hello, i'm ros atkins. this is outside source. the death toll from coronavirus in the united states has now passed 200,000. democrats are blaming president trump, saying just look at the lives lost and multiply it. notjust by the number but by the family in the sense of community. the loss to our country. the president though is clear about who he blames for the pandemic. we must hold accountable the nation which unleashed this plague onto the world. china! with the uk facing a surge in coronavirus cases, new restrictions are coming into force. as in spain and france and many other countries, we've reached a perilous turning point. there new rules on masks,

pubs and restaurants could last for six months. we'll explain the rules, and why the government says they're needed. and world leaders are — remotely — addressing the un general assembly. laura trevelyan in new york will talk us through what they've been saying. more than 200,000 people in the us have died from the coronavirus. that's far higher than in any other country. this is thejohns hopkins university covid—19 dashboard — a widely used source of the data on the pandemic. and you can see america's total there. far higher than any other country. this chart shows you how the course the virus has taken in the us —

from an initial peak in april, when there were more than 2500 deaths a day. to this monday, when the figure was 350. at the washington monument, this is a memorial for those who died. each flag represents ten victims. senior democrat nancy pelosi attended today — and turned her fire on the trump administration. this was preventable — not all of it, but much of it. and what could be lost in the future is preventable, too, if we embrace science. science instead of politics. just look at the lives lost and multiply it. notjust by the number but by the family in the sense of community. the loss to our country. the new yorker magazine has sought to place this new milestone in context. writing... president trump though has

defended his response to the virus. this is from his speech to the un general assembly earlier. we have waged a fierce battle against the invisible enemy, the china virus, which has claimed countless lives in 188 countries. in the united states, we've launched the most aggressive mobilisation since the second world war. we rapidly produced a record supply of ventilators, creating a surplus that allowed us to share them with friends and partners all around the globe. we pioneered life—saving treatments, reducing our fatality rate 85% since april. anthony zurcherjoins me. anthony another will be many inquiries and investigations down the years but as best as we can to this point, why did america fare so seriously when this pandemic started to play out? i think the first thing to play out? i think the first thing

to keep in mind is america has 330 million people, it is going to have a higher death stole and also i the virus hits a very populated state, and a very populated city in new york city where treatment for the virus was not as good. new york has about 30,000 deaths, and that's twice as much or the same as texas and california combined. there is a problem with new york that happened early on but there has been problems with handling the virus as well. mixed messages, a patchwork of health care coverage and public policy on health throughout the united states and a president who initially downplayed the seriousness of the virus and then had a mixed response to it once he began to take it seriously and started to focus on the economy rather quickly in the spring. i guess we have heard two examples, those two clips from nancy pelosi and president trump today that even though it is a health care

couchit that even though it is a health care couch it has or is been intensely political. it has an part of the atmosphere in the united states is intensely partisan. as soon as donald trump stepped into this and began talking about ending the lockdowns in states liberating places like michigan, the response to the coronavirus pandemic became partisan. i was at a trump valley last night, a lot of them weren't wearing asks and packed and tightly, and it was in ohio, they booed the republican governor of ohio when he was announced in part because he has had a stringent response, one of the better responses to coronavirus.” read that quote from the new yorker magazine comparing this death toll with death tolls from conflicts since the second world war but i wonder if the coverage of this in america, the discussion of it by politicians is that a comparison people recognise between a health ca re people recognise between a health care emergency here and conference of the past? i think it's hard to wrap your head around the number when you have a war overseas, you

have flag draped coffins coming home. you hearfrom the family members who have lost young ones at a young age. this is it different. a lot of the deaths have been quiet and spread out across the country. the only thing that compared to that kind of a visceral punch would be what happened to new york where you had the freezers full of bodies. the fields where they were burying people because they couldn't process the bodies so quickly. i think that had an emotional toll but since then, it is almost like these numbers are no longer real for people and 200,000 deaths isjust numbers are no longer real for people and 200,000 deaths is just a kind of abstract mark. anthony, thank you very much indeed. well as we've been hearing, president trump was among those speaking at the united nations general assembly today. china's president xi jinping also delivered a pre—recorded address. that's because this is unlike previous general assemblies when heads of state travel to new york. this is a virtual event. that's not stopping the tension between the us and china being palpable — not least because of covid—i9.

here's president trump. we must hold accountable the nation which unleashed this plague onto the world. china! in the earliest days of the virus, china locked down travel domestically while allowing flights to leave china and infect the world. china condemned my travel ban on their country even as they cancel domestic flights and locked citizens in their homes. the chinese government and the world health organization, which is virtually controlled by china, falsely declared that there was no evidence of human—to—human transmission. later, they falsely said that people without symptoms would not spread the disease. now these aren't new claims — mr trump has made them repeatedly. and while there is some evidence that china was slow to report the outbreak — at the time president trump praised china's early handling of the virus.

