this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk, on pbs in america or around the globe. our top stories: one of president trump's closest advisers, hope hicks, tests positive for coronavirus. the european union agrees immediate sanctions on a0 leaders in belarus responsible for the country's controversial election, but president lukashenko himself is not on the list. the rise in extremism is centre stage in the us presidential race. we report from portland — hearing from members of both far—right and far—left groups. and arise, princess delphine — the daughter of a former king

who has now been given an official title. one of president trump's most senior advisers, hope hicks, has tested positive for coronavirus. ms hicks travelled with mr trump aboard air force one this week to a campaign rally in minnesota. she also accompanied him to ohio for the presidential debate in cleveland. she is the closest person to mr trump known to have contracted covid—19.

let's speakjordan fabian, the white house correspondent for bloomberg news, who helped break this story. thank you for coming on the programme. just tell us what information you've been finding out. hope hicks, as you said, was on air force one with president trump. each of the last few days and today is when she tested positive and she is someone she tested positive and she is someone who is in the president cosmic ‘s ina someone who is in the president cosmic ‘s in a circle. it has wide—ranging implications. not just for the president but the senior staff ‘s what we know right now is the president and the first lady are taking a test. they may have to take additional measures. jason

miller, one of the top people, this is something that has wide—ranging applications. this is something that has wide-ranging applications. you are white house correspondent, give us insight into what kind of testing regime there is in and out of the white house. of testing regime there is in and out of the white houselj can tell you, from our perspective, we get tested every day. we go to the white house with the rapid tests which will get you results back in about 15 minutes. seem more invasive tests which takes more time to find results. it's what test hope hicks has being administered is unclear, they will be going through multiple

rounds of testing as they try to figure out the extent of this outbreak and whether the president and the first lady are positive and negative. releasing the presidential schedule for tomorrow, pretty packed and ready busy. we're not quite sure how this supposed quarantine is. the latest indications we have, pointing out the story as we speak, it's the president schedule, no changes announced by the white house. it's not clear he's going to be staying out of public referring to the quarantine process, referring to the testing that he received. right now again, there is no indication, which

includes a fundraiser. as well asa includes a fundraiser. as well as a trip to florida for a rally. great to get that insight. let's speak to our north america correspondent, peter bowes. potentially significant ramifications, let's focus on donald trump. not much social insta nce donald trump. not much social instance in, wearing masks. his rallies have been saved, he will say, because they've been outside. the president or the

long, for many months now, has been slow to come on board. people wearing a mask in particular. hope hicks was seen getting off air force one without wearing a mask a couple of days ago. a lot of scrutiny and attention. politically, the ramifications, we are really in uncharted territory, with the president talking about being in as we've been discussing, we don't really know how it's going to last and affecting those plans. the next three weeks which are clearly crucial to his election campaign. just remind us where we are with the coronavirus outbreak in the us. steep rises in many countries in europe but nowhere near as bad as when it first happened. where are we in the us? we are

not ina where are we in the us? we are not in a good place. the number of cases has been increasing, in more than 30 states. it's really reflecting what we are seeing, perhaps not as serious as in certain countries in europe in terms of the current surges but we are seeing a steady rise in the number of cases which is causing a lot of concern. i am cases which is causing a lot of concern. iam in cases which is causing a lot of concern. i am in california, this state is still impartial shut down, businesses that still haven't been able to open here in los angeles from the first wave of coronavirus. incredibly cautious as we move into the autumn, the winter and the traditional blue season and through talking to a lot of experts here, they are nervous. i was talking to a nice in a medicalfacility i was talking to a nice in a medical facility the other day. she was expressing a lot of concern that people are frightened first of all to go into a facility like that to get treatment. they are seeing

more and more cases. this is farfrom over in more and more cases. this is far from over in the more and more cases. this is farfrom over in the united states. politically of course, it is still the central issue. a lot of hullabaloo this week about the debate on the behaviour of the candidates but you have you asked people on the street, the main concern is coronavirus, how the administration has dealt with it and how it's going to deal with it in the coming weeks and months. the european union will immediately impose sanctions on belarusian leaders involved in the country's flawed presidential election and the crackdown on the opposition which followed. travel bans and asset freezes will affect forty members of president alexander lukashenka's regime. mr lukashenka himself is not on the list. our news reporter, mark lobel, has more on what the eu has decided. well, it's clear the eu has not accepted the election result in belarus and they said it was an illegitimate inauguration. for pro—democracy protesters on the streets of minsk, they wanted more

