i'm ros atkins. this is outside source. brexit is very much back as a story. the uk government is considering a law that would impact delicate customs plans for northern ireland. we've always been clear — this is not new — that we would guarantee unfettered access to the gb market for northern ireland businesses, and the bill will set out how that's going to be done. here are the uk's covid cases — going up. the uk government wants to stop that causing further harm. and it's targeting young people. don't kill your gran by catching coronavirus and then passing it on. and you can pass it on before you've had any symptoms at all. this is california, where there are wildfires and warnings. with just how dry conditions are, these fires are burning

at just explosive rates. and we'll hear this boat took six months to travel from bangladesh to indonesia with this large group of rohingya muslims on board. there are fears people smugglers kept them at sea. the uk government is planning new legislation that would over—ride a part of the withdrawal agreement it signed, to leave the eu. the context here is that talks over the future trading relationship between the uk and the eu are reaching the sharp end — and there's no deal yet. to sum up what this amounts to, here's rob watson. it seems to me there may be three reasons for this tactic. number one, a sort of obvious one, to exert

maximum pressure on the european union to do a deal. two, it may be about domestic consumption, it may be the british government tried to send her before eventually giving away, as indeed happened lester with borisjohnson. and away, as indeed happened lester with boris johnson. and then away, as indeed happened lester with borisjohnson. and then the third possibility is that the british government actually rather once a no—deal brexit. government actually rather once a no-deal brexit. -- actually wants. the proposed changes relate to northern ireland. and bear in mind that northern ireland became the single biggest obstacle to the withdrawal deal getting done. the issue was the border on the island of ireland. northern ireland is part of the united kingdom — it shares a border with the republic of ireland which is in the eu. and because of northern ireland's violent past and its successful peace process, the status of that border is highly sensititive. under the withdrawal agreement, northern ireland retains some of the eu's customs rules to ensure there is no hard border or customs checks between the republic of ireland and northern ireland.

there would also mean some checks on goods travelling internally within the uk between great britain and northern ireland. in other words, it effectively puts a customs border in the irish sea. that was hugely controversial — given some pro—brexit politicians had said that wouldn't happen. well, this new legislation could see the uk remove its obligation to carry out those internal checks. the checks in the irish sea. if that happened, we'd come back to the same question everyone's been wrestling with — how to avoid customs checks on the border with the republic of ireland. that being something everyone says they want to avoid. here's ireland's former prime minister and now trade minister leo varadkar. international agreements, international treaties have to be honoured, and they trump any domestic legislation that any country may past. in that agreement is in place to make sure with that we don't see the emergence of a hard border between north and south, something we all want to avoid. the uk government has sought to downplay the significance of the proposed legislation. it says it's still

committed to implementing the withdrawal agreement. and this is the cabinet minister george eustice on bbc radio. these are important but minor technical details. the principle behind the protocol of checks on some of those goods entering through northern ireland ports is in the northern ireland ports is in the northern ireland ports is in the northern ireland protocol and we remain committed to it. at the moment, the uk is in a transition period — it has left the eu but it is following the eu's rules. that transition period finishes at the end of the year. but borisjohnson says, actually, the real deadline for a trade deal is october 15. here he is. that effectively means a no—deal brexit, something borisjohnson has previously said was a "million to one" chance of happening. here's george eustice again. what the prime minister is saying, i think, is eminently sensible, which

is we all need to know where we stand by the end of october so we know we are planning for. and if we are planning for a candida style free trade agreement, the kind of agreement with incas eminent impossible to achieve and make sense for both parties, let's get understood by the middle of october. if on the other hand there is not good to be a further negotiated agreement and we will be trading with the eu on terms similar to australia, businesses need to know that now, so they can really plan forward. george eustice mentioned the possibility of trading on terms similar to australia. effectively, that just means following world trade organization rules. australia and the eu don't have their own free trade agreement. they put tariffs on imports and exports. there's also a difference in scale. australia exports about 8% of its goods to the eu, a decent amount. but last year, the uk exported 46% of its goods to the european union — its biggest trading partner. our economics editor faisal islam picks up on this here...

