this is bbc news the headlines at five. councils in england now have new powers to close shops, cancel events and shut outdoor public spaces to manage outbreaks of the virus. the veteran american civil rights leader and long—serving congressman, john lewis, has died at the age of eighty. eu leaders struggle to reach an agreement on a 750 billion euro economic recovery package to repair the damage done by the coronavirus pandemic. the uk government guarantees financial support for holiday makers seeking refunds for trips that that were cancelled because of coronavirus. and lewis hamilton sets a new track record as he takes pole position

for the hungarian grand prix. the latest changes to coronavirus restrictions come into effect today in england, scotland and wales — after the prime minister expressed the hope of a return to normality by christmas. councils in england now have new powers to close shops and cancel events to try to manage local outbreaks in future. it comes as a further 13 people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in hospital in england, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths in hospitals in england to 29,173. our political correspondent jessica parker reports. people in the town of rochdale have been asked to wear

facemasks in shops, limit visitor numbers to their homes. it's one of the places in england where there is concern about the number of new cases. it comes as local authorities are getting powers to tackle coronavirus at speed. we have been dealing across the country with over 100 outbreaks a week, and we have been using our existing powers, and quite frankly, cooperation of the public and businesses, and that has worked well. but this will allow us to act swifter, on a more localised basis, and therefore hopefully, prevent us needing to make more drastic measures, as we have seen in leicestershire. the new powers for councils include the ability to close shops and public outdoor spaces, also cancel events. along with the possibility of local stricter measures, a loosening of lockdown more broadly. getting people back to work, onto public transport, allowing audiences back into stadiums in a covid—secure way.

all part of a staggered, conditional plan over the coming months with this possible reward at the end of it. it is my strong and sincere hope that we will be able to review the outstanding restrictions and allow a more significant return to normality from november, at the earliest, possibly in time for christmas. but there are questions over whether the road map is realistic, including an end to social distancing by christmas. it's possible that we can get there, and the prime minister and i and others have spoken about this this week because we want to give people some sort of sense of direction, because a lot of people are running businesses or rely on the christmas period, for example, and need to know that if everything goes well that this is our intention. mitigation measures alongside it all, expanded test and trace, more money

for the nhs, ramping up flu vaccines, the coronavirus journey isn't over, the months ahead may well present new challenges. our political correspondent, jessica parker, explained the scale of the powers for local and central government... yes, cancel getting this accelerated power to close shop or public space but ministers will get even more trusting powers. things like preventing people from entering or leaving an area, imposing local stay at home orders so it is quite drastic powers that would have been unthinkable not short time ago. you can imagine the situation where national government imposes this and the local government does not agree. when you —— add party politics on it

is even more complicated.” when you —— add party politics on it is even more complicated. i am sure downing street would see local and national governments have worked well together but obviously there we re well together but obviously there were tensions with the lockdown in leicester and how that has been handled but it is all part of the picture where we moved to a new phase of coronavirus and dealing with it. you have a road map for listening restrictions, things like people back in sport stadiums in the coming months if that is deemed to be the right way forward. you have measures to try and crack down on local and as well, the government talking about ramping up testing and testing and testing and the vaccine programme but when winter comes, colder months means respiratory viruses are more likely to thrive, not just coronavirus but viruses are more likely to thrive, notjust coronavirus but normal flu as well. the sentence might be the same so that will cause confusion, test u ntra cea ble same so that will cause confusion, test untraceable be very important. but there will be a strain on the

nhs. in terms of the prime minister, he has not been doing interviews on saturday but he has been doing social media. he has released a twitter thread, reiterating the measures he has talked about already over the last 2a hours. this means it can become to three local action. he knows it will be hard for people affected by local measures because they may see people returning to a new normal not far away. strikingly yesterday, borisjohnson suggested that by christmas he could see a significant return to normality. some have said perhaps not everyone agrees with that, professorjohn edwards said the lockdown normality isa edwards said the lockdown normality is a long way off. there is this

