this is bbc news. i'm lewis vaughan jones with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. as the who reports a record—one—day increase in global coronavirus cases of nearly 308,000, israel becomes the first country to re—imposed a nationwide lockdown. more than 20,000 firefighters are now tackling wildfires that have killed at least 30 people on the west coast of america. a heavy police response fails to deter anti—government protestors in belarus, who want the president to go. the ukjustice secretary defends the government potentially breaking international law, over changes to the brexit withdrawal agreement.

hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. israel has announced a new three—week nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of surging coronavirus infections. it will take effect on friday, making israel the first country to re—impose such blanket measure. it comes as the number of global coronavirus cases has reached a new one—day high, with the total rising by with me is our reporter paul hawkins. talk us through these numbers, first of all below these are from the world health organization. they have dropped in the last couple of hours. one—day total infections, deaths up by more than 5500. that brings the global total to

over 900,000. the biggest increase is in infections stop no surprise there, they are in india, the usa and brazil. that means half of the roads confirmed cases are in the americas. let's move from the americas. let's move from the americas to israel. i wasjust mentioning those lockdown measures. we are seeing cases rise in lots of countries in europe, for example, and they're introducing patrick measures. israel, something different there. yeah, and those other countries have been doing this difficult balancing act between keeping the economy open and public health. israel is the first to go for the full on lockdown, although the government says that does not mean they have lost control of the virus. 4000 infections every day means it has to impose another lockdown, as it did earlier in the year. this one starts on friday. it lasts three weeks. everyone is going and

band from going more than 500 and from your home. allowed to meet in groups of 20 outdoors, ten indoors. on the issue of places of worship, that clashes with a lot of religious festivals coming up in israel, yom kippurfor festivals coming up in israel, yom kippur for example. the orthodox housing minister has resigned, saying that a lot of people want to be able to gather, families want people to come together to celebrate those religious holidays. although another minister has said that he supports these measures and that anyone breaking them, in fa ct, that anyone breaking them, in fact, he calls it tantamount to murder. this is something, israel will have try to avoid this national lockdown. it will cost a n this national lockdown. it will cost an economy already in the

recession. 0k, recession. ok, thanks, paul. at least 30 people have now died in wildfires that are engulfing the west coast of america, across three states, destroying millions of acres of land. more than 20,000 firefighters, are trying to beat back the flames in washington, california and oregon, from where our correspondent aleem maqbool now reports. nightmarish scenes have been facing those in oregon for days now. we've met people who've one day fled from one fire only to be faced by another the next. they've sought refuge in trailer parks or temporary camps — the pandemic complicating the effort to help them. if we have to rebuild, we have to rebuild. if we don't have to rebuild, we still have so much clean—up to do because of the ash. because when we left, like i said, the last time we pulled out, there was almost two inches. there have been around 100 fires burning along huge stretches of the west coast.

the smoke caught on nasa images. they include some of the biggest wildfires ever recorded in california. san francisco one of many cities that's disappeared under a shroud of smoke. i'm trying to keep a positive attitude, but it's scary. it's scary. one of those things, you just have to take into consideration that you have to be careful when you're breathing because you can be inhaling the smoke. unprecedented fires have led to desperate measures to tackle them — scrambling, even, to fly in fire engines. oregon's governor has called this a once—in—a—generation event. thousands of homes have been lost. many dozens of people are reported missing. those who survived have been left to salvage what they can of their belongings. others guard their homes

for fear of looting. it's been a rough couple of days, but it's... i just didn't feel right, leaving home. officials here say it's the impact of climate change. the white house says it's poorforest management. but some of these fires have now been burning for a full week. and the main concern for so many here is still how to safeguard their lives. aleem maqbool, bbc news, near salem in oregon. fires are also burning in brazil's pantanal, the world's biggest tropical wetlands, the worst blazes in decades. many of the waterways have been dried up by drought. the wetlands sit at the southern edge of the amazon rainforest and stretch from brazil into paraguay and bolivia. experts say more than 5.7 million acres have gone up in flames so far this year.