jessica parker is in westminster. jessica, help me understand status of this legislation. at what point would it deftly be brought forward to become law? look, i never like to say anything definite when it comes to legislation being published. sometimes these things get pushed back, but as we understand it, and they don't have a lot of time, do they don't have a lot of time, do they come because they need to get this in place by the end of the transition period, we should see details of this legislation by wednesday. and that would be really important because we've had a flavour of what might be in it. for example, ministers being up to decide what counts as an at risk good — that's a good that went from preprinted northern ireland was likely to end up in the european union in which therefore would be

subject to european union tariffs. this could've details hopefully will get on wednesday. clearly, all sides will be pouring over this details to try and work out exactly what the applications are here, because overnight, the mood music definitely seems to be that this was something ofan seems to be that this was something of an overwriting of what had been agreed in the withdrawal agreement, specifically the northern ireland protocol. downing street backing down a little bit on that earlier today, clarifying that in any eventuality, the internal market will keep operating, goods will still be up to move freely between all four nations of the united kingdom, but you're right you point when you get these details? it will be so important, because at the moment, we've only got a flavour of what may be in there. jessica, fair to see there might be some conservative and peas, pro brexit and peace, who would not shed a tear

of parts of the withdrawal agreement work changed in some way. that withdrawal agreement was deeply unpopular with some conservative mac mps, you're certainly right to say —— conservative mps. in some ways, it might be clarified in ways that might be beneficial to the united kingdom. some tricks of the government has a guess of what has happened over the last 2a hours —— some tricks of the government. not only have we had this emerging this was coming forward but also boris johnson saying look, if a deal is not in place by mid october, let's face not in place by mid october, let's fa ce fa cts not in place by mid october, let's face facts and think we are knocking to get one, some think this is a bit of sabre rattling by downing street ahead of the talks tomorrow. this can bea ahead of the talks tomorrow. this can be a risky strategy because, as michel barnier and lord frost sit down tomorrow, all that has happened over the last 2a hours will hang over the last 2a hours will hang over the last 2a hours will hang over the stalks, and you will often hear people talking about trust being important when it comes to these kind of negotiations. there

will be a question as to whether any trust has been lost or whether people know this is the usual thrust that happens before any negotiation and that maybe you have to play ha rd ball and that maybe you have to play hardball in order to eke out a deal with the european union. just one question on the dynamics at westminster. when theresa may was turning at her proposed withdrawal deal through, it was only a numbers game because she did not have the numbers. presumably boris johnson has more freedom to pursue what he wants. and 80 strong majority. i think you are right. if something like this had been planned in theresa may's time, one of the questions we would be discussing tonight is where the theresa may would be even able to get that to the house of commons, and i would be a big question, but for boris johnson, a 80 strong majority, elected on a mandate to get brexit done. the uk has actually left the

european union already but we have been following eu rules since the end of january, during been following eu rules since the end ofjanuary, during the transition period but really not long now until that transition period is over. we have not talked much about brexit recently. there been other stories very much in the headlines but i think if we had towards that october summit, something discussed more and more, and getting into the trade talks this week, it does not seem like anyone is talking up the prospect of anyone is talking up the prospect of a breakthrough. jessica, that's the westminster perspective. let's get the perspective from brussels. here's the president of the european commission... the bbc‘s europe editor katya adler has more on the reaction from brussels. never a dull moment. i wonder if those last couple of words in that

statement from the president, the releva nt statement from the president, the relevant ones, the single market. is this fundamentally still about the level playing field and every that comes with that? yes. i think is really important to make a decision here. you have the president of the european commission talking about the protocol and the withdrawal agreement. that was separate. that was discussed and agreed and signed between the eu and borisjohnson a year ago, last late autumn, basically for some reason that has come back into the headlines now is because even though the withdrawal agreement was signed, it still needs to be implemented. do you member that whole row about the irish backstop and then became a front stop? and basically, in order to avoid a hard border, between northern ireland and the republic of ireland, what the per minister signed up to was basically keeping northern ireland in the single market —— the prime minister signed up market —— the prime minister signed up to. and also in the eu's customs union. how this is all implemented,

