this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm lewis vaughan jones. we start with the news that the us has now recorded over 7 million coronavirus cases. a police officer is shot dead at station in south london by a man who was being detained. it's understood the suspect then turned the gun on himself. the head of the met police paid tribute to the officer. the met is a family, policing is a family in london and across the united kingdom. and today, we police are all mourning a great loss. release the transcripts! lawyers for breonna taylor — the woman killed by police

in her own home in the us — call for full transparency over the investigation into her death. in the us, female lawmakers form a guard of honour as the late supreme courtjustice ruth bader ginsburg's casket departs the capitol. two people are injured in a stabbing in paris near the former offices of the magazine charlie hebdo, which was attacked in 2015. and the story of this hero rat and how he won himself the animal equivalent of the george cross. hello, welcome to the programme.

the united states has now gone over seven million coronavirus cases — that's according to statistics from johns hopkins university. that news comes as the head of the who emergencies programme has warned that the death toll from coronavirus could reach two million or higher if concerted action to curb the pandemic is not taken. asked whether it was unthinkable that the number of current coronavirus deaths — now nearing one million — could double before a vaccine is widely used, this is what he said. the dg has said it again and again and again. not just this, not just test and trace, notjust clinical care, not just social distancing, notjust hygiene, notjust masks, notjust vaccines. do it all. and unless we do it all, the numbers you speak about are not only imaginable but, unfortunately and sadly, very likely. i'm joined now by our correspondent larry madowo in washington. good to see you, larry. just

distressing numbers, the numbers are really difficult to get your head around, arch they? absolutely. it's around, arch they? absolutely. it's a staggering number, 7 million cases of coronavirus in the us, and on august 31, it was 6 million. it's been just the last eight months from the first case reported, generally 22, to this day, to which that 7 million figure has been reached. it's been a huge claim for the united states, one of the highest rates in the world, and still 90% of the americans are still susceptible to contracting coronavirus stop at that suggest if that 90 —— coronavirus. -- coronavirus. that suggest that if that 90% figure is accurate, this is farfrom that 90% figure is accurate, this is far from over. it is far from over, and at the moment, about 23 states have rising numbers of current orders cases, and every day, there

is about 43,000 new cases of coronavirus in the united states so it does nothing to be anywhere near the end of this crisis that has plunged the entire nation into crisis. larry, just before you go, i just want to get a sense of the politics of this, where we stand now, because obviously we are used to, right around the world, living with the virus, learning different surgeons to cope with it. —— strategy to cope with it. politically, how is that playing in the us? in europe, we are preparing here for a second wave, but it does not feel get has quite hit yet, but the numbers are increasing and there's a sense of weariness, i suppose, from lots of people who have come out of luck on the first time that might be going back in. where do things stand on that kind of emotional level from people in the us? the coronavirus is heavily politicized in the us. president trump is holding rallies, sometimes in the open but sometimes in enclosed areas where there is no social tenzing and nobody is wearing

masks, and that is a huge contrast tojoe biden, masks, and that is a huge contrast to joe biden, his masks, and that is a huge contrast tojoe biden, his opponent, who's doing few events with few people, but this being an election year, there is a huge part of the population that does not believe coronavirus is a serious as it is made to be. they think it is a scare tactic by the democrats and the media and it is a affront on the limits to have to wear masks. that is why there is a real push to get the country fully open, to get the country singing again, and thus playing into the political season america finds itself in, where any two people cannot agree on where this disease is and how to handle it. ok, thanks, larry. let's stick with coronavirus. a quarter of the uk's population is now under tighter coronavirus restrictions after measures were announced for another swathe of the country. cardiff, leeds and blackpool are on the new list of places

where people will be banned from mixing with other households from this weekend. london is now on the covid hotspot watchlist as cases rise sharply in the capital. it comes as new figures suggest that england is seeing a rapid rise in coronavirus cases. 0ur medical editor fergus walsh. the coronavirus numbers are all going the wrong way. infections, hospitaladmissions and deaths are all rising. the latest r number has increased to 1.2 to 1.5, which means every ten infected people will pass the virus to between 12—15 others. the office for national statistics infection survey estimates that more than 100,000 people in england had coronavirus in the week ending 19th september. nearly double the previous week. that equates to 9,600 new infections per day — roughly three times the number that we were picking up by testing.