well, china's president xijinping also spoke today — he struck a very different tone. translation: facing the virus, we should enhance solidarity and get this through together. we should follow the guidance of science, give full play to the leading role of the world health organization, and launch a joint international response to beat this pandemic. any attempt of politicising the issue or stigmatisation must be rejected. you have clear tensions between there are tensions between china and the us on the virus — also on trade. they've each imposed tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars worth of each other‘s goods. and un's secretary general antonio guterres turned to these tensions today. we must do everything to avoid a new cold war. we are moving in very dangerous direction. our world cannot afford

a future where two largest economies split the globe in a great fracture, each with its own training financial rules and each and internet artificial intelligence capacity. risks turning into a geo strategy and military divide. and we must avoid these at all costs. laura trevelyan is in new york. you have president xijinping lead us you have president xijinping lead us not politicise the pandemic, and tony go to the air is a saying that some have a political divide, and i'm listening to this thinking has that already happened 7 i'm listening to this thinking has that already happened? absolutely and what you are seeing here at the united nations albeit remotely as the world body marks its 75th anniversary is really a retreat from multilateralism in the conventional sense with the us in the lead. you have china and are trying to protect itself as the country that is all about multilateralism that will fill the void filled by us leadership

under president trump's america first policy but the tension is palpable. present she had to go so far as to say china doesn't seek a cold or hot work. so it's the tensions between washington and beijing that are dominating this gathering. it's interesting you say that xijinping is gathering. it's interesting you say that xi jinping is seeking to emphasise their motivators interest. is backing this up? china announced they would give another 50 million us dollars to the un fund to fight coronavirus. so it is another example of how china is now one of the biggest funders of the world health organization. the united states has withdrawn its funding or is withdrawing its funding from that body. where the us steps back, china steps in. but of course chinese influence most likely will come at a price in that china will want more control of the various un bodies that it's stepping up to lead in. it

isa that it's stepping up to lead in. it is a complicated moment and as one experience un to permit such me who recently retired from the organisation, we used to say that this week at the un general debate is creative chaos. will now it is just chaos. vladimir putin has also been speaking about russia's covid—i9 vaccine. it's already been licensed for local use — despite concerns being raised about that process. here's the president. (sot) translation: we are offering to provide our vaccine free of charge for the voluntary vaccination of the staff of the un and its officers. we have received requests from our un colleagues in this respect and we will respond to these. there is a mischievous offer. what has the un said in response? kind of a shrug so far. there is a lot of vaccine nationalism going on here this week. we have had president trump talking in his prerecorded

address about how the us is going to end this pandemic, about how it has got clinical trials that are practically at the end. then you have vladimir putin offering to give out vaccine. you are hearing similar things from the chinese. in this competition to be dominant in the new world order, being the provider of the vaccine is seen as absolutely key. laura thank you i can't imagine us key. laura thank you i can't imagine us using a phrase this —— this phrase a year, vaccine nationalism. all four nations of the uk are bringing in the toughest coronavirus restrictions since the end of lockdown. and prime minister borisjohnson says these restrictions could last for the next six months. among the announcements — pubs and restaurants will close earlier, more people will be asked to work from home, and fines will be increased for breaking the rules. we'll get further into the detail shortly, but first, this was boris johnson making the announcement in parliament.

we always knew that while we might have driven a virus into retreat, the prospect of a second wave was real and i'm sorry to say that as in spain and france and many other countries, we have reached a perilous turning point. this is what mrjohnson talking about. this graph shows the rise in the daily number of covid—i9 cases in the uk recently. a month ago, around a 1,000 people were testing positive each day. now it's over 4000. and remember this is the projection if cases double each week. by mid—october the uk could be recording 50,000 new cases a day — though we should emphasise that a possibility not a prediction. and prime minister says it can be avoided. here he is again. i must emphasise that if all of our actions fail to bring the r below one, then we reserve the right to deploy greater firepower with significantly greater restrictions.

i fervently want to avoid taking this step, as do the devolved administrations, but we will only be able to avoid it if our new measures work and our behaviour changes. the new rules and guidelines announced by boris johnson will apply to england. and scotland, wales and northern ireland are all introducing similar measures. but here are some of the notable changes happening in england first: office workers in england have been asked to work from home if they canpubs and restaurants will be required to shut at 10pm. and customers will have to wear face masks unless they are seated weddings will be now be restricted to gatherings of 15 people, with 30 people allowed at funerals. here's one public health professor on what's behind the government's thinking. the prime minister is working on the evidence that the transmission is encouraged, more likely where you have a high prevalence of the community and where a lot of people are mixing together in close proximity

for a period of time, and particularly indoors, so therefore the obvious response is to try to limit those opportunities and that means restricting the amount of time people are, particularly in the hospitality industry, things that might be considered discretionary, but to protect schools and other settings. the opposition leader, sir keir starmer, has given his support to the new measures. but he's again questioned how the government let things get to this point. this was his response in parliament. mr speaker, given the rise in infections we are seeing, these restrictions are necessary, but they were not inevitable. we warned the prime minister months ago that testing needed to be fixed by the autumn. the academy of medical sciences told him the same injuly. they said that testing and tracing capacity will need to be significantly expanded to cope with the increased demands over the winter. but the government did not listen. they pretended there wasn't a problem. they didn't act quickly enough. now the testing system isn't working just when we need it. testing in the uk is currently

