City of louisville. In the uk, the government says it will take weeks to resolve a backlog in coronavirus testing. Some nhs staff are having to stay off work because they need a test and cant get one. Weve got this story, about wildlife in australia. I saw isawa i saw a big blow in the horizon, i thought thats a big dolphin well, it wasnt a dolphin. It was a humpback whale, part of a group found miles inland up a river which is infested with crocodiles. In the past few minutes, the United Arab Emirates and bahrain have signed a deal to normalise relations with israel at a ceremony at the white house. All three along with the us are calling this historic, though other countries have different words for it. President trump invited a thousand people to the event. He spoke earlier. For generations, the people of the middle east have been held back by old conflicts, hostilities, lies, treacheries, so many things held them back. Actually, lies that the jews and arabs were enemies and that al aqsa mosque was under attack constantly. They would say it was under attack. These lies passed down from generation to generation fuelled a vicious cycle of terror and violence that spread across the region and all over the world. These agreements proof that the nations of the region are breaking free from the failed approaches of the past. Todays signing sets history on a new course. Israels Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu also spoke. All of israels friends in the middle east, those who are with us today and those who willjoin us tomorrow, i say peace unto thee. Shalom. The deal ends a decades long economic boycott of israel, and the ft reports new trade and investment deals in technology, agriculture and transportation will be worth billions of dollars for each side. It highlights a quote from an israeli minister saying this is a chance to build a new middle east. As well as those trade deals, direct flights between israel and uae will commence for the first time, and diplomatic offices are expected to open by the end of the year. The uae is also looking to build itself further as a military power. We think itll now have access to advanced us fighterjets and other weaponry as part of this deal. The uae has justified the deal by arguing that israel has agreed to stop annexing large parts of the west bank. Palestinian leaders have called it a betrayal. This was gaza earlier. Fatah and hamas have both condemned the deal, and argue it breaks years of arab solidarity against Israeli Occupation and undermines their efforts to achieve a palestinian state. The bbcs security correspondent Frank Gardner put those concerns to the uae s minister of state, dr anwar gargash. This was his response. We are you stored this rhetoric. This rhetoric was applied to the president many years ago, and we know that today. He is very much celebrated in the arab world as a successful politician. Having said that, we dont speak on behalf of the palestinians. They will have to make their deal with the israelis. Our role as many arab countries is to support them. That narrative is also to be found in state media in the uae. Gulf news is calling it a new era for the middle east which could end the current impasse that prevails in the region. Lets get more analysis from the region, this time from the bbcs Sameer Hashmi in dubai. I think one thing is very clear. Unlike israel, where we see that the press and the politicians are more upbeat about this deal, you dont see that here in the u. They have been trying to sell this is a deal to make sure israel doesnt go ahead with its plans to annex parts of the we st with its plans to annex parts of the west plan. They also see this as a practical move which is needed, given that how the geopolitics of the region have changed. We also dont expect things to change overnight, because they see this will take some time. Israels isolation in the middle east is why this deal is being hailed. Four arab countries recognise israel as a state. First was egypt in 1974, then jordan in 1994. Then the uae last month, with bahrain following suit. The economist in this article argues that the uae has beaten a path that others can now follow. Oman might be next. Were told it had a delegation at the signing ceremony. Further afield, sudan and morrocco are possibilities. To deliver that message. But this broadcast two weeks ago was interesting. This is a leading cleric calling for muslims to avoid passionate emotions and fiery enthusiasm towardsjews that was seen as a shift in tone. A positive shift. All of this highlights the fractured nature of politics in the arab world. Heres more on that from the editor in chief of the national in abu dhabi. It is crank awe frankly inaccurate to say this is the move that changes. I do think its quite clear in saying that this is a nation that we are taking a further decision on and we are not breaking from the re st of and we are not breaking from the rest of the arabs. You had other arab countries. Having an Israeli Trade Office there from the 90s, so there have been different moves by different arab countries. The timing of this is being criticised in israel. On friday, it heads into a second nationwide lockdown, and Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu continues to face pressure over corruption charges. This article in haaretz earlier this month called the deal a publicity stunt, and a distraction from domestic issues. Heres more on this from the bbcs yolande knell in jerusalem. He is there very much wanting to look like a great hero at the moment. People are very much focused on the fact that a National Lockdown is coming, the second one for israel injusta is coming, the second one for israel in just a couple days time. People are preparing for that. It will actually coincide with thejewish holiday, so thats proving to be something thats very