thatis union. how this is all implemented, that is being worked out right now. at the same time, as negotiations are ongoing for a trade deal, so those are two sort of separate strands of talks, if you like. what we heard yesterday night was that the government is thinking about introducing domestic legislation on wednesday, which could override parts of the brexit divorce deal from last year, there withdrawal agreement, including parts of that irish protocol, and that led to a lot of outrage across the eu come most of it behind closed doors, about how you cannot sign an international treaty and break it. and trust is fundamental, and we have heard this over and over again from the eu's chief negotiator. trust in implement in that previous agreement is fundamental in order to breed trust for these trade negotiations now, looking to the future, so that's why those two issues have crossed over. on trade, yes, brexit happened on the 31st of january. we had seven rows of

negotiations since then. tomorrow, the eighth round starts in london, and there are very low hopes for any breakthrough this week, and why is that so late in the day? frank lee, we have still got the same main sticking point now we did seven runs ago, and that is an argument between the eu and the uk about the rights of eu fishermen to fish in uk waters after the transition period is over at the end of this year and also about state aid. the eu says, look, uk, we are happy to give you something we have never given anybody else in the eu, tara -- tara —— tara free, quota free to our single market even though you're a non—number, but in reference to feel safe about it, we need some safeguards in place. we cannot allow you undercutting our businesses and have a competitive advantage of our businesses, so they want some

agreements with the uk on labour regulations, environment regulations and, crucially, state aid, the amount of money governments can pour in either to ailing industries of their own or industries that they really wa nt their own or industries that they really want to boost, for example, the uk after brexit wants to really boost modern technologies, and the eu says we don't want you to have a competitive energy over us. these are competitive energy over us. these a re really competitive energy over us. these are really massive sticking points still, eight negotiating rounds on, and the atmosphere in the stalks is optically positive. that said, it is easy to be the gloom monger and there is a certain sense of deja vu. there is a lot of sabre rattling going on, a lot of posturing going on, both sides saying we can live with no—deal, we don't need you come up with no—deal, we don't need you come up both sides —— but both sides want a deal. in brussels still thinks it is more likely a deal will be found that not, but onlyjust. katya, thank you very much indeed. katya

right to remind us thatjust before the withdrawal agreement was finally agreed, a few days before, it was looking decidedly unlikely. these things can move. borisjohnson talking that the eu only resolves things at the last minute. whether thatis things at the last minute. whether that is the case in this case or not, we will see. i also know katya has recorded new podcast, newscast, with laura kuenssberg, adam fleming. you can get that where you get podcast. let's talk about the russian opposition figure alexei navalny. he is being removed from a clinically induced coma. last week doctors treating him in germany said he was poisoned with the nerve agent novichok while on board a plane in russia. now they say his condition is improving — and he's now able to react to people speaking around him. here's more from damien mcguinness in berlin.

the hospital saysjis condition has improved, doctors say. -- is —— is condition. they say he is now responding to speech, which is obviously good news. certainly that is what the doctor saying. scientists here in germany and independent labs, important to point out, said that they had definitive proof this was a novichok group talks and they said this indicates poison. the government here has supported this evidence, said this is undisputed, quite clear, according to the german government. how russia is funded was, first of all, to say that it is not true, that russian doctors had not true, that russian doctors had not found any evidence of poison, there been conflicted signs coming out of the russian government, and the latest is that russia has now accused the german government, the

german authorities, of not cooperating with the investigation, which berlin has rebuked. they have said that is not at all. it has been two and fro, but the latest this afternoon is that anglo merkel‘s spokesperson said that angela merkel not rule out some quite hefty action in response to this, so for the first time over the past two days, we are now seeing the government, the german government come move towards considering some quite remarkable action, including considering stopping the building of a pipeline going from russia to germany under the baltic sea if —— the baltic sea. if it is stopped, this would be extraordinary. the german government was adamant economic leaks with russia would have to be separate. that seems now to be changing. before and it minister said yesterday he expects to see some cooperation from russia over the next few days —— the

