and we say goodbye now to viewers on bbc one... ..and hello to viewers joining us on bbc two. you're watching bbc news. leaks lea ks of leaks of confidential lea ks of confidential documents involving $2 trillion of transactions has revealed how the husband of one of the conservative pa rty‘s husband of one of the conservative party's biggest donors was secretly funded by a russian oligarch with close ties to president putin. the revelation comes from thousands of lea ked revelation comes from thousands of leaked suspicious activity reports which were sent by banks around the world to the us treasury. andy verity reports. in this unprecedented leak, thousands of reports of suspicious activity filed by banks to alert us

authorities were leaked to buzzfeed news and passed to the international consortium of investigativejournalists and bbc panorama. they reveal some of the international banking system's most closely guarded secrets. in one example, a payment of $8 million flagged as suspicious was sent to a russian businessman and former minister living in britain, vladimir chernukhin, in 2016. it initially came from this man, suleiman kerimov, a billionaire ally of president putin. in 2018 he was sanctioned by the us who were targeting those they said played a key role in advancing russia's malign activities. mr chernukhin‘s wife, lubov chernukhin, has become famous for donating large sums to the conservative party in exchange for tennis matches with david cameron and boris johnson. and paying £135,000 for a night out with theresa may. in total, she's donated £1.7 million. most of it since her husband received the $8 million from kerimov. the chernukhins, pleasant people that they may be, are not fit and proper people to make donations to a british political party and it looks

and feels and is really troubling, if you see that people are paying money into the conservative party coffers and getting this level of access and therefore presumably influence as a result. the conservative party said british russians have a democratic right to donate to a political party. the chernukhins' lawyers say mrs chernukhin never received money deriving from mr kerimov and mr kerimov says he's had no dealings with mrs chernukhin but neither disputed the $8 million payment to her husband. andy verity, bbc news. the uk government has ended the rail franchise system after agreeing a new emergency funding deals with train companies. taxpayers will continue to cover any losses on the ra i lwa ys continue to cover any losses on the railways for another 18 months, during which time ministers will overhaul the way trains are run. i

will transport correspondent has been to waterloo station in london and explains what this change means. welcome to the country's busiest train station before the pandemic, but that relatively quiet scene at the height of rush hour is why these new emergency deals between the train companies and the government are needed. the government has agreed to continue to cover the losses on the railways for another 18 months. a significant period of time. since march the government says there has been a shortfall on the railways because of the lower passenger numbers of around 5.5 billion. 0ne industry source told me the figure is much higher than that, or significantly higher than that, but that bill, the huge bill is picked up by us, the taxpayers. during that i8—month period the government wants to carry out broader reforms on the railways. the f word, franchising, is out. the government is looking at bringing in concessions. those are new contracts.

they are already running on the london 0verground here in the capital. under a franchise, a train company could win big or lose if passenger numbers went up or down. in a concession any profit or loss is picked up by the government body backing the railway. remember — you might not — that debate before the pandemic about whether our railways should be nationalised or not. well, this morning we are moving towards a model which is more similar to a nationalised model, but of course, the pandemic hangs over everything. it greatly affects the passenger numbers on the network, and therefore, the losses and the huge financial bill for the government. tom burridge, our transport correspondent. the democratic us presidential candidatejoe

correspondent. the democratic us presidential candidate joe biden has said it would be an abuse of power if republican senators confirmed any us supreme court nominee put forward by donald trump before november's election. mr trump is rushing to fill the vacancy left by the death of ruth david ginsberg. paul hawkins reports. ruth bader ginsburg's now vacant seat on america's most powerful court. how it's filled is now a huge election issue. president trump says he'll name his nominee this week, with the republican—controlled senate then voting on it, but with 43 days to go until the election, some think that would be unfair, especially if america decides it's time for a new president and, possibly, a democrat—controlled senate. look, i'm not being naive, i'm not speaking to president trump, who'll do whatever he wants. i'm speaking to those republicans out there, senate republicans, who know deep down what is right for the country and consistent with the constituition — as i stand here in the

constitution center — not just what's best for their party. delaying the president's pick would need four republican senators to vote against their own party. two have said they will, potentially there are more. i think that senator mitt romney is definitely going to be closely watched because he is one of president trump's fiercest critics among senate republicans. he was the only senate republican to vote for one of the articles of impeachment. corey gardner is also facing one of the toughest re—election campaigns in colorado, and he is yet to say either way. unlike the president, joe biden says he won't announce his choice for the supreme court, but we do know, because he said it before, that his pick will be an african—american woman, and that makes the short list extremely short, because almost all supreme courtjudges since 1975 have come from the federal appeals courts and, right now, they don't have a single female african—americanjudge there who is younger than 68, and age matters because supreme

courtjudges serve for life. so the favourite is leondra kruger, a judge on california's supreme court. 44 years old, she clerked for former supreme courtjudge john paul stevens, and served as acting principal deputy solicitor—general during the 0bama administration. another potential pick is 49—year—old district court judge ketanji brown jackson. she clerked for current supreme courtjudge stephen breyer and has seven years experience on the federal bench. either would be historic because iilijudges have served on america's top court since 1789 — none of them has been an african—american woman. but that's ifjoe biden wins the election. the us supreme court gets the final say on america's biggest issues. what's not clear is whether the american people should get the final say on who sits on it in this upcoming election. paul hawkins, bbc news.

