this is bbc news. i'm james reynolds. our top stories: donald trump says he's doing well in hospital, where he's being treated for coronavirus but expects to remain for the time being. you don't know over the next period of a few days — i guess that's the real test. so we will be seeing what happens over the next couple of days. meanwhile, as more senior republicans test positive, was last week's unveiling of the president's supreme court nominee at the white house a super—spreader event? and in other news: civilian areas come under fire as the conflict in the disputed region of nagorno karabakh intensifies.

hello and welcome to bbc news. in the past hour, a video of donald trump seated at a desk has appeared on twitter in which he says he has been unwell but is now feeling better. it comes on a day when officials have given contradictory reports about the president's health after his first night in hospital for coronavirus treatment. let's listen to mr trump now. i want to begin by thanking all of the incredible medical professionals — the doctors, nurses, everybody — at walter reed medical centre. ithink the finest in the world — for the finest in the world — for the incredible job they've been doing. icame the incredible job they've been doing. i came here, wasn't feeling so well. i feel much better now. we are working hard to get me all the way back. i have to be back, because we still have to make america great again. we've done an awfully good job of that, but we still have steps to go, and we still have steps to go, and we have to finish thatjob.

i'll be back — i think i'll be back — soon. and i look forward to finishing up the campaign the way it was started and way we've been doing, and the kind of numbers we've been doing. we've been so proud of it. but this is something that has happened, and it's happened to millions of people all over the world, and i'm fighting for them, not just world, and i'm fighting for them, notjust in the us. i'm voting for them all over the world. we are going to beat this coronavirus or whatever you want to call it, and we are going to beat it soundly. so many things have happened. if you look at the therapeutics which i'm taking right now, frankly they are miracles, if you want to know the truth. they are miracles. people criticise me when i say that, but we have things happening that look like they are miracles, coming down from god. soi miracles, coming down from god. so ijust miracles, coming down from god. so i just want to tell you i'm starting to feel good. you don't know — over the next period of a few days, i guess, that's the real test, so we'll

see what will happen over the next couple of days. ijust wa nt to next couple of days. ijust want to be so thankful for all of the support i've seen, whether it's on television or reading about it. i most of all appreciate what's been said by the american people, by almost a bipartisan consensus of american people. it's a beautiful thing to see, and i very much appreciate it, and i won't forget it — i promise you that. i also want to thank the leaders of the world for their condolences. they know what we are going through. they know, as your leader, what i have to go through. but i had no choice, because i just go through. but i had no choice, because ijust didn't wa nt to choice, because ijust didn't want to stay in the white house. i was given that authority — stay in the white house, don't ever leave. don't even go to the oval office. just date upstairs and enjoy it. don't see people, don't talk to people and be done with it, andi talk to people and be done with it, and i can't do that. i had

to be upfront. this is america, this is the united states, this is the greatest country in the world and the most powerful country in the world. i can't be locked up in a room upstairs totally safe and just say, hey, whatever happens happens — i can't do that. we have to confront problems. as a leader you have to confront problems. there's never been a great leader that would have done that. so that's where it is. i'm doing well. i want to thank everybody. first is doing well, melania asked me to say something as to the respect that she has for our country, the love that she has for our country, and we are both doing well. melania is really handling it very nicely. as you've probably read, she is slightly younger than me, just a little, tiny bit, and therefore — we know the situation with age versus younger people, and melania is

handling it statistically like it's supposed to be handled, and that makes me very happy and that makes me very happy and it makes the country very happy. but i am also doing well, and i think we are going to have a very good result. again, over the next few days, we are probably going to know for sure. so ijust want we are probably going to know for sure. so i just want to thank everybody out there, all over the world, specifically the united states, for the outpouring of love. i will never forget. thank you very much. let's ta ke let's take a look at what's happening in the hospital now. it's just after eight o'clock. that clump of supporters is standing across the road from the entrance to that hospital. the hospital itself is only eight miles north of the white house. the president of course got there on the friday. we now learn he was given oxygen at

