27/08/2016 Reporters - Short Edition

From here in the BBC newsroom, we send out correspondents to bring

you the best stories from across the globe.

In this week's programme, the future of fuel in America.

Ahead of the US election, David Shukman assesses

whether cleaner energy, like solar power, could be a viable

A factory like this one is now producing solar panels that

It means that solar power can be roughly comparable in cost

Chris Buckler meets the teenagers who have risked their lives to get

to Europe, now living alone on the streets of Italy.

As the Proms celebrates Quincy Jones' 60-year career,

First, to the United States, where the result of November's

presidential election is likely to have a far-reaching

effect on the future of America's energy policy.

Donald Trump says global warming is not worth worrying

about and he has pledged to revive the coal industry.

But Hillary Clinton is warning that climate change is one of the most

She wants the US to invest more in renewable power.

David Shukman reports from Ohio on the political battle

On the Ohio River, a vast fleet of barges laden with coal,

part of a massive industry that has powered the American economy

But as I visit this sprawling complex, coal is now caught up

Put simply, Donald Trump supports it, Hillary Clinton does not.

The coal mines here are like underground cities,

But because of tough pollution controls and cheaper shale gas,

dozens of mining companies have filed for bankruptcy.

Donald Trump offers them the prospect of revival.

By the end of the year, this mine will close.

The miners blame environmentalists and President Obama's

One leading mine owner, a Trump supporter, tells me real

If two coalminers are laid off, if they own anything

When they get laid off, they have no-one to sell that home too.

Those people who want to work in honour and dignity

It is not the America I cherish, which is why I speak out like I do.

That is why I say Obama is the greatest scourge that America

In another corner of Ohio, a clean way of generating power.

At this local company, First Solar, robots and people

churn out a solar panel every single second.

A new industry is rising as an older one declines.

While the debate rages over whether climate change is a threat

or not, there has been an incredibly rapid industrial transformation

so that a factory like this one is now producing solar panels that

It means that solar power can be roughly comparable in cost

Whoever wins the American presidential election,

low carbon power may make sense anyway.

Panel by panel, America is becoming greener without many

I just think we have some politicians that are

fighting the last war, they are fighting over something,

they still believe solar power is somewhere out

We've probably passed the tipping point, the turning point,

All this matters because America is the world's largest economy.

Its decisions on energy could boost or undermine international action

on global warming under the Paris Climate Agreement.

Donald Trump says he will pull America out of it.

Hillary Clinton supports it, so a great deal hangs

It is still one of the biggest crises facing

Latest figures suggest more than 100,000 migrants came to Italy

And more and more of them are children.

The charity Save The Children says as many as 15,000 unaccompanied

Chris Buckler met some of them as they arrived on a rescue ship

Arriving from Africa, both young and old see

A different world from the poverty and in some cases turmoil that many

But each new face that appears in places like Catania adds

That is particularly true for the children who arrive

It is obvious in the city around this port that many live

on the fringes of the system that is supposed to protect them,

Among the teenagers we found here was Fattah.

He travelled by himself from the troubled country of Somalia

We are not showing his face because he is only 14.

Are there not dangers for you because your mum is not

Workers from the charity Save The Children were with us

Keeping a separation between the worlds of children

and adults is proving to be a challenge.

There are children who simply leave the reception centres

and there is little the staff there can do to stop them.

Europe is starting to struggle to provide the education,

shelter and stability needed by the unaccompanied children

For refugees and migrants of all ages, home is both something

that has been left behind as well as something

He is one of the most influential figures in the history of modern

music, who has worked with some of the biggest artists

Quincy Jones' career spans six decades and

Now, at the age of 83, some of his most famous work

is being celebrated at the Proms here in London and he has been

speaking to the BBC's Stephen Smith about his remarkable

# Land of hope and glory, mother of the free...

He has worked with everyone. What makes a great musician, Quincy?

Understanding that you need to be humble with your creativity and

gracious with your success, because today everybody wants to put money

and fame but without work. And you must work. Even filler, I didn't

think about money. I think that something that moves and gives you

goose bumps. And it worked. If you go after money and fame, no. And

what was it like going back and working with Sinatra? I will never

take this off. He left me that. He lifted to me when he us. Back in the

day at the time I started, a singer was not even considered unless he

could sing like a jazz saxophone player. Anne Frank had that. -- and

Frank had that. Here is a Quincy Jones original. Like many have

achieved so much it is often the first African-American to do this,

the first African-American to do that, what do you think it is like

right now for African Americans? The confrontation is bigger than it ever

was and something has to be done. Something has to be done. You can't

just ignored it. In the north it always pretended that is in

segregation but it is not true. Now we must do something about it. They

are killing young black kids every day. They did it in the 30s more

than ever but it is still happening. And I will fight that until I die.

Quincy Jones might be 83 years old but he has no intention of slowing

down. He has new album is planned and is currently writing his first

opera. What an amazing man. That's all from reporters for this week.

From me, goodbye. Some of us had a nice day but for

others quite the opposite. We saw some dramatic thunderstorms, every

picture tells a story of some of the storms meant business. We saw flash

flooding and