it amounts to 1 in 500 people in england being infected, and that doesn't include those in hospitals and care homes. in wales, it's estimated that1 in 300 people is infected. infection rates are rising fastest in england in the north west, yorkshire and the humber, london and the north east. in leeds, 750,000 people will be banned from meeting in each other‘s homes or gardens from midnight, bringing the city in line with bradford and other parts of west yorkshire. in leeds, there was a mixed reaction. you have to go to work, you have to get through transport, there is still going to be mixing with people, so it doesn't really make any sense, to be honest. i don't really agree with the restrictions. i'm a key worker as well, so i have been working the whole way through it, so i have been seeing a lot

of majority of what's going on, and you can see some people just don't want to follow the restrictions and stuff as well, and so it's even more frustrating when that happens. the demand for tests remains high, but fewer than one in three people who attend centers like this one in west london get their results within a day. london's mayor says the city is at a tipping point, and he wants and now, as the seasons change, even the weather is against us. with the onset of winter, many viruses transmit better. they survive longer in cold and humid conditions. covid—19 may have that same effect. as well as that, because we meet more indoors, there's more contact with individuals, therefore also increasing transmission of covid—19. it will take at least two weeks before we know if any of the new restrictions will have an impact on the outbreak. for now, the coronavirus numbers may just keep rising. fergus walsh, bbc news. a police officer shot dead at a custody centre in south london in the early hours of this morning has been named as 54—year—old

sergeant matiu ratana — known as matt. a 23—year—old suspect — who was being processed in croydon after being arrested — is believed to have turned the weapon on himself. in a statement, the independent office for police conduct said the suspect had been arrested for possession of class b drugs with intent to supply and possession of ammunition. he was handcuffed behind his back and taken to a custody suite in croydon. daniel sandford reports. examining the scene of the murder of one of their own colleagues. forensics officers working at the croydon custody centre in south london today. a suspect was brought here at around a 2:15am this morning in a police vehicle, but he was carrying a concealed gun and he shot the custody sergeant in the chest before turning the weapon on himself. matt ratana, matt rata na, who matt ratana, who had served nearly 30 years as an officer and was about to retire, was rushed to hospital they could not be saved.

the met is a family. policing is a family in london and across the united kingdom. today, we police are all mourning a great loss. we are all deeply shocked and very sad. i'm matt rata na, i'm matt ratana, head coach. he was known as a first—class rugby player and the coach at a rugby club in sussex. just before last night's shift, he went on what's app about how great the last training session had been. his assistant told the bbc that was typical of his enthusiasm. he affected so many people positively. so many people of ains on the great from matt and he is good to be a huge loss to the gym, to the rugby club, tojust good to be a huge loss to the gym, to the rugby club, to just anyone who knew him, yeah.

we begin our minute's silence for our fallen colleague. this afternoon, the metropolitan police held a minute's silence in tribute to the dead officer. the prime minister sent his deepest condolences to his family. the police federation said the news was "utterly devastating and heartbreaking." this is a sad day for our country, as once again, we see the tragic killing of a police officer in the line of duty as they are trying to protect us and keep us safe. it is not in this one the suspect is in a critical condition at st george's hospital in tooting after having surgery. it's thought at least one special constable was involved in his arrest. as well as the metropolitan police's murder investigation, the independent 0ffice for police conduct has been called in. it will be looking at the level of experience of the arresting officers, what was previously known about the suspect, whether he was searched and handcuffed and how he was able to conceal a gun until he was inside the custody centre.

but today, all those involved in policing are in deep shock. once again, an officer has been killed on duty. once again, they remember the hidden risks they face when they come to work each day. daniel sandford, bbc news, croydon. in the last few minutes, commissioner of the metropolitan police, cressida dick, spoke about matt and his career in the police. his colleagues knew him as a big quy: his colleagues knew him as a big guy, big in stature, big in heart, friendly, capable, a lovely man. highly respected by his colleagues. 0fficers, staff and, of course, by members of the public, including, i may say, suspects he arrested or dealt with in custody. he was very well known locally and he will be remembered so fondly in croydon and

mr there, as well as in the met and the rugby world —— missed there. he leaves a partner and he leaves an aduu leaves a partner and he leaves an adult son from a previous relationship. 0ur adult son from a previous relationship. our thoughts are with them. that was crested a —— cressida dick speaking a few minutes ago. the lawyer for the family of a black woman killed by police in the american city of louisville has demanded the transcript of the grand jury proceedings in her case be released. he called for transparancy if people were to accept the result. on wednesday, the authorities said no police officers would be prosecuted for the killing of breonna taylor. the decision triggered anti—racist protests around the country,