concrete steps. finally they have this. sanctions on a0 officials following those september 9 elections and the crackdown on the protests that followed. as you said, president lukashenko isn't that list. the president of the european council's reasoning he's not on the current list, and is following the situation closely. his aim is to have dialogues, presumably his implying if they don't happen, he might be put on the list. so, other options open for the european union, and the delay, this happened a while ago? britain and canada have already imposed sanctions. the eu have to come to an agreement with all of their member states. cypress was saying if we're going to have sanctions on belarus, why don't we have on turkey? they are furious at them

for drilling for gas in their waters. this is an ongoing dispute. so what the eu have agreed is a double strategy, as they call it, a carrot—and—stick approach. they're not going to bring in sanctions on turkey, but they will be looking very closely at what turkey does, hoping they will improve their behaviour in this regard. now, it's a delicate relationship with turkey, turkey want to become a member of the eu, that is the carrot, if you like, and also they have been helping out with the migrant crisis. but it is still a soreness for cyprus. ursula von der leyen, the commissioner president had this to say... we won a positive relationship with turkey. and this would be very much in ankara's interest, but it will only work if the provocations and pressures stop. we therefore expect from now on turkey to abstain from unilateral actions and in case of such actions are from ankara, the eu

will use all of its instruments and options available. that is interesting. keeping the options available. that is the kind of wider international outlook. let's go back to belarus, reminders where all this started with that election? well, people on the streets of belarus have really sent the message around the world. they don't think it was a fair election, they are not determining their own future. we have seen protests every sunday in minsk. many of the protesters have been bundled away and many of the opposition leaders from different parts of the opposition, there's nothing unifying them as such, have had to flee, have had to leave the borders in belarus. a lot of this has caused a lot of concern. president lukashenko's reaction has been to dig in. he has received financial support from president putin. it's one of the moments during this week's us presidential debate that sparked the most headlines was when donald trump failed to condemn white supremacist groups, in particular one called the proud boys. our north america correspondent, aleem maqbool, sends this report from portland where he met both left wing activists and the proud boys

it's become the us capital of radicalism. most american cities have seen some demonstrations this year, but here, they haven't stopped. and it's become a huge election issue. well, this is what almost every night has looked like here in downtown portland, in the four months since the police killing of george floyd in minneapolis, and there have been many flashpoints of violence. some feel over—aggression by the security forces has exacerbated tensions, but the white house says this isn't demonstrating about racial justice, just rioting by anarchists or antifa. a riot is the voice of the unheard. so if you don't want riots,

maybe you should listen. it's not antifa in the streets. it's the people in the streets. it's the people that are being pushed around, the people that deserve life, they're in the streets. but it has led to loss of life. in late august, a large convoy of trump supporters drove past the protesters in portland, some firing paintballs at them. later that day, one trump supporter from a far—right group was shot dead. it's partly why the neo—fascist group the proud boys earlier this week decided to hold a rally in portland, flashing their white power signs. they'd predicted thousands would attend. in the end, it was a few hundred. some who travelled far to be here told me they were looking for confrontation. this is an american city. this is — i'm still an american and i see my brothers and sisters living here in portland dealing with this on a daily basis, and i want to help them, and that's why we're here.

we're here to shut down this violence and bring awareness, national attention. hopefully donald trump sees this. in the debate, when asked to condemn the actions of white supremacists, the president could only manage this. what do you want to call them? give me a name. white supremacists... proud boys... proud boys, stand back and stand by, but i'll tell you what, i'll tell you what, somebody‘s got to do something about antifa and the left... the proud boys have revelled in his response. back in portland, at the same time as the proud boys gathering was a black lives matter rally. it's those here who've been taking to the streets night after night. many americans support their efforts to bring about change, but for others, these scenes are making them all the more determined to vote for donald trump. aleem maqbool, bbc news, in portland, oregon. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: as violence continues to rock nagorno—karabakh, we'll look into the history of the conflict.

in all russia's turmoil, it has never quite come to this. president yeltsin said the day would decide the nation's destiny. the nightmare that so many people have feared for so long is playing out its final act here. russians are killing russians in front of a grandstand audience. it was his humility which produced affection from catholics throughout the world, but his departure is a tragedy for the catholic church. this man, israel's right—winger ariel sharon, visited the religious compound, and that started the trouble. he wants israel alone to have sovereignty over the holy sites, an idea that is unthinkable to palestinians. after 45 years of division, germany is one. in berlin, a million germans celebrate the rebirth of europe's biggest and richest nation.

