a 27—year—old man has been arrested in birmingham in connection with a series of stabbings yesterday. the attacks in four different locations in the city centre left seven people injured and one person dead — killed in front of his friends. they were crying and just inconsolable, really. one was saying, "i tried to save him, and i haven't done my best. i tried to save him". we'll bring you the latest live from birmingham shortly. also this lunchtime... police in suffolk have arrested a teenage boy after a 15—year—old pupil was shot on his way to school in suffolk this morning. downing street insists its proposals for new legislation — which would change key parts of the brexit withdrawal agreement — arejust a back—up plan. the health secretary says the rise in coronavirus cases is concerning and is mainly

among young people. a minute's silence, as the public inquiry into the manchester arena terror attack, which killed 22 people, gets under way. and the world's number one, novak djokovic, apologises for hitting an official with a ball and is disqualified from the us open. and coming up in sport on bbc news... now in self—isolation, manchester city's riyad mahrez and his teammate aymeric laporte test positive for coronavirus. good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. police in birmingham have arrested a 27—year—old man on suspicion of murder and seven counts of attempted murder in connection with a series

of stabbings in the city centre yesterday morning. the man was arrested in the selly oak area of the city at around 4am this morning. the attacks happened at four different locations across the city centre over 90 minutes in the early hours. phil mackie reports. it is 36 hours since the emergency services answered countless 999 calls from birmingham city centre. during little more than an hour and they have one person was killed, seven were injured. west midlands police have said they believed there had been a lone attacker and released this footage of the man they wanted to speak to. the first report came through at half past midnight from constitution hill where a man suffered superficial injuries. 20 minutes later in livery street a man and woman were attacked. he was critically injured, she was less seriously hurt. around ten to do a man was killed and another man seriously injured in irving street. the final attack was in her street just

irving street. the final attack was in her streetjust after irving street. the final attack was in her street just after 2am. irving street. the final attack was in her streetjust after 2am. a man was arrested in connection with all of the attacks a few miles away in selly oak. the investigations have been contending across the city. this is irving street today. as you can see, there is a lot of police activity here today and recording stretches along the road and a blue tent marked the spot where the 23—year—old man died, his friend was treated for stab wounds in the street. it was a night of carnage in birmingham. there were two guys friends, i do not think they were from birmingham. they were crying and just inconsolable, really. from birmingham. they were crying andjust inconsolable, really. one was saying, "i tried to save him and i haven't done my best. i tried to save him". the question is, how did an apparent lone attacker managed to attack so many people in a busy city centre and evade capture? the streets were crowded at the time and the way that he operated allowed him to move from place to place. that is

a concern. to move from place to place. that is a concern. however, that will come out further in the investigations and we will be able to get a handle oi'i and we will be able to get a handle on this. but the police had a large presence in the area at the time. man was arrested at around four o'clock this morning. investigations have focused upon this house. o'clock this morning. investigations have focused upon this housem looked like there were some police outside and i don't know what was going on. i think they must have broken into next door and i think they were doing a search in there. there is still plenty of work for the police to do and they are appealing for help from anyone who was out on saturday night. phil mackie, bbc news, birmingham. and phil is live in birmingham for us. it isa it is a city in shock today. yes, and we think about the victim who are recovering and their relatives and afamily are recovering and their relatives and a family of the 23—year—old man who died in those attacks yesterday morning. this is her street, the

scene of that last attack. this is pa rt scene of that last attack. this is part of the bezy entertainment district in the city, lots of people we re district in the city, lots of people were around at 2am yesterday morning. part of the confusion over what was happening was probably because there were lots of drunken brawls breaking out as clubs and pubs shut. you can see down the street the yellow markers that have been left by scenes of crime officers. west midlands police have said we ought to get the name of the man who died and more information about those people who are still in hospital, with two in critical condition and they will hopefully update that. as i said in my report, the key thing is that help was drafted in from other forces today to help carry out patrols in the city centre and they want to hear from anyone who was out and may have seen from anyone who was out and may have seen something, and particularly might have captured any of that on film. simon. still, thank you very much. some breaking news — in the last half an hour, police have arrested a teenage boy after reports of a shooting in suffolk. the victim — a 15—year—old boy,

