this is bbc news — with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. my name is mike embley. this is bbc news — the entire senior police the headlines: leadership for a city the entire senior police leadership for the city in new york state resigns over of rochester in new york state the death of a black has resigned in the aftermath man in custody. of the death of a black man in custody. they've been under intense as fears rise of another global spike in covid cases, scrutiny since news the uk announces it will of the death of daniel prude ban gatherings of more became public last week than six people. — sparking protests. the british government one of the leading opposition activists in belarus rips is to ban social gatherings up her passport to avoid being expelled from the country of more than six people as the president insists across england — after a spike in coronavirus infections. the new measures are expected he's not stepping down. to come into effect from monday. they will apply to both indoor and outdoor gatherings, a senior british politician including pubs, restaurants admits in parliament that government plans to change and public places. the brexit agreement would break international law. there and public places. will be exemptions for schools there will be exemptions for schools workplaces weddings. the belarusian opposition leader maria kolesnikova is reported to have ripped up her passport as officials attempted to deport her into exile in neighbouring ukraine.

opposition colleagues say they saw ms kolesnikova tear the document into tiny pieces as she was being escorted across the border. hello and welcome to bbc news. the entire senior police leadership for the city of rochester in new york state has resigned, in the aftermath she is now in detention again. of the death of a black man in police custody. now on bbc news, click. rochester‘s police chief and other senior commanders have been under intense scrutiny since news of the death of daniel prude became public last week, sparking protests. let's speak to our north america correspondent peter bowes. can you help us with the background here? yes. this happened back in march when daniel prude was known to have mental health issues. he was arrested by police, he was naked in the street at the time. during the course of the arrest the police used what is known as a spit hood, a device, a hood put over a suspect‘s

head to protect police officers from the saliva of a suspect. this was put into place and his head was then forced onto the ground and shortly after that point he lost consciousness. he died in hospital one week later and according to the autopsy report he died of complications of asphyxia. as i say, this happened in march but has only, to light over the past week after members of the family. body camera footage from police officers and made that public. and that has led to the allegation that the police were in some way trying to cover up what happened and that is the essential allegation which the now resigned police chief now objects too. such a strong consequence and there have been so consequence and there have been so many deaths in police custody. it is always tempting to draw lessons from the particular. does this have meaning for the rest of the

country? there is still a long way to go on this. there is still an investigation under way. the seven police officers who were involved in this were suspended in their future who were involved in this were suspended in theirfuture is pending an investigation which is ongoing. protesters have gathered, several nights in a i’ow gathered, several nights in a row since that footage was released and they have been demanding, they have been demanding, they have been demanding justice for daniel prude and changes in the way that police operate and dealing with people with mental health issues. of course those are some of the issues that on a national basis are of concern for many people of how police interact with suspect and this was an african—american man and this happened before the george floyd arrest which was quite similar circumstances. thank you very much, peter. governments in europe and asia are grappling with a surge in coronavirus infections and struggling to gain control. in the past couple of hours

the british government has announced new rules on social gatherings in england — to take effect from monday. only six people will be allowed to meet indoors or outside. south korea has just extended its lockdown in the capital seoul, with the toughest measures the city has seen since the start of the pandemic. we'll hear from seoul in a moment — but first, nick eardley on what the new restrictions mean for england. i think it reflects a real concern in government and amongst the scientific experts who advise ministers at the number of cases we have seen in recent days, that rise in the number of positive test for coronavirus that we have been talking so much about. clearly part of the concern is that we are meeting too many people that there are too many social interactions, some of which are leading to transmission of the virus. it is not designed to stop people going to work. it is not designed to stop kids going to school orfor universities. it is designed to stop us meeting indoors or meeting

outdoors. so there is a big headline figure will be that the indoors or outdoors, the limit will be six. that changes the rules onto households meetings for example. at the moment, two households can meet, no matter what the size. the guidelines at the moment say that if you are meeting up outdoors, it can be six people from as many households if you want but that limit is six. that is now been brought into law and that is partly because police were concerned and they relayed these concerns at downing street that the rules were not simple enough and that it wasn't easy enough to intervene where large groups under 30 which had been the legal limit to intervene when those groups were meeting up in various places. but as i said, itjust shows that ministers are increasingly worried about transmission of the virus. meanwhile, france has registered another 6,500 new cases of the coronavirus in the past 2a hours.

