this is bbc news. i'm samantha simmonds with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. israel is the first country in the world to impose a second national lockdown — as the number of global coronavirus cases reaches a new one—day high. greece says it will build a new migrant centre on the island of lesbos but wants europe to become more involved in running it. at least 30 people are confirmed to have died in wildfires can golfing the west coast of the usa. a new era in men's tennis as dominic thiem wins his first major at the us open, securing his place in the history books.

israel will become the first country in the world to re—impose a national lockdown. the tough new restrictions will last three weeks starting on friday because of a a rise in daily coronavirus cases. it comes as the number of global infections has reached a record new one—day high. paul hawkins reports. thousands of israelis protesting about their prime minister. and it's notjust his corruption trial. also the way he has handled the coronavirus pandemic. confirmed infections are now 4000 a day in a population of 9 million. so he is reintroducing a national lockdown, the first country in the world to do so. translation: on thursday they waved a red flag. health ministry executives and hospital managers have warned

us hospital managers have warned us that we need immediate measures. some medical staff and hospitals are overwhelmed. that means a return to empty streets like these. no—one allowed to go more than 500 metres from their home, outdoor groups limited to 20 people and only ten indoors. schools and places of worship shut and that matters enormously. thejewish sabbath is on friday, normally a time when families get together. the ultraorthodox housing minister has resigned in protest but it is not something the government wishes to reintroduce, calculating it will, the economy $1.9 billion. the first rule of virus economics is that you must control the virus. you are never going to get on top of your economy into economic growth if the virus is out of

control. the government insist it has not lost control of the virus, even though it is the country in the world to abandon the difficultjuggling act between keeping the economy open and protecting public health. that are still happening in countries like the uk that uses regional lockdowns. cases here however are rising and from monday, restrictions come into force banning social gatherings of more than six people in england, scotland and wales. groups larger than six could be broken up by police with fines of £100 for a first offence. the idea is to put off the rule brea kers the idea is to put off the rule breakers which is why these healthcare workers in belgium took to the streets to voice their anger at those who flout their anger at those who flout the rules and make theirjobs harder. the latest figures from the world health organization show a record increase in confirmed infections with 300,000 reported in 24 hours. death is up by 5500, bringing the worldwide total fatalities to over 900,000. the biggest

increase is in the usa, india and brazil. meaning more than half of the world's cases are in the americas. infections around the world are rising again and the government is keen not to follow the lead of israel. the greek prime minister says a permanent migrant reception centre will be built on the island of lesbos to replace the moria camp, which was destroyed by fire last week. the blaze left more than 12,000 asylum seekers without shelter. kathryn armstrong reports. settling into a new home. children and the elderly here on the greek island of lesbos are among the first migrants to be given temporary shelter after several nights of sleeping rough. just down the road, the remains of what was the overcrowded moria camp until it was gutted by fire nearly one week ago, the forcing 13,000 occupants to

flee. the authority say they hope to rehouse everyone within one week. the prime minister has promised a new facility and says this is a good time for other european countries to help people find more permanent homes. translation: what happened in moria, which is a tragedy, must be seen as an opportunity. first of all, as an opportunity to reactivate europe in the direction of solidarity towards greece and to adopt a common immigration and asylum policy at a european commission level. for many migrants, the solution is simple. let them leave the island altogether and be resettled elsewhere. translation: we need help from all the countries in europe. we wa nt all the countries in europe. we want help not stay here. here it isa want help not stay here. here it is a prison city there is one now they have made a new camp. all the people are coming toa camp. all the people are coming to a prison, not a camp. some

residents are also opposed to the idea of a new camp saying it is too much of a burden for the small island. and then there is the growing threat of a serious coronavirus outbreak. 12 people entering the new camp tested positive on sunday. that is on top of the 35 whose test results came back positive on the day that moria burned down and were unable to be isolated. with food aid struggling to get in and little progress being made in efforts to find a satisfactory long—term solution, the unrest on lesbos over the future of thousands is likely to continue. let's get some of the day's other news. negotiations to agree a trade and future relationship deal between the eu and uk continue in brussels later. they're informal talks but there's some surprise they're continuing as brussels remains outraged at the british government's proposed legislation which could undermine the brexit divorce deal. the president of the european council, charles michel, said that the "international credibility of the uk's signature was at stake."