who was on his way to school — sustained serious injuries and was airlifted to hospital where he is receiving urgent medical attention. debbie tubby is in the town of kesgrave where the incident took place. what do we know? this area of ipswich is quiet, large houses, nice cars, now cordoned off by police, surrounded by police cars. forensic units and also the dog teams. the police helicopter has been flying overhead. police have confirmed that they had a call at 8:40am of reports ofa they had a call at 8:40am of reports of a shooting. in the last 30 minutes they have said that as a 15—year—old who was a victim and he has sustained serious injuries and has sustained serious injuries and has been airlifted by the air ambulance to addenbrooke's hospital where he is receiving what they describe as urgent medical attention. the high schooljust up the road, kesgrave high school, tweeted this morning that there has been a serious incident involving a

year 11 student on their way to school and students will be kept on all day for their safety. in the last few minutes, police have confirmed that they have arrested a teenage boy and they have taken him into custody. debbie tubby, thank you. the government says it is still committed to implementing the eu withdrawal agreement that was agreed last year. but new legislation that will be published on wednesday will say uk ministers will decide which goods would be " at risk‘ of entering the single market, if a brexit agreement can't be reached before the end of the year. the government says it will only make "minor clarifications in extremely specific areas" and denied that it would " tear up' what has already been agreed. in a moment our reality check correspondent will be dotting the is and crossing the t‘s but first our political they correspondent iain watson reports. get brexit done, that was the successful slogan employed by boris johnson at last cheering and applause general election. the uk left the eu at the end of january but getting a trade deal

with brussels has been more challenging. talks resume tomorrow. the prime minister has been bullish about the written's prospects if no deal is reached. the government has said this is not a threat, it is a reality. the prime minister has been clear since he has been elected with a clear mandate to leave that we would leave at the end of the transition period with or without a further negotiated settlement and that we would work night and day to try to get that canada—style free trade agreement that we seek. but if the european union would not offer that, then we would still leave on time. the uk is continuing to follow eu rules until the end of the year, but the government has said that the middle of next month is the real deadline for a trade deal. businesses must know by then if they will be a free trade deal from january to first when most deals can be trade without any additional cost oi’ be trade without any additional cost or tarus or if they will have to plan for more paperwork and higher prices. the eu has said that once the deal but is prepared for all

eventualities. -- additional costs and tarus. eventualities. -- additional costs and ta rus. the eventualities. -- additional costs and tarus. the eu will be ready in the event of a no deal scenario to trade with the uk as of the 21st of january 2021. to get brexit done the uk signed up to the northern ireland protocol which ensures they would be no hard border on the island of ireland. it also means that there will be some checks on food and livestock going from great britain to northern ireland. but on wednesday, the government will publish new legislation that could override aspects of this agreement. the withdrawal agreement is an international treaty with obligations to international law. it cannot simply be ripped up and opened up simply to meet the domestic whims of westminster. government ministers insist that they have no intention of overwriting the main parts of the agreement with the eu and northern ireland, that issue, they say, is simply some minor technical details. but both the european union and the

labour party are warning that any further tinkering could put the hopes of a wider trade deal at risk. if it is meant to be a negotiating tactic, it is not an effective one, because it undermines the progress that has been made over the last several months and completely jeopardises the future trading relationship. both sides insist they still want to reach a trade deal but the main trade at the moment seems to be in robust rhetoric. iain watson, bbc news. if you have a sense of deja vu, you are not alone. chris morris is here. so, the issue of the irish border has returned. so, chris, what is going on? all sites have agreed on the need to avoid the return of a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland to help secure the peace process. the withdrawal agreement, which took the uk out of the eu, achieve that but it means that northern ireland is treated

slightly differently, it remains in the single market for goods, so it stays closer to the eu than the rest of the uk in that respect. that means that there will be some customs arrangements and procedures between great britain and northern ireland, some filling in of electronic forms, the possibility of having to pay tariffs on goods that go from great britain to northern ireland if they are then going to go on across the border into the republic of ireland and the european union. the withdrawal agreement, which took the uk out of the eu, also says that state aid rules, eu estate aid also says that state aid rules, eu estate a id rules also says that state aid rules, eu estate aid rules will continue to apply in northern ireland. those are the rules around how governments can subsidise businesses. and that is another thing which could limit the british government's room for manoeuvre in the future. and i think thatis manoeuvre in the future. and i think that is why if you eyebrows were raised when it emerged that the uk government is saying that domestic legislation this week will override some aspects of the withdrawal

