Of failing in the most basic of president ial duties. President trumps former chief strategist, steve bannon, pleads not guilty to charges of fraud, linked to fundraising for a Mexican Border wall. A sign of rebellion youth and adrenaline rushes but now it seems surfing can also improve your Mental Health and wellbeing. Thank you very much forjoining us. It is a battle of light against darkness. That is howjoe biden characterised the president ial election as he accepted the Democratic Party nomination to challenge donald trump for the white house in november. Mr biden accused his opponent of failing in his most basic duty to protect americans from threats such as coronavirus. He accused mr trump of not taking responsibility, refusing to lead and of coseying up to dictators. He said history had delivered one of the most difficult moments the us had everfaced, adding that in our darkest moments we make our greatest progress here and now i give you my word. If you entrust me with the presidency, i will draw on the presidency, i will draw on the best of us, not the worst, i will be an ally of the light not the darkness. It is time for us, for we the people, to come together and, make no mistake, united we can and will ove ico m e mistake, united we can and will overcome this season of dark is in america. We will choose hope over fear, facts over fiction, fairness over privilege. I am a proud democrat and i will be proud democrat and i will be proud to carry the banner of oui proud to carry the banner of our party into the general election so it is with great honour and a community, i accept this nomination for president of the United States of america. While i will be a democratic canada, i will be an american president. I will buy ha rd american president. I will buy hard for those who did not support me, is hard for them as idid for support me, is hard for them as i did for those who did vote for me. That is the job of a president. To represent all of us, not just president. To represent all of us, notjust our base or our party from bob this is not a partisan moment, this must be an american moment. It is a moment that caused the hope and love and light. Hope for our future, like to see a way forward and love one another. America is notjust a collection of flashy interest, of red state and blue states, we are so of red state and blue states, we are so much bigger than that, we are so much better than that. Are you ready . I believe we are. This is a great nation, we are a good and decent people. The lords say, this is the United States of america and if there has never been anything we have been able to accomplish when we have done it together. The irish poet Seamus Heaney once wrote, history says, dont hope on this side of the grave but then, once in a lifetime, the l enfa nt then, once in a lifetime, the lenfant tidal wave justice then, once in a lifetime, the lenfa nt tidal wave justice can rise up and hope and history crime. This is our moment to make hope and history rhyme. Hope and history rhyme. One nation, under god, unite our love for america, united in our love for america, united in our love for america, united in our love for each other for love is more powerful than hate, hope is more powerful than fear and light is more powerful than dark. This is our moment, this is our mission. May history be able to say that the end of this chapter of american darkness began here tonight as love and hope and lightjoin in the battle for the soul of the nation. And this is a battle we will win and we will do it together. I promise you. Joe biden at the Democratic Convention. Well, joining us now is our north america correspondent david willis. You could every word ofjoes performance. I want to start on the point ofjoe biden in his late 70s, . About his ability frankly to cope with the scenario he is heading into. How did he do . He did extremely well. This is probably the most important speech of his career. He has run for president twice before unsuccessfully he has run for president twice before u nsuccessfully a nd he has run for president twice before unsuccessfully and after nearly 50 years of Public Service this was to be his moment and he played to it. A very detailed speech in which he took apart donald trump. A lot of speculation in advance that he would not turn his attack on his republican arrival but he went at donald trump, skewing him on a number of different issues and making the point that the current president has clipped america in darkness for far too long, too much anger, too much fear, too much anger, too much fear, too much anger, too much fear, too much division. We can and we will overcome this season of darkness. Up to now, this Democratic Convention has focused very much on donald trump, to freddie potentially poses on democracy tonight the emphasis, early on at least, was much more on the empathy thatjoe biden is capable of, the way that he can unify this country at a time of a National Pandemic and economic collapse and making the point about his back story, one that will resonate with lots of americans who are suffering now, the democrat think, because he lost his son five years ago, he lost his son five years ago, he lost his first wife and 13 month old daughter 13 years before that. As he said himself, he knows what suffering is about. In that respect it was very personal. In terms of detail, what sort of policy and what sort of president he will be . This is a president who is going to revamp the Health System here. A president who will reverse some of the donald trump moves, for example the tax cuts for the rich and so on. A president who is going to put in place some