this is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm sally bundock. brexit negotiators from the eu and uk meet today for what's likely to be a tense round of trade talks and, strong winds and extreme heat hamper efforts to contain more than 20 wildfires in california. two australian journalists fly home from china after being questioned by china's ministry of state security. after a series of gruesome attacks on horses across france, police arrest one man, but suspect several others are involved.

hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. the uk's chief brexit negotiator has called for "realism" from his eu counterparts ahead of today's trade talks in london. sticking points over fishing rights and state aid will need to be overcome quickly to achieve a comprehensive post—brexit trade deal before the end of the year. but tensions have been raised by reports that london is planning to tear up parts of the brexit withdrawal agreement already signed with brussels. mark lobel‘s report contains some flash photography. officially, we became members midnight, local time. officially, we became members midnight, localtime. after britain's relationship in the european club, overseen by tempe ministers, brexit and that story. the concluding words of what happens next are

still being written, so good this week be the final sprint towards a trade deal? boris johnson's been turning up the rhetoric, characterising this week's round of negotiations as the political equivalent of last orders. we all need to know where we stand by the middle of october so that we know what we're planning for. at this final hour, the uk has raised eyebrows by clarifying its understanding of the divorce deal, that had been welcomed by both sides after painstaking negotiations. changes include the uk taking over sole decision—making about each of its goods are deemed at risk of crossing into the eu, and so liable for customs jacks. and also deciding the finer details on the grey area of what constitutes state aid, alone. taking control of decisions the eu may have felt we re decisions the eu may have felt were meant to be shared. that has left some in the eu feeling betrayed. the reputation of the

uk as betrayed. the reputation of the ukasa betrayed. the reputation of the uk as a reliable partner will be absolutely shattered. imagine yourself setting up a business with someone, and you have a first contract where you have, you know, some basic rules that you agree upon, and then you continue to discuss then you continue to discuss the details, and then your partner says, "well, the details, and then your partnersays, "well, no." the details, and then your partner says, "well, no." while the uk's recent ruminations may prompt the eu to harbour doubts, both teams of negotiators know the immediate sticking points to a deal, include how to carve out fishing waters and how much support domestic businesses can get from the uk government. hurdles both sides will now be working to overcome face—to—face, in london, when it will become clearer where the we are acting —— witnessing an act of brickman ship or walking towards a no deal

scenario. and we will have more of that later in the programme. strong winds are threatening to hamper the effort to contain more than 20 wildfires in california. more than 2 million acres across the state have already burned this year, making it the worse season for wildfires since records began. dozens of houses have been destroyed and thousands of residents have been moved out of their homes. peter bowes reports from los angeles. searing heat, gendered dry brush, and now the threat of strong winds, conditions that are ripe for wildfires to spread rapidly. a perfect storm that has already led to more destruction in 2020, than any other year on record in california. around the state, more than two dozen wildfires are burning, the so—called bobcat fire in the national forest is in approaching —— encroaching on several nearby communities was that we have a

red flag wanting today, and we have santa ana winds predicted for the next two days, so what that means for the public is we really need to pay attention to any instructions on evacuation as the fire is likely to move south towards six communities. this year number of fires and the intense conditions are stretching the state's resources to the limit. it became apparent yesterday based on the activity going on, not only the california, but throughout california at large there are a number of incidents that we will be challenged with. the resources to make an aggressive attack, not only through the afternoon but last night. thousands of residents in the path of another fire, which has been raging since saturday comment near caper, to the east of los angeles, are on standby to evacuate their homes it's hard to know whether we're just going to get up and leave, so just going to get up and leave, soi just going to get up and leave, so i really don't know what my future is, we will get through this one day at a time. could bea this one day at a time. could be a long week. over the next few days, the weather is

expected to cool down slightly, but the winds good fan the fla mes but the winds good fan the flames further —— good fan the fla mes flames further —— good fan the flames further. this is a california fires isn't like no other was the peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. —— fire season news, los angeles. —— fire season like no other. one of the leading opposition figures in belarus has been abducted by unidentified men, according to local reports. witnesses say maria kolesnikova, one of the three women who joined forces to challenge president lukashenko in the recent election, was bundled into a vehicle in minsk and driven away. she had attended a mass demonstration in the capital on sunday. the interior ministry is saying it has no information about her being detained. the bbc‘s jonah fisher has this report. maria kolesnikova was, until today, a political survivor. pretty much the last belarus opposition leader who is not injailand who has not fled the country. this was her in minsk yesterday, taking part in a fourth weekend

of demonstrations, calling for the country's president, alexander lu kashenko, to step down. as the day came to an end the riot police fought back. dozens were detained, and this morning miss kolesnikova was picked up from a minsk street. she walked to the post office and she disappeared. a passer—by saw that she was taken to the bus with the — it was written there that it was the communications service, something like this. and after that we couldn't contact her. her phone is not available. miss kolesnikova was part of a triumvirate of women who took on president lukashenko in august's election. svetla na ti kha novs kaya was their candidate, and she's widely thought to have won the most votes. but president lukashenko declared victory.

