this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak with the headlines at 8. president trump has tweeted saying he's feeling well. his doctors say, he's "in good spirits" — as he's treated in hospital for covid—19. the president's medical team says donald trump was admitted as a precautionary measure and is not currently being given oxygen. at this time the team and i are extremely happy with the presidents progress. thursday he had a mild call, nasal congestion, fatigue all of which are now resolving and improving. of which are now resolving and improving. here, parts of northern england are facing 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 attempts to agree a post—brexit trade deal. hello david attenborough, what animal do you think will become extinct next? hello david attenborough, i like spiders do like spiders to? what kind of animal do you like? i think i like spiders to? what kind of animal do you like? i thinki like monkeys best. because they are such fun. prince george,. princess charlotte and prince louis, quiz sir david attenborough about the natural world. good evening. donald trump's doctor — 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 from the white house to the walter reed military medical centre outside of washington — following his his diagnosis with covid—i9. in a tweet a short time ago, the president said that "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 doctor. our first report is from our correspondent, nomia iqbal, at the walter reed medical centre 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 centre in bethesda, maryland. almost at the same time as that medical briefing, 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 anthony zurcher, has more. goal of this press conf saturday the goal of this press conference on saturday was to put the nations mind at ease that the president is doing well. that is medical team is on top of everything and in charge. that was not a successful mission. all they‘ve done is create more confusion thanks to the conflicting state m e nts confusion thanks to the conflicting statements about how the president is doing, 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 he was

diagnosed at iam local time on friday morning. the white house has come out since then and said no, the doctor meant three days ago, thursday night they started drugs also on thursday nights to treat the diagnosis. but the fact that they are having to clean this up now immediately after a press conference whose goal was to settle things down, isjust a remarkable mishandling of this. almost at the same time as that briefing at the walter reed medical centre, a source familiar with i apologize. we are going to take you to a clip of what the president said a little earlier. his medical tea m said a little earlier. his medical team gave us this update in front of the hospital in which he‘s being treated. as reported yesterday we recommend we bring the president up to walter reed as a precautionary measure to provide state—of—the—art monitoring and any care that he may need. just

72 hours into the diagnosis now. the first week of covid and a particular today ten are critical in determining the likely course of this illness. at this time the team andi this illness. at this time the team and i are extremely happy with the progress the president has made. there are not thursday he had a mild cough and some nasal congestion and fatigue all of which are resolving and improving. we are monitoring him very closely for any evidence of complication from either coronavirus illness or the therapies we are prescribing to make him better. we have monitored his cardiac function, his kidney function, liver function all of those are normal. and the president this morning is not on oxygen, not having difficulty breathing or walking around the white house medical unit upstairs. he's in exceptionally good spirits. in fact as we were completing our rounds this morning the quote he

left us with was i feel like i could walk out of here today. and that was a very encouraging comment from the president. about 48 hours ago the president. about 48 hours ago the president received a special antibody therapy directed against the coronavirus and were working very closely with the company to monitor him in terms of that outcome. yesterday evening he received his first dose of remdesivir and our plan is to continue the five day treatment course for remdesivir. the big plan today since he‘s in such great spirits and doing well is encourage them to eat, drink to stay hydrated, about a bed and to be working and doing the things that he needs to do to get well. it's important to note the presidents been fever free for over 25 hours. we remain cautiously optimistic but he's doing great. —— 24. it should be clear that he's got ple nty of 24. it should be clear that he's got plenty of work to get done from the chief of staff. and he's doing it.

0k. president trumps doctor and also the medical team who are currently treating him. well as we‘ve heard, president trump has been given 2 treatments to try to slow the impact of the virus. our health editor, hugh pym looks at what those treatments are —— how effective they might be and how he 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. we‘ve got a few more lines that we are learning about president trumps treatment. an experience with covid—i9 at the moment. you may remember that earlier we were told that that sources at the white house had said that he wasn‘t entirely clear yet. we understand that that particular source was the white house chief of staff mark meadows

this is coming via the ap news agency. you‘ll remember that president trump was transferred from the white house to the walter reed medical centre also understand that thatis medical centre also understand that that is when via the chief of staff that is when via the chief of staff that the first mention of supplementary oxygen was first discussed. that particular point was brought up time and time again at the press conference and the question put to president trumps medical team. we understand that it is the white house chief of staff mark meadows who has said that he is doing very well but obviously, not clear yet. the president is doing very well he said he‘s up in about and asking for documents to review. the doctors are very pleased with his vital signs, i‘ve met with him on multiple occasions today on a variety of issues but not on the

clear path to recovery. that coming via the ap news agency. and i‘m sure that the story is going to be on the front pages of sunday‘s newspapers. dojoin us at 1030 front pages of sunday‘s newspapers. do join us at 1030 and 1130 this evening in the papers. the guest joining me tonightjohn rental of the chief political, fleet and a commentatorfor the independent. also the broadcaster and psychotherapist. hope to see you for that. 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 1 in 4 of the entire uk population, are now living under some form of increased measures. (ani)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 — here‘s naomi cornwell. 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

because borisjohnson has said... now they‘re shutting the pubs at ten o‘clock. they were on the streets after ten you need to come to some better arrangement. as the restrictions have been tied and they are they‘ve eased in bolton where pubs and restaurants can now reopen. but today the town council and hospital trust issued a joint statement appealing for people to continue to try to prevent the spread of the virus. the authorities here and across the region feel complacency could lead to more deaths. complacency could lead to more deaths. following discussions on the phone today, borisjohnson and the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, have agreed on the importance of reaching a trade deal, when the brexit transition period ends but they say, there are still significant differences on both sides. let‘s discuss this.

