good afternoon. president trump has spent his first night in a military hospital, where he's being treated for coronavirus. in a tweet last night, mr trump said he thought everything was going well. his doctors say he hasn't required oxygen, but he is being given the drug remdesivir to help boost his lungs. it's also emerged that more members of his inner circle have tested positive for coronavirus, including his former adviser kellyanne conway. here's daniela relph with the latest. first up on msnbc, the unprecedented

health crisis unfolding in washington. it is the only story in town. how long he is expected to stay and the growing list of people close to him now also infected. last night, a masked president walked from the white house to marine 1 where he was flown to walter reed military hospitaljust north of washington. before he left on social media he spoke directly to the american people. i think the american people. ithink i'm the american people. 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, thank you very much, i appreciated will never forget it. and then a follow—up tweet to reassure where he said, going well, i think! thank you to all. love! social distancing, mask wearing, were not routine at the white house. here a week ago, what some 110w white house. here a week ago, what some now describe as the super spreader event. dozens gathered to welcome the president's nominee to the supreme court. several guests

who have now tested positive, including a former adviser to the president kellyanne conway. and at that bad—tempered debate on tuesday last week, the trump entourage did not wear face masks. joe last week, the trump entourage did not wearface masks. joe biden, who shared a stage with him, has tested negative and been cautious about playing politics right now. my wife jillandi playing politics right now. 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 was more critical. this is tragic. it is 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 present‘s age and weight put him in the high risk category. doctors say so far he has not needed extra

oxygen but has been given the drug remdesivir to help boost lung resilience. before he left the white house the president was also treated with an experimental antibody medication to try to dampen his covid symptoms. what we don't know yet is whether that strong signal, strong effect on the virus, tra nslates strong effect on the virus, translates into benefits for the patient. and so, for example, does it reduce the time people need to be in hospital, or reduce the need for a mechanical ventilator, or improve survival? those are unknowns. these will be uncertain days for donald trump and his family. his daughter of anger says she is praying for her father who she describes as a warrior. daniela relph, bbc news. —— ivanka trump. lebo diseko is outside the walter reed national military center in bethesda, close to washington. what is the latest on the present‘s condition? the president's physician last night said he was fatigued but

in good spirits and the white house is really stressing that he was admitted out of an abundance of caution. we know that the president is taking multiple therapeutics at the moment, including an antibody cocktail and remdesivir. now president trump tweeted last night saying "going welcome i think. " seems to be trying to maintain and upbeat tone but he is less vociferous, shall we say, than he usually might be. do we know what happens if president trump does become more ill? well, we have to be clear that there is no indication at the moment that there will be a tra nsfer of the moment that there will be a transfer of power. that hasn't happened at all. the next in line would be vice president mike pence. he has received a negative coronavirus, covid—19 test result. after mike pence is nancy pelosi who isa after mike pence is nancy pelosi who is a democrat. but at the moment, as

i say, there is no indication that that transfer of power will happen and it certainly hasn't happened at this stage. 0k, lebo diseko, many thanks, outside the walter reed military hospital. borisjohnson says he's optimistic that a trade deal can still be agreed with the eu before the end of the brexit transition period. the prime minister is due to hold a video call with the head of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, after the final round of talks ended without agreement this week. our political correspondent nick eardley is here. nick, how big a moment is this? these talks matter because the prime minister only talks to his european counterpart at crunch moments. the reason this is a crunch moment is because this is officially the last round of talks that were last week and there are still some big outstanding issues. there has been progress on a couple of key elements where this debate has been going on for some time. there has been no breakthrough. i don't expect that there will be today. but what today

is likely to do is set the scene for more talks over the next few weeks. and again, that really matters because it shows both sides still wa nt because it shows both sides still want this to happen and still think it's possible. now, there is no guarantee that it will be done but in the last few days in downing street and in brussels there has been increasing optimism that the two can reach some sort of compromise but not for the first time in this process things are going to go down to the wire. nick ea rd ley, going to go down to the wire. nick eardley, thanks very much. the conservatives have announced plans to open a second headquarters in leeds. speaking at the start of the party's virtual conference this morning, the party's co—chair said it would better serve tory mps in the north of england and north wales. the new hq, a counterpart to conserative campaign headquarters in london, is expected to open next year. new covid restrictions have come into force in parts of northern england, including a ban on different households meeting. people living in the liverpool city region, warrington, hartlepool and middlesbrough can no longer meet up with anyone

