The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from this is this is bbc world news america. By police in america. Obly poisoned, that is t early diagnosis for russian Opposition Leader alex in tommy. And President Trump has formally renominated at his partys coention to take on joe biden at hisry in his cos election. What do voters here in the battleground state of consulting from presidhear trump . Welcome to world news america in the u. S. And around the globe. It is a heartbreaking series of events that hasar becomeoo common a Police Shooting of a seemingly unarmed man. Now the coin of the national guard. The location is wisconsin. The mans name is jacob lake. In video footage he is shown getting shot seven times by a white officer. Jacob blake. Getting shot seven times by a white officer. What is the latest on the incident, and how much more do we note . As you rightly said, jaco blake is in a serious condition, fighting for his life. He was shot seven times in the back by a Police Officer in front of his cldren. Now, there are still a lot of details tbe uncovered about the events that led up to that moment, but a lot of people have already made up their mind, including protesters already gathering again here in the center of kenosha tand that is basis of the evidence they had seen in the video. No mistaking the evidence. It isncluded in this report and it is one that some viewers may find distressing. It has become athis time it is e in the early to deal with a domestic disturbance. 29yearold jacob blake is seen Walking Around his car followed by officerson with their we drawn. As he opens the door, and officer pulls on his shirt, and several shotare fired. Onlookers start screaming and the car hom car horn blasts as mr. Blix slumps over the steering wel. A prominent civil rights lawyer says his three sons were in the vehicle at the time. Policing immedial ly offer medisistance, but jacob blake remains in serious condition. Some witnesses told local news channe he haseen trying to stop a fight between two women. Deils of what led up to the ashootire still emerging. The reaction came quickly, though, with hundreds taking to the streets, trucks that had been moved into place to block protesters were set on fire. We are tired we are tired of it and this is the whing generationis happening to. The frustration is boiling to the top, and we are sick and tired. Eventually an emergency curfew was imposed. State leaders quick to link this incident to others like the killing of george floyd in good aape george floyd. You would thier the past few months, people stepping up to demandch justicef of police, even Police Unions would rush to implement some sort of reform. That has not happened for us you would not have seen the actions we all had to see last night. The officers involved them put on administrative leave and an investigation opened. It has been less than three months since george floyd was killed, and the concern is that despite trage over that death, little of consequence has reallyhanged. So, are they right, has nothing really changed since george fyd was kled . There was a flurry of announcements from different administrative bodies about things that would be intkaduced a p of measures was announced here in wisconsin that would lead according to those who introduced it, to more accountability from police. It has never pushed through. It has been waiting t be addressed by politicians and now there is an emergencyng to push through that legislation and we have seen that across the country, lots of pla that harold and an a new dawn in terms of Community Relations actually, stopped at those announcements. It did not leangto anything le. As the Lieutenant Governor here said, asked, there is white supremacist in the system that is very difficult to eradicate, and at least bodies like theres need to be doing what they can to stop incidents like these from happening in the future. We do not know all the detas yet, but a the at the very ccleast,ding to the Lieutenant Governor, this was excessive use of force, whatever the circumstances. So, the sense we have heard from many africanamerica, they were happy that people came together. They were happy thatngeople were tro educate themselves, but what they were worried about is that this would lead actual tangible things that led them to have safer lives in america. What they want is action, no words. To work. Doctors in germain say there are cations that the opposition politician alex novotny was poisoned. He was he remains in a serious condition after being transferred to germany over the weekend. Jenny hill is in berlin. What do we knowhat his condition . Well, doctors have said he is in a serious condition, though it is not lifethreatening. Doctors today confirm what his supporters have suspected all they there is clinical along. Evidence that lead him thems to believe he isoned. They have not been up to identify the actual substance, but only that it belongs to a group of what are called her estimate inhibitors, which may have damaged his it is quite another to determine who is reonsible. It germany in an interesting positi having him on german soil what has Angela Merkels reaction been . Well Angela Merkelst releasea ement tonight. In it, she said that rinsia must stigate this with full transparency, and that those responsible must be held to account. Of course, the widespread suspicion, this is something to doith russian. Is a fierce and ver wellknown critic of vladimir putin. It does put germany in a slightly tense position, but i think it puts the west and another difficult position. It is not the first time germany has seen a case like this. Two years ago, anotherissident was being treated in expiutive same hl for a suspected poisoning. Last summer, a chechnya man was shot dead in broad daylightn i a berlin park. German authorities suspect it was a