one—day increase — of 338,000 — in global coronavirus cases — led by a surge of infections in europe. in england, mps from the midlands and the north are calling for more detail on possible plans to close restaurants and pubs in areas worst—hit by the virus. president trump has rejected a plan to hold next thursday's election debate in virtual format — saying it will be ‘a waste of time'. instead he's agreed to hold a face—to—face withjoe biden a week later than planned. and the fbi says it's foiled a plot to overthrow michigan's state government and kidnap the governor, gretchen whitmer. they said the alleged conspirators planned to abduct mrs whitmer at her holiday home and take her to a remote location.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me is the chief leader writer of the observer, sonia sodha and the deputy political editor of the daily express, sam lister. tomorrow's front pages. starting with: let's start with the metro — the paper claims a three tier system of local restrictions will be announced on monday, with pubs, bars and restaurants facing shutdown and families banned from meeting in each others homes. the mirror says many of the areas likely to be given increased restrictions, are in the north of england. the guardian reports that scientists advising the uk governments believe the new restrictions don't go far enough — they think a so called ‘circuit breaker‘

was needed weeks ago. and on the front page of the i, a stark warning from the england‘s chief medical officer — who says that in three weeks‘ time, intensive care cases in the north of england could pass april‘s peak. the times reports that vulnerable people could have months of having to stay indoors under new restrictions in hotspot areas. the plans to resume shielding will reportedly be part of the new three tier plan. elsewhere, the daily telegraph reports on a new campaign to ensure that people with non—covid related sickness get the treatment they need at hospitals and gp surgeries. it comes as the daily mail reports on the impact of lockdown on patients earlier this year — with new figures showing that more than 110,000 people have now been waiting over a year for medical treatment. and on the front page of the financial times, easyjet pleads for help to ride out an annual loss — the first in its 25 year history.

so let‘s begin. leading with the coronavirus stores. we will begin. let‘s start on the story of the chief medics warning to the north. angle impossible chief medical officer had that video call earlier on today. —— anglin possible chief medical officer. a very stark warning to the north. bring us up—to—date. —— england‘s. warning to the north. bring us up-to-date. -- england's. chris whitty, he was part of this briefing with northern mps earlier. he a p pa re ntly with northern mps earlier. he apparently told him that the level of intensive care cases could hit the same level as we saw in april and northern england. very stark morning and i think the reason chris wood he is doing this, because we have seen since details emerged about this potential 3—tier lockdown

system, and possible closures and parts of northern england, we have seen a lot of anger from mps of all persuasion and local mayors about how it has been announced in kind of lea ked how it has been announced in kind of leaked out. and i think this is chris whitty trying to say there may be anger over the process and the way that it has been put out there, but you need to see the data and the data is quite stark. the data is quite stark, but do we feel that the mps, did they feel they had enough of the data from anybody that you are look into that field convinced by it all? another thing that has emerged, it is notjust what people are sort of staying behind the scenes come also being reported in the press is that there is concern, notjust the press is that there is concern, not just about the way these things have been announced, and the fact that things get suppressed before proper consultation with leaders,

but also the government is not being as transparent enough about the scientific evidence on which it is basing his decisions. and i think trust has been really undermined and re ce ntly trust has been really undermined and recently come up or tickly around a 10pm curfew, the government has sorted said it well there were scientific evidence to support that but it is not really been able to produce it and you had some scientists say you have people all congregating on the street at the same time at ten o'clock, buying alcohol and going home, so it could actually be counterproductive to get the government isn't showing its working on that issue. so that undermines trust and in the fact that you have different levels of restriction in different areas, some areas with no infection rates are better than others but to have a restrictions meaning that there has beena restrictions meaning that there has been a lot of calls from local mps and mayors to see more of the scientific evidence and i see there isa scientific evidence and i see there is a really good case for the government being much more open and

