this is bbc news. i'm samantha simmonds with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. france warns of a race against time in the fight against coronavirus as fears grow across europe of a second wave. once again, donald trump casts doubt over the chances of a fair election but republicans distance themselves from his comments. the first nationwide polio vaccination campaign since the start of the coronavirus pandemic gets underway in pakistan. and back on the stage: the ballet company that is resuming performances after months under lockdown.

hello and welcome. the french prime minister is warning it's a race against time to avoid a second coronavirus wave as bad as the first. jean castex said the public must act now to stop a repeat of the peak in spring. it comes as the country registers a record number of new cases since mass testing began. here's mark lobel. as france, coronavirus death toll inches up, hospitals are the busiest four months. numbers surging across the mainland and as far as what a lupe in the caribbean. the head of the resuscitation department here says 31 patients were treated in the first wave and now, they have received 101 in a single month. it isa received 101 in a single month. it is a race against time, according to france's prime ministerjohn castex, speaking on french tv, urging the public to be attentive. —— jean.

on french tv, urging the public to be attentive. ——jean. he wa nts to to be attentive. ——jean. he wants to avoid another lockdown but says it is not of the cards. marseille‘s on maximum alert. residents here are the from restaurants and bars from saturday. that is unpalatable for these restauranteurs. translation: these decisions come from paris! they don't really know what is going to happen! if the bars closed, people will not stop seeing each other! it will continue in houses, flats or whatever! translation: i think it is very unfair. we are here, we fight, we pay charges all year round. we don't understand anymore, frankly. i think it is is very, very unfair. paris is on an elevated alert, a 10pm curfew in bathroom next week. jim is closed. and gatherings of no more than ten. restrictions to it roland—garros for this yea r‘s it roland—garros for this year's french it roland—garros for this yea r‘s french open. it roland—garros for this year's french open. lastly 37,000 fans were caught courtside each day. only 1000

be allowed in for the final grand slam of this year. england's digester the first night of its new 10pm curfew. —— england has digester. as coronavirus levels listed to —— lifted to the highest level they have been since testing began. meanwhile spaniards in madrid are back in lockdown. like going back to the future. a fate other european countries may have to contemplate soon. mark lobel, bbc news. republican leader mitch mcconnell has said there will be an "orderly" post—election transition after the us president questioned the process's integrity. the top us senator said that regardless of who wins the november presidential election, there will be a peaceful inauguration in january. our north america correspondent david willis reports. amid the growing alarm of members of both parties and

despite reassurances from the white house to the contrary, donald trump double down on his refusal to commit to a peaceful tra nsfer of refusal to commit to a peaceful transfer of power should he lose the upcoming presidential election. we want to make sure that the election is honest and i'm not sure that it can be, i don't know that it can be with this whole situation, unsolicited ballots, they are unsolicited, millions being sent to everybody. americans are expect to vote by mail in the selection in record numbers because of the coronavirus. the president contends that could lead to widespread fraud, although there is little evidence to that effect. what is known, however, is that democrats are more likely to vote by mail than republicans which mr trump's democratic rivaljoe biden believes may be the real reason for the president's opposition to postal ballots. and underpinned his possible reluctance to stand down. the american people will decide this election, read a statement from the joe

will decide this election, read a statement from thejoe biden campaign. no previous occupant of that building has cast doubt on the democratic process in quite this way and it has left senior republicans scrambling to make clear their party will respect the constitution. there will be a smooth transition and i believe president trump will have a very good inaugural and will reunite this nation instead of analysing this nation. food as he paid his respects to the late supreme courtjustice ruth respects to the late supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg, president trump knows it may fall to the highest court in the land to determine the outcome of this election. once all the wrangling over postal votes has run its course. nothing new about this, we have been voting by mail since the civil war frankly and many state administrators are very c0 nve rsa nt many state administrators are very conversant with methods of securing the vote and making sure that it all happened

smoothly. president trump cast doubt on the outcome of the last election, which he won. four years on, the stage is set for one of the most bitterly contested presidential contest ever. david willis, bbc news, los angeles. president trump's refusal to announce “— president trump's refusal to announce —— accept a change in power has brought into sharp focus how important facebook will be. facebook has told the bbc its forthcoming independent oversight board or ‘supreme court‘ will be up and running in the next few weeks. one of its roles will be to make decisions on appeals against deleted posts before the us presidential election. co—chair of the board and former danish prime minister helle thorning—schmidt explained to the bbc how far this will impact what people see in the run up to, and immediately after, the result. we will have to wait and see which cases are brought before, in front of the board, and we will have to see if facebook refers a ny will have to see if facebook refers any cases to us or whether there are any users who refer a ny

