hello. this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. in a few minutes we'll be joining bbc one viewers for a full round up of the day's news with kate silverton. first, donald trump has said he's "feeling well" in a tweet sent from the military hospital outside washington, where he's being treated for covid—19. however, the ap news agency says the white house chief of staff told reporters, mr trump was not yet on a "clear path to recovery" — and said he'd received oxygen on friday before he left for hospital. the president's doctor, sean conley, gave a more optimistic assessment when he spoke to reporters earlier this evening. as reported yesterday in consultation with this group,

i recommended 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 in particular days 7—10 are critical in determining the likely course of the illness. 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 and fatigue, all of which are now resolving and improving. we are monitoring him very closely for any evidence of complications from either the coronavirus illness or the therapies that we are prescribing to make him better. we have monitored his cardiac function, his kidney function, his liver function, all of those are normal. the president this morning is not on oxygen, not having difficulty breathing or walking around the white house medical unit upstairs.

he is an exceptionally good spirits, and in fact as we completed our multidisciplinary rounds this morning, the quote he left us with was, "i feel like i could walk out of here today. " that was an encouraging comment from the president. about 48 hours the president received a special antibody therapy directed against the coronavirus and we are working closely with the company to monitor him in terms of that outcome. yesterday evening he received his first dose of ivy remdesivir and our plan is to continue a five day treatment course with remdesivir. the big plan today since he is in great spirits and doing well is encouraging him to eat, drink, stay hydrated and be up out of bed and working and doing the things that he needs to do to get well. it is important to note the president has been fever free for over 2a hours. we remain cautiously optimistic but he doing great. with that. 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. sean p conley, the president's doctor talking just

there's confusion tonight over the health of president trump following his treatment for covid—i9. a white house official says the next 48 hours will be critical despite his doctor saying the president was doing very well. at this time we are extremely happy with the progress the president has made. firstly he had a mild cough and nasal congestion, fatigue, which are now resolved and improving. and nasal congestion, fatigue, which are now resolved and improvingm has emerged that the country had to receive supplemental oxygen yesterday morning at the white house before being moved to this hospital. civilian areas come under fire as the conflict in the disputed region of nagorno karabakh intensifies. and in rugby league,

leeds rhinos reach theirfirst challenge cup final for five years. good evening. there's confusion tonight over the health of the american president following his treatment for covid—i9. mr trump is spending the weekend in hospital and today his medical team held a press conference saying they were extremely happy with the progress he'd made, describing him as ‘very well‘. butjust minutes afterwards, the white house's chief of staff appeared to contradict the assessment and said the next 48 hours would be critical in terms of his care. it's also emerged the president recieved oxygen before heading to hospital. with the latest, our

north america editor, jon sopel. this presidency hasn't wanted for astonishing drama but nothing like this. just hours after the president confirming that he is tested positive for covid, he's on his way to a military hospital for treatment, suggesting the situation is a whole lot more serious than the white house has admitted. from the president a video designed to calm nerves. 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. today, a briefing from the presidential physician at the medical centre, and the news appears good... this morning the president is doing very well. 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 and fatigue, all of which are now resolving and improving. but then the president's chief of staff mark meadows gathered reporters to admit that the situation on friday was a lot more serious and that the next 48 hours would be critical. and this wasn't an exercise in openness. listen to the response over whether the president has received oxygen... has he ever been on supplemental oxygen? right now he is not on... i know you keep saying right now but should we read into the fact that he had been previously? yesterday and today, he was not on oxygen. so he has not been on it during his covid treatment? he's not on oxygen right now. sean conley sounded more like a lawyer than a doctor. one other crucial thing, he said "we are 72 hours into this diagnosis" which suggested the president's condition was covered up for two days, but then hours later he had to issue a correction, underlining how unclear the communication has been. a lot of attention is now being given to what looks like a super spreader event last

saturday at the white house, to announce amy coney barrett as his pick for the supreme court. it is a very proud moment indeed. in the last day, three republican senators who were there have tested positive, as well as his former close aide kellyanne conway, the head of the republican party, his campaign manager, former governor chris christie, three white house correspondents and a number awaiting test results. though in hospital, the president's ability to tweet seems unaffected, writing today... the latest bulletin will be a relief to many americans but that will be tempered by concern over what they are not being told. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. president trump has been given two treatments to try to slow the impact of the virus.

our health editor hugh pym looks at how effective they might be. as the president walked across the white house lawn to the helicopter which would take him to hospital, it wasn't clear what sort of treatment or care he'd require. today, doctors revealed they'd carried out extensive monitoring of donald trump's condition, and the state of his health. we have monitored his cardiac function, his kidney function, his liverfunction, 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. the president is getting two experimental therapies which are not routinely available to patients, and are still being assessed by clinicians. the first involves antibodies, produced in laboratories to boost covid patients' immune systems. scientists say early results are encouraging, but there are still questions. it's reduced 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 patients. 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 observed low oxygen rates, the thinking is that the earlier you can get it into the patients, the better. president trump has had the drugs early on. in effect, doctors were taking pre—emptive action to try to reduce the risk of the virus doing more damage. but these are not cures for coronavirus. hugh pym, bbc news.

