this is bbc news. the latest headlines: an unwelcome milestone. the number of people around the world who have died with coronavirus as the disease first emerged hasjust officially passed 1 million. the americas account for more than half the total. donald trump joe biden prepare than half the total. donald trumpjoe biden prepare to go head—to—head for the first televised debate of the presidential campaign. wildfires for thousands of californians from their home as a new blaze named the glass buyout takes hold. living emergency care by air — the futuristic jetpack that could drastically change the response time of patients in hard to reach areas —— reduce.

good to have you with us. we begin with a story that has broken in the past few hours. 1 million deaths from the coronavirus have now been recorded at worldwide according to thejohns hopkins university. those official figures are likely to be a considerable under estimate of course but it is a milestone. the bulk of those have come from north and south america. more than half the global total toll is the. europe with a concerning rise in cases over recent weeks is next worst hit with almost a 250,000 cases. asia, where the virus first originated and the middle east have seen more than 180,000 deaths. and africa has now

recorded at least 35,000 deaths since the pandemic began. paul hawkins reports. this is where it all began, the chinese city of wuhan. and the first cover two to fourjanuary 11. a61—year old man thought to bea 11. a61—year old man thought to be a regular customer at this market. his death caused by a new mystery virus. chinese state media is urging people not to panic as a deadly new respiratory virus spreads. fast forward 262 days and covid—19 has now killed over a million people around the world and rising. it is 3816 deaths per day, 159 every hour. to put it another way, at least one person has died from covid—19 somewhere in the world every 30 seconds. it is a grim milestone and there is still no vaccine. but there is no hope when it comes to testing. a sub station

proportion of these tests 120 million, we made available to lower middle income countries. these tests provide reliable results in approximately 15 — 30 minutes. rather than hours 01’ 30 minutes. rather than hours or days, and at a lower price. the who deal covers 133 countries, including many in latin america, currently the region highest hit in terms of fatalities and infections rates. can be danced unsupervised, it is easy. it is easy, one, two, three, five. 0ne easy, one, two, three, five. one of the companies behind the new tests is an american firm. today i am pleased to report that we are announcing a plan to distribute 150 million a bit rapid point—of—care tests in the coming weeks, based on. the along with brazil and india accou nts along with brazil and india accounts for more than half of the worldwide desk so far.

india has over 6 million cases but a lack of testing means that number is probably higher up that number is probably higher up the government is pressing ahead with lifting restrictions and reopening the economy. people have started coming out of their houses as they are not scared anymore. the public is tired and bored staying at home so tired and bored staying at home so they will come out onto the streets". it is a familiar reaction around the world as governments are attempt to control the virus without a vaccine or an effective test and trace system. in the uk from wednesday, mixing indoors between households in north—east england will be illegal. it is expected to affect up to 2 million people. the aim is to stop the virus spreading and more people dying. paul hawkins, bbc news. iam now i am now joined iam nowjoined by i am nowjoined by professor nancy baxter, an epidemiologist and head of the melbourne school of population global health. look into the program. we have hit this milestone of a million deaths due to covid—19.

did you think we would get to this point so soon? we knew the day was coming but i think when the started, none of us had any idea it would spread this rapidly and have this kind of fatality. you know, there has a lwa ys fatality. you know, there has always been a risk of a global pandemic with a severe infectious disease but i think this has taken us all by surprise. and the world health 0rganization, as aforementioned in his report there, warning that we could get to 2 million deaths before a vaccine is finally sorted, as it were. your thoughts on it and where we're now? we see no sign of slowing of the death rate. there has been over a thousand deaths per day worldwide since march 18 and what seems to happen it is as covid—19 becomes controlled in one jurisdiction, it gets out of control elsewhere. so i think

that unfortunately, we are looking at a similar number of deaths before a vaccine is actually found and distributed. it is going to be sometime before that happens and particularly places like india, starting to open up without the disease being under control, the number of dead isjust going to increase. to what extent is it a game changer that we are getting these tests that we are getting these tests that are much quicker at coming through with results. 60 minutes, 90 minutes. they are cheaper, therefore they could be provided to poorer countries en masse, et cetera. to what extent will that help in fighting against covid—19 on a global level? i think that will be particularly helpful when you have the pandemic under relatively good control. in terms of trying to effectively contain the epidemic. 0nce terms of trying to effectively contain the epidemic. once the epidemic is really widespread in the community, there is

