this is bbc news. i am live in washington. donald trump has spent his first night in hospital after testing positive for coronavirus. he says this treatment is going well. testing positive for coronavirus. he says this treatment is going wellli think i am going very well. we are going to make sure things work out. the first lady is doing very well. thank you very much. i appreciate it. i will never forget it. doctors are saying they do not require oxygen and their actions stem from an abundance of caution. donald trump is in this military hospital on the outskirts of washington. and crunch talks between the uk and

european union after the latest talks ended without agreement. good morning from washington. president trump has spent his first night in hospital after being transferred from the white house on medical advice following his diagnosis of covid—i9. he boarded the helicopter which took to that walter reed medical centre a short distance from the white house. he tweeted that this treatment is going well and his dr has confirmed he is not currently in need of oxygen. but the president's position has confirmed that two experimental treatments are being used. first up, the unprecedented health

crisis unfolding in washington... it is the only story in town. the growing list of people close to him now also infected. last night a master president walked from the white house to marine one where he was flown to walter reed read military hospital north of washington. before he left, he spoke directly to the american people. iam doing directly to the american people. i am doing very well but we are going to make sure that things are fine. the first lady is very well. thank you. and then a follow—up tweet to reassure, where he said, going well, i think. thank you to all. social distancing and mass mailing we re social distancing and mass mailing were not routine at the white house. here one week ago at what some people now described as a super spreader event, dozens gathered. several guess you have now tested

positive including former adviser kellyanne conway. the bad debate on tuesday last week that trump entourage did not wear a face mask. joe biden, who shared a stage with him, has tested negative, and been cautious about playing politics right now. we pray that he will make a quick recovery. this is not a matter of politics. it is a bracing reminder to all of us that we have to ta ke reminder to all of us that we have to take this virus seriously. but another leading democrat was more critical. this is tragic to stop it is very sad. but it also is something that i going into crowds and masked and all the rest, was a sort of a brazen invitation for something like this to happen. the president's age and weight puts him in the high risk category. doctors say so far he has not needed extra oxyg e n doctors say so far he has not needed extra oxygen but has been given the

drug remdesivir to help boost resilience. before he left the white house the president was also treated with an experimental antibody education to try to dampen his symptoms. what we do not know yet is whether that strong effect on the virus translates into benefits for the patient. for example, does it reduce the time need to be in hospital, or reduce the need for a mechanical ventilator? those are an nones. these will be uncertainties for donald trump and his family. his daughter ivanka said she is praying for herfather, daughter ivanka said she is praying for her father, who she describes as a warrior. the president announced positive test results for himself and his wife in a tweet on friday was not followed a confirmed diagnosis for his close aide hope hicks. several cases have been potentially thanks toa cases have been potentially thanks to a white house rose garden event last saturday.

who else has tested positive for the virus in recent days in the president's inner circle? they include his long—time councillor kelly and conway who attended that event, also utah senator mike lee who has confirmed he has coronavirus. senator thom tillis was also at that event and is also on the senate judiciary also at that event and is also on the senatejudiciary committee. and finally, bill stepien, the president's campaign manager has also tested positive. he was reportedly spotted getting into a car with hope hicks. let us cross to the walter reed medical centre where mrtrump is been the walter reed medical centre where mr trump is been treated and speak to our correspondence. we know there is no update on what is the mood there? are you seeing support for the president gathering? we might be able to see just behind me there is a group gathered there. there is a pedestrian crossing so you might heara bit there is a pedestrian crossing so you might hear a bit of that as i

speak. there is a group of donald trump supporters behind me. they have got their flags out. they look where they are set to camp out for the day. there have been cars coming past honking support as well. not quite as many numbers as we saw may be last night. but it is early here, only just be last night. but it is early here, onlyjust nine be last night. but it is early here, only just nine o'clock. be last night. but it is early here, onlyjust nine o'clock. we will see what the day brings in terms of that. the white house has said that the president could be there for several days and he can actually work from there. can you describe the unique set up at walter reed? 0h, set up at walter reed? oh, my goodness, there is a drill that has started going. but yes, he does have presidential offices here, a secure conference centre so does have presidential offices here, a secure conference centre so that he can carry on working. it is also space for his chief of staff mark meadows tojoin him and continue working also. the presidential physician is also able to sleep there. he will be able to be with

there. he will be able to be with the president 24—7 and make sure that care is continuing. it is interesting, the messaging from the white house, trying to press home that he will be continuing to do his job. is there any word on whether you will get an update, it even an on camera briefing from the president today about his condition? we do not know. that last update we had was last night where the president's physician said he was fatigued but in good spirits. we will keep watching and opposite you will keep watching and opposite you will be the first to know. talking over that drill their live outside walter reed hospital where the president n. the chinese president has sent a message to donald trump and his wife, wishing a speedy recovery. there have been tensions between washington and beijing with