whether there are any users who refer any cases to us but in principle, we will be able to anyissues principle, we will be able to any issues arising around posts connected to the election and also after the election but don't forget that we are not preferring to do expedited cases, we are preferring to from the beginning to have real deliberation and principled debate about our decisions. we are not here to have a slack opinion about things. we are here to take principles, principled decisions that facebook has to follow. the body of late supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg, who died last week at age 87, continues to lie in repose outside the supreme court so members of the public can pay their respects. there has been an outpouring of public mourning for the iconic liberal justice, who became a pop culture icon in recent years. let's get some of the day's other news. one of the most powerful officials in the vatican, cardinal angelo becciu, has unexpectedly resigned from his office. the cardinal, who's a close

ally of pope francis, had become embroiled in a scandal involving the purchase of luxury property in london. the matter, which is now under investigation, has already led to others stepping down. cardinal becciu denies wrongdoing. for a second night, people have been massing in the streets of louisville in the american state of kentucky, angry at a legal decision not to prosecute anyone over the police killing of the african—american medical worker breonna taylor. thursday's protests have been largely peaceful but the curfew has been extended into the weekend. 13 british airways cabin crew are to spend two weeks in an airport facility in hong kong after one of them tested positive for covid. the airline says it is in "regular contact" with the crew and providing them with extra supplies "to make their stay as comfortable as possible". one of the highlights of the brazilian calendar, the rio carnival has been indefinitely postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. the samba schools whose parade is a highlight of the revelry said next february's event would not take place

until a vaccine had made it safe to hold. the first nationwide polio vaccination campaign since the start of the coronavirus pandemic is underway in pakistan. the only two countries in the world yet to eliminate wild polio are pakistan and neighbouring afghanistan, after nigeria was declared free from the disease last month. vaccinations campaigns had been suspended due to coronavirus but health officials are hoping to immunise a0 million children this week. conspiracy theories, however, are hampering their efforts. secunder kermani reports from peshawar. drop by drop, house by house, this is the front line on the war to eliminate polio. and there are men with guns to guard us. dozens of polio workers have been killed in pakistan by militants. and while attacks have reduced in recent yea rs, while attacks have reduced in recent years, the threat

remains. there's new challenge too. coronavirus. polio campaigns were suspended in march with teams redeployed to help in the pandemic. now, they are starting again. translation: in august, we did our first local campaign after coronavirus. we were afraid of getting infected and so were the public. a lot of people refused. but now it is much better. this is the city of peshawar in northern pakistan. not farfrom the peshawar in northern pakistan. not far from the border with afghanistan. the two countries are the only ones in the world yet to eradicate wild polio which can cause paralysis in children. even before coronavirus, the campaign to eliminate polio in pakistan was not going exactly to plan with a spike in cases over the past two years, just as it seemed as ifi two years, just as it seemed as if i could walk when real progress is being made. there have been huge efforts globally to tackle this disease but

here, conspiracy theories are making the fight all the more difficult. in this viral video from last year, a man claims these children that he is clearly directing a falling unconscious after being vaccinated. it is so obviously fake, it is laughable. but it had serious consequences. this was a mobjust had serious consequences. this was a mob just outside peshawar, tearing down a health clinic. to combat the rumours, there were community mobilises like this man, a retired teacher and religious cleric. translation: some people think the vaccine will make their children sterile. some say it isa children sterile. some say it is a conspiracy. but we convinced them and show them rulings by religious scholars, saying it is not harmful. it is just medicine. we watch as he tackles one family to have been refusing to let their children

be vaccinated. tensions rise and they tell us to stop filming. they eventually agreed to allow the polio drops to be given. for others, it is too late. this four —year—old was diagnosed with polio earlier this year. he has been left nearly completely paralysed. but even now, there is a scepticism. i don't know if it is polio or not, says his grandfather. if i ask a mullah, they will tell me all doctors are liars. outside, polio workers are still making their way through the neighbourhood. as pakistan's fight against this disease continues. secunder kermani, bbc news, peshawar, pakistan. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: king of the court — why you could own a piece of sporting real estate linked to legendary basketball player kobe bryant.

ben johnson, the fastest man on earth, is flying home to canada in disgrace. all the athletes should be clean going into the games. i'm just happy that justice is served. it is a simple fact that this morning, these people were in their homes. tonight, those homes have been burnt down by serbian soldiers and police. all the taliban positions along here have been strengthened, presumably in case the americans invade. it's no use having a secret service which cannot preserve its own secrets against the world and so, the british government has no option but to continue this action, even after any adverse judgement in australia. concorde have crossed the atlantic faster than any plane ever before, breaking the record by six minutes.

