this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. president donald trump is taken to hospital less than 2a hours after testing positive for coronavirus — he shared a video message before being admitted. i want to thank everybody for the tremendous support. i'm going to walter reed hospital. i think i'm doing very well, but we are going to make sure that things work out. the first lady is doing very well. so thank you very much, i appreciate it, i will never forget it, thank you.

more aides to the president test positive, including former adviser kellyanne conway and his campaign manager, bill stepien. the president has received a number of treatments to slow the progress of the virus — including one not yet approved by regulators. in the uk, liverpool, warrington, hartlepool and middlesbrough face new restrictions from today — including a ban on households mixing indoors borisjohnson will hold a video meeting today with the president of the european commission, after the final round of post—brexit trade talks ended without agreement. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world — and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. the us president donald trump has been flown to a military hospital less than 2a hours after testing positive for coronavirus. the president's doctor said he was "fatigued

but in good spirits". he's been given remdesivir, a drug designed to prevent lung shutdown — but he is not currently needing oxygen. he has also received an experimental antibody treatment to help speed his recovery. his democratic rival for president, joe biden, wished mr trump a speedy recovery and has suspended campaign advertisments attacking the president. here's more from our north america editor, jon sopel, in washington. news anchor: all right, the breaking news is that president trump was hospitalised tonight for coronavirus... ..hospital, where he will spend the next few days... ..a precautionary measure after testing positive... ..at the walter reed medical centre... an extraordinary moment in an extraordinary day. the president leaves by marine one from the south lawn, destination walter reed military hospital. i think i'm doing very well, but we're going to make sure that things work out. the first lady doing very well. so thank you very much, i appreciate it, i will never forget it. thank you.

but if the symptoms are mild, why is he having to go to hospital — particularly when the white house has its own medical unit with a team of doctors and nurses and a well—equipped surgery? as you know, tonight's al smith dinner... on thursday night, in what now appears to be grim irony, the president made a speech from the white house about the pandemic. the worst was behind us, he said. i just want to say that the end of the pandemic is in sight and next year will be one of the greatest years in the history of our country. the ripples of concern will reach everyone who's been in close contact with the president, not leastjoe biden, who shared a debate stage with him for a shouty 90 minutes on tuesday night. a debate where the president ripped into the democratic candidate for his mask wearing. i don't wear masks like him, every time you see him he's got a mask. he could be speaking 200 feet away from you, and he shows up with the biggest mask i've ever seen. biden chuckles. and it was noticeable that none of the trump entourage

wore face coverings. that actually violated the rules of the cleveland clinic, which was in charge of all the safety issues inside the hall, which were that everybody except for the president, the vice president and i were not supposed to wear masks — i mean, were supposed to wear masks. messages of support have come in from around the world. this from borisjohnson, who's been where the president is now. obviously, i think we all want to send our best wishes to the president and the first lady, and i'm sure they will both stage a very strong recovery. wishing him well. wishing new zealand's best wishes to the president and first lady for a positive robbery. we've seen several world leaders affected and i stand with others in wishing all the best because this is obviously a virus that has had a globally devastating impact. and messages of support, too, from political rivals. this from joe biden, who's tested negative. my wifejill and i pray that they will make a full and quick recovery. this is not a matter of politics.

it's a bracing reminder to all of us that we have to take this virus seriously. but another leading democrat, the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, comes very close to saying to the president, "serves you right." this is tragic, it's very sad. but it also is something that again, going into crowds, unmasked and all the rest, was sort of a brazen invitation for something like this to happen. the president has now left the white house and is in the care of the medical teams at walter reed medical centre, to the north of washington. it is an unbelievable series of developments that have taken place. no—one could have imagined this. but now the president has coronavirus and he is in hospital — and who knows how the election will unfold? jon sopel, bbc news, at the white house.

we know how president trump likes to keep his followers updated on social media. but there've been very few tweets from the president since his condition was made public. however, since arriving at the hospital the president has published one tweet. it said, simply... the president announced positive test results for himself and his wife, melania, in a tweet on friday. it followed a confirmed diagnosis for his close aide, hope hicks. so who else from the president's inner circle has tested positive for the virus in recent days? the former white house counsellor kellyanne conway has — she attended an event at the rose garden on friday. also at that event was utah senator mike lee — who is on the judiciary committee. he's confirmed he has the coronavirus. senator thom tillis of north carolina also tested positive. he was in the rose garden on friday. but when both senators became infected remains unknown. and finally bill stepien — the president's campaign manager — has also tested positive. he was reportedly spotted getting

