this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm james reynolds. our top stories: remarkable scenes outside the walter reed medical center, as president trump takes a short ride to greet his supporters. the 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 and feel as well as he does today, our hope is that we can plan for a discharge as early as tomorrow to the white house where he can continue his treatment.

rescue operations are stepped up in france and italy after storm alex brings torrential rain and flash floods to many areas. 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—i9, 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. the president actually signalling that he was intending to do it in a video that he posted on twitter, basically saying they'd been out there a long time, referring to his very noisy band of supporters that gathered at the walter reed medical center over the last few days.

"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, 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 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. be joined later to chat about the issue. us secretary of state mike pompeo has shortened his scheduled trip to asia after president trump tested positive for covid—i9.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 at their worst in decades. speaking just before he departed he said the us was ready if any adversary planned to take advantage of the president being in hospital. 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.

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 breil—sur—roya 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 1,000 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 saint—martin—vesubie, population 1,400 — 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 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. we could hear the creaking noises, the shaking because the rocks hitting the walls which 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 ito—minute drive from here along the coast of italy the city of ventimiglia is also cleaning up. with shops and restaurants destroyed by the water, many are asking the government to declare a state of emergency. translation: look. it‘s 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 45 years old and i've never seen that. 25 years that i'm at the market and i've never seen that! with both france and italy‘s economies hit badly by the pandemic already, this is the last thing they needed. paul hawkins, bbc news. 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 and nagorno karabakh itself, an area internationally recognised as part of azerbaijan, but where the majority of the population is ethnic armenian. 0ur 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—kara bakh region, many civilian buildings have been damaged by the azari 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 — as a result of which we have civilian many casualties. turkey continues to back azerbaijan in its campaign to recapture nagorno—kara bakh. crowds in istanbul 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. karabakh is ours and it will stay ours. 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, she 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 ceasefire, the latest attacks on civilian areas from both sides signal a dangerous new phase in this conflict. rayhan demytrie,

bbc news, tbilisi. 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 world 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—19. let‘s stay with that story now. joining us now is larry sabato, director, of the university of virginia‘s center for politics who is known for his us election prediction website sabato‘s crystal ball. there website sabato‘s crystal ball. have been so many s recently, there have been so many events recently, a supreme court nomination, the hospitalisation of the president, is anything

changing the shape of the election? amazingly, no. this has been the black swan yeah, i think, for everybody, and it just seems to be —— happens to bea just seems to be —— happens to be a presidential election year. you would think, from so many black swans, from the pandemic to the racial inequity demonstrations and many other things, something would have happened but in fact the numbers have been remarkably stable. if anything, numbers have been remarkably stable. ifanything, biden numbers have been remarkably stable. if anything, biden has gotten a bit of a lift in the last week from that disastrous, embarrassing debate that was held between president trump and former vice president biden. what are the numbers, then, and can we trust them? second question is more important, but the first question, the rolling average, the average of all the polls that are considered legitimate has biden up somewhere between eight and ten points, some have ita eight and ten points, some have it a little bit lower at seven. we look at the swing states because they are ever so much

more important but biden right 110w more important but biden right now is leading the swing states five, six, or seven points and thatis five, six, or seven points and that is where hillary clinton lost by 1% in most of the key swing states. now, can we trust them all the way to november? i would feel much better about it if you could actually help me with the crystal ball and we could look in it and we could see what the other black swan events will be, because there will be some more. it is a crazy year. 29 days to go, how as early voting affecting the way that you are assessing the race? it matters, because millions of people have already voted. now, when all the tallies are done we will probably have somewhere around 150 million people voting, but you‘ve got to consider it this way. while we are focusing on the events that happened yesterday and today and tomorrow, all of those people who voted can‘t get their votes back. they‘ve already made their decisions, and it will increase, it will accelerate as