there are calls for more targeted ca re there are calls for more targeted care for asian and black families living with dementia. 0ne care for asian and black families living with dementia. one of those areas of interest is music therapy, which has been shown to ease symptoms of the condition. and to mark world alzheimer's day, the bbc has created a catalogue of world music to help people from all cultures living with the condition. mama, do you like music? music. i realised she was feeling quite low and not really responding. she was almost shutting down, like she didn't want to remain on this earth. i thought, let's play some music for her. and i immediately saw the difference. listening to an old bollywood song brings back happy memories for sajitha choudhury who was diagnosed with dementia four years ago. the majority of the services we get, it is more generic, isn't it? so it is like a one size fits all. any other music she would probably enjoy but not as much. dementia charities in the uk recognise the need for a more

tailored support for people from ethnic minority backgrounds and their families. many of whom are still battling with the stigma around the condition. there is no word for dementia in any of the main south asian languages. using music, it might not help somebody get well. but it takes that individual back to something that they've enjoyed. before the pandemic, this group in leeds met weekly for their music class. now they are relying on zoom for a singalong. joining them today is music artist naughty boy, whose mum also has dementia. thank you, mummy. there were a few ladies in the zoom call that reminded me of mum. whenever mum hears a song or sings it's like a firework. she sings. i can't help mum physically but spiritually i can help her every day because i love music. i make music. he is now supporting the launch

of a project by the bbc called world service music memories. it's a collection of songs from around the world to help everyone living with dementia. it showcases how important culture is. i'm proud to say i'm british. but at the same time i have to respect where my parents came from. for abida, having a personalised playlist of her mum's favourite songs, is vital to her dementia care. even though mum was in the uk in the ‘60s, so whatever the music was in the ‘60s isn't that strongly linked to her as her bengali or indian music is, you know, because that's what she grew up with. that's what she identifies with. the music represents happy times. nice? shabnam mahmood, bbc news. prince charles has warned that the climate crisis will dwarf the impact of coronavirus. in a recorded message released to mark the start

of climate week, the prince of wales said the pandemic gave a window of opportunity to reset the economy for a more sustainable future. billions of people around the world are waiting and longing for concerted action, to right the balance of this planet that we have so rashly disrupted. millions of younger employees of cou ntless com pa nies and corporations are desperate for action, not more words. let's catch up with all the weather news. hello. after a lovely weekend across many parts of the country the summer conditions continue for most into the start of this week but it is a week of big weather change, wardrobe change, and season change as a summit becomes autumn. we start off this week with temperatures as high as 26 in the north—east of scotland, 26 toward the south—east of england. we switch from southerly winds to northerly winds from the mid week

onwards. the colour pro cold air pushing down from the north. by the end of the week nine to a0 degrees will be the high. much colder than it should be at this stage in the year. they are the temperatures we started this morning with mist and fog, but that will clear into the afternoon. blue skies for many across england, wales and eastern scotland. a bit more cloud across western areas, settle in northern ireland, western scotland on figure clad the hebrides, far north of the mainland, 0rkney, shetland, patchy rain and a freshening breeze. 12 to 14 rain and a freshening breeze. 12 to 1a degrees are high. 20 degrees in aberdeenshire, 2a, 25 to the south—east of england. fine end to the day for the vast majority. three tonight, while many stay dry, mist and fog developing through patterning in wales. a bit more cloud, stopping the temperature dropping too much. the rain across northern scotland becomes heavier and more persistent. coolest tomorrow morning across eastern areas where we start off with the best of the morning sunshine. it more cloud around, most will start the day dry, mist and fog clearing. the cloud breaking, sunny spells

into the afternoon. scotland, the fire west of england and wales, one or two isolated showers. my persistent rain with winds touching a0 mph in western scotland and later into the west of northern ireland. with the sunshine and lighter winds further east it could be even warmer than today. 25 or 26 celsius possible in eastern parts of england. then the changes are a start. tuesday night, rain spreading across scotland, northern ireland, into the north and west of england and wales. big temperature distances to the narrow differences into wednesday morning. temperature is low enough for frost across parts of scotla nd low enough for frost across parts of scotland and northern ireland. still the lingering summer warmth to the south east corner. that will be swept away with the weather fronts as we go through wednesday, bringing outbreaks of rain across england and wales, turning drive for a time then another set of weather set to push its way in and with strengthening winds, outbreaks of rain. the big stories from some of our town forecasts from our point nations is the drop in temperature. luton 23 to just 12. goodbye for now.

this is bbc news. the headlines... the uk's top scientific and medical advisers warn britain could be facing 50,000 new covid—19 cases a day by mid—0ctober — leading to 200 deaths a day by november a month — if the current rate of infection is not halted. cases are increasing, hospitalisations are following. deaths unfortunately will follow that, and there is the potential for this to move very fast. you cannot in an epidemicjust take your own risk. unfortunately you are taking a risk in behalf of everybody else. it is important we see this as something we have to do collectively. a leak of confidential documents involving two trillion dollars of transactions reveal how the husband of one of the biggest donors to the conservative party

was secretly funded by a russian oligarch, with close ties to president putin. labour has set out its three—step plan for the uk's economy at the labour party's virtual conference, saying a future labour government would create jobs, retrain workers and rebuild business. and the drama ‘succession' — created by the british writer jesse armstrong — was among the big winners at tv‘s emmy awards in los angeles. hello and welcome to bbc news. i'm rebecca jones. the uk's most senior scientific

and medical advisers have warned there could be 50,000 cases of coronavirus a day by mid—0ctober and 200 a day in november if the current rise by mid—0ctober and 200 deaths a day in november if the current rise in infections continues unabated. in a live televised briefing, they said if the uk does too little then the virus will become out of control. professor chris whitty, england's chief medical officer, alongside the uk government's chief scientific adviser, sir patrick vallance, said that localised outbreaks have got larger, particularly in cities. they said that if a doubling of cases continues to occur every seven days, then this graph suggests — but does not predict — that it could lead to approximately 50,000 cases per day on 13th october. and that in november would translate to 200 deaths per day. sir patrick said under 8% of the uk popluation had antibodies

and so the "vast majority" of people remain "susceptible" to covid—19. they raised the possibility that a vaccine could be ready by the end of the year, but stressed the need to break unnessessary links between households — especially with winter on the horizon. the government's chief scientific adviser, sir patrick vallance, warned the number of positive covid cases was increasing across all age groups. at the moment, we think that the epidemic is doubling roughly every seven days. it could be a little bit longer, maybe shorter, but roughly every seven days. if, and that is quite a big if, but if that continues unabated and this grows, doubling every seven days, then what you see, of course, let's say there were 5,000 today, it would be 10,000 next week,

20,000 the week after, a0,000 the week after. by mid october, if that continued, you would end up with something like 50,000 cases in the middle of october per day. 50,000 cases per day would be expected to lead a month later, so the middle of november, to 200 plus deaths per day. so this graph, which is not a prediction, is simply showing you how quickly this can move if the doubling times stays at seven days. and of course the challenge therefore is to make sure the doubling time does not stay at seven days. there are already things in place which are expected to slow that. and to make sure we do not enter into this exponential growth and end up with the problems you would predict as a result of that. that requires speed, it requires action and it requires enough in order to be able to bring that down.

