this is bbc world news, the headlines. china has unveiled legislation that gives it sweeping powers to control life in hong kong. people convicted of threatening national security, a crime defined broadly by beijing now face life in prison. the us infectious disease expert, anthony fauci, has warned the country's infection rate could more than double, if strict measures are not maintained. he said crowds were gathering and failing to wear masks orfollow guidelines. at least 18 people have been killed in an explosion and fire at a medical centre in the iranian capital tehran. officials are blaming a gas leak. white house officials have insisted that president donald trump was not "personally" informed about allegations russia offered the taliban bounties to kill us troops.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be with me are the editor of the politico london playbook, jack blanchard and political strategist, jo tanner. welcome back at both of you. tomorrow's front pages, starting with. .. ‘up the ladder with his lover‘ the front page of the metro shows a picture of leicester's mayor apparently breaking the lockdown rules — as his city becomes the first in the uk to be put back in to lockdown. the guardian warn of more local lockdowns to come they say parts of kent, london, wales and scotland are still dealing with significant covid—i9 outbreaks.

the us and europe condemn china for tightening its grip on hong kong' with its new security law. that's the lead story on the front of tomorrow's financial times. it's all about borisjohnson‘s new 5 billion pound economic plan in the i. they say his announcement brings the biggest change to planning laws since the war. however, the daily mirror say that the prime ministers new deal isn't enough to prevent the loss ofjobs after a stark warning from the unions. it's promising news in the times though, who report that the bank of england's chief economist says that britains economy is rebounding sooner and faster than expected and the daily mail say that police will investigate failings at two hospitals where dozens of babies died or suffered brain damage after an investigation by the newspaper. so let's begin... welcome back to you both. we've got

the times in now. let's start with that prediction by the bank of england, a v—shaped recovery after the pandemic. it seems that the coronavirus recession was likely to be less than half as bad as the bank had fared in may. how does that come about? the chief economist in the bank of england has effectively said that looking at dater that's coming m, that looking at dater that's coming in, real—time data onjourneys been taken and in, real—time data onjourneys been ta ken and business in, real—time data onjourneys been taken and business surveys that they've been undertaken, and payments are being processed. they believe they are already saying that it made things were looking better than they were expecting. he has cautioned this comment with the fact that it's still early days. but ultimately, this is very different toa ultimately, this is very different to a lot of the really gloomy predictions and obviously some of the data that were still going to

see from next week. the challenge here is what we aren't going to be able to count the cost of really, the effect on young people who've miss out on training and work experience and starting jobs and how their exams will be affected. also all of those other jobs their exams will be affected. also all of those otherjobs that may never return. there is still a long way to go before we can see a proper picture. it's the first glimmer of hope we've had so far. good news for the government, as well. it takes me back to the crash of 2008 and all those terms about recovery. you remember the v, the w, the l, the alpine horn, what is your reading of that? it's, we should take the good news where we can get it because there hasn't been a lot this year, has there? i think there are a range of views on this. and a hugely respected economist is actually the favourite economist of cummings maybe this is why there are other economists with other views on how

this is going. so we willjust have to see how it pans out in the next few months. it's the first time anybody's been enough to come forward and say this looks better than we had feared. it's not as bad as the worst case scenario. and it may be a quick rebound is still possible. because people have started to write that off over the la st started to write that off over the last few weeks. talking of dominic cummings, top story just last few weeks. talking of dominic cummings, top storyjust about last few weeks. talking of dominic cummings, top story just about that picture of the remarkable survival of martin who doctors thought wouldn't survive. his coronavirus was above that, dominic cummings read how only the paranoid survive cummings tells aids. it's a bit of light reading for government advisers. and you'll never guess what but i've got the book myself. have you read it? well, i've got halfway through it. you now everyone got these lockdown i vowed i would read this book and a couple of others. i'm partway through. now i'm going to have to finish it. is it gripping? it's very interesting

haven't run my own business as well. it's very, very interesting. this is a book high up management which is why andrew graves was a former chief executive of the computer chip maker intel. apparently dominic cummings had a meeting at number ten and effectively said to them there is going to be an away day coming up soon and i want you to read this book was up which will now be out of print very quickly. you will be able to get it anywhere. maybe on a kindle. possibly. this one maybe someone kindle. possibly. this one maybe someone will want to buy it off me. it will be such a runaway success. jack is looking quite envious. it will be such a runaway success. jack is looking quite enviouslj should jack is looking quite envious.” should probably put it on ebay, shania? but the principle behind this is that it's all about, about management techniques, it's about how to make decisions under pressure and complex organizations. these essentially said that it's essentially said that it's

essentially success often breeds complacency. therefore it's only the paranoid that survive. if the people that have got their wits about them that have got their wits about them that are constantly questioning. they're the ones that actually make it through. he's going to aids that they should come with questions to this forthcoming away day that they're going to have. do these aids find these pep talks encouraging? doesn't reassure them? no, not at all. i was talking to on this evening in his eyes couldn't have rolled any further back into their head. he said look, ijust had a 14 hour day i haven't really got the time to sit down and do my homework reading these books. i'm sure it's very interesting for that that's a problem with this. have i have some sympathy that we do need more expertise and more technical management expertise in government. a lot of these people have never worked in effective organisations quite frankly for some at the same time we are in the middle of a global pandemic, the government is working absolutely flat out. they should be and trying to deal with that. this sort of downtime for reading opportunity that i think for

some of the more senior staff are quite limited at the moment. what about his comments that the report the cabinet secretary was going to be replaced with a brexiteer? well, a p pa re ntly be replaced with a brexiteer? well, apparently he told the meeting that it was a totally utterly stupid and dumb idea. and not the focus actually it was on somebody that could get stuff done. and where obviously going to see how this plays out on the prime ministers comments earlier this week suggested that he is not necessarily done with government and there might be something else he will be doing. i think this idea, there's been lots of talk about getting more think this idea, there's been lots of talk abc in. |etting more think this idea, there's been lots of talk abc in. was |g more has ‘ that's