our north america editorjon sopel is at the walter reed military medical centre. are we any clearer as to the condition of the president? not entirely. take the issue of whether he has received oxygen yesterday, we have now confirmed he did receive supplemental oxygen yesterday morning at the whitehouse but the whitehouse is not confirming it and was very much dodging the question and if they are dodging that question, what other questions are they dodging? and then there's the issue of 72 hours diagnosis, they have corrected that, it begs the question, when did the president become symptomatic and did he carry on his normal duties after that? it is possible that he did which would bea is possible that he did which would be a breach of the guidelines here in america. it is very noisy, a lot of donald trump supporters, i should say, then you have the question, the chief of staff mark meadows giving a gloomy assessment and saying the

next 48 hours were critical, and then his physician saying everything is looking good. we know as we have just heard, the medicine that donald trump is being given, the pill he is asking the american people to swallow seems to be very heavily sugar coated. john sobel, thanks for joining us. —— jon sugar coated. john sobel, thanks for joining us. ——jon sopel. let's take a look now at the latest daily government coronavirus figures. there were 12,872 new infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period, a large rise but the government says this is because it has included additional cases that had previously been unreported. the government also reported 49 deaths, that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—i9 test. that means on average in the past week 49 deaths were announced every day — which takes the total number of deaths so far across the uk to 42,317.

borisjohnson and the european commission president issued a statement today agreeing to step up efforts to resolve the differences that exist in the brexit trade talks. our politcal correspondent iain watson is here. they have acknolweged that "significant" gaps still remain? they do indeed commit the most significant thing about the court between the head of the eu commission and boris johnson between the head of the eu commission and borisjohnson is that they agreed to keep talking —— the call. instead of throwing in the sponge after the formal talks ended yesterday, they have agreed to continue the talks in brussels and london over the next four weeks, because they know if they reach the end of the year without a trade deal, they will be tariffs and prices will go up. borisjohnson no longer sees the eu summit as the deadline for a deal but he does want to know by then if a deal is possible and if it is worth

continuing the process. there are significant differences, especially on fishing rights and subsidies to businesses, they will have to bridge those gaps, but it was interesting today and at the conservative party conference, a virtual event for obvious reasons, the foreign secretary dominic raab said the uk simply would not do a deal at any price, and he used rather blunt language and said the days when we are over a barrel by brussels are now long gone. thanks forjoining us. the prime minister of armenia says his country is facing a "decisive moment", as it battles azerbaijan for control of the disputed region of nagorno karabakh. clashes have intensified despite international calls for calm. azerbaijan says it will continue the offensive until the region is under its control. our correspondentjonah fisher sent this report from the region's capital stepanakert — which has come under heavy fire.

one of the world's oldest conflicts... explosions. ..is very much alive. we are being shelled here in stepanekert, nagorno karabakh, in an ethnic armenian town that under international law belongs to azerbaijan. the reality of life in nagorno karabakh for the last few days, under assault from the air. it sounds like artillery but there have been drone strikes, as well. those azeri shells hit this residential building near our hotel. killing one and destroying the homes of dozens of others, like 78—year—old rita who once had azeris as neighbours. we had many friends from azerbaijan here but now we are enemies.

great enemies. i, personally, don't want to live with them and don't want to speak to them. this first week of war has been marked by azerbaijan's use of military drones, striking at will. nearly three decades after losing nagorno karabakh, the azeris appear intent on claiming it back. they are trying to invade and they do everything to invade, to terrorise the people and civilians here. that is why they are using drones and aerial strikes in this way? for sure. some have seen enough and are leaving to find safety. anoush tells us her husband has gone to the front line and she must get out with their children. but the aerial threat is never far away. this soldier is warning that

drones have been spotted. and shortly afterwards there is an explosion nearby. everybody is scrambling to come in here. a real reminder, as they were fleeing, as to why this place is increasingly dangerous for people. under attack, day and night. jonah fisher, bbc news, stepanakert. with all the sport now, here's karthi at the bbc sport centre. good evening. rugby league's challenge cup final will see salford take on leeds at wembley after the two sides came through today's semi finals. a spirited comeback from salford saw them edge past warrington 24 points to 22 to reach their first challenge cup final in over 50 years. while leeds beat wigan 26 to 12. joe lynskey reports. to reach the challenge cup final,

by to reach the challenge cup final, rugby league's best would have to fight through a storm, a swirling saturday in st helens when watching from home isn't quite so bad. this would decide who gets to wembley. warrington won the cup last year and having slid into the lead looked in control against salford, and at one stage they were ten points in front, but the side called the red devils we re but the side called the red devils were out to rewrite history. salford last won in the 30s and have not reached the final in half a century. they were behind for three quarters of the game but late on came their moment. commentator: salford red devils are going to wembley. early at leeds got the job done by half—time. they were 20—0 up in front against wigan at the break and using the breeze to sail to the final. in two weeks they will go to wembley for the first time in five yea rs.

