welcome to bbc news. i'm rich preston, very good to have you with us. our top stories: the new york times says it's obtained president trump's tax records dating back two decades, which it says reveal chronic losses and years of tax avoidance. he denies the claims. it's totally fake news. made—up. fake. we went through the same stories, you could've asked me the same questions four years ago, i had to litigate this and talk about it. totally fake news. fighting breaks out between armenia and azerbaijan in the disputed region of nagorno—karabakh, with casualties on both sides. tear gas and mass arrests as tens of thousands march in belarus against president lukashenko. and an overnight curfew

in melbourne has been lifted almost two months after it was imposed following surging coronavirus cases. the new york times says it's obtained donald trump's tax records stretching back more than two decades, which it says reveal chronic losses and years of tax avoidance. the newspaper reports mr trump paid only $750 in federal income taxes in the year he won the presidency and paid no income tax at all in ten of the previous 15 years. speaking earlier at a white house news conference, the president dismissed the latest report, as he has done in the past. it's totally fake news. made—up. fake. we went through the same stories, you could've asked me the same questions four years

ago, i had to litigate this and talk about it. totally fake news. no, actually, i pay tax. but — and you'll see that as soon as my tax returns are... it's under audit. they've been under audit for a long time. the irs does not treat me well. the treat me like the tea party — like they treated the tea party. they don't treat me well. they treat me very badly. you have people in the irs that very — treat me very, very badly. but they're under audit. and when they're not, i would be proud to show, but that's just fake news. the new york times try to — the same thing — they want to create a little bit of a story. a little bit of... they do anything they can. not only — that's the least of it. i mean, the stories that i read are so fake, they are so phony. and we will have more on that later. to the caucasus now, where there's been continued fighting between armenia and azerbaijan, in the disputed territory of nagorno—kara bakh. armenia's prime minister, nikol pashinyan, has warned of the risk of full—scale

war after clashes with azerbaijani troops. officials in the breakaway region, which is controlled by ethnic armenians, say 16 soldiers have been killed. azerbaijan has also reported deaths. both nations have now declared martial law and accuse each other of starting the fighting. the bbc‘s correspondent rayhan demytrie reports. bang sunday morning, nagorno—karabakh. bang heavy fighting using tanks, artillery, drones and helicopters broke over this territory disputed by azerbaijan and armenia for more than 30 years. bang both countries accused each other of reigniting the conflict. both sides reported casualties, including civilians. translation: it is no secret that the first fire, including artillery fire, was opened by armenia. and the first to die were azerbaijani servicemen. azerbaijan gave a decent response to the enemy and the enemy could

not move an inch. the armenian prime minister urged the world community not to stay silent. translation: the outbreak of a large—scale war in the south caucasus, the brink of which we are standing now, could have the most unpredictable consequences. it could go out of the region's borders and take wider volumes and threaten international security and stability. turkey expressed its solidarity with azerbaijan. russia called for an immediate ceasefire. the mountainous kara bakh was an autonomous region within soviet azerbaijan, populated largely by ethnic armenians. the two countries fought a war there in the early 1990s. armenia gained control over the territory and a number of adjacent azeri districts following a 1994 ceasefire. azerbaijan has repeatedly expressed its frustration with a lack of progress in the decades—long peace process.

it is now resorting to a military solution to regain its territories. let's get some of the day's other news. a federaljudge in washington has blocked president trump's ban on downloading the chinese—owned video—sharing app tiktok. the reasons for the temporary injunction have not been made public. the white house has previously called the app a national security threat, alleging that its chinese parent firm is tied to the beijing government. france's president says he's ashamed that lebanon's politicians have failed to agree a new government. following the devastating blast in beirut in august, emmanuel macron led international efforts to persuade the ruling elite to quickly form a new administration to help lebanon face its numerous problems — from the fallout of the explosion to an extremely fragile economy made worse by the coronavirus pandemic. india's president has signed three agriculture bills