foreign ministerfor over the next few days —— the foreign minister for if not, over the next few days —— the foreign ministerfor if not, germany could be pushing for eu wide sanctions against russia and indeed, germany is not ruling out stopping the building of this almost completed pipeline. on outside source, we bring you the biggest stories from around the world and the uk. let's turn to the uk. the uk government has removed some more holiday destinations from its safe list of places that don't require quarantine. here's the transport secretary. we are now in a position to remove greek islands where holiday makers are at risk of spreading the infection back home, and seven greek islands will therefore be removed from tribalists at 4am on wednesday, the 9th of september, while maintaining a land increase. —— travel lists at 4am. the westminster government's policy on the greek islands follows a similar move by wales last week. scotland has gone further and applied quarantine to travellers returing from anywhere in greece. here's the detail on the westminster government's announcement today, in a tweet from the foreign office

advising against... grant shapps said the govenrment will no longer impose blanket quarantine restrictions on entire countries — instead adopting a more flexible approach, allowing for islands to be treated differently. various people from the travel industry have been giving their reaction to that. this from the ceo of easyjet pretty much sums it up. this is something that we have argued for a long time, that should not have been a blanket instrument when it comes to this quarantine. it should be based on risk and on a much more targeted approach. but i think now, this is too little, too late, and we have just seen a majority of the peak summer season had just gone by. so if this was introduced earlier, we would have allowed many more people to go on holidays without having to quarantine, and it would have been also

providing a tremendous support to what is a suffering industry in the uk. here's theo leggett with more on the story. the idea of regional travel corridors has been something that the travel industry has wanted since quarantine was first introduced. you might remember that when restrictions were first introduced on travel from spain, the industry was saying, "why are the balearics and the canary islands, which are a long way offshore from the spanish mainland, being subjected to quarantine when the problem is in northern spain?" but the first impact of this change is in fact to increase restrictions because there will be no relaxation for people travelling from the balearics or the canary islands. grant shapps made that very clear. what we will see seven greek islands which were not subject to any restrictions becoming subject to restrictions, and that seems to be the price for allowing greece to remain having a travel corridor with the uk. so, in fact, although this is billed as something which should enable the government at times to relax restrictions to certain areas, specific islands, at the moment,

it is increasing them. let me take you through some of the main here in the uk. police in the english city of birmingham say they have arrested a 27—year—old man in connection with a series of stabbings, late on saturday night. one person died and seven others were injured. wikileaks founderjulian assange — who is fighting extradition from britain to the us — has been charged with 18 new offences during a hearing in london. lawyers for the activist says the charges had been brought without warning or explanation. and a 15—year—old boy was shot this morning on his way to his first day back at school, in suffolk. another 15—year—old boy is being held on suspicion of attempted murder. in saudi arabia, five people involved in the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi have had their death sentences switched to prison terms. according to this saudi state news website, they will serve between seven and 20 years. while three others have received

jail terms of up to ten years. and while these people haven't been named, it's thought they were part of the hit—squad which attacked mr khashoggi at the saudi consulate in istanbul. following the case is our arab affairs editor, seb usher. it is not a child that independent journalists attended, it is not an international investigation, it is not taking place in turkey, where the crime happened, but those who have been put on trial or scapegoats. i am have been put on trial or scapegoats. iam in have been put on trial or scapegoats. i am in no doubt they we re scapegoats. i am in no doubt they were involved in the killing but it is those who give the orders for those demanding what they say is true justice for those demanding what they say is truejustice forjamal those demanding what they say is true justice forjamal khashoggi. what has happened today is that five debt —— death sentences have been commuted to 20 year sentences. that is after the family ofjamal khashoggi earlier this year public he for gave the killers, after the trial was essentially established, whether this is correct or not, it

had not been a premeditated act. once they gave their forgiveness, the death sentence could essentially be ruled out. jamal khashoggi was a prominant critic of the saudi government. this cctv footage in istanbul of him entering the saudi consulate almost two years ago was the last time he was seen. we know that within hours, he was killed and dismembered by a team of saudi agents. the un concluded that there was no doubt mr khashoggi was the victim of a premeditated execution — for which the saudi state was responsible. a lot of the blame has been directed at the kingdom's de facto ruler — crown prince mohamed bin salman — although he denies responsibility. here's seb usher again on the crown prince and his message since mr khashoggi's death. i have been in saudi arabia and the last year or two, and there is definitely reform under way, there isa definitely reform under way, there is a different mood in saudi arabia. rights given to women, and even on