the white house on friday itself. our north america correspondent, peter bowes, joins me now. what questions does that video answer, and what questions does it not answer? well, i think that video was donald trump being donald trump, taking control of the situation after really a day of and mixed messages, at least in terms of our interpretation of what his doctors were saying and what we heard the white house chief of staff had said ina house chief of staff had said in a briefing to reporters is doctors being very positive, saying he was responding to treatment and that his symptoms we re treatment and that his symptoms were going away. but then we heard from the chief of staff, underlined that he gave in a briefing, which seemed to be more reserved and suggest that the course ahead wasn't so clear and that the president perhaps wasn't out of the woods yet, to interpret those words. well, i think this is now the president taking control. we often say that he describes

himself as his best press spokesperson, and i think that's exactly what he is doing. he is there upfront in a video that lasts about four minutes, dressed in a jacket with no tie, as we saw, but looking ok — a little tired perhaps — but making the point that he went into hospital not feeling well, and he is feeling a lot better now. being positive about the outcome, at the same time acknowledging the next 2a to 48 hours the same time acknowledging the next 24 to 48 hours will be crucial. that reflects what his doctors have been saying. but clearly a message to his many supporters that he wants as soon supporters that he wants as soon as supporters that he wants as soon as possible to be back out there working on the campaign, which he says he believes he will be back doing soon, and using that phrase — making america great again. that's what he sees his job america great again. that's what he sees hisjob being moving forward. overall this is the president simply wanting to portray a very positive outlook for himself as he battles this condition. talking about being out there, a lot of attention is on that

eventin a lot of attention is on that event in the rose garden in the white house on saturday last week, the nomination of a supreme courtjustice. peter, we learned that the number of people at that event have now tested positive. talk us have now tested positive. talk us through that please. yes, a lot of individuals — republican senators. chris christie, the former newjersey governor, very close to the president, was involved in preparing the president for the debate that he had earlier in this past week with joe biden, he had earlier in this past week withjoe biden, and of course in fact he attempted wa nts course in fact he attempted wants himself to get the nomination for president. he wasn't successful. but he is certainly in the president's in a circle. he has tested positive, and he has tweeted that he has in fact checked himself into hospital. he has underlying health conditions. several people, as you say, at that event just a several people, as you say, at that eventjust a week ago, and it does seem to be a focal point of the virus — perhaps a covid cluster, as some people describe it — which must be

concerning. for others who have been there, who have had tests — the results haven't been revealed yet, but it does show how ina revealed yet, but it does show how in a closed confined area this virus can spread extremely quickly. thanks so much. well, let's speak to dr cedric dark, an emergency medicine physician and assistant professor at baylor college of medicine in houston, texas. thanks so much forjoining us. i don't know if you were able to see that four—minute video of the president. it showed him breathing and speaking a p pa re ntly breathing and speaking apparently without difficulty. if you put that together with the confusing, contradictory briefings we've had, to you as a doctor have enough information to work out the a nswer to information to work out the answer to a simple question — what is the president's condition? i'm happy to see that the president is looking good. however, not knowing any of the details of his medical condition, not knowing what his chest x—ray looks like and all his vital signs, it's

inappropriate to completely speculate about that. what i will say is that knowing someone will say is that knowing someone that has been hospitalised, who has been on oxygen, this isn't going to be an easy road for him. when you look at some of the science behind this, and the study of remdesivirfrom the new behind this, and the study of remdesivir from the new england journal of medicine, the mortality rate for people in mr trump's position was somewhere around 7% for the next 14 days of the disease. in the recovery trial, which studied dexamethasone in hospital patients with coronavirus, we are talking at mortality rate of nearly 25% over the span of a month. right now he is looking ok, but you have to remember this is extraordinarily early in the disease phase. the second week tends to be the worst for people who have coronavirus because of the inflammatory effects that the body puts out, so effects that the body puts out, soi effects that the body puts out, so i think next week is going to be the true test of what will happen to the president. he himself has essentially made that point in the video, saying the next few days are crucial. what difference does it make to