into law, despite large—scale protests by farmers. the laws will open up the indian farming industry to the private sector, a move the government says is much—needed. but many farmers say the reforms remove support and protection, such as minimum prices for their produce. tens of thousands of opposition supporters in belarus have taken to the streets for the seventh consecutive sunday in protest at president alexander lu kashenko's disputed re—election last month. police say they've detained around 200 people. the protests centred on the capital, minsk, where the main event was a rally near the hero city monument. jonah fisher is in minsk and has this report. drumming seven weeks after the disputed election, belarus‘ protests now have a certain rhythm. each sunday there's a big march, and today there were once again tens of thousands on the streets of the capital, minsk. with the passing weeks, the protesters‘ outfits have evolved, as have the jokes and the insults. why do you put a rat

on a cross? it's our president. alexander lu kashenko claimed victory but is widely thought to have lost august's vote to the housewife svetlana tikhanovskaya. chanting they chant for her, but a crackdown has destroyed the opposition leadership. sergei — a tractor factory worker and trade unionist is pretty much the only leader who's neither injail or in exile. and he's worried. while we're with him, his wife calls twice to make sure he hasn't been picked up. "at the moment, there is no organised opposition inside belarus", he tells me. "but if you call the people of belarus the opposition, then the opposition is stronger

and more united than ever." the opposition‘s problem is that despite the protests, president lukashenko's security forces remain solidly behind him. so this is what we have seen repeatedly here in belarus. excuse me, sir. basically, these masked guys, nothing on them which says who they are, disrupting demonstrations — detaining people, taking them into vans. where are you taking these people? woman screams this was a women's march on saturday. what's happening to you? she says she was just standing outside a cafe. what's your name? we've showed you our name. no name. no name? why not? no name, no face. why don't you show your face?

yeah, i am afraid. on europe's eastern flank, the men in masks are still very much in charge. jonah fisher, bbc news, minsk. to australia now, and melbourne has awoken to eased coronavirus restrictions as the number of covid—i9 cases continues to fall. the premier of the state of victoria, daniel andrews, announced the next stage in the plan to ease the city's strict lockdown measures on sunday, with the dusk till dawn curfew now lifted. the eased measures will also see more than 120,000 people able to return to work, while primary school students will return to the classroom from october 12. a short time ago i spoke to our sydney correspondent, phil mercer who said many in the city would be looking forward the getting out of their homes. the city of melbourne as australia's second most populous city, it has been living under some of the world's strictest coronavirus lockdown measures and

melburnians, there are 5 million of them, are now tasting some of the freedoms that they have not had since the city went back into lockdown in earlyjuly. that nighttime curfew is now over, tens of thousands of people will be allowed back to work and as you say, all primary schools will be reopened in a couple of weeks‘ time. still, there are restrictions in melbourne, you have to have one of four reasons to leave your house, including work and study and ca regiving, and also there are restrictions on gatherings, too. but the authorities and victoria say that the number of daily new coronavirus cases have fallen so much that more restrictions could be eased well ahead of schedule. the aim, a covid—normal christmas according to the government. you are in sydney in new south wales,

what‘s the situation there? on sunday, no new cases of covid—19 reported here in new south wales, australia‘s most populous state. for the first time in quite a few months, so the situation here seems to be stabilising. elsewhere across australia, the other jurisdictions, australia is made up of six states and two main mainland territories. most of those other jurisdictions have managed to contain their coronavirus outbreak. the epicentre of australia‘s covid—19 crisis has well and truly been in the state of victoria, accounting for 75% of all known cases and the vast majority of fatalities. so, from today, the people of melbourne enjoying some of the freedoms that have been taken away from them in the name of public health. phil mercer. voters in switzerland have given a resounding yes to keeping free movement with the european union. in a nationwide referendum, almost 62% of those voting rejected a proposal

