welcome to bbc news. i'm maryam moshiri. our top stories: israel becomes the first country to reimpose a harsh nationwide lockdown, as the who reports a record one—day increase in global coronavirus cases. more than 20,000 firefighters are now tackling wildfires that have killed at least 30 people on the west coast of america. as the deadline looms for the chinese owned tiktok app to shut down or sell, microsoft's offer is rejected. a new era in men's tennis, as dominic thiem wins his first

major at the us open. israel is to become the first country in the world to impose a second national lockdown. the tough new restrictions take effect on jewish tough new restrictions take effect onjewish new tough new restrictions take effect on jewish new year tough new restrictions take effect onjewish new year on friday and will last at least three weeks. the country has seen a rise in infections with 4000 new cases a day. here is oui’ 4000 new cases a day. here is our reporter, paul hawkins. up until now, every country in the world has had to maintain that difficult balancing act of keeping the economy open on one hand and protecting public health. israel is the first country to ditch that balancing act and in effect it's saying, we're going to bring in a national lockdown because there are 4,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus every day in israel at the moment. the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, earlier at a press conference, explaining why they need to reimpose national lockdown.

translation: on thursday they waved a red flag. health ministry executives and hospital managers have warned us that death rates are forcing the application of immediate measures. some medical staff and hospitals are overwhelmed. and paul, the timing is pretty bad with a fewjewish national holidays on the horizon? definitely, in fact, the ultra—orthodox housing minister yaakov litzman has resigned because he says this will severely impact jewish families trying to come together over the next couple of months, celebrating various jewish festivals, including of course yom kippur on september 27. however, the interior minister, aryeh deri, he leads another ultra—0rthodox party within the coalition, he said he supports these measures, and in fact, anyone who breaks these measures is tantamount to murder. but the government very serious about bringing in this national lockdown, it's not something they would have wanted to do,

the country's currently in recession and the finance ministry says this national lockdown is going to cost israel $1.9 billion. let's talk about covid—i9 in a global sense because the latest figures from the who are pretty worrying. aren't they? yes, they dropped in the last two or three hours. a record one—day increase in infections, 300,000 reported in a 24—hour period. deaths rose by more than 5,500, bringing the global total to 900,000. that's with the biggest increases in infections in india, the usa and brazil. in fact, more than half of the world's 28 million confirmed cases are now in the americas, so that is definitely the hot spot. that was paul hawkins. gavin jamie isa that was paul hawkins. gavin jamie is a professor of global health and public policy at duke university in north carolina. here years, expending what factors led to the difficult decision to implement that blanket lockdown. it is true that no other

country has had to reimpose a nationwide lockdown. though of course we've seen targeted local lockdowns all over the world. we're going to see these on and off, i think, until we can get a vaccine and deploy it at scale, but what was going n in israel was a very, very rapid rise in the number of new daily cases. you heard just now from your reporter, 4,000 cases a day. israel was at 2,000 a day by the end of august, so a very sudden rise. we have the high holy days coming up, friday will be the jewish new year, rosh hashanah, about ten days later yom kippur, the holiest day of the year and that is when people were intending to gather inside, which we know is a high risk, for extended periods of time. that is a risk of so—called super spreading events. the last really important point is that israel had been contemplating a more

targeted lockdown. their coronavirus czar was trying to roll out something more targeted about a week ago, there was going to be a traffic light system, red and green. for cities that had bad outbreaks, they were going to have targeted lockdowns. for cities where there was less infection, the green cities, they could open up. they were also going to bring in the military to do more contact tracing, there was going to be a push on masks. that plan went nowhere. there was a lot of political opposition, particularly from the ultra—orthodox who felt very stigmatised by it. when that plan failed, with cases rising, the high holy days coming, this very, very worrying trend of upward infections, there were few good options left on the table and other countries of course might face that risk if they see a similar sudden explosion. hospital capacity is already nearfull, as you heard, what choices do you have left? what is it that pushes a country to move from targeted lockdown to national lockdown?

what is the line that countries need to cross to get there? yes. so, in general, the questions around opening and closing your country are decided by a number of factors. of course, the first is how much infection there is. israel now has one of them highest infection rates in the world, that is in terms of new cases per million of the population. that's a terrible sign. you always want to spare hospital capacity in case there's a surge of hospitalisations. you want to always be able to test widely, to isolate anyone who is infected, to do contact tracing, to find everyone exposed and make sure they are quarantined. you have to have excellent local data on where those outbreaks are. professor gavin jamie there. donald trump is due to hold his first fully indoor rally in months in henderson, nevada.