one final word on this section. so as we see it, cases are increasing, hospitalisations are following. deaths unfortunately will follow that, and there is the potential for this to move very fast. a word on immunity. next slide, please. when people have an infection, the vast majority of people get an antibody response, and we know that some of those antibodies are so—called neutralising antibodies. they do indeed protect against the virus. we also know that they fade over time, and there are cases of people becoming reinfected. so this is not an absolute protection, and it will potentially decrease over time. what we see is that something under 8% of the population have been

infected as we measure the antibodies, so about 8%, so 3 million or so people, may have been infected and have antibodies. it means the vast majority of us are not protected in any way and are susceptible to this disease. there may be other forms of protection that increase that number a little bit, other parts of the immune system. but it does mean the vast majority of the population remain susceptible and therefore you would expect spread throughout them. the number of people with antibodies is a little higher in the city, and it may be as high as 17% in london. that may confer a little slowing of spread but not much more than that. the uk government's chief medical adviser, professor chris whitty, explained how increasing personal risk also increases the risk for the wider population. if i increase my risk, a lot of people say,

"well, can't people just be allowed to take their own risk?" the problem with a pandemic infection like this is if i as an individual increase my risk, i increase the risk to everyone around me and then everyone in contact with them. sooner or later the chain will lead to people who are vulnerable or elderly. 0r or have a long—term problem from covid. so you cannot in an epidemic just take your own risk. unfortunately, you are taking a risk on behalf of everybody else. it's important we see this as something we have to do collectively. there are broadly four things we can do to get on top of this. the first of which is reducing our individual risk, and this is around the things we all know about — hands, face and space, washing hands and using masks in enclosed environments, public transport and so on — and also in particular having space between people whenever we can achieve it —

especially when indoors. the second group of things are things we can do to isolate the virus. so if people have symptoms they must self—isolate and we must find their contacts so they can isolate, and people who have travelled from high—risk areas should also isolate. that means they are taking, on behalf of society, a big step forward to keep the virus out of circulation whilst they are still infectious. this is a critical part of the response. the third one, and in many ways the most difficult, is that we have to break unnecessary links between households because that is the way in which this virus is transmitted. this means reducing social contacts, whether they are at work — and this is where we have enormous gratitude to all of the businesses who work so hard to make their environment covid—secure to reduce the risk and also in social environments. we have to try to do this in the least damaging way,

but we all know we cannot do this without some significant downsides. this is a balance of risk between if we don't do enough the virus will take off, and at the moment that is the path we are clearly on. if we do not change course, we will find ourselves in a very difficult problem. 0ur chief political correspondent, vicki young, is at westminster. stark warnings there from the government's to chief scientist, and yet no sign of any government minister. why was that? not at the moment but i don't think we will have to wait very long before we do get that. matt hancock, the health secretary, said today we would be hearing from the prime minister very soon. it is clear listening to the scientists they want action, they wa nt scientists they want action, they want it speedily, they want to make sure it is robust enough to have an impact on the transition of this virus. the big question is what is

the government going to do? they have made it clear publicly and privately that a national lockdown is not going to happen, schools will stay open and they will be the last thing to close. so the question is where will the further restrictions come? because it seems clear there will be some, and chris whitty made it obvious the link between households is one of the areas they are looking at. so whether they go back to not having households mixing at all or more of a restriction on that. and the hospitality sector, making the point really that if things are covid—secure in pubs and restau ra nts, things are covid—secure in pubs and restaurants, that should be fine. the question is whether that is being followed, whether the enforcement has been enough and whether curfews or something similar might be the route to go down. vicki young, thank you for that, in westminster. 0ur health correspondent, lauren moss, is with me.

we saw a lot of graphs, heard a lot of new figures today. tell us exactly where we are with cases first of all. with cases we know they have been climbing over the last couple of weeks. 3000 to a000 over the last couple of days, again they are growing daily. 0f over the last couple of days, again they are growing daily. of course more people are being tested, but sir patrick vallance was very categoric when he said this increase we are seeing is not simply down to an increase in testing. the positivity rate is increasing, so the number of people being tested, more of those are coming back with positive results than they were a few weeks ago. you can see these cases are increasing and among all age groups as well. largely along the 20 to 29 age group, but also those aged 80 plus and hospitalisation figures are starting to increase. 0ver hospitalisation figures are starting to increase. over 1000 hospitalisation figures are starting to increase. 0ver1000 people in hospital at the moment, a couple of weeks ago that was at the 750 market

as well. we are not where we were in march and april but this briefing has taken place to remind people of where we are in the pandemic and how serious it is so it doesn't get to that stage again. we are seeing an increase in the number of cases which is being translated to the number of people going into hospital, and the government scientific adviser says inevitably that meant we could see an increase in deaths. there's usually a few weeks' lagged on this. generally when someone becomes unwell they develop symptoms, then gradually they get more unwell and that leads to hospital treatment, and that can ta ke to hospital treatment, and that can take ten days to three weeks before someone possibly dies in hospital. there was a forecast during the briefing of what could happen if cases double every week. this is not a prediction, it is a tentative look at what could happen based on some of the data we have had over the

last couple of weeks. sometimes this data is slightly out of date, when you look at the r numberfor example, the number of people and infected person can pass the virus on to. that is usually a couple of weeks out of date, because the figures take a few weeks to come through. what has to happen now is the government gets this data and have to make a calculated judgment on what can happen next. if you wait too long and tried to close the door after the horse has bolted, too soon it could be counter—productive as well so the figures we are talking about today, there could be 50,000 cases by mid october. it is a tentative forecast and will no doubt cause conversation among the scientific community, but it is a reminder of how important the social distance and guidelines are and what measures could happen to stop the spread of the virus. lauren moss, thank you. a reminder that at 2.30pm on the bbc news channel, we'll answer your questions on testing.