this is bbc news. the latest headlines: france warns of a race against time in the fight against coronavirus as fears grow across europe of a second wave. once again, donald trump casts doubt over the chances of a fair election, but republicans distance themselves from his comments. nearly a dozen artists in sudan have been sentenced to two months in prison. it's after a court found them guilty of causing a public nuisance when their play rehearsal was broken up by attackers. there's concern that despite sudan's recent revolution and efforts to democratise the country, creatives and activists are still being targeted. the bbc‘s africa correspondent catherine byaruhanga reports. the bbc received these exclusive images of film—maker hajooj kuka secretly filmed from the prison

where he spent the past week. hajooj says he's been beaten and his once knee length dreadlocks have been forcibly cut in half. in an audio recording he reassures his supporters that he and his coaccused are being treated better after their case drew local and national attention. i hope it's going to make a huge change for all artist and all activists. and actually all the prisoners and all the people who are suffering from these rules that imprison people and give power to the court system that is beyond what is included in human rights and everything. the 44—year—old rose to prominence in 2014 with his film beats of the antonov, which tells the story of the people of the nuba mountains where rebels have fought sudan's government for nearly a decade. it's won the people's choice award for documentary

at the toronto international film festival. in august, hajooj was arrested with ten others during a play rehearsal in khartoum and have now been sentenced to prison terms over public disturbance charges. they believe they have been targeted for their politics. hajooj was inducted into hollywood's academy of motion picture arts and sciences earlier this year. itjoined calls from filmmakers around the world for the group's release. sudan is in the middle of a delicate political transition. mass protest last year toppled omar al—bashir‘s 30—year regime. hajooj and his coaccused were heavily involved in the movement. a joint military and civilian authority has since taken over, but campaigners are pushing for deeper social and democratic reforms, and say some artists and activists continue to be targeted. women rights and human rights and are still very volatile

and fragile situations. the actors from the past regime, the legaljudiciary, the police and the law itself within the framework itself, this is still in need of reform or change. the transitional government has yet to comment on his case. the artists hope they will be released on appeal but say they are happy to serve out their sentences if only to show that more reforms are needed in sudan. catherine byara hanga, bbc news. let's cross to the bbc sports centre now for the latest sport. hello, i'm chetan pathak with your friday sport briefing. we're going to start with the tributes being paid to former australia batsman deanjones who's died at the age of 59. he played over 50 tests and won the ashes on two occassions as well as a thrilling world cup final in 1987. jones was also credited with changing the approach to playing one day cricket.

i think he would love to be remembered as someone who was passionate about the game of cricket, passionate about, not just australian cricket but just australian cricket but just the game of cricket, and like all great players, very, very mentally and physically tough, and they are the things we admire in australian cricket and that is what we saw and deanjones. fans were able to attend thursday's european super cup in hungary, which was won by the champions league winners bayern munich. 20,000 tickets were sold for their game against the europa league winnners sevilla, the vast majority of supporters in budapest were local fans. those inside saw javi martinez score an extra time winner as bayern came from behind to win 2-1. the victory makes it 32 games unbeaten in all competitions for the german treble winners. in tennis, the european open in hamburg is at the quarter—final

stage. stefanos tsitsipas is the highest seed remaining and faces serbia's dusan lajovic on friday. to get there, the greek won a tight first set 7—5 against pablo cuevas and the second looked like it was heading the same way until the uruguayan found himself defending three match points. tsitsipas got the job done, winning the second set 6—4. the onus is on the dallas stars to counterpunch against the tampa bay lightning attack when they meet in game 4 of the stanley cup final on friday. tampa bay leads 2—1 and thanks to wednesday's 5—2 victory in game 3 in edmonton — the lightning have a golden chance to be on the verge of what would be the franchise's second cup title. we will regroup and go onto the next one. it is one game at the end of the day. if we win the next game we play, it's tied. we will shake this one off, get

over it and respond in the next one. let's be honest, we have won nothing yet. we've got two games and there still so much further ways to go, but what's going on right now is, and the mental make—up of this group is pretty impressive and hopefully we will keep it going. and jose mourinho took to social media to show why he made a complaint, not about a referee or the opposing team, but the goalposts. and it would seem he was justified. before tottenham's europa league tie against shkendija in north macedonia, mourinho and his goalkeeper hugo lloris noticed something was a bit off with the goals — they were smaller! here's what he posted online after the game! uefa then measured the goalposts, and jose was right, so they had to be changed! spurs won the game 3—1. nothing gets past him. you can get all the latest

sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. but from me chetan pathak and the rest of the team, that is your friday sport briefing. a ballet company which says it lost £1 million due to lockdown has announced a return to the stage for its first live performance since march. the northern ballet will perform in full costume but without sets, and the audience will have to wear masks at all times. luxmy gopal reports. stepping into rehearsals in traditional ballet gear, and the not so traditional. northern ballet's last performance with geisha in march. that closed afterjust one performance because of lockdown stopping other dancers will return to the stage in a new programme. imagine opening nightjitters after new programme. imagine opening night jitters after seven months away. i'm a little nervous because it has been a long time but it is just can be so exciting to get on their and