unable to keep up with demand. many people who need a test can't get one. the government argued that it's increased testing significantly — and that capacity will increase still further. the prime minister also had another more unusual defence. have a listen to this exchange. does he think the reason germany and italy have far lower covid rates than us with life continuing more or less normally might be because they have locally and publicly run test and trace services that actually work? no, mr speaker, i do not. i think the continuing attacks on local test and trace and what the nhs test and trace have done are undermining and unnecessary. and actually, there is an important difference between our country and many other countries around the world. our country is a freedom—loving country. and if you look at the history of this country over the last 300

years, virtually every advance, from free—speech to democracy, has come from this country and it is very difficult to ask the british population uniformly to obey guidelines in the way that it is necessary. jonathan blake. from westminster. it might be difficult for the prime minister but that is exactly what he has done. it is a big ask and by his own admission today this is a significant escalation of the response to coronavirus in the uk and particularly as the prime minister was setting out in the house of commons there in england. there will be new restrictions curtailing the hours the hospitality businesses can open, pubs and restau ra nts businesses can open, pubs and restaurants will have to close at 10pm at night and there will be table service only by law. he hasn't gone as far as other nations of the

uk. in scotland as we are hearing today, households will be banned from mixing indoors. but they will be able to meet with up to one other household outdoors. the rule of six remains in england where up to six people can meet indoors or outdoors from any number of households. in north and ireland, there will be more restrictions on households meeting and in wales, the first minister mark drakeford is expected to announce this evening that nonessential travel should be avoided and also that curfew on hospitality businesses will be in place in wales from later this week from 10pm. jonathan thanks for taking us through the details. i have a couple other things ask you about. the prime minister is in a difficult position. he's trying to implement restrictions that suppress the virus without futher harm to the economy. and borisjohnson has been keen to stress today that this not a return to lockdown. here he is making the case.

yet even now, we can draw some comfort from the fact that schools and universities and places of worship are staying open. shops can serve their customers. construction workers can go to building sites and the vast majority of the uk economy can continue thing forward. —— moving forward. critics though have been quick to highlight that advice from the government has shifted around a lot. this was the chancellor, rishi sunak, a couple of months ago actively encouraging people to return to pubs and restaurants in big numbers. his "eat out to help out" scheme picked up part of the tab for people dining out on mondays, tuesdays, and wednesdays in august. it proved very popular. now groups of more than six are banned — and pubs will shut at 10pm. then there's the shift on advice about whether people should continue to work from home. the scottish national party's leader in westminster picked up on in parliament. we all know that you turns and mixed messaging have come to define this government and the 10th ofjuly, the

prime minister said go back to work if you can. on the 14th of august, the chancellor said it was crucial that we do our bit such as going back to our place of work and on the 27th of august, government sources said go back to work or risk losing yourjob. this is what ian blackford was referring to. a front page story in the daily telegraph on the government's plan to encourage people to get back to the office. the opening line reads... that was less than a month ago. now the government is saying everyone who can work from home should work from home. and all of this jonathan and all of thisjonathan i guess is playing into the frustrations that the messaging perhaps is not been as consistent and simple to understand as it might‘ve been. consistent and simple to understand as it might've been. yes and that it's been one criticism of the government throughout that it has changed its tactics at various times and the advice to the public has

changed significantly throughout the pandemic. the government would say thatis pandemic. the government would say that is in response to the situation and in response to what is at the moment a rising number of cases that it's up he must have to do something about but i think when the guidance changed last time round and the rule of six became the overriding law that people needed to abide by, the prime minister himself said that was an intentional simplification of the rules. it will not be lost on ministers that changing the rules again today and this week will be perhaps difficult for people to follow and difficult to get their head around and digests but they clearly believe it is necessary to slow the spread of coronavirus. and hearing the situation we have in the uk where public health is a default responsibility so the government in wales, northern ireland, and scotla nd wales, northern ireland, and scotland all setting their own

separate policies. there has been an attempt to keep that as court needed as possible but it is not always been the case. —— is a case of devolved policy. jonathan blake again. if you need more on both the uk and us and their response to the virus, you can get them through the bbc website. let's take a pause from the pandemic and turn to a strange story. next to a scandal surrounding barcelona striker luis suarez. what a strange story this is. suarez is uruguayan — and it's alleged a university fixed an italian language exam so he could get a passport. here he is last thursday, arriving for his language test run by the university of perugia. and here he is leaving around 15 minutes later. he passed the test, clearing the way for a fast—track citizenship approval — something he needs for a possible move tojuventus to go ahead. how long he spent doing the exam is one of the irregularities italian

authorities are investigating. suarez‘s examiner says he obtained the qualification required for citizenship in 15 minutes— and was only required to do the oral part of the exam. other citizenship applicants taking the same exam, on the same day in rome, also had to complete a written paper lasting two—and—a—half hours. perugia's chief prosecutor alleges the questions were agreed with suarez ahead of the exam and that his mark was decided before the exam. key to the investigation are wiretaps the police are alleged to have obtained from the university. i'll let mark lowen pick up the story. they are reported to be conversations between various members of staff including examiners and the italian teacher of luis suarez who is reported to have said that the uruguayan footballer does not speak a word of italian, that he can't conjugate italian verbs but that the staff had agreed that he