joining us will be the virologist and lecturer in global health, dr elisabetta groppelli, and university of brighton virologist dr sarah pitt. you are watching bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... the uk's top scientific and medical advisers warn britain could be facing 50,000 new covid—19 cases a day by mid—0ctober, leading to 200 deaths a day by november a month, if the current rate of infection is not halted. in other news... a leak of confidential documents involving $2 trillion of transactions reveal how the husband of one of the biggest donors to the conservative party was secretly funded by a russian oligarch, with close ties to president putin. labour has set out its three—step plan for the uk's economy at the labour party's virtual conference, saying a future labour

government would create jobs, retrain workers and rebuild business. more than £200 million worth of furlough payments from the government have been returned to the treasury by companies that have decided they don't need the money. around 80,000 firms — including the retail giant ikea and the housebuilders taylor wimpey and redrow — have re—paid the cash they were given to help cover workers' salaries. the government welcomed the windfall, which is a fraction of the 35 billion paid out so far. and we are going to head straight to scotla nd and we are going to head straight to scotland now for a briefing from scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon. good afternoon. i'mjoined by the chief medical officer and the

national clinical director and they will say a few words shortly. i will start with the usual run—through of the daily statistics in scotland. the total number of positive cases reported yesterday was 255. this represents a 6.3% of people newly tested and takes the total number of cases now to 2a,627. the full regional breakdown will be published later, but i can confirm now that 103 of the new cases are in glasgow and clyde, a7 in lanarkshire and 30 in lothian. the remaining 75 are spread across the remaining eight mainland health boards meaning we have new cases again today in every mainland health board area. 73 people are in hospital, an increase of ten from yesterday, and eight people in intensive care, one fewer than yesterday. in the past 2a hours

no deaths were registered of a patient who first tested positive over the period of eight days, but registration offices are closed over the weekend so that is not surprising. since the last briefing, three additional deaths were registered on friday and reported in saturday's figures. the total number of deaths under our daily measurement is 2505. that is again a very sharp reminder of the impact this virus has had and the impact it is still capable of having. i want again to pass on my condolences to eve ryo ne again to pass on my condolences to everyone who has lost a loved one in this pandemic, including those whose deaths have been registered in more recent days. the figures i have reported reinforce something that has been evident now over recent days. covid is spreading again in scotland. because of our collective

effo rts scotland. because of our collective efforts over the summer which suppressed the virus to very low levels, we a re suppressed the virus to very low levels, we are in a much stronger position than we would otherwise be in. it is important not to forget that. those collective efforts meant many other people who might have succumbed to the virus didn't get it, and therefore we collectively saved a lot of lives. however, with the virus on the spread again in scotland, across the uk, europe and indeed still accelerating in much of the world, doing nothing in the face of this rapid spread now is not an option. i know that the chief medical officer and chief scientific adviser for medical officer and chief scientific adviserfor england medical officer and chief scientific adviser for england have just given adviser for england have just given a televised briefing, and gregor and jason may touch more on the data later on, but we would endorse the overall message that was being conveyed by patrick vallance and chris whitty. in scotland, is across the uk, the r number, the number of people who will on average be

infected by one infectious person, is again above one. when that happens we know the virus will begin to spread again. the percentage of tests returning positive result has been increasing. at the weekend it was above 5% across the country, today with the usual caveat about single day figures it is 6.3%. in some health boards it is even higher than that. in addition new cases are not confined to specific clusters, they are happening across scotland and in particular across mainland scotland, and we must take all of this very seriously. 0n the other side of this equation, the number of cases is not yet rising as quickly as it was in the spring, and the percentage of positive tests is nowhere near as high as it was then. in those days it was 20% or thereabouts. in addition we are not

seeing an increase in hospital admissions on anything like the same scale we saw in the spring and that is partly because the highest proportion of new cases in recent weeks has been in people under the age of a0. however we know transmission in the community cannot rise indefinitely without it starting to increasingly affect older people too. we are now seeing an increase in the number of people admitted to hospital and intensive care, albeit from a fairly low level. if the number of new cases continues to rise, that rise will continues to rise, that rise will continue as well, and unfortunately we will see the number of people dying increasing too. as i indicated on friday, the position scotland is now in is similar to the position france might have been in four weeks ago, and we don't want to reach the position france is in now with case levels four times higher than scotla nd levels four times higher than scotland and significant numbers of people in hospital and with deaths

rising. in the last couple of weeks we have already taken a significant step by reducing the maximum size of household gatherings to six people from two household. in my view, further and urgent action will now be needed to stop the increase in the number of cases. i and my advisers have spent the weekend in discussion looking at a variety of options and considering carefully the impact we judge these would have. these discussions are continuing throughout today, but we are very close to a point of decision. at the heart of this decision. at the heart of this decision is a simple truth. the longer we wait to introduce new measures, the longer the measures are likely to be in place. if we move sharply now, we can minimise the time we all spend under any new restrictions. if we wait, it will ta ke restrictions. if we wait, it will take potentially a lot longer to come out of the other side. for that reason as i indicated on friday, we are preparing to introduce a package

of additional measures with the intention of bringing the r number back down below one. ideally at least some of these decisions will be taken on a four nations basis across the uk. we all have our individual responsibilities, and we will perhaps take decisions that are not entirely identical, but given that the virus does not respect borders, alignment if possible makes sense, and of course it is the uk government that holds the financial lever is necessary to mitigate the economic impact of any measures. that's why i asked on friday for an urgent cobra meeting and repeated the call over the weekend. that call has been echoed in wales and london. during a call with michael gove on saturday he confirmed that will take place although it is frustrating we still don't have a precise time for that and indeed don't even have confirmation yet of whether it will ta ke confirmation yet of whether it will

take place today or tomorrow. i am however talking directly to the prime minister immediately after this press conference, and hopefully we will have greater clarity from that discussion. in that call i will impress upon the prime minister in my view that we need decisive, urgent, and as far as possible given our individual responsibilities coordinated action across the uk. i will be clear i'm willing to allow more time forfour will be clear i'm willing to allow more time for four nations discussions to take place before reaching final decisions for scotland. but i will be equally clear the urgency of this situation means we cannot, must not and will not wait too long. the scottish cabinet will meet tomorrow to take stock and i'm very clear it must be ina stock and i'm very clear it must be in a position to decide the way ahead for scotland within the next a8 hours. i need to be straight with people across scotland that additional restrictions will almost certainly be put in place in scotla nd certainly be put in place in scotland over the next couple of days. hopefully this will be with