president trump frequently referring to the china or the wuhan virus. that is the official reaction from china. what is the unofficial reaction that you are seeing on social media? there has been a flood of reactions. china's biggest social media network that has 500 million registered users really blew up yesterday. the hashtag page for trump has covered received over 2.1 billion views, which is something that you do not see a lot with this type of news. huge amount of reactions. one of disbelief. and many peoplejoking about this matter. it is only a month until the us election. there are trade tensions between washington and beijing. and

of course the tension over that virus. how much interest is there on chinese social media on the outcome of this election? there is a lot. generally every since trump was elected in 2016 chinese citizens have had great interest for trump. at first people were very positive about him. his granddaughter was studying chinese. she was quite popular. over the past two years you really saw that trump became quite unpopular in mainland china on the social media. people nowjokingly on chinese social media give him a nickname that means, build the country, trump. they say that as long as trump is ruling china will only rise more. his deeds and words are seen only rise more. his deeds and words are seen to be accelerating the rise of china. that is sort of a joke but thatis of china. that is sort of a joke but that is what people think.

what reaction is they that the man who called this to china virus, that wuhan virus, that's president trump 110w wuhan virus, that's president trump now u nfortu nately wuhan virus, that's president trump now unfortunately has fallen victim to it himself? many people were also laughing about it because they see he has been very arrogant about it, he did not take it seriously enough. among the millions of reactions that have been passing by, i have not seen many people wishing him a speedy recovery. many people see that it is karma, basically. to what extent is the social media website dated by chinese media? is it really a free source of information reflecting the views of chinese people or is there some degree of state propaganda? this is an interesting question because

china's internet is heavily controlled. usually what i see with this kind of news is that official state media are gauging public opinion and shaping these narratives. but today and yesterday it has been noteworthy that china's official media has not been posting a lot about this issue. also, i have not seen a lot of threads. a noteworthy lack of censorship and noteworthy lack of censorship and not much state media use matter. thank you forjoining us. coronavirus restrictions on madrid. madrid is the first european capital to re—enter lockdown. states that would normally be crammed were

largely deserted. —— streets. a powerful storm has caused what is being caused the worst floods in living memory in south—east france. the mayor of neeson earlier said two bodies have been found. several rivers burst their banks, two and a half months of rain fell in 2a hours. armenian civilians fleeing their homes as azerbaijan continues its offensive. an explosion. azerbaijan said armenian military has been shelling, causing civilian casualties. borisjohnson causing civilian casualties. boris johnson says causing civilian casualties. borisjohnson says he is optimistic that a trade deal can still be agreed with the eu to avoid a no—deal brexit. the prime minister

is set to hold a video call with ursula von der leyen. both sites have called for a compromise. in the last few minutes another republican senator, a third so far, has said that he has tested positive for the coronavirus. we do await an update on the president's condition. he is said to be in good spirits. thank you forjoining us. do stay with bbc news. other news now — and 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 a quarter 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 home 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. there are basic rules that apply to all of us but there are additional restrictions. do you use our coronavirus section for information on that. updated infection figures we have just received for scotland for coronavirus. in the last 2a hours,

12.196 coronavirus. in the last 2a hours, 12.1% of newly tested individuals have infections. 764 new infections. four people are registered to have died. they have been people who had tested positive for coronavirus in the previous 28 days at some point and have now died, whether the death is directly related to coronavirus and not something that is looked at. there is a connection because of having had a positive test. the number of people in intensive care is up from 19 to 23. number of people in hospital has gone up from 175 to 191. 764 new infections in scotla nd 175 to 191. 764 new infections in scotland in a 24 hours to saturday, and four deaths registered in that period as well. 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. police are investigating the actions of mp margaret ferrier, who travelled from glasgow to london with coronavirus symptoms and then returned home after testing positive. scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon says she's made it "crystal clear" to ms ferrier that she should stand down as an mp. she has already been suspended from the snp. but she can only be removed if there isa but she can only be removed if there is a formal process. a recall petition would have to come from her constituents unless she chooses to resign. 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 ninth and final round of trade talks broke up yesterday without agreement with disagreements remaining overfishing rights and state aid. speaking ahead of the start of the conservative party conference, mrjohnson said a trade deal would benefit both sides. i think there is a good deal to be done and everybody knows what we want to do. there is an eu summit deal with canada which is a long way away, a big country but some way away. here we are — we are the biggest trading partner with the eu, their biggest export market, plus we've been a member for 45 years. we want a deal like canada's. we want that one. if that's not possible, and that wouldn't be our call, that would be their call, then the alternative is to have a deal like australia, which is another big country, further away, but it would work well, and we can make it work very well. we are resolved on either course.