that stage, knowing he is actually hospital and the doctors can monitor him minute by minute? does that help? i do think that has some help to it, because he can be monitored more than he is in his home or the white house. but at the same time this is a disease that for the most part we in the medical profession watching and waiting to see what happens to the patient and reacting to them as opposed to something where —— we are able to control. a lot of it is waiting and hoping the therapeutics we have do theirjob, but right now there is no cure. the best thing that people in america and around the world can still do is to make sure you are wearing a mask, staying socially distant and avoiding contact with people, like the president and his inner circle, who are now starting to demonstrate the effects of being at a super spreader event. what is the significance of the reports we've been getting saying he was given

oxygen at the white house on friday? all that means realistically is his oxygen levels may have been lower. he may have felt a little bit short of breath. i wouldn't be too much into that, other than the fact that people who require oxygen tend to be sicker than people that do not require oxygen. butjudging beyond that is a little bit difficult to speculate upon. thank you so much forjoining us. thank you so much forjoining us. thank you. you can keep up to date with donald trump's condition by heading to our website. there's also analysis on how these events may affect the us presidential election. go to bbc.com?us2020. let's get some of the day's other news. coronavirus restrictions that put the spanish capital, madrid, under partial lockdown appear to have been heeded. nearly five million residents in the greater madrid area are confined to their municipality. madrid is the first european capital to re—enter lockdown in a bid to curb soaring infections. streets that would normally be crammed were largely deserted, with rain playing a part in keeping people indoors.

a powerful storm has caused what are being called the worst floods in living memory in south—east france. eight people are missing. several rivers burst their banks as two and a half months‘ worth of rain fell in 24 hours. elsewhere at least three people have died and more than 20 are missing after big storms in northern italy. the british prime minister, borisjohnson, and the european commission president, ursula von der leyen, have acknowledged significant disagreements must be overcome before the two can agree a post—brexit trade deal. the two leaders said they'd instructed their chief negotiators to work intensively to try to bridge the gaps. 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, stepa na kert, which has come

under heavy shelling. one of the world's oldest conflicts... explosions ..is very much alive. we are being shelled here in nagorno karabakh, it's 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 too. 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, stepa na kert. this is bbc news. our top story: donald trump tweets a video from hospital saying he's doing well but still expects to remain at the walter reed medical centre for a few more days. so, ijust so, i just want to tell you that i'm starting to feel good. you don't know, over the next period of a few days, i guess that's the real test, so we will be seeing what happens over those next couple of days.

let's stay with the story. joining me now is professor thomas balcerski, who teaches history at eastern connecticut state university. professor, looking at the contradictions, omissions and clarifications of today's confusing briefings, whether they fit us history? do presidents and their advisors have a track record of always being honest with the american public about health? well, what we saw today is just a continuation of a long history where presidents have u nfortu nately where presidents have unfortunately misled the american people, sometimes on purpose and sometimes not so much. we probably would want to go back to the presidency of g rover clevela nd, go back to the presidency of grover cleveland, when in 1893, asa grover cleveland, when in 1893, as a second term president, he underwent a very secretive operation to remove a tumour from his jaw. now, that was actually done on a yacht, if you can believe it, floating in the east river of new york

city. but since hospitals have come into place, with more recent and more modern medicine coming into effect, in fact, influenza has been one of the most deadly serious conditions facing presidents, and from there we should really think about the example of woodrow wilson, who 101 years ago was struck down by the so—called spanish flu after world war i. there was an ability of the white house to hide in the past, thinking of fdi and wilson and indeed kennedy, but can the white house really get away with hiding today? —— fdr. the story about oxygen, but only took about 24 hours to get out in the public. cannot white house really do what was done in the past with cleveland, and so in the past with cleveland, and so on? it is a good question, because you're mentioning some of the other presidency were actually able to hide their medical condition for longer. —— presidents who were able. i think they can actually point interaction at this white house might be thinking about. in the