with two officers shot and injured in louisville. breonna taylor's mother was too emotional to speak at the press conference, but her sister — breonna taylor's aunt — read out a statement on her behalf. and i quote, "i never had faith in daniel cameron to begin with. i knew he was too inexperienced to deal with a job of this calibre. i knew he had already chosen to be on the wrong side of the law." then he made a unilateral decision to put his thumb on the scales ofjustice to help try to exonerate and justify the killing of breonna taylor by these police officers. they murdered breonna taylor. and until those officers are fired from this department, i promise you, i promise you we will continue to make these streets hot. we are going to stay in the us now. ruth bader ginsburg died a week ago, but she is still making history.

the late supreme courtjustice has become the first woman to lie in state in the us capitol building, as a testament to her achievements in life. she was honoured at a ceremony inside the capitol, attended by family members and senior officials. thousands paid their respects as she lay in repose outside the supreme court building this week. the tributes were led by family friend rabbi lauren holtzblatt, who highlighted her ground—breaking legacy in both life and death. today, she makes history again as the first woman and the first jewish woman to lie in state. today, we stand in sorrow. and tomorrow, we the people must carry onjustice ginsburg's legacy. we also saw a different — though no less heartfelt — tribute to the late justice. this is bryantjohnson — he was ruth bader ginsburg's personal trainer for over 20 years. as you see, he dropped to the floor in front of her casket

and did three push—ups as he paid his respects. ms bader ginsburg was famous for her gruelling workouts, which she did twice—a—week withjohnson well into her 805. 0ur correspondent barbara plett usher is at the capitol building in washington with more. it was a small ceremony, by invitation only, and it had to be smaller than usual because of the social distancing restrictions for covid. it was arranged by the democratic speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, and there were family members in attendance as well as lawmakers — most of them democrats. there was one republican at least in attendance. he is the second senior person in the house of representatives, but the leaders in the house and the senate on the republicans who were invited did not decide to come, so that kind of highlighted, i think, the partisan nature of this issue even when reflecting on justice ginsburg's life, because it was a ceremony

that was organised by the democrats and they are very worried about the fact that she has died. aside from her legacy, they are worried about whether it's going to be endangered if the court shifts to the right, as it almost certainly will, as president trump is going to be replacing her with a conservative justice just weeks before the election probably. and barbara, all week, you've been following ruth bader ginsburg's coffin there in front of the supreme court, lying in repose. how long were the lines of people who turned up to pay their respects? yes, she had an impact well beyond the supreme court halls and the halls of capitol hill for sure. she had a very popular impact, becoming notjust a sort of liberal justice icon but a cultural one, with almost a cult following. and they had to have two days for people to come and pay their respects, the public to come and pay their respects.

usually, it's one day for the supreme court justice. in this case, it was two, and in order to walk past the casket itself, you had to stand in line for two hours, one and a half to two hours, to get there. when i arrived last night, it was the last night for this to happen. the line stretched something like seven blocks, and i tried to get to the end of it, and at a certain point, ijust gave up and decided that i would watch from afar. but i did speak to some people there who spoke in quite sombre terms, saying that they wanted to honour her. they felt it was their duty to come and honour her for especially what she had done in securing the rights of women. she was a real pioneer in gender equality, and some of them had come from outside of washington, dc as well to make that trip, so she did have an impact that was a popular one as well as a legal one. thanks to barbara there chatting to my colleague and little earlier.

stay with us on bbc news. still to come: we'll bring you the story of this hero rat ben johnson, the fastest man on earth, is flying home to canada in disgrace. all 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 judgment in australia.