feel the lights and hear the music and, after working so ha rd music and, after working so hard for this short amount of time it's going to be nice to hear the applause from the audience. i've missed the atmosphere that the audience is able to create with us as well. being at home in your kitchen is not really the same. there's only so much practising that could be done during lockdown. they were incredible about trying to do things in their living rooms but it would be like trying to run a marathon around your bath tub. you have to have the distance to do it and therefore the first step was really getting everyone back into the studio. and the biggest challenge? how can you stay covidsafe in a dance form that requires touch. dancers brought into physical contact during the choreography stay in their own bubble for rehearsals in the performance to minimise the number of people mixing. we started off by just the number of people mixing. we started off byjust learning the duets two metres apart, not even touching our partner, just hearing the music, imagining

what the steps in the grips might feel like and then slowly trying steps a couple of sequences at a time and then putting it together. plus we are having to wear masks when we are working in the studio which is so much harder on your stamina and your strength. the masks will come off during the live shows stopping the audience must wear masks and socially distance but while the experience might not be exactly the same as before, it offers some escapism from these uncertain times through the power of dance. luxmy gopal, bbc news. kobe bryant was one of the greatest basketball stars of all time. his death earlier this year shocked the world, nowhere more so than los angeles, the city where he played his entire nba career. now, a unique souvenir of his time with the lakers is up for auction, as the bbc‘s tim allman reports. for lakers fans, this number is special, number eight, one of the two numbers kobe bryant wore during his career. and along with it, a very special autograph from a very

special day. the final piece of confetti had fallen, and one of kobe's last acts before he walked off the professional court was to add a large signature to the centre of the number eight. this is a section of the court that kobe bryant played on in his final game for the lakers in 2016. considered one of the greatest farewells in sporting history, he scored 60 points in a victory over the utah jazz. we published an estimate of 500,000 and up. almost nothing would surprise me. if it's surpassed the 7—figure mark, i wouldn't be shocked. bryant was a charismatic and sometimes controversial character, but he was undoubtedly a giant of the game. when he died in a helicopter crash along with his

13—year—old daughter, fans flocked to the staples center to pay their respects. kobe bryant made his name on a basketball court. it's where he became a legend. now that basketball court is up for grabs. tim allman, bbc news. an african pouched rat called magawa has been awarded a gold medalfor bravery and devotion to duty. he's a bomb disposal expert who's sniffed out nearly seventy landmines and other explosive material in cambodia. his expertise has made about 20 football pitches worth of land safe. he's been awarded the animal equivelent of the george cross. well done to him! just before we go, a look ahead to what's in the business stories, this is the top story, uncertainty as industries miss outjob support, this is after the chancellor rishi sunak metres

announcement yesterday, saying there are lots of industries expressing concern about those on zero hours contracts. you can reach me on twitter, i'm @samanthatvnews. hello again. if you went outside on thursday, i'm sure you noticed a certain autumnal chill in the air. but was it really cold enough for snow? well, actually, this wasn't snow, it was a massive hail storm that went through the bradford area and the otley area, quite close to leeds in west yorkshire. and you can see the roads and the pavements turned white as those accumulations of hail built up. it must‘ve been quite some storm. now, the satellite picture shows low pressure over the uk with storm clouds rotating around it, and over the next few hours, we are going to see plenty more of those big showers. areas to watch out for, well, west wales in pembrokeshire and also into cornwall, could see some particularly heavy showers here. we're also going to see a band of persistent rain affecting

parts of east anglia. now, as we go on through friday, pressure builds actually in the west, and this area of low pressure's slow—moving. so, the isobars are going to pinch together. the winds are going to blow even more strongly. it will feel even colder. yes, a day of sunshine and showers, but prolonged outbreaks of rain across parts of eastern england. and there's going to be some very strong winds in east anglia. gusts could reach in excess of 60 mph, strong enough potentially to bring down a tree or two, so there could be some transport disruption. and there's heavy rain in the forecast, too, particularly lincolnshire into parts of east anglia with around 20—a0 millimetres orso, perhaps a bit more in places. we could also see some localised flooding, but away from the east, some sunshine, feeling really cold, though, given the strength of those northerly winds. and those northerly winds continue to blow into saturday, albeit slightly less strongly. it's going to be another cold start to the day, and there's the threat again of a bit more rain running down into parts of east anglia in particular. further west, actually,

pressure's building a bit, so it should be a drier kind of day, showers fewer and farther between. temperatures, though, still struggling and still feeling cold in the wind, and we're going to have cold nights around as well. as we head through saturday night, it'll be cold enough for some frost patches in the countryside in scotland. we've still got those northerly winds with us as well across eastern parts of england. still potentially a few showers or spots of rain. further west, it's brighter with some sunshine. the winds turning a little bit lighter here, so perhaps not feeling quite as chilly. now, looking into the forecast into next week, it stays unsettled with low pressure with us. those temperatures coming up, though, a few degrees. that's your weather.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. "i can't save everyjob," admits the uk's chancellor, as he unveils a plan to subsidize wages through the winter. we'll be getting reaction from the business world and the city. plus, tiktok stops the clock with a legal challenge. but can the video sharing giant avoid a looming ban in the us? hello and welcome. "i cannot save every business, i cannot save everyjob."