four nations alignment but if necessary it will have to happen without that. i intend to make a full statement to parliament this week to outline the steps the government has decided are necessary and to set out the rationale for them. whatever else we decide, one thing i want to confirm today is that our package of measures will include plans to better support people who are being advised to self—isolate. self isolation is a key tool in our fight against this virus. it helps break the chains of transmission so we must abide by that advice. we have and will continue to consider whether the uk government approach of imposing potentially large fines for noncompliance with self isolation is appropriate, but while we will keep enforcement options under review we do have a concern about potential

disincentives of vines and enforcement to people getting tested. 0ur enforcement to people getting tested. our view it is better to remove barriers. i believe people understand the need to keep others safe and want to do so, but they need to be supported through these difficult circumstances. i can confirm today we will be putting in place a financial support package to help people, particularly those on low incomes, who face a loss in income if they are required to self—isolate. it shouldn't be a surprise if compliance levels will be lower than we need them to be if. the last thing i wanted to touch on briefly today, given that i mentioned this on friday, is that on friday i indicated that i would confirm today whether we were going

to exempt children under 12 from the current two household rule. children under 12 do not count towards the limit of six but do count towards the two households. given that more fundamental decisions may well be taken this week, i have decided to consider this issue in that wider context consider this issue in that wider co ntext a nd consider this issue in that wider context and i will cover it in the statement i make to parliament later in the week. they will hand over to the chief medical officer and the national clinical director in a moment, but i want to end by stressing two things. first, this is a serious moment again for the country. we cannot allow cases to continue rising. those who say we should just allow this virus to do what it does, the so—called herd immunity argument, i don't agree with that. we know this virus can ta ke with that. we know this virus can take life, but we also know it can have serious health implications for younger, healthier people. it is not

a virus we can be complacent about allowing people to get. so this is a moment to take action. secondly, we must understand we are in a different and better position than we we re different and better position than we were in in march. cases are not rising as fast, we have a better idea of the settings that pose the main risk of transmission, and test and protect, despite the volume of cases we have had recently, is managing well. because of this, and despite the temptations for shorthand, we shouldn't frame the decisions we face this week in the language of lockdown or not lockdown. implementing further measures now is very much i hope about controlling this virus while avoiding the need for another full—scale lockdown of the type we had to impose in march. lastly let's not forget all of us have the ability to make a difference now. none of us as individuals are powerless in the face of this virus.

we can make choices and decisions which increase our own chances of staying safe and help to keep people around us safe as well. i am asking everybody to think carefully about what you can do as an individual to play your part in this collective action that we need to take, which scotla nd action that we need to take, which scotland is only one country of many across the globe that are having to consider these actions. so please, work from home if you are able to do so. it has been and continues to be the scottish government advice to work from home if it is possible. we are not and have not been advising you to go back to the office if you are able to work from home. secondly, download the protect scotla nd secondly, download the protect scotland app which is a really powerful thing to do because it helps widen the net of people that can be contacted and advised to self—isolate if they have been exposed to this virus. more than a million people have downloaded it

already. it can make a difference at those levels but will make more of a difference if more of us do it. thirdly limit social interactions and travel as much as you can. six people from two households, see that asa maximum. people from two households, see that as a maximum. and of course if you live in glasgow, east or west, bartonjo, renfrewshire, live in glasgow, east or west, barton jo, renfrewshire, north live in glasgow, east or west, bartonjo, renfrewshire, north or south lanarkshire right now, please don't visit other households at all. finally when you are meeting other people, which we all have to do to some extent notwithstanding that need to limit it, when you are interacting please remember to follow the advice. if we follow the five golden rules we minimise and limit the opportunities the virus has to move from person to person. so please remember to wearface coverings, avoid crowded places,

clea n coverings, avoid crowded places, clean your hands regularly and hard surfaces you are touching, keep two metres distance from people and other households, and self—isolate and book a test if you have symptoms. if we all do all of these things, we are all individually helping this collective effort to keep this virus under control. and allow us to retain as much normality in our lives notwithstanding the restrictions all countries are having to operate in right now as we possibly can. my thanks again to everybody forjoining us. please spread the word you hear at these briefings as widely as you possibly can. i'm going to ask the chief medical officer to say a few words now, and as normal we will take questions, but we wanted to make sure you heard notjust from me today but the government's chief clinical advisers as well. what we wanted to do was to outline where we are in terms of the state of the epidemic. jason will a bit

first of all around where the epidemic sits globally and across europe and then i will put that into context for the situation we currently find ourselves in both across the uk but particularly here in scotland. jason festival. thank you. about nine months ago the world health organization did something it does very, very rarely. it declared a global pandemic. not something it does it lightly. the pandemic is when a disease spreads across a wide geographical area, when a disease spreads across a wide geographicalarea, including globally. we cannot live with this disease without population restrictions. science will eventually allow us to live with this disease in an endemic way like we live with colds flu and other infectious diseases. we are unfortunately not in that place yet here or anywhere in the world. globally, 31 million people have had a positive test for covid—19 and nearly 1 a positive test for covid—19 and nearlyi million. 961,000 at have died. that may seem abstract. you

may think it was mostly months ago. let's look at this saturday. two days ago. 300,000 people got a positive test and 4000 deaths were registered around the world. the world health organization has six regions, continental regions, around the world. only in one of those regions are viral positive is falling, and europe is not that region. europe has had 5 million cases since the beginning of the pandemic and on saturday it had its highest new total yet. 68,000 people caught the virus in europe on saturday. studio: we are going to leave that a news briefing in edinburgh. we heard from the first minister nicola sturgeon, saying that confirmed coronavirus cases in scotland have risen by 255 in the past 2a hours. speaking at the scottish government's daily briefing, she said 2a,627 people have now tested

positive for coronavirus in scotland. let's go to wales now, where we are going to hearfrom going to hear from the health minister. because of the developing situation in these four local authority areas, we will be introducing local restrictions in all four of these local authority areas from 6pm tomorrow. this will meana areas from 6pm tomorrow. this will mean a large part of the population of south wales and the south wales valleys will be subject to local coronavirus restrictions. we will hold an urgent meeting tomorrow with all local authorities, health boards and police forces in south wales, from bridgend to the border with england. we will discuss the wider regional situation and whether further measures are needed. before i turn to the restrictions i wa nt to before i turn to the restrictions i want to say a few words about the nature of the cases in each of these areas. in merthyr tydfil the

incidence rate is high, but the cases appear to be mainly focused around two distinct clusters. one linked to a large employer and a pub. there are two new smaller clusters that have also been identified. in rhondda cynon taff, where local restrictions were introduced on thursday, we have continued to see both the number of positive cases and the incidence rate rise. it is now the highest in wales. we are seeing many small clusters throughout the local authority area. because of a lack... transmission. initially, most cases, younger age groups. but we are now seeing infections in all age groups. and particularly worrying, we have 3a cases of coronavirus in people in the royal glamorgan hospital. bridgend is a growing concern for us because there has been a sharp rise in cases in a short space of time.