at least 30 people are confirmed to have died in wildfires engulfing the west coast of america. millions of acres of land have been destroyed across the state of washington, california and oregon, from where our correspondent, aleem maqbool 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. yep. 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. a little earlier i spoke to rob mayeda, a meteorologist at kntv in sanjose, mayeda, a meteorologist at kntv in san jose, california. mayeda, a meteorologist at kntv in sanjose, california. i asked him to explain the types of weather conditions influencing these fires. as we have been watching

in this fire season of 2020, nearly 3 million acres burnt, by the way, which is more thani million acres more than the previous record in 2018, we have seen expanding droughts and these hot, dry conditions and heat spells. and we have had now almost an entire month in the san francisco bay area with unhealthy air for 27 straight days. we've never seen anything like that before in recent times. and you'll notice that just this year alone, three of the top four largest fires in california history, which still burning even today, have happened just this year. and when you look to see if 2020 is just an asterisk or a more active fire season? when you go back over the last 20 years or so, back to 2000, you realise this list of top 20 fires, 85% have occurred in the last 20 years and we have also been seeing warmer temperatures and increasing droughts in that time frame. so, what does that tell us? what it tells us is that when we're looking at the changes to california's climate, what we have been seeing

is some of the last five years or so since 2014, have included some of the warmest years. in the same time frame, since 2000, we have not only seen more drought, but at times, more intense drought, in 2014 to 2017. so it's notjust we're seeing more fires, it's also the fire behaviour. like we're seeing now in the creek fire and the north complex fire in california and also the car fire in 2018, these larger pyrocumulus and pyrocumulonimbus—type wildfires that have the ability to create their own weather, again, gather up a lot more acreage in a short amount of time and produce these foreign tornadoes, which we have been seeing a lot more of in some of these larger fires. this is something, by the way, the fourth annual climate assessment for california predicted could happen within the next 50 years. these are some of the things we would expect to see happen as temperatures continue warm up and drought continues to get more extensive. and, rob, looking at the weather forecast in the coming days, i know

you are going to be looking at that very closely. what are we expecting? are we expecting some rainfall at least? yeah, in the pacific northwest there's a chance we might see a little bit of rain, but unfortunately what typically happens in september is we get is months where we get short chances of rain followed by a more offshore wind events. and as bad as the statistics look right there, the top three and four california wildfires, the peak fire season doesn't happen until october, so really, it's the next four to six weeks in a typical year, where we see fire season increase with those dry offshore winds picking up. rob mayeda. a new era has begun in men's tennis — dominic thiem etching his name on the us open trophy, securing his place in the history books with his first grand slam title. he denied world number seven, alexander zverev, mounting a stunning comeback after an epic, 5—set blockbuster. let's get more on this with christopher clarey. he's the tennis correspondent for the new york times. christopher. a very exciting match. it was. there are great matches in and are

extraordinary matches. this one had a lot of uneven points, plays were not always playing well at the same time in that kind of match, but it was extraordinary and they were so spent, both of them. it was really kind of a survival of the fittest by the last tiebreaker there. and what does this represent for dominic thiem? it is his first grand slam title? this is massive. he has been chasing it for years and it has been difficult with these great three players of novak djokovic, rafael nadal and roger federer hoarding all the loot. great players in other time periods would have w011 other time periods would have won by now. this will change his career forshaw and his life. do you think this represents a new era in tennis or is it not fair to say that because as you mentioned, this us open is very different to other ones because of because of the big players were not there, or one was there but left. yeah, exactly, that is the point. novak di noia was

here, he hadn't lost a match all year, and eliminated himself in the fourth round. ultimately, you can only be who is in front of you. and dominic thiem has beaten all of the big three including novak djokovic a few times. this lacked audience. was there less excitement in the tennis world about this us open, because of the lack of audience, because of the coronavirus and the lack of the coronavirus and the lack of top names there? i think it was extraordinary lead different in almost every way. and the fact that you are missing six of the top ten on the women's side and rafael nadal and roger federer, suddenly that lessened the interest was the tv ratings in the us were not very good at all. in some ways it was fascinating to see how the players reacted to that. there was very little feedback from the other teams there and they