the words of uk chancellor rishi sunak as he unveiled a replacement for the furlough scheme, which has been in place since march and runs out at the end of next month. thejobs support scheme orjss will run from november! for six months. the idea is to help top up the wages of workers if they are brought back part—time. but the chancellor says it will only support those jobs that are "viable". to qualify, staff must be working at least a third of their normal hours and being paid for those hours as normal. well, their employer would then pay them a third of their lost wages and the government would top up another third, so they take home at least three quarters of their normal pay. well, the new scheme is expected to cost the government £300 million a month — a fraction of the cost of the furlough scheme. but the chancellor admitted it's impossible to predict how manyjobs can be saved. it is impossible for me to

predict given the uncertainty, the exact shape of the labour market was that i cannot save everyjob and every business. and when we started the furlough scheme, it was a surprise to everybody, economic commentators alike, the scale of the take up about, 9 million people had theirjobs protected through the furlough scheme, for example. my expectation and hope is this new scheme will be able to benefit large numbers of people and help protect theirjobs through the difficult winter months. let's get some reaction from mike cherry, national chair of the federation of small businesses here in the uk. hejoins me from burton—on—trent in the north of england. welcome to you. good to see you. what do you make of these measures? how were they help your members? many of these members will make a very real and significant difference to a lot of businesses. so it's very welcome. i mean, clearly small businesses were facing an absolute cliff edge at the end of october. the furlough scheme is currently exists would drop from 60% to zero, and with this

new scheme, it will end up supporting businesses and individuals with around about 20- 25% of the individuals with around about 20— 25% of the bite compared to the previous —— 25% of support compared to the previous furlough scheme. it will help with cash flow, where you see the bank loans are being extended or further interest rate relief or other measures there. in the hospitality sector, he has extended the vat from 5% that was going to go back up to 20%, that has been extended until the end of march at 5%, so some support for consumers to continue to support businesses where they possibly can. the hospitality sector in particular. there will be many thousands of businesses, either those who haven't been up and running or unable to haven't been up and running or u na ble to access haven't been up and running or unable to access those grant support measures available. many are going to find it very, very difficult if they haven't already got employees back into work to be able to bring them

back into work, if they have not got the football to support that. given that, what more would you have likely the chancellor to do? i think there isa chancellor to do? i think there is a lot more the chancellor does need to look at. particularly the upfront costs that businesses are faced with. whether that is extending the business rates holidays that some sectors have already got into a widerfield, some sectors have already got into a wider field, perhaps into a wider field, perhaps into the supply sector for those industries, you haven't had any of this support. again, thatis had any of this support. again, that is the upfront costs of that is the upfront costs of that insurance, whether that is on the employers or to further increase the employment allowa nce increase the employment allowance that currently stands at eaooo. allowance that currently stands at £11000. her employer. so there is a lot of measures the chancellor could have looked out. and i hope that he is going to bring a budget forward in the spring, that these are measures that would really, really help businesses to begin to get back on their feet, so

they can survive these winter months, will which we know from what was announced earlier this week and what the chancellor said yesterday, is going to be a difficult period for thousands of businesses and their employees. and as the chancellor said, he simply cannot save every job chancellor said, he simply cannot save everyjob and he cannot save everyjob and he cannot save every business, can he? no-one would expect him to. it is not the government's role to do that. clearly with the further restrictions announced, just as businesses had the success of the eat out to help out scheme in the hospitality sector, of course we have seen lots of dnb businesses getting fully booked, people are going to bea fully booked, people are going to be a little bit more reticent about continuing to support those businesses, and businesses need all of our support, whether that is in retail, hospitality or indeed any other sector across the economy. i think it is incumbent on all of us to recognise what small businesses do within their local communities, what they provide for their local economies as

well as for the wider good. 0k, mike cherry, thank you very much for your thoughts this morning. lets stay with that story, because our business editor simonjack has been getting some reaction from the boss lord wolfson, ceo of next, says he's confident they won't have to make much use of the government's new scheme. but he fears manyjobs in the retail industry will prove unviable as the pandemic accelerates the shift to online shopping. well, by our calculations, in our particular case we do not think we will needed. we think by the time it gets to the end of october, there will be enough work in the normal build up enough work in the normal build up to christmas to employ all of the people we have currently got on, on for the low —— furlough. we have about 10%. but we think other sectors desperately well. it is important employees begin to pay a little bit more for these schemes and employees get a little bit less, otherwise i think there is a risk the

