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and around the world. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. donald trump says he will return to the campaign trail after his coronavirus with a rally in florida on monday. meanwhile, the democratic nominee, joe biden, remains on the campaign trail, keeping the pandemic at the heart of his message. donald trump shows no urgency to deliver to hard—working americans — like the family i grew up in, like all of you — what they need now desperately. 100,000 new coronavirus cases across europe in a single day as governments look again at what they can do to stop the spread.
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hello, and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. 11 days after his positive covid diagnosis, president trump is set to appear on stage at a campaign rally in the key swing state of florida. he announced on twitter that he'll be in sanford, florida on monday for what he says will be a very big rally. before that, on saturday, mrtrump will take part in an event at the white house, his first in—person appearance since he contracted the virus which has killed more than 213,000 americans. let's speak to nomia iqbal, who's in washington. thank you very much for coming up. it looks like president trump is
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jumping right back into the thick of things. he certainly is and that is exactly how he wants it to be. he feels at his best when he is out and about so the first event in which he will be seen in person will be as you mentioned at the white house tomorrow. he will appear on the south lawn balcony around about 2pm eastern time. that is the ballot —— balcony he was on when he returned from the hospital and took off his mask. the events he will be hosting will be about law and order them of theissue will be about law and order them of the issue that donald trump is very strong on any issue that he likes to talk about the most. although the white house has said it is not a campaign issue, it's a white house event. i think it will be very hard to imagine donald trump not bringing up to imagine donald trump not bringing up the democrats given we are about four weeks away from election day. interestingly the white house has released some rules as well about tamara cosmic event. whoever attends must bring a mask, they must wear it and they will also be subjected to coronavirus tests, questions and so forth. in those orders will also be
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in place for this big rally that he is holding in florida on monday, and it's all very ironic given that the main event, which is him as far as we know still has covid—i9. main event, which is him as far as we know still has (avid-19. and as we know still has covid-19. and as you said cam of the election is four weeks away. how has this whole incident with the head of state getting coronavirus affected the mood of the nation and have people are responding to how he's handled it? the polls here are still, you know, they still suggest thatjoe biden is in the lead in those key swing states which decide the presidency. but there are very few undecideds left in the country. lots have already been at their minds. millions have already voted due to early voting. in terms of donald trump's health, there still a lot of confusion around how he is, although his doctor did release that memo last night saying he is ready to get
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back into action by saturday. we don't actually really know much about where he's at with covid—i9 because if you look at the rules that health officials have given, anyone that has covid—i9 and has to have been hospitalized and treated with oxygen which he has should at least be self isolating for up to 20 days and of course donald trump has been self isolating less than that. but as we mentioned, he is still very keen to get back on the campaign trail. he is slotting in some of the polls and he is keen to try to make up ground is much as he can with just a few weeks ago before election day. yes, the contest is definitely wrapping up. thank you so much. let's stay in the us. meanwhile, joe biden has been out campaigning in nevada. at a socially—distanced event, he stuck to two issues that seem to be central to his campaign — the president's record on dealing with the pandemic and urging as many americans as possible to get out and vote. mr biden said the us needed
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a landslide democratic victory to counter any "phoney challenges" that donald trump might raise in the aftermath of the poll. speaking in las vegas a short time ago, mr biden attacked what he sees as president trump's inability to bring democrats and republicans together in order to break the impasse on a stimulus bill to help the world's largest economy recover from the damage done by the covid—i9 pandemic. i've served with a lot of presidents. never no matter how good or bad you thought they were did they fail to try to bring parties together in the white house to reach a settlement. you know why? he spent so a settlement. you know why? he spent so much time hiding in the bunker in the white house, or in the bunker of his golf course, playing hundreds of rounds of golf, and then this tuesday what he do? he said in the
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discussion. he would not even start them. no more negotiations, no more negotiations. and now today he says, well, i'm back. one thing for sure, donald trump shows no urgency to deliver hard—working americans like the family i grew up in, like all of you, what they need now desperately. there are just 25 days to go before the presidential election, and you can keep up to date with all of the developments and get the background on the issues, plus find out what our reality check team make of what the candidates have been saying, on our website. just log on to bbc.com/news. here in the uk, the prime minister, borisjohnson, is to outline new measures to slow the spread of coronavirus in england on monday. the bbc has seen a letter from the prime minister's chief strategic adviser telling mps in the north west of england that it's "very likely that certain local areas will face further restrictions".