with me is our political correspondent, iain watson. chances of a deal where are we any closer or not? i think the significant thing is they are still talking because the negotiations ended yesterday. no sign of a trade deal, they have talked about those significant differences build up what they‘ve also agreed to do is actually abandon the talks but intensify them. the talks are going to be intensified up to the european council meeting the european leaders on october the 15th. may not get the agreement then but want to make further progress. in the sense that they are still talking of course, thatis they are still talking of course, that is a positive sign. both sides are also aware of the potential risks of not getting a deal. britain‘s transition. the european union post brexit transition period ends at the end of the year on december 31. if there isn‘t in agreement by then terrace will be imposed on both sides. that means imports and exports will cost more, prices could go up. something which

the current economic crisis because of covid—19 all sides do want to avoid it. that still leaves an impractical problems. what are those? both sides say and have for some time is a differences on fishing rights, for example where some eu states at least want to keep much of the same rights they had to fishing and british what do we not waters. there is also an argument over state subsidies. in the amount of help to be given to businesses to help them through difficult periods. we‘ve kind of known about that but i think what, the downside, still talking about it there‘s quite a lot to talk about in the short space of time. we said today that these are the notable differences. which means perhaps there‘s other differences we haven‘t noticed. things will have to address. the chief negotiator of the eu is talking about protection and maintaining social and environmental standards. we‘ve got a lot to sort out ina standards. we‘ve got a lot to sort out in a very short period of time. 0kay.

out in a very short period of time. okay. i suppose really, you have to ask who are the two sides appealing to? i think they both have difficulties. i think the major difficulty for the european commission is managed to keep eve ryo ne commission is managed to keep everyone in mind and speak on voice despite some attempts to effectively attach some nations from each other —— detached. nonetheless, satisfying all 27 is quite difficult. we hear that france perhaps more than some other countries wouldn‘t necessarily go for a compromise on fishing. which could see reduced catches taper down, phased in over a number of years. you could perhaps bridge that gap but if france doesn‘t want to do it, it‘s very difficult for the european union as a whole to agree. for boris johnson the european union as a whole to agree. for borisjohnson to appeal he‘s got to appeal to his own brexit supporters and backbenchers. dominic raab saying the days are being held over a barrel by brussels are over. that kind of rhetoric isn‘t guaranteed. we will leave it there for now. thank you very much.

thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news. the time is 19 past eight. president trump has tweeted, saying ‘he‘s feeling well‘. his doctors say he‘s "in good spirits" as he‘s treated in hospital for covid—19. 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. officials say 2 people have died and 8 are missing in south—east france, after a powerful storm caused — what‘s being described as the worst flooding in living memory. several rivers burst their banks as 2 and a half months worth of rain fell in 24 hours. bridges and power lines were swept

away — while landslides damaged roads and buildings. meteorologists called the flooding a once—in—a—century event. scotrail has cancelled a number of trains this evening as scotland braces for a period of heavy rain and wind. scotrail tweeted that the frequency of services in those areas would 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 house in reedley on thursday and found the bodies of 49—year—old, dr saman mir sacharvi and her daughter, vian mangrio, who was 14. a post mortem has revealed that dr sacharvi had been strangled and assaulted.

her daughter‘s body was found badly burned, 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 conserative 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—19 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. hello david attenborough what animal do you think will become extinct next? hello david attenborough i like flowers, do you like spiders to? what animal do you like? i think i like monkeys best. because they are such fun. sir david attenborough answering questions with prince george, princess charlotte and prince louis. now, it‘s time for a look at the weather. hello there. we‘ve already seen flooding across parts of the country from the incessant rainfall and it set to stay very wet through tonight and into tomorrow morning for some a risk of further flooding. the areas most at risk the unborn areas for whales the southwest of england and also for eastern scotland. but a blanket yellow warning remains in force for much of the country through tonight as you can see the extent of that reign. some of it

will be quite heavy and pushing westward into parts of northern ireland by the end of the night. here it will be windy down towards the southwest was up maybe some dry interludes developing across north eastern england a lot of cloud around still some showers as well. temperature is around nine or 10 degrees. part two of the weekend some areas not looking as wet. but gently across the midlands into northern and eastern england perhaps than scotland. very wet across the rest of scotland was up that rain running into wales, south england and of course the southeast was that wendy here with gales, central areas sees sunshine but also a few showers.

president trump‘s president 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 are extremely happy at the progress the president has made. he had a mild cough with nasal congestion, fatigue, all of which have not been resolved and are 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. now on bbc news. 2020 was supposed to celebrate 50 years of the iconic 747 jumbo jet

and mass air travel. instead, covid 19 brought catastrophe to the aviation industry. for half a century, this 400 seat man—made giant has roamed the planet. but the pandemic is now forcing the jumbo jet to near extinction. this is the biggest crisis the airline industry has ever faced and as they think about the very survival, the jumbo jet is just not part of that future. 50 years ago the 747 opened up the world. now, covid—19 is closing much of it down. as passenger numbers dwindled, this is the pandemic that killed at thejumbojet. this is the pandemic that killed at the jumbo jet. as airlines shed to thousands of jobs, the the jumbo jet. as airlines shed to thousands ofjobs, the 747 goes from flagship to scrap