the president of belarus, alexander lu kashenko, is due in russia today for talks with vladimir putin. it will be their first face—to—face meeting since mass protests broke out in belarus. mr putin has strongly backed mr lukashenko — but there is speculation he may seek closer ties in return for continued support. 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, bytedance, in favour of a partnership with microsoft's american rival, oracle. at least 30 people are confirmed to have died in wildfires that are engulfing the west coast of america. millions of acres of land have been destroyed across the states of 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. we can now speak to jason stiff who is the chief meteorologist for action news now. hejoins us from chico in california. thank you for being with us. these are unprecedented fires, how is the weather contributing? we have had so much heat and very little rain. california does not receive much rain during summer and even into the early fall it does take a while but we had such a prolonged drought and everything has been drying out very badly and after a good rain and precipitation here last year everything grew really well and now this year it has been very dry and much easier to burn. how is, what place is global warming playing in all of this? president trump

is putting the blame on forest management. it is definitely exacerbating the problem. we have so much more heat energy being added to the energy that make atmosphere, to the oceans, and that must be exempt somehow. it just gets and that must be exempt somehow. itjust gets in the form of fires and although improvements need to be made all around, better management can be done as well as just eliminating some of the fossil fuel use to try and lessen the increase in the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. everything needs to be improved because fires are a natural part of the ecosystem but the problem is california now has almost 40 million people and in order to save property and lives, these fires need to be put out and sometimes they have fires that are placed to try and lower the

danger however sometimes they move too fast, like with the north complex that has been burning east of here, we had some very strong burning east of here, we had some very strong wind last week that made a fire that was burning just a little bit to our east, it raced towards the south—west towards a lake and ended up killing between nine and 12 people, destroying a couple of,000 building and now the fire to our south—east is the fire to our south—east is the eighth largest in california history. the complex to the west of us is the largest by far, over 875,000 hectares, —— acres. some fires north and south of the bay area which of the third and fourth largest fires in the history of the state and they are simultaneously burning right now, this year. in santa barbara three years ago, the thomas fire had been the largest fire ever in the state and now it is well down the list. and how does the forecast for the coming days and weeks

look? unfortunately, the short term we have storm surge moving towards oregon and washington and california right now it appears it will bring a lot more wind than any good chance to score any widespread rain. there is a slight chance for rain but it really is not likely. what is more likely to happen is especially on thursday friday and saturday, there will be much stronger wind and limited amounts of rain but the fires that are gargantuan all around the states are more likely going to be buffeted again by the strong wind and hopefully there are no isolated thunderstorms that cause lightning strikes because many of these fires that are being battled at the moment we re being battled at the moment were caused by lightning strikes earlier in the summer. thank you very much for your thoughts and analysis there. japan's ruling party is due to vote shortly to elect

a new leader. it's replacing the long—serving prime minister, shinzo abe, who is resigning on health grounds. four possible candidates are vying for the top job. seijiro takeshita — dean at the university of shizuoka's school of management and information believes the front runner, to be the new pm, yoshihide suga, will do a good job. i think he is very good in the sense that he has been, as he reported, cabinet secretary for almost eight years and for that reason he knows the people and he knows the methodology and he knows the way of doing things. so transformation will be easy and smooth. at the same time he looks reserved but he is actually a reformist and he is already clearly mentioned that the new cabinet members that he will choose will be people who are pro— reform. there could be are pro— reform. there could be a lot of pleasant surprises and i think he also knows he has to do this because the current