from the right—wing swiss people‘s party to end free movement. switzerland‘s is not a member of the eu, but has a complex series of interdependent treaties with brussels, on trade, transport, and open borders, as well as free movement. from switzerland, imogen foulkes reports. for three decades, the swiss people‘s party has campaigned against closer ties with the european union. for years, it was a vote—winner, but not this time. among younger swiss in particular, there are signs the anti—immigrant, anti—europe policies aren‘t working. people get tired of a business model of political campaigning which is directed against people, the immigrants and the foreigners who have always been a part of our society and they helped to make switzerland as successful as it is. the economic arguments influenced voters, too. access to europe‘s free trade area is crucial

for switzerland‘s economy. ending free movement would have put that at risk. before the vote, one swiss government minister even warned it would be worse than brexit. today, she welcomed the clear yes to keeping free movement. translation: the swiss government welcomes this decision. the people have once again clearly supported good, bilateral relations with our most important trade partner. switzerland has the best possible solution in its relations with the eu — free access to the european internal market specially tailored to switzerland, especially now in this difficult economic situation caused by the corona crisis. a good relationship with our neighbours in the eu is very important. but the government relief may be short—lived. in switzerland, voters always have the final say. today, they said yes to keeping free movement, but the next stage in eu

relations is a framework agreement with brussels. non—eu member switzerland would automatically adopt much eu policy. that, voters here may think, is no final say at all. imogen foulkes, bbc news, bayer. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: high—rise feeding in bolivia — how one woman eased her lockdown loneliness by befriending a trio of visiting birds of prey. in all russia‘s turmoil, it has never come to this. president yeltsin said the day would decide the nation‘s destiny. the nightmare that so many people have feared for so long is playing out its final act has. russians are killing russians in front of a grandstand audience. it was his humility which produced affection from catholics throughout the world, but his departure is a tragedy for the catholic church.

this man, israel's right—winger ariel sharon, visited the religious compound, and that started the trouble. he wants israel alone to have sovereignty over the holy sites, an idea that is unthinkable to palestinians. after 45 years of division, germany is one. in berlin, a million germans celebrate the rebirth of europe‘s biggest and richest nation. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: the new york times says it has obtained president trump‘s tax records stretching back two decades, which it says reveal chronic financial losses and years of tax avoidance. the united states has joined russia and the un in calling for an end to the worst violence in years in nagorno—karabakh, the disputed region

between armenia and azerbaijan. firefighters in california are battling a new wildfire that broke out in the state this weekend called the glass fire. the blaze began early on sunday morning. the napa county sheriff‘s office issued an evacuation order for some parts of the area. cal fire said the blaze had a dangerous rate of speed. the national weather service said low humidity, dry fuel and winds are causing significant fire—weather concerns. earlier i spoke to rob mayeda who‘s a meteorologist for nbc bay area. i asked him to give us this update of the current weather conditions facing california and how it could impact on the wildfires. we are seeing a lot of those existing fires take on new life, all this criticalfire danger, caused by what are known here locally as red flag warnings across most of northern california including the bay area and this is where we see these

very hot temperatures, gusty dry offshore winds and you can see what it is doing to the fire behaviour we‘re seeing across california, fires that are burning extremely quickly, the smoke and the embers staying low to the ground, that‘s the extreme rate of spread we‘re seeing on a fire down west of redding and you mentioned the glass fire there, off to the north of napa, to give you a reference that is part of the wine country, north of the san francisco bay area, and notice how the wind is keeping those smoke plumes very low to the ground. so we‘ve got the gusty winds, very low humidity at times, 13% and air temperatures in the mid—90s fahrenheit, roughly over 35 celsius, these are the extreme conditions we were worried about developing this weekend and all signs are that we could see even hotter temperatures and unfortunately more air pollution problems as these new fires erupt coming back into the bay area. that is the two front concern for both wildfires and air quality issues we are going through against. evacuation orders issued covering hundreds of people, is it likely those will be broadened? that‘s quite possible, it‘s a great point. we have been watching the temperatures very closely today, we have seen temperatures