really little to do but to lockdown if you happily want to get things under control. locking down, wearing masks, socially distancing. but when you are at the point where you are trying to get the economy back and you are trying to control the disease, say, in high—risk workplaces, trying to avoid it getting into places where people are particularly vulnerable, i think point of ca re vulnerable, i think point of care testing will then be a really helpful piece of armament in the battle against the disease. just briefly, professor nancy, do you agree with the hard—core lockdown measures that you have been under in, for example, melbourne? do you think that is the right course of action at the right course of action at the moment? is the only way once you get the epidemic widespread. it is really the only way to get rapid control of the epidemic because there is no way to be able to face contacts is no way to be able to face co nta cts of is no way to be able to face contacts of thousands of people per day in anyjurisdiction. —— trace. i know people are getting very tired of locking down but really maintaining

social distance is the best way of controlling the disease when it is really out of control. all right, we're certainly socially distanced. thank you for joining socially distanced. thank you forjoining us and i will speak to you again i'm sure. thank you. to the united states, donald trump and joe biden will be going head to head later in the first presidential debate. it is taking place in clevela nd, it is taking place in cleveland, ohio and comes with the president on the back foot after revelations of the new york times about his business losses and tax avoidance. the democratic internet has maintained a consistent lead in the polls but joe maintained a consistent lead in the polls butjoe biden will be aware of that and for the president, attack is always the best form of defence. the stages almost sat, the actor soon to be in place and is about to get its first head to head show in this battle for the white house. the president has reportedly done little formal preparation, instead questioning his opponent's

mental capacity, repeatedly calling him "sleepy joe". mental capacity, repeatedly calling him "sleepyjoe". going further. i joke but calling him "sleepyjoe". going further. ijoke but he is no winston churchill in debating but he was fine. and people say he was on performance enhancing drugs. and the former vice president's reaction to that. laughs he is almost — no, i have no comment. it was here in clevela nd comment. it was here in cleveland four years ago that donald trump was anointed as the republican candidate for president, now, he finds himself trailing in the polls, trailing in the swing states and being outspent by the democrats. this debate is his chance to change the dynamics of the selection. the debate will cover six areas. among them, the supreme court and the controversy surrounding the filling of the vacant seat. also, the handling of the covid

pandemic and the integrity of the election — a favourite subject of the president. so has the most to lose? some people think this stakes of the highest for trump because he is behind in the polls but i think the way he makes up ground is by biden looking bad. in that sense, biden's performance is more important than from's performance. donald trump showed four years ago that he prepared to break the normal rules of such debates. it is just awfully good that someone with the temperament of donald trump is not in charge of the law in our country. because you would be injail. law in our country. because you would be in jail. during law in our country. because you would be injail. during that campaign, both he and joe biden demonstrated their sheer dislike for one another. the press always asked me, don't i wish i was debating him? i wish it was like ice when i could ta ke it was like ice when i could take it behind the gym. he wants to bring me to the back of the barn. some things in life you could really love doing. on my previous debates,

the two contenders will not have a big audience to feed off as few as 60 people are expected to be in the hall itself. nevertheless, this moment will touch tens of millions of americans and that all important tiny group who haven't yet made up their minds. gary 0'donoghue, bbc news, cleveland, ohio. we will have live coverage of the us presidential debates right here on a bbc news. the first debate starts, as we just mentioned, in cleveland, ohio on tuesday evening in the early hours of wednesday morning depending on where you are watching us. the debates will be held throughout october. we will have comprehensive special coverage from what am —— 1am gmt will stop the world food

programme says humanitarian conditions in south sudan are rapidly hearing. torrential rains have caused the nile to burst its banks and thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes. it comes at a time when the country is still trying to find stability after a five year civil war and altogether a fragile peace deal that was signed in 2018. heavy rains have caused rivers to overflow, flooding vast areas and settlements along the nile and killing livestock — a primary source of livelihood in these two states. here, people come together to help repair a broken levy. this what is going straight into the city and it is displacing thousands of people. there is more than 50,000 people that have come from this regionjust 50,000 people that have come from this region just to stay in this town and seek shelter in this town and seek shelter in this town. the world food program says it will have to support more than half a million people this harvest season in a country struggling

to recover from a five year civil war. the coronavirus pandemic is complicating the response. costs for delivering aid have risen with the need to protect aid workers. families are forced to squeeze together and there is not enough land to establish clinics and schools. translation: we have been here for almost a month and we have not received any assistance. we are dying of hunger. we need food. we know we have the tools for the job and we know we have the people and the partners in the people and the partners in the field but we desperately need 58 million us dollars to provide immediate relief to communities. importantly to set them back on their feet as soon as they are able to return home. do you you and has pledged $10 million to help these flood victims but much more will be needed by the end of the year. stay with us on bbc news, still