miss tikhanovskaya left the country. and a few days later, i caught up with miss kolesnikova. but do you feel safe here? you are the most prominent opposition leader who is on the streets of minsk. are you worried? no, i'm not worried. i'm very safe and when you see these people who are here around me, i'm happy. i feel very safe. if president lukashenko is hoping to crush the protests by detaining opposition figures, he's likely to be disappointed. belarus' demonstrations have no clear leadership or structure, and just one key aim, to remove an unpopular president from power. jonah fisher, bbc news. let's speak to maksimas milta, who is in minsk. he's a lecturer and head of communications at the european humanities university, which is a bela rusian university which has been operating

in exile in lithuania, since it was shut down by president lukashenko in 200a. welcome to the programme. we we re welcome to the programme. we were just hearing there in the report about the disappearance of maria kolesnikova stop just tell us about your experience, because you were also abducted, is that correct? good morning, and thank you for having me. i've been witnessing the protest here in belarus for the last 30 days and it is day 31 already here. last sunday there was another 200,000 peaceful protesters rallying in central maersk, —— minsk, and the sunday there was a moment where the density of the crowd degrees, and that was the momentum that riot police and the fargo allied police officers that are associated of police officers —— thug—allied police officers —— thug—allied police officers, and i was lucky to have the time to react

and find somewhere to hide. some of the protesters, despite finding a cafe to hide, they we re finding a cafe to hide, they were attacked by riot police and basically the window was broken. people have been taken away from that cafe, and this attack was actually done by my already mentioned no uniform, no insignia wearing, thug—allied police officers. no insignia wearing, thug-allied police officers. so you escaped arrest or abduction as it were, but what is the situation for you now, given what has been happening in the last few days and weeks? last monday there was an increase in detentions of more than 600 people, this is a record high number, starting from august i3, number, starting from august 13, the last of those bloody days of detention is here in belarus, so starting from the very beginning of the so—called presidential elections, there we re presidential elections, there were almost 9000 people already detained, and it is clear that

authorities continue to act desperately. it is clear they are burning bridges, and maria kolesnikova is not the only member of the co—ordination council who was not able to act. her location remains unknown almost 84 hours after she was kidnapped, basically. there are only a handful of members free in belarus. i can name two of them. the rest are in excel in the to any art or pollen or in prison. —— are in exile, or the lift to any or poland. and the highlight of the prior week has been the student mobilisation. student protests from september one, despite being arrested on campuses, and at the same time, local neighbourhoods here in minsk and other cities in belarus, they have also demonstrated on a daily basis and presented an unprecedented

level of mobilisation. our protesters losing hope as days and weeks go by, given president lukashenko is showing no sign of stepping down or giving any ground to protesters ? giving any ground to protesters? one would naturally expect a certain level of fatigue arising, this is a 31 of peaceful protests. as a reaction on every attack, on every brutality by authorities, there is a very simple answer, and this is high mobilisation of people, more people going out in the streets, and i would also like to highlight he has a sense of humour and irony that people are also using a certain instrument, as a certain advantage they have. it is hard to translate how funny, how ironic the posters people are bringing out together with them on these rallies on a daily basis. and sunday rallies have become somewhat a tradition with over 200,000 people gathering in minsk alone, but smaller rallies like women's

rallies on saturday have become a manifestation of somewhat a tradition where you see again that belarusians tradition where you see again that bela rusians on tradition where you see again that belarusians on a daily basis demonstrate this enormous level of solidarity and how courageous they are in also being able to protect their peers. because whenever people are attacked by riot police or this unidentified thug allied police officers hiding behind masks, they are always protected by their counterparts. they are protected by their fellow people, and it is important that belarusians feel they are not alone and are all united. all right, we will have to leave it there was that we are out of time. discussing the situation in belarus at the moment. two australian journalists have flown home from china following a five—day diplomatic stand—off after police demanded to interview both men. bill birtles, the australian broadcasting corporation's correspondent based in beijing, and mike smith, the australian financial