tantalising target that boris johnson mentioned, there are much conditional on controlling the virus and people following the rules. jessica parker talking to me earlier. one of the last surviving leaders of the civil rights movement of 19605 america, john lewis, has died following a battle with pancreatic cancer. he was 80 years old and had been a congressman for 17 terms. rajini vaidyanathan has been looking back atjohn lewis' extraordinary life. john lewis was one of the most enduring figures in the civil rights movement. dedicating his life to fighting racism, he marched alongside martin luther king. and let to see a black president. born in alabama in1940, let to see a black president. born in alabama in 1940, john lewis grew up in alabama in 1940, john lewis grew up in an america that was deeply segregated. i would come home to my

mother and my father. my great grandparents, my segregation, my racial discrimination, they would say that is the waiters, do not get in trouble. but this inspired me to get in trouble. the two men met when john lewis was just a teenager. i wa nted john lewis was just a teenager. i wanted to go and attend state college. it was a school which had never admitted black students so i wrote —— wrote a letter to martin luther king junior and said i needed to see him. he wrote be back and sent me a round—trip bus ticket. in march 1958, iam sent me a round—trip bus ticket. in march 1958, i am 18 years old, i was standing behind the desk, so scared and dr king said, are you john lewis, the boy from troy? and so the boy from choi became a civil rights

leader himself. as a student he took pa rt leader himself. as a student he took part in citizens to protest against a white only lunch counters.|j part in citizens to protest against a white only lunch counters. i was beaten, arrested and taken to jail. i felt so afraid when i was arrested. i felt liberated, you arrested. i felt liberated, you arrest me, beat me, thrown injail, what else can you did to me? can you kill me? dr king said it is better to die of physical death than to die a spiritual or psychological death. the —— in august 1963, john lewis was the youngest speaker at the march on washington where doctor king delivered his famous i have a dream address. when the march was over, and dr king had spoken, we we re over, and dr king had spoken, we were all invited to go to the white house to meet the president. we were ready and prepared. so they marched again for voting rights from selma

to montgomery, alabama but the message of nonviolence ended brutally as they were attacked by the police. by the 50th anniversary of that iconic march, john lewis had become a politician and was known as the conscience of the us congress. at the age of 70, he was awarded the presidential medal of freedom, the high civilian order in america. can i give high civilian order in america. can igive up high civilian order in america. can i give up now? can i give in? we must keep the faith and keep our eyes on the prize. we must go out and vote like we never ever voted before. in recent months he was seen at marchers after the killing of george floyd. for a man who lived so many chapters of the civil rights movement, the innovation and justice in america never went away, nor did

the fight against it. forjohn lewis, never give up, never give in. forjohn lewis, never give up, never give in. john lewis who has died at the age of 18. —— john lewis who has died at the age of 18. -- 80. tributes have been pouring in for mr lewis. among them — nancy pelosi, the democratic speaker of the house. she wrote that mr lewis "was a titan of the civil rights movement whose goodness, faith and bravery transformed our nation" and the civil rights group the naacp tweeted that they were "deeply saddened" by the news, adding: "his life—long mission forjustice, equality and freedom left a permanent impression on our nation and world." seven years agojohn lewis delivered an address to mark the 50th anniversary of martin luther king's landmark ‘i have a dream speech' in washington.

mr lewis told the bbc about that experience, and how he was inspired by dr king. when i was growing up, we would go downtown and see those signs that said, coloured waited, white men, coloured men, white women, coloured woman. we would go to the theatre and all of us black children had had to go upstairs to the balcony. and i would come home and asked my mother, my father, my grandparents why. they said that's the way it is. don't get in the way, don't get in trouble. when i first heard martin luther king junior, it inspired me, that moved me, this man spoke to my soul. i think in some strange way he was saying to me, "you can do something, you can make a contribution." i wanted to go and attend troy state college. it was a school that had never admitted black students.

