welcome to bbc news — i'mjames reynolds — our top stories: remarkable scenes outside the walter reed medical center, as president trump takes a short ride to greet his supporters. convoy co nvoy co m es convoy comes back in this direction and about six feet away from me, the president is waving. mr trump is being treated for coronavirus, earlier doctors said they were pleased with his progress. if he continues to look as good as the seams today, we can look at discharging today in continuing a course of treatment at the white house.

armenian and azerbaijani forces exchange heavy rocket and artillery fire as fighting intensifies over nagorno—karabakh — russia calls for an immediate ceasefire. and it could be the end of the big screen for the world's second largest cinema chain, cineworld, as it becomes a casualty of the coronavirus? hello and welcome. there have been been extraordinary scenes outside the military hospital in maryland in the united states where president trump is being treated for coronavirus. mr trump temporarily left the hospital in a presidential convoy and waved at supporters who had gathered outside. the bbc‘s north america editor, jon sopel, was right there and witnessed the moment. he was leaving the hospital but i don't think he's going back to the white house. it was the most extraordinary scene and you can hear the noise now. they have closed the road. police suddenly found out and cleared this huge highway behind us.

i'm thinking, who would you clear the highway for, the first lady? then we see the convoy that is familiar if you live in washington. there is the president's convoy driving incredibly slowly. firstly down the other side of the road, and you can see all these people going mad, it's obvious it's the president, and then he goes down about half a mile, does a u—turn, and the convoy, six feet away from me, the president is waving. and waving again. and then goes down the line very slowly. it was the most unbelievable thing i've seen. everyone in all the cars were wearing masks but the president, who was diagnosed positive with coronavirus, 36 hours ago, has done a drive—past. who would have thought that? quite extraordinary, quite the most unbelievable thing. president trump is now back in hospital. before he went on his drive to salute his supporters, he posted a new video message posted on twitter recoreded at the walter reed national

military medical center. mr trump said he ‘learned a lot about covid' by ‘really going to school'. let's have a listen. it's been a very interesting journey. i learned a lot about covid, i learned it by really going to school, this is the real school, this isn't the real ‘let‘s read the book school', and i get it, i understand it, and it's a very interesting thing, and i'm going to be letting you know about it. in the meantime, we love the usa and we love what's happening, thank you. doctors treating president trump say he's continuing to recover well from covid— nineteen, and could be transferred from hospital as early as monday, to be monitored by white house medical staff. speaking outside the walter reed medical centre dr sean conley attempted to clear up any confusion why medical staff previously painted such a positive picture of his health. i was trying to reflect the attitude that the team, the president in his course of illness, has had, i didn't want to give any information that

might steer the course of illness in another direction and in doing so, it came off that we were trying to hide something which wasn't necessarily true. today he feels well, he's been up and around, the plan is to have an eat and drink, to be up and out of bed as much as possible and be mobile and if you continues to look and feel as well as he does today, the hope is we can plan for a discharge as early as tomorrow to the white house where he can continue his treatment course. earlier i spoke with our north america correspondent david willis about the presidents surprise drive by. well, the secret service has signed up for this and they take a huge risk there. "they've got trump flags, they love our country, "i'm about to pay them a surprise visit," whereupon the presidential motorcade left

the walter reed medical center and mrtrump in the presidential limo known as ‘the beast‘, he had a cloth mask over his face, the secret service agents were wearing n95 respirators and mrtrump then waved to the crowd, many of whom were not wearing facemasks, and the motorcade travelled about half a mile down the road before circling back and going back to the walter reed medical center. a point has been made by an attending physician at walter reed, drjames phillips, that the presidential suv is hermetically sealed against the possibility of a chemical attack, and thus the risk of covid—i9 infection within it is as high as it gets, according to dr phillips, and he said the irresponsibility of this, as far as the secret service agents in attendance was concerned, is astonishing. since mr trump‘s first tweet announcing he had covid early on friday, we have had, and i‘ve counted this,