concorde had crossed the atlantic faster than any plane ever before, breaking the record by six minutes. this is bbc news. i'm lewis vaughan jones. the headlines: us surpasses seven million coronavirus cases — that's according to findings from johns hopkins university. a police officer is shot dead at station in south london by a man who was being detained. it's understood the suspect then turned the gun on himself. the head of the met police paid tribute to the officer. two people have been wounded in a knife attack outside the former offices of the french satirical

magazine charlie hebdo. the victims, a man and a woman who are staff members of a television company, were seriously wounded, although both are reported to be out of danger. two people have been arrested. 0ur paris correspondent lucy williamson reports. in central paris today, the familiar scenes of a recurring nightmare, a knife attack that left two people seriously injured at a building once occupied by the satirical magazine charlie hebdo. the victims are employees of a television production company with offices there. translation: outside the metro, i saw a machete with lots of blood and people shouting. it was a bit of a panic. in the passageway that is right next to my work, i saw a victim lying there covered in blood. that's when i panicked and people started panicking and shouting. the police arrived and asked us to stay locked up. all in all, on the way, i saw two victims with lots of blood. one man — believed to be the attacker — has been arrested and a suspected accomplice has also been taken into custody.

police told the bbc that one of those detained was found with blood on his clothes. the sight of police cordoning off these streets will bring back painful memories for france. just around the corner from here, the former offices of the satirical magazine charlie hebdo, target of a deadly terrorist attack five years ago. those suspected of involvement in that attack are currently standing trial at a court here in paris. the place and timing of this attack has meant prosecutors are treating it as a terrorist inquiry. charlie hebdo which now operates from a different location has tweeted its support to the victims. "the entire team offers its support and solidarity to our former neighbours and colleagues into the people affected by this attack," it said. arriving after a government crisis meeting, the prime minister said the symbolism of this attack, its location and timing was clear.

translation: this is the time for the government of the republic to reiterate its unwavering commitment to freedom of the press, its resolute will by all means to fight against terrorism and to affirm to the nation that we are fully mobilised. france has been reliving the horrific attack on charlie hebdo five years ago as survivors give testimony in the trial of those suspected of involvement. earlier this month, charlie hebdo reprinted the cartoons of mohammed that originally made it a target for islamist violence — echoes of an attack that continues to leave its mark on france. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. now, his name is magawa. he's a rat, an african giant pouched rat. he's also a life saving hero. he's just been awarded a gold medal for his work detecting

landmines in cambodia. he's the first rat to receive this honour. duncan kennedy tells his story. this is magawa, the mine—clearing, medal—winning, mind—blowing rat. he is actually a giant african pouched rat, capable of clearing an area the size of a tennis court injust 30 minutes. something that would take a human four days to do. and now for the first time in their 103—year history, one of britain's leading animal charities has given him the highest award. magawa is a true hero rat and we're thrilled to celebrate his life saving devotion by awarding him the pdsa gold medal. it took a year to train magawa to work in cambodia. he walks up—and—down, sniffing out the chemicals in the mines and gently taps it when he finds one. he's discovered 39 mines and 28 bits of explosive ordnance, making him the most reliable rodent.

tell me, why is magawa so special? magawa, year after year, he searches the biggest amount of square metres, he finds more mines than any other rat. like i said, he is one of these rats that each handler wishes to work with. magawa is one of 45 rats who have cleared enough land in cambodia for one million people to live on. so his handler says he's due to retire in november but is fit enough to work for another year. a cuddly rat — well, perhaps. an effective one — certainly. magawa, the mega mine clearer. duncan kennedy, bbc news. congratulations to him. there's plenty more on the website online, as always, of course. and you can get me online too, on twitter.

i'm @lvaughanjones. i will be back in a couple minutes with the headlines. for now, though, you are watching bbc news. hello. for most of us, the weekend isn't looking too bad. it's still going to be fairly chilly, particularly across eastern areas of the uk — with the wind blowing off the north sea. not a completely dry weekend because there are 1—2 showers in the forecast as well, but for the vast majority of the country, it should be dry. now, this is the more recent satellite picture. here's that nasty low pressure in the southern north sea that sent gale force winds along the north sea coast. we had gusts up to 67 mph near grimsby. now, the winds will still blow very hard during the course of the evening and night, and, actually, throughout the weekend, not as strong, but still very strong. elsewhere across the uk, the winds will be lighter and in fact, across scotland and northern ireland, light winds here and clearer skies. so temperatures will dip down

to close to freezing, especially outside of town. so, this is what it looks like on saturday then. the vast majority of the country wakes up to sunshine, pretty chilly conditions, but there is still that breeze blowing out of the north. however, towards the west, the winds will be lighter here, so with temperatures of around 15 in plymouth, it shouldn't feel too bad at all. 13 in belfast, 14 there expected in sunny glasgow. but towards the east, there is still that strong, very strong wind blowing down to the north sea. gales possible at least in exposed areas along that lincolnshire coastline and also the north norfolk coast. here's sunday's weather map. we are in between weather systems, so one in the atlantic here, this is the jet stream driving that area of low pressure with the fronts. some bad weather there out into the mediterranean. we're in between all of this, so the weather here is actually looking pretty good for many western areas. you will notice there is a change in the wind direction here. it's coming in from the south. so that's a hint that things will be