transparent on the scientific decision—making, i think it is right to be thinking that we need to tougher restrictions, particularly in areas of the country were infection rates are rising and going up infection rates are rising and going up fast. if anything, i would agree with scientist essay we are sorta being too slow to act. but the government really doesn't need to make that transparent because you don't take people with you, you don't take people with you, you don't take people with you, you don't take local politicians with the you don't take members of the public with you. you're echoing what your paper is saying. new covid—19 rules on go far enough, talk us through these, scientist speaking and ominously according to the paper. yes. that is right. -- speaking and ominously. a lot of people what i had this stage scientist talking on people going on the record and putting their names to these comments. —— anonymous loosely. but this is scientists who have been involved with advising the

government speaking up for the record as saying theyjust worried that these measures don‘t go far enough. the specific comments around the sort of tougher lockdown we are seeing in the scotland at the moment and the tougher restrictions saying that actually, given the rates of infection in some areas of england, which are not higher than in scotland, we should have been doing this in england tore three weeks ago to try and get a grip on this and even worse, or publicly or at the time as well. obviously the government is sort of trying to walk a tight rope between not shutting down too much of the economy and trying to keep a grip on the virus but i think a group it is often presented as a phosphate because by introducing tougher restrictions, the idea is that you might be able to help for a shorter period of time which will do the economy less damaging the long—term. which will do the economy less damaging the long-term. but we need to science in order to back it up.

the daily telegraph, this is talking about the data specifically to close pubs, it is meant and what they described as being cobbled together, the statistics. in fact, including data from a three—month—old survey carried out in the us. that will raise alarm bells. it is a huge problem that because obviously, you have mps problem that because obviously, you have mp5 or understanding concerning whether they are conservative or labour, representing areas that are just starting to take the tentative steps on the road back to recovery. and they are really concerned about hospitality sectors facing shutdown because it isjobs, it is money in the local economy, all of that. so if you want to persuade him and bring them aside, you have to give them some proper stats and proper research and proper evidence so they can go out and tell their

constituents look, this is why we are doing it and this is the evidence. in this research seems to bea evidence. in this research seems to be a little bit, as one tory mp on an anonymous basis said, is cobbled together come and we did try to impress for some more information on this at the galaxy briefing earlier and come and they said they were ready to publish the evidence. —— downing street briefing earlier. but they suggest there is evidence that they suggest there is evidence that the show hospitality venues are responsible partly for the rising cases. but i think until people can see those hard facts in black and white, there is a problem there. see those hard facts in black and white, there is a problem therelj guess it is also, you need to science needed to find out where people have been any kind goes back to the test and trace system that arguably has come under a lot of criticism. what the paper is saying or suggesting is that a higher number of transmissions occur in homes rather than compared to

facilities come hospitality places andi facilities come hospitality places and i guess a lot of finger—pointing is going to be going on. yes. and i guess a lot of finger—pointing is going to be going on. yeslj would treat those stats and the daily telegraph with a pinch of salt though. i am daily telegraph with a pinch of salt though. iam not daily telegraph with a pinch of salt though. i am not sure they are looking at the data coming out of test and trace. to give us an accurate picture of how transmission is actually occurring. a, because we know the test entry services not doing very well in terms of the proportion of people it is making contact with. and also i think test and trace, it is biased towards people who are spending a lot of time with and who you know which is more likely to be spending time in each other‘s households were as in a restau ra nt, each other‘s households were as in a restaurant, if you are a bit further than two metres away from someone but i sat in the same spaces them, and it is poorly ventilated that may well still be a big risk of covid—19 transmission that will not get picked up and a test and trace data. i would urge caution about

interpreting that data in the way that article does. a big discrepancy in the numbers. nicely caveat it. thank you. daily telegraph, you have an exclusive on the front page. we are talking about the tougher lockdown and the difficulties that it brings. but your paper finds that people will support it. yes. this is interesting. we have seen political leaders of all shades raise concerns about the direction in response to the pandemic is taking. actually, we have a pull, equality of people carried out today, and we ask a very simple question, the support further restrictions, including closures of pubs and other hospitality venues. and people did support such measures. i think it is 60% overall but i think what was interesting as we look at the split along them in the product leaving party political