would pass following an agreement and a discussion with the dean of the university. one apparently expressed concern that he could be caught out if he were to be asked a question by an italianjournalist in italian. the university of perugia has denied any wrongdoing — and says the exam went ahead with "correctness and transparency". and it's important to note that luis suarez himself is not under investigation. but, not for the first time in his career, there is still anger being directed at him. here's mark lowen again. there is also concern reported concern about the speed with which luis suarez‘s citizenship was to be granted potentially within 15 days compared to the 2—4 years with which otherforeigners compared to the 2—4 years with which other foreigners would usually wait for italian citizenship and there has been quite a lot of anger online among foreign applicants. mark will keep on top of that through the week. a reminder of our top story.

more than 200,000 people in the us have died from the coronavirus. that's far higher than in any other country. this is thejohns hopkins university covid—19 dashboard — a widely used source of the data on the pandemic. and you can see america's total there. it's number of cases is 6,872,925. and you can move that around to compare and contrast one country with another. of course just as when the death toll passed 100,000, the moment it reaches 200,000 is a moment it reaches 200,000 is a moment for americans to reflect on those who have been lost but also for politicians to make it clear who they blame for this having happened. at the washington monument, there is a memorial for those who died. nancy pelosi attacked president trump's administration say many of those steps were affordable. president trump has tried to pin blame on beijing, in a speech to the united nations general assembly he said china had unleashed a plague upon the world,

and must be held accountable and it lies on china's tour. we would try to cover that story live in the next half—hour of outside source. hello there. for a few parts, it turned out to be quite a cloudy day but across the midlands and eastern england, we held onto some sunshine for much of the day and that was the scene there in derbyshire earlier on. and the sunshine in suffolk became really quite warmer, temperatures reached 26 celsius. but it will get much colderfor all of us over the next few days. in suffolk, we are looking at temperatures dropping by 1a degress celsius between now and the end of the week. the cold air is on the way at the moment. it will arrive behind this cold front that will be pushing southwards across the uk. that will continue to bring rain for a time across scotland and northern ireland overnight with the rain and skies clearing

later on as that wet weather moves its way into england. as the skies clear across the north it will be in much colder night, cold enough for a touch of frost on the grass for some areas of scotland and england, and england and wales of the state stilljust about into that mild air. through wednesday, the cold front will continue to push southward and eastward self outbreaks of rain all areas. the rain will turn increasingly heavy across the east. showers follow to western england and wales, scotland and northern ireland having the best of the dry weather and sunshine but this is where we will see some of the lower daytime temperatures. highs of around 12 or 13 degrees. a much cooler feel here. wednesday evening it could turn quite windy for a time around some of these southern channel coast and the north sea coast from an area of low pressure forms. that low then spins its way toward scandinavia to replace by another area of low pressure quickly arriving to our southwest. so it will be another unsettled day on thursday with heavy outbreaks of rain around, strong winds reaching gale force across parts of southwest england perhaps south wales as well although the strongest winds will probably arrive to thursday

night and it could be strong enough to bring down some tree branches, some parts of northern scotland and perhaps some areas of northern ireland staying drier but it will be cool for all of us. friday, northerly winds around, showers are longer smell the rain coming down on those northerly winds affecting the north sea coast of you scotland and eastern areas of england. —— showers are longer spells of rain coming down. in the wind will feel quite chilly in the top temperatures between 11 and 13 degrees for many of us, that weekend still fairly on saturday but the winds eased down on sunday and it will stay on the chilly side. that is your weather.

hello, i'm ros atkins. this is outside source. 200,000 people are now confirmed to have died from coronavirus in the united states. that's the highest number in the world, but its death rate is also bad — we'll compare the the us to other countries, and look at where the hotspots are now. the uk has the fifth highest death toll in the world, and with cases rising, new restrictions are coming into force. prime minister borisjohnson will adress the country in half an hour. we'll explain the restrictions in place in all four nations of the uk. and, china — the world's biggest polluter — now it says it's aiming to become carbon neutral before 2060. matt mcgarth will be here to talk us

through whether that's possible. the us has reached 200,0000 deaths from coronavirus — over a fifth of the global figure. the latest statistics — compiled byjohns hopkins university — also show that there have been close to seven million recorded cases in the us. the numbers in the us aren't only high in and of themselves. they are high per capita. they equate to over 61 deaths per 100,000 people. this is the sixth highest covid mortality rate in the world. it's six times higher than germany, and china, where the virus started, has a rate of 0.34 deaths per 100,000. so many many times lower than america. now as with any country, the coivid mortality rate varies widely across the us. new york state has been the hardest