to come — delivering emergency ca re by to come — delivering emergency care by air. the futuristic jetpack that could drastically reduce the response times to patients in hard to reach places. in all russia's turmoil, it has never quite 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 here. 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. the headlines on bbc news: an unwelcome milestone, the number of global coronavirus deaths path is 1 number of global coronavirus deaths path is1 million. the americas account for more than half the total. donald trump and joe biden prepared to go ahead to head in the first televised debate of the presidential campaign. thousands of california residents are being forced to leave their homes as new wildfires take hold. there's been an extreme rate of growth for the blaze, which has been

named the glass fire in napa county. homes and businesses have been destroyed. a scene of sheer devastation. this wildfire quadrupled in size overnight. residents in california reliving a recurring nightmare. a lot of consternation in and around that region that has been hit over and over and over again, over the course of the last number of years. the zogg fire in shasta county, familiar territory, literally, not just figuratively, 7,000 acres burned. and 2017, the carr fire, this is in and around those areas. thousands have been forced to evacuate a terrifying escape for some, but there was nothing to match the ferocity of the inferno tearing through wine country, homes and livelihoods

swallowed by the flames. conditions did anything but favour crews throughout monday, working desperately on the ground and from the air. we have had an increase in the winds along with increase in temperature and lowering relative humidities, which has increased the fire behaviour and the fire has jumped and is working its way towards those more populated areas. an anxious wait for many of the will of mother nature. so this is our property right here, we have a little sliver of ground between here and the napa river, a couple of acres. and it is completely covered with forestation. if anything gets into the yard, it will all be gone. everything. so we are wetting this all down as best we can and we've got a couple of sprinklers on the roof of the house. we are hoping for the best. multiple fires continue to burn across the state in what has been california's worst

fire season on record. crews waiting for any opportunity to begin to regain control. tanya dendrinos, bbc news. now let's bring you right up to date on all the latest sports news. hello, i'm checked in partick with your tuesday sport briefing. we are going to start with the english champions liverpool who have continued their 100% start to the season after beating arsenal and the premier league. you can copy‘s site found themselves behind in the game despite dominating possession. alexander liquor that scoring the open after a mistake from liverpool defender andy robertson. the equaliser came three minutes later before robertson made amends at the other end, pulling liverpool in front, diego giotto selling the when in his home debut as liverpool won 3—1 and made it three wins out of three. after being run down in a very

expected moment. games can go like this and then the opponent can build on that sometimes but we didn't let that happen, we reacted really quickly, scored a top goal, another top goal and dominated the whole second half. next to the french open where rafa nadal chasing a record extending 13 singles title eased into the second round with a straight sets when. the king of clay wrapping up when. the king of clay wrapping up his win in two hours and five minutes against the world number 83 who was making his debut at the main draw in paris. serena williams began her quest for a 24th grand slam singles title title. three weeks after he was disqualified for striking a ball which had a

linejudge at the for striking a ball which had a line judge at the us open for striking a ball which had a linejudge at the us open novak djokovic says he is going to be looking to keeping his negative reactions to a minimum as he begins his french open campaign on tuesday. the world number one faces sweden's cayley in the opening round. djokovic is looking to come within one of nadal. meanwhile, the women's second seed karolina pliskova placer opening round match against maia sharif, the first egyptian to make the main draw at roland—garros, like many of the players pliskova was asked for her thoughts on playing this year's french open in cooler weather. of course the conditions are not the best, but it is pretty much the same for everybody so it is going to bea for everybody so it is going to be a little bit harder than we're used to, on clay, so we know i can play on clay but maybe a little bit different weather than we are having now, but i think the chances are

still the same so we are still in the beginning of the tournament and i'd just hope to start well. and finally, the los angeles clippers have fired their head coach doc rivers after seven seasons in charge, they fell well short of expectations this season of course after surrendering a 3—1 lead against the denver nuggets and doc rivers took to twitter to say, thank you clip a nation for allowing me to be your coach and for all your support in helping me make this a winning franchise. while i was able to accomplish most of my goals they won't be able to see them all through. stopping a lot with a disappointing ending to our season, you are right there and i know what this team is capable of accomplishing with your support. thank you to all the players, coaches and staff for helping us get here. most importantly, thank you to the fans. you can get all the latest sports news, as ever, on the bbc website but from me and

the bbc website but from me and the rest of the team, that is your tuesday sport briefing. now, paramedics are to travelling by ambulance, motorbike, helicopter as well, to deliver emergency care, but soon to deliver emergency care, but soon they could be taking to the skies in futuristicjet packs. it is hoped the suits will drastically reduce the response time to patients in otherwise very hard areas to reach. it was one man's dream to fly and in emergency services desperation to reach critically ill patients much quicker that has led to this. a test flight for the great north air ambulance service that they hope will lead to them launching the world's firstjet suit paramedic. we are not talking about big distances but we are talking about steep gradients, and that is the difference. a personal