we are prepared for either course and we will make it work, but it's very much up to our friends and partners. the uk is always, always happy to do a great free trade deal with our friends and partners and that's what we are offering and never forget that the balance of trade is overwhelmingly on the side of the eu in the sense that they export much more to us than we do to them, certainly in manufacturing goods, and so we think there is a big opportunity for both sides to do well. joining me now to discuss this further is mujtaba rahman who is the managing director for europe, for the eurasia group. thank you for being with us. we still seem to be stuck on state aid and fisheries. but some suggestion

from some of the remarks coming out of germany on friday from angela merkel that maybe there is some room for manoeuvre potentially on fisheries, which for historic reasons has been a very vexed question in terms of the european union. the trade—off will be between fish and state aid. the european union up till now is demanding status quo arrangement on fish which ultimately is not sustainable. the european union cannot argue that. i suspect there will be movement. some of the member states, france in particular, will stand on that issue until the last moment. the bigger and more consequential move will come from the uk on the question of state aid. i think the eu position on that has been consistent and has not changed even after the government's move on the internal market bill. the

government is going to have to provide more detail regarding its thinking about domestic subsidy regime going forward. unless and until it is that they cannot be agreement. tell is about suspicions about the entire theatre of the internal market bill, the stock of defying international law, which may be entirely sincere, but nonetheless was a dramatic event when this announcement was made, that that is ina announcement was made, that that is in a sense to provide a bit of political cover for the government if it has to make an unpalatable compromise in order to get a trade deal? i suspect that is right. i suspect that the government will argue that unless it had made the move on the internal market bill it would not have achieved concessions on the future relationship negotiations. that is certainly the narrative i think the uk will spin. it has not introduced much substantive into the debate, on state aid, and the uk needs to move on fish. the uk needs to move for

reasons we will discuss. that has not been massive flexibility. what it did was refocused minds and attention back to brexit. everybody is distracted. the internal market bill came as something of a surprise and did refocus attention on the issues. from that perspective one of the government's objectives works. the primer so as mid october as a deadline. the europeans have talked about the deadline a bit later than that, may be the end of the month. what is your sense of what is most like to come out of this discussion? are we likely to get some kind of timetable, assuming think there is still something worth talking about, which presumably is why they're having this video conference this afternoon. i'd like to get anything more out of how this is the last stage of this process —— are they?

asi stage of this process —— are they? as i understand it following talks today officials will start to meet ina today officials will start to meet in a restricted format. that is not a tunnel, it cannot spare you finalise legal text. this will beat negotiations with a smaller group of officials from both sides. that restrictive format will run from around next tuesday, wednesday, until the following week. there will be a couple of days. there will be two choices, based on the progress made over the course of the next week. either, firstly the eu leadership will recommend that is a deal to be done, eu leaders will instruct to conclude the deal, meaning in the best case scenario, that will provide michel barnier with instructions to go into the weeks that follow. in a more difficult worst case scenario where there is no progress over the course of the next week i suspect european

council will signal a commitment to keep talking but at the same time will begin to ramp up their own no deal preparations in the event that a deal cannot be struck by the end of the year. if we get that first scenario, that this went michel barnier and david frost would enter what is called the tunnel, they would become a couple of moles, and not surface for how many days it took to enable everything down? correct. i do not think i would call the tunnel. but you are right, that moments where you effectively finalise, cross all the teas, dot all the eyes on the legal text, deadline would be around 31st of october. if that is achieved deal is still doable by the end of the year. that makes it first, second week of november, it gets difficult to see beyond that, because the ratification process on the eu side is cumbersome and complex. thank you

s0 is cumbersome and complex. thank you so much for giving us some clarity in all of this confusion. a man has been charged with murder after two men were found shot dead in a car in dudley on wednesday. william henry and brian mcintosh were found dead in a parked vehicle in the brierley hill area of birmingham. west midlands police have confirmed that 32—year—old jonathan houseman has been charged with both their murders. president trump has been given a treatment that involves an injection of antibodies, similar to a drug being trialled in the uk to see if it's effective against coronavirus. our science correspondent, rebecca morelle, explains the thinking behind it. how does this work? when a person is infected with coronavirus, they produce antibodies. these attach to the spike of the virus, blocking it from entering our cells. we make hundreds of different types of antibodies,

so scientists sifted through them to find the best at sticking to the virus. they chose two because they both attach to slightly different parts of the spike, so if the virus mutates and the structure changes, at least one will still work. both antibodies are then multiplied in the lab and produced in huge quantities. they are then mixed together and given to the patient, immediately boosting their own immune response. rebecca morelle there. 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 40 marathons before sunday. wow, that is a lot of marathons! it is. 40th london marathon this year, so 40 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,