they don't live with, in any indoor setting, such as homes or pubs. the changes come amid concern over rising infection rates in those areas. with all the sport now, here's jane dougal at the bbc sport centre. hello there. there's a full fixture list in the premier league this weekend. one game is under way already at stamford bridge — chelsea hosting crystal palace. it's 0—0 after 35 minutes — the best chance of the match so far falling to chelsea'sjorginho, who volleyed over the bar from 12 yards out. just one match in the women's super league today — aston villa hosting everton. and the visitors are already 3—0 up. hayley raso scoring twice injust four minutes, before claire emslie added a third for everton. premiership rugby are carrying out an urgent review ahead of the final round of matches after 16 sale sharks players and staff tested positive for coronavirus. sale are adamant their game against worcester will go ahead, but their opponents say it's

"still the subject of discussions". if sale had to forfeit, they would trigger a 20—0 loss and potentially miss out on a top—four spot. switching codes now. it's rugby league challenge cup semi—finals day with four teams vying for a place at wembley in the final. first up on bbc one at 2:30pm, leeds take on 19—time champions wigan warriors. former leeds player zak hardaker has rejuvenated his career with warriors, after being banned for a failed drugs test and being arrested for drink—driving. there has been a few occasions where sometimes i've not known if i'm going to play rugby league, never mind a major cup final or a super league game again. so, yeah, it's my second year into my wigan contract and i'm absolutely loving it here. it's been brilliant. i've really come on as a human being, really. that match is first up on bbc one, then the second

is salford red devils against holders warrington wolves, that's at 5:00pm over on bbc two. it's the beginning of another of cycling's grand tours as the giro d'italia gets under way today in sicily. wales's geraint thomas is amongst the favourites, riding for the ineos grenadiers team. it's the first time he's taken part in the event since crashing out in 2017. adam wild reports. ona on a sicilian saturday there is plenty at which to marvel, today perhaps more so than ever as the island welcomes the start of one of cycling's grandest events. a special prize, a spectacular setting. for some, a serious opportunity. geraint thomas! a difficult year for the frenchman, now with a point to prove. i think lockdown was a challenge, as it was for everyone, really. but yeah, we made the decision to go and contest the giro and all the good work is done and looking forward to racing now and

i'm in the best shape i could be. two years ago geraint thomas was the toast of the cycling world, tour de france winner, wales's first. but this year he wasn't even included in his team's squad for the event, the focus for him all on this giro.|j think it is more exciting and a better option for a rider of karen thomas's standing to be here at the start of the giro as a leader and competing for the overall with a great team behind him —— geraint thomas. it is an event that has painful memories for thomas, a serious crash during his only previous attempt offers added incentive. i think a busy 2017 was the first grand tour targeting really and i felt i was in good shape but i had that crash and dislocated my shoulder and banged my knee. it does feel a bit like unfinished business, i guess. thomas comes to the straight from the one championship finishing fourth in the time trial behind champion italian

filippo ganna. he nowjoins thomas asa filippo ganna. he nowjoins thomas as a team—mate, helping fend off the challenge of the likes of fellow brit simon yates. three weeks, more than 3500 kilometres ahead. italy's grand tour awaits its grandmaster. wild, bbc news. there's more details on the bbc sport website, including the latest on the third day of golf‘s scottish open. but that's it from me. thanks very much indeed. hello. you're watching the bbc news channel. president trump has spent his first night in a military hospital, where he's being treated for a coronavirus infection.

but the white house stressed he remained in charge of the united states, and a tweet on his account said he thought he was doing very well. sarah elliott is the chair of republicans overseas — shejoins me from south london. thank you for your time. do you have any further information? no, just that he does not need any extra oxygen at this time and he is taking top—of—the—line antiviral drugs so he seems to be doing well. there has been a lot of questions in the last 24 been a lot of questions in the last 2a hours as people watched with concern for the president's health across the political spectrum about whether this shows that he should have been more careful with social distancing, with mask wearing, especially as we have seen other white house staff test positive. especially as we have seen other white house staff test positivem is very difficult in this environment when you are campaigning

and you are working very closely with your staff, as we so here at number 10 back in april that this is a very contagious disease but you have to work very closely and long hours when you are running a country so it is very contagious and that is what has happened but i do not think thatis what has happened but i do not think that is because they are not taking precautions. they are taking this disease seriously. staff routinely tested. he wore masks when he felt was appropriate. when he goes to his campaign events he did not shake hands with people, he was standing ona podium hands with people, he was standing on a podium very far away from the crowd, so i do not think he didn't ta ke crowd, so i do not think he didn't take this seriously. i think he has taken it seriously from the start and even the top doctor on the coronavirus task force says that he has done an impressive job from the beginning taking this seriously and ramping up our ppe, our ventilators

