this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. both candidates in poland's presidential election are claiming victory in what's been described as the closest result since the fall of communism in 1989. we'll be live in warsaw for the latest exit polls and analysis. also on the programme: a day after disney world reopened in the united states, florida records the biggest number of new coronavirus cases since the beginning of the pandemic. a senior uk minister says face coverings shouldn't be compulsory in english shops just days after the prime minister signalled a stricter approach. three generations of bollywood's bachchan family have tested positive for coronavirus.

hello and welcome to viewers in the uk and around the world, i'm kasia madera with the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. the exit polls in poland's presidential election show the incumbent andrzej duda has a very slim lead of less than 1%. mr duda, an ally of the ruling nationalist law and justice party, has 50.4% of the vote. he is just marginally ahead of warsaw mayor rafal trzaskowski, who's the favoured candidate of the main opposition party, the centrist civic platform, on 49.6%. so, there's less than 1% in it within the margin of error

of two percentage points for each candidate. the official declaration could, therefore, take a few days. a short while ago, i spoke to our warsaw correspondent adam easton. i have to say in previous elections the exit poll has been quite accurate. however, this margin of victory for president andrzej duda, the socially conservative petra politician, is so tight that it is within the margin of error, which is two percentage points either way. but if this exit poll were to be confirmed in the official count, then either the losing candidates might decide it would be worth challenging their defeat and challenging the result, which would be unprecedented. this is the most close, the tightest race we have seen in a polish presidential election since 1989. also, the highest turnout, because both candidates present

a very distinct vision for the future of poland. as i said, president duda is socially conservative, patriotic, against lgbtq rights and abortion. but also, the man who represents the government's very popular generous welfare benefits schemes, which has helped bring and raise many polish families out of poverty. but he is also associated with some of the government's more controversial policies apart from those social conservative policies i was talking about before. but the government's changes to the judiciary, for example, which had been criticised by the european union and many other international institutions as undermining the independence of thejudiciary and undermining the rule of law in poland. president duda has said in his remarks immediately after the polls closed

was that he said he was happy that he had won a victory, but it was just a victory of the opinion polls. it's not a victory of the official count of course. on the other hand, his challenger, mr trzaskowski, said that he was confident, absolutely convinced that he would win and it was just a matter of counting the votes. president duda has invited mr trzaskowski to the presidential palace to shake hands, and at the moment, it's all... everybody is saying that this is still — one politician described it as a marathon race and we're still farfrom the end. dr ben stanley is an associate professor at the swps university of social sciences and humanities in warsaw. we have some of the latest updated

exit poll results. do you have them to hand? do you want to talk us through them? to hand? do you want to talk us through them ? they to hand? do you want to talk us through them? they are very slightly different to the initial exit polls. the latest results suggest that the gap has slightly widened. andrzej duda is on the latest poll and there will be another late poll which will, we are expecting around two o'clock, but at the moment, it looks as if the gap has widened slightly, although not by as much as the first round, where it was 1.7% difference. this latest exit poll, just distress, this doesn't overseas voters. how will that impact on potentially the final result? there seems to be some uncertainty about whether the exit poll and the late

poll wait for the results to incorporate expectations about overseas voters . incorporate expectations about overseas voters. some incorporate expectations about overseas voters. some have incorporate expectations about overseas voters. some have said that this is indeed the case whereas others have said it isn't. what we can expect is that the results from overseas vote rs can expect is that the results from overseas voters will change the final figures. overseas voters will change the finalfigures. the question overseas voters will change the final figures. the question will be how much, and whether that will be enough for mr trzaskowski to make up the gap that currently exists between the two. it is incredibly close, and it feels like at the moment both andrzej duda and mr trzaskowski are saying that they have potentially won. we will not know until the official results are declared. can end up the pole and supreme court if it is on such a fine line? potentially, yes. this, we need to remember, elections which we re we need to remember, elections which were disputed initially by the opposition on the grounds that the amendments to the electoral law that had been passed were