pretty tough measures as far as coping with the coronavirus pandemic is concerned. He was very critical of Donald Trumps track record in that regard. He said he would on his first day in office impose a nationwide mask wearing mandate. He took issue with the fact that 174,000 plus americans have already died of the virus is said that was unnecessary and that it had been mismanaged. It is always interesting saying wearing a mask is a sign of patriotism was the approach he would take. We had Kamala Harris the that at delivering her speech on thursday. Here we are 24 hours. Whatever day it was, he still has thatjob of convincing a nation that it is a good idea to have a president who serves as a bridge rather than being the rock, if you like. Absolutely and do you know what . Come Inauguration Day it will be 78 years old. He has in his running mate someone more than 20 years his junior and has not directly said so but has been intimated that he would not be seeking to serve a second term so she is very much the candidate in the wings, if you like. Shes a future of the Democratic Party, it is thought, for use from now. A lot of emphasis placed on getting a divide. Four yea rs. Getting a divide. Four years. Clinton made that point about getting out to vote. Many did not come out to vote four yea rs did not come out to vote four years ago and at that point reinforced tonight by a number of speakers and that would be a major preoccupation of the party in the weeks ahead, getting people out to vote on the third of november. Not that many people at the convention as we have come to expect, but plenty of sparkly rhetoric and fireworks to also. Lets round up some of the days other news germany has offered medical help to the russian opposition figure alexei navalny, whos in a coma after allegedly being poisoned. The long time critic of president putin collapsed on board a flight to moscow, which had to make an emergency landing. Scientists say unprecedented levels of ice loss in greenland are putting people around the world at risk of catastrophic flooding. They say more ice melted there last year than in any other year on record. Thousands of british holidaymakers are facing another scramble to return home to avoid quarantine after croatia, austria and trinidad tobago, were removed from the safe travel list. People arriving in the uk from those countries will have to self isolate for 14 days if theyre not back by 4am on saturday. The world bank is warning that the coronavirus pandemic may have pushed up to 100 Million People into extreme poverty. The banks president , david malpass, said the figure could rise if the crisis continues 01 worsens. The Army Officers who seized control in mali have announced that land and air borders will be reopened on friday. The coup leaders have also said theyre in contact with opposition groups about starting the process of appointing a transitional president. One other story which is making news in the us is that President Trumps former adviser steve bannon has been arrested and charged with fraud over a Fundraising Campaign to build a wall on the us mexico border. Both he and three others are alleged to have defrauded hundreds of thousands of donors. Paul hawkins has more. He was one of the president s closest advisers. He has pleaded not guilty on charges of fraud and released on bail on 5 million. Four years ago, he was a key architect of Donald Trumps 2016 president ial election victory. His right wing anti immigration ideology fueling the president s America First campaign, part of which included. Were going to build the wall. Build a wall. Were going to build a wall. With the president short of federal funding for his wall, steve bannon set up a website for private donations which raised 25 million. We do the areas private inland that the army corps of engineers has said too hard. This, all the way from here to that river, is nothing but those types of mountains and desert. If its privately built, you cant have 3,000 miles of it. Thats why trump got 2. 5 billion from the defence department. But today, on this chinese billionaires yacht, he was arrested and charged with defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors in connection to the fundraising website. Hes also alleged to have pocketed 1 million, at least some which hes alleged to have used on personal expenses. He was involved in ourcampaign, he worked for goldman sachs. He worked for a lot of companies but he was involved likewise in ourcampaign, and for a small part of the administration, very early on. I havent been dealing with him at all. I know nothing about the project other than i didnt like what i read about it. I didnt like it. I said this is for government, this is not for private people. Leaving court, steve bannon called the charges a fiasco to stop people who want to build the wall. Hes the president s 6th former senior aide to face criminal charges. Paul hawkins, bbc news. Stay with us on bbc news, still to come of still to come those were the days. I never of those were the days. I never did it, of course. The sign of rebellion, youth and adrenaline rushes that can also improve your Mental Health and wellbeing. Washington, the worlds most political city, is today assessing the Political Health of the worlds most powerful man. Indeed i did have a relationship with ms lewinsky that was not appropriate. In fact, it was wrong. In south africa, 97 people have been killed today in one of the worst days of violence between rival black groups. Over the last ten days, 500 have died. Chanting czechoslovakia must be free czechoslovakia must be free chanting czechoslovakia must be free russia is observing a national day of mourning for the 118 submariners who died on board the kursk. We all with them now, within our hearts. The pope has celebrated mass before a congregation of more than 2. 