experience of carrying medical kit up the side of a mountain in the lakes to get to them having a heart attack is so difficult, we are fairly confident that with a rapid response car and a jet suit that we are going to really reduce response times and the area. this is obviously a really kind of seachange and potentially how we deliver remote medicine. the jetpack can remote medicine. the jetpack ca n fly remote medicine. the jetpack can fly for around five minutes, but this flight in the langdale pikes tookjust 90 seconds to reach the location, a journey that would have taken around 25 minutes on foot. a journey that would have taken around 25 minutes on footm someone around 25 minutes on footm someone had a cardiac arrest on the top of the mountain and we we re the top of the mountain and we were able to deploy the jet suit, i'm confident that we will have a defib on that patient within eight minutes. and how long would it take right now? right now, our aircraft would probably be the first on scene and that may ta ke first on scene and that may take 20—25 minutes. first on scene and that may take 20-25 minutes. richard browning was wearing the jet suit he invented, to show the

ambulance service how it worked. in fact you've got a couple sitting behind hair, they work by using micro jet engines, so pretty much the same things you have on a jet aircraft, two on each arm, one on the back, and the way that they then blow so much air downwards allows you to then lift off the ground, and then all the manoeuvrability is actually down to using your own natural human balance and co—ordination. if you point them increasingly downwards you go them increasingly downwards you 9° up them increasingly downwards you go up and as you point them down you come down again. we wouldn't have thought that we could get someone to a jet suit ina could get someone to a jet suit in a matter of minutes and get them some pain relief ultimately in the worst save their life and it is safe. but how safe is at? it is very safe. we only go to a where if you still value would be able to recover, it wouldn't be a terrible injury. the great north air ambulance service is now in talks to make modifications to the jet set with the hopes of sending a

paramedic up to reach their first patients by next summer. now, asking for your partner's hand in marriage is a nerve racking moment. i haven't done it but i am sure it is. and if you are confident that they are going to say yes, you've still got the task of making it so special. a lot of pressure, isn't it? so why not do it on a boat, thinks this man, because of course it is romantic on the water, isn't it? so here you can see him bringing together the two vessels. it would seem, from her response that he is and like. you can see this, but is he? because just and like. you can see this, but is he? becausejust as he leans in to seal with a cath, as you can see... she falls, kicks the throttle of her boat, then kicks him in the head for good measure, apparently. 0bviously they completely fell for each other, they were head over heels and they have both lived to tell the tale, so may they

live happily ever after, that is all we can say. i will be back with all the top business stories and just a moment, we're looking at the battle going on between apple and epic. all that to come. hello there. a window of fine weather awaits many today — not all, but for most, there will be some good lengthy spells of sunshine and light winds, and it will feel pleasa ntly warm for late september. the reason, well, we've got a ridge of high pressure moving in behind the cold weather front, which hasn't brought much rain but it certainly brought cloudier skies southwards through the night and some drizzly rain, which will stick across eastern england for a time before finally clearing. the ridge of high pressure towards the north ensuring a pretty cold start to the day again, with temperatures close enough to freezing to give us some grass frost. the other thing we need to be aware of in northern and western areas is some patchy fog — of course, it lingers through the rush hour this time of year. now, we have got the cloud, the low cloud, the drizzly rain

with our weather front as well in the south, really rather great start for parts of eastern england. as you can see, with time through the day, it's starting to pull away, the skies will brighten. also, just the outside chance of a few showers in north—west scotland, possibly northern ireland. it's more likely the cloud will thicken towards tea—time here. with light winds, despite temperatures a little lower than they were on monday, the north will still feel very pleasant, and approaching 18—19 in southern areas, rather where they should be for the time of year. but that ridge of high pressure is a brief ridge of high pressure, because by the night, as you can see, and tomorrow, we have got more rain rushing in. and it's a slow moving band of heavy rain. some parts of southern and western scotland could see 40—60mm before this rain finally clears away. you can see, it continues to fall throughout tuesday night and wednesday. strong, potentially gale force winds with it. ahead of it, some drier weather, and this mild air at least, but it will be a fairly wet affair wednesday for most parts of the uk. then a brief respite again, potentially on thursday, little ridge of high pressure, still some showers around.

now comes the uncertainty. where will this deepening area of low pressure come to lie? potentially southern areas, bringing us increasingly windy and wet weather and lasting into the weekend as well. it certainly looks a lot more unsettled by that stage. so, yes, definitely feeling autumnal, and feeling quite chilly as well after the fact that we've had some sunshine and it's felt quite warm. look at the temperatures — really dipping down by the end of the week. as i say, perhaps a little respite on thursday, but some very unsettled weather as you can see in the outlook. as ever, there's more on our website.