into a vehicle with hope hicks. our washington correspondent barbara plett usher is outside walter reed hospital — she says arrangements are being made to allow the president to remain in charge of the us government. he has a special presidential suite with secure communication so in theory he can continue his tasks but it all depends on his health and whether it continues to worsen. can fulfil his presidential functions. it will be a bit awkward of course because it's unlikely we will not make the will be allowed m, will not make the will be allowed in, certainly less likely than in the white house. one would have thought walter reed would take the isolation seriously but i think the bigger question is how we will feel. we are at the beginning stages of this and the trajectory has been if

you have mild problems, they could become severe by the fifth or sixth day, so we will see if that is the case. so long as he is feeling well, he can still perform his functions, not as smoothly as more because they would have to be the done virtually but the bigger question is how the disease will affect him. details have emerged of the treatments which are being used to help the president. dr maria sundaram, who's an infectious disease epidemiologist, told my colleague celia hatton about the benefits and risk they could have. the purpose of those types of trunks is to reduce the viral load earlier on in the course of illness, so hopefully it might reduce the severity of illness and may be a matter of time you spend feeling ill and being. ideally it also reduces the amount you might be able

transmit the virus to other people. this the other one, results for it in clinical trials have mixed. some have found its beneficialfor in clinical trials have mixed. some have found its beneficial for people on ventilators and there is a clinical trial that founder may be a shortening of the disease for maybe 10-11 shortening of the disease for maybe io—ii until four days. there shortening of the disease for maybe io—ii untilfour days. there are shortening of the disease for maybe io—ii until four days. there are a few other cities that found it didn't really have much benefits are a bit ofa didn't really have much benefits are a bit of a mixed bag. white like you said these drugs are undergoing clinical trial so how common is it for patients to be offered these drugs? is donald trump in a normal year? to a nswer year? to answer your question as to whether he is an anomaly is certainly yes. there are many things about the us president being ill that may not apply to other americans but sort of outside the scope of the act, is it normal to

move through drugs that have not been approved for use by the us fda? in normal circumstances, no, but you're not living in normal circumstances the eyes. we are in an emergency situation where there may be reason for compassionate use of drugs that have not yet been approved or they've been authorised for emergency authorisation. are we getting mixed messages here? what can we read into the fact he has received these treatments early on after receiving a positive diagnosis? nell might great question and emergency authorisation is a term referring to the emergency of the pandemic, not an individual was mike emergency. it's very hard to tell what exactly the course of illness may be for the president right now based on the drugs he has

received. both of them may have some benefit to shortening the illness and that may be one of the positive effects on both of them may have some benefit in terms of reducing severity which may also be at the forefront of the mind. it's hard to know what will happen over the course of next several days full they might develop milder illness, oi’ they might develop milder illness, ora they might develop milder illness, or a fever, and it's very challenging to figure out if they then recover or go on to develop even more of an illness. we will have to wait and see what happens. i'm joined now by the american journalist and author denis campbell — denis also hosts a global political podcast called ‘the three muckrakers' thank you for your time today. in terms of watching events unfold, president trump seems to have been taken to hospital out of caution but pretty quickly and therefore the

initial thoughts of god to be primarily with his health. indeed and what speaker pelosi said yesterday came very close to what i'm hearing all across the web is people calling this the calmer virus, he got sick from his own failure to control the virus and had a fairly cavalier attitude and approach. for the past week to ten days, there have been multiple super spreader events and because he shunned masks, he's been exposed to higher concentrations of the virus which can worsen the course of the disease for him. he has a lot of ability is, quite obese, morbidly some would say, 74—year—old man, has leaves a lot to be reckoned with. but no one knows where he caught it. it could have been several places.

it's not a surprise but he still seems to be saying this is over and done with when it is not. isn't that unforgiving to criticise a man when he is ill? will it make it difficult forjoe biden to go after him too ha rd forjoe biden to go after him too hard because assuming and i hope eve ryo ne hard because assuming and i hope everyone will hope that we will pull through but it will change the dynamics of the election fight. to a point. he has been absolutely ruthless in his own attack onjoe biden and his cognitive abilities, mental abilities, and at the end of the day, we have to take a look at what will happen. joe biden has pulled all his negative adverts and the whole campaign has said they would not do that for donald trump. of the shoe was on the other, you would be hearing three in all caps saying biden should drop out of the

race altogether. it's a double standard, it's quite polarised. everyone is within their own political tribes and yet when you look at what is going on, we have a situation where we have several people in the white house that now have the disease. we have a supreme court nomination in jeopardy and every republican senator and representative attended every one of these meetings and they should be in... if trump is ill for a prolonged period of time, does that jeopardise the election? the date of the election is the first tuesday after the first monday, the second monday, that is something that will not change, there will be a lot of human crime over the next several weeks. they will say i love biden