economy will not work. the number of people who come into the shop will determine how many people you can employee. yes, it is the employer, that is just reflecting underlying from the consumer. a lot of people are saying with this permanent looking shift online, live the unviable jobs are in retail, is that right? i think thatis retail, is that right? i think that is right, yes. i wouldn't wa nt to that is right, yes. i wouldn't want to underestimate the difficulty that is going to cause a lot of people who work in retail. i think it is going to be very uncomfortable for a lot of people. we will inevitably, and have already, have reduced the number of people working in our shops and i expect that you continue in the coming 5—6 years as the demand for retail goes down. but we are taking new recruits on in our centres, warehousing, distribution networks, taking on new employees. so there are newjobs, and in terms of finding where those opportunities are, the internet provides an amazingly powerful tool to connect employers with employees. our city centre is doomed? i don't think so. i think they're going to have to

change. and his mother people are going to have a haircut or by sandwiches or are going to go shopping, it's that they might do less in the city and more of it elsewhere full. i think the idea of having places lots of people can get too easily in order to meet and socialise and work together, i think that idea is always going to be powerful. you've been a bit ofan to be powerful. you've been a bit of an outlier, saying, listen, we bid the rents up, we sign the contracts, we should pgy- sign the contracts, we should pay. and yet, when those leases have come up for renewal, you have come up for renewal, you have also been getting 50% plus productions. what is the future for those landlords?” productions. what is the future for those landlords? i make is a very simple. we agreed to pay those rents, we often took large amounts of money from landlords when we open the shop in order to fit them out. and we can now turn around and go thatis we can now turn around and go that is not fair. we have read it, we are on the hooks and we have got to pay it. but that pain will come to an end as the leases come up for renewal. our experiences are landlords are becoming realistic when it comes to leases. it's important

for us to recognise landlords need to be treated fairly. as a country, it is they are the ones who will invest in the future. in high streets, city centres, if they are going to regenerate, it is only going to be from the investment landlords making those properties was that if we say to people today doesn't matter what assurances you were given five years ago, what promises we re five years ago, what promises were made, we are going to tear them up and take away from you, what confidence can they have two possibly invest in the future? lord wolfson ceo ofjobs support —— ceo of next. joining me now is george buckley, chief uk and euro area economist at nomura. hejoins me from gerrards cross in the south—east of england. what did you make of his comments? any shopping centre, any high street, to see the number of people who are not out there shopping in person. in terms of levels of employment or unemployment, what you think we are likely to see? well, in terms of online

shopping, i think it is one thing that has aptly saint the retail industry. if you look at the uk, we are a nation of online shoppers, relative to other countries in europe. we doa other countries in europe. we do a lot more online shopping than anywhere else. and that has allowed us to see a move backin has allowed us to see a move back in retail sales, which actually come is one of the few economic indicators that does look like a v—shaped recovery. it has recovered very quickly and it is because of the ability of people to buy from their armchairs, because they wouldn't have been able to buy backin wouldn't have been able to buy back in april and may because very wouldn't have been able to get out. so it has helped —— because they wouldn't have been able to get out. so it has helped some of those brick and mortar companies, high street retailers, which have an online presence. as for unemployment, the range of estimates of where unemployment might go is absolutely huge. you see estimates by the end of this year, from 7.5% to 12%, it is a

very large divergence in expectations. we really don't know at the moment. what the chancellor announced yesterday, which of course is something that has the support of the federation of small businesses we have from this morning, the cda, the tuc, it has widespread support. i suspect it will be quite helpful in avoiding mass unemployment —— cbi quite helpful in avoiding mass unemployment —— cb! and tuc. as isaid to unemployment —— cb! and tuc. as i said to the federation of small businesses, government support cannot last forever. the cliff edge is inevitable?” think that is right. i think we will see a significant rise in unemployment, for sure. the question is whether goes up to levels in the early teens of% or only by two or 3% points. if you look at germany, which people keep comparing the scheme to in the global financial crisis. a 6— 7% drop

in gdp, the rise in unemployment was less than one percentage point. these schemes do have a track record of preserving employment during particularly difficult times, which are expected to, fingers crossed, go away hopefully early next year. let's hope so. george buckley, thank you. if you have been working from home, you may be wondering what the future holds for the office or workspace. well, the bbc has been speaking to someone who knows more about the subject than most. mark dixon is the founder of international workplace group, awhich provides working spaces for more than 2.5 million people across 110 countries. he believes flexible environments will be crucial. and he told my colleague aaron heslehurst that big firms will now need to embrace remote working to thrive. the whole work environment has changed for ever. and it will be one of the lasting legacies of covid—19, the pandemic. if you want to hire in the future,

the best talent, you will need isa the best talent, you will need is a company, to offer a flexible work alternative. that would be, you can come into the office if you want to, the headquarters, you can come into our branch offices that are more local to where you live, or we will provide you with a remote workplace, or you can work from home. and this com pletely work from home. and this completely opens up the marketplace for talent. and he was on bbc world news can see that interview in full with mark dickson, chief executive of international workplace group. talking business with aaron heslehurst this weekend. the times are on your screen now with the first airing at 23:30 gmt on saturday. let's go to the us now — and the battle over chinese—owned video sharing app tiktok. it faces being banned in the us, after the trump administration described it as threat to national security unless it sells off its us operations. talks with oracle and walmart to that end are ongoing. but now the owner of tiktok has