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earlier today, britain's finance minister, the chancellor rishi sunak, announced new measures designed to help businesses that could be forced to close because of new rules. the bbc‘s consumer affairs correspondent sarah corker reports. local lockdowns and reduced opening hours are already hurting hospitality. 0n the edge of greater manchester, altrincham has been under tighter rules sincejuly and the prospect of pubs and restaurants being forced to close in areas with high infection rates has angered business owners. it's disastrous cos the minute the tap is turned off, you've got no ability to generate any income. the hospitality industry is being completely and utterly slated, and the spectre now of further closure is really terrifying. there will be more help to cushion the blow. staff working for companies told to close by law will get two thirds of their wages paid
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for by the government. so, today, i'm announcing an expansion of ourjob support scheme, specifically to protect those jobs of people who work in businesses that may be asked to close. if that happens, those workers will receive two thirds of their wages for the time that they're unable to go to work. and listening closely to that is william robinson, whose brewery runs 260 pubs across the north west. i think there is definitely a relief that he's listening. he says if some are told to shut, wage support and an increase in business grants of up to £3000 a month will take some of the pressure off. the closure of a business and the reopening of a business, when that happens and if that happens, will be very expensive for small businesses and large businesses. they've a lot of costs and depending on the level of grant they get, will depend whether that will really truly cover their expenses or not. the hospitality sector has a raft of safety measures in place and says
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it's being unfairly singled out, and the big unknown is for those businesses that may have to close their doors again, will today's extra financial support be enough to help them survive in the long—term? the landlady of the bull's head in trafford fears a difficult winter ahead. the future is very uncertain, and it's quite scary. you know, we've done a beer order. do i need the beer? don't know. does it need to go down the drain? mayors representing cities in the north of england say the chancellor's measures don't go far enough, while labour wants more to be done to protectjobs. in other countries, those schemes are working to incentivise employers to keep people in work. his scheme, the chancellor's scheme, is just not doing that sufficiently and we're seeing the impact in the levels of unemployed people. and the extra financial support will only apply to businesses told to close by the government, and all this at the start of what should be the lucrative christmas period. sarah corker, bbc news,
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in greater manchester. new coronavirus infections in europe have passed 100,000 in a single day for the first time. more restrictions have been brought in in several countries in an attempt to control the spread. this graph shows the number of cases per 100,000 people. the uk, france and spain all have more than 100, while germany and italy have fewer cases, but numbers there are also rising. in spain, there is disagreement over how to get the virus back under control. the government has imposed a two—week state of emergency in madrid to try to contain the outbreak, overriding a court decision that previous restrictions were illegal. guy hedgecoe reports from madrid. it's the beginning of a bank holiday weekend, but with the police stopping many people from leaving madrid, it's not a typical one. the central government has announced a state of emergency in the madrid region, preventing all nonessential travel
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in and out of the capital and eight nearby cities. these restrictions were already in place for several days until a court struck them down on thursday, saying they violated the rights of madrid's inhabitants. the state of emergency overcomes that legal obstacle, but it has further inflamed the dispute between madrid's regional authorities and the central government, which worry that the spread of the virus in the capital was out of control. translation: the president of the region of madrid has decided to do nothing. look, last week, 63 people died from covid—19 in the madrid region. right now, there are 3361 people hospitalized in madrid. there are 498 people in the icu fighting between life and death, fighting for their lives. we can either cross our arms
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or we can stop the virus. the local government disagrees, insisting that existing measures had already started to improve the infection rate, making the state of emergency unnecessary. some locals take a similar view. translation: it seems that the measures are only intended to annoy madrid, because there are so many regions in spain which are going through the same thing as us and they haven't done that. so, i'm not at all in favour of what the central government is doing. in recent weeks, madrid has been spain's biggest concern, providing around a third of the entire country's new infections and, the government says, spreading the virus to neighbouring regions. so far, during this second wave of coronavirus, spain's health care system has managed to cope. whether that continues to be the case could depend on how successful measures like this state of emergency are in stabilising the pandemic.