this is bbc news. the latest headlines: hello and welcome to bbc news. i'm sally bundock with the latest bbc business stories. the cameras are on a mission of their own so let's hope they stay with me. we are going to begin with a us courtjudge who has overseen a battle real between apple and

epic games which is the maker of the very successful videogame fortnite. it is urged the two to take its dispute to a higher court. the judge the two to take its dispute to a higher court. thejudge told the legal teams of the two companies that it would be worth considering having before night with a —— trial, with a jury. with this is about. the two sides fell out after epic accused a couple of overcharging for purchases of its game fortnite. currently, they take a 30% cut for any in app purchases from an i0s app. epic decided to challenge the position and in a software that to fortnight, it encouraged i0s players to buy the game's digital currency directly from epic. apple said that broke the rules of its contract and took fortnite off the app store. the hearing lays the groundwork for what experts say will be a landmark anti—trust case

against apple. after all, consumers spent $50 billion worldwide on the app store and google play, that wasjust worldwide on the app store and google play, that was just in the first half of this year. let's go live to new york and talk this through with the co—founder of polygon. good to see you. this is fascinating isn't it how this will end up because apple takes a huge cut some might argue, 30% is a big chunk? yes, unquestionably. 3096 isa chunk? yes, unquestionably. 3096 is a lot. the tricky thing for epic is that 30% is kind of the standard. you have got companies like nintendo, microsoft, sony, who are also charging 30% on their platforms. whether it is their gaming consoles or other platforms. that 30% does seem like a lot and i don't doubt it, especially when you're talking about millions of dollars but in this case, it is kind of on par with the rest of the industry. how do you think this will end up because some mightargue, this will end up because some might argue, fortnite is so

usually popular? i know this story well because my youngest son was playing it on his ipad and he can't anymore. so, you know, is epic able to take on apple and willie this war?|j will say, just based on the hearing today, it does not look great for epic right now. i know thejudge was great for epic right now. i know the judge was expressing a lot of scepticism over whether epic‘s case holds water. specifically, at issue, is the question of whether, epic, having this big public outcry, painting apple as the villain here, whether that was justified and whether that was quote, the right way to do things. thejudge basically said, look, you're presenting yourselves as the underdogs here but these are still enormous companies and mayjust breaking the rules because you felt like it wasn't quite the way to play this situation. so

thejudge did not way to play this situation. so the judge did not seem super favourable but did recommend a jury favourable but did recommend a jury trial if it comes to it, maybe next year. and have any others followed suit as far as epic‘s is concerned ? others followed suit as far as epic‘s is concerned? what i mean by that is, you know, have other companies said, you know, if epic is not going to go with apple then we might go it alone as well. hasn't started a trend, is what i'm trying to say? it has indeed. spotify is one of the biggest. they have essentially joined one of the biggest. they have essentiallyjoined epic one of the biggest. they have essentially joined epic and said, hey, we agree this is unfair. we don't think 30% is right. we want to forge ahead and try to bust up the that apple has when they control everything that is going on on their i0s devices. there are other companiesjoining their i0s devices. there are other companies joining epic in this fight but i think in this specific case epic has a much harder road to prove that basically apple did something unfairgiven basically apple did something unfair given that epic were the ones who came to apple and

said, hey, we're going to put our game on your platform and they were doing that another platforms and paying the 30% so ways are not ok for apple? and in terms of the game fortnite, has been knocked back by this at all, not being made available for the store? yes, it has been knocked back. there was a large percentage of people, including family members of yours, that were playing the game on i0s devices that absolutely just can't anymore. epic has claimed that it is 25% of the player base was actually on i0s and they lost that. epic, for what it's worth, they will be fine as they have a ton of other revenue sources, including their unreal engine. but specifically, for fortnite and a platform, it is a pretty certificate chunk for them. they curb other revenue but it is about making the broader statement of, hey, we don't think 30% is fair for what we are given. all right, we're interesting. we will see how this plays out. thank for joining us. and the money i

spend on fortnite. lvm h lvmh has launched a lawsuit saying it is fine to lead the acquisition of tiffany. it says that the disastrous mismanagement of the company during the pandemic that it had every right to complete the deal. the news comes after tiffa ny deal. the news comes after tiffany sued lvmh earlier this month, rejecting companies decision not to go through with the deal due to a french government's request. the tesla chief executive elon musk plans to list style link when he believes revenue growth is smooth and predictable. he added style link was an important new revenue stream for his california based space acts. the firm is racing to build out its starlink consolation to offer broadband internet commercially before the end of the year.