this is bbc world news. iam i am lewis phoned jones —— i am lewis phoned the latest headlines: after one of his closest advisers tests positive for coronavirus, president trump says he's going into quarantine. the european union agrees immediate sanctions on a0 leaders in belarus responsible for the country's controversial election, but president lukashenka himself is not on the list. more now on the outrage in india following the alleged gang rape and killing of a second young woman. it follows the death of a 19 year—old woman on tuesday. both women were from the lower—caste dalit community. yashica dutt is a journalist and author of the book coming out as dalit. earlier i asked her why dalit women are so often the victims of these crimes in india.

you know, we have to understand that dalit women lie at the intersection of gender as well as caste. so on the pyramid of caste, as we see it in indian society, the dalits are at the bottom but the dalit women lie at the absolute bottom. and also, there is this kind of entitlement that certain upper castes have at dalits in particular asserting our independence or even equality, as we just heard, in the quote. so, when dalit women get social mobility, they get a certain kind of financial independence, that is considered a direct affront to caste superiority. and like it is in this case, this is a crime conducted by thakur men — thakur is a particular upper caste in that area. and they had conflicts with this particular family and that's how they taught the family a lesson. they could havejust, you know, not that it is acceptable, but this could have

been only a rape. the reason that it — we saw this kind of brutality, that, you know, it's difficult to even mention on air, is because she was a dalit person. because they knew they would have this kind of impunity where the police would often fail to find the first information report, the courts would protect them, the entire system would be behind them and also there is this inherent idea that dalit women get raped but it's also not such a big deal. that they often, when they ask for justice, it's exactly like how we see in the us, when black folks ask forjustice. the response is, well, how much are we going to give? so this is the same for dalits in india, when we are asking forjustice, the whole idea is, haven't you gotten enough already? heavy shelling has continued in the disputed region of nagorno—karabakh, with both azerbaijani and armenian forces claiming to have inflicted damage. and neither responding to international calls

for a ceasefire. ros atkins takes a deeper look at the history of the conflict and what is driving it now. though has been an escalating conflict on the edge of europe. —— there has been. a tele— attack, airstrikes, fighter jets coming down, civilian buildings been damaged and over 100 killed. the historic dispute between azerbaijan and amelia has been reignited and what the world is asking can a full—scale bobby stopped? fundamentally, this is being driven by a long—standing dispute that was never resolved and this is why. here on the map you can see our men the west and azerbaijan to the east. both were part of the soviet union. whether to meet isa soviet union. whether to meet is a non— clave called

nagorno—karabakh. in the international community it is pa rt by international community it is part by chris reed but its population is almost entirely ethnic armenian. a war had been thought and despite the un pulling on a media to withdraw its troops, by 1984, azerbaijan had lost. nagorno—kara bakh declared independence and became part of a media in all but name. 26 years on, why is the escalation happening now? the language is hardened. azerbaijan president said... what they are trying to do is force armenians out of the land that they historically lived in. even before azerbaijan existed as a republic but in my vocabulary, it is called ethnic cleansing. this intensification

can be explained looking internally and externally. first domestic politics. in a minute this has been happening... the amelia prime minister has been forced by his domestic policies to back away from the framework agreement that had been negotiated for yea rs that had been negotiated for years between his country and azerbaijan. this is a situation is azerbaijan. where the social problems, falling price of oil, reform needed in the economy, the war is possibly the best possible outcome to make sure that the public rallies around the leader. azerbaijan's oil sector has given it added income and influence. and the differing approaches of turkey and russia is anotherfactor. turkey has been set for as of its support for azerbaijan. translation: the path for a lasting peace requires the

withdrawal of armenian forces. the efforts to slender turkey will not save the union government. this is part of a broader pattern. turkey's willingness to gas drilling, to migration into europe and now azerbaijan as well. france is unimpressed, accusing turkey of warlike messages which have removed azerbaijan inhibitions. azerbaijan has been and bolted i turkey's support. russia has been seeking to mediate rather than of atley taking side giving given russia has a military base in a minute that also will embolden azerbaijan. whatever the rights and wrongs, we are at a moment of high risk. some argue there are too many external figures in this