5 Million People in his home town of krakow. Stay with us, stay with us, chanted this ocean of humanity. Well, well, joked the pope, so you want me to desert rome . This is bbc news, the latest headlines joe biden lays out a vision for his presidency in accepting the democratic nomination to challenge donald trump in novembers election. As he accepted the nomination, joe biden said that donald trump had cloaked america in darkness. Getting more reflections now on the speech. Lets get more on this from jon fasman, who is washington correspondent for the economist. I know you think ofjoe biden asa i know you think ofjoe biden as a bit safe and dull, what did you make of his performance . I thought it was an extraordinary speech, he had waiting to deliver it all his career. He stressed what should bea career. He stressed what should be a baseline qualities for a president , unity, competence, decency and did so in a way that weaved his compelling personal story throughout. I thought it was a very good speech, well delivered. Doesnt cut through . That is the point, obviously he needs to take on a whole variety of different policies, issues, directions, it can be difficult to pull it all together one message . Its going to be quite difficult, that was extraordinary thing about the Democratic Convention this week, the extent to which was focused on building the biggest possible coalition. Now, for an election, thats a good thing because it gives you more votes but if you were to win, once he starts governing, the coalition made up of disaffected republicans, progressives, mainstream democrats, all of whom are different things, it will come under strain. You make a good point there really because the truth would be from the convention, the single most unifying factor is donald trump and the words competence, incompetence, that bounces around and as you say, you have to put a policy platform together. Donald trump is the glue that is holding this big Democratic Coalition together but if Vice President joe biden we re but if Vice President joe biden were to win and democrats were to hold the house and retake the senate, they would be in a position to realise some of their ambitions, meaning they have to decide what they want those ambitions to be, what they want to pass first, where they want to pass first, where they want to spend the political capital, hard choices. As a ticket, we have what many would see as balanced a ticket as you could possibly get with a Vice President ial candidate in Kamala Harris, a woman of colour, joe biden, the older man he may hand onto the next generation. Howd important do you think, given what you thought tonight in particular, how important do you think Kamala Harris really is going to be in terms of who gets into the white house . |j think gets into the white house . think she will be very important, she was chosen because Vice President biden has had trouble attracting Younger Voters has had trouble attracting Younger Voters are has had trouble attracting Younger Voters are needed to shore up his progressive credentials and he needs African American turn out to be as high as possible. In 2016, it dropped significantly from 2008 and 2012, and senator harris will help make his case to his constituents but we will talk about how Corporate America may view this speech. What do you think that may be . My what do you think that may be . My sense is that Corporate America is if not enthusiastic about Vice President joe biden then at least accepting he looks like it will be the next president to make plans accordingly. There was not as many fears as before, where as it wasnt bernie sanders, joe biden is a known figure and listens to people so a lot less apprehension to him and they may have been towards other candidates. Friday is another day, things move on quickly in terms of election campaign. Donald trump will no doubt be wilting sword, what are the fresh points that donald trump will ta ke points that donald trump will take on . Question, one of the main lines of attack that Vice President biden is that he is not up to the job mentally, really took a beating. It was a well delivered speech but i suspect that donald trump will go out room with his ties to china andi go out room with his ties to china and i suspect it will go after him through hunter biden and expect that he will try to betrayjoe biden as a swamp creature, so to speak, a figure of washington policies that have failed. What about his Spending Plans . Is that another area where donald trump will say that he throws money away like confetti, it will not work with yellow im sure he will be. Some of the plans are ambitious and expensive. expect donald trump will raise the spectre of raising taxes and asked joe biden how he will pay for that and i expect he will take some flak quite heavily. This will be fascinating in the weeks ahead. Thank you very much indeed, john. Thousands of homes in california are under threat as the wildfires are approaching and many have had to evacuate. There is little left of this house that she lived in for 30 yea rs. House that she lived in for 30 years. I thought we would be back but i dont think we will be evacuated for long. Guess what . This was the one that got us. She had to grab her mother and leave with their six pets. With sad you want to take them but were not prepared, with the carrier, with the food, no, get your mother and go lightning strikes earlier in the weeks darted the