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'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 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. today's other news — 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. 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 is 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. 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 wife jill 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. 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. several of the cases have been linked to a white house rose garden event introducing coney barrett as trump's supreme courtjudge nomination. although where people became infected can not be proven. so, who else has tested positive for the virus in recent days? they include the president's longtime counsellor kellyanne conway — who attended an event last saturday, one week ago. 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 tested positive. he was also at that event in the rose garden on saturday. and finally bill stepien — the president's campaign manager — has also tested positive. he was reportedly spotted getting

into a vehicle with hope hicks. of course the president is not alone in testing positive for the coronavirus — in fact the us makes up around a fifth of all cases globally. in the past week almost 300,000 cases have been reported there — that's according to thejohn hopkins university. in total more than seven million cases of the virus have been confirmed across the united sates. more than anywhere in the world. the us also has the world's highest number of covid—related deaths — over 208,000 since the pandemic began. and almost 5,000 deaths have been reported this week — with over 900 recorded within the last 2a hours. 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 he can fulfil his presidentialfunctions. it will be a bit awkward of course because it's unlikely aides 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 he 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 because they would have to be done virtually but the bigger question is how the disease will affect him. our health editor, hugh pym, joins me now. we hugh pym, joins me now. have heard about a coup

treatments we have heard about a couple of treatments the president has been given, first antibodies which are not fully formally approved yet, they are still in trials. that is right, they are laboratory amid antibodies designed to work as natural antibodies would work in the immune system to combat the virus, produced by a company, and they haven't been fully tried out but that doesn't seem to be any downside with them. the trial so far have not shown any great risk so it seemed an obvious thing to do to administer to the president. he has also been given an antiviral medicine which again hasn't been fully tried out but it has been used to combat other viruses. it was used during the ebola situation a few years ago and it tends to decrease viral loads and it tends to decrease viral loads and it cuts the recovery time but it doesn't in any way at the moment save lives in terms of its efficacy, but both of these are seen as the

best way forward for patients who risk becoming more seriously ill with covid—i9. risk becoming more seriously ill with (avid-19. is it surprising they are being given so are they? what does that tell us about the president's state of health? does that tell us about the president's state of health7m does that tell us about the president's state of health? if you go along with the white house expression of this being a precautionary series of measures that have been taken by the president going to hospital this is in the same vein. this is saying administer these treatments so they began to take effect to make it less likely he becomes more seriously ill, to help his immune system deal with covid—i9 and to reduce the risk of him becoming more seriously ill and needing intensive care and ultimately oxygen. as a reporter raised why was the president being taken to hospital given there are medicalfacilities at taken to hospital given there are medical facilities at the white house? but we know there can turn very fast and therefore perhaps it would be quite obvious to take the president, the head of state, into a fully equipped hospital? yes. again,

if you take the precautionary approach they probably feel he is better off there with all the facilities of this world leading hospital to monitor various conditions and situations that might arise, to keep monitoring the president's health and to have oxygen there should be required. it is not required at the moment we are told and better off to be there just in case it can turn quickly. boris johnson when he became ill back in april was in a flat for a week. of course we didn't know nearly so much then about covid—i9 and potential treatments. he was in the downing street flat and eventually went to hospital when the symptoms had got worse and within 2a hours he was in intensive care so this is the opposite, if you like, this is the president going very quickly to hospital where he can be watched by doctors and carry on the work of being president. thank you. you will being president. thank you. you will

be back with me and a few minutes for dateline london. i'm joined by drjonathan parker, who is a senior lecturer in american politics at keele university. the political impacts of donald trump being taken into hospital. obviously there has been a lot of discussion in the last 2a hours as business emerges and sinks in. it totally changes the dynamic of the campaign. it makes it more difficult for the democrats to hit very hard on any kind of personal front. yes, it has thrown everything into chaos. ido it has thrown everything into chaos. i do not think either campaign is happy about this but it is particularly difficult for donald trump is like canteen because he embodies it and if he is quiet for two weeks, just over four weeks left to try to turn this around, he is behind on every single pole. he needs a last patient that has taken the air out of that. it is difficult to see how he will get on. joe biden