unconstitutional. i can envisage a situation where regardless of which side loses, there will be complaints to the supreme court about the legality of these elections and their conduct, and that may well end up their conduct, and that may well end up with a situation which the results of the election will have been conducted improperly and potentially annulled. this is where political questions come into play given the parties domination, increasing domination of parts of poland palme institutional structure. so potentially there could be... it could happen. but it is too early to say yet. i think it will depend on the margin of victory as well. i appreciate his is incredibly early to say, and we are just talking about exit polls. but briefly, if you would, is there a possibility that we could potentially have another election?

it would be a possibility if indeed it went to the supreme court and the election was annulled. then that would require new elections to be called, simple overturn the result completely. so it is not entirely impossible that will not happen. these are, this is a situation which political questions will come into play as well rather than just strictly legal considerations as to whether these elections have indeed been held properly or not. fascinating to speak to you, and it continues. doctor ben stanley from warsaw, thank you so much for your time. lots more analysis of calls on our website. but now let's turn to the us. a day after disney world reopened in america, florida has registered a record 15,300 new coronavirus cases in just a single day. that's around a quarter of all us daily infections in a state with just 7% of the country's population. the us is the worst—affected country

in the world with another 66,000 infections reported on saturday. as our north america correspondent peter bowes explains, the situation in the us is getting worse by the day. this is a sudden surge in florida, and you mention, disney world opening yesterday. clearly, the two events cannot be connected. if people were infected yesterday, they would not be showing up in statistics just yet. from exposure to showing symptoms, it can sometimes take a couple of weeks. in terms of the state's response of the pandemic, it was one of the slowest to shut down after the outbreak started and one of the earliest to reopen some of its beaches and bars, which have since been shut down again. what it highlights is the real conflict between reopening

the economy and keeping people safe from the virus. it looks as if the health officials in that state are losing that particular battle at the moment with this enormously worrying surge of 15,000 people reported injust one day. here in the uk, a senior cabinet minister has said he does not think face coverings should become mandatory inside shops in england. michael gove said that he trusted people's common sense and wearing a mask in confined spaces was basic good manners. two days ago, the prime minister said he thought a stricter approach was needed on face coverings. in scotland, they are compulsory in shops. our business correspondent katy austin reports on the latest signals from government, and the desire to revive economic activity. face coverings are now a common sight in public places. some shoppers were wearing them in huddersfield today. i think it's safer, from all the advice that people have given, that it's becoming more airborne.

especially in small shops, i think it should be worn, yeah. customers don't have to wear masks in stores. this shop owner is starting to think they should. i know people who have been affected by the coronavirus, personally myself, my family members and friends. but i would. if it helps to save lives, imean, anything. scotland is currently the only part of the uk where wearing face coverings in shops is mandatory. the uk government is considering the same rule for england. on friday, the prime minister talked of needing to be stricter about face masks in confined spaces. however, senior cabinet minister michael gove told the bbc today in his opinion, a law wasn't needed. if necessary, then...and if tough measures are required, as we've seen in leicester, obviously a very different situation, then tough measures will be taken. but on the whole, my view is that it's always better to trust to people's common sense, to give them a clear sense of what is wise.

i think the individuals and businesses are responding well to that lead. but labour's rachel reeves supports compulsory face coverings in shops and she called for clarity from the government. i think it would inspire greater confidence and might encourage more people to go out and spend money if they see more people wearing face masks in shops. boosting the damaged economy is now a big priority for the government. it's trying to encourage more people to get back to work to start spending again, but it faces a difficult balance. the virus hasn't gone away, and that's why we're hearing about new possible measures which could mitigate the risk of it spreading as activity ramps up and make people more confident. the trade body for independent shops isn't convinced mandatory face masks alone will boost weak consumer confidence. there's no evidence that wearing masks suddenly will increase footfall on shops. i think that's the concern, really. without any evidence,