we have identified a small number of clusters in the borough, but we are worried that the pattern is similar to the one we have seen in rhondda cynon taff. mobile testing will be introduced in bridgend this week. and blahnik went on we have seen cases linked to pubs and a lack of social distancing. they have also been cases in care home staff and in secondary schools in the area. in newport the rise in cases appear to start with a house party at the end of august. and were subsequently linked to a number of pubs. we are now seeing a wide spread of cases across the city which are not linked toa across the city which are not linked to a particular cluster or showing links with existing cases. the rise in cases in bridgend, merthyr tydfil and newport means we have today made and newport means we have today made a difficult but necessary decision to introduce local restrictions in

all of these areas and blaenau gwent to protect people's health and the spread of coronavirus. these measures will be the same of those that are already in place across rhondda cynon taff. they will come into force from 6pm on tuesday and will apply to everyone living in bridgend, blaenau gwent, merthyr tydffl bridgend, blaenau gwent, merthyr tydfil and newport. restrictions mean people will not able to leave or enter those regions without reasonable excuse such as travel for work or education. people will only be able to meet outdoors for the time being. people will not be able to meet members of an extended household indoors, or to form an extended household for the time being. all licensed premises in these areas will have to close at 11pm. everyone over the age of 11 must wear face coverings in 11pm. everyone over the age of 11 must wearface coverings in indoor public places, as in the rest of wales. we will also be extending the

requirement for all licensed premises to close at 11pm to caerphilly county borough area, following a request from local partners in gwent for such action. it is easier to understand what you can and cannot do on any of the areas are subject to local restrictions because the rules were that will be the same. guidance and frequently asked questions will be published on the welsh government website to help people understand what this means for them, but there is already guidance available in respect of rhondda cynon taff. our ability to make a difference to the spread of the virus rests in all of our hands. we will only make a difference if we all work together. every one of us has a responsibility to make the right choices and to follow the measures which will keep us follow the measures which will keep us and our loved ones safe from this infectious and harmful virus. we all need to keep our distance from each

other when we are out and about. we need to wash our hands often, work from home wherever possible. we need to wear face covering in from home wherever possible. we need to wearface covering in indoor public places and we need to stay at home if we have the symptoms and while we are waiting for a test result. and we need to follow any restrictions that are in place locally. thank you. i will now take questions and we are starting to date with adrian masters from itv wales. thank you. the chief medical officer for england has today described this as, in his word, a six month problem. can you confirm thatis six month problem. can you confirm that is the time the welsh government is working to? are we looking at the six months of restrictions of one kind or another? we hope to be in a position, but we cannot definitively confirm the sort of timescale. we know that when we we re of timescale. we know that when we were going into lockdown measures in the spring that we had a period of time where the weather was generally

improving, whereas we are now moving into the autumn and winter. the days will be shortening, there will be more people indoors. it will be more difficult to do more activity outdoors. i myself would not want to place a definitive restriction in terms of time period for when we will be through this. i do think it is worth pointing out in the graph you saw that we have seen a dip in the cases in carefully and that is important because it shows what we said at the outset. it will take two weeks for the measures to have an effect and we are seeing a cautious note of optimism but it shows what eve ryo ne note of optimism but it shows what everyone else who is going into new local restrictions that it is possible to see improvement if people follow the rules as they have donein people follow the rules as they have done in caerphilly and i am grateful to the leader of the council in caerphilly and the residents who have been following the rules and helping to improve the situation, we think, for them, their families, loved ones and community. thank you.

the prime minister is going to be speaking to the first minister within the next hour or so. can you say whether you as a welsh government are considering taking pa rt government are considering taking part in uk wide further action, and is that the case... is that the reason, and related to that, if there were uk wide action, would you be considering what they call a circuit breaker, this idea that there could be a two—week period of very intense restrictions? there isn't a significantly advanced agenda for that call and i look forward with interest to the conversation with the first minister on what takes place. i think it is a helpful step forward, that the prime minister will speak to the first minister will speak to the first minister of wales, but as we have reiterated, the best way to have four nation engagement is for all four nation engagement is for all four nations to speak with each other at leadership level at the

same time. so the prime minister, the first ministers of wales, scotla nd the first ministers of wales, scotland and northern ireland, they should have a joined up conversation because i do think thatjoint uk messaging will have all of us, those of us in government, the health service and crucially the public, to understand the rules and expectations and to understand from the outset if there are differences why those exist. it may be the case that the uk wide measures will be taken, but those require all four governments to exercise our varying shares of power and responsibility to do so. we have demonstrated before the outset of the pandemic that we were prepared to do so when the circumstances said that was the right thing to do. i think it may be the case that we need to do that in a concerted way through the course of the autumn and winter. the only way to determine that is for us to share information and speak with each other, much in the same way i expect to have that conversation with other health ministers and chief medical officer across the uk later on today. thank you. james

williams from bbc wales. thank you. you mentioned a meeting tomorrow with council officials, police forces in the wider south wales area. are we to take from that that you are looking at tighter restrictions in that wider area? you also talked about looking at increasing measures in those areas that i already seen tighter restrictions. what kind of measures are we looking at is the next step? the conversation with people across the ten authorities that make up the capital region is an important one because we see gwent, they are joined up in a way people work socially and economically, lots of travel across the region. it makes sense with six of those ten authorities from 6pm tomorrow having authorities from 6pm tomorrow having a formal local restriction, do have a formal local restriction, do have a joined a formal local restriction, do have ajoined up a formal local restriction, do have a joined up regional conversation. that is to make sure we don't simply wait until other events happen. it