since mr trump‘s first tweet announcing he had covid early on friday, we have had, and i‘ve counted this, four written statements, one written clarification, two on—camera briefings, three presidential videos, one presidential drive—by, endless anonymous quotes but no definitive, uncontested answer to a simple question — when was the first diagnosed? why not? you have been busy, james, haven‘t you ? it‘s a very good question. all we know that the president is doing well, that‘s according to the happy dance that his personal physician has been putting out over the last couple of days. althought he did make a few corrections and qualifications today, did he, dr conley, that despite everything going so well, there have been a couple of alarming drops in the blood oxygen levels of the president over the last couple of days. and he refused to be drawn on whether there was any sign of damage in the lung scans that had been undertaken. they can portend covid—i9 symptoms before a patient actually

begins to suffer them. and dr conley also talked about the administration of dexamethasone, which is a treatment usually and dr conley also talked about the administration of dexamethasone, which is a treatment usually and dr conley also talked about the administration of dexamethasone, which is a treatment usually used the people seriously affected with covid—i9. why then is the president getting such a treatment if he is on the road to recovery? a lot of unanswered questions, james. we may not know before 7—14 days until symptoms start to appear. and dr conley also talked about the administration of dexamethasone, which is a treatment usually us secretary of state mike pompeo has shortened his scheduled trip to asia after president trump tested positive. mr pompeo‘s visit to east asia, his first to the region in over a year, comes at a time when us ties with beijing are their worst in decades.

speaking before he departed, he said the us was ready if any adversary planned to take advantage of the president‘s illness. it‘s the team that‘s ready. the messages i‘ve gotten around the world, i‘ve talked to, goodness, more than half a dozen world leaders over the last few days, who have told the president and first lady to get well and get healthy. we know there are rogue actors, we know there are malign actors around the world. the united states is fully prepared, both the state department and our the diplomats. i was with general miller this afternoon, everyone is ready. and it‘s notjust the president‘s illness that‘s making the headlines. two republican members of the senatejudiciary committee have also tested positive for the coronavirus, raising questions about the timing of supreme court confirmation hearings forjudge amy coney barrett and whether additional senators may have been exposed.the republicans say the senate judiciary committee will convene in a week‘s time to begin the hearings. the democrats have complained, saying that the decision to go ahead with the confirmation hearings threatened everybody‘s health in congress. other news now: there‘s been a new surge in fighting between azerbaijan and armenia over the disputed territory of nagorno karabakh,

a week after the long running conflict re—ignited. russia has called for a ceasefire. azerbaijan has threatened to destroy military targets inside armenia, in retaliation for a missile attack on its second city, ganja which it says killed a civilian. until now most of the conflict has been between azerbaijan and nagorno karabakh itself, an area internationally recognised as part of azerbaijan, but where the majority of the population is ethnic armenian. our south caucasus correspondent rayhan demytrie has been following the latest developments from the region. explosion. azerbaijan‘s second largest city, ganja, was struck by a rocket, killing at least one civilian, the authorities said. this marks an escalation in the week long war because fighting is spreading beyond the conflict zone. but the mood in ganja appears defiant. translation: we have no fear.

everyone is at home. victory is with us, we will go forward, we have never been afraid of the armenians. we, the people of azerbaijan, have always been tolerant and strong. in stepanakert, the capital of the disputed nagorno karabakh region, many civilian buildings have been damaged by the bombardment. local residents have been forced to seek shelter underground. just today, azerbaijan started heavily attacking the capital city stepa na kert. targeting vital civilian infrastructures and civilian buildings with heavy missiles and aviation bombs. including with cluster bombs and cluster missiles, a result of which we have civilian many casualties. turkey continues to back azerbaijan in its campaign to recapture nagorno karabakh. crowds in his temple gather to show their support for the war. translation: my condolences to

our martyrs and their families. but their blood will not remain on the ground. we are conducting military exercises on our own lands. we want armenians to leave, kara bakh is ours and it will stay hours. i am really sad. god willing, everything will go much better. in yerevan, armenians that consider karabakh, which they call artsakh, a part of their homeland have called for international community to recognise the territory‘s independence. we decided to do the flash mob in solidarity with our government, with our soldiers, and with the call that the foreign ministry would recognise artsakh as a kind of solution for this war. despite international calls for cease—fire, the latest attacks on civilian areas from both sides signal a dangerous new phase in this conflict. rayhan demetrie,