vice minister clearly said that it is not a people's vote so if he does not get the recognition orok or he does not get the recognition or ok or popularity after his ruling then there could be a new election coming up. so in that sense it could be a pleasa nt that sense it could be a pleasant surprise that we will be seeing. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we news, still to come: will tell you ytd bears played we will tell you ytd bears played a role and one socially distant opera performance in england. 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: israel is becoming the first country in the world to impose a second national lockdown, as the number of global coronavirus cases reaches a new one—day high. greece says it will build

a new migrant centre on the island of lesbos after the moria camp was destroyed by fire, but it wants europe to become more involved in running it. a new era has been marked in men's tennis — dominic thiem etching his name on the us open trophy and into the history books with his first grand slam title. he denied world number seven, alexander zverev, mounting a stunning comeback after a 5—set blockbuster. tanya dendrinos has all the highlights. ladies all the highlights. and gentlemen, the champion ladies and gentlemen, the champion of the 2020 us open, dominic thiem. the prize at the end of a four hour block after. world number three dominic teams securing his first major. it was a battle of the young guns, the 27—year—old taking on 23—year—old world number seven, alexander zverev. zverev may have gone and as the underdog, but there was no sign of that status on court. he came out

firing, taking the first, 6—2, and then charging ahead to claim the second 6—4. just as thiem's performance was raising questions, he clawed back to ta ke questions, he clawed back to take the third 6—4, and then the swing of momentum, 6—3 in the swing of momentum, 6—3 in the fourth to launch an epic final set. it can only be described as a tennis lover's dream. jawdropping shots, thrills and spills as they went blow for blow. making it the first ever us open final to be decided in a fifth set tie—break and thiem the first player to win it from two sets down in the open error. but perhaps the most impressive display came after the match. the clear respect and love for one another with a level of sportsmanship to be admired. one another with a level of sportsmanship to be admiredlj really wish we could have two

winners today, i think we both deserved it, but as i remember when we played the finals, you told me that i am going to make it, i told me that i am going to make it, lam told me that i am going to make it, i am going to win the title, and i'd tell you the same, now, here. you are going to make it 100%. you are going to make it 100%. you are going to make it 100%. you are going to make your parents proud, your family proud. zverev also congratulating his opponent before an emotional tribute.|j wa nt before an emotional tribute.|j want to think my parents... sorry. it was an open already different to any other and now two rising stars have marked a new errorfor two rising stars have marked a new error for the next generation of tennis. for more on this, let's speak to craig gabriel, a tennis commentator from sydney.

welcome to you, thanks for being with us. equate the final, wasn't it? what did make of it? it was a great final. it wasn't great for the level and the standard of tennis played, that was fine, but not unbelievably brilliant, but everything was made up or with the drama and the tension and excitement that these two played within that was what was so amazing about this, all of the history that we have touched on already that surrounded this match. it was pretty special, there's no two ways about it. you think that the tenants was lacking because we didn't see the normal big names up we didn't see the normal big names up there at the grand slam final? not at all. both these guys are capable four is an outstanding and blistering tennis and we did see some of that but i think some nerves came into play so much with both of them, they both admitted that and i think may be the knowledge of playing for their very first career major had something to do with it as

well because they could both see their chances, because it's really more to do with that, not the fact that the big three we re not the fact that the big three were missing. what is meant for dominic thiem, this when? well, that's the $64 question. he's been waiting for nothing he did after the semifinals that if he lost in this one, his fourth major, he would be speaking with andy murray to find out what the next step is, but i think what he was also suggesting after the match is this belief that his had that he can do it is now cemented in his mind and it has taken the pressure off, the monkey is off his back and i think the world is at his feet now and i wouldn't be surprised if he sta rts wouldn't be surprised if he starts picking up a few more of these big titles. do you think this is the new generation pushing through?|j this is the new generation pushing through? i think it is very, very exciting time, the chinese have a saying, may you live in exciting times and i think that is what we have gotten tennis. to see that big

