Welcome to bbc news my name is mike embley. Our top stories keeping it in the family Melania Trump is to headline the second night of the Republican National convention. Wisconsin declares a state of emergency as the family of the unarmed black man shot by police say hes been paralysed. My son matters. He is a human being and he matters. The uk government reverses its advice on the use of masks in secondary schools in england. And a new arrangement the bbc says it will play rule britannia at the last night of the proms, but without the words. Hello and welcome. The second night of the Republican National convention is underway the theme tonight is land of opportunity. Among the speakers are two of President Trumps children and his wife melania and secretary of state mike pompeo. Our correspondent, jane obrien joins me now from washington. Very different visions of america, very different versions of reality being presented. Yes, there is certainly a contrast between the Democratic Conv
This is bbc news. Im Nancy Kacungira with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Huge crowds attend friday prayers at hagia sophia in istanbul the first time the site has been used as a mosque in over than eighty years but many outside turkey are critical. Been used as a mosque in over eighty years but many outside turkey are critical. Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson says that his government didnt understand coronavirus at the start of the pandemic and could have handled things differently the single thing that we did not see at the beginning was the extent to which it was being transmitted asymptomatically from person to person. That was not clear to us, or to anybody. A court in hong kong has found a couple not guilty of rioting during last years pro democracy protests. The verdict could set a precedent for hundreds of others charged with similar offences. And also coming up. The two life time friends who kept a 20 year old pledge to share a big lotter
This is bbc news. Im tim willcox. The headlines at 5 00. Fresh warnings that the nhs under increasing pressure could soon be overwhelmed by coronavirus cases. The Health Secretary says people should all play their part in helping stop the spread amidst calls from some that the rules are not tough enough. We can all do something to help, which is to stay at home because every time you try to flex the rules, that could be fatal and we all have a part to play. And we all have a part to play. We ought to have more rather than fewer restrictions than in march so it doesnt make sense and it is completely illogical that we have got a much more lax set of rules. So
before we begin blaming people yet again, and blaming people for not adhering to the rules, lets look at the rules themselves. As tens of thousands of people over the age of 80 are invited to book vaccines, the government pledges that everyone over the age of 18 will be offered one by autumn. Rescue teams in indonesia have located t
This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. The uk Prime Ministers top adviser, Dominic Cummings, is to step down earlier than expected following tensions with number 10. Several states in the us bring in new restrictions to try to curb the surge in covid 19. The us president elect, joe biden, strongly criticises Donald Trumps handling of the crisis. President trump has insisted he wont put the us into lockdown, and comes close to admitting he could leave the white house next year. I will not go. This administration will not be going to a lockdown. Hopefully, whatever happens in the future, who knows which administration it will be . I guess time will tell. Ethiopias government warns that fighting with local forces in the Tigray Region appears to be
spreading into neighbouring areas. A ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars in the uk is expected to be brought foward to 2030, a decade earlier than originally planned. And diwali with a di
This is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Here, the labour party calls for next years a level and gcse exams in england to be pushed back to help pupils cope with the impact of coronavirus. The government says its too early to decide. It is far to early to be saying were going to postpone things or cancel things, as the labour party seem to be saying. I think that is the wrong approach. What we should actually be doing at this moment is focusing on getting our schools back in the saddle, running again, so young people can resume their education. Its a complete abrogation of their responsibilities if government ministers are going to allow things to go to the wire again next summer. That creates huge distress for students, as we saw the other day, and even more chaos for universities. The first commercial flight from israel to
the United Arab Emirates has taken off from tel aviv, marking a major step in the normalising of relations between t