hit with 33,000 deaths and close to half a million cases. nick bryant is based there — and has this report. new york has emerged from its coronavirus coma, but it is still suffering from the long—haul effects of this viral onslaught. the change of the seasons has brought an uptick of activity, but the signs of continued suffering are everywhere. from boarded up shops to more homeless people on the streets. there is a new covid cafe culture, but it has created a misleading sense of revival. almost 3000 small businesses have closed since march, and a third of those are restaurants. bar owner chris page says the outdoor dining business model just isn't sustainable. new york city is dying. it will die if restaurants don't reopen. it will truly just. .. i think the economy would just collapse. this is hudson yards,

a skyline changing development that opened to great fanfare last year. but its flagship department store has filed for bankruptcy, the shopping mall is largely empty. the ecosystem of manhattan relies on office buildings that are full. but september has not yet brought a large scale return to work. and some have left town for good. here for instance, what do you think the occupancy is there? i think about 10%. 90% empty? yes. commercial property experts like ruth fear the worst. i literally feel like i'm acting in a bad sci—fi movie. as i walk around new york. unfortunately, i think it will get a lot worse come the bad weather. times square has become something of a barometer for the city. and this is the busiest it has been in the past six months. but it is far from returning to normal. new york has suffered from convulsions in the past, the attacks of september the 11th,

a great recession, a fiscal crunch in the 1970s that brought it to the point of bankruptcy, but the widespread fear is that the coronavirus crisis is worse, and it will take much longer to recover from. the character of new york is changing and evolving, this a new drive—in movie theatre, where the films get upstaged by the skyline. but it is telling they've had to revive a form of entertainment from the past at a time when there is so much uneasiness about the future. so that's new york — lets now take a look at where the virus is spreading most quickly now. as you can see from this map, there's a focus on mid—western states like north dakota, south dakota and wisconsin. catherine troisi, epidemiologist at the university of texas health science centre. she isjoining us alive. thank you very much for your time. i wonder when you look across the last six

months, what key factors he would pull out to emphasise why this is happened. well, they have been a lot of factors. one is that we have not had a national strategy for dealing with this pandemic. we were not prepared for it. we still don't have enough testing. then there is the politics that we are getting mixed m essa 9 es politics that we are getting mixed messages from our leaders, we are seeing behaviour like masking or not masking, that is not what we want people to do. a lot of things are gone wrong. but isn't that lack of a national strategy which you described partly to do with the very way the usa operates, the amount of the broad powers that is held by the different states in america and lots of americans would support it being that way? yes commanding the constitution public health is a function that is given to the

states, but we do have federal guidance from the centers for disease control, that is our premier public health agency, and although each state has their own way of doing things, we could be getting a more scientific focused message. what degree do you think that it is a tradition of american individuals will come of the idea that each american is a stand—alone entity that doesn't need federal support to live his or her life, to what degree has that played into america response? that's american individualism. i think it has played a role in the west and southern states where individualism is part of our culture and we are proud of it. we don't like people telling us what to do, particularly with these mixed messages, so there is a lot of this you will not tell me to wear a mask. that kind of thinking. and that has hurt us. are you worried

about the winter? we are worried about the winter? we are worried about the winter for a couple of reasons. we are already seeing an increase in cases over the last 1a days. cases in the united states over all have increased by 9%. and pa rt over all have increased by 9%. and part of this may be because of a holiday that we had at the beginning of the month that labour day that represents the end of summer. traditionally there are picnics and barbecues and there were large gatherings that should not have taken place. gatherings that should not have ta ken place. also gatherings that should not have taken place. also schools are opening. and although some schools are virtual, some are face—to—face, colleges have opened, we have been seeing a lot of outbreaks and colleges. and then there is the weather factor as it gets colder, andi weather factor as it gets colder, and i am weather factor as it gets colder, andiami weather factor as it gets colder, and i am i part of the country, we are looking forward to cooler weather. but up north where there is snow and minus freezing temperatures, people won't be able to be outside and we know the virus

spreads more easily inside versus outside. i hear you raising lots of concerns about what is being done and what is previously being done, but given where we are at the moment, notjust in texas but across the us, what would you like to see done? do you want schools to close, colleges to close, restrictions on thanksgiving gatherings? what measures do you think are now appropriate? you know, it is a really ha rd appropriate? you know, it is a really hard question. we know that people die from this infection as i'm not sure if celebrating is the right word but we are noting an anniversary of 200,000 deaths. but we also noted not being in school are not being face—to—face and school is hurting our children. and so what we need to do is prioritise what we do do. perhaps the bars, the pubs should not be open. we know thatis pubs should not be open. we know that is a great way to spread the

virus and get it out into the community. we should prioritise those activities such as schools that we feel are important and hold off on some of the other ones. we thank you forjoining us. please join us again. earlier today boris johnson confirmed pubs in england my ship by 10pm with new regulations coming into force. there's a borisjohnson address from downing street due very shortly, with the latest measures affecting people nationally against coronavirus. we will be bringing that to you. looking at the uk in its regions and nations though there are already tougher measures in place affecting close to 1a million people. and that's in part being led by where the cases are. initially london was the centre of the uk's epidemic. six months later — look how things have changed.

