this is bbc news. i'm tim willcox with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. president trump walks away from negotiations over a multi—trillion—dollar covid relief deal to support the us economy. with coronavirus keeping mr trump off the campaign trail, his rivalfor the presidency — joe biden — tells voters that the country is in a dangerous place. a sharp rise of new cases of coronavirus in some of the biggest cities in the north of england, amid warnings the current covid restrictions are not working. music: jump by van halen and eddie van halen, one of rock music's greatest guitar players, dies of cancer.

hello and welcome to bbc news. president trump says he's putting on hold negotiations over a stimulus package to help the us economy recover from the coronavirus pandemic. earlier, he said he was prepared to go ahead next week with the second televised debate against his democratic rivaljoe biden, despite his treatment for covid and ongoing questions about his health. our north america editor jon sopel has this report. when donald trump left the white house last friday, he appeared dejected, fearful. but, wow, his return last night couldn't have been more different.

the former reality tv star knows how to make an entrance — and so had the white house turn into a made—for—television spectacular, all deliberately timed so it could be taken live by the network news bulletins who were on air at the time. and after striding off of marine one, he walked up to the south portico. and there, what was the first thing he did? he very deliberately removed his mask, even though he's still infectious. covid — what's there to be frightened of? don't let it dominate you. don't be afraid of it. you're going to beat it. we have the best medical equipment, we have the best medicines — all developed recently. and you're going to beat it. i went, i didn't feel so good. and two days ago — i could've left two days ago — two days ago, i felt great, like better than i have in a long time, i said just recently, better than 20 years ago. although 210,000 americans have died and over 7 million have been infected, this was donald trump presenting himself as the warrior president who had seen off the hidden enemy. i stood out front, i led.

nobody that's a leader would not do what i did. and i know there's a risk, there's a danger, but that's ok. and now i'm better — and maybe i'm immune, i don't know. there were numerous takes as the president, all the time without a mask, interacted with staff. and in swing state pennsylvania, there are some pretty entrenched views. president trump has not taken covid seriously from day one. and if he did take it seriously, we would not be in the situation, if, as a country, we addressed it. i think he tried not to scare the people. that's what it was, that's why he did what he did. i just don't understand how he could contract covid, and then get released, and come out and get right on stage and take his mask off and start talking to people. that's crazy. his democratic rival, meanwhile, was campaigning in florida. he said he was glad to see the president back, but added this. anybody who contracts the virus by essentially saying, "masks don't matter, social distancing doesn't

matter", ithink, is responsible for what happens to them. the latest medical bulletin issued by the president's physician says that he had a restful night, was reporting no symptoms and his vitals were stable. but yesterday evening, after climbing the stairs, he was clearly gasping for breath. it may be there's a gap between the image he wants to project and a more fragile reality. john's sobel reporting there. ——jon —— jon sopel reporting there. earlier, our washington correspondent lebo diseko gave me this update. it's really interesting. joe biden has been really busy. that clip injon‘s report was in a town hall last night in florida.

the part you played were part of an address in gettysburg in pennsy;vania, which as you probably know, was the site of one of the key battles in the civil war. and also the site of lincoln's famous address, where he went back to this site where the battle had taken place and had torn apart the nation, and heal the divisions that have been made. and joe biden said, there is no more fitting place to talk about the cost of division, and really cast himself as a leader who can bring the nation together. we have heard him talk about this as a battle for the soul of the nation in the past, but this time, he really cast himself as somebody who would work both for republicans and for democrats and really that it is time to heal and work for a better america. he even drew on the words that lincoln himself used, so it was quite a powerful address and reaction from washington has been pretty positive, with some people here saying it's one of his best addresses. we've seen the response from twitter and facebook to what the president has been tweeting. has any instant polling had been carried out in the last 2a hours about donald trump's return from hospital after such a brief stay?

it is really interesting. there was a poll that came out in pennsylvania, done in pennsylvania. it took in a period that included some of the days since donald trump is diagnosed, and the poll has donald trump trailing joe biden, so joe biden ahead by up to 11 points, in pennsylvania, a key battle ground state. there've also been a number of other polls, michigan, showing joe biden ahead nine points, and a number of polls both at state level and nationwide, with joe biden leading, and they have been taken since donald trump has taken ill. lebo diseko there. let's bring you some breaking news now and the reuters news agency is reporting that

another member of the of the white house staff, stephen miller, has tested positive for covid—i9. the latest in a number of white house staff. hope hicks and kayleigh mcenany house staff. hope hicks and kayleigh mcena ny have house staff. hope hicks and kayleigh mcenany have also tested positive in the last few days. president trump laws life, melania trump, also tested positive as well. —— president trump's life. in england, the number of people admitted to hospital with covid—i9 on one day has jumped by nearly a quarter. that's despite local restrictions which have been put in place to try to control the spread of the virus. it's a similar picture across parts of europe, where countries are using targeted lockdowns as a second wave of coronavirus spreads across the continent. in england, manchester now has the highest rate of infections in the country, with just under 530 cases for every 100,000 people. households there are banned from mixing in homes and gardens. in madrid, the infection rate is around 700 people out of every 100,000. residents there aren't