case ofjfk, he had multiple serious medical conditions he was able to hide for a long period of time, most significantly, his addison's disease, and adrenal disorder which required him to take steroids. from a political perspective it might have even benefited kennedy because he a lwa ys benefited kennedy because he always had this rosy, glowing look to him. in our age of non—stop video and attention on the president, president trump similarly has to wonder about the optics of appearing before the optics of appearing before the american people. that being said, ithink the american people. that being said, i think the other example to throw in here as the american people think back on our presidents have tried to hide the condition of their presidential health, would be ronald reagan. nearly three months into his presidency he was struck down by an assassin's orbit, a very serious injury, and he was taken to the george washington medical centre for treatment and emergency surgery. having not undergone surgery, president reagan might have died that day. so we have a number of examples that points

to it, and it is a different age, i agree with you, but we find again and again presidents try to mitigate and hide aspects of their health, perhaps for the image, perhaps for political reasons. in the 19505, for political reasons. in the 1950s, president eisenhower was incapacitated for large parts, for many weeks at a time. could america today, in 2020, deal with a president who is out of action for a significant number of days, weeks or so, briefly? i don't think so. because with president eisenhower, we have to remember it was before the passage of the crucial 25th amendment, which lays out procedures and policies for the tra nsfer of procedures and policies for the transfer of power between the president, president and so forth. in fact, president, president and so forth. infact, eisenhower's condition, which was so serious, led to the creation of the 25th amendment. he suffered a heart attack, he recovered without any kind of stimulation for five weeks and was not on thejob for another two for five weeks and was not on the job for another two months. significantly, eisenhower was also in every election year in 19 55 and 1956. i do think that

the 25th amendment gives the american people some comfort that they will be a transition of leadership and i agree we are ina of leadership and i agree we are in a better state as a result of it. professor, thank you so much. thank you for having me, james. now for a round up of all today's sports news. hello, welcome to the bbc sport centre. we start with football, and everton of the english premier league after making their best start to a top—flight season since 1969. carl angelotti's side beat brighton 4—2 with dominic albert limit scoring in the same week that he got an england call—up. a fourth straight win for everton. last time they did that in the top—flight they won the league. i think we manage well, the situation of the game, because they had possession, we had composure, with composure defensively, we had the opportunity to score and counter—attack. we ran good set

pieces, as usual. and so i think the performance was com plete think the performance was complete and this is the reason, because i think we deserve to win. the season has not started as well for pep guardiola's man city side. they have dropped more points, this time at leeds, as their record signing, rodrigo, cancelled out raheem sterling's opener. 1—1 was the final score. leaves are fifth while city have just one victory from the opening three games. —— leads. victory from the opening three games. -- leads. of course, we are far away from the top of the lead. we have to start winning games. now it is becoming a marathon, with the champions league, all the teams have these situations, but, yeah, it heats up for everyone. it was emotionalfrom yeah, it heats up for everyone. it was emotional from the touchline, the way we played the last ten or 15 minutes and everybody runs and fights, so, iamso everybody runs and fights, so, i am so delighted, the performers they had. chelsea beat crystal palace with four

second—half goals as frank lampard appealed for second—half goals as frank lampa rd appealed for chelsea's fa ns to lampa rd appealed for chelsea's fans to be patient. the summer signing then chilwell scored their opening goal. customer added a second before georgina converted two penalties to make it 4-0. converted two penalties to make it 4—0. also, newcastle beat burnley. transfer news, and manchester united are set to sign the uruguayan striker edison can only. the 33—year—old is due to flooding them on sunday to the move. the deal is yet to be finalised, but it is expected he will sign a two—year contract. cavani is a two—year contract. cavani is a free agent after leaving paris st—germain at the end of last season. in italy, the local health minister has told mapelli they cannot travel to turin sunday match against juventus after two players and one staff member tested positive for coronavirus. juventus say cristiano ronaldo and co will be on the pitch for clu b and co will be on the pitch for club is ready to play the match. that is despite two members of the club testing positive for the virus. problems also in the nfl, as