sensitive. The other thing that commented on is that really very little has been revealed about the content of these agreements. Even mr netanyahu himself signalled that they were in some ways, works still in progress. The agreement was only reached at the end of last week. Theres another point too. And donald trump believes its a diplomatic win. Heres an example. This official ad campaign on facebook claimed hed achieve peace in the middle east, and that hed been nomianted for a nobel peace prize. Theres isnt peace in the middle east, and its quite easy for people to be nominated for a nobel peace prize. What is certainly true is donald trump is popular in the region. Heres the New York Times also points out that gulf countries want trump to stay in power. Thats relevant to how the president can present himself at home. Lets look at this through the prism of us politics. Heres Gary Odonoghue in washington. In terms of the american voters, i think therell be a lot of positive feeling amongst the mega gela goals who are big supporters of the president here a among the evangelicals. They will like that israel is being supported strongly. They will also like the fact that the president seems to be getting some results. For him, this is a very good day. Frank gardner, security correspondent is in london. One country i have not mentioned is iran. Presumably its usually releva nt to. Iran. Presumably its usually relevant to. Yes, it doesnt like the deal and notice nor does turkey. Its been referred to as aggressive and and it is trail of the pallet to aliens betrayal to the pallet to aliens betrayal to the palestinians. One of the reasons behind this deal is a mutual mistrust of ireland by both israel and the uae of iran. Its got a huge factory of missiles, swarm technology, drones, boats and so on, and of course it has the Nuclear Programme which it insists is civil. So thats one of the reasons, and of course, if this deal works, the uae and israel will become very successful many superpowers in the region, especially when it comes to technology and health. We heard in the interview you did with the senior ministerfrom the uae it feels israel is given a lot of return for this deal. Whats your reading of that claim . The israeli Prime Minister has only agreed to delay or suspend the annexation of the west bank. You dont know whether he really didnt to it was a political ploy to gain Political Support at home. The threat though of annexing the west bank, which is very unpopular in the white house, as well as in the arab world, that was taken quite seriously. This deal at least has pushed back further down the road, but he has not said, mr netanyahu just said he delayed it. On the surface, you can see why a lot of palestinians are angry about this because they view this as betrayal. Many say this is taken away a huge bit of leverage on this government. Its rewarding israel with recognition by important arab states without in return giving independent states liberating their land and giving. The uae say differently. They say we will have more leverage on them, and they may wa nt to more leverage on them, and they may want to give up this deal. Ergo, they say they can put pressure on them to deal with the palestinians, which they want to believe. The us is calling for urgent action to reverse an accelerating decline in nature. The united nations. It has something called the convention on biological diversity and its looking at measures that countries can sign up to stop species becoming extinct. Victoria gill has this report on the warnings. Time is running out to repair the damage were doing to the Natural World thats the message from the Uns Convention on biological diversity. Its latest report calls for urgent action to slow and eventually stop what it describes as natures accelerating decline. Covid i9 has taught us clearly the relationship between human action and nature, so we need to change our production patterns, our consumption patterns. Human encroachment into the wild life, into the forest. The picture this report paints is of an unsustainable relationship between humans and nature. One study calculated that nearly £400 billion spent globally every year to subsidize that damage nature, like foster feel use year to subsidize that damage nature, like fosterfeel use fossil fuel use. Nature, like fosterfeel use fossilfuel use. Some of nature, like fosterfeel use fossil fuel use. Some of those billions need to be redirected now into turning the tide in biodiversity loss. We have to invest in conserving the nature that we still have, and also, restoring those that weve lost. This will be essential to contributing to climate agenda, as well as preventing extinction. This means every country will need to make commitments to protect habitat and eat more sustainable diets. But well have to reduce pollution so that we and wildlife can have clean air and clean water. And well have to make more space for greenery and nature, even in our most urban environments. There is a nature crisis, so we really need to think about how we can improve these areas and bring back nature to the city. We really need to connect people back to their nature as well, people really value its function. In the years ahead, countries set out to repair the damage posed by the coronavirus pandemic. But without making space for nature as we rebuild, the un says we risk leaving it damaged planet for future generations. Victoria gill, bbc news. Latest on the west coast wildfires in the us. On monday, donald trump visited california to offer support, and he offered some Climate Change denial as well. Itll start getting cooler. You just watch. I wish science agreed with you. Well, i dont think science knows, actually. Of course, what science knows that is the worlds climate, and californias climate is getting hotter. And the president s promise