this is bbc news, the headlines. the uk reports more than 7,100 new cases of covid—19 — another sharp increase. there were a further 71 deaths — the highest since july the first. borisjohnson apologises and says he "mis—spoke" after getting wrong the details of new coronoavirus rules in the north east of england the leader of newcastle city council calls it shambolic. it sends the message that they do not know what they are doing. they are making a up as they go along. we had 2a hours of chaos and confusion that was entirely avoidable. the government outlines changes to the adult education system in england with new training courses to help boost the post—covid economy.

the government says it will ensure all students will be able to return home for christmas. we are going to work with universities to make sure that all students are supported to return safely and spend christmas with their loved ones if they choose to do so. it's the first us presidential tv debate — with donald trump likely to face questions, about his tax affairs. and the jetpack paramedic whose speed mayjust save your life. new figures from the government released in the last hour reveal there have been a further 7,143 cases of coronavirus in the uk —

the highest daily figure recorded since the outbreak began. government figures also show a further 71 people have died in the uk within 28 days of testing positive, the biggest deathtoll since the start ofjuly. this brings the total number of deaths to 42,072. 0ur health correspondent lauren moss has been looking at the figures. we have been told that the cases arising that is agreed across the board in all areas of the country. some more than others. these figures today 7115 new coronavirus cases confirmed in lot 20 files, that is the highest in the single day since the highest in the single day since the pandemic in the uk. however it also the highest since mass testing was introduced was up we can't take these figures and compare them what what we had march, april and may time. it is an indication that the numbers are rising. that's also being equated in hospital admission figures as well. so as of today's

figures as well. so as of today's figures which are up—to—date for a sunday, 2049 patients are currently being treated in hospital with coronavirus. this does not include data for scottish hospitals. almost 300 of those patients are on ventilators. although the new admissions and fact is actually slightly lower day on day to what we we re slightly lower day on day to what we were last week, that overall trend is slowly going upwards. not only do we ta ke is slowly going upwards. not only do we take the overall number of new confirmed cases, this is now trickling down and very sadly into hospital admissions and people needing treatment. 71 confirmed that as well. if we take the dater, if we are looking at the number of people die, if we look at this week on week i think that perhaps gives a more accurate account of what we're looking at. last tuesday there were 37 new confirmed as, 71 today. nearly doubling week on week they are. i suppose it's true to say this sort of starts to bring us into line

with european countries like spain and france that was in a much higher daily number of cases. and it was being said that a couple weeks behind those countries for that or three weeks. now maybe we are coming in line with their figures. yes, we don't have that data to prayer would not compare like for like with hospital admissions. not compare like for like with hospitaladmissions. last not compare like for like with hospital admissions. last week the data from france and spain out though those data were going out they were considerably lower than what they were at the peak of the pandemic for the pandemic for steps that warning very much valid. in fa ct, that warning very much valid. in fact, if you take those 2000 patients in hospitals being treated at the moment, the peak of the pandemic in april time i sat here we we re pandemic in april time i sat here we were talking about 20,000 patients be entreating in hospital. those numbers are still far lower but the overall warning from the science and medical advisers and indeed the government is you don't want it to get any higher. which is why we seeing introduced measures. lauren talking about the new restrictions. borisjohnson has apologised after failing to be clear about new coronavirus measures in parts of the north—east of england.

in a tweet, the prime minister said he "misspoke" during a news conference when he was asked about the rules. here's our health correspondent lauren moss again. new, legally enforceable restrictions for most of north—east england. from midnight, it won't only be advised not to mix indoors with people you don't live with or who are not in your social bubble, it will be against the law. the department of health says it follows high and increasing coronavirus infection rates, but council leaders have called it a kneejerk reaction. the rules will apply to several areas. so what are the new rules? already people from different households should not mix in their homes and private gardens. but from tomorrow it will be illegal for households to mix in all indoor public social spaces including pubs and restaurants. meeting up in groups of up to six outside including an outdoor restaurant

spaces and part gardens will be illegal but it is against advice. the rules don't apply to schools and workplaces which are covid secure. and breaking the law could face a fine of £6,500. at the rules seem to be confusing even some government ministers. can you still book an outside table at a restaurant or meet people from another household ina pub meet people from another household in a pub guarding? i'm sorry i can't clarify that. i know the rest of the country generally you can meet in a pub and you can book a table. and the restrictions are indoors in terms of... you don't have an answer to that? no, i don't have the answer to that? no, i don't have the answer to that. even the prime minister was unclear. it six inside six outside in the northeast in all areas where extra tight measures have been brought in. you should follow the guidance of local authorities. it's

6, or six in hospitality but as i understand that not six outside. afterwords heat we did to apologise that he misspoke and clarified that people in the northeast should not mix indoors and should also avoid socialising with other households outside. with cases rising in northwest england there is speculation further restrictions could also be rolled out there. we wa nt could also be rolled out there. we want government to if they need to. we believe to impose stricter reconstructions to stop the spread of the virus they also need to make sure the businesses are fully supported and compensated. we depend hugely here on the hospitality sector. the government says a funding package is being agreed with councils in the northeast to support the new measures. from tomorrow at 11pm curfew is being rolled out for hospitality venues in northern ireland. an hour later than the rest of the uk. latest figures show the number of deaths related to covid—19

is increasing. although it still far below the peak in april. but containing coronavirus may well lead to yet more tighter instructions. newcastle city council labour leader nick forbes gave us his reaction to the prime minister's mistake. it sends the message that they do not know what they are doing. they are making a up as they go along. 0ne one of the reasons i've been so frustrated by the announcements being made yesterday before we had a chance to talk to get these details finalises that we've had 20 far hours of chaos and confusion that was entirely avoidable. and it really makes me angry and it makes members of the public angry. it makes business owners angry. mick can't even get the basic facts right when it comes to what they are asking people to do and what they are giving in terms of new laws for

us are giving in terms of new laws for us to abide by. it's deeply frustrating and frankly, it's just shambolic lee incompetent. and frankly, it's just shambolic lee incompetent. let's get more from our political correspondent nick eardley. shambolic, he says. the prime minister saying he misspoke. how embarrassing is this for the government? i think it is embarrassing and it's quite problematic that would not problematic. there's no doubt the restrictions that we see now are considerably more complicated than the ones we had earlier in the air. the government has a harder task of selling them. one of the things he's doing to try and make theirjob easier is seeing that they are legally enforceable. but i think that makes that all the more important that they are explained properly. and clearly. in on two occasions today with the prime minister and with the junior minister we've had a failure, quite frankly, to be able to explain why those measures are in place in the northeast of england and exactly what they are. that will lead to

that criticism from opposition politicians like we heard from leader of newcastle council just there. we've heard it from the labour party and parliament as well. seems to suggest the government isn't in control and doesn't know exactly what it's doing. but at the same time, we've got a number of mps from the prime ministers own party who are concerned about the way these decisions are being made. this afternoon we've had the chair of the liaison committee saying there needs to be more parliamentary oversight of some of these decisions that are being made. we know there are a number of tory backbenchers are prepared potentially to rebel against the government and force them to give mps more of a say in this process if it comes to that. it's not completely clear that it will. it's quite possible in the next few hours will see some sort of compromise between the government and those tory backbenchers to try and those tory backbenchers to try and stop they are being a big revolt. i think as well as having that parliamentary pressure on the

prime minister, there is alsojust that question of messaging now. we are ata that question of messaging now. we are at a crucial point in this pandemic where cases are rising again as you are hearing from lauren again as you are hearing from lauren a few minutes ago but also a crucial point because those restrictions the government doesn't want to bring in huge blanket restrictions across the country. wants to do local things we re country. wants to do local things were possible. but to do that it's got to be able to explain them clearly a nd got to be able to explain them clearly and bring people on board. i think many government met today have not done a good job of it, frankly. but you've done a greatjob of explaining the latest. the prime minister has vowed "radical" changes to the education system in england — to help boost the economy post—covid. speaking in exeter, the prime minister said the pandemic has exposed major shortcomings in the labour market. he's set out plans to fund college courses for adults in england who leave school without an a level or equivalent qualification. helen catt reports. after weeks of making announcements of more restrictions,

a high visibility outing for the prime minister to launch a skills plan to build back the economy. the keystone pledge, a free college course for anyone in england who doesn't have a qualification equivalent to an a—level. a huge number of them are going to have to change jobs, change skills, and at the moment if you are over 23, the state provides virtually no free training to help you. in fact, we have seen a haemorrhage in the last 20 years in adult education. a million fewer than there were. we are going to change that right now. the funding will be in place from april. details of the courses themselves are set to be unveiled next month. there will be more flexibility in apprenticeships too, with apprentices able to switch companies. there will be easier access to higher education loans for technical qualifications. now is the time to end the pointless, snooty and frankly vacuous distinction between the practical and the academic.

and now is the time to give everybody, with this lifetime skills guarantee, give people of all ages the means and the confidence to switch and get the skills they need. the idea is to spread skills training over a lifetime, rather than just a few years, and to encourage take—up of more high—quality vocational courses. today's announcement from the prime minister is a really important step forwards. we have a skills challenge anyway in this country, but with the pandemic that is more important than ever, with rising unemployment. it creates a lifetime skills guarantee, very welcome. it creates opportunity for more bite—size learning. but with coronavirus leading to bleak projections on unemployment figures, it is the next few months that concern many. it is far too little too late. there is a major emergency now

in terms of the number of people who are being made unemployed and the number of young people not at college. we have seen lots of colleges making redundancies this year. so announcing something from april, it is like telling a drowning man you are about to build a new lifeboat. number ten has always had plans to make changes to skills training, it is a key part of its self—set mission to improve life chances across the uk. but the coronavirus pandemic has added particular urgency and pressure. helen catt, bbc news, westminster. pubs, hotel bars and restaurants will have to close at eleven pm in northern ireland under a new curfew for the hospitality sector. the new rules will take effect from midnight on wednesday. last orders will be at 10.30pm and all customers must leave by eleven. the first minister, arlene foster, said there would be "no exceptions" and the restriction will also apply to weddings. education secretary gavin williamson says the government will work

with universities to make sure all students are supported to return home for christmas — if they choose to. around 40 universities around the uk have had reports of coronavirus cases and thousands of students are having to self—isolate — right at the start of the new term. 0ur education correspondent daniela relph has this report. starting university and the covid restrictions, student life in 2020 looks very different. the onus has been on individual universities to manage their outbreaks, but today the education secretary responded to the situation universities now face, which included an assurance about christmas. students are important members of the communities they choose to study in. we expect them to follow the same guidance as those same local communities. we are going to work with universities to make sure that all students are supported to return home safely and spend christmas with their loved ones,

if they choose to do so. across the uk, students are isolating because of positive tests and looking for support from a university at which they have just arrived, or with flatmates they may have just met. it is quite scary because we are far from home, we are all away and not near our families. we have got to look after each other, look after ourselves, keep ourselves safe, keep each other safe. make sure we are all happy and not feeling down. it did worry me at first because i knew we would have to isolate. it is not like we can go out anywhere, we are just stuck in the flat. it was a bit of a weird scenario, i don't really know how i could have reacted to something like that, but we are getting through it. if you are here to take a test... the university of east anglia is one of several that has set up its own testing facility. for many, this is the only way out of repeated isolation for students. it really does pivot around the test, track and trace working accurately.

if it is working accurately it means students can access some formal face—to—face learning. the problem is, and that is why labour are calling for a pause for students going to university, is for them to be given the choice to access remote learning, because that simply is not in place at the moment and it desperately needs to be. these architecture students at oxford brookes university do most of their course online, with one day a week on campus. this has become the norm at many universities, but students have the right to speak up if they feel frustrated with what is on offer. students should have the right information and it should be clear to them how the course is going to be delivered. if students feel those expectations are not being met, they have particular rights, they can take it up with the university, they can take it up with the independent adjudicator as well. nothing is quite as it should be, many campuses look empty. the days and weeks ahead for students will be disruptive and uncertain.

daniela relph, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... the uk reports more than 7,100 new cases of covid—19 — another daily record. there were a further 71 deaths. as more lockdown restrictions are introduced in parts of the uk — the prime minister apologises and says he "mis—spoke" after getting details of new rules in the north east wrong. the government has announced radical changes to the education to help boost the post covid economy. the duchess of sussex has lost the latest ruling in her privacy lawsuit against the mail on sunday. the high court in london has ruled that the newspaper can amend its case ahead of a trial next year — and use a recent biography of the duke and duchess of sussex in its defence.

the duchess took legal action last year over five articles that included extracts from a letter to her father thomas markle. with me is our royal correspondent, nick witchell. it's correspondent, nick witchell. all quite complicatel bottom it's all quite complicated but the bottom line is that it's quite embarrassing for the royal family and buckingham palace. well, i think they are reviewing this with a certain amount of anxiety perhaps putting it a little too strong for top this the latest pretrial skirmish and as you say, the mail on sunday has won and the duchess has lost. the mail on sunday is being allowed to change the particular of its defence and introduce this recent biography finding freedom into the case when it comes to trial in january. the mail will argue into the case when it comes to trial injanuary. the mail will argue that this book tends to suggest that she is prepared to breach her own privacy with writers and authors of her choice when it suits her to get, to promulgate her side of the story. her lawyers argued very strongly that she had no contact with the authors of finding freedom and

indeed they said that there is absolutely nothing in this book that could have been doing i couldn't have been sourced from other publicly made of material. the judge said whether the claimant meghan had any input to the book cannot be said not to be a trial issue. she went on, if the males case is a house of cards it will fall down at trial. went up to the mail on sunday, they will be very pleased. 0f went up to the mail on sunday, they will be very pleased. of course they will be very pleased. of course they will just will be very pleased. of course they willjust reappoint will be very pleased. of course they will just reappoint their defence 110w. will just reappoint their defence now. so this is all pretrial argument. when the trial itself gets under way, when is acting to be a? and it's going to be pretty explosive, isn't it? it's going to be quite a trial assuming we get there. it's due to start on the 11th of january. it's expected to last ten full days in court. so two weeks worth of evidence. and it's worth just noting that meghan‘s worth of evidence. and it's worth just noting that meghan's qc this afternoon was refused leave to appeal this ruling by thejudge. and her lawyers have put out a statement

to say that it is the mail on sunday and associated newspapers who acted unlawfully and are the ones on trial. the duchess of sussex. i think we can expect the authors of finding freedom to get a real drilling by the mail on sundays lawyers at trial. of course, the big question is whether meghan‘s father, thomas markel is called to give evidence on behalf of the mail on sunday bearing in mind that this is all about the letters that meghan wrote to her estranged father, thomas. which he claims the privacy of which was breached by the mail on sunday who published a considerable extra ct sunday who published a considerable extract from that letter. of course, people say why fight this? the queens philosophy is always supposed to bea queens philosophy is always supposed to be a bit and never complain, never explain. but meghan's philosophy is very different. as we are discovering almost week by week. she backed fully by harry. they wish to put down a market that they will not allow their privacy to be trampled all over as they would see

her. it's going to be quite a case. it will be quite a test case. nick, thank you very much. donald trump and joe biden go head to head tonight in the first us presidential tv debate — and it could be lively. the president's on the back foot — after revelations in the new york times about his business losses and tax affairs, it's likely to come up. 0ur washington correspondent, gary 0'donoghue reports. the stage is almost set, the actors soon to be in place and america 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 sleepyjoe, and going further. i always joke, but it's true, he was 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? he laughs. he's almost... no, i have no comment. it was here in cleveland four years ago that donald trump was anointed as the republican candidate 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 this election. 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 who has most to lose? so some people might think the stakes are higher for trump because he's behind in the polls.

i think that the way trump makes up ground, however, is by biden looking bad. so, in that sense, biden's performance is more important than trump's performance. donald trump showed four years ago that he was prepared to break the normal rules of such debates. it's just awfully good that someone with the temperament of donald trump is not in charge of the law in our country. yeah. because you'd be injail. and during that campaign, both he and joe biden demonstrated that sheer dislike for one another. the press always ask me, "don't i wish i were debating him?" no, i wish we were in high school, i could take him behind the gym. cheering. that's what i wish. he wants to bring me to the back of the barn? 0h! some things in life you could really love doing. unlike 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. and you can follow the first us presidential debate live in a special programme from 1.30am on the bbc news channel and on the bbc news website — or watch tomorrow on bbc iplayer. nokia has struck a significant deal with bt which makes it one of the winners from the 5g ban on the chinese firm huawei. the agreement makes the finnish company bt‘s largest equipment provider, supplying base stations and antennas to phone mast sites across the uk used by the new 5g mobile network. it looks likes something out ofjames bond, doensn‘t it... but if you're trapped at the top of a steep hill with a severe injury —

or having just had a heart attack — this jet—pack paramedic could be the difference between life and death. a trek in the lake district which could take half an hour — can now be done in 90 seconds... sharon barbour has the story. it was one man's dream to fly, and an emergency service's desperation to reach critically ill patients much quicker, that's led to this. you know, we're not talking about big distances. but we're talking about steep gradients, and that's the difference. you know, personal experience of carrying medical kit up the side of a mountain in the lakes to get to someone having a heart attack is. it's so difficult. you know, we're fairly confident that with a rapid response car and a jet suit, we're going to really reduce response times in the area. this is obviously a real sea change in potentially how we can deliver 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. if somebody had a cardiac arrest on the top of helvellyn, and we were able to deploy the jet suit, i'm confident we would have a defib on that patient within eight minutes. and, right now, how long would it take? right now, our aircraft would probably be the first on scene, obviously, and that might take maybe 20—25 minutes. richard browning was wearing the jet suit he invented to show the ambulance service how it worked. so, the jet suits, in fact you've got a couple sitting behind here, they work by using microjet engines. so pretty much the same things that you have on a jet aircraft, a jetliner. there's two on each arm, one on the back, and the way that they then blow so much air downwards allows you to lift off the ground. and then all the manoeuvrability is down to you using your own natural human balance and co—ordination. if you point them increasingly downwards, you go up. and as you flare them out, you come down again.

the great north air ambulance service is now in talks to make modifications to the jet suit, with the hope of sending a paramedic up to reach their first patients by next summer. sharon barbour, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. after what has turned out to be a dry and sunny day from many parts of the uk, the outlook for tomorrow is dramatically different, is a big area of low pressure roll sent from the atlantic edible turned very wet and windy. this evening, wind strengthening in the west, rain moving into northern ireland before midnight, western scotland, wales and the south—west by the end of the night. a milder night because of the strengthening south—westerly wind, that notice board throughout wednesday, rain particularly heavy and persistent through the morning in the west, it may be a better looking morning across eastern england, but we will see heavy showers in the afternoon from the south.

brighterfor northern ireland later on in the day but a cooler feel thanks to the wind and rain. we stay in cooler air as we head on into the weekend, thursday offering a respite from the wet and windy weather but it is looking pretty stormy, especially to the latter part of the weekend.

hello, this is bbc news with ben brown. the headlines. the uk reports more than 7,100 new cases of covid—19, another sharp increase. there were a further 71 deaths — the highest since july the 1st. boris johnson apologises and says he "misspoke" after getting wrong the details of new coronavirus rules in the north east of england — the leader of newcastle city council calls it shambolic. it sends the message that they do not know what they are doing. they are making it up as they go along. we had 24 hours of chaos and confusion that was entirely avoidable. the government outlines changes to the adult education system in england — with new training courses to help boost the post—covid economy. the government says it will ensure all students will be

able to return home for christmas. we are going to work with universities to make sure that all students are supported to return safely and spend christmas with their loved ones if they choose to do so. it's the first us presidential tv debate — with donald trump likely to face questions about his tax affairs. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's holly. it has been a pretty miserable french open from britain bonsai point of view. i have bad news because britain's involvement in the french open singles is officially over. heather watson becoming the latest to exit the competition after the opening round. she did start well but her french opponent recovered and took the first set a tie—break which she then dominated.

and then again in the second, watson allowed early momentum to fade as ferro took the match in straight sets and the frenchwoman ensuring there are no brits around and round two of the singles for the first time in seven years. meanwhile the world number one novak djokovic came through his first round type co mforta bly, through his first round type comfortably, he did six of against his opponent. the next two also went his opponent. the next two also went his way 6—2, 6—3 but his finish opponent did a rather impressive hot dog as it is known, putting a point by playing the ball through his legs. —— his opponent from finland. it is as good as winning, isn't it? macclesfield town have been expelled from the nationally 13 days after they were wound up by the high court. the club had been due to begin their season against bromley on saturday and the national league

said ina on saturday and the national league said in a statement that the notice of expulsion would take effect from the 12th of october with the club being suspended until then and there are three scheduled fixtures before that date being postponed. an agreement has been reached around fan attendance at this we can's fa cup second round qualifying pictures and ina cup second round qualifying pictures and in a nutshell they have said that only home fans can be admitted to ties where a non—elite club posts an elite club. it has caused some confusion as our football reporter simon stone explains. fans will be allowed but not the fans of the national league teams. so, that means those non—vegan clubs who have to organise that have basically got to organise that have basically got to make sure that only the home fans go in and not the away fans. —— nine league. there had been confusion about sections of the non—league

factions, . .. about sections of the non—league factions,... 0ne about sections of the non—league factions, . .. 0ne team about sections of the non—league factions,... 0ne team put a tweet at this afternoon saying that because of the coronavirus, it understands the difference between step two and step three fans that they're going to have to not to allow fans into the game. it was a bit of sarcasm there summing up what many cubs are feeling in a very complicated situation. perfectly straightforward. now for tottenham, it has been a prissy —— pretty busy week sandwich between two year —— premier league fixtures and the europe... their boss not happy after losing son to entry and sandy fl has not given them a chance to compete in the competition. as you know and forgetting the past thursday, we paid ona forgetting the past thursday, we paid on a sunday, now we play on tuesday, thursday, and then we play on sunday again. and i think son is

just the first. more will come. meanwhile chelsea's to latest summer signings will both be in squad for the game tonight but frank lampard saying that the arrival of the goalkeeper doesn't mean the and for their current goalkeeper who wears their current goalkeeper who wears the clubs. i won't go to the point of him playing is asking for chelsea. i think it is difficult time for him, i know it and chelsea. i think it is difficult time for him, i know itand he chelsea. i think it is difficult time for him, i know it and he knows it. we will notjump to that conclusion and also i think he felt quite strongly about it in the last week and is also understanding that he isa week and is also understanding that he is a young man and that a lot of the spotlight on him has become slightly unfair. that is all your support for now i will have more for you at sportsday at 6:30pm, i will see you then. holly, thank you. we will see you then. at least £3 billion is due in rent today to landlords

from commercial tenants. quarterly rent day is when property owners traditionally collect one of four payments throughout the year. but since lockdown, the amount of rent collected has plummeted and the government recently extended its temporary ban on evictions for firms struggling to pay. we can speak now to melanie leech, chief executive, of the british property federation — whojoins me via skype from south london. thank you very much indeed for being with us. i suppose sympathy is normally with the tenants been on this occasion usa and that the landlords are pretty much out of pocket at the moment. good evening, ben. yeah, so we predict that by the end of the year, £4.5 billion worth of rent will be only to landlords and that is a huge and unsustainable burden for landlords and when i talk about landlords i mean primarily you and me because our pensions and savings are invested in commercial real estate. that is who it is heading and it is unsustainable and cannot go on taking losses of that

kind and those debts building up is equally unstable for the tenants. but if the tenants just can't pay because of the economic crisis that we are in, than what can be done about it? what we have seen is landlords being very easy on tenants that are struggling top mac there is data being collected on what is happening in the market and it shows that over half of the retail sector, almost two thirds of the leisure and hospitality sector are covered by agreements between landlords and te na nts agreements between landlords and tenants trying to find a joint with their with landlords making concessions to help tenants manage their rental commitments. we also have a real problem with a number of te na nts have a real problem with a number of tenants who can pay, well—capitalized and can afford to pay the rent by choosing not to do so. what that means is there isn't as much money is there ought to be and should be and could be to help those tenants who are genuinely struggling. and there are pensions

and savings funds being put at risk and savings funds being put at risk and it finally means that the amount of investment available to go to our town centres is not there and that is really worrying for the long—term. is really worrying for the long-term. you are saying and you do not need to name names but some te na nts a re not need to name names but some tenants are pretty well off, they can tenants are pretty well off, they ca n afford tenants are pretty well off, they can afford to pay, they are effectively taking advantage of the coronavirus crisis, the pandemic, and all it has done to the economy not to pay with a0 in terms of rent? that's absolutely right and some of them have been very open in saying so taking advantage of the fact that landlords can't take action to recover rent to choose pay the rent and the debt burden is mounting up and the debt burden is mounting up and mounting up. ministers have made it clear every time they have extended the moratorium on words and have made it clear that if you can pay, you should pay and i will call and those who can pay can pay to peso of this can be helped. do you think the government have gotten this wrong in terms of the moratorium you mention?” this wrong in terms of the moratorium you mention? i think they

should not have extended the moratorium i think they can see the te na nts a re moratorium i think they can see the tenants are pink help and that te na nts tenants are pink help and that tenants who are able to pay are not paying, and that is unsustainable for everybody and i think they should not have extended the moratorium and not do so again. i think they need to erase the moratorium and allow landlords to support tenants who need it but to collect rent from those who can afford to pay it. in the longer term and looking more broadly, we are seeing many would say the death of the high street which is being accelerated if you like by covid, it was already in progress because of the increase in online shopping and so on. how many of your members are really worried that actually the retail industry on the high street is dying, that the demand for property to rent property like the property to rent property like the property that you rinse out, your members are intact, isjust property that you rinse out, your members are intact, is just going to plummet frankly after this? the high street is not dying, the high street is changing and what that means is we will see any future high street

less retail space but we will see a range of other uses coming into play. you may see living on high street, you might see leisure activities come at doctor surgeries and pop—up shops. the future high street will be much more mixed. but to get to that point we need to invest and we need to be able to... we will not be able to do that until landlords start to see the money enabling them to do that. good to talk to you, melanie leech, chief executive of the british property federation. thanks for your time and for with us. the uk government has imposed sanctions on the president of belarus, alexander lukashenko over human rights violations in relation to august's disputed presidential election. the sanctions are part of a joint—effort with the canadian government against mr lukashenko and eight other senior figures, including his son victor. the foreign secretary, dominic raab said the two countries would not accept the result of the "rigged election" and condemned what they described as alexander lukashenko's violent and fraudulent regime.

i've been speaking to our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. what's really interesting with these sanctions though — because this is a new system of sanctions the british government onlyjust set up earlier this year, and they've only been used a few times before. this is the first time that a head of state and the senior figures within a regime have been targeted. it will be interesting to see whether or not it has any impact. does it actually stay the hand? do any of the regime figures think, "is there going to be a risk here?" because what is happening at the moment is a lot of external pressure on the belarusian authorities to change. president macron of france was in lithuania today talking to the opposition leader who many people thought actually won the election. but as ever, the real question is what happens in moscow? ultimately, the decision—making by president putin will ultimately determine the fate of this president, lukashenko. and lukashenko and putin might say "this is britain and canada acting "together but not the west

in general, not even "the eu in general." well spotted. there are no european sanctions at the moment. the europeans want to impose sanctions but they can't at the moment because there's a row. cyprus is blocking sanctions on belarus because they want sanctions also to be imposed on turkey in a separate row about energy rights in the eastern mediterranean... there is a big row going on about that and a lot of criticism being levelled at the eu at the moment saying, "look, "this is an example of how the eu are struggling to actually make "serious foreign policy decisions." there are discussions are going on in brussels. they might shift on this later this week. and meanwhile, lukashenko is still very much in power despite those demonstrations that carry on pretty much every sunday — in large numbers as well. we see people power on the streets but it is not dislodging him. yeah, clearly the strategy of the authorities in belarus is to see this out, just to hold firm, and to try not to blink now and assume that, at some point, the protesters will get bored but, at the moment, as we see, the images every weekend, the numbers are still holding up.

and i think the reason these sanctions are being imposed now is i think the brits, the canadians and others want to maintain that degree of support for the opposition figures both in terms of sanctions and physically going to see them and show solidarity to keep that pressure up as much as they can to try to encourage the opposition so that there could be some kind of mediated fresh elections or whatever at some point in the future. james landale there are diplomatic correspondent. the newly—appointed director—general of the bbc, tim davie has been questioned by mps on the house of commons digital, culture, media and sport select committee. when asked by the conservative mp philip davies about the corporation's coverage of brexit, mr davie defended the bbc‘s impartiality. i have said there are plenty of areas where we need to reach out, and this is true of all institutions, reach out to people who feel that the metropolitan media elite

do not represent their view. i'm not self flagellating here because the bbc has got a better record of that if you listen to the 6.30 shows, the idea that we didn't connect with people around the country, 29 local radio stations, and finally it is no—one's job in the bbc to be clear, to directly answer, which is to toe the government's line. everyone's job is to represent impartially the situation across all the lines. that's ourjob. so, what is it that metropolitan... what are these metropolitan views that people out in the sticks so to speak feel so sidelined about if brexit is absolutely not one of them? there might be all kinds of areas like rural affairs, economic social mobility, concerns around... basically, housing. all those kinds of issues that a re reflected differently. you and i know that when you travel a long way outside cities,

the uk feels a very different place. the bbc is in a good position on this — 91% of people do 18 hours a week, but what i have signalled is unfortunately i know this would help fix a narrative but it's not the case. what i am saying is there is a danger there in terms of the way the uk is developing. people are more partial, they want to hear their own view, and i want to balance the bbc. it's important to this institution and the creative interest. i care about it, and we're not... it is not about simply vocalising one particular point of view or the other. it's about going out and representing the debate. and i am all, by the way, for hearing where we don't get it right because it's going to be, and it's an art and not a science. as editor in chief, i take responsibility for that. that is the bbc‘s director general

tim devi. the headlines on bbc news... the uk reports more than 7,100 new cases of covid—19 — another daily record. there were a further 71 deaths. as more lockdown restrictions are introduced in parts of the uk — the prime minister apologises and says he "misspoke" after getting details of new rules in the north east wrong. the government has promised radical changes to the education system in england to help boost the post—covid economy. let's return now to that first us presidential debate — that will take place tonight in ohio. 0nly rarely do these set—piece events produce a really defining moment that influences the result. nick bryant talks us through two celebrated occasions. gerald ford was always going to struggle to win the 1976

election after watergate and vietnam, but in the second debate, he committed one of the biggest gaffes in tv debate history. there is no soviet domination of eastern europe and there never will be under foreign administration. —— undera —— under a board administration. i'm sorry, could ijust quote, did i understand you to say, sir, that the russians are not using eastern europe as their own sphere of influence and occupying most of the countries there? —— ford administration. it is notjust mistakes that make an impression. in 1984, ronald reagan showed how humour could be deployed as well as blows. i will not make age an issue of this campaign. i am not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent's youth and inexperience. after walter mondale heard reagan's famous zinger, he said he knew he had lost the election. i wonder how many zingers will be on

tonight on—site debate. i've been speaking to randi reed, former republican congressional candidate for nevada and laura schwartz, who served as an advisor the president in the clinton administration. i began by asking laura whether because of the current polling, the first debate wasjoe biden's to lose. when you are on top, the first thing is do no harm. if you can come out of the debate in the same standing as he's gone, he has won. it is all in expectations game and joe is a bit of a slower guy. it is interesting then because the summer trump has been going afterjoe and calling him sleepyjoe and top king about him being senile and cognitively slow. so trump has set the bar really low forjoe biden. he just needs to come out and say a few things and leave. i think he just needs to stick to his strong message and just be

who he is because right now he is beating trump in the character race but i think he has got to take his strength up a bit and address the american people about what he will do going forward to come off with a big win. and randi reed, if trump comes behind in the polls he needs to do something that tv debates does delete. that is if you depend on polls. we saw the same thing in 2016 but can we believe the polls? to the point of the name—calling of sleepy joe biden, i don't think trump coined that — i thinkjoe coined that himself. what does he hide the past seven days he has called at 9.30 in the morning because he could not take

any interview questions. there is a reason that he unfortunately has that name tag and i think trump isjust going to capitalise on it. laura, whatever you think of trump, there was a perception in those debates with hillary clinton in the last election that he actually did quite well, he said that "you would be in jail," with that memorable quote. he stalked around her in an intimidating way and many people did think he did well. well, two things. you have to look at what people really want to get out of this debate. are they looking to find out more about policy or the person? i can tell you that hillary clinton, if you polled people afterwards and polls are never rock—solid but what is your thought. but hillary won a policy but from one and trump of having a dinner with this person. joe's perceived empathy with the working man is something that he can play up but people like that strength in donald trump

and that is what it got him over the finish line. it was interesting and i was talking to karl rove, who was one of george w bush's biggest campaign adviser and he said that when george bush was running against vice president gore he was been talking out of the podium into a crouch and his opponent and they prepped george bush for that in the same way they are prepping biden for the tonight and bush was ready for it, gore invaded his space and told him to get back where he was, came from. the crowd loved it and the people at home loved it. i'm surejoe is prepping for that type of stop a tonight. let us see what happens with that. can i ask you what will be the key issues that will be debated? never mind the theatrics and the politics.

the issues of course there is coronavirus, there is racial divisions after george floyd and there is also donald trump's tax affairs. here is the great thing we have going into this debate. in 2016 everybody was just going on a whim with the donald trump, thinking what got here? four years later and donald trump has a resume from coast—to—coast and i think that is what is going to come into place tonight. sure, we are going to talk about the racial divide and coronavirus and we are going to talk about other issues but really, if donald trump can stick to his message which is basically his resume in the past 47 months, not to mention he wasjust nominated for his third nobel peace prize, if he stays on message and stays on point, we are going to see theatrics because it is donald trump. but four years later we have a huge record to go on. laura, what would you say about that? trump just has to show his resume.

i would recommend donald trump sticks to one piece and the economy and its strength before covid. he should take every question he is given tonight and take a back to the economy where he is stronger on. biden needs to take everything back to coronavirus and this response. —— trump's bungled response. that is where the two of them are going to go to, it is their strength, it is their proper corner and if they can do that one will have a chance to come out on top. randi reed, not long to go until the next election. generally they show biden ahead. do you think donald has no chance of winning? wholeheartedly. i think it is going to be a trump landslide. you see the enthusiasm again coast—to—coast, you are seeing truckers for trump, bikers for trump, moms for trump, voters for trump.

you are looking at joe biden's events not really getting a lot of poeple. what you are finding is the silent majority saying that we have got 30 something days until the elections, it is time to get loud it is time to elect donald trump and put four more years in front of us. i do not catch a name, i'm sorry. ben. the other person brought up a very good point and our economy pre—covid was excellent and you are seeing donald trump's economy and the stock market is coming back and we are on our have gone covid numbers down, he announced this morning that he is gone doing not done a tonne more testing and test being distributed throughout the country. if we focus on the economy, i think we are in for a huge landslide. i do not believe the polls one bit. let me put the same question to laura. i read one piece of polling data that said 17% of both trump and biden supporters

could change their minds. is it still to play for? yes, i think it is. when you get down to the electoral colleges in the way we elect a president you can order down to eight battle ground states. and in those states those margins are going to make a huge difference and that is why it is very difficult because we have been through this nightmare the last time, the polls were not accurate, but we are looking atjust a small amount of american people that say they could change their minds. and about four to 5% say they haven't made their minds up at all. there is a small sliver, they are doing a lot of research on that. you are going to see a lot more time spent by both candidates and those very strategic states. i really believe that when they lay their record out, people who are affected positively by trump... some of his voters last time

like suburban women and even the white college educated voter they are looking at these numbers, covid i mean we had 7 million infections. rapid tests came out of the way has yesterday which is fantastic but it is six months overdue. the question is is going to be too little too late? and we're going to see that as it unfolds in the few weeks. that was laura schwartz who worked in the clinton administration and randi reed a former republican congressional candidate. george is here with the news at six in a few minutes but first a look at the weather with susan powell. hello. after a large swathe of the uk enjoying a dry and sunny afternoon, our weather picture is looking very different for tomorrow. wet and windy pretty much across the board. the wind will start to pick up even through this evening towards the west of the uk. this little ridge of high pressure has kept us fine today but this area

of low pressure is what's coming into play for wednesday. and so in the next few hours, the wind will start to strengthen in the west. through the evening, the cloud will move into northern ireland followed by the rain just before midnight and then that rain will work its way into western scotland, cumbria, lancashire, wales, and the south west of england by the end of the night. a much milder night thanks to the strengthening south—westerly wind and milder air being pulled in around the area of low pressure but that said with the wind and the rain around on wednesday, it is going to feel quite chilly. the rain, heavy and persistent across the western side of the uk. perhaps dry in the east until the afternoon but then we're looking at some quite heavy, intense downpours pushing up from the south. temperatures 12 or 13 for scotland, 14 in northern ireland, 17 in the south east of england. but as i said it will feel cooler because of the wind and the rain. now, this set of weather fronts does pull away eastwards overnight wednesday into thursday.

there's a little ridge of high pressure that you can just make out that little hill there behind me in the pressure pattern that for thursday offers us something a little bit more promising again in terms of some dry and sunny weather. but later on in the day, there will be some heavy showers starting to push in from the west. it really is if anything just a little bit of a blip in the bigger picture. it is the area of low pressure that's going to dominate our weather for the next few days. the area of low pressure has a few centres that kind of roll around each other, and each one in our model comes up with a slightly different solution as to where it places the heaviest of the rain and the strongest of the winds through friday, saturday, and sunday. but there is sunday — you can see that looks like a bull's—eye, that pressure chart. the outlook for the end of the week is a very wet and windy one, and it will feel chilly as well. at the moment, it looks like sunday will be the windiest of the days. current thinking has the strongest winds to the south of the uk but that is subject to some change as we go from model run to model run. but as you can see, there's no question our outlook looks unsettled.

today at six — boris johnson apologises amid mounting confusion over the covid rules for northeast england. new rules for the region come into force from midnight — but even the prime minister didn't seem to know exactly what they were. you should follow the guidance of local authorities, but its six in a home or six in hospitality, but as i understand it, not six outside. no wonder people there are confused — what's the difference between a rule and a ban and is there a difference between advice and guidance? i'm afraid that i'm going to be told, "oh, you're not allowed to be doing that" when i didn't really understand it. it'sjust very confusing about what to do. it's changing every single day. just trying to understand one rule, and then another one comes in. all this as figures show the highest daily number of covid—related deaths