three guard still there but the batten, i think, three guard still there but the batten, ithink, is three guard still there but the batten, i think, is gradually coming across to some of these younger guns and it is very, very exciting. medvedev, thiem, zverev, and the like, and it's fantastic for world men's tennis. all right, brilliant to get your thoughts. craig gabriel, thank you so for joining us. more now on coronavirus and as we've been hearing england's new "rule of 6" comes into force today but how will this affect entertainment venues during the on—going pandemic? our media and arts correspondent, david sillito has been to visit one opera company, who staged a socially distanced perfomance, on the last day before the rule change, with teddy bears placed in the empty seats. this is the world of teddies. he's been very excited all day. does it have a name? we better

start by explaining the teddies. this is grange park opera and a one—off performance ofa opera and a one—off performance of a socially distant opera, which means there are big social distancing gaps in the audience, so to make it look less e m pty, audience, so to make it look less empty, they've been asked to bring a furry friend or two, or three. i think it's fascinating, to see grown men who run multinational corporations carrying large teddies around. i never thought i would get them to do it. it's the high point of my life. but onstage, and written during lockdown and designed to be performed with coronavirus restrictions. it's the first time in months that the singers have seen an audience. so, everything has got these marks telling you exactly where you are allowed to stand, two metres bases either side, you are only allowed to sing in that direction, no singing face—to—face. the whole thing has been devised and created

with social distancing in mind. i deliberately designed so that everybody would have two metres apart from one another around the table. just to be practical, at these times, art ta kes a practical, at these times, art takes a backseat, sometimes. no snogging, that's the other thing. apart from that, i think it's ok. but this isjust a one—off experiment. the economicsjust don't one—off experiment. the economics just don't work for theatres, and with the new restrictions on get—togethers, this felt like a moment. this is my wife and this is my sister, and these are my friends. it will affect my life in terms of when we can see the family, but a mean, youjust make do, don't you with these things? feels a bit strange that tomorrow it's going to be six and today we are in this

big group. a sunny afternoon of near normality. that's mommy, that's baby... but if are expecting to be back anytime soon. maybe a teddy bear can sometimes be a better companion, anyway. 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 ‘stiltonjohn's' "goodby yellow cheese roll". they have also been making apperances in france and on the isle of man here in the uk. the installations normally only remain for a few months before being dismantled and are made exclusively of recycled materials.

that's it from me for now. you can reach me on twitter, i'm @samanthatvnews. i will be back with all the top business stories shortly. 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, been reports of some localised flooding. and we've had this landslide effect 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 dry 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 or 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—north—easterly 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 6, maybe 7 degrees for some in the north—east, and eventually those cooler conditions will reach the far south—west too.

this is bbc news with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. tiktok rejects microsoft's bid for its us operations, with reports suggesting oracle has won the bidding war. new uk rules come into place limiting social gatherings to a maximum of six people. however the association representing self—caterers warn the ruling will be a hammer blow for their industry. will uber get the green light in london? the ride hailing app takes its appeal to court to try and get its licence renewed.

hello and a very warm welcome. let's start with some big technology news, after microsoft announced its offer to buy the us operations of hugely popular video—sharing app tiktok has been rejected, paving the way for oracle to make a last—minute bid. us president donald trump gave a 15 september deadline for the chinese—owned app to sell or shut down. let's cross to our asia business hub now where sharanjit leyljoins us from singapore. sharanjit, how suprising was this move? somewhat surprising, coming on a day that is turning out to be quite a big one for technology news, following the news of softbank‘s sale to nvidia, but not that surprising considering the target was — clock was ticking for tiktok, and it faces that donald trump deadline to sell its us

operations or shutdowns are suggesting that oracle has already won the bidding war and will form a partnership with the popular chinese owned app, sources being cited in the report suggest the deal appears to be more like a corporate restructuring than an outright sale, but we will get an idea of what it looks like when tiktok‘s chinese owner or one confirm it. the trump administration claims that tiktok and other chinese apps are security threats, and the tiktok spoke person is not commenting on either the microsoft development, nor the macron speculation. microsoft had announced that they will let you know that they were not selling it to them, microsoft said they had been confident that their proposal would have been good for tiktok‘s users, while protecting national security interests as well. mr trump said last month that oracle would be a great company to ta ke oracle would be a great company to take over tiktok‘s us