that were near record highs today and in some cases, tomorrow, the map behind me shows you that we are going to be trending even warmer on the order of about 20 degrees hotter than average, tomorrow it looks even hotter than the temperatures we saw today. that of course and fahrenheit, about 10 celsius higher than that images we would see this time of year so unfortunately, with the hot weather, that really inflates these fire rates of spread, we see fires moving twice or three times as fast and just to give you a reference, so far this year, five of the six largest buyers in california‘s history all have occurred in 2020 and you will notice that most of these have actually occurred in just the last four weeks here in california. and tell us about this glass fire which seems to be particularly bad? the glass fire we are seeing right now, one of the most impacted areas via this red flag warning and the critical fire danger is around this glass fire zone which is off to the north of napa,

again a lot of wineries in the san francisco bay area flank those hills around the north bay, the soil they‘re great for the vineyards but at the same time it can act as miniature canyons once these winds get going and really push those fires down into the valleys. right now, right now we have great visibility so a lot of air tanker attacks during the day to add more retardant lines of the winds could pick up again so those evacuation orders likely not going away as these conditions are likely to continue for another 2a hours. rob mayeda there. let‘s get more on our top story. donald trump is make tax reveal chronic tax avoidance and losses. various claims and if this new york times report. what is the most incriminating in your opinion? let me say i

am an emeritus professor, i am retired. would not say anything is incriminating yet but there is incriminating yet but there is an awful lot that there may be incriminating things. what trump seems to have done is come as close as he could to the lines between legal and illegal tax avoidance. nothing the new york times has published to date has established his avoidance has been illegal but there is an awful lot that suggests further exploration might indicate illegalities have occurred. for example. he claimed a $71 million tax reduction that seems to be based on losses he suffered when he gave up his interests in his atlantic city casinos but that deduction is only allowed if he held absolutely no interests afterwards and the new york

times story suggests in fact he held a 5% interest. that is what the audit he is under has been about. lots of information in the report. various groups have been chasing president trump‘s tax records for many yea rs trump‘s tax records for many years but people also looking for a smoking gun when it comes to links to russia, payments to michael cohen but that is not there? the new york times did not report they had found any information suggesting a smoking gun link to russia. there were some dealings in it that miss universe pageant held in russia was highly profitable for him. weeks ago until the us presidential election. how is this latest news likely to play out with voters? to likely

things to hurt donald trump. he‘s to sell himself as a good manager of the economy and the repository just that most manager of the economy and the repositoryjust that most of the businesses he has managed have done very poorly. the anything he has made substantial profit from is the marketing of his image and i think that will when they talk about managing the economy. the other think the report says is when you take his tax refund into account, in 11—15 years, he did not pay any taxes. in the first two years of his presidency, 2016 and 2017, he paid only $750 each year. so these things taken together, not a good manager and pays almost no taxes even though, if you paid the average amount of

taxes of people with his income level, he would be paying many, many, level, he would be paying many, any level, he would be paying many, many, many times what in fact paid. we will have to leave it there. thank you very much for being there. we should add, president trump says the report is fake news. let‘s get some of the day‘s coronavirus news: the french health minister says hospitals in the paris and marseille regions, have to now delay some scheduled operations, to free up space for covid—19 patients. the government maintains there are no plans for a nationwide lockdown, but all bars and restaurants in marseille must stay closed this week, while in paris, they need to close by 10pm. residents of poorer districts of the spanish capital, madrid, have been protesting what they say are discriminatory coronavirus lock down rules. the regional government says certain areas are seeing higher infection rates. other parts of madrid face tighter restrictions from monday, with local officials resisting calls from the national government