review‘s correspondent based in shanghai, had both been questioned by china's ministry of state security. tensions between australia and china have been rising over recent years, most recently after the australian prime minister made remarks about the origin of covid—i9. let's cross to sydney and speak to our correspondent shaimaa khalil. shaimaa khalil, tell us more about these two men back in australia and the situation surrounding their detainment? well, the stand—off started last week. australian diplomats in beijing had warned bill bi rtles in beijing had warned bill birtles to leave the country, a similar warning was given to the abc's management here in sydney. and after the second warning, the public broadcaster arranged for him to leave. he was due back on thursday, but on the eve of his departure on wednesday night, he had a gathering, a farewell gathering of friends, and at midnight, seven chinese policeman showed up seven chinese policeman showed up at his doorstep and said he

was banned from leaving the country and told him that he was to show up for questioning for what they described as a national security case. he then contacted the embassy, he took shelter in australia's embassy in beijing fora shelter in australia's embassy in beijing for a few days, and there was a back—and—forth between australian diplomats and chinese officials. a deal was struck that if he was to sit down for an interview, which he did, the band would be lifted. a similar situation happened with michael smith in shanghai, he also took shelter in australia's consulate in shanghai, the two men have now left china and are back in australia. a very worrying development, really, because bill and development, really, because billand mike development, really, because bill and mike were the last two journalists for australian media to be working from china. their evacuation means for the first time since the 1970s, the australian media has no accredited journalists in china. and why have tensions been rising between china and australia in recent years?

look, this has been going on for weeks and months. you mentioned australia wanting and backing an international investigation into the origins of covid—i9, which infuriated ageing, even though they would not admitted, saying it was targeting for china and since then there has been and forth accusations, australia taking issue with how china has been handling the situation in hong kong, the uighur situation in beijing imposing tariffs on australian bali, stopping imports of australian beef and warning tourists not to come to australia to this has been going on for a while and this is the latest in the deterioration in relations between those two countries. thank you very much. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: how cruise ships anchored off the bahamas because of the coronavirus could be destroying marine

life. george w bush: freedom itself was attacked this morning, and freedom will be defended. the united states will hunt down and punish those responsible. bishop tutu now becomes spiritual leader of 100,000 anglicans here, of the blacks in soweto township, as well as the whites in their rich suburbs. we say to you today in a loud and a clear voice "enough of blood and tears. enough!" translation: the difficult decision we reached together was one that required great and exceptional courage. it's an exodus of up to 60,000

people caused by the uneven pace of political change in eastern europe. iam free! this is bbc news. the latest headlines: brexit negotiators from the eu and uk meet today for what's likely to be a tense round of trade talks — after revelations that britain is planning to row back on commitments it's already made. strong winds and extreme heat are hampering efforts to contain more than 20 wildfires in california. forecasters are warning that conditions could deteriorate further with more powerful hot winds expected.

one of the unexpected consequences of the coronavirus pandemic has been cleaner air in many parts of the world as a result of the lockdown. but such environment positives have not been universal. in the bahamas, there has been an influx of cruise ships parked off the island chain as passenger demand vanished. and the rubbish being left behind from them is threatening marine life. michael pintard is the minister for agriculture and marine resources in the bahamas. he told us that while the country welcomes the giant vessels amongst the islands, shipping companies should be reminded of their obligations to area. we are in the preliminary stages and we are going to have a comprehensive assessment to determine the extent of the damage and it is in the interest of the bahamas and of the cruise industry to mitigate against the damages that have occurred and we are confident that the companies are prepared to spend the resources required to assist us in rehabilitating the environment. and it can be rehabilitated? they are extremely important. we have committed more than 10% of our

marine environment to be protected so we have established marine protected areas and by the years end we expect that to be 20%. it is crucial in terms of economic development, a variety of economic opportunities and it is part of our identity did the bahamas is a big ocean state and the reality is it stretches from the tip of florida to cuba and we see ourselves as a habitat for the region and therefore it is crucial that we protect our marine resources and we expect partners, such as the cruise industry, to pay theirfair share in assisting us to do that, particularly where they are culpable. we are confident. let's get some of the day's other news. typhoon haishen continues to bear down on the korean peninsula after hitting southern japan. parts of the east coast across both north and south korea have been affected by strong rains and lashing rain. hundreds of flights have been grounded, airports shut

and train services stopped near busan — south korea's second largest city. the fiancee of the murdered saudi dissident journalist jamal khashoggi has condemned the saudi authorities for the final sentences for his killing. the court ordered eightjail terms ranging from seven to 20 years, and commuted five death sentences. none of the guilty were named. the assassination of mr khashoggi at the saudi consulate in istanbul two years ago has cast a shadow over the country's defacto leader, crown prince mohammed bin salman. the ukrainian captain of a cruise ship which collided with a tourist boat in the hungarian capital — budapest — last year goes on trial today. he faces charges of criminal responsibility for the disaster, which he denies. 28 people died when the viking sigyn passenger ship tried to overtake the smaller vessel during bad