of things cooling brings back memories of his repeated promise that the coronavirus would disappear. Well, one of those at that meeting was californias governor gavin newsom. He accepted, as the president suggests, theres more to do on forest mangement. But he also raised the issue of Climate Change. Heres what the governor said afterwards. Im not trying to score political points, but to make the argument, we believe in Climate Change out here. We dont believe itjust because science says says it, we observe it. We experience it. And that was an opportunity to remind him of appointees very familiar with, but to do so in an honest and forthright way that we did. Its not about to believing in facts were not believing in facts, facts are facts, science and science. Its about acknowledging the science and acknowledging the facts that the hots are getting a lot hotter, the drys are getting a lot drier. Now we know hotter, drier conditions lead to more fires and bigger fires. Let me show you this report from the Us Environmental Protection Agency in 2016. It says. And we know california is becoming warmer. It continues. The president though has consistently questioned the scientific proof of man made Climate Change. We werent short of options but heres on one example from 2012. And since becoming president , mr trumps frequently passed up the chance to say he believes Climate Change is being caused by humans. Thats been noted. All of which has led the Scientific American magazine to endorse Donald Trumps rivaljoe biden. It says. We ve never backed a president ial candidate in our 175 year history until now. It says it feels compelled to do so because donald trump has badly damaged the us and its people because he rejects evidence and science. And the article references the president s handling of covid 19 and his actions on Climate Change. Or you could listen to the director at the sabin center for Climate Change law at columbia university. Heres what he says about the president s comments in california. Its appalling but not surprising. President trump has repeatedly denied the science of Climate Change, viruses and many other things. But the us federal government cant move forward with a leader with that kind of attitude. So needless to say the federal response to the wildfires is complicated by the fact the president doesnt accept one of the major factors thats making them so severe. Well, let me update you on the fires. Since august, dozens of them have burned through 1. 8 million hectares of land in california, oregon and Washington State. Thousands of homes have been destroyed and at least 35 people have died. These are the latest pictures of the bobcat fire. Its burning out of control in the Angeles National forest outside la. And of course with fires this size, theres a huge amount of ash and smoke, and thats prompting concerns about air quality across north america. This image from nasa shows the amount of smoke generated by the fires and how far that smoke has spread. The fires are marked in red. And this image shows the spread of aerosols that travel with the smoke. Aerosols are small particles and chemicals that are easily inhaled and absorbed into the lungs. And the effects of wildfire smoke has been linked to Serious Health problems. This map shows the unhealthy, very unhealthy and hazardous hot spots across the west coast. And this is from the air quality website iq air. The areas marked in purple are very unhealthy air quality. It says portland in oregon has the worst air quality in the world. Vancouver in canada comes in at number two. Its also being affected by the fires south of the border. And seattle in Washington State ranks third. Heres Michael Gerrard again from the sabin centre for Climate Change law on the issue of air quality. Its like chain smoking cigarettes stop its extremely unhealthy and the health effects, of course, much worse for people who have covid, which is a lung problem and in addition to the virus, the disease. They also have to breathe in the smoke that has terrible consequences. But even without that, its very unhealthy. The science of wildfire smoke is still at an early stage, but the most recent scientific studies show that it tends to have lots of different chemicals in them, wood is burning, not only trees, but you have buildings and other things that have chemicals in them that get into the lungs. So if it lasts long enough or is powerful enough, it can have long term negative respiratory impacts. Important development in the Police Killing there is much more on the bbc news website. Important development in the Police Killing of an African American woman breonna taylor. Its believed herfamily has reached a settlement with the city of louisville in kentucky. This is breonna taylor. She was a 26 year old emergency medical technician, and in march she was shot eight times after police entered her home in the middle of the night under whats called a no knock warrant. Her boyfriend is a licenced gun owner, and he exchanged fire with the officers thinking they were burglars. In fact, they were on a drug raid and were looking for suspect who didnt live at the house. No drugs were found at the property. Subsequently, one of the officers was fired and two others were placed on leave. None were charged with any crimes. Lets go to louisville, where the mayor is giving a press conference. The fbi is also. Breanna taylors killing gained global attention following the death of george floyd in Police Custody in may. Her picture was used on the front of magazines, and murals of her sprung up all over the country. We understand that a series of Police Reforms will also be part of the settlement. Larry madowo interviewed Breanna Taylors family last week. Hes with me from washington. Larry, thanks for joining larry, thanks forjoining us. Whats your understanding of the agreemen