so far, there have been relatively few serious cases of the disease, but as our paris correspondent lucy williamson reports, there are signs in the south of the country that hospital beds are starting to fill up again. testing here has become a weapon against the spread of anxiety, as rapid and silent as the virus itself. one paris mayor is offering free coronavirus tests for anyone who wants one. without appointment, symptoms or any contact with a confirmed case. the deputy mayor says they're running at full capacity. if we would have to test only people with symptoms or contact people, it would be simpler, for sure. simpler, but maybe more dangerous? maybe more dangerous, because we identify positive cases that don't have any symptom, and just don't know how it happened. today, the prime minister announced that he would need to test and isolate, hours after being filmed bumping fists with local

officials in south—west france. translation: i was at the tour de france on saturday, and i've just learned that the director of the event has tested positive. i will therefore immediately take a test myself and observe the rules. new infections have risen steadily here in the past few weeks. the number of red zones where the virus is actively circulating has grown from two to 28. the government says the situation is worrying. young people were seen as driving the rise in infections here over the summer. because they are more resistant to the virus, there was no corresponding spike in hospital admissions, but as infections have spread, there are signs that may be starting to change. hospitals in marseilles have begun raising the alarm. one doctor told me there had been an explosion of severe cases of coronavirus at his hospital, with 70 patients admitted since mid august. 15 of them are now in intensive care, with more arriving every day.

the curve is exponential at this time. so, there is no doubt that the number of patients in the hospital and in the icu will increase in the next 15 days or three weeks. this will be a difficult period. france is now carrying out a million tests a week to try and avoid another lockdown. mask wearing is already compulsory throughout several cities, including marseilles, but with people now back in offices and schools, this is a high risk moment, and the next few weeks will be key. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. let's look in more detail at south korea, where health officials have set a curfew for businesses. schools are closed. and nearly 25 million people are being urged to stay at home. for many months, south korea was seen as the poster child for how to handle this crisis. they had an early, impressive testing and tracing programme

that kept the virus — for the most part — under control. cases in the country first surged in february. after an initial peak, the country brought cases down for most of the spring and summer. but in recent weeks, infections have gone back up again — with nearly 300 a day. the bbc‘s laura bicker has the latest details on the lockdown from seoul. it is about 9pm curfew, so all restaurants, bakeries, anywhere that young people would hang out have been told to close strictly at nine o'clock. the streets here are usually pretty vibrant and night. you can wander around, lots of noises and conversations. now you wander around, it is eerily silent. and this is notjust taking place in seoul. we're talking about greater seoul, the capital, covering around 25 million people. other things like schools have also been forced to go back online and that is something certainly the south korean government did not want to do. one of the reasons why

they said they wanted people to stay at home right at the beginning of this was to try to keep schools open. and of course now thousands of them are closed. they think this is linked to an outbreak within a right—wing church, then they held this massive rally in the centre of seoul and now hundreds have been affected, but i have to put this into some kind of context. when we say there have been outbreaks, we are getting about 300 cases a day. you heard from lucy in paris, where they've had 6000 cases in the last 2a hours and they may be discussing in the future a lock down. here, 300 cases is a lot. it is now back down and seems to be decreasing, but they will review the current near lockdown this weekend. a major trial of a coronavirus vaccine candidate developed by oxford university and astrazeneca has been put on hold worldwide due to a suspected serious adverse reaction in a volunteer

in the uk. an independent investigation will now take place to review safety data before it's decided whether the trial can resume. this is the second time the trial has been put on hold — and according to the oxford team, it is routine for major trials — it happens any time a volunteer is admitted to hospital and the cause of their illness is not immediately known. stay with us on bbc news — still to come: heading towards the point of no return. andrew lloyd webber warns of the damage done by the pandemic on theatre and the wider world of arts. 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: the entire senior police leadership for a city in new york state resigns — following the death of a black man in custody. as fears of another global spike in covid cases rise, the uk announces it'll

ban gatherings of more than six people. one of the leading opposition figures in belarus, maria kolesnikova, is reported to have ripped up her passport to prevent officials deporting her into exile. opposition colleagues say they saw her tear the document into tiny pieces as she was being escorted across the border into neighbouring ukraine. there've been protests against the belarussian government for the past month, following disputed elections jonah fisher has more from kyiv. this began on monday morning. maria kolesnikova was picked up by an unmarked vehicle, by masked men in minsk yesterday, it down other offered fission figures were also picked up that day. -- two other opposition figures were also picked up that day. they were then taken to the border where belarus borders ukraine and authorities were trying to make

across the border, affect police force them into exile in ukraine. these three people we re ukraine. these three people were brought together in no man's land and it was there that maria made it very clear that maria made it very clear that she did not want to cross into ukraine. now one of the two men who did cross into ukraine was there in no man's land at the time and i spoke to him about what happened. at that moment maria was put into the car. she literally tore her passport into small pieces. so as they gave her back her passport? exactly. it was in the car and she immediately took it and tore it up and then she climbed out through the real window and walked into belarusian territory. this was in no man's land and it was fantastic what she did. she was

very clear with them that she did not want to be forced into the ukraine? she tore her passport up so she wanted to seem absolutely clear. we understand that maria was taken back into custody by the authorities and is now being held inside belarus at a camp not far from the ukrainian border. will this have any impact on the large demonstrations that we have seenin demonstrations that we have seen in belarus over the last 4.5 weeks since the election? i doubt that and the reason for thatis doubt that and the reason for that is because these are decentralised protests, they have been co—ordinated through social messaging apps, through the telegram channel and if anything i think it is likely that this sort of thing is further evidence, if you like, of the brutality and violence of the brutality and violence of president lukashenko's government and that will serve to motivate more people to come out onto the streets and more people to call for him to go.