lines, it was almost exactly the same between labour and conservative voters. something like 63 and 64%. just in support of such measures. quite interesting that this kit you can see why keir starmer is in a bit ofa can see why keir starmer is in a bit of a pickle. can see why keir starmer is in a bit ofa pickle. he is in a bind can see why keir starmer is in a bit of a pickle. he is in a bind where he supports the government but also criticising the measures. he is well aware that actually, a lot of his supporters around the country do back quite a tougher lockdown measure. it is the same with the conservative mps who are railing against it. a lot of people are still us quite scared about the virus and don't want to read through —— that wanted to rip to the country and they are keen to support measures that will bring it down. just going to the guardian now, we stabbed the daily briefings and they became far fewer and now it looks like we actually have somebody to to

face these briefings come it will be allegra strata, formerly of newsnight fame, more recently itv. what a fair reading of this? —— what is your reading? when when i have a politician. we‘ll have a journalist instead giving us the details. —— we will not have. it is part of number ten had a comms has been looking for some time now to centralise the government‘s communications with the press. —— head of communications. it's press. —— head of communications. it‘s been a feeling that actually you have too many sort of civil serva nts you have too many sort of civil servants in particular talking directly to the press and number ten really wa nted directly to the press and number ten really wanted to try and get a tighter grip on that operation. i think detrimentally the reason why this meant a lot of civil service talking to the press is because this meant a lot to talk about in terms of what is going on and what is not going well for the government. but this is really in the context of

those efforts. so we will move to a much more us sort of feeling system i think where the prime minister is going to have an anointed spokeswoman in this case allegra, she is a very well respected former journalist but she will be giving a daily television briefing which members of the public will be able to watch. so i think it is part of a move to centralise the system and be a more political system and allegra will be a political spokeswoman come in at will be a political spokeswoman come inata will be a political spokeswoman come in at a civil servant, and it will be approaching something of the us but i think actually as we headed to the second way there will be more because i think for ministers to return to if not daily, doing more regular press briefings and they can be held to account byjournalists and the press. as we started going to what feels like is going to be quite a difficult winter. she currently advising the chancellor rishi sunak. i can‘t read into this.

was should be flanked by sir patrick valla nce was should be flanked by sir patrick vallance and chris whitty, used to have a politician in the middle of the two scientists on either side?” think it will be ministers as and when it is appropriate. i wouldn't necessarily expect to see ministers there with her every day. it is such fascinating thisjob there with her every day. it is such fascinating this job because allegra will take over the what would've been our afternoon briefing, we salve to briefings a day for all journalist who are based in westminster, and you can turn up and ask anything you like and you would be able to put pressure on the government to give you some kind of answer. this replaces one of our briefings. some of those briefings can be incredibly tedious, so so some of them can be quite excruciating and some of them can be a bit ofa excruciating and some of them can be a bit of a verbal punchjob, it is interesting to see how that will play out on tv. i think the way they

might get around that is to make them very controlled and a bit like them very controlled and a bit like the press conference we had during the press conference we had during the coronavirus pandemic at the height, where it would be given the chance to ask one question the per organisation and if you kept to journalist, and that made it quite difficult to then really follow up on any points that were raised. and if that happens, it could end up being quite stale, and it will be interesting to see how many viewers tune in at the start of this and how many stick with it. it is not potential for quite a few pitfalls, but, the government seems really keen on doing it and they have gone to the effort of hiring allegra, i think is quite keen to stay with rishi sunak but has been persuaded to go over there, so will be interesting to see what kind of approach they take. it will be. we will move away from coronavirus for the time being front of the daily telegraph has a fascinating story about wisdom teeth. i am very relieved to see the back of them

quite frankly. sangha, tell us more. —— sonya. interesting story about the science of evolution. it turns out scientists have found that babies are less likely these days to be born with wisdom teeth. and apparently, this is sort of the part of the very natural slow process of evolution. the idea that we don‘t really necessarily need wisdom teeth, i‘ve had one out, they are painful, so perhaps actually are bone structure that changing, our fee structure is changing, and it seems that babies are just less likely to be born with them. so it is kinda of fastening because obviously is something that occurs ata obviously is something that occurs at a fairly glacial pace when we think about the context of our life span. both interesting to see scientist observations i think about what is changing about us in real time. i'm not even going to talk