issued a legal challenge. samira hussain has more. the trump administration's ban on any new downloads of the video sharing app tiktok is meant to go into effect on sunday evening. in this decision, the usjudges saying the trump administration has to either delay that van or mast file court papers responding to tiktok‘s request for an injunction —— delay that ban. and it must do so by friday. if the trump administration does not file those court papers, it means there will be a hearing held on sunday morning, just hours before the ban is meant to ta ke hours before the ban is meant to take place. the trump administration has long believed that tiktok, as well as other chinese technology, poses a risk to national security because of the data is held in china and can be given up held in china and can be given up to the local government. well, lawyers for tiktok have argued this kind of a ban would

be detrimental to its business, that within just two months it would lose half of all of its american users, and uses they wouldn't get back. ed stringham is economics professor at trinity college in hartford, connecticut, and president of the american institute for economic research. welcome economic research. to you, good to see you, welcome to you, good to see you, thanks for being with us. what do you make of this injunction? do you think it will go ahead? i think a lot of these websites and apps are actually creepy and spying on us, and the chinese government is probably going to be accessing our data that we don't know about, but i do think it is very arbitrary that the united states government is targeting a particular company and saying you got to divest your subsidy every now and do it immediately, within weeks. why don't they do that to facebook? why do they do that to twitter? they are also collecting our data. google is

sharing our data with a lot of international governments as well, so i do think it is an international issue that trump has got this beef with china and to me it is pretty troublesome that a president can individually target a particular company and told them that they've got to sell a major proportion of it within weeks. so we've got this legal case ongoing at the moment, this is an on off saga that has been going on for months now. what happens if the injunction is successful, do you think?” really don't know. it's an unprecedented thing where historically, when the anti—trust authorities would say, microsoft, we are going to break you in two, they would have a years long trail, ibm had a years long trail with the anti—trust authorities in this case, this is just anti—trust authorities in this case, this isjust an edict anti—trust authorities in this case, this is just an edict by the president telling this company, you've got to sell,

oh, you are going to sell it to oracle, walmart, and maybe that's better off for the consumers, but i would let the consumers, but i would let the consumers decide, maybe let them know this is probably not safe for you to be doing, sharing your information with all these people out there, but for the president to be making this national policy, to be able to target individual companies, i think is very worrisome, to me, at least. but is it also surprising that he can is it also surprising that he ca n force is it also surprising that he can force the company's hand. will train ultimately ever agree to it? i think that's may be part of his bargaining chip, some of my friends are saying he is just pressuring to the chinese all the time, and saying, oh, we're going to do this, implement tariffs and then we're to have more free trade and lower tariffs overall, but in many cases it seems like maybe the goal is

just to have control, to be able to say you do that, don't do that, and it's not really clear what the endgame is, with aalot clear what the endgame is, with a a lot of this stuff. no doubt we will see whether or not there is a decision today or if not, on sunday. thank you very much for your thought. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: corked by covid. how the pandemic soured a vintage year for english wine. and now some uk news. the cost of official royal travel rose by 15% over the last financial year according to the royal accounts, which are published today. according to the figures, the royal family cost the taxpayer £82 million. more than a third of that amount was spent on the ongoing refurbishment of buckingham palace. this year's mercury prize has been won by the singer—songwriter, michael kiwanuka.

his self—titled third album saw off competition from stormzy and dua lipa, among others to win the £25,000 prize. he said the album had been a journey of self—discovery. i've always been kind of worried about my place in the musical landscape, where i've fit in, kind of questions and with this one, ijust kind of made the decision that they wa nted made the decision that they wanted do not worry about those things and create my own lane, you know? and create my own place in the landscape and not worry about what people are thinking. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: france warns of a race against time in the fight against coronavirus, as fears grow across europe of a second wave. once again, donald trump casts doubt over the chances of a fair election, but republicans distance themselves from his comments. finally — let's talk wine.

specifically the rise of british wine — because it's a product being taken increasingly seriously around the world. exports doubled last year, according to the latest figures and overall sales were up 70% to a record 5.5 million bottles. but that of course was before the pandemic took the sparkle out of the hospitality industry. so how is the industry adapting? simon robinson is chairman of wines of great britain — hejoins me from hampshire in the south of england. welcome to you, good to see you. how is the industry fairing? not too badly. obviously it is difficult, the on trade in the hospitality industry, and exports have taken a pretty serious hit over the last six months, but having said that, we are a small industry, small, very nimble players and we reacted well and the direct to consumer sales

have increased substantially. so, good and bad. the great thing is, we are looking at good harvests this year. tell us about the harvest and the increasing success of the british wine industry. what is it down to? the warmer weather, climate change? it's a mixture of factors. warmer weather, on average we have had three pretty good years. climate change, yes. ithink pretty good years. climate change, yes. i think if you had asked me six years ago would have been a bit sceptical but i think the academic evidence now is pretty strong that there has been an increase in temperatures over the last a0 yea rs temperatures over the last a0 years which has helped us and is continuing to help, in many ways, but it is a bit more than that. is also a realisation that. is also a realisation that we can grow really high quality grapes and make really high quality wine in this country. coupled with an infusion of professional expertise, witness that you have even got the major champagne houses investing in the english wine industry.”