fires and the prolonged heat wave has kept them going. Across the state, 60,000 have been evacuated with the fires burning through 350,000 acres, two have died fighting the fires and still they burn on, with no end in sight. Since as far back as the 1960s, surfing has been associated with youth culture, rebellion and adrenaline rushes. But new research, published today, shows the sport can also be hugely beneficial to our Mental Health and wellbeing. John maguire has been finding out more. Believe it or not, ten years ago, charlotte ba nfield believe it or not, ten years ago, Charlotte Banfield had a phobia of water. Used to be really scared to go to the beach, go near the shower, go in the rain. It was more of a sensory thing, the feel of water used to scare me. Charlotte has cerebral palsy, autism and anxiety and her mum lined her up for a surface therapy session, part of the wave project, it changed her life. I still have bad days i get really anxious and fill i cant leave the house. When im having those days, i literally get my surfboard, wetsuit, get in the carand get my surfboard, wetsuit, get in the car and go because i know that as soon as i get in the ocean i will feel better again. Its like the ocean has again. Its like the ocean has a magic Healing Properties that just work instantly. Her recovery is such that last year she won the english adaptive surfing contest, and she has a masters degree in marine biology. Today, she is at the wave, the artificial surf lake near bristol with its founder. He has long been an advocate with what is known as blue health, the healing powers of water and dc and for this man, his belief became a reality six months ago. I suffered a massive stroke and became part of my rehabilitation, being here and being in water, swimming alone, and starting to realise that the connectivity with my brain and my health was a big part of rehabilitation and a really believe that is a massive part of howl and a really believe that is a massive part of how i have managed to recover my speech coming back, so quickly. Charlotte and nick are prime exa m ples of charlotte and nick are prime examples of the benefits of surfing. Highlighted in a report published today by the wave, it looks at how this book can help physical and mental well being, especially considering the impact of covid 19. This doctor from the National University of violins in galway is a surfer in studies what happens to the brain and body when in the water ireland. Brain and body when in the water ireland. Being in or on water, and certainly being actively engaged in it, helps to both stimulate and soothe the nervous system, hormonal system, respiratory system and even our heart rate, its lows in response to these environments. Sport therapy has a well established track record. Jacob kelly runs recovery through sport, and in hs scheme that helps people with Mental Health schemes through football and now a Pilot Project hopes to repeat that success through surfing. With the people recovering after doing the sports sessions and we think we will get it here, seen drastic changes in their mental and physical health, and also many were in contact with families and have said since coming to the sessions it has made a huge difference in their relationship them with their families. This is amazing and great to hear. From the blues to blue health, the power of waves a re to blue health, the power of waves are helping people to ride out the storm. John maguire, bbc news. Interesting stuff. It was this time yesterday that we had breaking news that alexei navalny, the russian opposition, and critic of Vladimir Putin had been taken ill on a flight to moscow from siberia. His press spokesperson said that they thought he had been poisoned, he is now in a coma. If you go to the website, here we go, we have the latest which is a german air ambulance heading to pick him up to provide him with further medical aid. We are also expecting a News Conference from the hospital at some point soon. We will keep you across all of that seen on bbc news. All that soon. In the last day or so, weve had some very windy weather across western parts of the uk. A storm swept across ireland, but on friday, it is going to be blowing a gale across many parts of the uk, certainly wales, england, southern parts of scotland as well. And all because of this low which has decided to park itself very close to the uk, and it will be with us until around about saturday night. Eventually on sunday, it should finally pull away into scandinavia. But until then, blustery conditions expected throughout friday. On top of that, some heavy showers, thunderstorms are possible, too. The heaviest of the showers will be across more western and Northern Areas of the uk. But lets focus on those winds because they will be hazardous. In fact, Strong Enough to take branches off trees, and even this time of the year, 50 60 mph winds are capable of bringing down weaker trees. So, some really nasty conditions for some of us. The funny thing is its actually going to be a mostly sunny day, particularly across many eastern and southern areas of the uk. Yes, with a few showers, but predominantly bright or sunny, and the temperatures will get up to around 25 degrees in norwich. Obviously a lot fresher around western coasts where well see those howling gusts of wind. Now, friday night into saturday, the low pressure is starting to pull away, but its still very much in charge of our weather. So, saturday, once again its going to be a blustery day across the uk. The gusts of wind wont be quite as strong, but Strong Enough. On top of that, weve got further showers in the forecast