an area of low pressure unsettled. an area of low pressure gci’oss unsettled. an area of low pressure across the country. that vision into wales and the south—west where we will continue with gales but elsewhere we could see some brightness but also some heavy showers and those temperatures in the celsius. goodbye for now. i am live in washington. this is bbc news. i'm laura trevelyan live in washington. our top stories: donald trump tweets he's feeling well, with the help of the doctors and nurses at walter reed national military medical center. earlier his physician gave this update. at this time the team and i are extremely happy with the progress the president has made. thursday he had a mild cough and some nasal congestion, both of which are now resolving and improving. despite that upbeat assessment, mixed messages as a source familiar with the president's health says he's still not on a clear path to recovery. i'm karthi gnanasegaram. coming up on sport today in 15 minutes time.

table toppers — everton continue their fabulous start to the premier league season with a fourth win out of four. hello from washington. donald trump's physician — in the latest statement on the president's condition — says he's doing ‘very well‘ and is in ‘exceptionally good spirits‘, after spending his first night in hospital. mr trump was transferred to walter reed outside of washington from the white house following his diagnosis with covid—19. in a tweet a short time ago, the president said he was feeling well with the help of the doctors and nurses. but the president‘s doctor has just been forced to clarify when mr trump was first diagnosed with covid — and a source familiar with mr trump‘s health contradicted the upbeat assessment of the white house physician. our first report is from our correspondent nomia iqbal, at the walter reed medical center in bethesda. it is one month exactly to election day and president trump expected

to be on the campaign trail. instead woke up in hospital. earlier, his physician gave an update from the walter reed medical center. it is important to note the president has been fever free for over 2a hours. we remain cautiously optimistic, but he‘s doing great. one other note. it should be clear that he‘s got plenty of work to get done from the chief of staff. and he‘s doing it. last night he left for the hospital unaided but there was none of his usual bluster and show for the media, and unusually for the president he was wearing a mask. the white house is trying to project business as usual. mr trump is not transferring powers to the vice president mike pence and he is in charge, and he attempted to calm jittery nerves with a message before he left. 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 and i will never forget it, thank you. he can‘t have visitors inside but it didn‘t stop his supporters from turning up outside the gates. his political rival, democratic candidate joe biden, is on the campaign trail. here in the swing state of michigan. but he‘s been careful not to be seen as exploiting the president‘s illness. delivering a message of american unity. good afternoon. i‘m sending my prayers for the health and safety of the first lady and president of the united states, after they tested positive for covid—i9. my wifejill and i pray that they will make a quick and full recovery. this is not a matter of politics. it‘s a bracing reminder to all of us that we need to take this virus seriously. it‘s been more than 2a hours

since president trump announced his and the first lady‘s results, and more and more of those close to mr trump have tested positive for covid—i9. his campaign manager bill stepien, his former senior adviser kellyanne conway and several republican senators. they were all present at what may turn out to have been a super spreader event, the announcement of the supreme court nominee amy coney barrett last saturday in the rose garden. saturday in the rose garden. the democrats are calling for her hearings to be postponed. president trump has been criticised for his cavalier attitude towards the virus which has killed more than 200,000 americans and infected more than 7 million. in recent history, no presidential candidate has come down with an illness this close to an election. millions of voters have already cast their ballots where the incumbent has been infected with a potentially deadly disease. for a president who didn‘t want

the virus to be the centre of the 2020 campaign, he now finds himself at the heart of it. that was our washington correspondent nomia iqbal, at the walter reed medical center in bethesda, maryland. almost at the same time as that briefing at the walter reed center, a source familiar with the president‘s situation said he‘s not yet on a clear path to recovery. 0ur senior north america reporter, anthony zurcher has more. the goal of this press conference here on saturday morning was to put the nation‘s mind at ease that the president is doing well, that his medical team is on top of everything and in charge. but that was not a successful mission, all they have done is create more confusion thanks to the conflicting statements about how the president is doing, about whether he was on oxygen in the past or not, and also the timeline, as we mentioned earlier, the timeline about when the president was diagnosed. 72 hours ago would put it on wednesday when the president revealed that he was