the other important development comes from the president alexander lukashenko. he's said he won't step down after weeks of protests. that bit we could have predicted, but according to russian media, he hasn't ruled out an early election. this is what he said in a russian television interview. "i won't leave just like that. michael carpenter is managing director of the penn biden centre for diplomacy and global engagement. he was former director for russia at the national security council during the obama administration. he's in washington. what do you make of the latest developments? i think lukashenko in the kremlin are clearly afraid of this protest movement and they are trying to put all of the leaders into exile from well where they will pose less of a crack to the

power of lukashenko pose less of a crack to the power of lu kashenko but pose less of a crack to the power of lukashenko but we are seeing a larger set of developments happening with russia's relationship with belarus. the kremlin has long wa nted belarus. the kremlin has long wanted to create some sort of creeping annexation policy in belarus, starting with the upon —— the economy, single currency, defence policy and ultimately resulting in a union state, back to absorption of belarus by russia and now they see a moment to be able to do that, so you see co—ordinated torque from both minsk and moscow talking about new elections and constitutional changes and both of those are likely to be dressed up as giving more power to the people, perhaps, and a stronger belarus in parliament perhaps but in fact, they will give the kremlin the upper hand put in place kremlin puppet parties, and also to field a slate of kremlin vetted candidates from

new elections. i think moscow realises that lukashenko has no more legitimacy, and have the plan to make sure they control all believers. that in is something lukashenko all believers. that in is something lu kashenko himself has resisted, and the outcome wouldn't be wall welcome to the protesters, the people at large. ina protesters, the people at large. in a sense, it would be substituting one brutal dictatorship lukashenko with another run by the kremlin. but this is something that lukashenko has avoided four yea rs lukashenko has avoided four years in terms of kremlin encroachment on his domain, but he is so weak and now, i've come across one internal covert poll done by an ngo inside belarus which shows lukashenko with only about 8.5% so his legitimacy is shocked. he knows this and this is the deal he must do to save his skin. do you think it is likely to happen like that? well, i think it's going to be made up along the way. certainly there will

be adjustments depending on the reaction from the protest movement in belarus and also from western nations. western nations can determine to a certain degree the course of this but putin is looking for an opportunity to create a sort of stage dialogue between lukashenko and of stage dialogue between lu kashenko and select of stage dialogue between lukashenko and select kremlin vetted candidates, belarus in political figures, whom they can be counted on to maintain friendly ties with moscow and also these new elections which i think also these new elections which ithink are also these new elections which i think are essentially an attempt to buy time so that, as isaid attempt to buy time so that, as i said earlier, a kremlin friendly slate of candidates can be put forward at the next election and meanwhile, the true leaders of the protest movement will be forced into exile and not be allowed to compete. briefly if you can, as we been reporting, that one leader of the protest movement with a famously failed to send into exile, should everyone be concerned for her personal

safety? lukashenko is 10096 responsible for her safety. the act of heroism, tearing up her passport on the border with ukraine, essentially forcing the belarus services, the thugs who had abducted her, to return her to her home country of belarus, and not to centre into exile after her abduction as they had planned to do. she is in grave danger. western leaders should be calling for her release and everyone should know that this is one brave leader. boris johnson's new bill to change the uk's brexit deal with the eu will break international law according to one cabinet minister. the northern ireland secretary brandon lewis admitted the new legislation would go against the treaty in a specific and limited way. the former prime minister theresa may has warned the changes could damage trust in the uk overfuture trade deals. the latest round of trade negotiations between britain and the eu started today as our chief political

correspondent vicki young reports. mrjohnson, are we going to get a deal today? are you confident? he promised to get brexit done, and the uk has left the eu, but now borisjohnson‘s team is in a familiar place — trying to negotiate another deal. this time, it's about how we will trade with the eu from january. progress is slow, but round eight of the talks started today. i am confident that our negotiating teams and the eu negotiating teams are all focused on getting a good outcome, both for our friends and partners in the eu, and for us in the united kingdom. but there's another row brewing over the withdrawal agreement. yes, the one which has already been signed, sealed and delivered. it agreed that northern ireland would continue to follow some eu customs rules. that would mean extra paperwork, checks and tariffs for some goods moving between great britain

and northern ireland. now the government is introducing its own law, so that uk ministers can decide how to apply the rules without the eu's agreement. the disapproval from this former prime minister was obvious. the government is now changing the operation of that agreement. given that, how can the government reassure future international partners that the uk can be trusted to abide by the legal obligations of the agreements it signs? another conservative mp got this remarkable admission from the minister. yes, this does break international law in a very specific and limited way. that's not the kind of thing you hear very often in the house of commons. and he's not the only one who is surprised. the labour leader told me that the government should not be acting in this way. at the moment, what the government is doing, which in my view is wrong, is reopening old arguments that have been settled. a deal is there to be had.