russianstate ordered asssination. Eathis will in tension between russia and the west. Ct my news merkel has le it to that statement and said she expects the full investigation to go ahead. Jenny hilutside of the hospital where mr. Navalny is being treated at thank you for joining us. Here in america, it is back to school day for millions of children, including my 14yearold. Like most of her peers she spent the morning not in a classroom, contrast that with you came where most children will go back to school in a few weeks time. The Prime Minister has studied cited medical studies that them is low. Nfection for joining me from london, Christian Fraser i have to say im jealous your kids go back to school and mine dont. Ristian my daughter goes back later becaus shes year 8, 13 years old, and they are not a priority, but you are right, the drime minister is pulling out the stops he School Minister said it is a moral imperative to get children back to schools becwose what they d suffer if they were at home is worse than what they would suffer if they got ahe coronaviru they are citing two studies one from the office of National Statistics between a period of march and neju. There were only 10 people that died under the age of 19 versus 46,000 that died over the age of 20, and then they pointed to what happened in june one million preschool children went back, and Primary School children, and during the month of june, only 70 cldren infected. Mostly in those casf it was stafthat had brought the virus into the school. Katty i guess americas transmission rate is higher, but is there any discrepancy been made between older children and youngechildren in the u. K. Because there are some different studies that show older children might berone to getting that more prone to getting the virus . Christian the is a general theory there is more evidence than is to be gathered. There are lots of things we dont feeling younger children tend to be more asymptomatic. We dont know was how they spread the virus. What is interesting is this case in tre is a school that has been back for a week and suddenly there is a mini cluster. 27 people have coronavirus. 21 of them have teachers. That is begging the question, and the media already asking the question if it is Staff Members that are spreading the virus, how long is it going to be that thetestart saying achers need to take the same ecautions Health Workers are taking when they are in the community, and also do they need to be Wearing Masks when they are in the classroom . Katty since you know so much about this, can you tell me how to get my daughter out of bed for her math classes . Christian no, i cant. I struggled with whis. Seriouslt is justin, how different children have reacted my son was like that he could not get out of b. We took him back early. Socially and mentally he was better at scol. My daughter, unlike poppys because shegoody two shoes, she has been doing homework a she dealt with better, but that also might be because she isn year seven and is not known to many people there so she is happy to stay. Katty this has made poppy desperate to go back to school. My theory for Online Learning is actually it means inbed learning. Christian, thank you for joining us. Donald trump has officially become the republica nominee for novembers president ial election, kicking off the Republican National convention. Exited the nomination with an hourlong, unsatipted speech ave some flavor of what this online gathering will be like. Mr. Trumps planning to speak every night of the election that everyone agrees is largely about him. Janine obrians in bethlehem, pennsylvania, and she has this report. Janine trouble in polls have not dampened enthusiasom voters turnearack obama to propel donald trump to victory in 2016. His supporters say they are onga track to do it. Yes. Trump. You know what, we dont have s christ in the Office Nobody is perfect. I am not condoning some of the stuff he has done and said, but you know, i look at results. Ses made, promises kept. You look at his recordst al everything that he promised he actually fought for or actually janine on day one of the Republican Party convention, the president touted hrd economic re President Trump there is never been three months wheoe we put moree to work over 9 llion people, and again, we are just about ready to break the alltime stock market record. I mean, you look at it janine all street may be maathering the pandemic bu street has been crippled by the lockdown. The tension between how to contro the coronavirus and how to reopen the economy is stark here. Biden has already said he will listen tohe amend scientists, which mean he would shut the whole economy down again. Nothing could be worse than that. Trump is not going to do that. Janine pennsylvania is a battleground state and the small towns have a lot of influence. How people here both will decide not only their on fate, but own country. F their katty ennsylvania, which brings in those very critical 20 electoral collegeomotes. At thet, joe biden is about five points in that state. It had been democrat for a long time. Tedonald trump would despe like to hang onto it. The Republican National convention we will have coverage all this week on bbc world news. To stay withs. As we wait for donald trump to speak every night and very many members of the trump family as well will be joining him in this strange, Virtual World we are in. Around the world. Er news from President Trumps Senior AdvisorKellyanne Conway hasisnnounced she esigning from her post in the white house effective at the end of the month. She spearheaded trumps 20 camp 2016 campaignas and stayed on a political advisor. She is still slated to address the Republican National convention on wednesday night. Tropical storm laura forced blavy rain and strong wind into the dominican re and haiti over the weekend, leaving