diagnosed at iam local time on friday morning. the white house has come out since then and said, no, the doctor sean conley meant three days ago, thursday night, that he started drugs on thursday night to treat the diagnosis. but the fact they are having to clean this up now immediately after a press conference whose goal was to settle things down is just a remarkable mishandling of this. we did here at the press conference that the president is going to be treated with remdesivir. it‘s a five—day course. so, how long can we expect him to be there? if you look at cdc, centers for disease control, guidelines, if you tested positive you‘re supposed to be in isolation for ten days after that initial positive test and then you have to be symptom—free. so, one would imagine that it‘s going to be a while before donald trump can hit the campaign trail again. whether that means he can go back to the white house and be

in isolation there, or stays at the medical centre, we don‘t have any details on that as well. but we have to remember the reason he moved to the hospital was because they wanted to have all the different tests, all the different facilities available for him. so i don‘t think they are going to try to move him back until they feel like they are out of the woods and as that senior source in the administration, or someone familiar with the president‘s health said, it was said that the next 48 hours are going to be key. also in the briefing with the president‘s doctor, how thejournalists pressed him on whether the president had been on oxygen and marco rubio, an ally of the president, there are conspiracy theories around the president that are online now it is critical to get accurate information but it seems like the waters are muddied now, doesn‘t it? it does.

as i mentioned they were trying to clarify things but having the president‘s position be evasive on questions like that on basic questions like whether the president was on oxygen, it undermines the crediblity, not just of the white house but of the medical team. you have to remember in crisis situations like this, credibility, trust from the media, from the american public, is invaluable and any misstatements that have to be clarified, any misdirections, that squanders that credibility that they will be relying on to calm the american public, to make the world and financial markets more at ease with the situation. we the american people, the financial system, everyone else has to have faith that they are getting the truth from the white house and from the physicians. anthony zurcher there. wellm as we‘ve heard president trump has been given two treatments to try to slow the impact of the virus. 0ur health editor hugh pym looks at what those treatments are, how effective they might be, and how the president

could have caught the virus. even as the president walked across the white house lawn to the helicopter which would take him to hospital, there was speculation about how the virus might have got through the white house defences. there‘s a policy of regular testing. but back injuly donald trump appeared to contradict his press secretary, who had said he was tested many times daily. the press secretary said today that you sometimes take more than one test a day. why is that? i didn't know about more than one. i do take probably on average a test every two days, three days. i don't know if any time i've ever ta ken two tests in one day but i could see that happening. as well as question marks over the testing regime it has been noted that social distancing was not much in evidence at this recent event attended by the president, and masks and face coverings appeared to be in short supply. as for donald trump‘s hospital treatment, he is getting two experimental drugs. the first made by the us company regeneron involves antibodies produced in laboratories to boost covid patients‘ immune systems. scientists say early results

are encouraging but there are still questions. it reduces the amount of virus that those patients then carry. what we don‘t know yet is whether that strong signal, strong effect on the virus, translates into benefits for the patient. and so, for example, does it reduce the time that people need to be in hospital, or reduce the need for a mechanical ventilator, or improve survival? experts say the other drug, remdesivir, is an existing antiviral treatment which has shown positive results in one trial. the length of stay in people who have severe coronavirus infection is less. and so when you have indicators of severe infection, whether that's risk factors or whether it's actually observed low oxygen rates, the thinking is that the earlier you can get it to patients the better. president trump has had the drugs early on. but these are not cures for coronavirus. hugh pym, bbc news.