bbc news, tbilisi. let‘s get some of the day‘s other news the japanese designer, kenzo takada, has died in paris, reportedly from complications after contracting coronavirus. he was the first designer from japan to make it in the competitive world of french fashion. he founded his fashion label in the nineteen—seventies, and became known for his colourful graphic and floral prints. a top flight italian football game between juventus and napoli descended into chaos on sunday when napoli failed to turn up. after two team members tested positive this week for coronavirus, napoli say they were ordered not to travel by their local health authority. however, the football league refused to call the game off. bars in the french capital paris will be closed from tuesday as part of new restrictions to tackle the spread of the coronavirus. restaurants will be able to stay open but will have to introduce further safety measures. universities must halve their number of students. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: how the world‘s second biggest

cinema chain could be closing its doors across the world. this was a celebration by people who were relishing their freedom. they believe everything‘s going to be different from now on. they think their country will be respected in the world once more, as it used to be, before slobodan milosevic took power. the dalai lama, the exiled spiritual leader of tibet, has won this year‘s nobel peace prize. as the parade was reaching its climax, two grenades exploded and a group of soldiersjumped from a military truck taking part in the parade, and ran towards the president, firing from kalashnikov automatic rifles. after 437 years, the skeletal ribs of henry viii's tragic warship emerged. but even as divers worked to buoy her up, the mary rose went through another heart—stopping drama. i want to be the people‘s governor. i want to represent everybody.

i believe in the people of california. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: president trump has taken a short car trip to wave at supporters gathered outside the hospital where he is being treated for covid—i9. let‘s have more on our main story now. joining me now from florida is dr dena grayson, an infectious disease expert and viral pandemic doctor. i want to focus first of all on the treatment that he has been given, the president has been given, the president has been given, in particular dexamethasone. the who says this drug should only be given to patients with severe and critical covid safe. why is the president getting it? —— critical covid. i think clearly, mr trump ausmat condition is much more serious oi’ condition is much more serious or was much more serious i

should say in the white house is letting on. they certainly have not been transparent with the american period —— people about what is going on and let‘s back up, he received it com pletely let‘s back up, he received it completely unproven and baltic cocktail but does not even shown any sort of statistical efficacy —— antibiotic. he got it first, continue to get worse, got oxygen and was transferred urgently, many fact to the hospital where he then received remdesivir, an antiviral drugs, which is reserved for very seriously ill hospitalised patients with covid—i9. and then after that as you mentioned he got a drug called dexamethasone and this drug is typically reserved eitherfor drug is typically reserved either for patients who are already on a ventilator or who are those inaudible feared at high risk and heading to a ventilator as a way to put it at bay and that is, dexamethasone is a very powerful immunosuppressa nt dexamethasone is a very powerful immunosuppressant and remember, mr trump is fighting a viral infection so you had

the risk of suppressing his immune system while he is fighting the virus so to me what this strongly suggests is that mr trump was heading downhill, he is a guy who is 7a yea rs old downhill, he is a guy who is 7a years old and a man and at higher risk of death statistically, and of course he is obese, unfortunately, so we put in on a high risk category so put in on a high risk category so his doctors seem to have thrown everything and the kitchen sink at the situation because mr trump probably was not doing so well. as a dock, what if anything can you deduce from his medical condition by observing the three videos he has released in the last few days? ——as a doctor. has released in the last few days? --as a doctor. it appears the videos were doctored. there was a clear moment where he was coughing that looked like it was edited out of one of the videos. the good news is clearly, he is not intubated, he is awake and alert and is able to speak so he is not confused — these are all good signs. it is difficult without

laying hands on a patient, without knowing their vital signs such as whether or not he has a fever how well he is doing and these are very short videos so he can sort of hide being short of breath, sitting down, you could certainly hide coughing by editing what appears to be editing out coughs but i think the good news we can take away is that he is not critically ill and not receiving supplemental oxygen at least in these short videos so i think it is an encouraging sign. one of his doctors said he maybe discharged to the white house on monday and we know the white house has own article care facilities but is there any medical justification for moving a patient before potentially the dangerous 7—10 day period of infection is over? there certainly is. we know that plenty of patients with covid—i9 actually rest and recuperate safely at home. the reason i believe mr trump was moved to the hospital as i have been saying for several days is his clinical status was deteriorating. he already was,