was going to ask you more about that, they have been buying up uk land? they have. you've got kent and hampshire. constant rumours of more investment from others, and i certainly see others, and i certainly see other key houses around the world expressing an interest in the industry, which is as far as we are concerned, all for the good. tell us more about how covid—19 has affected the industry, is harvesting the same? it's been a bit more difficult, partly because the harvest is very early this year. we are probably between ten days and two weeks ahead of normal. we utilise quite a lot of labour from eastern normal. we utilise quite a lot of labourfrom eastern europe, and the real problem the pandemic has caused is that the workers have had to go into quarantine for a couple of weeks before they start work. but i don't hear too many

problems, too much news about serious problems. people seem to be coping, they arejust pleased we have got very high quality grapes at the moment, high sugars, low assets, just what we want. good to talk to you, thanks so much for being with us. and is revealed a controversial drone. they saw drones as a way to protect your home, but that's exactly what this product does, if anyone enters your house or if there are any security issues around your house,in security issues around your house, in theory, the drone will fly around and check it out. you can literally watch what it sees from its camera on your phone the key thing here, for privacy campaigners, is that drones are an incredibly

useful tool if you want to create a surveillance state. amazon say that they have lanced the boil of that privacy concern, and that they believe that this kind of technology doesn't create a surveillance state, but of course, you know, it's pretty obvious that if you have drones flying around with cameras, and that becomes the norm, that's going to create a more surveilled population, and thatis more surveilled population, and that is the big concern. james clayton there. a reminder of our top story, that announcement yesterday that the chancellor was revealing more details about how he was going to support people as they struggle to retain their businesses and jobs with the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, he says, i cannot save every business and job but he unveiled the job support scheme which will run from november the first and the six

months. the idea is to help top up months. the idea is to help top up wages of people if they are brought back part—time. that's it from me for now, thanks for watching. hello again. if you went outside on thursday, i'm sure you noticed a certain autumnal chill in the air. but was it really cold enough for snow? well, actually, this wasn't snow, it was a massive hail storm that went through the bradford area and the otley area, quite close to leeds in west yorkshire. and you can see the roads and the pavements turned white as those accumulations of hail built up. it must‘ve been quite some storm. now, the satellite picture shows low pressure over the uk with storm clouds rotating around it, and over the next few hours, we are going to see plenty more of those big showers. areas to watch out for, well, west wales in pembrokeshire and also into cornwall, could see some particularly heavy showers here. we're also going to see a band of persistent rain affecting parts of east anglia.

now, as we go on through friday, pressure builds actually in the west, and this area of low pressure's slow—moving. so, the isobars are going to pinch together. the winds are going to blow even more strongly. it will feel even colder. yes, a day of sunshine and showers, but prolonged outbreaks of rain across parts of eastern england. and there's going to be some very strong winds in east anglia. gusts could reach in excess of 60 mph, strong enough potentially to bring down a tree or two, so there could be some transport disruption. and there's heavy rain in the forecast, too, particularly lincolnshire into parts of east anglia with around 20—a0 millimetres orso, perhaps a bit more in places. we could also see some localised flooding, but away from the east, some sunshine, feeling really cold, though, given the strength of those northerly winds. and those northerly winds continue to blow into saturday, albeit slightly less strongly. it's going to be another cold start to the day, and there's the threat again of a bit more rain running down into parts of east anglia in particular. further west, actually, pressure's building a bit, so it should be a drier kind of day, showers fewer and farther between.

temperatures, though, still struggling and still feeling cold in the wind, and we're going to have cold nights around as well. as we head through saturday night, it'll be cold enough for some frost patches in the countryside in scotland. we've still got those northerly winds with us as well across eastern parts of england. still potentially a few showers or spots of rain. further west, it's brighter with some sunshine. the winds turning a little bit lighter here, so perhaps not feeling quite as chilly. now, looking into the forecast into next week, it stays unsettled with low pressure with us. those temperatures coming up, though, a few degrees. that's your weather.

good morning. welcome to breakfast withjon kay and naga munchetty. our headlines today: early doors for pubs and restaurants across england. as the new closing time kicks in, can businesses survive on reduced government support. ajob support a job support scheme will replace barlow but the chancellor wants you can't save every business orjob so who are the winners and losers? i will explain later as tighter restrictions come into force. a warning to students in scotland obey new coronavirus restrictions orface being kicked out of university. royal revenues are hit by coronavirus —