agreement. now, we have heard from the government in the past hour. it says it is totally committed to implementing the withdrawal agreement. it will take what it calls some limited and reasonable steps to clarify the details. but, you know, trade and negotiations are all about trust and we can take it as read that the european union will be going through this new legislation line by line, word by word, to see what it actually says. chris, thank you very much. in a moment we'll talk to our political correspondent in westminster, but what's the reaction in the eu, and in ireland? chris page is in belfast for us. but first to nick beake in brussels. as we were just hearing from chris, it is all about trust. yes, simon, and we have heard the head of the european commission say today that she trust the uk to abide by this deal, because if they did not, they would be breaking international law and undermining any future relationship. we have heard from michel barnier, the main chief eu negotiator and he has said that if

you go back on your word at this point it undermines confidence and trust in the trade talks that are happening as we speak, that have been going on through the summer. the eu has said it wants a deal and speaking to three members of the michel barnier team, deep down, they believe the british government also wa nts a believe the british government also wants a deal. it is interesting, backin wants a deal. it is interesting, back in the summer, borisjohnson was talking and calling on the eu to add more urgency to the talks and suggesting that they had to put a tiger in the tank of the negotiations. but you talk to the eu people here and they say that the uk, for its part, has not presented a tiger, there has not been so much asa a tiger, there has not been so much as a small domestic cat! so what happens now, certainly over the past 24 happens now, certainly over the past 2a hours the british have come forward with something that no one was seeing here and that when the negotiations get under way again tomorrow in london, you can imagine it will be a difficult opening for both sides. thank you, nick. chris pagein both sides. thank you, nick. chris page in belfast. the issue for many there is what this means for the peace process. yes, that is correct,

simon. this is where all the theory, the argument is, they negotiating over the northern ireland protocol meets reality. the basic idea is that to avoid a hard border on the island of ireland between here and the irish republic, well, there would need to be some checks on goods arriving here in northern ireland from the rest of the uk. for example, they would be taking place in belfast airportjust behind me politically, there has been a spat amongst the main parties in the devolved government. the nationalist party and the sdlp and the unity party all who opposed brexit in the first place, said any move by british government to change the new arrangements would be treacherous, a betrayal, an act of bad faith however you have said that they would be with anything, any new checks on goods, data guard, as any comic barrier between here and the re st of comic barrier between here and the rest of the uk. chris page, in

belfast. now to iain watson at westminster. a difficult question, what is going on? i wish i could tell you, simon! clearly there are two things going on. firstly, the big picture, brexit talks are stuck. there is tomorrow at a crucial stage and given the usual arguments between both sides, britain have said they are prepared to be without a deal and said they are prepared to be without a dealand are said they are prepared to be without a deal and are you —— the eu have said go on then, we are prepared as well. there is a fundamental issue on fisheries but the eu are worried about post—tra nsition period on fisheries but the eu are worried about post—transition period that the uk might try to undercut eu businesses in terms of regulations and a level playing field. that is holding things up. then you add into the mix the situation in northern ireland which could be toxic in terms of the negotiations. the uk government is trying to track this down to date and any briefing with political journalist they were stressing that they would only lightly take limited steps in relation to the provisions of northern ireland but what is a limited step to the british government could be a giant leap for

the eu, because if they do anything without the full agreement of brussels, brussels could accuse them of acting in bad faith and prove that —— and put that wider trade dealfurther that —— and put that wider trade deal further at risk. thank you to nick beake, chris page and iain watson. thank you all. the health secretary, matt hancock, says the large rise in new coronavirus infections in the uk is concerning and is because young people are failing to practice social distancing. nearly 3,000 new positive tests were confirmed yesterday — that's the largest rise in a single day since mid—may. our health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports. the silent enemy it seems is forging ahead again. a rise in coronavirus infections has been identified following the easing of restrictions over the summer. yesterday the government announced nearly 3,000 new infections — that's an increase of more than 1,000 on the previous day. it's the highest daily infection figure since may. the rise in cases is believed to be being driven by young people, and there was a stark warning

from ministers today. don't kill your gran by catching coronavirus and then passing it on, and you can pass it on before you have had any symptoms at all. the message to people of all ages is that we must, as a society, all follow the social distancing rules in order to protect ourselves, protect our friends and family, and protect the wider community from the spread of the disease. but student leaders are angry and say that young people shouldn't be scapegoated. as far as i know, young people are seeking to be actively protecting other members of their community as well as themselves, and i think it's important we don't generalise young people, nor do we generalise students. i think lots of young people and students themselves are immunocompromised, are parents and carers. unlike infections, so far there has not been a rise in deaths from coronavirus in the uk. yesterday two deaths were reported, but scientists say it makes sense