the uk and the european union will begin the next round of trade talks today in brussels with both sides eager to find an agreement despite a major dispute over borisjohnson's plans to introduce new legislation which overrides his brexit of australia. after months of stalemate, there are tentative signs of progress over trade with michel barnier, the eu's chief brexit negotiator telling mps on monday evening that there was an improved atmosphere in the future relationship talks. let's discussed this with the chief economist at quintette private bank. good to see you. so daniel, how do you think there is also going to go because as ever, the pressure is on, the timetable is short? your thoughts? i think it is encouraging that we have at least some convergence on the outstanding issues. of course, whether this leads to a deal within this timeframe remains to be seen. my impression is we

will continue to see periods of escalation followed by periods of deescalation and that markets will continue to be reacting to this news flow. while there is a lot of hot air in the media and, you know, the various leaders talking to the press. behind the scenes we are all hoping that trade negotiations are getting down to business and dealing with the difficulty detail like fishing rights and state aid. yes absolutely. some of those details are of course quite important. at the same time, i think the big picture is one where reynaud deal could have an impact on the wider economy. and from this perspective, i think this is happening in the context of two major developments. 0ne context of two major developments. one is the virus outbreak and so for example, the impact of a deal brexit,

even though the effect on the real economy is likely to be much less and very sharp impact of covid—19, that's the negative development. at the same time, all of this is happening in the context of a significant monetary and fiscal stimulus. to some extent, this should mitigate any impact should mitigate any impact should a no—deal be the outcome. i think it is important to realise that brexit is not just important to realise that brexit is notjust a single cathartic event that matt tighten financial conditions, trigger a credit crunch and put the economy back into recession. these are the type of events we have seen in the area when they have had to deal with indirect questions on membership, the greek bailout referendum, the fridge elections with macron and sometimes with the italian elections where anti— euro parties feature prominently. it is not like this. they're a

series of small events when you add them up altogether a timeframe might be a bigger negative but taken individually, it is a small impact. i can appreciate that. thank you very much for your time and we will keep a close eye on how those talks progress this week. we will keep you up—to—date. let's check the markets... what fred had a bumper night the night before. as you can see, not really that excited, up slightly if not a bit mixed. looking ahead, the markets will be really watching closely the presidential debate between joe closely the presidential debate betweenjoe biden closely the presidential debate between joe biden and closely the presidential debate betweenjoe biden and donald trump which will be finished this time tomorrow. it will be the early hours of the morning in europe. we have got a big jobs report in friday coming up. as you can see, the week started really well on wall street, partly because it seems there might be some agreement between democrats and republicans reached on a new support program for the us

economy. what that looks like and how much money they will spend. so optimism surrounding that as well, helping to boost markets. now, all seven members of the south korean jpop group, now, all seven members of the south koreanjpop group, bts, are set to become multimillionaires when their label big hit entertainment goes public in october. a huge demand for shares in big hit have given them a market valuation of $4.1 billion. how lucky they, they look so young. let's go to asia business hub in singapore. nice to see it. are you a fan of bts? i have to say, iam are you a fan of bts? i have to say, i am a little bit older than their average fan but certainly, this is quite a victory if you happen to be one of their legions of fans. they are part of the army as bts unknown and as you said, the seven members are yet to be more appealing to fans because

they are set to become multimillionaires when their label big hit entertainment goes public next month. they have all been given shares by the boss of big hit entertainment who is set to become a billionaire himself. that is to the tune of some $8 million each. soaring demand for those shares have given it a market valuation of, as you said, just over $4.1 billion. the shares are really priced at the top of the expected price range. and get this, it will be south korea's largest ipo in three years. according to lots of reports, some of those bts fans, the diehard ones, hoping to buy at least once a share in the management label to support their favourite members. it's really a sign that their popularity hasn't waned despite being forced to cancel their world tour due to the coronavirus pandemic this year. bts still managed to generate some 88% of big hit entertainment's sales this year, although this has dropped from 98%, nearly all of the last year. and they continue to

break all kinds of records this summer. including, topping the billboard hot 100 chart with their single dynamite, which also became the most viewed youtube video in 24 hours, amassing over 100 million views ina amassing over 100 million views in a day. uk pop band also became the first korean artist to top the billboard chart with that single, drawing praise as well from the roman president who said they were writing a new chapter in k pop history. so watch this space. here you 90, so watch this space. here you go, we're reporting on this. you and me, a big moment. thank you very much indeed. we will see soon. you very much indeed. we will see soon. that's tell you what is to come on the program. a groundbreaking ruling in india which gives women call rights to property inheritance. stay with us and we will tell you all about it in a moment.