there's a fear that it could become a barrier to shopping instead of an enhancement. businesses want to avoid any further lockdown in the run—up to christmas, so welcome measures designed to protect public health. but retailers question how tougher rules on face coverings in england would be enforced if the government does decide to introduce them. katy austin, bbc news. pope francis says he is very pained by turkey's decision to turn the celebrated hagia sophia museum back into a mosque. the unesco world heritage site in istanbul has been a place of worship for both christians and muslims over its long history. on friday, a turkish court annulled its museum status and president erdogan decreed muslims will be allowed to pray there again. i want to take you to the united states. we have some live pictures coming in. the us navy says a fire has broken out on one of its warships which is docked in san diego.

you can see the smoke they're coming from that particular ship. —— there. 11 sailors are being treated for injuries. the uss bonhomme richard was at the base for scheduled maintenance. soa so a fire has broken out and we will continue to monitor that life situation for you. —— live. the headlines on bbc news: both candidates in poland's presidential election have claimed victory in what's been described as the closest result since the fall of communism in 1989. a day after walt disney world reopened in orlando, florida posts the biggest surge of coronavirus cases in the us since the beginnig of the pandemic. the former us special counsel, robert mueller, has strongly defended his investigation into ties between russia and the trump presidential campaign team in 2016. his comments come after mr trump's decision on friday to commute the prison sentence of a former adviser, roger stone,

who was found guilty last year of obstruction, witness tampering and lying to congress. pierre bertrand reports. writing in the washington post newspaper, robert mueller said he felt compelled to respond to claims that his investigation was illegitimate, his motives improper, and that roger stone was a victim. in commuting stone's ito—month sentence, donald trump insisted that his long—standing ally had been treated unfairly as part of what he's termed a political witch hunt. roger stone was treated horribly. roger stone was treated very unfairly. roger stone was brought into this witch hunt, this whole political witch hunt, and the mueller scam, it's a scam, because it's been proven false. and he was treated very unfairly. just like general flynn is treated unfairly. but in his opinion piece, mr mueller said that stone was found

to have lied repeatedly to members of congress and tried to interfere with a witness, and vigorously defended his conviction. "stone was prosecuted and convicted because he committed federal crimes," mueller wrote. "he remains a convicted felon, and rightly so." stone was the sixth trump aide found guilty on charges linked to a justice department probe that alleged russia tried to boost the trump 2016 campaign. the 67—year—old had been due to report to a federal prison in georgia on tuesday. he remains a convicted criminal despite president trump's intervention. he just won't serve any time behind bars. pierre bertrand, bbc news. jessica roth is a former federal prosecutor and professor at cardozo law school. she joins me from new york. thank you for your time. what do you make of this rare public intervention from the us special counsel robert mueller? it is

important to place in context, the statement which is so unusual. you will remember during a special counsel investigation he declined to speak to the media and was reluctant to even testify before congress when it was complete and he did not respond publicly when the attorney general william barr mischaracterised report that he turned in. so in that context we appreciate how unusual it is for him to write this op—ed today. and it appears that the president's commutation of roger stone's sentence was the final straw for mueller and i think mueller was reacting not just to mueller and i think mueller was reacting notjust to the commutation itself but also president trump ‘s public statements about a conviction and why the president was taking action in which the president really continued this. it has been an ongoing assault on the legitimacy of the special counsel's investigation and the integrity of the prosecutors in law and force and agencies that

participated. donald trump has described this continuously as a witch hunt. how damaging is that rhetoric? rhetoric is damaging and it is damaging to notjust the individuals involved in this particular investigation but to law & 0rder more generally and i think thatis & 0rder more generally and i think that is why robert mueller felt the need to speak out, even though he has been reluctant to do so. the president's statements most recently adjust the recent iterations of this yea rs adjust the recent iterations of this years long pack on the legitimacy of ourcriminal years long pack on the legitimacy of our criminaljustice institutions and it is very damaging to those institutions to have the president of the united states to characterise those institutions as illegitimate. will mr mueller‘s words make any difference? i don't think they will make any difference in the minds of