the level of business, entrepreneurship and business are being encouraged in ways that were not happening before. we are also seeing, as with the uae last week, it has normalised time was —— ties with israel. there is no doubt that mohammad bin salman, the crown prince, combines that reform with a very authoritarian manner. jamal khashoggi was the most savage of these acts and he is denied any involvement, but the figure has been pointed at him by western intelligence agencies, notjust supporters of mr khashoggi, but there were other incidents. women's rights campaigners still in prison to fight the fact those rates have been given. many others on the other side, the very conservative islamic clerics, have been imprisoned, so it has been a huge crackdown on any dissent, on any challenge, notjust

of, crew of the royal family too. our lead story on outside source, the brexit talks on tuesday are going to be in some ways in the shadow of a threat from the british government to go back on some terms of the withdrawal agreement is signed when it left the european union. leaders have given a frosty reaction to the plane to traduce legislation which would override key parts of the existing withdrawal agreement —— the plan to override legislation. britain says it involves only minor clarifications. the head of the european commission, ursula vendor —— ursula vendor line... this was a prereqs attorney future deal. —— prereqs of good for any future deal. their fears the two sides may not reach a deal. much more on that on the bbc news website. coming up in the next half

an hour, california's wildfire season has come early. we will find out how in unprecedented —— in unprecedented heat wave is fuelling it. hello. whilst for many of us, today's been under cloudy skies, seen a bit of rain at times, it's been a completely different story in the channel islands with some sunshine here. if you want a bit of that, it's not coming your way tomorrow because, well, for most it'll be cloudy again. we have this weather front here straddling the uk. that's been moving south, but actually it's going to move north again in the short—term before eventually clearing southwards, as we'll see by wednesday. not a huge amount of rain on it, though, overnight and into tomorrow. a bit of patchy rain in parts of wales and western england, perhaps into northern ireland as well. poor visibility, some mist and fog particularly down towards south wales and south west england. some clear spells in scotland, overnight temperatures, though, holding up quite mild and muggy, holding around the mid—teens for some of us as tomorrow begins.

but, again, tomorrow with a lot of cloud. now, there'll be some sunny spells in scotland, lasting longest into the east here, but some heavier rain coming back to north west scotland on through the afternoon. lot of cloud in northern ireland, maybe a few spots of light rain as there could well be towards wales and western parts of england. and with this wind direction, it's actually areas to the east of high ground most favoured for seeing a few sunny spells, and i think more especially through eastern parts of england where they're given any hazy brightness into the afternoon. temperatures in a few spots could be a little bit higher than this, just nudging towards the mid—20s, but it will feel quite humid wherever you are. so, some rain to end the day initially towards north west scotland, moving south across scotland on tuesday evening and into northern ireland. that's the weather front which is now eventually getting a move—on as it clears southwards during wednesday, but it's weakening as it does so. so, it won't have a huge amount of rain left on it as it pushes south across england and wales on wednesday. behind it, it's going to brighten up. there'll be some sunshine around for northern england, northern ireland and scotland. just a bright breezy day here, a few showers more especially into western scotland.

and behind the weather front, it's turning cooler but also fresher as well under those sunnier skies. and temperatures really just towards the mid—to—high teens as that weather front clears on through. and then a ridge of high pressure is with us for thursday, a cooler start to the day. some sunshine, some cloud increasing. and some rain edging back towards north west scotland later in the day, and here and into northern ireland on friday, there will be a spell of wetter, windier weather moving in. that's your latest forecast. bye— bye.