wembley for the first time in five years. commentator: now it is official, leeds are going back to wembley. these are some of sports old est clu bs wembley. these are some of sports oldest clubs and right now every one of them has a fight to stay afloat, an empty ground for a final won't be the same but for rugby league's communities these moments matter. it's time to pop out of the room if you don't want to know today's premier league results as match of the day follows soon on bbc one. everton‘s impressive start to the season continues. they're top of the table after a 4—2 win over brighton. dominic calvert—lewin scoring his ninth goal of this campaign as everton made it four league wins from four. chelsea beat crystal palace 4—0. leeds drew 1—1 with manchester city. and newcastle were 3—1 winners over burnley. cycling and britain's geraint thomas is in fourth place after stage one of the giro d'italia. the time trial was won by thomas's team mate, filippo ganna, who claims

the leader's pinkjersey. thomas, who won the tour de france in 2018, was 26 seconds ahead of british rival simon yates. the giro is one of cycling's three biggest european stage races. there's more on the bbc sport website including the latest from golf‘s scottish open plus news of fixture delays and forfeits due to self isolating players and positive coronavirus tests in rugby union's premiership. just before we go — 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. sir david attenborough

answering questions with prince george, princess charlotte and prince louis. that's all from me. tomorrow the prime minister will be appearing on the andrew marr show, which starts at 9am here on bbc one. goodnight. good evening. a thoroughly wet evening out there, pouring down pretty much across the country, and it will last into tomorrow morning, certainly for many western areas, it will cause further transport disruption and more local flooding. winds will also be strong in the west, as well. this is

the heaviest of the rain in northern ireland and down into the south—west but also the south—east. can no longer meet up in doors with people they do not live with. this does not include bars and restau ra nts. does not include 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 to 770 students test positive for the virus in the northeast of england. we will look at the situation in the northwest, here is naomi cornwell. as of midnight, and new laws of the plate here. liverpool has some of the highest infection rates in england. so, the seven areas, it is now illegal for households to meet in doors anywhere, not just in households to meet in doors anywhere, notjust in homes. households to meet in doors anywhere, notjust in homesm households to meet in doors anywhere, notjust in homes. it is absolutely incumbent on everyone to understand what the rules are and comply with those regulations. it is only by everyone doing that that the virus numbers will come down and we can all turn to a state of normality. as well as merseyside, a cover warrington in cheshire. . normality. as well as merseyside, a cover warrington in cheshire. m is confusing. i think a lot of us

are unsure as to whether or not it applies. now they're telling people did not go out. it is great to damage the economy. boris johnson has said they shut the pubs at ten o'clock. people on the streets after ten, but they need to come to some better arrangement. as restrictions have been tightened, 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 if your complacency could lead to more deaths. a double murder investigation after the death of a mother and her teenage daughter were found in the fire damaged house. they found the

bodies of a postmortem revealed that the doctor had been strangled and assaulted. the daughter's body was found badly burned but the cause of her death has not been confirmed. detective superintendent is from lancashire police. we have been treating this instant as a homicide as there is evidence of a flight with the address and both victims suffering from assault. pressure to the neck and also associated assault. it is obvious that a harrowing set of circumstances and we appealfor harrowing set of circumstances and we appeal for any witnesses to come forward and let us judge what information you have in the importance of it to the investigation. clearly, somebody may have seen something, that may have seen have seen something, that may have seen individuals in the area, and he

could because cause for concern and cctv footage, we urge you to come forward as soon as you can. temper look at the weather. —— time for a look. the amber warning areas for wales and 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 rain will be quite heavy. pushing westwards in the parts of northern ireland by the end of the night and here it will be windy down towards the southwest. some try interludes across northern and eastern england, but there will be a lot of cloud around and still some showers here as well in temperatures no lower at around nine or 10 degrees. part two of the weekend, some areas not looking as wet like the midlands in the northern eastern england and are

very wet across the west of scotland, much wetter for northern ireland that rain running into wells in southwest england and towards the southeast. wendy here with gales, central areas will see some sunshine but also you showers.

hello, this is bbc news. in a moment, i am going to be taking a look through tomorrow's papers with my guests, but let us remind you of this evenings headlines. 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. thursday, he had a mild cough with some nasal congestion, fatigue and all of which are resolving and improving. parts of northern england face new coronavirus restrictions from today — including a ban on