because of the younger age of those infected. young people are at very low risk of developing any kind of severe disease, or even any symptoms at all, and therefore if you see an outbreak dominated by younger people, you wouldn't automatically expect that you will see the same increase in mortality that we saw back in march because we know there was a much more generalised infection across the population then. france reported similar levels of infection to the uk in mid—august, but three weeks on that has more than doubled. in fact, one day last week it had almost trebled. and with schools, universities and workplaces reopening in the uk, preventing the rise in cases from spiralling out of control is the big challenge. sophie hutchinson, bbc news. our health editor hugh pym joins us from borehamwood, which has seen a recent spike in cases.

that's right, simon. borehamwood is pa rt that's right, simon. borehamwood is part of the hearts me a council area and that council is now in the top ten in terms of the number of infections per 100,000 of population. in fact it is the highest in the south of england. the local council and public service leaders have been out and about over the weekend, here in borehamwood and other local communities, getting the message across to people, handing out leaflets and saying, look, you can be at risk and getting involved in gatherings will harm you and those who are more vulnerable. there have been some social gatherings in this area, and cases amongst young people have been traced to that. that is the message here, similar in a way to the one matt hancock is trying to get across. what they are trying to get across. what they are trying to get across. what they are trying to say is, as we have heard, young people are less vulnerable in terms of getting into hospital and not getting as sick as others, but it is the elderly and vulnerable

with other health conditions who have to be looked after. that is the danger, as we have seen in france and spain, that you can get higher hospital admissions a few weeks after case numbers start rising. you and those who are more vulnerable. there have been some social gatherings in this area, and cases amongst young people have been traced to that. that is the message here, similar india has recorded more than 90,000 new cases of coronavirus in the past 2a hours — taking its total above that of brazil, and second—only in numbers to the united states. the country has also now reported 71,642 deaths, the third—highest in the world. the rise comes as the government continues to lift restrictions to try to boost an economy that lost millions ofjobs when the virus hit in march. this morning metro services have reopened in delhi. the time is 20 minutes past one. our top story this lunchtime... a 27—year—old man has been arrested in birmingham in connection with a series of stabbings yesterday. back on track? train services return to near—normal pre—pandemic capacity. coming up in sport on bbc news...

jos buttler‘s given permission to miss england's final t20 against australia to be with his family. he'll be back for the first one—dayer. the public inquiry into the manchester arena bombing has begun with a minute's silence. the names of the 22 victims were then read out. the bomber, salman abedi, blew himself up outside an ariana grande concert in 2017. opening the inquiry, its chair sirjohn saunders said they were looking for the truth, not scapegoats. fiona trott is at manchester magistrates court. as we have seen in france and spain, that you can get higher hospital admissions a few weeks after case numbers start rising. you pimp,, salman abedi was seen wearing a backpack and it looks like he was praying. the court was told 17

minutes before the bomb was detonated, somebody reported salman abedi to a member of security staff, but security control was not informed. any missed opportunities form a key part of this independent inquiry, but the victims and their families are at the heart of it. a minute's silence for the victims. an emotional start to a distressing inquiry. to establish the facts, relatives will be reminded of what happened three years ago. this was the scene shortly after salman abedi detonated his bomb at the ariana grande concert. 22 people were killed that night, the youngest was eight years old. salman abedi was also killed. his brother hashem helped him plan the attack. he was jailed for 55 years last month. salman abedi was known to the security service... today, the chair of the inquiry said they were to blame. the hearing was not looking for scapegoats. all the participants have said they want to learn the lessons of what happened on the 22nd of may,

2017, and to reduce the risk of it ever happening again. if i conclude on the evidence that things went wrong, then i shall say so, but we are not looking for scapegoats. we are searching for the truth. the relatives of those who died have also been warned that some of the details will be distressing in the extreme. a 22—year—old man named salman abedi was also waiting in the city room, but not to pick up the child. instead, his presence was the product of pure malevolence and the result of months of planning and preparation by him and his younger brother, hashem abedi. what the inquiry won't examine in public is everything m15 already knew about salman abedi before the attack. it is an issue of national security, and the parents of the youngest victim — saffie roussos — say that's hard to accept.