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. brexit is very much back as a story. the uk government is considering a law that would impact delicate customs plans for northern ireland. we've always been clear this is not new, that we would guarantee unfettered access to the gb market for northern ireland businesses, and the bill will set out how that's going to be done. here are the uk's covid cases going up. the uk government wants to stop that causing further harm, and it's targeting young people. don't kill your gran by catching coronavirus and then passing it on. and you can pass it on before you've had any symptoms at all. this is california, where there are wildfires and warnings. with just how dry conditions are, these fires are burning at just explosive rates.

and we'll hear this boat took six months to travel from bangladesh to indonesia with this large group of rohingyas muslims on board. there are fears people smugglers kept them at sea. covid updates now for you from the uk, spain, france and, first, india. it's recorded more than 90,000 new cases in the last 2a hours. that means it's now passed brazil in terms infections recorded. it has 4.2 million. only the us has more. and 70,000 people have died in india. the government says given the size of its population, that number is relatively low. here's yogita limaye in mumbai. you really have to look at the pace at which it's spreading,

which is much faster even than the us. and so, if india continues down that path, in the coming weeks, we will see it becoming the country that has the highest number of covid—i9 cases in the world as well. the country has massively ramped up testing over the past two weeks, so more than a million tests have been conducted every single day. and as you said, you know, i've heard government functionaries sort of saying we're doing more tests than anyone else in the world and that's why we are discovering more cases. well, the other side of that is that even at that rate of more than i million tests a day, that's a really small fraction of india's population which has been screened so far. and so actually it's possible that there are cases that we have not yet discovered and the number is actually larger.

as well as the counting of deaths in india is not watertight and what most agree that the number seen out there are underreported. the government does like to point out that india has a low death rate and public health experts agree with this assessment, that the number of people dying of covid—i9 in india compared to the size of its population is a lot lower than we have seen in some of the countries really badly hit, including the uk, the us and brazil. we don't know exactly why that is the case right now. and the thing is if it continues on that upward curve, even at a low death rate, that's still hundreds of millions of indian lives at risk. next the uk, where the daily number of cases is on the rise. there were 2948 new coronavirus cases reported in the last 2a hours. that's the second day in a row nearly 3000 new positive tests were confirmed. that means the average number of new cases reported per day in the last week was 2032. the government believes the rising numbers are connected to young people failing to social distance. here's the health secretary. the rise in the number of cases we've seen today is concerning. the cases are predominantly

among younger people. but we've seen in other countries across the world and in europe this sort of rise in the cases amongst younger people leading to a rise across the population as a whole. and it's so important that people don't allow this illness to infect their grandparents and to lead to the sort of problems that we saw earlier in the year. and matt hancock had this message for young adults and teenagers when he spoke to bbc newsbeat. don't kill your gran by catching coronavirus and then passing it on. and you can pass it on before you've had any symptoms at all. for more on the rise in the number of cases in the uk, we got in touch with bbc health reporter lauren moss. the number of new positive coronavirus cases over the last 24 hours have been the highest they have been since the 22nd of may. and there are certain areas of england, so called hotspot areas or areas of concern, which have a higher number of cases. top of the list is bolton. in the last seven days, there have

been 333 new coronavirus cases. that's at a rate of 116 per 100,000 people. rossendale, bradford and oldham are also high up on the list. and the likes of leeds, manchester and birmingham are experiencing their greatest increase in cases since april and may time. now, the health secretary has said a large portion of these increasing cases is down to young people confirming positive for having the virus, especially 17—21—year—olds. the number of hospital admissions of people who are becoming really unwell with covid and needing to go in the hospital for treatment is not increasin, but there is a big concern about who the younh people who are testing positive may pass the virus onto. their grandparents and anyone who is more vulnerable to catching coronavirus. now it was always likely that the number of cases would increase when there is an increase in testing, and of course lockdown is being eased, people are returning

and going back to work and of course schools have gone back as well. but it is a fine balance to make sure they don't rise too much. everyone is advised to do their bit to try and stop the spread of the virus and to stop it going back to the levels that we saw in april and may time. that's following strict social distancing guidelines, wearing face coverings where necessary and of course observing good hygiene measures. the uk isn't the only country in europe seeing a rise in cases. france and spain's numbers have moved. italy, too, though to a lesser degree. and in spain, just as in the uk, officials are connecting the rise with young people not following the rules. in august, spain's finance minister and government spokeswoman sent a warning to "people who are younger, because some of the outbreaks are linked to the behaviour in nightlife venues or places where a large number of people gather. " alison galvani is a professor of epidemiology who heads up yale's centre for infectious disease modelling and analysis. shejoins me live. thank you very much indeed for your time. can we speak definitively about the fact that young people are capable of not just about the fact that young people are capable of notjust catching the virus but driving its spread