let's go to belarus now. huge demonstrations have again been held there, where protesters continue to call for the resignation of the man who's led the country for the last 26 years, alexander lu kashenko. the biggest protests have been in the capital, minsk, where more than 100,000 people are estimated to have turned out. there were scuffles in some places, as riot police and men in balaclavas tried — often violently — to snatch demonstrators. our correspondentjonah fisher sent this report from minsk. chanting with each passing week, belarus' protesters add something new to their long list of grievances. what began as a response to a disputed election now encompasses the police crackdown that followed, and the targeting of opposition politicians. this week, one of them, maria kolesnikova, was being celebrated, after she tore up her passport to stop herself being sent into exile. maria kolesnikova is a hero. i think we need to build

a monument after we win this. do you think this will end with president lukashenko leaving? i think yes. i don't know. it's not a sprint, it's a marathon. president lukashenko was no doubt hoping that, by detaining key opposition leaders, that these protests would run out of steam. if that was the case, he was wrong. this is the fifth sunday in a row that the centre of minsk has seen a huge display of people power. on the fringes of the march, the violence continued. president lukashenko's security forces detained at least 400 people today, hunting down those in smaller groups. women, once considered off—limits, are now being manhandled and dragged away, too.

yevgeniya, a mother of two, was briefly detained on saturday. all the men are very frightened, but women, they weren't treated like this until yesterday. now we're trying to, i don't know, to regain our power. i don't know what to do now. having upped the violence but failed to stop the protests, president lukashenko heads to russia tomorrow. the key question, what moscow will demand in return for continuing to back belarus' unpopular leader. jonah fisher, bbc news, minsk. as we heard, president lukashenko will be meeting president putin on monday. margarita maliukova is from bbc monitoring in kyiv. she explained why the talks are so critical for mr lukashenko. the west has almost completely turned away from lukashenko at this moment.

the eu has said that the election on august 9th was neither free nor fair and it has agreed to impose sanctions on bela russian officials. some baltic states have already imposed sanctions against lukashenko himself, and poland has been very active in backing the opposition, so really, russia is the only remaining country who can really provide support to lukashenko. so they're going to talk on monday, what are they going to talk about? yes, well, one possibility is they will discuss the union state because this agreement has existed between russia and belarus for over 20 years, but lukashenko has been reluctant to sign the political part of this agreement, which would very much put belarus under russian influence

by creating common currency and even supranational institutions. that sounds pretty extreme. it certainly is. and the russian prime minister was in belarus just on september 3rd and he mentioned that there has been progress made in the union state discussions, so it's very likely that this will be something on the agenda tomorrow and i think it's also very possible that backing lukashenko is in putin's interest, because there are protests in russia going on right now in siberia and it's very much a bad example for russia when the leader of the neighboring country gets toppled or removed by his people. it might give the russians some ideas. yeah, it's a difficult one, isn't it? because, of course, putin's side will want to stop that as a precedent, but of course, if he does come out and fully back lukashenko, the demonstrators that we're seeing on the screen

now out on the streets, who at the moment aren't anti—russian, particularly, become, by default, anti—russian. yes, that's a good point, and that's why some experts have suggested that it would be beneficial for russia to keep lukashenko in power or sort of make him adopt certain changes to the constitution, and these changes will then allow him to hold a new election and to bring another president in. our thanks to margarita there. the ukjustice secretary has defended british government plans to potentially override elements of the brexit withdrawal agreement, signed with the european union. the proposal would break international law and also give the government power to change or ignore rules relating to the movement of goods between britain and northern ireland. the britishjustice secretary, robert buckland, said it was an emergency brexit "insurance policy," if brussels acted in an "unreasonable" way, by insisting on excessive

vicki young reports. a lot‘s changed since brexit day. crowds can no longer gather, but the arguments have reignited since the government announced it would pass a law overriding parts of the legally binding treaty which laid out the terms of our departure. in a sign of how tense things have become, the eu's chief negotiator took to twitter. michel barnier said boris johnson had agreed a delicate compromise to protect peace and stability on the island of ireland. it means northern ireland will follow some eu rules. his british counterpart, lord frost, hit back, complaining that the eu's position meant it would be automatically illegal for northern ireland to import food products from other parts of the uk. government ministers say they need an insurance policy to make sure that doesn't happen. we hope very much never to have to use this. it's a "break the glass in emergency" provision, if we need it. but they're not denying that giving uk ministers the power to change the withdrawal agreement breaks international law.