and thunderstorms as well. I think the winds will be gusting more like 30 40 mph on saturday, so not quite as strong as the ones on friday. Temperatures despite the wind still managing to get up to around 22 degrees in london and norwich, and not far off 20 for our northern towns and cities as well. Now, sunday, the low pressure has actually by this stage pulled into norway, and the winds are falling lighter across the uk. Still a few showers in the forecast carried on a mostly north westerly breeze. Temperatures in the north dipping down to around 14 degrees, so a bit of a chill in aberdeen. But in the south, still making around 20 degrees celsius. So, once again, a very blustery day on friday. Saturdays going to be quite windy, too. And then from sunday, it is going to finally calm down. This is bbc news with the latest headlines in business for viewers in the uk and around the world build back better its thejoe biden slogan. But what are the policies of the democratic president ial candidate . Well talk to to an insider for the answers. With ships stuck in ports or at sea and freight volumes down due to the corona virus we take a closer look at one of the worlds biggest and most important sectors, shipping. China and india two superpowers whose relationship is complicated to say the least. Our India Business correspondent explains what lies ahead for the two huge economies. What really isjoe bidens build back better . Its the umbrella term his campaign has been using for policies meant to aid the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. But what does it mean . Biden is keen to implement sweeping investments in clean energy, create new jobs and employment opportunities, and push a fast recovery from the covid 19 pandemic to get america out of recession. Lets hear some of what he had to say. Together we can and will rebuild our economy and when we do we will not only build back but build back better with modern roads, bridges highways, broadband, ports and airports isa broadband, ports and airports is a new foundation for Economic Growth with pipes that transport clean water to every community, with 5 million new manufacturing technologyjobs to the future is made in america. Healthcare system that lowers premiums, deductible, drug prices by building on the Affordable Care act he is trying to rip away. Education and training our people for the best jobs and training our people for the bestjobs in the 21st century. There is not a single thing American Workers cannot do and when cost does not prevent young people from going to couege young people from going to college and student debt is not crush them when they get out. With childcare and eldercare system that it possible for pa rents to system that it possible for parents to go to work and for the elderly to stay in their homes with dignity. With an immigration system that powers our economy and reflect our values. Through newly empowered labour unions. They are the ones that build the middle class. With equal pay for women. With rise in wages you can raise a child on, a family on and, yes, were going to do more than praise our central bikers, we are finally going to pay them. Central workers. Joining me now is michael gordon, principal at group gordon and a democratic stragegist and spokesperson for the Clinton Administration. Thank you very much forjoining us. Lots being laid out in a sort of rapid fire succession of policies and policies. It will cost a lot of money to do it. How do you think he will achieve it . Assuming joe biden wins, ithink achieve it . Assuming joe biden wins, i think he will also take and retain the majority of the house and senate so he will have the majority to pass legislation. I think there is great pent up demand not only in our economy in the us, because of the depression we are experiencing because of the virus this year, but a pent up demand for so many policies that are more progressive, be it racial justice, be that are more progressive, be it racialjustice, be it infrastructure, which your clip had a lot to do with the infrastructure joe had a lot to do with the infrastructurejoe biden talked about. Expanding our opportunities not retracting on them. There is so much this country them. There is so much this cou ntry wa nts to them. There is so much this country wants to do and in a joe biden administration, it will happen. He will be the old est will happen. He will be the oldest president ever in our country but he will be extremely consequential when he gets into office. He was born during the second world war, thatis during the second world war, that is how far back he goes. You can talk about bringing the country together, a unification, light out of the darkness at the same time his very pink to take a pop at big copa america. Reunification and big Corporate America. You have to realise, for the past four years we have had a commander in chief who has been a divide in chief and joe biden thatis a divide in chief and joe biden that is really who he is. He truly worked across the aisle in the senate, truly worked with both parties as Vice President. He is very effective and committed to being a president for everyone, even those who do not support him andi those who do not support him and i think that is really important. What we have seen in the us is that trump is very much about supporting his base but that is not even a majority of the country. It is may be about 40 at most. He does not really reach out to those who do not support it. Sorry, i wa nt to do not support it. Sorry, i want to ask you on another point about reaching out in a way but his focus on clean energy and said this could be