first though, here in the uk, senior ministers have held talks with conservative mps in a bid to head off a report over coronavirus restrictions. more than 50 tory mps say they are backing a move to try and forced the government to consult parliament for introducing any new restrictions. by the government says it needs the power to act quickly to fight the nhs is facing a triple whammy of issues from covid—19 pandemic. the nhs confederation says the health service is dealing with a second surge of cases, alongside trying to manage a huge backlog of people needing care with exhausted staff and reduced capacity. the prime minister will set out plans this morning that he hopes will transform the education and training available to those aged 18 and over and england. and his speech, borisjohnson will say

that from april next year, adults without an a level or equivalent qualification will be offered a free, funded fourth. you are with bbc news, let's remind you of our top stories: and unwelcome milestone, the number of global coronavirus deaths passes 1 million. the americas account for more than half the total. donald trump and joe biden prepared to go head—to—head in the first televised debate of the first televised debate of the presidential campaign. the advertising industry, like many others, has been battered by the pandemic as lockdown began, cinema advertising shrank almost instantly, print ads also fell dramatically. in the uk, tv advertising revenues for april tojune the uk, tv advertising revenues for april to june quarter fell by some 43%. so who is advertising now? economies have

reopened, and what does that tell us about what we are up to, what we are buying and what we are doing. let's talk to rory sutherland, to have you on the programme, thanks for getting up so early. just tell us getting up so early. just tell us what's going on in your industry? i'm quoting these figures from memory, but almost every category has been down. most of all, of course, travel and transportation have taken and transportation have taken an enormous hat. there are some bright spots, obviously, and predictably, online retail spend is up and of course government spending is up. the other reason to be optimistic, i suppose, is that the advertising industry, through fairly rigourous digitisation is fairly well prepared for working remotely. this is a business where you can pretty much function pretty well from

anywhere, and we have discovered, i think, anywhere, and we have discovered, ithink, overthe last six months that we are even better at it than we expect it. so that is the good news, but also the ad industry has lost out on massive events. the olympics, huge sporting events that would have generated so much advertising revenue, wouldn't it? i know some of these have been postponed and that is, i guess, to come still. but how have you mopped up in the meantime and who is advertising now? where is the money going? the us election, if you want to take a global perspective, is still going to be a massive event. you are right that the tokyo 0lympics have been postponed into the following yes. as i said, government is picking up some of the slack. it is also worth remembering that the ad industry itself hasn't been paid significantly on commission since the late 19805, commission since the late 1980s, really, and so it is not really fair to take the amount

of money being spent on placing content as a proxy guide for the amount of revenue that the industry receives. the amount of work to do in many cases has gone up because the actual advertisements you produce have to change in response to this pandemic. just tell us how the industry has changed and i guess this pandemic has forced change quickly as well? yes. the patterns of work have changed, i think we've astonished ourselves. i was a fairly early advocate of remote working and videoconferencing, but what we will see, i think, is very significant and lasting change, but that is, to quite a lot service industries. i am pleased to say that, for the most part, we were fairly well prepared for this shift. we never expected it to be this rapid, but nonetheless, it's

astonishing the extent to which organisations can function without co— location. 0bviously what we are looking at is the very, very differing effects on different sectors. this isn't a crisis where it's reasonable to look the average effect and apply that average two lots and lots of different areas of business. 0nline retail government spend is up. i think increasingly, by the way, be to be advertising spend will go up dramatically because most of b2b dramatically because most of b2 b co nte nt dramatically because most of b2b content took place through face—to—face conferences, events, exhibitions and so forth, and i don't see those returning to anything like normalfor more returning to anything like normal for more than a year, so actually what you might say is digital media and mass media will have to take up some of that slack. absolutely. it's been fascinating talking to you, thank you so much, as i say, for getting up so early there. it is advertising week,

by the way, so that is what is going on this week. now, for several years, women in india have had equal right to inherit property, but the law was murky. the country's top court has now clarified the grey areas and the decision could have ramifications for the business community in india. this woman has been fighting a lengthy legal battle for his share of family property after her father died share of family property after herfather died in 1993. share of family property after her father died in 1993. the recent court verdict that recognised her as an equal inheritor significantly bolsters her case. translation: i was thrilled when they heard of the court ruling. i am confident now that i will get what is rightfully mine. the ruling could have far—reaching consequences in the corridors of corporate india too. sons

have traditionally been seen as a heirs and successors to family fortunes here and india and in the past, several business families have given daughters only settlements stopping thejudgement daughters only settlements stopping the judgement could well lead to a spate of and reopen all cases is daughters are emboldened to themselves, say experts. going forward, daughters will certainly be more assertive in enforcing their rights and asking for their rights and asking for their due share when it comes to family succession. this is truly a landmark step towards gender equality. but it will ta ke gender equality. but it will take a lot more than legal amendment for a quick change to happen ina amendment for a quick change to happen in a country where women are happen in a country where women a re often happen in a country where women are often forced by tradition to give up what is rightfully theirs. a vast majority still may shy away from court battles. traditionally, we are