warming up a little bit for the second half of the weekend and into next week. in fact, 17 quite possible in cardiff on sunday with some sunshine. now, that should feel pleasant. eventually, next week, we are going to lose that cold air from the north. the milder atlantic westerlies or south westerlies will set in, so it won't feel quite so cold. but, unfortunately, with that also comes more unsettled weather. so, i think sometime next week, certainly from wednesday onwards, it does look as though things are going to wetter it does look as though things are going to turn wetter and windier for all of us. that's it for me.

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the headlines... the united states has passed seven million confirmed coronavirus cases. that's according to johns hopkins university. it's the highest number in the world, with india second at 5.8 million cases and brazil third with 4.7 million. lawyers for breonna taylor, the woman killed by police in her own home in the united states,call for full transparency over the investigation into her death. tributes are being paid to the late supreme courtjustice ruth bader ginsburg, whose groundbreaking legacy continues even in death. a police officer who died after being shot at a police station in croydon, south london, on friday has been named by metropolitan police commissioner dame cressida dick as matiu ratana, 54, known as matt. you are watching bbc news.

a police officer shot dead at a custody centre in south london in the early hours of this morning has been named as 54—year—old sergeant matiu rata na, known as matt. he had served nearly 30 years as a police officer and was about to retire. a 23—year—old suspect who was being processed in croydon after being arrested is believed to have turned the weapon on himself. the metropolitan police commissioner dame cressida dick gave a news briefing a short while ago. earlier today i said i would give more information about the terrible events of the early hours when i could. it is now my sad duty is commissioner to confirm that our colleague who was killed was 54—year—old matiu rata na, colleague who was killed was 54—year—old matiu ratana, one of custody sergeants. matt joined

54—year—old matiu ratana, one of custody sergeants. mattjoined the met in 1991. he was a talented police officer, captain of his recruitment training class. he was posted to charing cross and worked asa posted to charing cross and worked as a constable on the streets of the west end and in westminster in a variety of roles. later he served on our territorial support group across the whole of london, often dealing with the most violent and dangerous of criminals. later, he worked as a co nsta ble of criminals. later, he worked as a constable on the street at hillingdon. and in 2010, he was promoted to sergeant, where he worked in hackney. first of all, on a response team, leading constables as they responded to calls from the

from the public, dealing with everything that may be thrown at them and him and then on the neighbourhood team, again in hackney. in 2015 he moved to croydon. where he worked as a sergeant, first in response and then again ona sergeant, first in response and then again on a local neighbourhood team. finally, as we know, he worked in our detention command at croydon but frequently volunteering for duty in custody suites across london. matt spent very nearly 30 years as a uniformed police officer serving the public of london. he was originally from new zealand and he was educated, i believe, at a boys school where he developed a huge passion and great skill at rugby.

after 0rtega university came to london in 1989 and began to play by london in 1989 and began to play rugby at a very high level the london irish. matt was a leader in his sport. well—known as a player and in several teams, including the met police and latterly as a coach more recently with east grinstead. his colleagues knew him as a big quy- his colleagues knew him as a big guy. big in stature, big in heart. friendly, capable, a lovely man, highly respected by his colleagues. 0fficers, staff and of course, by members of the public, including i

may say, suspects he arrested or dealt with in custody. he was very well—known locally and he will be remembered so fondly in croydon and missed their as well in the met and the rugby world. he leaves a partner and he leaves an adult son from a previous relationship. 0ur and he leaves an adult son from a previous relationship. our thoughts are with them. i can confirm that the suspect, a 23—year—old man, was arrested by regular patrolling local officers in pollard's health, swc 16, .he . he was arrested for possession of

ammunition and suspected possession with intent to supply class p drugs. —— class b drugs. the suspect remains in hospital, he is critical but stable. 0ur remains in hospital, he is critical but stable. our investigation is led by homicide investigators from a respect list crime command our specialist crime command. we are doing all we can of course to establish the motive for the murder and all the facts. amongst many other enquiries, we have retrieved large amounts of cctv, including of