and fast tracking a vaccine. we saw some of the images from one of the rose garden events i think and there seem to be a number of people who have tested positive after that. people getting quite close and not wearing masks. in hindsight would you accept that the white house starting with the president should have been more responsible? what is not widely reported on that event is that every person who attended that rose garden event took a covid test on the white house grounds and waited for the test to come back so every person who attended that rose garden event had tested negative for covid before working out. they were also all wearing masks until they got the test results back so everybody at that event at that time was negative for covid. but isn't the point that you could be infectious getting symptoms and a couple of days before you are going to test positive and therefore you could be still able to spread it?

yes, but i do not think any of those people who attended that they were exhibiting symptoms because they would not have been allowed on the premises. what about questions about the timeline of when mr trump travelled on to an event after knowing all the team knowing that one of his closest aides had tested positive? i don't know much about that to be perfectly honest and i think that the team has to make the decision and i am sure that they felt the president wasn't at risk at that time. they would not have done that time. they would not have done that on purpose i can assure you. coming to where we are at the moment, one understands the need for some level of privacy around the president's health but is it clear that the white house as being as transparent and open as it can about his condition? because we saw the very confident tweet and within a

short space of time with the coronavirus test being positive he has been taken to hospital which would suggest some concern for doctors. his personal physician released a letter today on what medication he is on. he is taking remdesivir, he is taking a collection of antiviral drugs. they are being very open about whether he needs to be on oxygen or not. this was an abundance of caution moved to ta ke was an abundance of caution moved to take him to walter reed hospital. i feel like they are being very transparent now the president is teaching from the hospital himself. they are doing the best they can. any update on the first lady? no, just that she is resting and she has mild symptoms and she is at the white house. in terms of the staff and how the white house operation proceeds, we are a man from the

election date although people are already voting, what is going to happen as they cannot work in the campaign? who takes charge? that is a very good question. there are plenty of people in the trump campaign that can pick up and i am sure they are working on those contingency plans as we speak but obviously the campaign stops, comes toa obviously the campaign stops, comes to a halt, everything becomes more ofa to a halt, everything becomes more of a virtual event. the family members will step up, vice president mike pence and karen parents, p, but this is only a ten to 1a day period and everybody can come back very soon let's hope. president trump is to isolate for at least two weeks because he has symptoms. what are your thoughts on the vice presidential debate going ahead this

weekend? are you supportive of that? what about the presidential debate during a couple of weeks? yes, i think the vice presidential debate has to go ahead as scheduled. the american people still need to hear from the second in line. mike pence and potentially kamala harris. as long as they are testing negative for covid it should continue. in terms of the second presidential debate, you thought the first presidential debate was important, i think the second one will be even more so for the president. i suspected he is in good health people want do it. he is a fighter, he wants to show that he is resilient and that he is bouncing back and he pushes himself very hard, his schedule and so on. so i suspect it will also be a virtual event. it will not be in person but ido event. it will not be in person but i do think it will go ahead. you wouldn't support any delaying of the

election or questions about its legitimacy on account of what is happening with the president's health? no, i don't think so. it has to be an act of congress so you have to be an act of congress so you have to get congressional approval to do something like that. that has never been done especially in my lifetime soido been done especially in my lifetime so i do not think that will happen. the president wants to show that he can be derailed for a week or two but he will come back, his supporters are with them, the nation is with him. i want to complement the joe is with him. i want to complement thejoe biden is with him. i want to complement the joe biden campaign is with him. i want to complement thejoe biden campaign for stepping down negative campaign ads and wishing him well, asking all of their surrogates to not be nasty and also be positive. that is a good sign for the country regardless of it is president trump's opponent. i think the nation needs to get behind the president of the united states. forget your feelings about him personally. this is a human being