so, i wrote a letter to martin luther king junior and told him i needed his help. he wrote me back and sent me a round—trip greyhound bus ticket and invited me to come to montgomery to meet with him. so in march of 1958, by this time i am 18 years old, and i saw martin luther king junior standing behind a desk. i was so scared. and doctor king spoke up and said, "are you john lewis? "are you the boy from troy?" and from that day on he started calling me the boy from troy. we became friends. john lewis there, speaking to the bbc seven years ago. joining me now from atlanta to discussjohn lewis' legacy is the son of martin luther king jr, human rights activist martin luther king iii. thank you very much for being with us thank you very much for being with

us to talk to british years about john lewis. and the work he did, following on from your late father's achievements and legacy. how important which is the was to the ongoing campaign for equality and human and civil rights in the united states ? human and civil rights in the united states? extraordinarily important. in factjohn lewis became the conscience of congress. and really the conscience of our nation. he a lwa ys the conscience of our nation. he always did up forjustice and righteousness and equality. he brought people together. he worked ina bipartisan brought people together. he worked in a bipartisan fashion, more than probably anyone else, that is what he was about. we have got to bring people together to get something done. in fact, the voting rights act was passed in 1955, sorry 1965. it has been 55 years and is that act

was passed but in 2013, the united states struck elements of it down. although some of it was struck down, john lewis was still fighting, every year he brings people to selma to observe the anniversary of the march. this has been going on for a number of years, over 25 years, he led those demonstrations. the fact is the work is not done. if we want to put tribute to john is the work is not done. if we want to put tribute tojohn lewis, we need to be engaged in owning, organising, mobilising or registering and voting. we need to re—enact the voting rights act, congress needs to pass legislation, don'tjust talk congress needs to pass legislation, don't just talk that he was congress needs to pass legislation, don'tjust talk that he was such a great man and heated great work. the work has to become action now and thatis work has to become action now and that is what he would want to see happen in the united states.” that is what he would want to see happen in the united states. i can recall being in georgia in the

run—up to the presidential election in 2008 and seeing long queues of black voters stretching around and down the street and sometimes, inspired by the prospect of getting barack 0bama inspired by the prospect of getting ba rack 0bama elected. inspired by the prospect of getting barack 0bama elected. more than a decade on, others challenges still there ahead of this us presidential election? there are challenges and maybe to some degree different challenges because of voter suppression. some of the governors and legislators in our states have imposed new restrictions which make it more challenging for some people to vote by moving people of the voter rolls, closing down polling stations, making early voting, shorter voting times so it means there are more challenges but what i believe can happen is that young people will come out in this election like never before. i think

people want to see something different in our nation than what we have seen over the past four years. i think people, especially sadly because ofjohn i think people, especially sadly because of john lewis i think people, especially sadly because ofjohn lewis passing, i think there will be an even larger engagement. people think they need to do something this year, i will vote like never before. we saw in her report, on his life and clear, thatjohn lewis was on the protest lines on their matter of weeks ago after george floyd's killing, looking thinner but no less determined, no less focused on the bigger picture. you tweeted at the time of george floyd's death, somewhat your late father had said about the importance of the fight for equality and freedom and for

life. do you think some of that inspiration can be focused on the commemorations, the funeral and so on forjohn lewis to remind people of this extraordinary period of american history which sadly stretches back decades and decades? i certainly think some of it will be. i think it could be an additional impetus to mobilise people in a way like not before. for example, the george floyd tragic killing really struck a chord in our nation and throughout the world. we have never seen anything like this. there are more civil rights demonstrations, the largest civil rights demonstrations have taken place during this particular period. so whatjohn lewis would want us to do would—be capture that energy and engage it by casting our votes in

november. notjust engage it by casting our votes in november. not just this engage it by casting our votes in november. notjust this election which is probably one of the most important in the history of our election —— of our nation, but every election —— of our nation, but every election cycle. people need to vote. he would want young people to run for office and hopefully more young people will run for office, become city councilman, state board members, school board members because young people can lead and they are showing as they can meet by what we see in these protests all over the world. part of that is attributed to john over the world. part of that is attributed tojohn lewis because of what he continued to do throughout his life by encouraging young people, get engaged, do not give up, do not together then, moving forward. on that question, you mentioned bipartisanship earlier, the stars & stripes is flying at half—mast over the white house today, we had a statement from a