isa wait until other events happen. it is a way to have a joined up conversation rather than a deliberate commitment to them taking measures across the whole region. if, from the intelligence we gather from another day of data, we need to do that, then we can of course make that decision, but it is to make sure we are having that conversation ina sure we are having that conversation in a pre—emptive wave rather than waiting until there is a pressing need to take action. as you have seen from the figures this weekend, you can see coronavirus is spread very, very quickly over a significant part of the country. it is not just a significant part of the country. it is notjust a message for the south—east of wales, but a message for the whole country about what all of us need to do and i know parton is in west wales, mid wales and north wales are having regular conversations with each other. there isa conversations with each other. there is a genuine watching brief taking place but obviously the concentration of concern and new cases is in the south east corner. studio managed let's leave the health ministerfor studio managed let's leave the health minister for wales they are announcing that large parts of wales

will be subject to new coronavirus restrictions from 6pm this evening for local authority areas in bridgend, newport, blaenau gwent and merthyr tydfil. they mean people will not be able to leave or enter the area without a reasonable excuse or meet any other household indoors, and an11p mkv or meet any other household indoors, and an 11p mkv will also be imposed on pubs and other licensed premises. these areas arejoining on pubs and other licensed premises. these areas are joining areas of caerphilly and run on taff which we re caerphilly and run on taff which were already brought under further restrictions —— rhondda cynon taff. the health minister announcing that a meeting will be held tomorrow to consider whether the remaining areas in south—east wales, which would include cardiff, should also be put under measures. it is also worth reminding you what scotland's first minister was saying just a little

earlier, saying that covid is spreading again in scotland and she is preparing to introduce a package of measures there. in the coming days. wales' restrictions come into effect from 6pm tomorrow. the shadow chancellor anneliese dodds has accused the government of mismanaging billions of pounds spent in response to the covid—19 pandemic. in a speech to party members on monday, she accused ministers of a "cavalier" approach to public spending during the crisis. but she called for firms in struggling sectors to get extra support to retain workers, or provide training. as chancellor, i would ensure that public money was always spent wisely. targeted where needed most, not splurged where it isn't. new leadership with proper oversight

of government contracts so they deliver value for money every time. testing every single budget line against the goal of net zero carbon emissions. because the evidence is crystal clear. the investment that favours our climate also favours jobs in the short and long—term. the awful damage caused by the sheer‘s floods have laid bare the cost of inaction. we cannot afford to miss opportunities for environmental innovation and the jobs it will bring and we can no longer accept public funds are paying for projects that make the shift to net zero hyder. mark my words. as a chancellor, i would never allow public spending to contribute to the climate crisis. the shadow chancellor. universities are welcoming students onto campuses this week for the first time since the lockdown. social distancing measures are in place but the movement of so many people around the uk is causing concern. jayne mccubbin reports. forjodie. ..

i was so sure it wasn't going to fit in. and forjosh and nathan... today is independence day. their first day of a new life in leeds. oh, i can't wait. instead of counting down for it for three months, i've been counting down for it for six ever since our exams got cancelled, so ijust can't wait for it to really get started now. i've been waiting for years for this! you want to get rid of him? that's it! no, we will miss him...| think. really excited, yeah. she's going to hopefully do well. how many people will you be living with? i just live with three others. the problem is, they're your bubble now. mm. what if you don't get on with them? i have a group chat with them already, i'm already chatting with them, it's going to be ok. it's going to be ok! when they're that age, they're just eternally optimistic, aren't they, so... there are nearly a0,000 students moving in to leeds this week, a city which hasjust recorded its best ever increase in covid infections. a city which hasjust recorded its biggest ever increase in covid infections.

for families like these, there are more than the usual worries as they prepare to wave their kids off. yeah, there's a little bit of concern but they seem to have a lot of things in place around here which are safety oriented. you're reassured by that? yeah, i think it's pretty reassuring, yeah. could do with having a bit more teaching time but i don't know whether that's going to happen. it's a bit annoying because it's harder to meet people if you're trying to meet people in a course, you can't go to lectures and sit next to new people. sebastian's mum says she's packed all the essentials. hand gel, lots of masks everywhere we go — as you can tell, he's not wearing a mask. laughs. so much of what happens now will depend on students following all the rules and regulations. mohammed tells me the council is working with bars and pubs to make sure they police their venues. people have been given information and if somebody isn't obviously doing their bit, isn't playing their part, then we could actually take further action which could actually lead to closure of the premises. the worry isn'tjust about what happens in bars and pubs but in homes and halls.

aston tells me most students are complying. yes, obviously been impacted by the new rule with six people, so you can't really plan to do big things, you have to keep it quite low—key. more than 19,000 fines have been issued for non—covid compliance so far. david says bars like his won't be the problem. i'd like to think everybody will be really on it. normally at this time of year, you would get house parties on in every house on every street within probably a mile radius of us. any so far? there's certainly been a few. getting infection rates back down requires everyone to act. matt hancock yesterday warned, follow the covid rules or they will get tougher. there are calls for more targetted care for asian and black families living with dementia. one of those areas of interest is music therapy which has been shown to ease symptoms

of the condition. and to mark world alzheimer's day, the bbc‘s created a catalogue of world music to help people from all cultures living with the condition. bbc asian network's shabnam mahmood has more. mama, do you like music? music. i realised she was feeling quite low and not really responding. she was almost shutting down, like she didn't want to remain on this earth. i thought, let's play some music for her. and i immediately saw the difference. listening to an old bollywood song brings back happy memories for sajitha choudhury who was diagnosed with dementia four years ago. the majority of the services we get, it is more generic, isn't it? so it is like a one size fits all. any other music she would probably enjoy but not as much. dementia charities in the uk recognise the need for a more tailored support for people from ethnic minority backgrounds and their families. many of whom are still

battling with the stigma around the condition. there is no word for dementia in any of the main south asian languages. using music, it might not help somebody get well. but it takes that individual back to something that they've enjoyed. before the pandemic, this group in leeds met weekly for their music class. now they are relying on zoom for a singalong. joining them today is music artist naughty boy, whose mum also has dementia. thank you, mummy. there were a few ladies in the zoom call that reminded me of mum. whenever mum hears a song or sings it's like a firework. she sings. i can't help mum physically but spiritually i can help her every day because i love music. i make music. he is now supporting the launch of a project by the bbc called world service music memories.