making quite a statesman—like address in a way last night. it will change the tone of the campaigning even as other members of the republican party go method. yes. joe biden will try to be more positive. more importantly it top speed trump campaign from doing things because the news headlines are going to be full of covid—i9 for the next week. everybody is going to be watching him and worried about how he is doing and this is not the issue that donald trump once in the news headlines. it is not going to go anywhere else for the near future. people talking about all sorts of different scenarios. if donald trump emerges out of this quickly or if it ta kes emerges out of this quickly or if it takes longerfor emerges out of this quickly or if it takes longer for him to get over it, how that might affect his political approach to covid, how it will change how he sees the risks and therefore how he campaigns. yes, again, we will have to see how he does. if he bounced back very quickly you could see him coming out

very bullish and saying, see, i told you, it wasn't that big a risk. but if he is ill for a week or two weeks it is going to dominate the headlines during that time. what is the process, do you know, mr trump is obviously in hospital and we know this illness can turn very fast in terms of handover of power is, a lot of discussion about mike pence being the obvious person for that to happen, there are formal procedures, presumably that will be on hand? yes, donald trump has to relinquish power but she doesn't like today. he has maintained the presidency. we have had this in the past when presidents have gone on for operations and they have relinquished power to the vice president temporarily. if he becomes incapacitated and doesn't relinquish power the cabinet can vote to give the vice president power. how much ofa the vice president power. how much of a worry as there are about to

delay to the election or president trump if he emerges out of the soap fully in good health seeing he has lost campaign time, there is a illegitimacy about the selection? he has questioned the legitimacy of the selection all the way through but it is going to go forward. senators and representatives and governors are involved as well, it is notjust about him. it is going to go forward no matter what happened. the supreme court ruled that it is important to have the president and place on january the 20th of the election will be ratified no matter what happens. are you sensing that supporters of each main party are polarised and whether they feel sympathy or it serves you right in terms of their reaction to donald trump getting ill? there is a certain amount of that and the democrats but they are going to try very ha rd democrats but they are going to try very hard not to gloat. the irony is evident for everyone that the man who was mocking the use of masks has got covid. thank you.

and our global viewers can keep right up to date on this story on our website. there, you'll find the latest developments and the background analysis, including a look at what would happen if mr trump became too ill to be president, and what that would mean for the upcoming election. just log on to bbc.com/news. that is the international website. the headlines on bbc news... president donald trump is taken to hospital less than 2a hours after testing positive for coronavirus. 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. 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 one in four 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 there 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 for 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 life can at least return to some

sense of normality, whatever that normal may look like. greg mckenzie, bbc news. and if you're in the uk and want to find out exactly what the restrictions are where you live and how many people have tested postive you can put in your postcode on the bbc news website's coronavirus section. 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 political correspondent nick eardley said relations between the two sides remain strained after the eu began legal proceedings against the uk after ministers refused to scrap plans which could override parts of the withdrawal agreement.

there is no doubt that the european side are extremely frustrated with that legislation which ministers admit would break the withdrawal agreement signed just last year, however at the same time i think there has been some progress in the last week or so, particularly on that issue of state aid and whether the uk can give pretty substantial subsidies to british companies after the transition period ends at the end of this year. there are those significant sticking points still. they have been there for some time. we have talked about them ad nauseam it feels like for the last three months, however today matters because it is the two top people, the european commission chief and the prime minister, saying what room is there here for compromise, how much time do we need to give it? and i suspect by the end of the day there will be more time allocated for intense talks to try and get those remaining elements over the line, but it is worth just pointing out there is optimism on both sides and probably

more optimism than we have seen for a while. what is the actual deadline? i mean, the eu have said they need a couple of months at the end of the year to do all the paperwork effectively, so what is the actual deadline for reaching agreement? do we know? well, the key thing is that it can pass through both the uk parliament and the european institution so realistically that needs a few weeks, but as we have seen time and time again with these brexit talks deadlines are sometimes slightly artificial and can be moved slightly so i think we're probably looking at the end of this for substantial agreement for the vast majority. in ten seconds, what is the relationship like between boris johnson and ursula von der leyen? i have been told it is warm and they are quite optimistic people so whether that feeds