here's a guardian map of the uk — dark red indicates where cases are now above 50 per 100,000. you'll see the hotspots are predominantly in the north east and north west of england, and in parts of scotland and northern ireland. i also wanted to show you this heat map, also from the guardian. it shows areas where the number of daily cases have risen fastest in the past week. so cornwall in the south west of england has gone from 41 to 101. blue indicates areas where daily case numbers have dropped. so let's look at measures that are already in place in england. 55% of the north of england has been under stricter local rules. along with 22% of the midlands. some areas — like leicesterfor example — still have restrictions that were imposed injune. there are too many variations to go through all of them now — but this bbc article has a full breakdown of all of them. well, one area where new rules came into force today is birstall in west yorkshire. fiona trott is there.

there's been a changing picture in this part of the world. there were restrictions imposed here weeks ago, they were relaxed at the beginning of the month now they have been imposed again to cover the whole of kirklees, bradford earlier but i've explained to what people are grappling with. 78 positive cases here in kirklees for 100,000 people. that is what the latest figures suggest. over the border in leeds, it is 83 but there are no local restrictions there at the moment. leeds city council have been concerned. they've already spoken to central government to ask if bars and pubs can close early. but that was rejected of course now and we see that on thursday. today's restrictions also apply to lancashire excluding blackpool and merseyside, their pubs and restaurants will have to close early, and people are being advised not to use public transport unless it is essential and to avoid sporting events. the three leaders of northern ireland, wales and scotland

will be giving a tv address to their nations in the next half an hour. each of the four nations of the uk has set different rules. today in wales, lockdowns have come into force in four more counties. so that means 850,000 people across wales are now affected. here's more from hywell griffith. here in wales, there never was a rally call for people to go back to the office in the summer. indoors, people should only meet with their extended household. so, what's expected to change? well, it's understood there will be a new message to avoid unnecessary travel in wales. no new five—mile travel limit as we had in the summer, but people should question if they really need to go to places. they may want to think about their plans for half—term holidays. there will also be a 10pm curfew in pubs, clubs, bars and restaurants as in other parts of the uk, also maybe limits on alcohol being sold in off licences and there are more local lockdowns such as here in the city of newport. tougher rules in those areas, people not meant to travel

in or out of the local area without good reason. that has not been extended wales—wide. there are still some parts of the country which are seeing falls in the new covid case rate. but in order to shelter the whole nation from a second wave of the pandemic, we are told these new measures are necessary. next, nothern ireland. it's recorded more than 1,000 virus cases in the past week. and stricter rules are now in effect. households can no longer meet indoors and no more than six people from two households can meet in a garden. first minister arlene foster is clear... here's emma va rdy. this marks a significant widening of restrictions across northern ireland. ministers say that's because we're seeing a rise in cases pretty much everywhere. now, as for pubs and restaurants, they're staying open but we're expecting new restrictions to be announced on thursday — a possible limit on opening times to 11pm, and possiblya ban

on live music. as for workplaces, the advice remains "continue to work from home if you can". now, of course, this has led to lots of questions, people asking why can't they socialise with others in their own homes but they can do if they go out to a bar. and today ministers have been very clear. the evidence shows, they say, that the transmission of the virus is predominantly happening inside people's homes. some questions too for students at northern ireland's universities. at the moment, they can continue to go home on weekends to visit family but ministers have said if the situation gets worse, those home visits will have to stop, too. now to scotland — it's gone further than the rest of the uk. households will be banned from mixing nationwide from wednesday. here's first minister nicola sturgeon. it is certainly the case that until scientific developments such as a vaccine change the game in the battle against covid, it will have a continuing impact on our lives. but that doesn't necessarily mean that all of the new restrictions

i am announcing today will be in place for six months. by acting early and substantially, our hope is that these new measures will be in place for a shorter period than would be the case if we waited longer to act. nicola sturgeon also had this message in parliament. and though it doesn't feel like it now, this pandemic will pass. it won't last forever and one day, hopefully soon, we will be looking back on it, not living through it. so though we are all struggling with this — and believe me we are all struggling — let's pull together. let's keep going, try to keep smiling, keep hoping, and keep looking out for each other. be strong, be kind, and let's continue to act out of love and solidarity. as we've mentioned — nicola sturgeon will be addressing scotland in a tv address shortly. here's our scotland editor, sarah smith. nicola sturgeon says she knows this is going to be tough, but it's necessary because she believes the measures announced

by borisjohnson will not be sufficient on their own to reduce the spread of the virus. for pubs and restaurants, the rules in scotland will deliberately be the same as in england — a 10pm curfew in order to try and avoid confusion. although the first minister made it clear she would consider tighter restrictions if she had the means to compensate businesses and staff for the loss of trade. sharing a carjourney with a member of another household is going to be banned in scotland, where it's already mandatory to wear a facemask or face covering in a taxi. and the scottish government is considering a so—called "circuit breaker" around the october school holidays, and they are already telling people not to go abroad on holiday during half—term. so an array of rules across the uk. here's an ft editorial arguing that better communication and co—ordination is needed between national and local authorities and between london and other uk nations. it says different rules "erode clarity and credibility" adding "we're all in it together is a message that should be true on many different levels".