several dead and millions of people without electricity. The storm is expected to become a hurricane as it approaches the mainland u. S. , possibly making landfall this week. The National Hurricane center has warned of a pential lifethreatening storm surge. Firefighters in california arro trying to co nearly 600 wildfires, se of the worst the region has ever seen. Officials on the west coast say dry lightning strikes are due to return, along with high wind. Mr. Trump has declared the wildfires a major disaster and has released federal aid to california. Researchers in hong kong say they have proof that a man living in the territory was fected with covid19 for the second time. This is the world uch first such documented case. The research comes from the Hong Kong University school of medicine. The full Research Paper has yet to be published, so some aspects of the case are not yet clear. That is making is in the medical world. Security forces in belarus have arrested more prominent opposition members. Tensho ofands of people defied the army on sunday to march, demanding theof downfal lukashenko two weeks on from the vote, which is oppon wts say ranked. Rigged. You are watching bbc world news america still to come, the man that killed 51 people into mosques appears in court where he faced the survivors and the relatives of the victims. Emergency rescue teams are trying to reachozens of people trapped under a residenti building. Rescue dogs have all gone to the scene. The town where the accident occurred is about 100 miles, or 160 kilometers south of mumbai. Ivpolice say it astory residential building and they believe there were aboutfl 45 s and the structure. Images of the collapse show corrugateds tin sheat appear to have been on the roof of the structure, lying a midst a pile of bricks and mud. People in the area have said there was a huge crowd gathered near the side of the collapse. There was a cloud of dust in the air. Disaster Response Teams are working to try to rescue peopl t who are belio be trapped under the rubble. They are believed to be using machinery that can lift objects katty a white supremacist who has admitted to murdering 51 worshipers at two mosques last year had planned to attack a third mosque d cause more casualties. Survivors of the attacks and victims have been giving emotional testimony at brenton tarrans sentencing hearing. The verse of the car on from the souls the of the carron from the souls of the dead. Was one of 51 killed in the christchurch attacks. His parents still struggling to i constantly try to. How my beloved felt at the moment of the attack what was in his mind when he realized he is departing this l for those who made it out it is a different type o struggle. The trauma will live for me with me forev the images future where i will be without pain. In the dock, the man responsible for the mass shooting. Brenton tarrant remained silent as the court heard how he had planned his attack for more than a year, a commulety militaryseapons and researching his targets. There were distressing details about t how brentrant methodically fired at his victims, some as they ran away. Oony on the unable to escape. This mother spoke of her grief. He used to givee flowers for my birthday. Stead, i got his body. I decided to forgive you, mr. Have hate. Rrantbecause i dont i dont have revenge. The killer had been misled and misguided we are a peaceful and Loving Community who did not deserve your actions. Today, theeople whose lives have been shattered by the massacre had their voices heard, but they also had to relive those devastating moments of pain. Katty a terrible time for those families since then. We talking about Police Violence here earlier and three months after the death of george floyd, most officers are still legally allowed to use what are called neck restraints. Civil rights activist, rev. Al sharpton, is trying to change that, and is also leading in march on washington this m fridy k the 57th anniversary of dr. Martin luther kings historic march. We sat down wh reverend sharpton in new york. In the fight for civil rights, rev. Al sharpton sees himself as a longdistance runner. There are no quick wins. After the death of george floyd in minneapolis in may, he is on a mission to ban police nationwide fro choking suspect. Reverend sharpton i think you need legislation that says it is a felony need a national legislation. Youeed federal legislation that says when a policeman is accuseof a crime, his record is transparent to see if he has had complaints before, and you need to take away the immunity where they cannot be personally sued. There is a lot of debate and disagreement about whether or not policing in america is systemically racist or whether there are just a few bad apples. Where do you fall on the . Rev. Sharpton f there is no w, it does not matter, because whether they are systemically racist or not, theyo racist things, and the system is not to holdhem accountable. Reverend sharpton has been a lifelong advocate for africanamerican rights, combining preaching, activism, and broadcast media to spread his message. Here he is in 1989. Nowe 65,ys theres still a lot of work to do. Rev. Sharpton progres did not drop out of the sky. The fact that you have a george floyd we thare still disproportionately unemployed, the fact that we are still the ones that die at the higher rate during covid19ea that we have not achieved the quality. Malcolm x. Used toyo say i step me in my back with a sixinch knife, if you put about three inches, that is progress, but you still have three inches in my back. Knife out of my baet the entire one of the criticismss is yu do tery time there is a black person on the scene, it is all about publicity for you. Rev. Sharpton yes, it is that i am all on the scene for publicity. People call me because they want it out there. That is exactly right.