operations, giving that oracle's salmon is one of the few technology supporters of donald trump, and oracle essentially sells database technology, cloud systems to businesses, and it wasn't seem to be an entirely great fit for what was essentially a social media platforms. the context behind all of this, and the reason why all of this is happening is because president trump had ordered tiktok‘s owner to sell its us business within 90 days or face owner to sell its us business within 90 days orface being shutdown. before sale of tiktok‘s us business is part of a much wider crackdown on chinese technology firms in america, and it includes chinese firms like wechat. let's get some of the day's other news armhodler as being hold to the

graphics card designer armhodler. it is being sold by softbyte after being owned for four years of. nvidia has promised to keep it in the uk to hire more staff. europe and britain's car industries have warned a disorderly brexit could cost the the sector £102 billion in lost trade over the next five years. in a joint statement from 23 auto industry associations, they added a hard brexit would lead to world trade organisation tariffs applied to trade, which would result in higher costs. youtube is facing a legal battle for allegedly breaching the privacy and data rights of under—13s in the uk. a claim lodged with the high court against parent company google accuses the firm of collecting children's data without parental consent. a youtube spokesperson said it does not comment on pending litigation and the platform is not for use by under—13s. this summer's uk "staycation"

boom meant a surge in bookings for self—catering rentals, but from today, new rules will limit the number of people that can holiday together, and some would—be holidaymakers are now being forced to cancel their plans. the new rules allow a maximum of six people from separate bubbles to gather. the change presents a hammer blow to the sector, according to professional association of self—caterers. they say the new rules will bring yet more upheaval that could leave larger properties standing empty. we're nowjoined from devon by alistair handyside, who's the executive chair of the professional association of self—caterers uk. this rule of six applies just in england at the moment. tell us in england at the moment. tell us how you think it will impact self catering residences here in england? so far nearly half of all bookings between now and

christmas across all self catering have been cancelled due to this new law which comes into effect today. half, that's massive! what kind of numbers are we talking about? we are talking hundreds and hundreds of thousands of families holidays being disrupted, holidays being disrupted, holidays that would have been legal yesterday but are illegal today, and the point we make here is that those families have had to cancel their holiday because it is illegal in england, but they could go to scotland or wales where children are not included in the sex, or of course they could go abroad where it is still legal, so this feels like a not well thought through plan. it's interesting that in so plan. it's interesting that in so many residences that are affected because there are a lot of small ones as well and children are back at school for the time being, and so are you looking at holiday periods, are you looking at half term and christmas bookings that have been cancelled ? christmas bookings that have been cancelled? they will represent a lot, but this is

the season that grandparents, pa rents the season that grandparents, parents and preschool children go away traditionally, that will be a very large number of the bookings, and the government is trying to stop a certain kind of behaviour. we understand that and to support that but. small family groups such as that going away on holiday together in england will achieve absolutely nothing except more hardship for those families and my members. what about the people who have had to cancel? will they get money back? it will determine their terms and conditions of. the property is still allowed to be open as long as it only takes six people, so the contract is not properly frustrated, so i think the government may have tied themselves into a knot on this one as well, so i wish they had just talked to us before, to try and find ways to make these guidelines and now laws that they are bringing in work for everybody to achieve the outcome to keep people safe. how would that be possible in a larger building?

i have a larger building, it is one of the most covid secure properties in the country, a lot safer tha n properties in the country, a lot safer than getting on an aeroplane, you don't share the space with anyone other than your chosen group of people who your chosen group of people who you will be in most cases your friends and family, that you have been socialising with since the fourth ofjuly, so this isn't. any of the problems that the government is trying to stop, you can still stay at a hotel, you can book 20 people in 20 rooms in a hotel in the booking system will never pick it up, it is not illegal, so we really have to make sure that these laws work across a level playing field and do not impact some sectors harder than others without actually impacting on this terrible virus. i suppose the problem is they can't be worn rule for one and one rule for another, if there is going to bea for another, if there is going to be a rule of six it has to apply across the board. the rule of sex is very catchy, i'm