weather in high water. the poisoned russian opposition leader, alexei navalny, has been taken out of his medically—induced coma. doctors treating him in berlin say his condition is improving. he was flown to germany after falling ill on a flight in siberia in august. doctors say he was poisoned with the nerve agent novichok. his team believe that was on the orders of russian president vladimir putin. he has denied any involvement. donald trump has demanded a reporter remove his face mask during a press briefing on monday. the journalist from the news agency reuters was trying to ask a question — but the president was having difficulty understanding. you're going to have to take that off, please. you are many feet away. if you don't take it

off, you are very muffled, it will be a lot easier. i will speak a lot louder, it's better? that's better. the wearing of face coverings has become highly politicised in the us. the president has refused to order americans to wear them and mocked his presidential challenger, joe biden, for wearing one. police in france have arrested a man in connection with a series of gruesome attacks on horses — mostly in the north and east. authorities believe several people are involved. about twenty horse have been killed — and dozens more mutilated. the bbc‘s tim allman has this. it looks idyllic, doesn't it? horses grazing in the northern french countryside. but appearances can be deceptive. this is remy, a blacksmith, with his pony, noel. noel had his eye gouged out, one of three horses attacked in two separate

incidents at this time. translation: at first i thought it was accidental, and i told myself in a small village like this, it can't be possible. i walked around the pasture several times to see how they could have been injured like that and realised that it was not possible. and this is happening nationwide. dozens of attacks: ears being chopped off, legs being stabbed, animals killed. there are all sorts of theories. a satanic cult? a gruesome trophy hunt? some kind of internet challenge? the country's interior minister met with horse breeders north of paris, voicing reassurance and dismay. translation: we are extremely shocked by these despicable acts. there have been 153 investigations throughout france. about 30 acts are particularly serious. either resulting in the death of the horses, or extremely violent injuries.

this is a computer—generated image of a potential suspect, and after it was issued, a man was arrested. he is being questioned, but police believe several people could be involved. the attacks began at the start of the year but have become more frequent in recent weeks. these horses may still be in danger. tim allman, bbc news. in tennis, the reigning french open champion and women's world number one ashleigh barty has announced she won't play at the french open, due to start in paris at the end of the month. barty has also pulled out of the us open currently under way in new york. on monday organisers said fans will be allowed inside roland garros despite the increase in coronavirus cases in france. the tournament was postponed from may because of the pandemic and is scheduled to start in paris on the 27th of september.

hello there. although for many of us, monday was a cloudy day, we did have some rain as well across north—western areas, we also had a few brighter moments, and that was of those captured towards the end of the day across parts of devon by alan 0. now, on the charts for tuesday, we've got low pressure to the north of the uk, high pressure to the south and this front working eastwards. now, this area is called a warm sector. and that's going to be moving right across the uk. bringing warmer air, yes, but increasing amounts of humidity. all that's going to do is thicken the cloud up and bring some outbreaks of drizzle, some mist and fog patches forming around our coasts and hills. so it will turn increasingly murky over the next few hours. some dampness around, as i say. a few spots of drizzle, no great amounts butjust some

dampness in the air across the west first thing. starting off with the day on tuesday, we start off with that extensive cloud. the best of the sunshine, actually, northern and eastern scotland, north—east england starting out sunny as well. elsewhere, there could be a few breaks coming along in the cloud, but it's always going to be a struggle to break the cloud across the west, so staying quite grey. despite that, temperatures still into the 20s. rain moves into the north—west of scotland, becoming persistent towards the end of the day, and if we do see any lengthy clear breaks, with some sunshine, it will feel warm, it will fill humid. that rain will continue to push southwards as we go through tuesday night as this cold front extends towards england and wales, taking its rain with it. the front itself is moving towards high pressure so the front is weakening all the time. as it takes its cloud, the rain increasingly turns patchy as it works towards the south and the east. temperatures on wednesday, lower, and about 5 degrees lower across the north and east. you will notice that change.