let‘s look at some of the day‘s other news. the uk prime minister and european commission president have agreed both sides will work intensively to try and agree a trade deal. borisjohnson and ursula von der leyen spoke this afternoon about the significant gaps in their positions. borisjohnson says he is optimistic that a trade deal can still be agreed to avoid a no deal brexit. armenian civilians are fleeing the main city in nagoro—karabakh to escape shelling, as azerbaijan continues its offensive to capture the disputed territory. an explosion in stepanakert occured as the most vulnerable residents were being loaded onto buses to leave. azerbaijan says armenian artillery has been shelling towns

bordering nagorno karabakh, causing civilian casualties. (stab) don‘t forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter —

i‘m @lauratrevelyan. 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 tested positive for the virus at northumbria university in the north east of england. with a look at the situation in the north west — naomi cornwell reports. as of midnight new laws have applied here. liverpool and knowsley have some of the highest infection rates in england. so in these seven areas it is now illegal for households to meet indoors anywhere, notjust in homes. it is absolutely incumbent on everybody to understand what the rules are and comply with those regulations. it‘s only by everybody doing that will the virus numbers come down and we can all return to a state of normality. as well as the whole of merseyside, the restrictions cover warrington and halton in cheshire, so people here in runcorn are affected. it‘s confusing, isn‘t it? i think a lot of us are unsure whether it applies. i think maybe eat out to help 0ut wasn't the smartest idea, now they are telling people not to go out it is going to damage the economy, definitely. i now can't go and see my family

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borisjohnson boris johnson and the borisjohnson and the president of the european commission say the uk and eu will work intensively to ove i’co m e and eu will work intensively to overcome significant gaps in their attem pts overcome significant gaps in their atte m pts to overcome significant gaps in their attempts to agree a post brexit trade deal. officials say two people have died and eight are missing in south—east france after a powerful storm caused what is being called the worst flooding in living memory. several rivers burst their banks as two and a half months‘ worth of rain fell in 2a hours. bridges and power lines were swept away, while landslides damaged roads and buildings. meterologists called the flooding a once—in—a—century event. train services in the east and north of scotland have shut down in the past half hour, following weather warnings for the area. operator, scotrail, tweeted that the frequency of services in those areas

will reduce before stopping tonight. in august, three people were killed in a train derailment following a landslip near stonehaven. police in lancashire have launched a double murder investigation — after the bodies of a woman and her teenage daughter, were found in a fire—damaged house near burnley. police were called to the property in reedley on thursday, and found the bodies of 49—year—old dr saman mirsacharvi — and her daughter vian mangrio, who was 14 years old. a postmortem has revealed that dr sacharvi had been strangled and assaulted. her daughter‘s body was found badly burnt — but her cause of death has not yet been confirmed. detective superintendentjon holmes is from lancashire police. we have been treating this incident as a homicide as there is evidence of a fire having been set at the address, as well as both individuals having suffered

degrees of assault. and we can confirm the cause of death for dr sacharvi as pressure to the neck and also associated assaults. it‘s obviously a harrowing set of circumstances and we appeal for any witnesses to come forward and let us judge what information you have and the importance of it to the investigation. clearly somebody may have seen something, they may have seen individuals in the area that gave them cause for concern. they may have dash cam footage or cctv footage and we would urge you pleased to provide us with that information as soon as you possibly can to assist us. 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. west midlands police have confirmed that 32—year—old, jonathan houseman, has been charged with both their murders. 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 h0, a counterpart to conservative campaign headquarters in london, is expected to open next year. the cruise ship industry has been devastated by the coronavirus pandemic. those giant vessels acted almost like incubators for covid—i9 earlier this year. and now few people want to travel while the virus is still circulating. but for one company in turkey — it‘s not all bad news — as tim allman explains. this is where cruise ships go to die. lined up in a row, five huge vessels, victims in their own way of the coronavirus pandemic. this huge wrecking yard

in turkey a hive of activity, proof that for every cloud there is, in some way, a silver lining. translation: before the pandemic cruise ships hadn‘t been coming to our ship breaking yards. usually we had been dismantling cargo ships and container ships but now a serious amount of cruise ships have changed their course. the scale of the problem facing the industry is immense. according to the cruise lines international association the business generates more than $150 billion in economic activity. it‘s estimated the covid pandemic will lead to $50 billion in lost revenue. and more than 330,000 jobs may be lost. here at the wrecking yard that is an economic opportunity. it‘s still tough work, though. translation: dismantling a ship takes six months. 100 people work on each ship.