about my comparison as i did last time. i don‘t think we need to go there again. last paper, the times, talking about music. this is quite an interesting one actually. it is the more melancholy, the more emotionally stable the person. am i reading this right? yes. if found, a study of volunteers and they took personality test and it was linked with the type of music that they enjoy. and i found that blues fans are actually the most stable of all music fans, and perhaps that is all that melancholy and slightly depressing lyrics that perhaps you get out all of your angst singing along to those, i don't know, but some of this findings were less surprising in that people who were into punk ora surprising in that people who were into punk or a little bit more spiky and those who were into soul were a little bit more agreeable, as the

survey puts it, not me, but i suppose what was interesting, just that my music choice depends on my mood of the day and i'm not sure what is quite... but on a wider point, it is to modify who are behind this and they want to use the information to be able to target listeners and customers. —— it is spotify behind it. that may be a good or bad thing depending on how you do it. always an algorithm behind all of this. it felt like a story that it would would make sense but there‘s always a money making at the back of it. yes. and to be honest, i think, the back of it. yes. and to be honest, ithink, as the back of it. yes. and to be honest, i think, as spotify survey, very going to be on the front page of any paper because it is free pr. ido of any paper because it is free pr. i do wonder at what spot a spotify would make of my own playlist

choices like, i‘m quite into upbeat cheese, so i don‘t know what that says about me. hopefully it said i‘m agreeable too. you're both agreeable. sam, your diplomatic saying punk fans are spiky in the paper is far more pleasantly describing it as being disagreeable which i think is not fair at all. thank you both for being agreeable tonight. as always, a real pleasure. thank you for sharing your music choices. thank you to the viewers. if you would like to talk to us, the hash—tag is the bbc papers. good night. hello, i‘m john watson from the bbc sport centre.

scotson ireland both one. scott‘s edging out ireland at hampden park. it was a visitors who came closer to a late winter after the two couldn‘t be separated in normal time. the scots came close. the scots came close themselves when liam cooper headed against the back of the post with the last touch of extra—time. so it went to penalties, and kenny mclain scored the scots‘ winner. they‘ll play serbia next month for a place at european championship finals. northern ireland are still in with a chance of qualifying as they beat bosnia herzegovina, also on penalties. there were two goals in normal time, northern ireland went 1—0 down before niall mcginn scored the equaliser to take the match to extra—time and then penalties. the winning kick came from the boot of liam boyce. they go on to face slovakia next month in their play off final. dominic calvert—lewin

continued his impressive start to the season as he scored on his senior international debut as england beat wales 3—0 in a friendly at wembley. the everton forward has scored nine goals in six games for his club so far this season and headed in this cross from jack grealish. conor coady scored a second before danny ings got this overhead kick to put the game beyond wales, his first for england, who now have two nations league games to come. they host belgium on sunday and then denmark next wednesday. mesut ozil has been left out of arsenal‘s europa league squad for the forthcoming campaign. the midfielder‘s future at the club remains increasingly uncertain after being persistently left out of the side by manager mikel arteta. he hasn‘t played for the club since march. new 45 million pound signing thomas partey has been included in the 25—man squad ahead of their first group b fixture against rapid vienna

on october the 22nd. the line up for saturday‘s women‘s french open final is complete, and there is an unfamiliar name in the last two. iga swiatek of poland knocking out nadia podoroska of argentina who before arriving at roland garros hadn‘t even faced a top 20 player. it‘s been a brilliant tournament for both, as patrick gearey reports. so much is strange this french open, but perhaps nothing is more unlikely than the story of nadia podoroska. behind these steps is a meandering journey of thousands of miles from rosario, argentina through battles with body and money. two or three years ago, i had too many injuries. i drop my ranking and eight months i was out of the tour. and then, i did not have money to start playing the tournament and it was a very tough moment for me. all but one of her grand slams had