but across the south—east, we're stilljust about hanging onto that warm air. temperature still around 22 or so in london. it will turn a bit fresher, though, on thursday. we say fresher, it will be fresher, but of course in the sunshine, it still september, it is still warm in that sun. after a sunny start cloud on thursday will tend to spread across the sky particularly across northern and western areas. a few showers to brush into the far north—west of scotland. our temperatures for many of us between around 15 and 19 degrees celsius. and then we finish the week with low pressure moving and bringing wet and windy weather to the north—west. again the front weakens as he pushes through the south—east. that's your weather.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm sally bundock, with the latest business stories. the uk seeks to seal a swift trade deal with the us, but what are the risks? the world's number three economy — japan — sees a dramatic fall in economic growth as it gears up for a change in prime minister. and the show must go on, but at what cost? we talk to the boss of the royal albert hall about the impact of coronavirus.

if you have just joined if you havejustjoined us, you are very, very welcome. now let's talk trade — but not with the eu, but rather the us, because the next round of trade talks between the two also begin today. this follows initial talks via video conference on the may 5. the aim is to secure a free trade agreement with the world's biggest economy by the time the us has voted for its next president — that's on november 3. is this realistic and what are the key sticking points? joining me now is anahita thoms, head of international trade practice, baker mckenzie. it's nice to see you. a short timetable by trying to get things done by november three. it is. it's highly unlikely the deal will be completed. trade talks take time. a lot of time. and this one is particularly challenging, not only because

of the us elections, but also because of covid—i9, and the overwhelming negotiations with the european union. but what is clear, too, is that it is not only about economics here, it is clearly about politics and showing to the british people without the prime minister is negotiating with the biggest economy “— negotiating with the biggest economy —— that the prime minister is negotiating, so it isa minister is negotiating, so it is a signal to them, too. many people are quite worried about what we might give up in order to clinch a deal with the trump administration. all sorts of scare stories about chlorinated chicken, the nhs being under threat, what are your thoughts on how these negotiations are likely to go? so, clearly there are sticking points, and you noted one of them, which is that the nhs point. this is a challenge to be resolved. the other points are the digital

service tax, which us officials have clearly criticised, and, for example, the pharmaceutical sector in the us wants to have better access stock but the uk doesn't want to liberalise that. —— have better access but the uk doesn't want to liberalise that. what are the risks? the risks are that the european union wants to strike a deal with the uk, and the european union is the biggest trading partner, so you may lose your biggest trading partner to win a deal that may not be as favourable as you had hoped, with the united states. and given what has happened just this week with the uk government proposing new legislation in the wings with regards to the eu withdrawal agreement, and of course talks happening today on the relationship between the uk and european union when it comes to

trade, how concerned are you about those talks? very concerned. because, trade negotiations are also about trust, and clearly the uk government is gambling here. it's a dangerous strategy, and you have to see that the european union is getting more frustrated every day. yeah, they are not alone. anahita thoms, thank you forjoining us so early. anahita thoms from baker mckenzie. data just out shows how much japan's economy suffered in the three months between april and june — it contracted by an annualised rate of more than 28%. this comes as campaigning kicks off for candidates hoping to replace the country's longest—serving prime minister, shinzo abe, as the leader of the liberal democratic party. live to japan now and professor

seijiro takeshita at the school of management and information, university of shizuoka. it's good to see you, seijiro takeshita. let's talk about the state of the economy to begin with. we knew the news would be bad. how bad is it? it is probably the worst ever, especially after the war, considering that it is so much ofa considering that it is so much of a deeper wound than the looming crisis. private consumption is putting much in tatters, especially considering the very, very conservative nature of the japanese public and the corporations as well. and the income levels are going down, especially where disposable tendencies are very high, on things like overtime, really down to the bottom. so we're getting a decline in both quantity and quality as far as spending environments are concerned. if you look at the corporations are, obviously they are stepping back because geopolitical issues and tensions are rising, not only with minor and tensions are rising, not only with minorandjapan, tensions are rising, not only with minor and japan, but the coal trade war that is being

kicked off by americans and chinese, so they are standing back on investments at the moment. there is an awful lot going on at the moment. the japanese economy is very, very vulnerable and shinzo abe has announced he is stepping down for health reasons. who do you think might fill his shoes, and what might that mean in terms of economic policy going forward ? of economic policy going forward? i remember the term abenomics very well, something shinzo abe had lots of time to implement. well, actually, the most likely candidate is our chief candour nori secretary duff does chief cabinet secretary —— chief cabinet secretary. he is quite a follower of abenomics, and his appearance is, i have to say, quite modest. he is not a loud speaker, compared to other candidates, but he is considered to be a very good person with adjustment capability. that is one of the reasons why he has achieved all