a great opportunity for us business to actually take a lead ina business to actually take a lead in a greener economy. Does that yet have the backing of most americans . It is another very divisive issue. I do not think it is a divisive issue. I would say most people in our country believe in science, they believe that Climate Change is real, there are some people, mostly on the fringe elements on the other side, who are against. Who do not believe in Climate Change and they are trying to claim it as a hoax but most people believe it and they can feel it in their lives, we can really feel it in our lives with weather patterns and other issues happening. I think there is a real opportunity to do something on Climate Change thatis something on Climate Change that is both economically strong and also good for the environment. Michael, thank you very much indeed. Michael worked for the Clinton Administration so some clear democratic views coming through there. The shipping industry is often seen as a barometer for global trade, and like almost all industries it too has been affected by coronavirus, seeing a sharp fall in volumes. As well as affecting demand, the pandemic is also moving shipping towards digitisation and further automation. It comes as the worlds biggest shipping line, maersk, has warned it faces a massive problem with crew stuck on ships because of closed borders. Joining me now is peter sand, chief shipping analyst at bimco. It sounds like a grim picture, it isa it sounds like a grim picture, it is a grim picture, lets be honest, i suppose the message is this could be an accelerated dawn of a new era for shipping . Well, it looks like peter did not hear the question. In fact, he is frozen on our screen. We will have to see if we can reboot and have another go. In the meantime, china and india, asias two largest countries, are home to one third of the worlds population. But relations between two of the worlds biggest economies have been complicated. As china grows in confidence on the global stage, how will new delhi balance its economic dependence on china with its Strategic Priorities . The bbcs Arunoday Mukharji explains and i must warn you his report contains flashing images. The recent violent clash along the recent violent clash along the inter china border is a tragic reminder that old ties in the two countries have grown warmer in recent years, there are still fundamental disputes. In indias Foreign Policy circles, it has also been seen asa circles, it has also been seen as a turning point in relations between the two. For 45 years we have not seen a single shot fired on the border area between india and china. And with that tragic confrontation, everything seems to have fallen apart. Over the last decade, india has taken a decidedly friendlier tone with china. Delhis response to the border clash, has been limited. They do have a very popular Prime Minister banishing his credentials against the chinese. It plays well at home critically, supports his industry and is an effective way for the indians to hit back in an area of their choosing. Going any further could backfire, given to the 50 billion trade deficit india has with china. It is a tight walk for india. Chinas bolton road project, many of them in countries surrounding india, poses a longer term a challenge. Belt road. Poses a longer term a challenge. Belt road. It was the indians on the back foot but china is a state capitalist economy where the government is erecting investments and getting political benefits as a consequence, that is a challenge for india and it is a growing challenge. Stability in the partly depend on how these two asian giants get along. In the us the nasdaq has hit a fresh record high, led by gains in apple, microsoft and tesla. That is despite an unexpected jump of more than 1 million additional americans claiming for unemployment benefits. This followed the Federal Reserves warning that the Labour Market will slacken even more as coronavirus cases rise in the us. Joining me now is janet miu, investment cirector at brewin dolphin. Janet, how much of a surprise were those jobless numbers . We had been expecting further downward trend recognise that this is a weekly release so there is bound to be some volatility around those numbers. There is a very big numbers. There is a very big numbers if you look at it in any way. It really highlights the fact that the economic recovery is still a challenging one and the authorities are aware of the challenges ahead as the Federal Reserve has highlighted on wednesday. I think itjust suggests that highlighted on wednesday. I think it just suggests that the recent trend has not been able to much lower and suggests there are some scarring visible in the us economy. Scarring is the word and it was again accentuates this huge divide between the sort of mainstream work and the tech workplace and these figures coming out once again breaking records left right and centre stop it is a very odd, almost uncomfortable scenario. It is. The mestach is more than 20 since the start of the year. It offsets the rest of the economy. The nasdaq. It is a technology index. As people stay at home, they spend more time on the computer. Companies like microsoft, the cloud computing, Enterprise Solutions online, there is a reason why these companies are doing well. It is different from the mainstream and not a reflection of how 100 of the real economy constitutes. There is kind of this disconnect but if we look at Economic Data and the us retail against the snp 500, it suggests that the v shaped rebound is justified because retail sale is rebounding. The caveat is that a lot of that