it is now leaking out he was receiving oxygen at the white house and that is a rather precarious situation because again, patients with covid—i9, especially those like mr trump who are older, have more risk factors, they can deteriorate rather quickly so he was moved to the hospital because, in case he needed more, you know, ventilator support, something like that, and you can have close monitoring of the hospital, so what this suggests is his clinical status is likely improving, it is likely hopefully not having what were reported to be high fevers, no longer hopefully breath or receiving oxygen and i believe that if the trend continues his doctors are indicating that he could go back to the white house, he could still receive the full course of remdesivir via an iv, this is given i believe twice a day for five days and then he can finish the five —— the viral treatment other white house as long as he is clinically stable but i

think if he shows signs of not been clinically stable, high fever and in particular having shortness of breath or oxygen, both would be more serious signs that he needs to stay in the hospital so i think we will have to wait and see what happens over the next 12—24 hours. dr dena grayson, thank you so much. thank you for having me. public health england have admitted that nearly 16,000 cases of coronavirus between the 25th of september and the 2nd of october were not included in daily figures for that period and not transferred to the contact tracing system. some of them were included in the figures published on saturday and then sunday. the latest daily figure shows 22,961 new confirmed uk cases. 33 deaths were also recorded — that‘s of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—i9 test — which takes the total number across the uk to 42,350. our health editor hugh pym has this update. extraordinary announcement late

this evening that nearly 16,000 of these positive tests weren‘t put into the system and, by a quick calculation, it looks as if what we thought were around 7,000 daily reported cases at the end of last week were actually more than 11,000, compared with about 7,000 a week earlier. now, public health england have said it didn‘t affect anybody getting their test result — they were all told in the normal way — but something seems to have broken down between the labs carrying out the tests and then the data being put into the test and trace system, so it means that the contacts of these people who tested positive weren‘t actually approached, because the test and trace system didn‘t have their details. so up to one week was lost in not following up those contacts, so that is quite a serious situation. now, we are assured that this it problem has now been contained, that all the extra cases have been added in for yesterday and today, and they should revert back to something akin to what we

have been seeing before. and we should also say that there are other bits of data that show that there could be a levelling off in cases, but it comes at a very awkward moment for the government. they are trying to get confidence in test and trace and work out how the virus is spreading, and then this error comes along. hugh pym. french and italian rescuers have stepped up their search efforts after floods cut off several villages on the mountainous border, causing widespread damage and killing at least four people. others are still missing on the french side of the border after storm alex brought, torrential rain, winds of 180 kilometres an hour and flash floods to the area. paul hawkins reports. this was the picturesque town of breath or in the french alps but four months of rain in just one day meant devastating landslides have cut off the town. translation: all i worry about is my kids down the

valley. i cannot reach them. i have medicine, i have everything i need but i am not well, it is stress, it is anguish. rescue efforts are concentrated here with roughly 1000 firefighters backed by helicopters and the army. the french government declaring the wider region a national disaster zone. two hours‘ drive from here is the village of san martin, population 11100 or at least it was. it is also now cut off by the aftermath of storm alex so many are leaving. translation: i left with this. a nightgown, and there you go. this is what i have left. what i have on me is not mine. i don‘t have a car anymore. we don‘t have a car anymore. we don‘t have a car anymore. we don‘t have anything anymore. like half the village. translation: i was on the top floor of the hotel, right next to the river. i realised it had doubled in volume and then it spread out across the entire

width of the hotel. it was scary. you could hear the creaking noises, the shaking because the rocks hitting the wall that were falling down, and being in the dark was even worse because we did not know what was going on. many are being evacuated by helicopter here to the city of nice, 55 kilometres south, where aid is being packed and sent out of villages across the region. meanwhile, a a0 minute drive from here along the coast of italy this city is also being cleaned up. with shops and restau ra nts cleaned up. with shops and restaurants destroyed by the water, many are asking the government to declare a state of emergency. translation: look. it is quite a disaster. i have a lot of goods to throw away and for the whole market, it is the same. it is a disaster. translation: this is the first time. i've never seen this before. i'm a5 years old and i've never seen that. 25 years i am of the market and i have never seen that. —— i