the support from major factions injapan, and the political game of ldp injapan is a functional basis. he has a strong back up of that and i think you will clinch it quite easily, i think. and he has been a long—time aid of shinzo abe. if he was to clinch it, how easy is it for him to implement economic policy that is desperately needed to help the economy? i see you grimacing as i ask that question. it is a tough task because of the environment with which wejust because of the environment with which we just talked about, particularly the geopolitical tensions rising and cold economic war starting. a fight over hegemony between chinese and americans and japanese being in the middle of that, and of course the excessive conservative nature of japanese consumption behaviour and corporate spending. it's going to bea corporate spending. it's going to be a very, very difficult task, to say the least. but it

may be a good chance forjapan to renovate its innovation ideas and the old way of doing things. we probably need a constructive destruction, and thatis constructive destruction, and that is what i think i am expecting from mr suga or ishiba or anybody who could utilise this crisis, covid—i9, to change the path to a more positive direction. seijiro takeshita, thank positive direction. seijiro ta keshita, thank you positive direction. seijiro takeshita, thank you for your analysis. always great to have you on the programme. let's get some of the day's other news. up to £3.5 billion — that's $4.6 billion — in coronavirus job retention scheme payments may have been claimed fraudulently or paid out in error, the uk government has said. hm revenue and custom estimates that 5—10% of furlough cash has been wrongly awarded. the scheme has paid 80% of the wages of workers placed on leave since march, up to a maximum of £2,500 a month.

the founder of netflix says he has seen no benefits of his staff working from home and that the new normal makes debating ideas harder. despite that, reed hastings says his 8,600 employees will not return to the office until most of them have received an approved coronavirus vaccine. other leading technology companies like twitter have suggested employees may never return to the office. there is a thought, isn't there? never return to the office. let's look at the uk job market. british employers planned more than 300,000 redundancies in just the months ofjune and july, this as the coronavirus outbreak took its toll on the workplace. in justjuly, 1,784 firms made plans to cut nearly 150,000 jobs, that's almost a sevenfold increase on july last year.

these figures were obtained by a bbc freedom of information request. daniel meere is managing director of axis corporate, uk. daniel, when you add up all those numbers, it's a big number, isn't it? 300,000 planned job cuts announced in june and july. it is. and that is potentially delayed also. june and july is the data we have got, but august and october could be when it really happens, when organisations need to start paying their employees to come to work. we know and we are hearing daily from high street retailers, from high street retailers, from companies that provide food, restaurants, airlines, they are cutting back dramatically. is that really where it is mainly happening? well, firstly, there is a scale effect here. uk smes, they

employ effect here. uk smes, they em ploy less effect here. uk smes, they employ less than 20 people, they are disproportionately affected. they will really be feeling the bite. there is also a seasonal effect here. any organisations that rely on trade in the summer or the upcoming festive season will also be seeing their revenues very very sharply hit, so yes, thatis very very sharply hit, so yes, that is right. but there is the coal from the confederation of british industry and the government, get back to the office, get back in those buildings! because city centres need you to buy sandwiches at lunchtime, etc. and we are hearing, from twitter and other organisations like netflix, they are keeping everyone at home. yes, there would be a change to the working lifestyle. there a re change to the working lifestyle. there are very few people, certainly that i have spoken to, you are relishing the prospect of monday— friday, 9-5, the prospect of monday— friday, 9—5, rush—hour commute to and from the office. the pattern of work is very likely to change in future, with more people spending more time having worked from home. and of course that will have an effect on

organisations that are reliant on that business for their trade. as you say, people who offer catering at lunch times, events, offer catering at lunch times, eve nts, a ny offer catering at lunch times, events, any live events as well, the entertainment industry. do you think then, this is the new normal, you look like you are at home right now? are you going into the office later this morning? if thatis office later this morning? if that is the new normal, there has to be a short—term adjustment to that. there will bejob adjustment to that. there will be job losses adjustment to that. there will bejob losses in diners and restau ra nts, bejob losses in diners and restaurants, but is it better worklife balance in the long run? i think the consensus is yes. people are adjusting to a different work pattern and a life pattern. but there is potentially a longer impact on this. we were talking about six months, now. but making adjustments and dealing with things, although adjusting to childcare, having to work from home when you don't have an office set up to do that is a challenge. but in the longer

term, i think people will seem to need more social interaction and misty daily drop in conversations in the office. i think we will see a defined effect there. interesting news also around but monzo, they are starting to look non— london locations —— pret a manger, they are looking at locations outside of london. daniel meere, i always imagine people are wearing their suit on the top half. these are difficult times for the german car giant daimler. even before the pandemic it was suffering from a steep fall in profits, and setting aside billions of euros for legal costs linked to the alleged manipulation of diesel emissions. then came the covid outbreak, which forced factories to shut and showrooms to close their doors. the company is, however taking a rare moment to celebrate — with the recent launch of a new version of its upmarket s class model, and the opening