allowed to leave the area unless they have to make an essential journey. and paris — which today shut all bars completely after a rise in infections rates — is reporting 250 cases per 100,000 people. dan johnson reports on the situation in greater manchester. in the student streets of fallowfield, the mood is darkening. there's growing concern here as case numbers rise, and there's more confusion as the layers of rules are built on. ian's lived here his whole life. we need to either be in lockdown or not in lockdown. we're either masked up, not masked up. a bit of this, six of one, half a dozen of the other, and basically nothing. all the people that live local said, "when the students come back, this is what's going to happen. " we've got a second influx of it. i think we should go back to a proper lockdown again. but leaders of the worst—affected cities say they

don't want another lockdown. their letter makes clear, they think the existing restrictions aren't working, are confusing and counter—productive, and they've called for more shared decision—making. we're facing the worst of both worlds here. the infection rate is going up, the economy of our cities tanking, so we decided to come together and just really stress to government the message we've been putting across so many times — work with us locally. on our floor, i think seven or eight people got tested. all who were positive. the university of manchester's seen more than 1,000 cases. adam and his flatmates have been isolating for ten days. what on earth do they expect us to all do? honestly, we're all young, we all want to have fun, we've had a pretty poor six months — what does he expect? a lot of us didn't have a choice. so, we were all put in this accommodation. and we were all going to get in the end. we now need to introduce a contain approach with the universities just to manage transmission over the next three weeks, and then

take additional measures if necessary. the council's been delivering letters to residents, saying that the return of university students has had an expected impact on the r number here, and there are leaflets reminding people they shouldn't be partying, but some voices here feel it's just too easy, to simple to blame the students when there are other things going on. i feel they have been duped and we have been duped, too. we all share the launderette, the supermarkets, public transport. inevitably, it will hit communities like ours, and we do have a higher number of vulnerable people, both socially deprived and people from the bame community, and elderly people as well. it's soul—destroying for us to see people leave here at ten o'clock, go to the local shop, buy a load of booze and then go to a house party. ben's built his bar business here based on student trade.

we're down 60% on our revenue, and for me, the government either needs to shut us completely and give us full support or they need to let us trade. if it carries on the way it is, we're not going to survive. the government says it's working hand—in—hand with local leaders, ramping up test and trace and supporting those in isolation. it's important to say not everywhere with students has problems and not everywhere with problems has students. but here, universities have announced they‘ re moving most courses online to try to suppress the virus. and other big cities are braced for their own case numbers to rise. danjohnson, bbc news, manchester. in other news, people living in the disputed territory of nagorno—kara bakh are facing genocide, according to the prime minister of armenia. he told the bbc that the region was facing assault from azerbaijan, turkey and what he called "terrorists" from syria. more than 250 people have died in recent fighting, the latest in a long—running dispute over the territory, which is officially part of azerbaijan but run by ethnic armenians. 0ur correspondent

jonah fisher sent this report. ten days in, there is no sign of either armenia or azerbaijan easing up. in and around the disputed region of nagorno—karabakh, shells are falling on cities and on civilians. with people fleeing and having lost territory, armenia's prime minister is on the defensive. under international law, armenia has been illegally occupying nagorno—kara bakh and the adjacent areas for more than 25 years. you can see why some people have very little sympathy for your plight... translation: that's not true. it is true. look at international law, look at the un general assembly resolutions. translation: there is no such international law that you are citing. everyone is citing the un general assembly resolutions, but very few people, unfortunately, have read them. there isn't anything in it to say that armenia has occupied anything. that is not the case.

there's very little armenia can do to stop nagorno—karabakh being targeted from the air. this weekend, we experienced first—hand the terror of shells landing randomly nearby. translation: you have come back from stepa na kert, and it's because you have seen today that the armenians in nagorno—karabakh are facing an existential threat. it is an existential threat, so the whole problem is, if the armed forces of azerbaijan succeed, it will mean a genocide of the armenians in nagorno—karabakh. azerbaijan is carrying out this offensive with turkey's full backing — and today, the turkish foreign minister met the azeri president.