political correspondent rob watson... good to have you on. isn't the point of devolution that you do have different regulations and different approaches across the four nations? that is the reason was put in place because you're exactly right. it just so happens that one of the arrogance that is devolved as health policy. and that is one of the reasons why we have the differences. —— one of the areas that is devolved. england, scotland and wales and northern ireland are rather different countries in terms of demographics and they all have their own different needs and populations spread but is it confusing at first glance, yes it can be. i guess it is notjust about the type of communication. it is about the level of trust the public has in their communication. about the level of trust the public has in their communicationm about the level of trust the public has in their communication. it is. and again to think that is the main uk government here in london if i can put it that way if it makes sense, the government that is led by borisjohnson where trust is a lower

andi borisjohnson where trust is a lower and i know there are many in the governing conservative parties who think that is incredibly unfair and that the same sort of mistakes have happened the same problems have happened the same problems have happened everywhere in the uk but the opinion polls are what they are and while we are talking about them, the interesting one by a company called yougov, i it attracted throughout the pandemic. he had the conservatives and astronomically higher trust ratings on covert at the start of the crisis in march and something like 271%. —— on cove wood at the start. now that is down to 30%. i throw when one thing, on the one hand. you can read into that but people don't take notice of the rules a ny people don't take notice of the rules any more. they think the rules area rules any more. they think the rules are a death. behavioural scientist say that is not the case. i1 hand the trust according to the polls was going down but our people following the rules by a large? guess they are. “— the rules by a large? guess they are. —— on one hand,. a reminder we have a statement by a

borisjohnson coming a reminder we have a statement by a boris johnson coming up a reminder we have a statement by a borisjohnson coming up and you'll see that here on outside source. stay with us on outside source — still to come... china says it plans to become carbon neutral by 2060. it's currently the world's biggest polluter. it was sweet to our environment correspondent to assess that ambition. —— we will speak to our environment correspondent. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has urged voters to give his party another chance. in his first conference speech as leader, delivered online, he told labour it was time to get serious about winning the next election and said the uk was being held back by what he called the government's "serial incompetence". vicky young reports. this is sir keir starmer and he really, really wants you to know thatjeremy corbyn is no longer leader of the labour party. a conference speech in an almost empty room, after four election defeats, presents many challenges. but sir keir‘s message was blunt. never again will labour go

into an election not being trusted on national security, with yourjob, with your community and with your money. that's what being under new leadership means. he didn't mentionjeremy corbyn's name once but he talked about the importance of patriotism and security, seen as weak points for his predecessor. let's be brutally honest with ourselves. when you lose an election in a democracy, you deserve to. he didn't hold back on criticism of the prime minister, either, comparing his own legal background with mrjohnson's time as a journalist. it was all about character, he said. this is the big difference between the prime minister and me. whilst borisjohnson was writing flippant columns about bendy bananas, i was defending victims and prosecuting terrorists. once upon a time, keir starmer led parliamentary calls for a second brexit referendum. he didn't dwell upon that today and seemed to acknowledge

it was a policy that drove away many traditional labour voters. to those who have turned away from labour, i say this... we hear you. never again will labour take you or the things you care about for granted. and i ask you, take another look at labour. i'm ros atkins. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is: the death toll from coronavirus in the united states has passed 200,000. the us also has the highest number of confirmed cases in the world. china has announced a significant new climate target today — it says it's aiming to become carbon neutral before 2060. president xijinping made the announcement at the un general assembly today,

here's what he had to say. translation: humankind can no longer afford to ignore the repeated warnings of nature and go down the beaten path of extracting resources without investing in conservation, pursuing developing at the expense of protection, and exploiting resources without restoration. the paris agreement on climate change charts the course for the world to transition to green and low carbon development. it outlines the minimum steps to be taken to protect the earth, our shared homeland, and all countries must have decisive steps to honour this agreement. china is the world's biggest polluter. it emits more carbon dioxide than any other country and much of its economic growth is driven by coal. this graph from the carbon brief website is interesting. it shows how china has been building new coal—fired plants in recent years, that's the red line you can see there. but the blue line shows not all of them are being used.

let's speak to our environment correspondent matt mcgrath. matt, 101 questions on this one really but what did you think when you heard this? it is very significant and i think it was really a surprise because when we have seen with the covid pandemic is climate change has taken the back—seat and leaders are talking about recovery but the climate negotiations have stalled and been postponed for over a year and suddenly out of nowhere mr xi jinping comes the un and says guess what, we will have a long—term climate goal. the first time china has iterated a long—term climate goal and they say what they would do by2060 goal and they say what they would do by 2060 so it is really significant in that sense. the chinese have a lwa ys in that sense. the chinese have always argued that historically they didn't create these problems and they deserve to be able to pull their people out of poverty and as such they may create emissions while doing that. has a drop that argument? know it has not. they still seem the cells of the developing country but that is one of the things about the paris agreement. it got every country rich