is being supported by the extra 600 unemployment benefit. So it isa 600 unemployment benefit. So it is a question of how strong that consumption can be sustained. Thank you very much indeed. We were talking about the shipping industry. The shipping industry is often seen as a barometer for global trade, and like almost all industries it too has been affected by coronavirus, seeing a sharp fall in volumes. Joining me now is peter sand, chief shipping analyst at bimco good to see you again and moving about in the screen again. Obviously another crisis. Ten years after the last crisis. Do you believe this really doesnt signal a change in the area of shipping and the way it has to be carried out . Thank you for having me this morning. Without doubt, this pandemic is causing haywire across the economies of the globe, challenging for the shipping industry and on a global scale in many different ways but one of the Silver Linings to this obviously is the increased focus on digitising, and foran the increased focus on digitising, and for an industry thatis digitising, and for an industry that is not known to be the first to move but we are seeing now at least in container ship a flurry to put digitalisation ina way a flurry to put digitalisation in a way we have not seen before. You need crews to crew a sheep, that is what we assume at least. Are those days numbered . No, i do not see fully autonomous ships sailing the high seas tomorrow. We are seeing fully autonomous ships being tested. Inaudible. Seeing fully autonomous ships being tested. Inaudible. We could easily see much more technologically driven ships and 5 10 years, where there will still be room for inaudible captain on board, union charts, seafarers but to a different extent to what seeing today. Like many other industries it is in crisis. How will it get through this . Right now it is all about preserving cash for a rainy day, as mentioned in that report. Stimulus packages are boosting consumer demand and spending right now and as they are about to ease we will take are about to ease we will take a downturn on shipping demand. If we focus on container shipping, volumes are down. It is improving but spot freight rates are high at the moment. Thank you very much, peter. I am glad we got you back. It is not been perfect, the communications are not at their best but there is a huge sector worth hearing more about. Lets look ahead now. Much more to come in the programme. The challenger to donald trump in the president ial campaign is joe biden and he has given his a cce pta nce joe biden and he has given his acceptance speech. More on that throughout the hours ahead here on bbc news. Hashem abedi, the brother of Manchester Arena bomber, will be sentenced today for the murder of 22 people in the 2017 terror attack. Abedi has refused to attend his two day sentencing hearing and face the families of the victims who gave emotional statements in court about the impact of their loss. Heavy winds and rain have buffeted ireland and western parts of britain after storm ellen moved in from the atlantic on wednesday night. Met eireann reported gusts of up to 66 Miles Per Hour in finner. We can expect a windy day across much of the uk. This is bbc world news, the latest headlines the challenger to donald trump in the forthcoming us president ial election has said his rival has unleashed too much anger, too much fear, too much division. As he accepted the Democratic White House nomination, joe biden said mr trump had cloaked america in darkness. Some mixed economic releases from the Asia Pacific Region today from australia and japan. Lets go to our Asia Business hub where Sharanjit Leyl can tell us whats happening. All week i feel like i have been the harbinger of doom and gloom for the region but today iam glad gloom for the region but today i am glad to have a bit of good news from australia. They have unveiled some preliminary numbers for retail sales for july that at fully rose. Historically this is one of the biggest gains in retail sales across the country since records began in australia so it has been just over 12 and these gains are an extension of these gains are an extension of the rise in shopping that australia has experienced since may. Why are australians spending when the pandemic is still upon us . Part of it reflects the billions of dollars of government stimulus which has been working its way into the australian economy. The government there has spent the equivalent of 30 billion us dollars in stimulants through programmes like jobseeker for people out of work and experts are also saying that people are spending at home in australia because they cannot go overseas to shop with all of the travel restrictions in place. There was a little bit of grim news in the fact that even though there were gains in all australian states and territories, retail sales in victoria fell after it relapsed into a lockdown last month following a surge in coronavirus cases there. We also got semi bleak data from japan where inflation stayed at zero for a second month, as the economy continue to reopen there. This is due to weak Global Oil Prices and a rise in domestic infections in japan that suppresses a 70 there and keeps people cautious. Lets get some of the other news of the day now. Uber and lyft have been granted a reprieve by a Californian Court in a row over drivers employment rights. The ride hailing firms had threatened to suspend operations after an earlier ruling that they must classify drivers as employees, not contractors. The court has ordered both companies to submit their plans for hiring employees by early september. E commerce giant alibaba saw