we move past, if we have them, the next two debates and all of the next two debates and all of the other events of the campaign. joe biden is well known, he has been in politics almost half a century, president trump has in office for the last four years or so. can any for the last four years or so. ca n a ny voters for the last four years or so. can any voters in america really still be undecided about the choice between these two? there are a handful, we have actually narrowed it down to about 3%, that is incredibly low and i guarantee you, half of them won‘t vote. that‘s what normally happens with the hard—core undecided. so they are fighting over relatively few voters, but what they are really doing is trying to motivate their voters to turn out at a higher rate than the other side. always a pleasure, thank you so much. public health england have admitted that nearly 16,000 thousand 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—19 test. that 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. 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 1970s and became known for his colourful graphic and floral prints. 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. 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. 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. musical sting. struggling cinemas, or those who still hadn‘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 said a final decision had not yet been reached. 0ne 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. voters in the second of three scheduled referendums and new caledonia have again decided that this civic territory should remain french. just over 53% of people voted against independence, three percentage points less than the previous vote two years ago. there will bea vote two years ago. there will be a final vote two years from now. president emmanuel macron welcomed the show of confidence in france but pledged to listen to the pro—independence camp.

to recap our main story, president trump is now beginning his third night in hospital in the walter reed medical facility. you can hospital in the walter reed medicalfacility. you can see it there, there is a clump of trump supporters obscuring the sign there. they are quite important because president trump earlier on had referenced them ina trump earlier on had referenced them in a video that he posted on twitter and then he said he had a surprise for them, he would go and drive and see them. he did so stopping the road was closed off and president trump, and his chevy suburban, you can see him there in the back seat, waved to his supporters who were obviously incredibly pleased to see him. that visit, that surprise drive by has caused a considerable amount of controversy. 0ne attending physician has criticised the decision to do so criticised the decision to do so saying that the secret service agents were put at risk who should now go into

quarantine. you can reach me on twitter, i‘m @jamesbbcnews. please do stay with us. 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 rainfall — over months worth of rain falling in many areas — that did led to some localised flooding and some transport disruption. and plenty of flood warnings remain in force. if you are 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 quite unsettled because low pressure will always be nearby, so we‘ll see further showers at times, but there will be some sunny spells, too.

for monday morning, we have our area of low pressure still with us, but it is a slightly weaker feature. you can see fewer isobars on the chart as well, so it will not be quite as windy through today. temperatures starting the day off at around 8—9 degrees for many of us, but where we have more cloud out west, then around ten or 11 degrees. now, this weather front and our weather front will reinvigorate and push back into northern ireland, wales, the south west of england through today, so it‘s likely to produce a wet day here. but elsewhere across the country, it is sunny spells and scattered showers, and some of the showers could turn out to be heavy, maybe 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. through monday night, it looks like it stays pretty showery. longer spells of rain pushing from west to east, mainly across northern and western areas. again, there will be some clear spells and where you see the clear skies, then temperatures will dip into single figures, otherwise holding in double figures where we have the rain and the cloud. 0ur area of low pressure is still with us on into tuesday, drifting a bit further northwards, parking itself across scotland. it means we‘ll see more of a gradient, more isobars

developing across england, wales and northern ireland through the day. so a breezier day across the south — that will drive further showers into many south—western areas. again, some of them could turn out to be heavy and thundery pretty much anywhere, but there‘ll also be some good spells of sunshine in between. and those temperatures reaching highs from 1a to around maybe 15 or maybe 16 degrees across the south—east. so a similar story as we head on into wednesday as well, further showers at times. and then as we head on into thursday, there‘s signs of another area of low pressure moving through to bring some wet and windy weather.

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—kara bakh, a week after the long—running conflict reignited. russia has called for a ceasefire. azerbaijan has threatened to destroy military targets inside armenia. rescue operations are stepped up in france and italy after storm alex brought torrential rain and flash floods to many areas. several villages in the mountainous border regions have been cut off, causing widespread damage and killing four people. the french prime minister has promised emergency aid for the stricken french regions. the local authorities in north—west italy have asked