ended in the anonymity of qualifying, but she broke through, stunning in the quarterfinal. no qualifier has ever made it this far this event, but that is where it got complicated. opponent iga swiatek is ranked 54th in the world but clearly hurtling higher. nadia podoroska said she didn‘t want to wake from her french open dream, but the iga swiatek forehand was a brutal grooming alarm call. the polish woman isjust 19 and has a teenager‘s disregard for the speed limit. those rockets clocked 80 mph. she had already left her opponent in the dust. nadia podoroska was left little choice but to load the catapult. the girl from rosario had never won two matches in a row on the women‘s tour before this event, but her spirit remained unbroken. nadia podoroska smashed back even when the match was long—lost. iga swiatek eased into her first grand slam final. hard to believe it will be her last,

while nadia podoroska will go home her life changed after a strange fortnight in france. patrick gearey, bbc news. it‘s been an impressive tournament for both. and swiatek will face a more familiarface in sofia kenin. it was her australian open success earlier this year that announced her to the world. and she will hope to add a second grand slam title to her name after knocking out petra kvitova in straight sets in the second semifinal. the american took the first set 6—4 and the second 7—5 to reach her second grand slam final. she‘s got a good conversion rate. she had to save ten break—points against the two—time wimbledon winner. the final is on saturday. england rugby fans will be able to continue singing swing low, sweet chariot at matches despite the anthem having its roots in american slavery. the song has been english rugby‘s anthem since the late 1980s but has come under a review by the rfu. although they don‘t plan on banning fans from singing the anthem

they have said they will use social media to improve diversity and inclusion in the sport. and that‘s all the sport for now. hello there. when the sun came out yesterday, we saw 19 celsius, temperatures above where they should be. and they have been for much of the week. but we will swing now to feeling colder for the next few days, probably with temperatures dipping a little bit below where they should be. we will still see some sunshine like we saw on thursday between the showers, this was the rain that moved away, the showers came in, but this next little area of low pressure comes in, giving some quite heavy rain actually through the night as it crosses scotland, northern ireland into the northern half of england and wales. you can see the wraparound here, the area of low pressure, a brisk north—westerly bringing heavy showers, frequent showers following that rain.

so, as we go through the day, there will be early brightness in the south and east, but the rain will eventually reach here by lunchtime. still some heavy rain upon that weather front and we still have that wraparound left around the area of low pressure and rain in the north east of scotland, northern isles and elsewhere, sunny spells and showers. quite a brisk breeze, gusty near those showers, and temperatures will be down, it is colder air, so we will do well to reach about 30 to a0 in the south, more like eight to 10 degrees in the north. some of these showers could be heavy with hail and thunder. they will continue through the night into saturday morning as well with further bands of showers going southwards, but the air is colder, so where we see the clear spells, it will turn quite chilly as temperatures fall fairly close to freezing in the glens of scotland. it is because we have this cold air mass coming down on that north—westerly breeze. but again, we have high pressure to the west and that will tend to start to see the showers easing away to the second half of the weekend, but we‘re going to keep a close eye on this area of low pressure,

as always it‘s going to include the risk of showers or even into next week some longer spells of rain, but for saturday, bands will make their way southwards on the north—westerly airstream, probably more showers in northern and western areas, but they could at times fall further east and again, temperatures as on friday, well down, except in shelter. 13 or 1a if you shelter from that northerly breeze. and that wind is still with us on sunday, but probably lighter, the high pressure starting to build in from the west, probably fewershowers, but again, always going to be more of a chance near the low pressure in the north sea, so closer to the eastern parts of england and wales. so, into next week, some uncertainty on where that area of low pressure is going to go. as ever, we will keep you updated.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i‘m kasia madera. a record rise. 338,000 people have been infected with coronavirus in the past day, the highest daily number since the pandemic began. in michigan, the fbi arrests six men in an alleged plot to kidnap the state‘s governor, gretchen whitmer. when i put my hand on the bible and took the oath of office 22 months ago, i knew this job would be hard. but i‘ll be honest, i never could have imagined anything like this. the debate over the debate. it won‘t be virtual, but will the next us presidential match—up still go ahead? and the royal ballet gets ready for its first performance