elsewhere in the population? yes, the pattern of spread from young to the pattern of spread from young to the more vulnerable older age classes you mention to being observed in france and spain has also been observed in the hardest hit american states and appears to be driving the second wave in the uk and is consistent with dynamics that we have identified on the silent transmission of covid—i9. so the unusual acid of covid—i9 is the peak of infectiousness occurs during the pre—somatic phase. translating data on virus spreading and symptom onset and a two bit mixing patterns we determine the contribution of silent transmission to covid—i9 spread between different age cohorts and we found the majority of transmission is attributable to people who are not exhibiting symptoms from a combination of the pre—somatic state

and from infections that remain a cinematic. so not only are people infectious when they are not systematic but the preet symptomatic faces when they are most infectious. so people who are just winning the virus are doing so inadvertently without even realising they are sick. for example young people in particular in the people are lower risk of serious covid—i9 outcomes but are proportionately responsible for it symptom list transmission. we see a comparable pattern with influenza which is spread through similar routes of transmission. did that statement i read from the spanish government connecting the behaviour of young people and how they congregate with the rise in the number of cases among the age group, did that re—? ring true for your studies of other countries and communities? yes, actually. so it's a combination of the mixing

patterns, which if young people are gathering in clubs or parties, than that will exacerbate transmission and on top of that, they are more likely to be a cinematic or have very mild symptoms and so it will not modulate the behaviour through the realisation that they are sick. we will leave it there but thank you very much for your time and he might get you back on the programme soon. the us is by far the country worst hit by coronavirus so far. nearly 190,000 people have died of covid—i9 there to date, according to johns hopkins university, and while cases have fallen recently, they are still very high. with an election in two months‘ time, how the virus has been handled has become a major political issue. here's the democratic candidate for the presidency, joe biden.

november is election month and the president has set in the last hour that a vaccine can be ready before polling day. they say we done an incredible job and like nobody has ever seen before. this could have taken two or three years and instead it's going to be done in a very short period of time. could even have it during the month of october. so contrary to all of the lies, the vaccine... they're political lies. they'll say anything. and it's so dangerous for our country what they say. but the vaccine will be very safe and very effective and it will be delivered very soon and you could have a very big surprise coming up. i'm sure you'll be very happy, but the people will be happy. the people of the world will be happy.

political commentators in the us speak often of october surprises and elections but not vaccines. we will have to see how that comes out. california's wildfire season has come early. i want to focus on two fires. first, the largest. this is the creek fire. it's burned more than 73,000 acres and forced evacuations and road closures. authorities say the speed of this fire has caught people off—guard. at this time of year. more than 200 people were rescued in the end, some by helicopter. around 20 of them were hurt, some with burns. one of those there was jeremy remington, who filmed this video before his rescue. i just wanted to show you, if we make it out of this, mammoth pools. we are completely trapped by this fire on all sides, all around us. all of the roads are burned.

he looks forward but fortunately he and everyone else were rescued in the end. next, let's hearfrom cbs correspondent jonathan vigliotti. he's in shaver lake, a small town in the sierra national forest near fresno, and has this update on the creek fire. when it started on friday, it spread so quickly that evacuation orders could not be issued fast enough. and we actually spoke with one gentleman who was camping with his family. he wasjoined by about 150 other campers at a popular camp ground deep inside this forest. when they saw the flames, by the time they tried to evacuate, the one road out was blocked by a path of fire. this is a popular area for lakes, and so they did what made the most sense and probably saved their lives byjumping into a lake and riding out the worst of the firestorm for about an hour and a half. as they told us the story, they had embers of size of golf balls being thrown at them from the wind,