should pull himself up from the campaign. that casting data is concrete. couldn't be emergency legislation passed to change that if necessary? he needs both houses to pass it and to sign it. i don't think a democratic plea controlled house of representatives would say they will do this. the timetables will already be stressed because of so will already be stressed because of so many male ballots being counted so so many male ballots being counted so experts say up to 50% if not more, and then you say whether they will be counted. otherwise it goes to the house and that there is no decision and they automatically become president, so no one wants to see that as the outcome and there is so see that as the outcome and there is so much interest in the election. thank you. thank you for your

thoughts. trump's re—election campaign team says his events will be posponed or switched online> new coronavirus restrictions have come into force across parts of northern england. from today, people living in liverpool, warrington, hartlepool and middlesbrough can no longer meet up indoors with anyone they don't live with. this includes bars and restaurants. 16.8 million people or around i in 4 of the entire uk population are now living under some form of increased measures. it comes as 770 students have tested positive for the virus at northumbria university in the north east of england. this report from greg mckenzie. hi, becca! hello. a student house in a student street in newcastle. coughs. all the people in this room have

tested positive for covid, and are now isolating. the neighbours have had it too. we thought we were, like, some dangerous household, "we've got covid, stay away." but they were like, "we've already had it." you think it's already widespread in student houses in the street? absolutely, oh, it's widespread completely. also with everybody going back out on the night out scene, or whatever‘s left of it. some in their second year only returned to newcastle a week ago. now 770 students that have tested positive for coronavirus. it has left some questioning why they were allowed back so soon. i think that they definitely had a lot of time, the planning, i think, some precautions are not quite as good as they could have been, like, students coming back to the halls. they were all just thrown back in there and it has shot back up. i don't regret it at the moment, we're still having a good time in the household and we're working through it quite well. with many of the isolating students miles away from friends and family, the universities themselves are having to step in and send out supplies. it's becoming a huge operation. we are working with partners in the students' union and the city council to make sure those

students have supplies. young people have been increasingly blamed the spike in covid infections. these were the scenes last weekend in liverpool, as pubs and bars were forced to close at 10:00pm. but as of today the city is one of many places facing even tougher measures. in merseyside, warrington, hartlepool and middlesborough, it's now illegal for people to mix with anyone from another household. also on the latest watchlist for possible new restrictions in england, rotherham has been added. sheffield has moved to a higher level of support. cheshire west and chester and cheshire east have been added, along with barrow—in—furness. wakefield joins others in west yorkshire on the list.

back in newcastle, these students have another week left in isolation ahead of them — and the hope that student can at least return to some sense of normality, whatever that normal may look like. greg mckenzie, bbc news. martin greenhow is the owner of mojo bar — which has a number of cocktail bars across the north of england, including one in liverpool. how will these restrictions affect you and your business? it's important to say they are already affecting us. to paint a picture to you to understand it, there has been a preconception that the curfew first off has ceased trading and for the vast majority of our industry, more than that. my business alone, 60% of the opportunity for us to trade, which if you take it on top of the 60% reduction in physical capacity we were already struggling with, it's pretty catastrophic. to further explain it, they will be

trading at 80—85% of our pre—lockdown trading levels and since this introduction of the cu rfew, since this introduction of the curfew, that is dropped from 80 — 85% to 20%. in our unit in liverpool last night, the additional measures had not given until after we close the curve and it already had further impact of reducing by 50%. that is down to 10%. i put that firmly down to something we are referring to as guidance fatigue inasmuch as the public just guidance fatigue inasmuch as the publicjust do not know what they should be doing. this is catastrophic for our industry. they cannot sustain trade. what will happen to you? it's understandable that we know going into those

outdoor areas is dangerous but how long can you survive with these restrictions? we know it is dangerous. i've seen no evidence that supports it. i know there has been excel origami to say the result will be a multi—force for the spike in cases than by hospitality but my understanding is they cannot disaggregate the data in several measures were put in simultaneously the and, from that, they've managed to extrapolate this, as far as i know, no rational and that hospitality was the driving force. we've all seen people getting closer than they should in bars and restau ra nts than they should in bars and restaurants because it is a natural human instinct. you cannot open windows or ventilate. isn't safety a

prime prerequisite for this? windows or ventilate. isn't safety a prime prerequisite for this7m windows or ventilate. isn't safety a prime prerequisite for this? it is everyone's first concern but hospitality is the venue people can socialise and safely. we have seen people have led to going back to their homes, back to friends' homes and tours of residencies in the case of students. we have all seen the videos and photographs of queues outside off—licences, parties in the industry. i do think it's very difficult to try not socialise because we are social animals. we have to put it into a situation where the best efforts are made to keep people behaving. we understand your business concerns. thank you for joining your business concerns. thank you forjoining us. if you are in the uk