sure, and pubs can still have lots of rules of sex and really what is quite a confined area compared to some of these properties, so this should be much more about whether you can keep people covid—19 secure rather than putting two or 300 people on an aeroplane where they are rubbing shoulders, which is still legal this morning. coming into a very large property with a very small number of people is not, it doesn't make any sense to apply that to our gas were being disrupted, to the owners whose businesses are getting back on their feet. now to japan, where the ruling party lawmakers are voting on who should replace the country's longest serving prime minister shinzo abe. there are three candidates eyeing the topjob, but it's widely expected that the current chief cabinet secretary yoshihide suga will win the race. and whoever gets the most votes will be confirmed as the new prime minister two days later. mariko oi has more.

this was the highlight of yoshihide suga's career, until now. japan's chief cabinet secretary announced the name of the new imperial era last april. it was yoshihide suga's moment in the spotlight. he became known as the uncle. to 71—year—old has long played a central role in shinzo abe's administration but many people say he lacks charisma. that said, after shinzo abe announced his resignation, four of the five biggest factions within the ruling party have endorsed mr suga, and that means he will most likely emerge as the country's next prime minister. other signature economic reforms became known as abenomics, so what might be known as suganomics. translation: i intend to

further my predecessor's policies and further promote them. they include pumping money into the market and making credit more accessible. but yoshihide suga may be more open to lifting the minimum wage. he is also focused on controlling the strong yen, and he was behind a move to over japan's doors to foreign workers. what about the other candidates running? so far, there have been more questions than answers. translation: how should we distribute the fruits of abenomics? how should we address the inequalities aggravated by the coronavirus crisis? how should we lead a new cabinet? this is what i wa nt to new cabinet? this is what i want to focus on. centralisation in tokyo advances because the government syste m advances because the government system is fashioned that way. i will once again put all my heart and spirit into reviving local areas and creating a new japan. if elected, yoshihide

suga could call an election soon suga could call an election soon to build and administration of his own. he is expected to runjapan in much the same way as his predecessor. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the struggles of opening a business in lockdown, we hearfrom some black businesses who face another hurdle to secure affordable financing. now some of the main stories in the uk. boris johnson's borisjohnson's former boris johnson's former attorney general has warned that he will vote against proposed legislation which would enable the government to override parts of the brexit withdrawal agreement. in a newspaper article the conservative mp argues that such action would be unconscionable. he also says there is no doubt that the unpalatable implications of the deal were known when it was signed. the internal market bill is due to have its second reading in the commons today. a man has been arrested on

suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after a lorry driver died in gloucestershire. two lorries in a car were involved in a crash on the northbound carriageway on sunday afternoon. coming up at six o'clock, on breakfast, louise and dan walker will have all of the day ‘s news, business and sport and much more on the law of sex which comes into force in england today, so do stay tuned for all of that. this is bbc world news. israel is the first country in the world to impose a second national lockdown. the number of global coronavirus cases reaches a new one hi. greece says it will build a new eiger my migrant centre on the island of lesbobs, but it was europe to become more involved in

running it. the cab hailing app firm uber are having their moment in court today when they begin their battle against transport for london. last november, tfl failed to renew their operating licence due to concerns over passenger safety. uber are now set to appeal that decision in a bid to remain working in what is their biggest uk market. joining us now from london is anna mccaffrey, who's senior counsel at taylor wessing. just remind us of the issues that led to the span in the first place. the main issue that we are considering is whether uber has done enough to protect passenger safety and whether they deserve to have a license to operate as a private taxi firm, and having said that, as with everything with uber, it also raises wider issues in relation to the tension between the more traditional companies and the so—called disruptor companies of the gig economy, and the