years i am of the market and i have never seen that. —— lam at the market. with both france and italy‘s economy hit badly by the pandemic already, this is the last thing they need. paul hawkins, bbc news. cineworld, the world‘s second biggest cinema chain, has confirmed it‘s considering temporarily closing all its sites in the us, the uk and ireland — a casualty of the pandemic. the company said a final decision had not been taken. the statement came after the release date for the newjames bond film was again pushed back from november until next april. here‘s our business correspondent katy austin. most cinemas have now reopened, but social distancing is limiting capacity and many big budget films have been postponed. james bond... struggling cinemas, or those who still haven‘t yet opened, were hanging their hopes on the newjames bond film. on friday, its release was delayed for a second time, from november until next april. cineworld, which lost £1.3 billion in the first six months

of this year amid the pandemic, is writing to the government, saying the industry has become unviable. it is expected to announce that it will close its uk sites, potentially putting more than 5,000 jobs at risk. this afternoon, cineworld confirmed it was considering the temporary closure of its uk cinemas and those in the us, but it said a final decision had not yet been reached. one cinema industry analyst told me he expects other chains to hibernate their sites. if they remain open, they have to demonstrate that they have got content to play. so perhaps some art house or independents have got a different stream of content but for the mainstream multiplexes globally, they have to make a sensible decision. without many big movies remaining in this year‘s schedule, experts are concerned that when delayed movies finally open, there‘ll be fewer places to show them. katy austin, bbc news.

to stay with bbc news. —— do stay with bbc news. hello there. well, the weekend was pretty much a wash out for many of us. we saw a vigorous area of low pressure parked across the uk bringing huge amounts of rain, over months worth of rain falling in many areas that led to localised flooding and transport disruption. and plenty of flood warnings remain in force if you‘re concerned about where you live, then head onto the bbc weather website to check all the details. but as we head into this new week, it does look like things will be a little bit quieter, still unsettled because low pressure will be nearby, further showers at times but sunny spells, too. for monday morning, we have our area of low pressure still with us but it is a weaker feature. fewer isobars on the chart so it will not be quite as windy through today.

temperatures starting off at around 8 or 9 degrees for many of us, but where we have more cloud out west then around ten or 11 degrees. this weather front and our weather front will reinvigorate and push back into northern ireland, wales, the south west of england through today, likely to produce a wet day here but elsewhere across the country, it is sunny spells and scattered showers which could turn heavy and even thundery. a slightly warmer day for many of us, particularly across the south—east given some sunshine, we could see 16 or 17 degrees. it‘s showery through monday night, milder spells of rain —— it‘s showery through monday night, longer spells of rain pushing from west to east, mainly across northern and western areas. there will be clear spells and spells —— temperatures will dip into single figures. our into single figures. area of low pressure is

still our area of low pressure is still with us on tuesday. it means we will see more of a gradient and more isobars developing across england, wales and northern ireland through the day. a breezier day across the south driving showers into many south—western areas. some could turn heavy and thundery anywhere but also good spells of sunshine in between. temperatures reaching highs from 1a to 15 or 16 across the south—east. similar story as we head on into wednesday as well, further showers at times and then as we head on into thursday, signs of another area of low pressure moving through to bring some wet and windy weather.

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this is bbc news, the headlines: president trump has taken a short trip from hospital where he‘s due to spend a third night being treated for coronavirus. he appeared in the back of his armoured car wearing a face mask to wave at supporters. doctors treating the president say he‘s continuing to recover well. there‘s been a new surge in fighting between azerbaijan and armenia over the disputed territory of nagorno karabakh, a week after the long running conflict re—ignited. russia has called for a ceasefire. azerbaijan has threatened to destroy military targets inside armenia. public health england says nearly 16,000 cases of coronavirus have not been added to the uk daily total over the last week due to a computer glitch. some of the unreported cases have been added to sunday‘s figure of 22,961.