how could anyjustice secretary stand by and let that happen? is that the moment that robert buckland resigns from the government, if we break international law itself? if i see the rule of law being broken in a way that i find unacceptable... ah... ..then of course i will go. we are not at that stage. four years ago, these two former prime ministers campaigned against brexit. today, sirjohn major and tony blair joined forces again, writing in the sunday times that the government's action was irresponsible and questioned the very integrity of our nation. ireland's foreign minister agrees. the british government, in my view, is behaving in an extraordinary way, and british people need to know that, because, outside of britain, where this issue is being discussed now, the reputation of the uk and britain as a trusted negotiating partner on important issues like this is being damaged

in a very serious way. tomorrow, the action returns to parliament. several conservative mps have said they can't support a bill that breaks the law. that was vicki young there. right, let's take a look at what else is hitting headlines around the world. japan's ruling party will shortly hold a vote for its new leader and the country's next prime minister. the current prime minister, shinzo abe, is stepping down due to health reasons after almost eight years in the role. the liberal democratic party has a majority in parliament, so whoever wins the leadership contest will become prime minister. protests have been held in several cities in argentina against the policies of president alberto fernandez. they were sparked by the transfer of funding from the capital buenos aires to the surrounding province, to pay the police who have been on strike over pay and working conditions. protestors in buenos aires also demanded that lockdown restrictions — in place now for almost six months — should be lifted.

the dutch finance minister has warned that it can't be assumed the airline group air france—klm will survive the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic. both the dutch and french governments put together billion—dollar bailouts for their respective national carriers earlier this year. but klm has so far been unable to reach agreement with the unions on job cuts stipulated as part of the dutch deal. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: we follow the south korea virus detectives — a team of contact tracers trying to prevent the spread of covid—i9. 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 clear voice, enough of blood and tears enough. the difficult decision we reach 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.

i'm lewis vaughan jones. the headlines: as the who reports a record—one—day increase in global coronavirus cases of nearly 308,000, israel becomes the first country to re—impose a nationwide lockdown. more than 20,000 firefighters are now tackling wildfires that have killed at least 30 people on the west coast of america. the greek prime minister says he will build a permanent migrant reception centre on the island of lesbos to replace the overcrowded moria refugee camp, which was destroyed by fire last week. bethany bell has this report from lesbos. another night sleeping on the streets. migrants and refugees from the burnt out camp at moria lie among their few possessions. crowded together in squalid conditions. with little or no running water, it's a struggle to keep clean. their fears about the of coronavirus. their fears about the

spread of coronavirus. the authorities are putting up new tents to house at least some of the migrants. we've seen small groups of people entering the new camp. there have been women with little babies, children and the vulnerable. for them, it may be a relief after several nights of sleeping rough. but many migrants and refugees say they don't want a new camp. they want to leave lesbos altogether. for this man, it's a question of freedom. there is no good for this second moria. and in moria, here is better than there because there is a prison, that people can go out from there. i think here is more better. and, as you can see, all the disabled people and vulnerable people are in the street. pregnant women.

grease's migration minister says they want to make sure eve ryo ne says they want to make sure everyone has food, water and shelter. translation: we think within next few days, people will enter the new camp. whatever tra nsfers enter the new camp. whatever transfers happen, when they happen, and in whatever way they have to happen, they will be done in an organised and smooth manner, particularly for those who are seeking asylum. the locals want them to leave, too. they say the greek government and europe have abandoned them. but without eu—wide agreement on these migrants, solutions remain elusive. bethany bell, bbc news, lesbos. next, 27 migrants who spent nearly 40 days on board a danish tanker that rescued them in the mediterranean have been allowed to land in sicily.

the group, which included a pregnant woman, left libya at the beginning of august but were picked up by the maersk etienne chemical tanker when their boat began to sink. for more than a month, the tanker was refused permission to dock by any country. tommy thomassen is the chief technical officer at maersk shipping. he says it's unacceptable that his crew were forced to look after the migrants for nearly 40 days with no governments seemingly willing to help. this particular case, having taken 38 days from when we picked up the migrants, the people, till we were then able to transfer them safely to a rescue boat, that is simply too long. and it sets a very unfortunate precedent, and obviously we need to call on the responsible governments, the politicians, to find a solution that means that when a commercial ship takes on board migrants, or people in distress, that it does not take 38 days.