fa ct of the gig economy, and the fact that the london taxi association is being allowed to ta ke association is being allowed to take part in proceedings shows that they take this very seriously. and what's the analysis from that? have uber done enough to get their license renewed? uber itself are very optimistic that they will be success. they say in the last three years they have made significant changes and they have taken steps to address passenger safety and specifically the issues that we re specifically the issues that were raised by tfl, and certainly the last time that tfl rejected the application, the court to grant them a 15 month extension, so it probably depends on whether the court is convinced that they've done enough to change, but uber and most commentators think that they have a good chance. what if they don't? what will this mean for uber if the license and goes ahead? ultimately, if they lose and they don't have a license to operate then that could threaten their continued operation in london, and that said, there are probably further avenues of appeal open

to them if they do lose, so it may be some time before we have a definitive final decision. of course, companies have really suffered over the last six months with coronavirus, i don't know if you knowjust how bad uber‘s been hit, is one of those that is really suffering? i think local companies they have been hit quite badly with people working from home and city centres being much quieter than usual, so it probably comes at quite a challenging time for them, and they are also expect going a supreme court decision which will finally answer the question as to whether their drivers are self—employed workers though it is quite important for them in quite a critical time for the continued operation. and what implications will the outcome of this case have for uber‘s wider operations around the uk? well, tfl are only in charge of the license for london so it won't necessarily stop them operating elsewhere, but obviously if they were to be

u nsuccessful, obviously if they were to be unsuccessful, that would be primarily because there are concerns about passenger safety so concerns about passenger safety so that probably does have an impact on whether other cities or areas also take a similar view to tfl. ok, thank you very much for your analysis, we will bring our viewers an update on those court proceedings as soon as there are any development. spurred on by the black lives matter protests, a number of firms within the banking and finance sector have introduced initiatives to promote diversity and inclusion. government research shows business owners from an ethnic minority background face far more challenges getting loans at affordable rates. and they get less than 1% of venture capital funding. ijeoma ndukwe went to find out more. opening during a global pandemic was an unexpected triumph for kara ashley. she'd been baking to orderfor triumph for kara ashley. she'd been baking to order for seven yea rs, been baking to order for seven years, with sales coming in fast, setting up this cafe in london seemed the natural next

step, so she was surprised when bank after bank refused her a loan. i was able to run about the shop and pay the deposit for the lease, with the help from my mum and dad and obviously the help that i had savings myself, so i've put £10,000 of my own money into the business. it's a common story for many small black—owned businesses, as bank loa ns a re black—owned businesses, as bank loans are determined by a formula black founders sometimes fall short, formula black founders sometimes fallshort, due formula black founders sometimes fall short, due to a lack of savings and cholesterol like property or poor credit ratings. many small business owners across all ethnicities struggle to access finance, but government research shows that some groups, notably black african, black caribbean, pakistani and bangladeshi groups are far more likely to have bank loan applications rejected. what has it been like for tectonic since you have received investment? this woman

provides early—stage funding for black and diverse founders. she has noted that when it comes to accessing other types offunding, a comes to accessing other types of funding, a lack of diversity within investment teams plays a key role. people invest in businesses and into people that they can relate to and that they can relate to and that they can relate to and that they can identify with. we need to have more of us on the other side of the table in these big investment houses. this woman, the co—founder of the black british business awards is calling for banks to adopt a more targeted approach to better serve black founders. some financial services institutions, in looking and how to serve women better, launched a huge study and they asked women, what you need from us? and of that, we can see that women are not only getting involved in working in financial services but actually accessing and using them in new ways and that same thing needs to happen for black businesses.