no social distancing here. both men stated their determination to reclaim nagorno—karabakh. armenia's best bet for support is russia, but for now, moscow seems content to watch, as the fighting continues. jonah fisher, bbc news, yerevan. you're watching bbc news. some breaking news in just you're watching bbc news. some breaking news injust the you're watching bbc news. some breaking news in just the last few minutes. johnny nash, the american reggae and pop music singer—songwriter, best known in the us for the 1972 hit, i can see clearly now, has died at his home in los angeles at the age of 80. i can see clearly now,

his biggest hit, sold over1 million copies, reached no1 on the billboard hot 100 in november 1972 and remained top the chart for four weeks. his first cover, 1958. johnny nash, who has died at his home, according to his son, at the age of 80. you are watching bbc news. still to come... #jump! # another musical death. one of the world's most revered guitarists, eddie van halen, has died at 65. 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. you're watching bbc news. our latest headlines: president trump walks away from negotiations over a multi—trillion—dollar covid relief deal to support

the us economy. a sharp rise of new cases of coronavirus in some of the biggest cities in the north of england — amid warnings the current covid restrictions are not working. with citizens across europe having lived under coronavirus restrictions for months, the world health organization is warning of what it calls "pandemic fatigue". health officials say many people are now feeling less motivated about following protective behaviours as covid—19 spreads. professor perry halkitis is a public health psychologist at rutgers university. hejoins me from newark in newjersey. what newark in newjersey. do we mean by coronavirus fatigue? what do we mean by coronavirus fatigue? and how do you measure it precisely? first of all, think you for having me. coronavirus fatigue is a concept that is related to the

idea of behavioural maintenance, the idea that people become exhausted after periods of time of giving the behaviour repetitively. and we see this, whether we think about people finishing their antibiotics for 1h days are going to the gym consistently reading healthy consistently. that's what covid fatigue alludes to, alludes to the inability to behave in a certain way. and how do you prepare that if, indeed, if it is possible to repair into? human behaviour is very challenging to change, but will we need to do is give new motivations for people to continue to engage in safer behaviours around covid—19. but i've been talking about over the last few weeks is tapping into the sense of altruism people can have. we each need to the cabaye the prisoner life who is most vulnerable to this disease and use that as our motivation —— we each need to think about the person in our life who is most vulnerable. wear masks, socially distance

from each other. that is the driver that will help each of us driver that will help each of us continue to protect each other from this disease. that's interesting, so that takes a lot of energy from all parts of society. what we really believe people's fatigue, though, is getting back to normal. absolutely. i completely agree with you for this idea of normal, however, is changed, and my expectation is that there is going to be a period of time, certainly for the next few months, were we are going to have to be even more careful than before. by doing that, by investing the time now, by investing the time now, by investing the time now, by investing the energy now, by investing the energy now, by investing the energy now, by investing the effort now, we will be able to return to what we experienced as normal, the concerts, the picnics, going to the park with our friends, the dance parties, all of those things, but that just dance parties, all of those things, but thatjust can't happen right now and i do appreciate the fact that people are exhausted. we are all exhausted. but at the same time, we also have a responsibility to each other, and that's what we get into a

society, go into a society together, we give up some of oui’ together, we give up some of our own individual rights for the well—being as a whole. that's tough. just briefly, ta kes that's tough. just briefly, takes majority to do that. thinking about the younger generation, for example, all the things they are giving up. they're not at as much of a risk, at least not mortally. certainly not as much risk, can be carious. either you are right. the students at my university, and directors university, —— and rutgers university, —— and rutgers university, taking classes online. their holy spirit has changed. still, i believe in the goodness of humanity and i believe in individuals to think about others —— their whole experience has changed. and thatis experience has changed. and that is what is required right now, and it means sacrifice, just like our parents sacrificed during the wars, just as people sacrificed during the great depression. this is a period of sacrifice

and we need our younger posters and we need our younger posters and revise just free and we need our younger posters and revisejust free brief period of time. fascinating. professor halkitis, thank you very much forjoining us here. my very much forjoining us here. my pleasure. thank you. before we go... eddie van halen, considered one of the greatest ever rock guitarists, has died aged 65. #jump! # the co—founder and lead guitarist of van halen had been suffering from throat cancer. the band was a huge commercial success in the ‘70s and ‘80s, selling more than 80 million records worldwide. its singlejump reached number one in the us charts. i've been speaking to musicjournalist kory grow from rolling stone. i mean, as far as it comes to innovation and inspiring so many people, when you think about how many people who want to play like hendrix, that's probably the same number of people who want to play like eddie. he tapped the neck of the guitar, didn't he, in that new way?

how radical was that at the time? it's one thing that maybe classical guitarists had done a little bit — your andres segovia and people like that — but it wasn't incorporated into any specific style. it wasn't ratified into a style the way that eddie did it at the time. eddie had seenjimmy page from led zeppelin do some pulloffs on one hand — that's what they're called on the guitar, flurrying between notes — and he said, "i can do that and i can make it even more with another hand," and it turned into this whole other thing. i dare say that's the sound of ‘80s guitar after eddie did that. he pioneered that. he came from a musicalfamily — i think his father was a musician, wasn't he? and he trained at the piano. i've read somewhere, though, that he didn't really read music that proficiently. is that true? was hejust a natural performer with this innate sense of music?