let's negotiate, get that deal. that's what the public want, and move on. ministers insist the new law they want to introduce simply clarifies what was agreed with the eu last year, it doesn't rip it up completely. but even the government's top lawyer doesn't see it like that. she cites he's resigned today because he thinks the plans are in breach of the government's obligations under international law. eu and uk officials will continue their talks tomorrow, with the british government accused of going back on old deals while they try to work on a new one. vicki young, bbc news, westminster. the composer and theatre impresario andrew lloyd webber says the pandemic has caused so much damage to theatre and the wider arts that they're now approaching the point of no return. he has called on mps to name a date when productions can get underway again. here's our arts editor will gompertz. beverley knight performing at the london palladium injuly. the concert was put on by andrew lloyd webber

as a way of persuading the government to allow theatres to fully reopen. but it was all to no avail. the show did not go on. and so, today, he was in front of a select committee of mps once again making his case for theatres. we just simply have got to get our arts sector back open and running. britain is the leader in world theatre in my view, in many, many ways, and we really, really have got to use this opportunity not only to say we want to get the sector open but to demonstrate to the world how it can be open. a musical like phantom of the opera takes months of preparation before it can be staged, hence the call for more theatre owners asking for the government for a date in the future when it thinks reopening might be possible. that way, they say, plans at least can start to be put in place. andrew lloyd webber isn'tjust arguing for his own shows in his own theatres, he's making a much broader point about theatre in general, and particularly its economic

value to city centres. you close les mis, and suddenly the local hotels, the local restaurants, the local book shops, they all close too. he argues that you have theatres that are dark, very quickly, you have city centres that turn into ghost towns. he's also worried about regional theatres, many of which rely on the annual panto to survive. if it can't be put on this christmas, they're going to need a significant share of the government's emergency funding. if we are very careful, we can probably last it's a very sad sight. this is her majesty's theatre, where phantom of the opera opened and should be playing now, and it's ridiculous that britain, the country where so many people have come to in the 50 plus years that i have been in the theatre, come to see theatre that we are dragging our heels. the live music business has also been hit hard, with the boss of reading festival telling the select committee that mass testing, he thought, was the most likely route to reopening. the government said it was working

hello. it'll be a fairly mild start to wednesday across most parts of the british isles but some of you will have to wait before we get skies like that, particularly in england and wales where you are close by this weather front, won't have an awful lot of rain on it but there will be a fair amount of cloud. that takes the time to pull its way a little bit further towards the south. from the word go, scotland and northern ireland and the far north of england drier and brighter perhaps, some showers is coming through on a breeze. elsewhere, we're in for a pretty dry day. eventually, we break up the cloud in the south and the rain really dies away. while the humid is still across the south—eastern quarter, elsewhere, temperatures mid—teens to about 20 degrees. through the evening,

we drag the last of that cloud away towards the near continent, and it's that time of the year where the nights are a wee bit longer and the skies are clear. somewhere on the eastern side of both scotland and england it'll get down to 3 or 4 degrees. a cool start to thursday, but it's shaping up to be a decent day for many parts of the british isles, certainly to start with a ridge of high pressure just nosing in from the atlantic. but no disguising the fact that a little bit further to the north and west, and closing on the northwest of the british isles, eventually there will be enough cloud to rob you of your sunshine and in northern ireland, maybe a passing shower, and more on the way of wet weather into the northern parts of scotland. parts of scotland. and the temperatures are not just as high after that chilly start as they will have been in the first part of the week. that weather front gradually works its way across part the northern part of the british isles in the first part of friday, and then staggers its way a wee bit further south,

weakening all the while but before it does that, it will deliver a good bit of rain into scotland and northern ireland and eventually it gets across the border. so further south, a dry enough day, a top temperature of about 20, 21, things turning more showery and breezy across northwest of scotland to finish out the day. that is the way you start the weekend in that neck of the woods. notice the number of isobars. so really quite windy to the north and western isles and north of scotland too. high pressure trying to dominate many areas but it doesn't keep the front from the north and west of scotland, hence the forecast for oban, but elsewhere, a little dry and fine weather 00:28:34,891 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 with some sunshine.