of a new ultra—modern factory in stuttgart. as chief executive ola kalennius explained to our reporter, theo leggett. if you look at what we have donein if you look at what we have done in managing the company through this first phase of the covid—19 pandemic, as it hit us, it is clear you have to look at your liquidity and do cash management and in the second quarter, when we recorded a loss, we had a positive cash flow so we quickly reacted with production to match i would say an unprecedented drop in sales due to lockdowns around the world so we have a very robust liquidity situation, now in a push for cost efficiency and restructuring. as market gradually turns back to some sort of normalcy, so we are financial performance. but how farcan financial performance. but how far can you cut costs because before pandemic you are cutting thousands of jobs around before pandemic you are cutting thousands ofjobs around the world. there is a limit to how far the process can go? it's an

transformation so we have a situation where on the one hand we are investing at very high levels to new technologies and at the same time having the most stringent sufficiency programmes in the company so i think there is never an end to how you produce business and may be intensified through covid—19, taking a hard look at fixed cost structures and taking measures to lower those, investing in the technologies that matter to our customers which will bring products forward but at the same time, pinching every penny so i think we have quite some room on the efficiency side while at the same time building back that revenue line. does that mean you think you can do this, pay for the investment and cut costs without having to get rid of thousands more posts around

the world? when you look at efficiencies, you have to look at personnel costs as well and this is something we already announced last year and i would say through covid—19, is something we need to take an additional lookout, we are talking to the representatives on the labour side and coming up on the labour side and coming up with construct ship solutions, socially responsible solutions, socially responsible solutions to construct workforce. it's one of the necessities to work through the recession cost but also a necessity to generate cash for the investments we are talking about into new and innovative technologies. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: what do we do when the music stops? the plight of concert and performance venues during the pandemic. i'll be talking to the chief executive of the royal albert hall ina executive of the royal albert hall in a moment. england's deputy chief medical

officer has warned that people must start taking coronavirus seriously or face what he calls a "bumpy ride" ahead.professor jonathan van tam said people had relaxed too much over the summer and must now re—engage with social distancing rules. nearly 3,000 new daily cases of covid—19 were recorded on both sunday and monday, the highest figure since may. as part of the government's introduction of ‘region travel corridors', seven greek islands — including crete and mykonos — have been added to the quarantine list. the transport secretary, grant shapps, said the government now had the data and the capacity to "pinpoint risks"and said islands can be treated differently from the mainland if infection rates differ.

brexit negotiators from the eu and uk meet today for what's likely to be a tense round of trade talks — after revelations that britain is planning to row back on commitments it's already made. strong winds and extreme heat are hampering efforts to contain more than 20 wildfires in california. forecasters are warning that conditions could deteriorate further with more powerful hot winds expected. music festivals, concert venues and theatres face financial ruin if current social distancing measures stay in place — that's the warning coming from key players in the industry. andrew lloyd weber today will give evidence to the digital — culture — media and sport committee in a push to get further government help. theatres across the country were able to re—open from the middle of august as long as they had appropriate social distancing measures in place but many argue that is financial unviable.

joining me now is craig hassall, chief executive of the royal albert hall. just tell us what doing in the midst of the pandemic, how are you operating? we've been closed since march so it's quite difficult. the proms has no audience at the moment, it's socially distanced but not viable financially. we need to change the government guidelines. what do you suggest? well, i'm not a scientist and i'm not in the government but under the current guidelines, our capacity drops to about 37% and for anyone to hire the royal albert hall, the breakeven is about 80%. no—one can viably hire the hall and as a result, we remain close. it's notjust

the performance, it is the performers, and your stage is the size that it is. i know there are various options and you move your stage around. the proms at the moment have about 500 performers and, as a result, there is no room for the audience and even then, we're doing an awful lot to make sure the performers and crew are safe back stage. there is so much to consider but clearly, we' re not is so much to consider but clearly, we're not out of pandemic yet. we've seen numbers going up in the last two days in terms of the number of people infected and it looks like those who are infected are between the age of 17 and 30, where the spread is happening and they are the most likely to come and visit in many ways. ourage come and visit in many ways. our age range come and visit in many ways. 0ur age range goes from come and visit in many ways. our age range goes from that age group to much older and everything in between. we would like to welcome back everybody from every age group but we

just can't viably open under the current guidelines. if the current guidelines remain in place for the short—term lease, are you and others calling for more financial help from the government, to keep yourself and other theatres open? outside of london, smaller editors are more vulnerable, they do not have the profile like the royal albert hall. we are all under the same boat. none of us can open up under the current guidelines. we are not used to having support as the royal albert hall but we do need help from the government. the problem is, for all of us, the furlough scheme will finish at the end of october. we have no clear guidance beyond that. we are approaching a very difficult time for the industry. the artists themselves, they are out of work, they have been