had some vans working at the tournament, otherwise no spectators at all. it had to be in syria. that was fascinating to watch. hopefully we won't have two watch it again, that was fascinating. —— it had to be interior. and with the finals, was the excitement any less ? finals, was the excitement any less? no, but i'm not surprised to see dominik team gets to the final. iam not to see dominik team gets to the final. i am not surprised to see him win with novak djokovic eliminated was that he has been playing so well in the last yea rs. playing so well in the last years. he must meet novak djokovic in the australian open final earlier this year. it's no surprise to see him in the final. 0k, christopher clarey, thank you very much for talking to us. my pleasure. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we'll get the latest on brexit withdrawal agreement, stay with us. 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 who has reported a record one—day increase in global coronavirus cases, as 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 thirty people on the west coast of america. microsoft says its offer to buy the us arm of the video—sharing platform, tiktok, has been rejected. it was turned down by tiktok‘s chinese parent company, byte da nce. president trump had urged tiktok to sell its american operations or risk being banned for national security reasons. tiktok denies that user data from the app could end up in the hands of the chinese government, and has mounted a legal challenge. we can speak to our reporter katie silver, who's in singapore.

what happens next? who do you think you are? is in the running now to buy the us are of tiktok? what some media outlets are reporting is that oracle, they have apparently been chosen to be what is known asa been chosen to be what is known as a trusted tech partner. so basically, the company that would look after tiktok in its us operations, but it is not an outright sale on the way that we suggest it, but these are just report. all we know is in the last few hours, microsoft has reported that bytedance's bed to, their bid to buy the app has been rejected by byte da nce. app has been rejected by bytedance. macro—07 says they are confident that they could have been good for tiktok users while protecting national security interests and to do that they would have made sure the service maintained the highest standards of combating this information. reports are

suggesting it is unlikely to include what is known as the special sauce when it comes to tiktok which is the algorithm, how users on the app discover other videos and this is because the chinese government has basically put a ban on exporting this sort of tech abroad, so tiktok has said that they will completely adhere to that. what this means is, basically tiktok has gotten into the middle of what is a huge geopolitical crisis, tensions between the world's two largest economies, the us and china. as you mentioned, president trump saying that tiktok is a national security threat, while tiktok for their pa rt threat, while tiktok for their part say that they are shocked by this, they are just a social media platform and as you say, they will be launching a legal challenge. how this is going to play out isn't really clear. walmart say they are still keen, they were initially going to bea keen, they were initially going to be a buyer along with microsoft but they say, microsoft but they say, microsoft may be out of the running but they are still keen. exactly what is going to happen is unclear but the deadline looms, it is supposed

to be tomorrow, and so what happens to the app after this date is yet to be seen by president trump says that any company to do business with technical be banned from doing so and there will be penalties doing so. 0k katie, thank you very much indeed. 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 give the government power to change or ignore rules relating to the movement of goods between britain and northern ireland — but could also break international law. here's our chief political correspondent, vicki young. 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 blairjoined 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. let's get some of the day's other news. japan's ruling party is due to vote shortly to elect a new leader, and the country's new prime minister. shinzo abe is stepping down

from the role after almost eight years due to health reasons. the liberal democratic party has a majority in parliament so whoever wins the leadership contest will automatically 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. more than 400 people have been detained in belarus, during the latest mass demonstrations against the continued rule of president alexander lukashenko. its the fifth sunday in a row that protests have taken place. our correspondentjonah fisher, sent this report from minsk. chanting. with each passing week, bela rus' 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 sprint, it's 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. car horns toot. 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.

that's it for the sour. thank you so much for watching, goodbye. 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 140mm 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 islands 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 organization has reported a record—one—day increase in global coronavirus cases. it comes as israel has become the first country to re—impose a nationwide lockdown, as it battles a surge in cases of 4,000 a day. the three—week lockdown begins on friday. more than 20,000 firefighters are now tackling wildfires on the west coast of america. millions of acres of land has been destroyed across three states — washington, california and oregon. at least 30 people have been killed in the blazes and dozens more are reported as missing. dominic thiem has etched his name on the us open trophy, securing his place in the history books with his first grand slam title. the austrian denied world number 7, alexander zverev of germany, mounting a stunning comeback after an epic, five—set blockbuster.