into it at all... the latest james bond film has had its release postponed for a third time as cinemas continue to struggle in the pandemic. 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. the producers have now confirmed the film will not be in cinemas until april 2021, acknowledging this would be disappointing for fans. 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. stepping up to a unique challenge. this is leila and this is her seniors fitness class. she started it during lockdown and it has become an online community. mainly in their70s, theyjoin her from around the world

with canned vegetables instead of weights. and to mark the marathon, this week, wherever they are, they have been set a collective challenge. together our community is going to walk a0 marathons before sunday. wow, that is a lot of marathons! it is. 40th london marathon this year, so a0 marathons for us and i think it will be about three million steps in total. we have had step counts on the beach, pictures with the angel of the north, dog walks getting the steps up. we are one big happy family, we sing happy birthday on each other‘s birthdays. they know all my children's names, i know their grandchildren's names. theyjoin us live for quiz nights, you know, we know so much about each other and it is amazing how you can create an online community. normally, of course, the london marathon is open to thousands of runners. not this year. but inventive ideas like this are involving people in a whole new way. i always try and do 10,000 steps

a day, but now it is a real push, it has to be more because i think we all want to do it. and what have you been doing to help boost up the step count? we have got a garden that needs some attention, so we have done some gardening. cleaning. just doing bits of exercise while i'm getting the tea ready. we have got a very special guest here. if you move a little bit in. michael has got his tin cans, what have you got here, michael? hula hoops. and the class have the backing of a former england cricket captain, no less. a man who certainly knows all about the power of sport. activity over the course of the last six months has been so important for everybody. a lot of senior people out there are locked away, and have not really been able to get outdoors and this is one way of them kind of participating in an event that maybe they wouldn't have done in the past. the challenge is also for charity, for the christie hospital in manchester.

a fitness class raising funds, as well as making friends. oh, it is so nice to see you all! andy swiss, bbc news. we have a lot of rain to come this weekend across a good part of the uk. rain likely to lead to some localised flooding, some transport disruption and the rain accompanied by strong winds for some of us as well. strong winds to france and severe flooding. we are getting rain clouds moving from europe and you can see the rain gathering in england, wales and scotland. a few showers but it is across the far west of the day that we have the best chance of at least some dry weather. amber weather warnings for wales, the west midlands, south—west england and also across eastern

areas of scotland with these areas possibly seeing 120 millimetres of rain over very ground and that really is cause for concern as it is an awful lot of rain. as the rain shifts from the south—east, temperatures 15—16 c but for most of us, cool, wet and increasingly windy. overnight, more rain to come with easterly winds, strengthening and shoving the rain into the mountains in aberdeenshire with flooding impacts overnight as the rain slowly pushes its way across into northern ireland. sunday's weather forecast and we have more rain around as well. in the centre of the low pressure, sunshine and heavy showers so not

exactly dry but in the area of low pressure 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 head to monday, tuesday and even into wednesday as well. staying unsettled monday, further outbreaks of rain, sunshine in between these bands of rain but it stays 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.

welcome to dateline london. 2020 will surely go down in the history books as one of the most dramatic any of us

have lived through. the news of president trump's covid diagnosis was greeted around the world with shock, and in some cases disbelief. withjoe biden ahead in the polls donald trump needed to do something to change the narrative. was this a hoax? well, once the facts were established the narrative certainly changed. first of course how will mr trump, now in hospital, respond to the virus, how might that change his perception of the risks, of mask wearing, how will the american public react and what does this all to do the campaign and the election itself. one leader who knows what its like to be a victim of the pandemic whilst trying to govern your country is borisjohnson. this weekend as the final brexit deadline draws closer the uk prime minister is in talks with the head of the european commission ursula von der leyen.there are hopes of a deal — but how much each side trusts the other will no doubt be key. finally, a grim milestone this week — 1 million people have been confirmed to have died from covid globally with many more undiagnosed and not counted.