pa rt many external figures in this part and has a potential turning into a regional conflict. one more wiring dimension, jihad is fighters from syria have been located in a nagorno—karabakh. —— jihadists. translation: this changes the situation. this could become a greater proxy cattle and france and others are desperate to avoid this here. for all of these reasons, this is a ready become about stopping the conflict now and stopping the conflict now and stopping its return. the first pa rt stopping its return. the first part appears likely. if russia, france and the us ceasefire that would not be unlikely. and yet, i mean it controls nagorno—karabakh yet, i mean it controls nagorno—kara bakh save anything good comes this escalation, a lasting resolution may be given the extra urgency it needs. the daughter of the former king of belgium has won a court battle that means

she will now be entitled to be called a princess. the bbc‘s tim allman has the story. artist, mother, wife — and now royalty. delphine boel exhibiting her work earlier this year. the illegitimate daughter of a former king, now a legitimate princess in the eyes of the law. the art she produces telling the story of her life. this is another poem, it's about shame, how i felt shameful ofjust my existence — just to remind you that i didn't become famous because of my artistic talent. it was because i was the dirty laundry of albert ii. delphine boel was born in 1968. her mother was this woman, baroness sybille de selys longchamps, who claimed to have a long—term relationship with prince albert, heir to the belgian throne. delphine took legal

action to try to prove she was her father, he was her father, but by then he was king and enjoyed complete immunity. it was only after his abdication that a dna test could finally prove she was his biological daughter. as the courts confirmed her status, her half brother, king philippe, was swearing in his government. belgium has a new prime minister, and a new princess. tim allman, bbc news. a quick reminder of the breaking news, president trump has that he and his wife will begin quarantining after his close aide, hope hicks, tested positive to coronavirus. in a tweet he says... the first leg.

but is it for me. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @lvaughanjones. hello. september was a drier than average month across much of the uk, but as you know, it's october now, and here comes the rain, initially from this area of low pressure, named storm alex by the weather service in france for impacts there, but nonetheless, parts of the uk are also going to see some very wet and windy weather from that during friday. particularly in england and wales, where it starts very wet in southern england and south wales. the rain moves northwards across the rest of wales, the midlands and east anglia during the day. it clears from parts of southern england, though, to further showers, and it's windy with those strong easterly winds gusting on the south coast, perhaps nearer 60 mph at times, especially the coast of south—west england, nearer70 mph in the channel islands. now, for scotland and northern ireland, well, there are a few showery bursts of rain in north—west scotland

to the west of northern ireland to start the day. that will slowly fade, staying damp in shetland, but much of scotland and northern ireland, sunny spells and a dry afternoon after a chilly start. a chilly start in northern england, a few fog patches around. cloud increasing from the south. the further south you are in northern england, you could see some rain edging in during the afternoon. highs of around 12—16 degrees — that will make for a warmer day in northern scotland then we had on thursday. so, still some rain and brisk winds into england and wales overnight and into saturday morning. if anything, these north—easterly winds will start to strengthen a bit further as the night goes on. slightly chilly where we have some clear spells in scotland and northern ireland. so, as we go on through saturday, then, more rain to come, heavy at times in england and wales. it may clear from parts of south—east england and east anglia into the afternoon. rain heading from east to west across scotland, reaching in towards northern ireland saturday evening, saturday night. still very windy, particularly across parts of south—west england and into the channel islands. similar temperatures

to what we see on friday. further rain overnight and into sunday, with low pressure sitting right across the uk on sunday. there will be outbreaks of rain or showers, some heavy, around. still quite windy around this area of low pressure, and rain totals certainly mounting towards north—east scotland and, over several days, mounting across south—west england. that does bring the prospect of seeing some flooding where we are going to see the heaviest rain and some travel disruption as well. so, a difficult few days to come, weather—wise. there are some met office weather warnings. check out all of those details online.

this is bbc news. the headlines: one of president donald trump's most senior advisers, hope hicks, has tested positive for coronavirus. the president has said he and his wife will begin a quarantine process after his close aide, hope hicks, tested positive for coronavirus. ms hicks travelled with mr trump aboard air force one this week to a campaign rally in minnesota. she also accompanied him to the state of ohio for the presidential debate in cleveland. the european union will immediately impose sanctions on belarusian leaders involved in the country's flawed presidential election and the crackdown on the opposition that followed. travel bans and asset freezes will affect 40 members of president alexander lukashenka's regime. mr lukashenka himself is not on the list. there have been more angry protests in india, after the death of a second woman in an alleged gang rape. she was also from the badly marginalised dalit community. both killings have sparked national revulsion, but gender and caste—based violence continue to be endemic in the country. now on bbc news, hardtalk

with stephen sackur.