lessons will never be learned unless we get that transparency and honesty from the people involved to get the answer is that we need. to get the answers that we need. victims like saffie are at the heart of this inquiry. in the coming days, relatives will be given the chance to say something about them. after the families have given those accounts, we will also hearfrom key witnesses and the emergency services. this inquiry is due to last for six months. the owner, thank you. fiona trott. reports from belarus say a prominent opposition protest leader has been adbucted by masked men in minsk. it comes as the kremlin announced that the country's president alexander lukashenko will visit moscow for talks "in the coming days". jonah fisher has been covering the political crisis in belarus and is now in kyiv in neighbouring ukraine. what do we know about this arrest, if that's what they are calling it?

yes, maria was one of the most prominent and last leading opposition figure is still at liberty in belarus. all the other ones had been detained orforced to leave the country. what we have been told is earlier this morning maria vasilevich was bundled into a van and driven away. the authorities in belarus have not confirmed they have taken her but to be frank this was the sort of way they have been operating over the last few weeks, dragging away people in vans like this. it has the hallmarks of them taking her in some way. the possibility of being arrested in some way has been hanging over in some way has been hanging over in some weeks and i asked her about that. we don't have that, but we have this news now that president

alexander lu kashenko will have this news now that president alexander lukashenko will be going to moscow. yes, without the support of russia and the kremlin, he would probably not be in office any longer. he appears to have lost the support of the belarussian people. he does still have the support of the security forces, they have been detaining some protesters over the last few days, but crucially it is that support from moscow, from president putin, which will sustain him in power if he is going to survive what to be quite frank at the moment is a very serious situation for him which he will really struggle to emerge from as belarussian president. jonah fisher, thank you. there's been an increase in train services in england, wales and scotland as schools reopen and people are encouraged to return to work. services are returning to around 90% of pre—pandemic capacity with passenger numbers now back to about one third of normal levels. our business correspondent theo leggett reports. the daily commute is coming back.

from today, rail companies will be operating something close to a full service. commuting by train these days is very different from how it used to be, yet these passengers arriving at london liverpool street this morning seem unconcerned. they have barriered off certain seats you cannot sit at, so it's maintaining spaces between everyone on the trains. i think you just have to get out, and then once you get out you kind of get rid of your fears. the new timetable has been designed to allow more people to travel while maintaining a degree of social distancing. although there still won't be quite as many services as they used to be, at busy times or in busy stations, there will be longer trains, more carriages and perhaps more frequent services. at the moment, there is still scope on many routes to carry more passengers while keeping infection risks to a minimum, but as the number of people returning to their old commutes rises, that may become much more difficult. social distancing and public transportation, you know, they are not natural bedfellows

but we have to work with what we have got. the most important thing for us to ensure people can travel with confidence is to increase the number of services we provide, and ensure they are as clean as possible and that passengers have the right information to make informed decisions. the government is worried that if offices continue to stand empty, city centres will become ghost towns and the shops and cafes which once thronged with workers will not survive, but business lobbies say working patterns may have changed for good and travel firms need to offer passengers much more flexibility. we're no longer in the days when people were going into the office five days a week, so a standard traditional travel card probably isn't the right way to go. we need flexible systems that allow people to buy at the right price but don't mean they have to waste money on days they are

not going to travel. for months, the government has been propping up the rail network, funding a minimum number of services at a time when paying passengers were few and far between. just another reason why it's keen for people to see commuting to work as a normal way of life once again. theo leggett, bbc news. the world number one novak djokovic says he is sad and empty after being disaqualified from the us open for hitting a line judge with a ball. the serb, who had just had his serve broken, took a ball out of his pocket and hit it behind him — striking the woman in her throat. katie gornall reports. championships can swing on one moment. this was the bizarre moment novak djokovic's dreams of another us open title came crashing down. while he was clearly not aiming for her, the ball hit the linejudge in the throat and caused her obvious distress. for this recklessness the rules are clear, he had to go. he didn't speak to the press but later issued an apology on social media

saying... a huge favourite for the tournament, djokovic had already been showing signs of frustration in the opening set of his match with pablo carreno busta. from there it unravelled. set of his match with pablo carreno busta. from there it unravelledlj am in shock, i never expected this moment playing with novak. it was not intentional but the rules are the rules. the referee and the supervisor do the right thing, but it is not easy to do it. many have since had their say. billiejean king tweeted. .. nick kyrgios, who was once suspended from the tour for his behaviour, started a twitter poll, saying...