white house spokesman, we have not yet heard from the president, would you hope that president trump will have words or something to say about john lewis? i would certainly hope so but if he does not, i will not be surprised. certainly disappointed but, donald trump shoes is consistently who he is and he has never much shown a desire to be conciliatory. you may remember he attacked john lewis when he first got into office and john lewis created a level of protest. i would not be surprised, john lewis was not angry with donald trump, he was disappointed about his polity —— my policies. the fact he was advocating and promoting racism was what was problematic so it is not surprising the president has not said anything,

the president has not said anything, the puppets he will say something but the hope is what he does say be meaningful. maybe he really does not meaningful. maybe he really does not mean it. the president is supposed to represent all people, not one group of people. let me ask you finally, do you have a particular personal memory, happy or personal memory aboutjohn lewis he would like to share? i have a couple, if you would. 0ne like to share? i have a couple, if you would. one of those memories was when have had a chance from time to time to visit with him at his home and my wife and daughter and i visited him on one occasion after his wife passed some years back. my daughter had an opportunity to really talk to him, she was very young at the time. she had an opportunity to ask him questions about the amazing art she —— he had in his home. he talked about her

coming to washington to vote for him, bringing children down to vote. of course it cannot do that. the other memory is 2009, we travel to india for the anniversary of my pa rents india for the anniversary of my parents visiting that country. john lewis and the delegation travelled with us as we walked through the sites where gandhi marched and protested throughout india. it was amazing to be there withjohn lewis, along with the ambassador and a host of others as we trace the steps of martin luther king junior around the monuments and memorials to bat gandhi into thousand and nine. good that there are so many memories. many who did not even meet him well have known that he was a remarkable man. thank you very much for speaking to eyes and the uk about

the life and career ofjohn lewis. thank you so much for having me. european union leaders in brussels are struggling to reach agreement on an economic recovery package worth 750 billion euros — to repair the damage done by the coronavirus. a revised plan has been put forward on the second day of the summit, and is being discussed this afternoon. the bbc‘s europe correspondent, gavin lee explains what the sticking points are on the deal. the main element is that 500 billion euros is to be given out as grants to countries worst hit by covid—19, so italy and spain, but the dutch saying, no, there have to be stricter conditions, we have to sign off on it. effectively, give a veto to every, any and every country who is, saying, 0k we sign up for this trench of cash. now, boyko borisov, the bulgarian prime minister, reportedly said that mark rutte is acting as the policeman of europe. so tensions last night. there is any proposal on the today in which the eu

council are saying, slash 50 billion of this grant fund, let's say it's 450 billion in grants, the rest in loans, to make up, as you say, 750 billion, and, if you've got a problem with italy or spain or who else asking for this cash and wanting reasons, raise it with the european commission, it's not a veto, but it helps. now, the dutch have said that is a significant step forward. my only take on this, ijust had a message from one senior eu council official, and she has said they are going to go through plenty of facemasks and hand gel if there's going to be any white smoke here. 0n on that question of white smoke, we are getting remarks from the austrian chancellor who appeared before the cameras a few minutes ago. he said things are moving in the right direction which is optimistic, he is not suggesting the summit is going to pick up without agreement. there has been movement on rebates, countries have been asking for money back, including austria. but there is no deal is yet