it's a collection of songs from around the world to help everyone living with dementia. it showcases how important culture is. i'm proud to say i'm british. but at the same time i have to respect where my parents came from. for abida, having a personalised playlist of her mum's favourite songs is vital to her dementia care. even though mum was in the uk in the ‘60s, so whatever the music was in the ‘60s isn't that strongly linked to her as her bengali or indian music is, you know, because that's what she grew up with. that's what she identifies with. the music represents happy times. nice? shabnam mahmood, bbc news. the taj mahal has reopened to visitors even as india looks set to overtake the us as the global leader in coronavirus infections. the building has been closed since march. strict social distancing rules have been imposed and daily visitor

numbers will be capped at 5,000 — a quarter the normal rate. india has recorded more than 5.a million covid cases. around 100,000 new infections and over 1,000 deaths are being reported daily. prince charles has warned that the climate crisis will "dwarf" the impact of coronavirus. in a recorded message, released to mark the start of climate week, the prince of wales said the pandemic gave a "window of opportunity" to reset the economy for a more sustainable future. billions of people around the world are waiting and longing for concerted action, to right the balance of this planet that we have so rashly disrupted. millions of younger employees of cou ntless com pa nies and corporations are desperate for action, not more words. the drama succession — which was created by the british

writerjesse armstrong — was among the big winners at the emmy‘s overnight. the hbo saga, about a media mogul and his family, won best drama and best actor forjeremy strong. all the winners had to give their speeches via zoom because the ceremony was held behind closed doors. our los angeles correspondent david willis has more. the first major hollywood awards show of the post—covid era and one of the oddest ever. hello and welcome to the pand—emmys. there was no red carpet, no star—studded audience. the host, jimmy kimmel, broadcasting from an empty theatre. just like prom night. the show dependent on more than 100 different wi—fi feeds from the living rooms, bedrooms or back gardens of the nominees. hello, everybody, congratulations! having hijacked the proceedings, the coronavirus was also the butt of many of the jokes. sanitised for your protection! jennifer aniston helping to sanitise the winners' envelope before setting fire to the germs.

some of the winning nominees... as if the whole thing wasn't surreal enough, the trophies were presented by people in hazmat suits designed to look like tuxedos. that, the first emmy of the night for the canadian sitcom schitt‘s creek, which swept the board in the comedy awards. fittingly perhaps, following a summer of protest over racial injustice, this was the most diverse group of nominees ever, according to the emmy producers. regina king, watchmen. and the hbo series watchmen, a timely take on racism and police violence in america, walked off with four awards. succession. the hbo drama succession won three emmys, prompting what might be the first un—thank yous from its british creator. un—thank you to the virus for keeping us all apart this year. un—thank you to president trump for his crummy and uncoordinated response. un—thank you to boris johnson and his government for doing

the same in my country. the medium these awards honour has rarely been more relevant given the isolation caused by the coronavirus. the emmys mark the start of the hollywood awards season, one that promises to be the most unconventional ever. david willis, bbc news, los angeles. simon mccoy is here for the bbc news at one next. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. however, there. most of us have sunny skies to look forward to through the rest of the day today. this was early on, clear blue skies in west cornwall. the weather pitch over the next few days, although we have sunshine today things will take a turn. it will turn much cooler as we head towards the middle part of the week. temperatures well up into the week. temperatures well up into the 20s today and for some of us

tomorrow. but as we head through the autumn equinox and into the middle pa rt autumn equinox and into the middle part of the week we see the colder area to airarriving, part of the week we see the colder area to air arriving, northerly winds, and temperatures much lower by the end of the week. no injuries for some in scotland, 1a to as parts of south—east england. enjoy the warmth while it lasts. the extent of the sunshine through the rest of the day to day. a lewis macleod across the north west and the scottish islands, particularly into shetland. fairly persistent outbreaks of rain here. top temperatures 2a, 20 5 degrees across eastern england, and overnight outbreaks of rain turn heavier for overnight outbreaks of rain turn heavierfor a time across overnight outbreaks of rain turn heavier for a time across northern areas of scotland. rain edging into the highlands as we go through the night. further south, mist the highlands as we go through the night. furthersouth, mistand the highlands as we go through the night. further south, mist and fog patches across england and wales with poor visibility and low cloud to start the day on tuesday. for many, it will brighten up as the day goes by but we will see more rain affecting the north—west of scotland and three tuesday afternoon it will become windy over to the east of the pennines and generally for northern ireland and scotland quite a

blustery day three tuesday. top temperatures 26 degrees across east anglia, so still warm, but this cold front is going to be pushing its way eastwards through tuesday night and it is this eastwards through tuesday night and hsmsmn eastwards through tuesday night and it is this that will really start to drop the temperatures. three tuesday night, we see the cool air arriving across scotland and northern ireland. england and wales at this stage are still relatively mild with temperatures overnight around 12 to 15 degrees. wednesday, colder air continues to swing in. scotland and northern ireland, should be fine on wednesday with sunshine. outbreaks of rainfor wednesday with sunshine. outbreaks of rain for england and wales and on this weather front we are expecting an area of low pressure to develop, so the rain is slow to move away from eastern england and it could turn quite windy later in the day. is that clear through we will be left with a mixture of sunshine and showers but much cooler conditions across the whole of the uk.

"we've got to get control of this" — the warning from the country's top scientists as britain enters a second wave of coronavirus. failure to act, they say, could lead to 50,000 cases a day by the middle of next month. you cannot in an epidemic just take your own risk. unfortunately, you are taking a risk on behalf of everybody else. it's important that we see this as something we have to do collectively. all eyes are now on the politicians — and asking them: what happens next? also this lunchtime... the secret banking reports that reveal how the uk is a hub for international money laundering. and the leaked documents show the husband of a conservative party donor who got to play tennis with top tories received millions from an ally of president putin. after the death of ruth bader ginsberg,