it‘s notjust the steel of the cruise ship but also the furniture, sofas, chairs, kitchen equipment. they are all being sold so we add value to our economy. ships have arrived from britain, italy and the united states and more are on their way. hard times for some, a different story for others. tim allman, bbc news. the duke and duchess of cambridge have released a video of their children prince george, princess charlotte and prince louis asking questions to sir david attenborough about the natural world. they filmed their children at kensington palace before meeting sir david in person.

sir david attenborough answering questions with prince george, princess charlotte and prince louis. 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. fantastic. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with sarah keith—lucas good afternoon. the wet and windy theme is continuing to hang around. we have storm alex to the south but we are still left with spells of heavy, persistent rain for likely to bring disruption to transport and flooding is expected in strong winds to contend with. storm alex moved away across france bringing strong winds and heavy rain there that we have more cloud rotating around the next area of low pressure which has been moving in from the east and it is slow—moving. the radar picture shows almost nowhere has been immune to that rainfall so far today. we have got to areas where amber warnings have been issued from the met office. the first one across wales, the west midlands and down to the south—west of england, 25—50 millimetres of rain likely here, more over the high ground. and in

another amber warning for eastern scotland, aberdeenshire towards fife, they could be 120 millimetres of rain falling over the highest ground, enough to cause significant flooding problems. heading into the evening and tonight, we have still got, as you can see from the blue and green colours, lots more heavy rain to come. this area of heavy rain to come. this area of heavy rain will start pivoting, still affecting parts of scotland, moving across northern ireland, wales and down to the south—east of england too. they will be some clear skies for parts of southern scotland and northern england. there could be fog patches developing here. but for many areas, another wet and windy start to your sunday morning. it is the peripheries of the uk that will see the wettest and windiest weather. we have rain to come for northern ireland down to wales in the south—west of england too, and it should clear from the south—west of england too, and it should clearfrom northern parts of scotland. some sunshine for central areas of the uk but temperatures only 12—15. it will be windy and they will be heavy and slow moving showers around. this area of low pressure doesn‘t really go anywhere in a hurry. it gets

stuck so it is with us heading into monday. the rain will not be as heavy or as persistent and the winds will not be a strong by the time we get on monday but they will further showers rotating around that area of low pressure. some thunderstorms possible for eastern scotland, the north—east of england as well. temperatures around about 13—16 , starting to nudge up a bit but things will stay fairly unsettled, perhaps drying up in the south, most of us are feeling quite autumnal as we head through the coming week. bye for now.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. president trump‘s has tweeted saying he is feeling well. his doctors say he‘s "in good spirits" as he‘s treated in hospital for coronavirus. his medical team says the president was admitted as a precautionary measure and is not currently being given oxygen. at this time the team and i is

extremely happy with the progress the president has made. on thursday had a mild cough and nasal congestion, fatigue, all of which are now resolving and improving. resolving and improving. parts of northern england face new coronavirus restrictions from today — including a ban on households mixing indoors. borisjohnson and the president of the european commission say the uk and eu will work intensively to overcome significant gaps in their positions on a post—brexit relationship. at least eight people are missing in south—east france after a powerful storm caused what is being called the worst flooding in living memory. sportsday is coming up — but now on bbc news, on the 7th ofjune this year bristol grabbed the headlines around the world, when protestors pulled down the statue of slave trader edward colston. some felt it was people power in action, while others saw it as vandalism. so several months later,

has the removal of the statue healed old wounds or opened up fresh ones? sabet choudhury has been to meet two people who took a stand after the fall — for very different reasons. bristol moves to its own beat. and they feel the rhythm of their city. known to his fans as wish master, he saw the fall of colston as a defining