those who have already decided whether they think the special counsel ‘s investigation was legitimate or not. i think it was important nevertheless for mueller to speak out, in part to protect and stand up for the integrity of those who worked for him, to stand up and publicly say that it was an investigation based on principle and the law and also for the historical record, perhaps, it was important finally to stand up when mr mueller had not spoken out publicly before despite repeated characterisations of this investigation by the president and the attorney general ina way president and the attorney general in a way that was not consistent with how he understood them. and one final thing is that he does remind us final thing is that he does remind us in the op—ed of something we know has been important to mr mueller throughout which is that it started with concerns about russian interference in the united states presidential election and that is what he was investigating and that

brought him to register on's activity and we are coming up on another presidential election in the united states and mr mueller said he had every reason to think that the russians were planning to interfere again. again, he brings us back to what started this. it was not mr trump personally, it was about russian efforts to interfere in the us election. thank you very much for your time. three generations of a high—profile bollywood family have tested positive for covid—19. bollywood actress aishwarya rai, and her daughter have tested positive for covid—19, a day after her husband — the actor abhishek bachchan — and herfather—in—law, global megastar amitabh bachchan revealed they were in hospital with the virus. it comes as cases continue to rise in india. bbc‘s ishleen kaur has more. 77—year—old local megastar amitabh bachchan has been a prominent figure

in the fight against covid in india. appearing in public service advertisements like this one. on saturday, he told his 43 million followers on twitter that he had tested positive for covid—19. mac three and his son abhisek bachchan are in hospital. hospital authorities say their condition is stable. result is on sunday showed that the daughter—in—law, aishwarya rai and her eight—year—old daughter we re rai and her eight—year—old daughter were infected with coronavirus as well. the parent said to be asymptomatic and a self isolating at home. the news has led to an outpouring of rep —— support for the family on social media and fans across the country have held hindu prayer rituals after the news.

translation: it feels like not only amitabh bachchan has fallen sick but an entire era has become sick. we know he is a fighter and he needs present medical treatment. the doctors are taking care of amitabh bachchan and the entire world is praying for him. translation: we praying for him. translation: we pray that amitabh bachchan gets well soon and returns home. this is our wish. also known as big b is not simply an enormous lease successful actor. he is one of india's most revered figures. his contracting of the coronavirus may help take away some of the stigma that infected indians have endured. while many of us have been feeling cooped up during lockdown, one australian skateboarder has found a unique way of dealing with the pressure. tom drury grabbed his headphones and board and headed for the outback, for a 10—hour non—stop skate. here he is, travelling alone on the 115—kilometre trip from his home at broken hill

to menindee, in new south wales. let's talk to him now. tom druryjoins us now from his home in broken hill, in new south wales. great to see you. tell us about this extraordinary trip. how is it going? yeah, so when everything was happening and we were going into lockdown i started using skateboarding as a way, a coping mechanism to get out and explore and i have always been a traveller and looked at different types of endurance trips and ijust looked at different types of endurance trips and i just saw this asa endurance trips and i just saw this as a personal challenge. so ijust got on my skateboard and went ahead. it is certainly a challenge. tell us how this worked out. was it ten hours non—stop skate boarding? pretty much. i had done previous

trip. iam isolated pretty much. i had done previous trip. i am isolated out here in the desert in australia and our closest rural town is about 300 kilometres away and so we got these small communities around here which is still a distance away and so i had done a trip before of 50 kilometres andi done a trip before of 50 kilometres and i felt good about that one so this one here was 115 kilometres and that was my next challenge. so when i was getting ready for it i was not sure how it would go. i knew it would take me 11 or 12 hours but at the same time i was just making a day of it, kind of how people go hiking. i packed a bag with my lunch and water left at six in the morning and water left at six in the morning and it was just a non—stop journey. a really nice road —— journey even though i got hard at the end. i left when the sun was coming up and it was really pretty and i got to see