and want to find out what those restrictions are where you live and how many people have tested positive in yourarea, put how many people have tested positive in your area, put your postcode into the website's section. the uk the uk prime minister and the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen will hold a video call later to try and break the deadlock over a brexit trade deal. borisjohnson said the chances of getting a deal are ‘very good' if both sides ‘exercise some common sense'. the eighth and final round of trade talks broke up yesterday without agreement with disagreements remaining overfishing rights and state aid. our correspondent nick beake is following developments from brussels. we keep hearing willingness on both sides to get a deal and time are getting tighter but this week, the eu has effectively sued the uk over internal markets bill. there is a lot of tension and there is no doubt the european side are extremely frustrated with that legislation which would break the withdrawal

agreement signed just last year but at the same time, there has some progress in the past week or so particularly on the issue of state aid and whether the uk can give substantial subsidies to british companies after the transition period ends at the end of this year. there are significant sticking point still. they have spoken ad nauseam. but today matters. it is the prime minister saying, what trimmers are here for compromise? how much time to give it? i suspect there would be more time allocated for intense talks to try to get those remaining element over the line but it is worth noting there was optimism on both sides and probably more for a while. what is the actual deadline?

they need time at the end of the year to do paperwork so what is actual deadline? the key thing is it can pass through both the uk parliament and european institutions so parliament and european institutions so it needs a few week spot, as we've seen time and time again, with these brexit talks, deadlines can sometimes be slightly artificial and be moved slightly so we are probably looking at the end of this month for the vast majority of this. what is the vast majority of this. what is the relationship like between them? i've been told warm and they are optimistic people so weather that feeds into it at all... over zoom, thank you. other means of communication are available. the latest james bond film has had its release postponed for a third time as cinemas continue to struggle in the pandemic. the name? bond.

no time to die was due to come out in october 2019 but because of production delays it was moved to april 2020. it was pushed back again to november because of coronavirus. producers have now confirmed the film will not be in cinemas until april 2021, acknowledging this would be disappointing for fans. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. not particularly nice when i came in this morning. we have a lot of rain to come this weekend across good parts of the uk. rain likely to lead to some localised thing, some transport disruption and the rain accompanied by that for some of us as well. looking richer, strong winds to france and severe flooding. we are getting rain clouds moving from your and you can see the rain gathering in england, wales and scotland. a few showers but it is across the forest of the day that we have the best chance of at least

some dry weather. and the weather warnings for wales, the west midlands, south—west england and also across eastern areas of scotla nd also across eastern areas of scotland with these areas seeing i20 millimetres of rain a very high ground that really is cause for concern as it is an awful lot of rain. the problem with the rainbow is, julie isn't going to be very far, very fast with scotland, england and wales, brighter out of much of the day, maybe an shower temperatures with countervailing— 14 celsius but as the rain shifts from the south—east, there could be vital here temperatures 15—16 c but for most of us, cool, wet and increasingly windy. overnight, more rain to come which don't have your easterly winds, strengthening and shoving the rain into the mountains the ground in aberdeenshire with flooding impacts overnight as the rain slowly pushes its way across into northern ireland. your sunday's

weather forecast and we have more rain around as well. in the centre of the oil pressure, sunshine and heavy showers so not exactly dry but in the area of low pressure, a and increasingly strong winds with gales for some of us as well through sunday. looking at the forecast into monday, the same area of low pressure means it will loiter across the british isles as we had to monday, tuesday and even into anything as well. staying on settle, monday further outbreaks of rain, sunshine in between these bands of rain but it says on the cool side and any extra rain could just exacerbate any flooding we do have that develops through the course of the weekend, so heavy rain this weekend.

hello, this is bbc news. iama i am a geek to —— the headlines: president donald trump is taken to hospital less than 2a hours after testing positive for coronavirus. more aides to the president test positive, including longtime adviser kellyanne conway and his campaign

manager, bill stepien. the president has received a number of treatments to slow the progress of the virus — including one not yet approved by regulators. in the uk, liverpool, warrington, hartlepool and middlesbrough face new coronavirus restrictions from today — including a ban on households mixing indoors. and crunch talks on a trade deal — borisjohnson will hold a video meeting today with the president of the european commission, after the final round of post—brexit talks ended without agreement. the 40th london marathon kicks off tomorrow, but this year's event will be very different. instead of winding through the streets of the capital, it's being limited tojust elite athletes only. but other keen runners from around the world can take part virtually. and some of them have even been helped out by former england cricket captain, michael vaughan, as andy swiss reports. # don't stop thinking about tomorrow # don't stop thinking ...# pick up your artichokes and your chickpeas or whatever it is you have got.

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