligence or the character of trump voters. it was one of the mistakes they made in 2016. hillary clinton calling trump voters deplorable. it's a mistake i hope democrats will not make again by saying every trump voter is stupid or racist. here's the thing, and i'm sure the historian at the table can back me up here. distrust of the federal government is a longstanding american tradition. distrust of the media is a l

that's from nine o'clock on the bbc news channel with christian fraser and katty kay.ther service. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. hello. we continue with the threat of some intense thunderstorms for england and wales well into the next 2a hours. the met office has a warning out for the potentialfor quite a lot of rain in a short space of time, shower clouds here piling across the rhondda a little earlier on in the day. showers will migrate their way northwards late into the afternoon, on into the evening. more persistent rain will pull away from northern ireland into the small hours of tuesday and then push towards wales and the north west of england. by then the thunderstorms will have cleared. pretty muggy night, lows of 1a or 15 celsius. into tuesday, this more organised area of cloud and rain will drift further north, bringing wet weather through the morning to northern england, thickening the cloud across southern scotland and bringing some rain in here through the afternoon. generally a cloudier day on tuesday for scotland. northern ir

hello, i'm katty kay in washington. christian fraser is in london.t is still far from clear what happened last night in the town of kenosha in wisconsin. what we do know is that a teenager is underarrest in the neighbouring state of illinois in connection with the deaths of two people. video from the night shows a young white manjogging through a crowd of protestors. he's armed with a long gun. he stumbles and shoots into the crowd. this was the third night of protests in kenosha after yet another police shooting of a black man. there was violence, fires, looting on the first two nights. but last night they took a different turn — with what looks like armed gunmen stirring up unrest. the state's lieutenant governor says the shootings aren't surprising and white militias have been ignored for too long. our correspondent aleem maqbool is in kenosha and has this report on tuesday night's violence . warning, his report contains pictures you find disturbing.

hello, i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london.p is in iowa and the democrats are celebrating the woman they sort of wish was running for president. michelle obama dominated the opening night of the party's virtual convention with a speech that made no attempt to hide her disdainfoertrump. the visceral force of obama's address overshadowed everything else from the first night of the convention. but in the speech there was also a warning for fellow democrats. this was a call to action. mrs obama reminded them of 2016, when trump won by the slimmest of margins, in a few counties, in a few key states. the price of failure this time, she said, is just too great to imagine. let me be as honest and clear as i possibly can. donald trump is the wrong president for our country. he has had more than enough time to prove that he can do the job, but he is clearly in over his head. he cannot meet this moment. he simply cannot be who we need him to be for us. it is what it is. so if you take one thing from my words tonight, it is this, if you th