the animals and everything, it was great. did you stop to eat? what about the bathroom ? great. did you stop to eat? what about the bathroom? how did you get around that? because i am continuously going, it is like riding a marathon, i did stop to eat but i did not want to lose too much time because i did not know when the sun would set or how long it would ta ke sun would set or how long it would take so i was pretty much going as straightforward as i could. fascinating to speak to you and great to hear how you do this whopping ten trip and thank you for sharing some of the details of it as well. it has been good to talk to you. i know you have many other plans and charity work that you will be doing so best of luck for all of that. tom therejoining us be doing so best of luck for all of that. tom there joining us live after that extraordinary 10—hour non—stop skating trip. we have lots

more on our website and you are watching bbc news. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers. that's coming up after the headlines at 11:30. now it's time for a look at the weather. despite the chilly start of sunday morning, temperatures raised 25 celsius in the south. it was a warmer day for most with an abundance of sunshine and over the next few days we are introducing more cloud and there will be some rain, moving in through sunday evening and overnight on the set of weather fronts, a breeze evening and overnight on the set of weatherfronts, a breeze as evening and overnight on the set of weather fronts, a breeze as well blowing in the north. so those weather fronts will introduce more cloud so won't be as chilly first thing this morning, little mist dennis in the south year we hold onto sunshine, certainly through the morning and the cloud in the afternoon. that weather fronts lips south and we will see some clearance

further north in terms of brighter drier weather but, still, with some heavy showers around particular in the north—west of scotland, lengthy sunny spells further south and east. brightness for northern ireland but you can see that cloud filtering southwards although the rain holding off on the south—east most likely until late afternoon, early evening. there could be a few heavy bursts across the mountains before it slowly please way through monday night and the start of tuesday. behind, breeze. plenty of showers and that weather system in the winds. again, for most of us it is reasonably mild. just a lot of cloud as we see through the day ahead, sitting on the hills. as i say, that weather system is clearing away and weather system is clearing away and we have high pressure starting to build into those weather fronts. as they come in during the course of tuesday, they will gradually weaken. quite a peppering of showers in the north and the cloud and rain just

dragging its hills in the south for the first thing and then the rain comes into northern ireland before the end of play but, for many, a drier stay with just a few showers around, feeling a bit cooler because we have a north—westerly breeze. as i say then, that weather system comes into the ridge of high pressure so it will be a weakening feature by the time we reach wednesday under the influence of high pressure so not a lot of rain left on it. but lots of cloud. and it will still have a lot of cloud with it on thursday before the high pressure starts to take hold later in the week. quite a cloudy day for most on wednesday with drizzly rain around the drying up gradually towards the end of the week and becoming very warm, particularly in the south, as we go into the weekend. one to watch. i buy. hello. this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first, the headlines.

to mask or not to mask? cabinet office minister michael gove says face coverings should not be mandatory in england. 73 people test positive for coronavirus at a farm in herefordshire. all workers at the farm have been asked to self—isolate. as walt disney world reopens in florida, the state posts a rise of more than 15,000 virus cases, its biggest daily increase to date. poland's incumbent president, andrzej duda, holds a slim lead in the country's presidential election according to an exit poll. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcaster

and psychotherapist, lucy beresford, and the chief political commentator at the independent, john rentoul. welcome again to both of them. they have had an extra hour to thumb through the papers. we have at least one addition. let's look at the front pages for you. the guardian leads on an investigation into council finances, saying that they're set to lose millions as income from investments has been badly hit due to coronavirus. the telegraph writes that foreign criminals sentenced to more than a year injail will be banned from the uk under new immigration rules. the metro reports on what it's calling muddled messages from the government over rules on face coverings and masks. the financial times says the government is planning to withhold power to control state aid from the uk's devolved nations when the brexit transition ends. the i reports that peers will challenge ministers to stop