which suggests there will be negotiating for some time to come. we will bring you more as we get. people who've been given credit notes for cancelled package holidays are being reassured by the government that these will still be honoured — even if firms go bust. the announcement covers breaks which were disrupted because of the coronavirus pandemic between march the tenth and the end of september this year. our business correspondent, katie prescott, has more details. jennifer and john were due to get married in las vegas injune. coronavirus put that trip on hold. and like many others, the couple is still waiting for a refund. we need that money to pay for the wedding that we've rearranged, so we're just chasing them, we just keep asking them, please, please, please will they refund us, but they're just saying there's a queue. £6,000, which is what ours cost, is not a small amount of money to anybody. to normal people like this, especially when my partner's been furloughed for three months. travellers who see their holidays cancelled should get a refund within 14 days, but given the sheer number of cancellations that have happened over the last few months, many travel companies have struggled to meet that and have

been instead issuing credit refund notes for holidays at a later date. the concern is, though, if those companies go under, that travellers would lose both their money and their holiday. the government is changing this, pledging to underwrite all refund credit notes issued between the 10th of march and the 30th of september this year. for atol protected holidays cancelled due to covid—19. it gives consumers that confidence to accept these credit notes. if they don't want to accept the refund, they can still take a refund if that's what they want, but then it does also give companies the opportunity to help to encourage those customers to book with them again in the future. but customers are advised to do their homework before accepting them over a cash refund. by accepting a refund credit note, you are locked in with that holiday company, so when you come to rebook, you have to rebook with them. it means you can't shop around, you won't necessarily get the best price. we also know that some tour operators have increased prices for 2021, so you may end up having to use the refund credit note

and pay a little bit more as well. the government won't say how much they expect the scheme to cost, but as 12 travel firms have already gone under this year, the burden of paying for cancelled package holidays will fall on the taxpayer. katie prescott, bbc news. let us bring you an update on coronavirus deaths, it is slightly complicated. the health secretary is worried about the data coming from public health england so they are not linking them. we have pieced together the four parts of the uk. in the 24 hours to saturday, the uk has recorded 40 deaths. that is across the uk, there are none in scotla nd across the uk, there are none in scotland and has confirmed a total of 827 new infections of

coronavirus. germany has been relying on testing, tracing — and now mobile phone technology — to reduce the number of new coronavirus infections. more than 15 million people in the country have downloaded a tracking app which automatically notifies users if they've been in contact with an infected person. jenny hill has sent this report. welcome to frankfurt airport. please remember to keep your... this is germany's largest airport. just a few weeks ago, it was almost at a standstill. now, well, this country's back on the move. but how to stop the virus spreading too? germany's testing more. 500,000 tests last week. here at frankfurt, for a fee, they are on offer to travellers, too. anyone can turn up here for a test. you get the results within three hours or around seven hours, depending on how much you are willing to pay. let's give it a go. three to five people test positive here every day, they tell us. many had no symptoms.

so, really young travellers and especially those below 40, usually they have nothing or slight symptoms that they did not link with covid—19. tracking infection is important here. at every cafe, bar, restaurant, you have to leave your contact details and, for the last month, germans have been able to download a tracing app. every time i, or rather, my phone, come into close proximity with someone else and their phone, it keeps a record. now, it won't tell me who they were or where we met, but, if within 14 days, they test positive and tell the app, i'll get an automatic warning. around one in five germans have downloaded the app. for privacy reasons, their data stays on the phones. the authorities can't see it. so it's unlikely to put sylvia out of work. she's the human version, speaking to those who tested positive and tracing those they might have infected. so many contacts. it was awful, you know! there were so many.

after the shutdown, it was less and less and less. germany's got used to masks, distance, caution. but, as this country embarks on a very different holiday season, experts worry. too easy, they say, to leave those cares behind. jenny hill, bbc news, frankfurt. let's take a look at some of the day's sport and — leeds united are officially champions of the championship after brentford lost at stoke city. the only goal came in the first half from lee gregory to make it 1—nil — ensuring the bees remain third in the table and a point behind west brom heading into wednesday's final round of fixtures. it means leeds, who were promoted yesterday, cannot be caught at the top. lewis hamilton was once again in a league of his own has he claimed pole at the hungarian grand prix. he beat team—mate valtteri bottas to lead a mercedes one—two in qualifying — as the six time world champion bids for a record—equalling eighth victory at one circuit.