furloughed. what support is for them when the scheme comes to an end? there are two problems. the supply companies that support industry have no work or support or income since march. the furlough scheme has helped employees are places like the royal albert hall in theatres but that scheme ends in october, it will be difficult when that support ends. we appreciate your time so early this morning, thank you very much indeed. we'll keep a close eye on what happens, and how andrew lloyd webber gets on today when he is ahead of the digital culture media and sport committee. that isa media and sport committee. that is a lot of the business stories that are leading here on bbc world news. we have a lot more ahead for you. let's have a quick look at financial markets. i'm not sure if we can bring you the numbers. wall

street was closed on monday for a public holiday so no action as far as the united states as concern for financial markets but i'm kind of hoping we can bring you some numbers so we can show you how markets are faring. it's been a really interesting. forfinancial markets because we had such a strong rise in equity markets globally, maybe —— mainly in the us and many are asking the reasons why, what is fuelling this, given the economic instability we are experiencing, numbers from japan, we heard about the huge fall earlier in second—quarter economic growth in japan economic growth injapan but can see japan today up economic growth injapan but can seejapan today up 0.5%, hong kong down by zero point —— zero .6%. as i say, markets have been so interesting of late because many are questioning how long can this sort of surge in demand for

equities continue, companies like tesla, amazon and others, netflix. it's obvious as to why some of those stocks are doing well, the likes of netflix and amazon have done extremely well during the lockdown and pandemic going across the world as we've all been at home a lot more. we are watching box sets and all sorts and working from home. that kind of tech is done extremely well but many are asking whether actually these stocks are now gone far too far in terms of the upside, we saw a bit ofa in terms of the upside, we saw a bit of a sell—off. sofbank, the japanese company says it is buying a lot of options. and sofbank in the last couple of days has come off somewhat on the japanese market. in terms of its investment in options on

the big tech companies. that's all for me for now. see you soon. hello there. although for many of us, monday was a cloudy day, we did have some rain as well across north—western areas, we also had a few brighter moments, and that was of those captured towards the end of the day across parts of devon by alan 0. now, on the charts for tuesday, we've got low pressure to the north of the uk, high pressure to the south and this front working eastwards. now, this area is called a warm sector. and that's going to be moving right across the uk. bringing warmer air, yes, but increasing amounts of humidity. all that's going to do is thicken the cloud up and bring some outbreaks of drizzle, some mist and fog patches forming around our coasts and hills. so it will turn increasingly murky over the next few hours. some dampness around, as i say. a few spots of drizzle,

no great amounts butjust some dampness in the air across the west first thing. starting off with the day on tuesday, we start off with that extensive cloud. the best of the sunshine, actually, northern and eastern scotland, north—east england starting out sunny as well. elsewhere, there could be a few breaks coming along in the cloud, but it's always going to be a struggle to break the cloud across the west, so staying quite grey. despite that, temperatures still into the 20s. rain moves into the north—west of scotland, becoming persistent towards the end of the day, and if we do see any lengthy clear breaks, with some sunshine, it will feel warm, it will fill humid. that rain will continue to push southwards as we go through tuesday night as this cold front extends towards england and wales, taking its rain with it. the front itself is moving towards high pressure so the front is weakening all the time. as it takes its cloud, the rain increasingly turns patchy as it works towards the south and the east. temperatures on wednesday, lower, and about 5 degrees

lower across the north and east. you will notice that change. but across the south—east, we're stilljust about hanging onto that warm air. temperature still around 22 or so in london. a bit fresher, though, on thursday. we say fresher, it will be fresher, but of course in the sunshine, still september, still warmth in that sun. after a sunny start, cloud on thursday will tend to spread across the sky particularly across northern and western areas. a few showers brush into the far north—west of scotland. temperatures for many of us between around 15 and 19 celsius. we finish the week with low pressure moving and bringing wet and windy weather to the north—west. again the front weakens as he pushes through the south—east. that's your weather.

good morning. welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. our headlines today: one of england's most senior medical advisers says he's greatly concerned about a rise in coronavirus cases in recent days, and calls on people to take the virus seriously. if we don't take this incredibly seriously from this point in we are going to have a bumpy ride over the next few months. in wales, caerphilly becomes the first county to go into a local lockdown after recent figures show it has one of the highest number of cases in the uk. more than a million people in scotland are now subject to tougher restrictions after they were extended to two more areas overnight.