so they were very lucky to survive that. and it took 12 hours to be rescued. so, the helicopters in the national guard brought them in and plucked 20 people at a time and bring them to safety. again, though, right now the firefight is very much active as we are stilljust trying to get a sense of what kind of destruction was called. we know of a town here where half of the buildings were being told by local reports were destroyed this fire. next, further south, just outside los angeles, is the el dorado fire. officials say it was started by a firework at a gender reveal party. if you live somewhere which has so far avoided this phenomenon, this is a celebration where expecting parents gather with friends and family to find out their baby's gender. well, as well as telling everyone about the new arrival via a firework, this was the result. the fire has now spread over 7000 acres. californian fire authorities say it's only 5% contained. that's two fires, but firefighters are battling 23 major fires in california. these pictures have just come into the newsroom. this is the valley fire. it's burned through more than 10,000 acres of land in alpine just outside of san diego.

hot and dry conditions aren't helping firefighters. california's in the middle of a record heatwave. this is how hot. los angeles has just reported its highest ever temperature of 49.1; degrees celsius. the national weather service says it's "one of the hottest days since weather records began across much of south—western california". to help us understand the effect these conditions are having on the fire, here's california's fire department. well, with just how dry conditions are, these fires are burning at just explosive rates, just growing at rates that you would only typically see when you have significant weather events, significant wind. and while we've had some wind, these are not wind—driven fires. they're really driven by the terrain and by the dry conditions. now, we've already burned a significant amount of land across california. in fact, if you total of all of the acres burned, it's

larger than the state of delaware. it is a significant amount of land that has burned. and we are just now getting really into the peak of fire season. today, though, we have well over 14,000 firefighters on the front lines battling these fires. we have brought in firefighters from as far away as israel who are helping us try to work toward containing these fires. stay with us on outside source. still to come, almost 300 rohingya refugees have reached indonesia after claiming to be at sea for six months. we'll be speaking to charity save the children about the case. let's get more on what's happened in suffolk, where a 15—year—old boy was seriously injured in a shooting as he made his way to school. another teenage boy, who is also 15, was later arrested and is being held on suspicion of attempted murder. police are treating it as an isolated incident, and there are thought to be no wider

threats to the local community. here's our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford. the aftermath today of the gunning down of a 15—year—old boy who had been making his way to school. the year 11 pupil was shot in kesgrave, a villagejust outside ipswich, at 8:40am. i was walking my dog around the area where it happened, and i heard a gunshot and then i heard a great big scream, that was all i can say. it was as quick as that. it sounded like scaffolding falling down because it was a big crash but it was a loud bang, then a lot of ambulance staff and paramedics were working, so it had never happened around here before, it's such a quiet area, extremely quiet. five miles away and some two hours later, detectives made an arrest in a suburb on the other side of ipswich. there was a heavy police presence there all day. shortly before 11am, a teenager was arrested in ipswich on suspicion of attempted murder in connection with this incident.

he's currently in police custody at martlesham. we believe this was an isolated incident, and there is nothing now to suggest a wider threat to the public. at kesgrave high school, where the injured 15—year—old is a pupil, police were also present as shocked parents picked their children up after lessons. the bbc understands the 15—year—old was hit with a single shot from an unmodified firearm, and although extra police patrols have been laid on to reassure the public, there is not currently a wider manhunt for further suspects. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is — the uk has warned the eu it might override part of last year's brexit withdrawal agreement. the eu says britain is legally obliged to abide by it.

the public inquiry in the uk over the manchester arena suicide bombing has heard there were missed opportunities to identify the perpetrator before the attack. salman abedi killed 22 people at an ariana grande concert three years ago. the opening day of the inquiry heard abedi was reported as acting suspiciously in the minutes before he detonated his bomb. judith moritz reports. three years ago, these families' lives were shattered when a bomb exploded at manchester arena. they're still searching for answers and hope the public inquiry, chaired by sirjohn saunders, will provide them. bet lagers he lesser? a moment of reflection. can i ask you to remain standing while mr greaney reads out the names of those who died? john atkinson, courtney boyle, kelly brewster, georgina callander... 22 lives lost, 22 names

read in remembrance. the public inquiry will examine every aspect of the attack,