the new england patriots game against kansas city chiefs was postponed against multiple positive tests. patriots quarterback karen newton is one of the players to contract the virus. the game will be rescheduled to monday or tuesday after there have been more tests. world number one in tennis, novak djokovic, has eased into round four of the french open. he beat colombian qualifier daniel are like a gallon in straight sets, stopping just five games on the way to victory. next up for the world number one is the 15th seed, can't hush enough, replaced in the quarter—finals. there were victories also for the greek fifth—seeded stefan tsitsipas and two—time women's champion petra kvitova in the women's singles. finally, to one of cycling's grand tours, the giro d'italia, whether uk's geraint thomas finished fourth in the opening stage. the time trial was won by thomas' teammate filippo garner, who claimed the leader's pink jersey. thomas, he won the tour de france in 2018, was 26 seconds ahead of british rival simon yates. and that is all

from the bbc sport centre for now. the duke and duchess of cambridge have released a video of their children, george, charlotte and louis, asking questions to sir david attenborough about the natural world. they filmed their children at kensington palace before meeting him in person. hello, david attenborough. what animal do you think will become extinct next? hello, david attenborough. i like spiders, do you like spiders too? what animal do you like? i think i like monkeys best. because they are such fun. that's a good answer! watch the whole video, he answered all of their questions, listen to everyone. answer the question, if you can. more on all our stories on our website. that includes updates on presidentjohn's health as he now starts a

second night in walter reed hospital north of washington, dc. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @jamesbbcnews. do stay with us. hello there. it has been a thoroughly wet night up and down the country and we continue with more rain this morning, maybe across western and southern areas, where we are likely to see more transport disruption and further flooding in transport disruption and furtherflooding in places. it is here whether winds will be strongest as well. all tied in with this area of low pressure. you can see where the isobars are closer together across western and south—western areas, and this is where we will have that weather front as well, bringing that heavy, persistent rain. the amber warning across south—west england and wales is likely to persist up until around midday today, so we could see further flooding here through the morning period, whereas further north, the amber warning across eastern scotland should expire early this morning as the rain

begins to pivot away and pushed towards the west. so we should see a bit of brightness appearing here as the day wears on. the heaviest of the rain will tend to be across northern ireland and down into wales, south—west england, across the south—west england, across the south and south—east as well. even here the rain should start to move away as we head on into the afternoon. central areas, some lighter winds, sunshine around. temperatures reach around. temperatures reach around 15 or16, around. temperatures reach around 15 or 16, and it will be quite chilly across the south—east. into sunday night, it looks like those rain bands begin to spread away from the uk. we will continue to see lots of showers spiralling around the centre of the load. lengthy clear spells in between and when that happens it could potentially in one or two spots, generally 8—10 for most. low pressure still with us as we had on into the new working week for monday. it will be slowly filling, which means it will be gradually weakening through the day, so conditions should slowly improve as we move through the week. for monday, again, we will see

scattered showers around, the winds not quite as strong, some of the showers that develop could be on heavy side again. some could merge together to produce long spells of rain. in the sunshine we could see 15 or 16 degrees, and that is where we could see some of the heaviest of the showers. as we neared out of monday, i will show you our area of low pressure, beginning to drift north. it opens a north—westerly wind across the uk which will drive in a few showers but we should also see good spells of sunshine as well. it is really a slow improvement as we move through the week. but low pressure system moving away. by the end of the week, high pressure will start to build in, so that will settle things down.

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this is bbc news. the headlines: on his second day in hospital, donald trump has tweeted a video thanking well—wishers, and says he's making progress but admits he still expects to remain at the walter reed medical centre for a few more days to come. soi so ijust so i just want to tell you that i'm starting to feel good. you don't know — over the next period of a few days, i guess that's the real test, so we will be seeing what happens over the next couple of days. and in other news, despite international calls for calm, fighting has intensified in the disputed region of nagorno karabakh with reports of civilians being targeted. armenia's president says the country is facing a ‘decisive moment‘ as it battles azerbaijan for control of the region. regional powers have appealed for calm.

borisjohnson and the european commission president,