ukfinance, to happen for black businesses. uk finance, the banking and finance association says, there is still work to be done to improve inclusion. of missing entrepreneurs like kara can't raise money, this could not only start the development but also the growth of the uk economy. women are less likely to be hired than men during lockdown according to new data from linkedin. the share of female hires dropped across the world during peak lockdown period. women trying to find work in the recreation and travel industries were hardest hit. in the uk, female hiring reached its lowest point in april when it fell to 41.5%. since the pandemic, the hiring gap between millennial men and women has grown larger, with millennial men taking up 1.5% more of available jobs. we're now joined from california by karin kimbrough, who's linkedin's chief economist. welcome to you, thanks for

being with us. what is behind this gender gap? what we are actually seeing as this slowdown is probably reflecting a lot of the additional burdens that women have as a result of the shutdowns, they are juggfing the shutdowns, they are juggling more family care, childcare, eldercare, and they may not be applying in the same numbers as they were previously, because theyjust don't have a clear line of sight as to what is coming ahead. so you don't think it's discriminatory that women are not being given the opportunities in the jobs, not being given the opportunities in thejobs, you think actually if women are putting themselves forward for them in the first place because of the demands being placed for them at home. its early days yet, and it's only been a couple of months that we've been tracking this data, but because we are seeing this pattern happen systematically across a range of countries, australia, ireland, uk, course, also the us, france and germany, and it happens always at the same time and

coincidence with the shutdowns, what we think is happening is women's behaviour is being impacted, they are taking on more responsibilities and as a result, are not putting themselves out there, and we do have preliminary data that suggests that maybe women are applying forjobs at a slower rate, so if they are applying ata rate, so if they are applying at a slower rate they are going to be hired at a slower rate andi to be hired at a slower rate and i suspected that a lot of this has to do with the uncertainty of the shutdowns and school closures that we have had. and do you see a different picture amongst different picture amongst different industries? absolutely. there is a difference. as you mentioned, the travel, recreation, retail sectors where the worst hit and u nfortu nately sectors where the worst hit and unfortunately those are the ones where women predominated. there are some other sectors where women kind of held on in terms of their hiring rates and we re terms of their hiring rates and were a little bit more resilient and it was particularly intech and legal and education, so there were still some more robust hiring

where women held on a little better, and in sectors where they were hit harder, generally women fell further behind. and what about amongst the different age groups, did it va ry different age groups, did it vary there? we did see a difference, a lot of millennial women in particular seemed as though they were taking a step back and of course that millennial generation is the generation that is childbearing or probably has young children, so we saw or probably has young children, so we saw this big gap between men and women really widening at the times of the shutdown between millennial women and millennial men, and when we talk to women, we actually surveyed women in the uk, a third of them who were working full—time, by the way, working full—time, by the way, working full—time in august told us they were also doing full—time childcare, so i'd tip my hat to them, but it definitely means that they arejuggling them, but it definitely means that they are juggling a lot right now. and do you think this will have a long—term impact on women in the workplace, what was then over

the last 6— nine months as far as knock—on from covid—19, or do you help dominic hope that they will bounce back? we have seen a they will bounce back? we have seen a bit of a recovery but we haven't bounced all the way back yet and any of these countries that saw a dip in women's hiring, that's one, and i think that there is a concern, is there an unrecognised burden that is being shifted to women every time we close schools or have these economic shutdowns, that isn't maybe being factored in or recognised and i think that is what this data is trying to tell us that there is also a longer term risk that over time, women are losing ground and we would hate to see the gains that we have made in employment and getting towards that full parity in the labour market to be wound back because of this pandemic. let's really hope not. really interesting to get your thoughts, chief economist at linkedin. do stay with us, that's it for the business news, i will be back very shortly with all the day's

other stories, so do stay with us other stories, so do stay with us copy you can reach me on twitter, thanks very much for watching. 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, been reports of some localised flooding. and we've had this landslide effect 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 dry 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 or 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—north—easterly 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 6, maybe 7 degrees for some in the north—east, and eventually those cooler conditions will reach the far south—west too.

good morning, welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today: gathering in groups of more than six is now illegal in most cases across the uk in an attempt to curb coronavirus. there'll be fines for those who don't comply. doctors say it's not a matter of if there's going to be a second wave — but how large it will be. and the photos capturing britain in lockdown that have the royal seal of approval. good morning. fewertrips good morning. fewer trips on trains and on buses but morejourneys in our cars and on buses but morejourneys in ourcars and on and on buses but morejourneys in our cars and on our bikes. what