and poor to sign up to doing something in the pressure has been on since then to get the country to raise their ambitions. that is the whole way the process works. china will take a leap forward, we don't know what carbon neutrality means for them just yet, they won't be doing it by 2050 like most of the richer countries are promising but it isa richer countries are promising but it is a very significant step they are taking this on board and saying they will peak before 2030 and that is quite significant. internet quite a big caveat not know what it means? yes. absolutely. people will be pouring over this what do they really m ea n pouring over this what do they really mean about this. do they mean they will plant a lot more trees and balance out their emissions with trees that are soaking up the carpet or really cut emissions? a lot of fine detail that has to be hammered out. that will take place in this process over the next year. by the time negotiators come to glasgow next year, they should be in a position to really hammer out the details of what countries will be doing between now and 2030 never mind between 2050. you watch this closely. is this perhaps china

singing opportunity with america stepping back from this part of global policy and he sees an opportunity to step in coachella totally. totally behind this. they see the us pulling out of the paris agreement by november. president trump says all these other countries are taking advantage of the us and china is not taking the lead in the global leader in climate change. they are definitely taking advantage of what they see america difficulty on this question. very interesting to follow that one. matt, thank you so much. talking about china's commitment. a reminder in a few minutes will be hearing from prime minister borisjohnson already minutes will be hearing from prime minister boris johnson already today he spoke in parliament outlining the restrictions in england, designing to control the coronavirus which has been spreading at a faster rate in recent weeks. we have a new statement for the prime minister which we will see on outside source in the next half an hour of the programme. and of course we will play that to you and analyse what

the prime minister tells us. very good evening. we are watching a bbc news special and in the next few minutes to prime minister boris johnson will be delivering a televised address from number 10 downing street. explaining the latest measures that he has taken to try to stop the spread of coronavirus. earlier today in the house of commons, he was talking there about the united kingdom being ata there about the united kingdom being at a perilous turning point. we will hear from at a perilous turning point. we will hearfrom mrjohnson at at a perilous turning point. we will hear from mrjohnson at eight o'clock, and after that we will have reaction and also here from the first ministers of scotland and wales as well to see what they have been saying and indeed some of the differences in approach that we will see with the home nation. let's go straight to downing street maul, and sweet to our chief political correspondent vicki young. we did

hear the exchange earlier and mr johnson did set out a lot of those measures. what is he likely to do in this statement? will he go beyond that or not? i don't think we expect any new restrictions. i think there will be a reiteration of what was essentially in the house of commons today a warning to people and england saying that if people obey the rules and managed to bring down that transmission of the virus, then that transmission of the virus, then that means it will have worked. however, if people do not follow the rules, there was a definite morning there that he is prepared to go further. —— warning there. he has been under enormous pressure and he is looking get he can one hand save as many lives as possible, on the other hand ministers are extremely concerned about the economy and about livelihoods and about people possibly jobs about livelihoods and about people possiblyjobs and it is that balance of trying to hit that balance really to make sure that people can continue with some semblance of a normal life. it is important to say

there are many people across the united kingdom and other parts of england as well where they are already living under much tighter restrictions and i think boris johnson will be very clear that there could be some very difficult times ahead over the autumn and winter. when you are listening to the exchanges earlier, we went to the exchanges earlier, we went to the measures and as you say, measures specifically for england and we also have difficult challenges to face in scotland and wales and we will hear from the first ministers there later, wet for you stood out in that list of measures and what has made the most noise there in westminster?” measures and what has made the most noise there in westminster? i think the interesting is been about enforcement, that was the real message there come an awful lot of instructions have already been brought in, but i think a lot of people know that not everybody has been following the rules. so the increase in fines for example, £200 for breaking that so—called rule of six, the idea that there will be more police enforcing all of this and then if they are short, they

will bring in the army to do back—up roles if you like, so taking that enforcement incredibly seriously and making sure that pubs and restau ra nts making sure that pubs and restaurants will have to close at ten o'clock, they are actually making sure they are following the rules that are already in place. when you listen to borisjohnson as we did six month ago when almost of the dates that here and announced that lockdown he is extremely relu cta nt that lockdown he is extremely reluctant instinctively to bring in these measures on peoples liberty. but he has been left really was no choice for scientists extremely worried about that increase in cases in the increase in cost with sized nations and i that everybody is at risk from this virus, the young particular you are not hit home again that this is notjust about you it is about your community and appealing relic to peoples better nature. we will talk to you in a while after we heard what the prime minister have to say. thank you.

inside number 10, the prime minister has been preparing that statement. it is just has been preparing that statement. it isjust coming up has been preparing that statement. it is just coming up to 8pm. there now follows a ministerial broadcast from the prime minister borisjohnson. good evening. the struggle against covid is the single biggest crisis the world has faced in my lifetime. in less than a year, this disease has killed almost a million people, and caused havoc to economies everywhere. here in the uk, we mourn every person we have lost, and we grieve with their families. and yet i am more certain than ever that this is a struggle that humanity will win, and we in this country will win. and to achieve what we must i want to talk to you directly tonight about the choices that we face — none of them easy — and why we must take action now.