a very tightly bound, family oriented society, so what essentially happens is that, you know, women are a long way to go if we have two litigate against the family. not a pa na cea for against the family. not a panacea for overnight change but certainly a big step in the long march for gender equality and india. football clubs across europe have used their summer transfer window to reassess their spending and try to balance the books, but teams in the english premier league are continuing to fork out millions, so is the premier league recession proof and how does it compare with other leagues across europe? let's talk to the senior economist at the centre for economics and business. good to talk to you. so, you guys have looked into this in great detail. first of all, the premier league at this time, is it spending too much? i wouldn't say that the premier league is spending too much but

rather the figures that we see, in terms of the transfer fees for players, are a testament to the success of the premier league as a brand and the ability and willingness of the clu bs ability and willingness of the clubs within the division to pay for such players, and that of course stems from the huge sums that are involved in broadcasting and sponsorship revenues. the premier league, as you say, continues to get all the attention and the money and the players. lower leg clu bs a re and the players. lower leg clubs are facing bankruptcy, many of them, they are asking for bailouts, should the premier league help? there is certainly a clear distinction in the financial successes of premier league clubs and those further down the pyramid, and indeed, given the circumstances exacerbated by the covid—19 pandemic, particularly with reference to particular stadiums and lack of revenue from ticket sales, there is a

clear, tangible effect on those first clu bs clear, tangible effect on those first clubs that are more reliant on such sources for their revenue, and as such, this divide has only been exacerbated and there is certainly a case for the premier league to lend a helping hand to those further down the pyramid. what makes the premier league is a brand so the premier league is a brand so strong? that is largely a historic trend that has developed since the turn of the millennium, the premier league has known no limits in its global reach and certainly, compared to its counterpart in europe, its relative success has been absolutely to the next degree, and their successors are again testament to the quality of the football and the quality of the football and the quality of the players. ok, we will have to leave it there because we're out of time but samuel, thank you very much for sharing your expertise, as it were. footy, finance, bringing this programme to an end. thank you, as well, for your company. if you are watching us hair on

bbc one, it is nearly six o'clock so you will be joining the breakfast team shortly. 0n bbc world news, i will be back shortly with all of the top stories so i will see you then. hello there. a window of fine weather awaits many today — not all, but for most, there will be some good lengthy spells of sunshine and light winds, and it will feel pleasa ntly warm for late september. the reason, well, we've got a ridge of high pressure moving in behind the cold weather front, which hasn't brought much rain but it certainly brought cloudier skies southwards through the night and some drizzly rain, which will stick across eastern england for a time before finally clearing. the ridge of high pressure towards the north ensuring a pretty cold start to the day again, with temperatures close enough to freezing to give us some grass frost. the other thing we need to be aware of in northern and western areas is some patchy fog — of course, it lingers through the rush

hour this time of year. now, we have got the cloud, the low cloud, the drizzly rain with our weather front as well in the south, really rather great start for parts of eastern england. as you can see, with time through the day, it's starting to pull away, the skies will brighten. also, just the outside chance of a few showers in north—west scotland, possibly northern ireland. it's more likely the cloud will thicken towards tea—time here. with light winds, despite temperatures a little lower than they were on monday, the north will still feel very pleasant, and approaching 18—19 in southern areas, rather where they should be for the time of year. but that ridge of high pressure is a brief ridge of high pressure, because by the night, as you can see, and tomorrow, we have got more rain rushing in. and it's a slow moving band of heavy rain. some parts of southern and western scotland could see 40—60mm before this rain finally clears away. you can see, it continues to fall throughout tuesday night and wednesday. strong, potentially gale force winds with it. ahead of it, some drier weather, and this mild air at least, but it will be a fairly wet affair wednesday for most parts of the uk. then a brief respite again, potentially on thursday, little ridge of high pressure, still some showers around. now comes the uncertainty. where will this deepening area of low pressure come to lie?

potentially southern areas, bringing us increasingly windy and wet weather and lasting into the weekend as well. it certainly looks a lot more unsettled by that stage. so, yes, definitely feeling autumnal, and feeling quite chilly as well after the fact that we've had some sunshine and it's felt quite warm. look at the temperatures — really dipping down by the end of the week. as i say, perhaps a little respite on thursday, but some very unsettled weather as you can see in the outlook. as ever, there's more on our website.

good morning. welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. 0ur headlines today: the number of people who have died as a result of the coronavirus pandemic around the world reaches1 million. a free college course for all adults in england without an a—level qualification — the prime minister announces plans in a bid to boost job prospects. good morning. empty train stations, deserted city centres. have you been told to avoid the office? if so, could you be entitled to help with finances. i'll let you know how. good