its domestic retail sales grow to near pre pandemic levels. Sales from the Commerce Business alone jumped 34 . But its chief executive daniel zhang is preparing for a tough road ahead. He says theyre closely monitoring the latest shift in Us Government policies towards Chinese Companies after President Trump warned that alibaba may be his next target. Volunteers in mauritius say the government is blocking efforts to help clean up a recent oil spill. Authorities have said the areas have been restricted for health reasons. But theres concern the government is trying to silence criticism of its handling of the environmental crisis. The bbcs africa correspondent catherine byaru hanga has this report. Maurices is still from its worst always oil spill. The japanese owned ship is a wreck after hitting a reef. Over 800 tons of fuel went on to leak from the vessel. Almost immediately, thousands of citizens pulled together to clea n citizens pulled together to clean up the toxic waste. But now much of this effort has stopped. Some volunteers say the government is imposing restrictions on access to the coastline. The government is trying to take back control because of the Solidarity Movement from the people and that has proven we can manage without the help of the government and authorities and the thing is, the situation is getting worse because there are dead crabs and people are affected by the oil spill and the effectiveness of the government is not very high. Authorities have said that movements in the areas affect the need to be controlled because the fuel can affect the health of people. But the government is also accused of targeting freedom of speech after the oil spill. Here, and investigated journalist at a newspaper is blocked from attending a press conference by the Prime Minister. He says that we had misreported what he said, that volunteers can be more harmful than helpful. mean the volunteers who helped to waning the beaches. Well, according to him we misreported that. There is no case to answer. He said it. So how exactly d id answer. He said it. So how exactly did this oil spill happened . There has been a collapse. The Prime Minister and his government have been criticised for being slow to remove the shipwreck and its fuel. In an interview with the bbc last week, they said they followed expert advice. The ocean, lagoons and mangroves around mauritius are home to over one 1500 species of animals. Some worry that politics is taking attention away from the immediate crisis. For gods sake, we are facing an ecological disaster. A man made disaster. My fear is that the debate is shifting too much. We need to bring the debate back to where it should be, on the challenges that we are facing with this ecological disaster. What can be seen now is the impact of the thick sludge spreading across the water and shoreline. But experts warn it will take months or even years to see how toxic chemicals will affect these ecosystems. Not a good look. That is bbc news. Thank you for watching. In the last day or so, weve had some very windy weather across western parts of the uk. A storm swept across ireland, but on friday, it is going to be blowing a gale across many parts of the uk, certainly wales, england, southern parts of scotland as well. And all because of this low which has decided to park itself very close to the uk, and it will be with us until around about saturday night. Eventually on sunday, it should finally pull away into scandinavia. But until then, blustery conditions expected throughout friday. On top of that, some heavy showers, thunderstorms are possible, too. The heaviest of the showers will be across more western and Northern Areas of the uk. But lets focus on those winds because they will be hazardous. In fact, Strong Enough to take branches off trees, and even this time of the year, 50 60 mph winds are capable of bringing down weaker trees. So, some really nasty conditions for some of us. The funny thing is its actually going to be a mostly sunny day, particularly across many eastern and southern areas of the uk. Yes, with a few showers, but predominantly bright or sunny, and the temperatures will get up to around 25 degrees in norwich. Obviously a lot fresher around western coasts where well see those howling gusts of wind. Now, friday night into saturday, the low pressure is starting to pull away, but its still very much in charge of our weather. So, saturday, once again its going to be a blustery day across the uk. The gusts of wind wont be quite as strong, but Strong Enough. On top of that, weve got further showers in the forecast and thunderstorms as well. I think the winds will be gusting more like 30 40 mph on saturday, so not quite as strong as the ones on friday. Temperatures despite the wind still managing to get up to around 22 degrees in london and norwich, and not far off 20 for our northern towns and cities as well. Now, sunday, the low pressure has actually by this stage pulled into norway, and the winds are falling lighter across the uk. Still a few showers in the forecast carried on a mostly north westerly breeze. Temperatures in the north dipping down to around 14 degrees, so a bit of a chill in aberdeen. But in the south, still making around 20 degrees celsius. So, once again, a very blustery day on friday. Saturdays going to be quite windy, too. And then from sunday, it is going to finally calm down. Good morning, welcome to breakfast with Charlie Stayt and naga munchetty. Our headlines today. No more quarantine for people entering the uk from portugal, but those returning from croatia face two weeks isolation. 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