and he is our head of state. political critics have wished him well from across the spectrum and yet we have seen nancy pelosi and others point out that he has been seen by many as having a very lax attitude on the question of masks, social distancing. 200,000 attitude on the question of masks, social distancing. 200 , 000 people attitude on the question of masks, social distancing. 200,000 people in the us have lost their lives, millions have been infected, some will have very serious things afterwards. you cannot blame all those deaths on one man. donald trump did what he thought was best at the time which was initially to close the borders to china in which the democrats called him a xenophobe in the month of march. once it sta rts in the month of march. once it starts spreading it is very hard to control. would you accept that he could have done more? surely what has happened to him and to those in the white house shows that perhaps more could and should have been done to protect the man at the top of the nation? i think with a very contagious disease it is very

difficult to find out where he contracted it and went. also in terms of the decision—making in the united states a lot of the covid related guidelines and regulations are done by the governors. we have devolved government by 50 states. in new york state it accounts cancer one fifth of all the deaths in the united states because the governor sent infected patients back into nursing homes. this is notjust one man. we are a huge country with devolved government. he took the initial reaction of closing our borders from the source of the virus which was china. china and the world health organization left everyone in the world on the back foot trying to respond last minute. they were not helpful in this matter and so the rest of the world were not prepared for what came down. there has been a lot of criticism of the us pulling out of funding for the world health

organization. when it doesn't do its job why does it deserve funding? that is the republican viewpoint, not shared globally, especially in the middle of a pandemic pulling out of the world health organization. mr trump is behind joe biden in the polls. they campaign are formidable energy. you must be worried taking him off the campaign trail is going to harm his chances of securing the presidency even more. to harm his chances of securing the presidency even morelj to harm his chances of securing the presidency even more. i mean, yes, any time you cannot be with the american people, you cannot be getting your message out there, you cannot pursuing how robust you are and how much you want the job is not good, not positive, but i have a feeling what could happen, much like what happened in the uk, is that ends up being empathy and sympathy for the president. the disease ends up for the president. the disease ends up humanising him in a way people had not seen him before and maybe they will have a rethink when they

see henry emerge, so this is a wild card. this is an october surprise that neither campaign planned for and so it will be very interesting to see how this plays out. in terms of the polling, yes, joe biden has a slight lead but it is within the margin of error so again anything can happen in this campaign. indeed. sarah elliott, thank you very much indeed for your time. let's get more now on the new coronavirus restrictions which 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. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris. hello there. we've got lots of rain coming our way over the course of the weekend with cause for concern we could see some localised flooding. the met office have issued amber weather warnings for wales, the west midlands and parts of south—west england and also across eastern areas of scotland. over the high ground we could see as much as 120 millimetres of rain so we are likely to see some

flooding impacts due to the accumulations of rain that build up. if it is not raining where you are at the moment across scotland, england and wales the chances are it soon will be because this is the state of play as we head into the afternoon. rain will be extensive and heavy, perhaps clearing away from south—east england and the rain band stays away from northern ireland. it will stay largely bright here with just the risk of a shower. temperatures for most around 12 to 1a degrees with some stronger winds developing for wales and the south—west through the afternoon. overnight and into tomorrow as well our rain band stays put. it moves over towards northern ireland. further accumulations of rain, further problems likely. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: president donald trump is taken to hospital less than 2a hours after testing positive for coronavirus. the president has tweeted since being admitted — he says things are ‘going well‘.

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 for the virus — including one not yet approved by regulators. parts of northern england face new coronavirus restrictions from today — including a ban on households mixing indoors. borisjohnson will hold a video meeting with the president of the european commission, after the final round of post—brexit talks ended without agreement. now on bbc news. players, managers, officials and executives from across football discuss their experiences of racism in the sport and what must be done to tackle discrimination. a warning this programme contains details some people may find upsetting. contains details some

this is football, the beautiful game. a game that, on the surface, speaks the global language of unity, peace, humanity and celebration. football commands the respect and with it our deepest faith and greatest fortu nes. with it our deepest faith and greatest fortunes. and yet, in all of this, throughout history, racism pervades. but why? and what does that feel like? bbc sport caught up with a selection of black, asian and minority ethnic people from across the football landscape to hear their personal stories of racism from within the game. it takes away your innocence, definitely. i would it takes away your innocence, definitely. iwould never go it takes away your innocence, definitely. i would never go to a

foot ball definitely. i would never go to a football game on my own. it isjust like, a lack of respect for another human. it is a challenge that black people have felt all along throughout time. i have definitely had experiences where i have had players from different parts of the world that have not always understood the sort of negative connotations of some of the language they use. you know, music and saying certain words in the song, people are not always self—aware of the impact of their behaviour or their words. there is the lack of recognition that actually, that might make me feel more uncomfortable because i am the

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