yes, absolutely. he just heard it and it came out of his fingers. he is one of those rare lucky people that can do that. did you know him? i did not know him, no. afterjump, which i think was their only number one, wasn't it, he really lived the rock and roll lifestyle to the extreme? and do you think he'll be remembered as much for that as well? i think that even beforejump, they were the band. van halen were the band that made heavy metal fun. before that, heavy metal was serious and dark, and they all had smiles on theirfaces when they did it. it was party music, you know? you could dance to it. it was a whole other style. it could be hard rock or heavy metal, whatever you want to call it, but they will be remembered, and eddie is a big part of that, that image. they will be remembered for making a good time.

kory grow from rolling stone. hundreds of freelance musicians performed in westminster in central london to demand more targeted state support for self—employed artists. while the government has pledged financial help for struggling music venues, the industry's freelancers say they have been left to fend for themselves throughout the pandemic. our arts editor will gompertz was at the event. classical music plays as makeshift orchestras go, this one would take some beating. 400 of the country's leading professional musicians tuning up in parliament square. they've come to make their case to the politicians gathered in the building behind them. it's difficult to overestimate the impact that the pandemic has had on britain's live performance sector. musicians specifically have been hit really, really hard, having loads of gigs before and almost none afterwards. something like 30% of musicians are talking about leaving the profession altogether. 70% are earning a fraction of what they were earning this time last year.

the players performed a brief passage of mars from gustav holst‘s the planets. the musicians' union said that around 85% of their 32,000 members are freelance, many of whom have been unable to claim adequate income support. there needs to be more concerted effort, whether that be through philanthropy or government funding or a combination of the two, that actually targets money towards the freelance community, because it's enormous, we rely on it, and they are being left out. when times are good and when it all comes back, actually, a huge amount of money is generated by music and entertainment. we are the destination, really. when you go to see a show in the west end, perhaps you don't think about the people in the pit, but that's the freelancers. the musicians fell silent, both in london and in a corresponding event in birmingham, to make their point. the department of digital, culture, media and sport said it was working flat—out across the government to help the arts through covid. will gompertz, bbc news.

encore two more performances. that's it for me and the team. see you soon. hello there. many of us saw some rain at some point during the day on tuesday. there was some big puddles out and about on the roads. for example, in the highlands of scotland with the wet weather here, and it wasn't just in scotland, the rain was pretty extensive and at its heaviest across northwest england, where in rochdale, in the greater manchester area, we picked up 42 mm of rain. that was the wettest place in the country. it did bring one or two localised issues. still a few showers at the moment, then a clearer slice of weather, but further out in the atlantic, the next lump of cloud is developing, and this will bring rain late in the day on wednesday across many areas. right now, we've got some rain across the northwest of scotland. that rain will be with us well

until wednesday to be honest. southwards, a few showers coming down through the irish sea, one or two of those might be picked up in northwest england, particularly around cumbria and north lancashire for a time. otherwise, a slice of sunny weather for northern ireland, wales, and western england. those sunny skies pushing eastwards as we go through the day. some reasonable weather and much more in the way of sunshine compared with tuesday. later in the day, we will see rain returning to northern ireland, wales and south west england, and along with the rain, it will turn increasingly windy from the southwest late in the day, gusts of about 40, 45 miles an hour or so around the coast and hills. that rain extends northwards, probably reaching southernmost areas of scotland for a time. certainly we're looking at a wet night wednesday night, and then the rain slowly clears away from eastern areas of england. a mixture of sunshine and showers follow from the north and west. it will begin to turn cooler across northwestern areas. temperature about 9 degrees in stornoway, 11 in glasgow. but perhaps around 17 degrees or so for a time in london. that rain band should

clear well to the south, but there is a small chance it could ripple its way back. either way, on friday, it looks like we will see a mixture of showers or some lengthier outbreaks of rain, so it is staying on the unsettled side, the air getting cooler for most of us, with temperatures dropping. highs 10 to 15 celsius. into the weekend, we will be greeted with a northerly blast coming down, and that will make you feel quite chilly if you're out and about. it will also bring showers down to some of our eastern coasts and into the north of scotland as well. not entirely dry. it will feel quite cool in those strong winds in the east.

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president trump has ended negotiations with congress — over a multi—trillion dollar stimulus package to help the us economy recover from the pandemic. he says he will only resume talks after the election. a leading democrat says mr trump is putting himself first at the expense of the country. out on the campaign trail joe biden has offered a stark assessment of americas place in the world — telling voters that the nation is in a "dangerous place" and that "the forces of darkness" are pulling the country down. in england, the number of people in hospital with covid—19 has risen by a quarter in just one day. council leaders and regional mayors in some of northern england's biggest cities, have written to ministers — warning that the current set of restrictions is not working.