to the us now. two los angeles police officers are critically ill in hospital after being shot in what their colleagues say was an ambush. video footage shows a figure approaching their squad car and opening fire before running off. here's what the la county sheriff's department had to say about why investigators believe the attack was an ambush. the suspect approached them from behind as the deputies were facing southbound in their patrol vehicle. the suspect came from the north. he walked along the passenger side of the car. he acted as if he was going to walk past the car, and then he made a left turn directly toward the car, raised a pistol and fired several rounds inside of the vehicle, striking both of the sheriff's deputies. more now on coronavirus — and in south korea, officials are working hard to prevent the spread of covid—19. one of the key tools in the fight has been the team of dedicated contact tracers, who plot the movements of suspected carriers of the virus. they're known as the virus detectives — and this is their story.

translation: when there is oil spilt at sea, barriers are used to stop it spreading. we try to work as fast as we can. a stitch in time saves nine. translation: our work is like that of a detective. the time now is past one o'clock in the morning. i arrived at work around 0700. apart from meal breaks, we've been working around the clock.

when gps phone coordinates are inserted, their previous locations get marked on a map. but we don't believe everything people tell us. we also check security cameras and look at credit card usage. some think we are being dishonest, of lying about the test results. it's an attempt to communise south korea and wipe out the conservatives.

some people just cry. we do our best to console them. i'm worried that if things get worse, contact tracers will become obsolete. despite our best efforts, we may not be able to stop it spreading. that's my worst fear. just before i go... locals in the swedish city of lund are enjoying a series of whimsical artworks left to them by a mystery art collective, but they do require a change in perspective. the intricate creations are tucked away at the bottom of buildings, just big enough for mice. there are currently 26 creations in total — including a music shop selling classic albums such as stilton john's goodby yellow cheese roll. so, there you have it. right,

get me on twitter anytime. i'm @lvaughanjones. i'm lewis vaughan jones i'm lewis vaughanjones and this is bbc news. bye—bye. hello there. the weather is set to get quite a bit hotter across england and wales for the next day or two, but taking centre stage more recently has been this weather front stretching thousands of miles out into the atlantic. and that's been bringing some very heavy rain, some large rainfall totals building in across the highlands. we've had over 140 mm of rain recorded, bringing reports of some localised flooding. and we've had this landslide effect at the a83, at the rest and be thankful. looks like that route is going to be out of action for a little while. now, looking at the weather picture at the moment, we've still got some of the rain coming down in the highlands. the rain eventually is going to turn a little bit lighter and patchier, but nevertheless some spots of rain still around

for the highlands, the hebrides, orkney and shetland as we start the day on monday. further south, a lot of drier weather. could be a few mist and fog patches in some of our deeper river valleys in england and wales to start the day. now looking at the first couple of days of the week, as i say, things are set to get quite a bit warmer, and the reason for that is this area of high pressure is going to be pushing a little bit further eastwards. as it does that, we start to get southerly winds. now, temperatures over the last few days reached the mid—30s in parts of central france, and essentially it's that warm air wafting across england and wales. it really is england and wales that will see the highest temperatures. scotland and northern ireland, a fair bit of cloud around, maybe a few patches of rain in the far north west later in the day. temperatures about 19—20 degrees. the heat across eastern england, particularly south east england and around the greater london area, temperatures will probably reach 30 degrees somewhere as we head through the afternoon. now it looks like being

another very warm day. the heat‘s on again for england and wales on tuesday. further north and west, again, the cloud could thicken to give an odd patch of rain, maybe an odd shower for wales and western england. for most here, it should stay dry. and again those temperatures up to 29, maybe 30 degrees in the hottest areas. there will, though, be a significant change in the weather as we head from tuesday into wednesday, and the reason for that change, with much cooler weather on the way, is down to this area of high pressure that develops to our north. what that's going to do is it's going to send much cooler north—to—northeasterly winds down the north sea, and that will really hammer the temperatures. now, on wednesday, there will still be a lot of drier weather around, still with some sunshine, maybe a few isolated light showers here and there. but look at the change in temperatures, down to about six, maybe seven degrees for some in the north east, and eventually those cooler conditions will reach the far south west, too.

this is bbc news. the headlines — the world health organisation has imposed a nationwide lockdown as it surges to 4000 cases a day in israel. more than 20,000 firefighters are now tackling wildfires in the west coast of america. millions of acres of land are being destroyed across three states. washington, california and oregon. at least 30 people have been killed in the blazes and dozens more are reported missing. scuffles are taking place between wright police and protesters in belarus as demonstrators continue to call for the resignation of the manualfor for the resignation of the manual for the country for the last 26 years, and was the biggest protests have been in the capital minsk. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk.