hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. donald trump's family and supporters are trying to explain this. stand back and stand by.” stand back and stand by. i do not know of those in the speak but he was telling them to come up there more than happy to condemn that. in the first presidential debate donald trump failed to condemn white supremacists, called on right wing militia to stand by, and refused to promise a peaceful transfer of power. joe biden called him a liar and a clown and told him to shut up. we'll sift through 90 astonishing minutes for american democracy. we'll also update you on the esclating conflict on europe's doorstep. azerbaijan is refusing to end its military operations against armenia as it demands full control of the nagorno—karabakh region. and the human cost is mounting.

the bomb through overhead and fell into her garden. this has been our life of 30 years. only the nurses of shelling. we are very scared for our children. protests are growing in india over the gang rape and death of a young woman — and how the police have handled the case. and at the latest covid—i9 briefing, the uk's chief scientific adviser has warned — "we don't have this under control" if us presidential debates are about informing voters about policy, if us presidential debates are about showing a watching world how democracy works, if presidential debates are about, well, debating — by all of these measures and more — what we saw last night was a failure. for 90 minutes, the pressure america

is under was laid bare. msnbc called it a ‘dark event'. cnn called it a ‘hot mess, inside a dumpster fire, inside a train wreck." conservative commentator ben shapiro said — ‘we all lost‘. in the coming minutes, we're going to work through the key moments and the fallout from an infamous night — starting with president trump passing up the chance to condemn white supremacists. you want to call them, what you want to call them? remake white supremacists. proud boys. stanback and stand by, but i'll tell you what, someone has to do something about anti—foot in the left! so, he didn't address white supremacy — but he did tell a far—right group, the proud boys, to ‘stand by‘. his son, donald trumpjunior, was asked about those comments by gayle king on cbs. proud voices considered a hate group. he told them tonight this,

stand down and stand by. he did not condemn white supremacist groups and what does he mean by standby?” condemn white supremacist groups and what does he mean by standby? i do not know what he means by that. i don't know if those in speaker, beals talking about having them stand out, he is more than happy to condemn them. well, this is the reaction of washington post columnist brian klaas. if somebody didn't condemn it, he gave instructions to this group as if he was their leader. standby by as though he was in for further instructions and i think the tensions in the polarisation around the election are so great and president trump's language so explosive, that i'm really worried about violence from the november elections. (joe biden was asked about those concerns today — here's what he said. blueback if we win this election, he will step down. he has no alternative. the american people will not stand for, no agency will that happening. my message to the

proud boys and all the other white supremacist groups, cease and desist. that is not who we are and thatis desist. that is not who we are and that is not who are as americans. if you don't know the proud boys, this is a group that was founded in 2016. it's far—right, anti—immigrant, and all—male. and there are strict membership protocols. in order tojoin — members have to make a declare they are "a western chauvinist who refuses to apologise for creating the modern world". they've become notorious for violent confrontations and have frequently faced off against opposition groups. facebook, instagram, twitter and youtube have all banned the group. facebook says it considers it a hate organization. they continue to use private social media channels like telegram and parler — where they are reportedly celebrating the president's refusal to condemn them. the other group referenced in this segment of the debate was antifa. that's short for "anti—fascist". it's not a coherent group — and more a loose affiliation of mostly far—left activists. and some antifa activists have a track record of using violence to make their point. they have been prominent

during some black lives matter protests and have frequently clashed with opposing groups and police. to be clear, proud boys and antifa are relatively small — a few thousand active supporters at most, some think even less. but their willingness to use violence means they get a lot of attention. so, remarkably, one issue was the president refusing to condemn white supremacy. the next issue is how moderator chris wallace struggled to contain donald trump's continual interruptions. here's one of many examples. we are moving on. note. tried to be honest. he stood up! the answer to the question is no. sir! sir! that is absolutely! you are going! gentlemen! why

the country would be better served if we allow both people to speak with fewer interruptions. i am appealing to you, sir to do that. frankly, you've been doing more interrupting. but does plenty. less than you have. it was always going to be difficult. 0ne columnist for the new york magazine, "people are hating on chris wallace but i think there was no way to moderate this debate effectively." anne applebaum of the atlantic argues that was intentional. she tweeted "the point of trump's performance in that debate was to undermine confidence in the election and in democracy itself." mr trump himself has responded. ‘chris had a tough night. two on one was not surprising, but fun.‘ two things of interest to note about chris wallace — he is a registered democrat; but on the other hand, he works for a network, fox news, that's consistently supportive of the president. barbara plett usher, two more of these — need to find a way to make it work.

stay with us barbara — we've got more to talk about. the presidential debates are one of those moments when the world watches american democracy. a lot of people after the debate last night, commentators who looked visibly shocked said. let's stop here. i would want to have another one of the it is the point of that. now you have this commission statement saying the more structure is needed for orderly discussion. we are considering new tools we will let you know what they are shortly. there have been calls for things like the moderator being able to cut the mic or to in the debate early if he gets out of hand and bear in mind, that the next debate is going to bea mind, that the next debate is going to be a different format. it is going to be a town hall format in which ordinary people ask questions that might be a format that is less likely to be dominated by donald trump in this way because he did

seemed very calculated about his barrage of insults and interruptions and it did seem to be a tactic of disruption which even his own people said was too hot. joe biden has said that he is going to continue with these debates no matter what and he made quite a lot of money from his campaign during last nights debate. that is an incentive to keep going, but wonder how many more people are going to keep on turning in if the commission doesn't come up with something that can actually bring order to this make it a debate rather a fiasco. i am losing count of the commentators that are going on in articles and tv and saying that this is a crisis in american democracy but we saw last night but we see more generally. you have been covering to american politics for a long time. president trump has been chipping away at the norms and institutions of democracy but this escalated in recent months in the sense that he is been trying to actively cast doubt on the

democratic process itself. mail—in voting saying that it would lead to massive fraud in that there's no evidence that that is the case, he is not committed himself to accepting the results if he thinks that there is fraud. he's not even committed to a peaceful transition of power which is bedrock stuff or democracy inciting the trajectory is alarming and it's democracy and prices here? i would say that the foundations of democracy are being tested. how are we looking in the polls at the moment. joe biden still up, iassume polls at the moment. joe biden still up, i assume was yellow there have not been a lot of numbers since the debate itself, but he has had a very sta ble lea d debate itself, but he has had a very stable lead over president trump for quite a while. between six and 10%. and he also had leads in a number of swing states as well. the feeling going into the debate was that donald trump was on the defensive, he would need to shift attention away from himself towards joe biden in his presumed weaknesses, but that did not happen. it was very much centre stage on his disruptive tactics is of some elements are

saying there is no winner and therefore joe saying there is no winner and thereforejoe biden saying there is no winner and therefore joe biden is saying there is no winner and thereforejoe biden is the winter because he was out in front. update on covidi9 in the uk. prime minister boris johnson is warning the government will not hesitate to bring in further restrictions if need be. here's some of a press conference earlier. no matter how impatient and how fed up no matter how impatient and how fed up we may be come, and we have to show a collective common sense and make sacrifices for the safety of others. the number of new cases is over 7,000 for a second day in a row — with a further 7,108 confirmed cases reported in the last 2a hours. for a second day, there were 71 deaths. and here's chief medical 0fficer chris whitty warning that case numbers are going in the wrong direction.

there is a general increase across the whole of england in the same is also true in scotland, wales or northern ireland with a few exceptions and a very rapid increase in particular areas, particularly in the northeast and northwest in areas in the midlands. let's hear reaction to this from the former government chief scientific advisor, sir mark walport. if we look back to the beginning of september, there were three deaths on the ist of september. two weeks later, 27, we could go 37 and now there have been 71 on each of two days. a think chris made an important point, some that distinguish the uk from other european countries was that when the infection to men, the animation was rather clear that they showed. he was widely distributed and it is still very widely distributed and there is a risk across the country. although, it's quite clear that is

going up faster, particularly in areas across the northeast and northwest, but you can see the intense care missions going up in london. here's our political editor laura kunessberg. a precarious moment for the country and the government and is on the first time you've heard these kind of warnings from the prime minister in recent days. just over a fortnight since the rule of six was brought into applied because cases we re brought into applied because cases were going up again and on the week since the prime minister side of the desk and gave a very unusual address to the whole country again, to warn that we were in a serious moment and that we were in a serious moment and that the reason we are hearing these kinds of warnings and pretty great returns, time and again, is of course first and foremost, because there is real worry about the disease spreading and also that there is a concern about how much there is a concern about how much the public is really paying attention right now and whether or not there is an element of fatigue

after six months of limits on our lives in some way, shape or form. and the other element all of this is that the prime minister is working ina that the prime minister is working in a less forgiving, but more hostile political environment. he certainly has that huge majority in parliament, but as we have seen in recent days, he is less able to rely on support, being comprehensive and being reliable for the things that he will need to do. let me update you on the fighting between azerbaijan and armenia. this is over a breakaway region called nagorno—karabakh — and this escalation is into its fourth day. this video was released by azerbaijan's ministry of defence showing artillery strikes on wednesday. we're told nearly a hundred people have been killed since sunday. nagorno— karabakh is a landlocked region inside azerbaijan. and even though it's recognised internationally as azerbaijan's territory —

it is controlled by ethnic armenians. the region declared independence in 199! and has ruled itself since then — with the support of the armenian government. that has been a major source of tension between these two former soviet republics. they fought a war in the late 19805 and the early 19905 over it. that ended with a ceasefire in 1994 which gave armenia full control of nagorno— karabakh and these surrounding enclaves you can see in darker yellow. and while there was a ceasefire — crucially no formal peace treaty was reached. so this area is still disputed. and on sunday this happened. there was artillery fire and shelling on both sides. armenia has accused azerbaijan of beginning a military operation inside the region — azerbaijan contests this version of events. and this is an extraordinary situation. the guardian reports "we have a situation where we have trench warfare going on in europe more than 100 years after the first

world war,". "in some areas the lines are so close they can hear and potentially talk to one another." now, azerbaijan hasn't come out and reported any military losses. but we know it has suffered casualties. this pictures are from azerbaijani today. we believe this is the funeral of an azeri soldier. this picture was also taken today. it's the aftermath of shelling inside an azerbaijani district bordering nagorno karabakh. you can see the damage. next let's hear from people in another town that's close to the fighting. i woke iwoke up i woke up to the sound of a bomb thrown in her house shook and i woke up my thrown in her house shook and i woke up myfamily thrown in her house shook and i woke up my family and we went outside and the bomb through overhead and fell into her garden. this is been our life for 30 years. with the noises of shelling. we are scared, we are very scared for our children. for oui’ very scared for our children. for

our young people, for her babies, we wa nt our young people, for her babies, we want this to end soon. all of our relatives are on the front line. the bbc‘s gunel safa—rova is close to the town of tartar where fighting broke out on sunday. let's hear from her. throughout the day, i have heard the sounds of artillery and shells, the government announced that armenian units as a result, several civilians are injured by an attack. i have spoken to many people and they said that they fled the city of tartar and they are living under threat of attack for 30 years and theyjust wa nt attack for 30 years and theyjust want this conflict to be resolved. turkey backs azerbaijan in this conflict. and yesterday armenia accused turkey of shooting down one of its fighter jets killing the pilot. and today it released this footage saying this is proof. it says this is the wreckage of the jet. armenia claims it was shot down by turkey in armenian airspace. turkey denies this. here's the prime minister

in an interview on russian state tv. "armenia and the armenians of nagorny karabakh are now exposed to a direct threat from turkey. according to our data, turkey is looking for a pretext to intervene even more broadly in this conflict." armenia also claims turkey has sent syrians to fight for azerbaijan. there's no clear evidence of that — though the guardian reports a turkish security company has recruited syrian rebels as border guards in azerbaijan. and here you have a syrian journalist reporting the deaths of two syrians in the fighting. turkish officials have dismissed the idea it they are sending syrians to fight as ‘baseless allegations'. but turkey is clear about its support for azerbaijan. this was on monday. translation: the time has come for the crisis in the region that

started with the occupation of nagorny karabakh to be put to an end. 0nce armenia immediately leaves the territory it is occupying, the region will return to peace and harmony. many in the international community are worried. the un security council has called for an immediate halt in fighting and a return to negotiations. and this is french president, emmanual macron. translation: i have noted turkey's declarations, which i think are ill—considered and dangerous. and i say this, particularly with regard to armenia, france — within the minsk group in its role which presupposes the impartiality thatjustifies my prudence — remains extremely concerned about the warlike messages that turkey has sent these last few hours, basically de—complexing azerbaijan in what would be a new conquest of nagorny karabakh, we also have this from azerbaijan's president. today he said:

but of course that is a long way from armenia's position. famil ismailov, azeri journalist here at bbc news — and a news editor for bbc russian. gaddafi an outside source and —— good to have you an outside source. the biggest problem. in armenia, close to each other and for the minsk group, since then, a long time ago, the positions are far apart as possible. these are two sworn enemies now. what i can do with some help is enemies now. what i can do with some help - is why is azerbaijan help with is why is azerbaijan pushing this issue so strongly now when armenia has effectively been running this for many years? azerbaijan has lost the war, control

over the area and several surrounding regions. it suffered casualties as well as armenians, but hundreds of thousands of refugees which had to be resettled elsewhere in azerbaijan and this is the biggest possible problem an issue for azerbaijan. they feel they have been overlooked by international communities and they feel that they've been victims of this war and they've been victims of this war and they want to return back to their homes. but there is one big problem that two governments do not speak to each other in those terms. and you must‘ve been in touch with many friends, family and journalistic collea g u es friends, family and journalistic colleagues in azerbaijan, how are they reacting to this escalation? the public mood now is that if there isa war, the public mood now is that if there is a war, we will have to unite with the army, with the government of azerbaijan. that is something that the government was counting on

because with the social problems and the falling price of oil and the reforms needed in the economy. this is the best possible outcome to make sure that public rallies around the leader. but after that, what next? what i'm also thinking about in my generation is our children were fighting in the trenches. it is our children on both sides of the time and the blood that this book there is the worst possible outcome in this problem and that government is not taking into consideration that the blood that the two nations are as farapart as the blood that the two nations are as far apart as possible for many yea rs as far apart as possible for many years to come. thank you very much for joining years to come. thank you very much forjoining us and for bbc russian. there have been protests in india over how the authorites have responded to a gang rape and murder of a woman. the attack happened in the city of hathras in uttar pradesh two weeks ago.

the victim was left paralysed with a broken spine and after two weeks in hospital died yesterday. the protests have been triggered by what happened next. police took the victims‘ remains and cremated them in the middle of the night — despite herfamily pleading to be allowed to take her body home to pay their respects. when news of that emerged, people went onto the streets and led to these clashes with police. the victim was from the dalit community, which is an underprivileged group in indian society. four men from a higher caste have been arrested. police say they cremated the body to prevent outsiders creating a disturbace. and say they did have permission from some family members. here‘s the local magistrate. about four or five about four orfive women about four or five women lay down from the vehicle those carrying the body. i talked to them for ten or 15 minutes and then brought the vehicle to their house. after that, with their consent only, she was cremated. herfamily

their consent only, she was cremated. her family members are present there to make this allegation is absolutely wrong. the family say they were afraid of the police and went along with their orders. the context here is that india has seen a series of attacks involving gangs of men. this story brings back thoughts of the gang rape and murder of woman on a bus in delhi in 2012. that led to huge protests. this latest incident has prompted a similar upset. these women on the streets in uttar pradesh are chanting "modi government come to your senses". activists say that crimes like this — when the suspects are from a higher caste, and the victims families are powerless — often don‘t get investigated properly. bc hindi has a reporter in the town at the centre of the story. i come of this has inspired national outrage. dying in a hospital in new delhi yesterday morning. she was cremated here last night by the police and absence of her family. the family were not even allowed to

see her one last time. there is very heavy media presented in the village, police deployed to maintain law and order. several politicians have tried to visit the village but they are not allowed in the roads leading to this village are blocked by the police. i spoke to the family. the police maintains that the investigation is on and justice will be served. don‘t forget you can get in touch with me and some at between donald trump and joe biden, it extraordinary for a range of reasons donald trump opted not to condemn white supremacy was given the opportunity and we also saw fierce clashes between the two men, very personal, joe biden donald trumpa liarand

very personal, joe biden donald trump a liar and a clown, continuously interrupted joe biden and most people watched it and agreed that they hadn‘t really seen anything quite like it. such was the disquiet about how this wind that 110w disquiet about how this wind that now the commission which oversees these presidential debates, that the first in three have come on the past couple of hours and it will be putting measures in place to ensure what it is calling additional structure. as just a what it is calling additional structure. asjust a polite what it is calling additional structure. as just a polite way of saying that we need to get these two men talking separately and it was so, it was a cacophony of the two candidates in chris wallace, the moderator cutting across each other an awful lot and it was really hard to work out what either of them was saying in any great detail. so, change the formatting changes only work if both men decide to play by the rules of donald trump clearly decided that he wasn‘t going to do that in the first debate. we will see if he does in the different

format of the second debate. i will see you in a couple of minutes‘ time. good evening. pretty wet weather for some of the moment. but things will turn to big dryer to the night and into tomorrow. tomorrow will be much brighter day for many. i completely dry but also compared to the strong winds we have at the moment, it will bea winds we have at the moment, it will be a day of later winds. the stronger winds are in the edge of this with a friend that is bringing rain through the evening, pushing its way eastwards, still rending of the first part of the night through eastern england, eastern scotland and struggles to turn triumph parts of eastern scotland. where the rain will linger, elsewhere you can see that the blue is starting to diminish and turns drier with clear around, particularly across northern ireland, north wales, because he see a touch of frost to take us into tomorrow morning. the picture for thursday morning, a lot more

sunshine around with the exception being the northern half of scotland, outbreaks of rain here in have been marked out for a time, east anglia with some rain around the far eastern coast it if you share his crop up across england, something scotla nd crop up across england, something scotland and northern ireland, showers and the southwest as we go into the afternoon, some of them heavy and fun to take us into tomorrow morning. the picture for thursday morning, a lot more sunshine around the exception being the northern half of scotland, outbreaks of rain here in mmr cloud for time, east anglia with some rain around the far eastern coast it if you shares crop up across england, something scotland and northern ireland, showers in the southwest as we go into the afternoon, some of them heavy and thundering. many will spend the bulk dry and a little bit fresher as a result of today, temperatures in the mid teens. taking the sender thursday evening, the showers push us northwards and to the south. all in the jet stream is panic across the atlantic, dipping down to the side of the uk in within that dip, area pressure will be stuck and be with us for a few days and how that interacts with the jet stream will be showing just how wet and windy it is. it looks like we will see a lot of air pressure developing across france, storm alex, this were the greatest impact will be felt but is potential to cause some disruption across southern counties on friday and

strong gale force winds, maybe 60 mile per hour gusts and pushing its way northwards, exact positioning of that rain could change a little bit further south, the winds might be pretty lighter and greater impact around the english channel. more than half of the country looks predominantly dry on friday with lighter winds and some sunshine. that will change as a going to the weekend but the pressure stood there, and would socket a washing machine and areas of rain and strong winds, particularly around the fringes. even if you get to friday, this potential decision heavy rain and strong winds this weekend.

hello, i‘m ros atkins. this is outside source. after the first presidential debate, donald trump‘s family and supporters are trying to explain this. proud voice, stand back and stand by. i don't know if that was a misspeak but he was talking about having them stand down. it is more than happy thin to condemn them. —— proud boys, stand back and stand by. on the debate stage donald trump failed to condemn white supremacists, and called on right wing militia to stand by. joe biden called him a liar and a clown and told him to shut up. the organisers say they will bring in measures to "to ensure a more orderly discussion" in the next two debates. we‘ll also update you on the uk‘s latest coronavirus measures, the prime minister calling for a common effort to stamp out a patchwork outbreaks across the country there is only one way of doing this.

and that is by showing a collective forbearance, common—sense, and willingness to make sacrifices for the of others. evacuation orders are under way in northern california as wildfires reach the famous napa valley wine region. and the first hydrogen powered train makes a journey on england‘s rail network. more on covid19 in the uk — lots of developments to update you on. new restrictions are now in place in the north east of england. that means around one in four people in the uk are in some form of a local lockdown. this map shows the areas covered by the extra restrictions — as you can see that includes swathes of the north east, north west and the midlands in england, glasgow in scotland and large parts of wales. the measures are primarily aimed at limiting the mixing

of different households. there‘s also growing concerns about the rate of new cases in some parts of the north west, including merseyside and burnley. here‘s yunus mulla. we‘ve had additional restrictions in the place here in parts of the northwest for weeks and in some areas for months now. but that covid—19 infection rate continues to rise and here in burnley it is passed the 300 cases per 100,000 mark. a significant increase over the past week. that has led to the three directors of public health here in lincolnshire issuing an urgent and clear message, they want people to follow the rules because they fear that a potential full lockdown, some kind of full lockdown mayjust be weeks away. with more of the north of england facing stricter measures, the mayor of manchester is warning of a rising divide between the north and south.

andy burnham told journalists... and of course all of this is becoming intensely political. and the government‘s being facing growing pressure over the complexity of the measures and how they are being communicted — they are being communicated — not least because the government itself has been struggling to remember them all. no, i don‘t know the answer to that question but i‘m sure we can find out the answer. ijust don‘t have the details of those seven areas. it is six in a home, or six in hospitality, but as i understand it, not six outside. you are a flagship programme when it comes to serious news. it is not a quiz show. the prime minister later apologised for providing incorrect information about the restrictions, saying he misspoke. and today during prime minister‘s questions, he defended the current restrictions. mr speaker, if the prime minister doesn't understand the rules

and his own council leaders are complaining about mixed messages, how does the prime minister expect the rest of the country to understand and follow the rules? mr speaker, i actually think the people in this country do understand and overwhelmingly do follow the rules and that is in spite of the efforts of the leader of the opposition continually to try to snipe from the sidelines, to undermine what we are trying to do. that was boris johnson and the opposition labour leader keir starmer — and sir keir wasn‘t alone in criticising the goverment‘s approach today. here‘s the speaker of the house sir lindsay hoyle. the way in which the government has exercised its powers to mix secondary legislation during this crisis has been totally unsatisfactory. all too often important statutory instruments are

being published a matter of hours before they come into force and some explanations why imported measures have come into effect before they can be laid before the house has been unconvincing and shows a total disregard for the house. that is a significant intervention. here‘s iain watson explaining why. he basically whacked the government around a bit for the way it‘s been behaving, introducing emergency legislation, emergency powers, treating parliament with comtempt and totally unsatisfactory the way they‘ve got about this. one conservative mp said this was the strongest intervention referred from a speaker and is 29 years in parliament, even including john bercow who obviously had been a very controversial figure especially during those brexit votes. so in recent weeks, a large group of backbench conservative mps have been calling for parliament to have more of a say in new covid restrictions — and they were prepared to vote against the government to get it.

the senior tory mp sir graham brady wanted parliament to vote today on whether measures should be debated by mps before they come into force. but the speaker said he couldn‘t allow that vote to go ahead. the bbc‘s political editor laura kuenssberg tweeted — "so no vote . that spares ministers blushes from a possible defeat but doesn‘t mean they get off." that‘s because the government and the would—be tory rebels have reached a compromise. here‘s health secretary matt hancock. today i can confirm to the house for significant national measures with affecting the whole of england, all uk wide, we will consult parliament wherever possible and hold votes before such regulations come into force. but of course, responding to the virus means that the government must act with speed when required and we cannot hold up urgent regulations which are needed to control the virus and save lives. there are a few caveats — mr hancock there referred to consultation for significant national measures. but many of the latest measures have been local lockdowns — and it‘s worth pointing out that doesn‘t necessarily mean parliament will be consulted. here are the thoughts of sir graham brady who wanted

the government to change approach. members on both sides of the house understand the importance of ministers having the freedom to act quickly when it is necessary but we are grateful that he and other members of the government have understood the importance of proper scrutiny in this place in the benefit that they can bring to better government as well. jonathan blake, westminster... first on what we heard there, to what degree will the government have to change his approach given this compromise for those would be rebels? it does mark a significant shift. and you can guarantee those conservative mps who have been putting pressure on ministers to allow them more scrutiny and more say over the measures put in place to spread of coronavirus will hold the health secretary to his words. so when there are new national measures in the offing from either covering the whole of england or the whole of the uk come mps will expect

due time to debate those, and they will expect to be given a vote on those measures. there is a bit of wiggle room for the government as you heard the health secretary saying that wherever possible, they will allow parliament to vote. that is open to a lot of interpretation. and also he was keen to shut the government reserve the right and needed the power to act swiftly where possible and where necessary in the national interest. we will have to wait and see how this pans out. but for the time being, most of those tory mps who were unhappy about the scope and the severity of the measures being imposed and the lack of parliamentary oversight seem to have been located and got what they wanted. i also want to ask you about the press conference earlier. it's about the press conference earlier. it‘s been a while since we saw the prime minister with two of his top advisers standing up together making advisers standing up together making a statement. a the allotted thing to digest. what would you think is the most significant? an interesting briefing. no new announcements. no

headlines grabbing statistics really. i think it was more a reinforcement of the fact that things are not good in terms of the prevalence of covid—19 in the uk at the moment and they are getting worse. and also a reminder that people need to follow the rules and restrictions that are in place if things are to get better. as you have heard, just now there is a bit of confusion around the laws and the rules that are in place in different parts of the uk. that is perhaps leading to people not sticking to them as closely as they should or in some cases perhaps not even knowing what they are. so i think what you thought that it was in the tent by the prime minister and his senior advisers to reinforce the message that the virus is on the rise in the uk at the moment and i‘m more than one occasion, heard the scientist saying things are going in the wrong direction. thank you, jonathan. we will talk soon. let‘s return to our top

story, the first debate between president trump and joe biden — one of those moments when the world watches american democracy. and a lot of people were unimpressed. here are some front pages. in germany, der spiegel said the debate was ‘a tv duel like a car accident. the state run chinese newspaper, the global times called it ‘the most chaotic presidential debate ever. and italian newspaper la repubblica declared that ‘american politics had never sunk so low‘ and that it was ‘chaotic, rowdy and based on mutual contempt. the times of london described is as "was not a debate in any meaningful sense" but rather "an ill—tempered and at times incomprehensible squabble between two angry septua—genarians who palpably loathe each other". nick bryant from our washington bureau writes...

president trump‘s former national security adviser, general h r mcmaster spoke to bbc world news earlier, and said the deep divisions on show were harming america. we are acting like our own worst enemies. so as you allude to, the russia in particular, it is trying to drag us down. trying to polarise all of our societies, pit us against each other, really amplify these narrow identities in a way that it reduces our confidence in who we are asa reduces our confidence in who we are as a people and in our democratic principles and institutions and processes . principles and institutions and processes. so all of our leaders especially those who onstage last night, they have to be a heck of a lot more responsible because i don‘t even need to recognise the damage they are doing and how easy they are making it for our determined

adversaries. next to the quality of the information we were given. both men said things that weren‘t right — though donald trump did so far, far more thanjoe biden. here‘s chris morris from the bbc‘s reality check. it was really rather hard to fact check what often became a disjointed shouting match, but there were plenty of questionable claims and false statements littered throughout this debate and by our count, the clear majority came from president trump. he said, for example, thatjoe biden didn‘t have any supporters from within law enforcement. not so. he said mr biden‘s son, hunter, didn‘t have a job until his father became vice president. also not true. for his part, mr biden said manufacturing went into a hole before covid struck. whereas manufacturing jobs actually increased by almost half a million in mr trump‘s first three years in office. coronavirus was inevitably one of the big themes. joe biden said the us has 4% of the world‘s population and 20% of coronavirus deaths.

that‘s broadly correct, just over 200,000 people have died in the united states, about a fifth ofjust over1 million people who have now died worldwide. what mr biden didn‘t say is that if you look at deaths compared to the size of population, there are several countries, including the uk, where the outcome has been worse. but this is difficult political territory for mr trump. his response was simply to suggest that more people, ten times as many, would have died with mr biden in charge. obviously a claim that‘s impossible to prove or disprove. the president also said a vaccine could be ready within weeks. most experts think that is highly unlikely. mr trump said he built the greatest economy in history, and there is no doubt it was doing well before the pandemic struck. growing by about 2.5% a year. but it was also doing well in the last three years of the obama administration, growing by about 2.3% per year. and there have been periods

of much higher growth in the past 70 years than what we saw under president trump before the covid crash. some of the most striking language in the debate, though, was on the subject of postal voting. "this is going to be a fraud like you‘ve never seen," said mrtrump, "a rigged election." but mail—in ballots are not new. nearly a quarter of votes cast at the last presidential election were mail—in. obviously, that number will increase this year because of the pandemic. but there is no evidence that postal voting produces widespread fraud. in fact, one study puts the overall rate of voting fraud in the united states at less than 0.0009%. questioning the integrity of the entire election really isn‘t politics as usual. sometimes it is worth taking a step back and remembering that. and there are still two more debates to come. we‘ve been covering the reacion to the president‘s comment during the debate

that the proud boys — an extreme right—wing group — should "stand back and stand by" — in the past few minutes, he‘s commented on that. he says he doesn‘t know who proud boys are but they should stand down and let law enforcement do its work. it appeared that he knew who they we re it appeared that he knew who they were when he referred to them last night. the president trying to respond to the fury and upset that his comments during the debate of cost. stay with us on outside source — still to come... the world health organisation is facing allegations aid workers tackling ebola in the drc traded offers of work to women — in return for sex. the bbc has seen a leaked document in which the uk‘s chief brexit negotiator concedes that british car makers could face new trade taxes — known as tariffs — even if there is an overall deal

with the eu. faisal islam reports. it is a tough time right now in the car industry. last friday, the ford engine plant at bridgend closed its doors. the industry faces a perfect storm of pandemic, the end of the engine and, in the uk, barriers with its main markets. the industry wants a deal but has been told, even if there is one, some of its key priorities can‘t be negotiated. the uk‘s top negotiator with the eu, david frost, wrote to car manufacturers earlier this month to say its need to count non—european parts, particularly from japan and turkey, as british had been rejected by the eu, and obviously we can‘t insist on it. this effectively means the deal might not apply to some factories‘ exports. it‘s pretty critical for the cars that are produced here to be exported not only to europe but to other countries. if it‘s not going to be done, what

is the consequence for the industry? one of the big ones would be japan, because japanese manufacturers in the uk bring components, engine components and so on, in from japan, so that could have quite difficult circumstances. this is especially the case for electric vehicles with expensive foreign batteries. even if there is a deal or post brexit trait with the eu in the next few weeks, the compromises made will create winners and losers in different sectors of the british economy at a tough time. and so this leaked letter gives a unique insight into that black box of what the uk government is asking for and what it is willing to insist on. and the car industry thinks that it might be being traded off against other industries. this is outside source live

from the bbc newsroom. i‘m ros atkins. our lead story is: the us commission on presidential debates says it‘ll announce new measures to ensure what it calls a more ‘orderly discussion‘ in the two remaining debates between donald trump and joe biden. tuesday‘s debate descended into name calling and mud slinging. three more people have died as firefighters in northern california struggle to contain two fast—moving wildfires. this map shows all the fires currently burning on the west coast. and, according to the agency cal fire, since the beginning of the year, wildfires have burned over 3.1 million acres in california alone. they say that number is 26 times higher than the acres burned in 2019 for the same time period. one of the current fires, known as the glass fire, is causing huge damage in the napa valley wine region. jonathan vigilotti from cbs is there. high humidity overnight has helped

calm down the flames, giving fire crews who are already stretched thin, a bit of an upper hand here. still, the glass fire only stands at 2% contained and a high wind event is expected later this week. the fast moving glass fire continues to burn through the world—famous napa valley, destroying dozens of homes and businesses and threatening hundreds more. more than 80,000 people have been forced to flee, including the entire towns of calistoga and angwin. you‘re looking at your house, going, "am i ever gonna see it again?" some of the region‘s historic wineries and vineyards have suffered millions of dollars in damage. fire crews attack the flames from above. but on the ground, law enforcement officers and homeowners are getting desperate. you know, they... that's the whole thing. they're overwhelmed. it's crazy. i've never seen anything like it.

this is the fourth major fire in this area in three years. a 2017 fire here killed 22 people. douglas and joan have evacuated now twice. you feel so isolated and out of control, nothing you can do. it'sjust nice to have people around you that are caring. it means everything. at least 29 people have died so far this year in california. here at the glass fire, hundreds of structures have burned and that number is likely to grow. the world health organisation is pledging to investigate allegations from dozens of women that they were sexually abused by aid workers who were sent to the democratic republic of congo to tackle the ebola outbreak there. 51 women have accused staff from the who and other aid agencies — in an investigation by the new humanitarian and the thompson reuters foundation.

the majority of the women say numerous men propositioned them, forced them to have sex in exchange for a job or terminated their contract when they refused. 30 of the complaints specifically relate to incidents involving men who said they were from the who — with some women saying they were "ambushed" outsidejob centres, plied with drinks and forced to have sex. two women say they became pregnant. here‘s some of their testimony. there was no work here. it is impossible to find a job. one morning, a doctor working for the response came to me. he was a who doctor. he told me to come to his hotel then he said you can get a job with the who if you have sex with me. i didn‘t want to, but! with the who if you have sex with me. i didn‘t want to, but i thought i could not choose. work was most important, so all i obliged. i asked

him to use a condom but he didn‘t wa nt him to use a condom but he didn‘t want to. so he refused. then i left nj. and after two days, i sighed that he blocked my phone number. after a few weeks, i noticed that i was pregnant. i have been left with nothing and now i must raise this child all on my own. the allegations centre around the city of beni, in the east of the drc. they are alleged to have happened between 2018 and march of this year, when more than 1,500 who workers were in the drc to help the government—led operation to control the ebola outbreak. the who said "anyone identified as being involved will face serious consequences, including immediate dismissal" — describing the "the betrayal of people in the communities we serve" as "reprehensible. our correspondent anne soy has been looking into this for us. i have been speaking to some people that i met when i covered the ebola outbreak in east the rc and am

really surprised that they were telling me that they are not surprised that this has come out. so yes, clearly this was something that was going gone, this is something that was well known to those who we re that was well known to those who were in those circles. it is shocking because it is coming just a few years after the allegations of the investigation in haiti about aid workers there in the me two of movement that followed, so it is really shocking that they could go on for so long and it could go on at this scale. no doubt a blot on the reputation of the world health organisation and all the other organisations that have been implicated in that investigation. but i do not suppose it will take it a lot of attention. no doubt it will impact the trust the communities have in the who and other organisations that have been implicated. what we have heard from

the new humanitarian of the thomson reuters foundation is that two of the international organisations had already announced they would conduct internal investigations with their own staff to just cover what went on following that revelations in the report. some of the organisations, we don‘t know yet which organisations these are but the who has come forward as she said earlier, and announced it will also carry out its own investigations. important transport story. a hydrogen—powered train has travelled on britain‘s rail network for the first time ever, reaching speeds of up to 50 miles per hour. the prototype train is called the hydroflex — and it made a 25—mile round trip, all while producing zero emissions. our transport correspondent tom burridge was on board. a 20 mile hydrogen powered round trip and the first for uk rail.

here we are, uk mainline, running on completely clean, green electricity. hydro fuel cell and battery. back on board, hydrogen is mixed with oxygen to produce electricity to power the motors. having trains that can run on hydrogen power means they can run where there aren't overhead wires, no electricity available, we can run trains that emit zero emissions. this is a prototype, so its maximum speed is about 50 mph. it takes most of the day to fill up its hydrogen tanks on board and then it can travel about 100 miles. the challenge now is to get all of this equipment underneath the train so we can have passengers inside and run on the surface. the aim is for paying passengers to travel on trains like this one by the end of next year. the project has a government‘s backing.

the hope is to get it up to 200 miles normal line speed and get all the infrastructure in place will be important. that is the broader challenge, having enough hydrogen available to power trains in the future, ensuring that the hydrogen itself is sourced in a sustainable way. tom burridge, bbc news, in warwickshire. i will say goodbye. good evening. still plenty wet out there for some you at the moment. but things will turn to big dryer to the night and into tomorrow. tomorrow will be much brighter day for many. not completely dry but also compared to the strong winds we have at the moment, it will be a day of later winds. the stronger winds are in the edge of this front that is bringing rain through the evening, pushing its way eastwards, still rain of the first part of the night through eastern england, eastern scotland and struggles to turn parts

of eastern scotland. where the rain will linger, elsewhere you can see that the blue is starting to diminish and turns drier with clear skies around, particularly across northern ireland, north wales, because he see a touch of frost to take us into tomorrow morning. the picture for thursday morning, a lot more sunshine around with the exception being the northern half of scotland, outbreaks of rain here and east anglia with some rain around the far eastern coast, showers crop up across england, something scotland and northern ireland, showers and the southwest as we go into the afternoon, some of them heavy and take us into tomorrow morning. the picture for thursday morning, a lot more sunshine around the exception being the northern half of scotland, thursday evening, the showers push us northwards and to the south. all in the jet stream is panic across the atlantic, dipping down to the side of the uk in within that dip, area pressure will be stuck and be with us for a few days and how that interacts

with the jet stream will be showing just how wet and windy it is. it looks like we will see a lot of air pressure developing across france, storm alex, this us were the greatest impact will be felt but is potential to cause some disruption across southern counties on friday and strong gale force winds, maybe 60 mile per hour gusts and rain pushing its way northwards, exact positioning of that rain could change a little bit further south, the winds might be lighter and greater impact around the english channel. half of the country looks predominantly dry on friday with lighter winds and some sunshine. that will change. pressure there. rain on the fringes but heavy rain and strong winds at this weekend.

hello, i‘m ros atkins, this is outside source. after the first presidential debate, donald trump has been forced to explain this. proud boys, stand back and stand by. but donald trump now says he has always condemned white supremacists. you‘ll have to give me definition because i don‘t know who the proud boys are. you will only list i can only say that i have to stand down and let law enforcement do their work. he didn't know who they were but he didn‘t know who they were only the third term in the debate. lots of name—calling and mudslinging. the moderator said they are going to introduce more measures