for a city—wide lockdown. finally, one silver lining to being locked inside for months during the pandemic is that some of us have formed unlikely friendships with other people — or animals — or even birds. and one relationship in bolivia has ruffled a few feathers as paul hawkins reports. waiting to be served... 18 floors up in the bolivian capital la paz, this is the southern crested species of falcon from south america, and thanks to lockdown, they have struck up a friendship with this woman and her son. translation: because of the pandemic, we paid more attention and we saw them more. for me, it was like a visit. i said, i have three lovely visitors because every time they come they bring us happiness. i feel very happy to see them and with the issue of fires, with so many animals being lost and birds disappearing,

i felt very useful to be saving these three birds. they are known as opportunistic raptors, so they don‘t miss a treat. this was the only restaurant that stayed open through lockdown, serving fruit and corn, but after a bit of internet research the family discovered their visitors were actually meat eaters. now, they get mince. translation: they come and we give them food, right to their beaks. there are three of them and they are always together lately, it seems that since it is spring and mating season, a couple forms and one comes along, but the three always,. threes a crowd, supposedly, but not in this case. on the topic of birds, you can reach me on twitter. i‘m @ rich preston. the us presidential election information also on the

website. stick with bbc news. i will be back later. good morning. some potentially turbulent weather on the way later in the week, and that‘s after what is a fairly placid but also pretty cold start. many of you starting the day with frost around, temperatures well below freezing through some parts of northern england and south—east scotland. it‘s in this zone where we saw the best of the sunshine yesterday from eastern scotland down through towards parts of say wiltshire, somerset. it‘s here where there‘ll be a frost the ground mainly over the countryside, but some of the suburbs as well. sunshine overhead to begin with, cloudy start in east anglia and the south—east again and cloud will be thicker across northern ireland. outbreaks of rain for the first part of the morning, brightening up from mid—morning onwards. that rain and cloud will spread into western scotland for the morning and during the afternoon to eastern scotland through wales and the western

fringes of england. many on either side of it all will see the sunshine and at long last, the winds ease as the sun comes out across east anglia and the south—east, and it will feel warmer than recent days. the bring about the change is this weather front which through monday night into tuesday, will push its way eastwards to take us into the start of tuesday. it may become confined across east anglia amd it may become confined across east anglia and the south—east, producing some cloud, outbreaks of rain, but not the strong winds you saw through the weekend. elsewhere, a bit of patchy frost around, not as cold as monday morning, but it really a dry and sunny day for many. quite pleasant in the sunshine, temperatures on monday and tuesday around levels they should be for this stage in september. but then the first turn to something more turbulent. as we go to wednesday, deep low centred towards the south of iceland. more in the way of active weather fronts spreading their way in and stronger winds. winds could touch gale force with heavy rain across ireland and into the western fringes of the uk first thing, only slowly pushing its way eastwards. some eastern areas start the day dry and bright and some will stay dry through daylight

hours, but rain will spread through as we go into wednesday night. starting to feel that bit cooler of course with the cloud, the wind and the rain. a cooler feel still as we go into thursday, and then as a jet stream really fires up towards the end of the week, we start to see this develop, a potentially stormy area of low pressure. the position of that will be absolutely crucial to who sees the wettest and windiest conditions, but there is the risk that we‘ll see some disruption. after bright and frosty starts, it‘s cool through the week. that midweek spell of wind and rain and the potential for storms to watch out for as we head towards the weekend. bye for now.

this is bbc news.

the headlines: the new york times says it has obtained president trump‘s tax records stretching back two decades, which it says reveal chronic financial losses and years of tax avoidance. the newspaper reports that mr trump paid only $750 in federal income taxes in the year he won the presidency. the president has dismissed the claims as "fake news". the united states hasjoined russia and the un in calling for an immediate ceasefire between armenia and azerbaijan in the disputed territory of nagorno—karabakh. sunday saw the worst clashes in the region for many years with deaths from both sides. police say they‘ve detained around 200 people following a seventh consecutive week of anti—government protests in belarus. tens of thousands of opposition supporters took to the streets of capital in minsk to oppose the regime of president alexander lukashenko. now on bbc news:

the week in parliament.