course from our detention suite and body worn video ever officers where. we have been reviewing that material in detailand we have been reviewing that material in detail and working very closely with the independent 0ffice in detail and working very closely with the independent office for police conduct. i do understand that there is great concern about how this happened. how this could have happened. and i want to reassure everybody the facts will be established. we all that to matt, we though that to his family and of course p0 that other police officers. —— we all that. but we need to give the investigators to do theirjob. and i must say that

speculation at this time is unhelpful. and may even harm our efforts. every day the metropolitan police arrest several hundred suspects. many of them are violent criminals who pose a risk to the public. the safety of my officers is a top priority and very close to my heart. and i know it is close to the hearts of the vast majority of the public. the met is a large professional, resilient, very experienced police service. as we mourn the loss of a much loved colleague, senselessly killed,

please be under no illusion. but our resolve to protect the public, to prevent and tackle violent crime and deal with violent offenders, whoever they may be, will remain undiminished. thank you very much andi undiminished. thank you very much and i can take two or three questions. inaudible suspect was handcuffed at the rear. was this man searched? i'm afraid i cannot tell you anything more about what happened on the street or as he came into the custody centre. as you say, the i 0pc had put a statement with some of the facts that they have established. for me to add to thatis have established. for me to add to that is not going to be helpful. i'm

afraid i can't see anything more at the moment. what i will say is that officers deal with arresting people on the street hundreds of times a day. they assess the information, the risk, they are very highly trained, we give our officers a great deal of safety training and they make their decisions according to what is presented to them. i'm not going to discuss or speculate about what may happen after he was arrested but as you say, the i 0pc have stated he was handcuffed. inaudible extra measures in place to reassure officers and their families? firstly let me reassure everybody we will

establish the facts and that effort is anything to be learned from what happened here, we will learn it and make sure that any changes are put into practice that should be. but at the moment, what i can say is we have reissued to our staff in the met and have reissued to our staff in the metandi have reissued to our staff in the met and i sure chief constables openedin met and i sure chief constables opened in the country will done the same, the regular guidance about how we keep ourselves safe on the streets. 0fficers we keep ourselves safe on the streets. officers are highly trained, very professional, very well supported and support each other. this is a desperately sad incident. it is an extraordinarily rare event of course. for a police officer to be murdered. it's very, very rare. and it's an awful, awful

thing but i do believe, that we have good training, very professional people, good equipment, and good leadership. of course if there is anything we should change, we will. at the moment, we have really reissued our guidance to our officers, saying to them enter their families and those who love them, we will, we want them to do everything they can to keep themselves safe and i want to keep them safe as well. inaudible he could have been. as you know, many police officers do retire at 30 yea rs many police officers do retire at 30 years service. and matt would have been entitled as i understand it to a pension at that stage. so he had joined in 1991. peel we are in 2020, potentially he might have retired in

the years time. the important thing to say that he had a fantastic career, he gave 29 years of his life to the public of london. he has now tragically been killed on duty. his service will never be forgotten and we are deeply grateful for it and it isa we are deeply grateful for it and it is a really distinguished service from a lovely lovely, much respected police officer. you are watching bbc news. now it's time for newswatch. hello and welcome to news watch with me samira ahmed. coming up... with less than six weeks to go until the us presidential election, how to cover a campaign like no other. i will be asking north american editorjon sopel about

the challenges of his job in a volatile political atmosphere. next tuesday sees the first of three debates between the two main candidates in november's us presidential election. the covid—19 pandemic means president trump and joe biden have and joe biden have not, so far, been as visible out on the campaign trail as normal in an election year. but on thursday, the president was in florida addressing a rally injacksonville. amid the growing alarm of members of both parties and despite reassurances from the white house to the contrary, donald trump doubled down on his refusal to commit to a peaceful transfer of power should he lose the upcoming presidential election. we want to make sure the election is honest and i'm not sure that it can be. i don't know...i don't know that it can be with this whole situation — unsolicited ballots, they are unsolicited, millions being sent to everybody. the presidents claim

of unreliability and postal votes and a suggestion the ballot result might not be accepted, are at the heart of a particularly acrimonious campaign with strongly held and entrenched views on both sides of the political divide. british journalists' commitment to impartiality has been under more scrutiny than ever and on that count, some newswatch viewers feel the bbc has been lacking. here is john paterson. but a twitter user with the name 1001 instruments had this to say.