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guy hedgecoe, bbc news, madrid. china willjoin a global initiative to pay for and distribute a coronavirus vaccine. the plan, known as covax, would see 2 billion doses given to people around the world. the program is meant to discourage national governments from hoarding covid—19 vaccines. neither the us nor russia have joined the grouping. let's get some of the day's other news. 0n the gulf coast in the us, evacuations are under way in the state of louisiana as yet another hurricane hits the shoreline. delta is a category two storm, with winds blowing at around 105 mph. it's on track to hit the city of lake charles, the same areas battered by hurricane laura in august. two members of the group calling itself islamic state have pleaded not guilty in a court in america to charges of conspiring to murder four american hostages. el shafee elsheikh and alexanda kotey were flown to the us from iraq on wednesday.
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they were part of a cell dubbed "the beatles" because of their british accents. stay with us on bbc news. still to come, new york city's jazz scene moves outdoors! how musicians are finding different ways to perform during the pandemic. music. 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
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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 — donald trump says he will return to the campaign trail after his coronavirus with a rally in florida on monday. governments across europe consider tighter restrictions to stop the spread of coronavirus after 100,000 positive tests in a single day. the foreign ministers of armenia and azerbaijan are holding talks
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in moscow in an effort to establish a truce in nagorno karabakh. the negotiations have been brokered by russia. this picture of the three countries' ministers was released by the russian foreign ministry. it's the first face—to—face meeting between the two countries since fighting began nearly two weeks ago. earlier, the azerbaijani president, ilham aliyev, said that baku was giving armenia a "last chance" to peacefully resolve the conflict in the region. the enclave is internationally recognised as part of azerbaijan, but is populated and governed by ethnic armenians. from goranboy in azerbaijan, our international correspondent 0rla guerin reports. the battle for nagorno—karabakh. this footage released by azerbaijan's defence ministry. for baku, this is a war of liberation to recover part of the motherland.
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and azeri forces are closing in on the mountains of karabakh, gaining control of some areas nearby held by ethnic armenians. we saw military vehicles on the move and got a glimpse of the battle, but azerbaijan won't allow journalists to reach the front line. we're just been hearing the rumble of more shelling in the distance, and in the past few minutes, we've had what seemed to be a rocket landing in nagorno—karabakh. now, azeri forces have moved forward, pushing back the armenians. what happens to nagorno—karabakh matters not just for these two nations. it has implications for the security and stability of the region. so, moscow is pushing for a quick cease—fire, but some in azerbaijan have been waiting 30 years for this moment.
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like the residents of this grim housing complex in baku. it's home to many who fled nagorno—karabakh in the ‘90s. they told us they are counting the days to go back. translation: i even see it in my dreams. i'm always yearning for it. i cannot forget about it. it's my motherland, my dear land. how do you feel about the people who are there now, about the ethnic armenians? could you live with them as neighbours together? of course we can live together. we have been very friendly with them. they also don't want the war. the only ones to blame are those sitting at the top. but some of his neighbours want outright victory, not coexistence. translation: today, i have signed up
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to fight in the war. i'm ready to give my blood and my soul for the motherland. with videos like this, the government is stoking the strong nationalist sentiment here, and president ilham aliyev is sticking to his guns, saying his country will keep retaking land, by war if need be. 0rla guerin, bbc news, azerbaijan. here in britain, front line health workers and volunteers who helped the country tackle the pandemic have been honoured by the queen. high—profile figures include england footballer marcus rashford, who has been made an mbe after his efforts to ensure children in need received meals across the summer during the pandemic. body coach joe wicks is also being made an mbe for helping children keep active and mentally fit during lockdown with his online pe lessons. meanwhile, hundreds of nhs workers, fundraisers and volunteers have also been recognised.
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the list was postponed from june so it could acknowledge those who have been instrumental during the pandemic. the prime minister, borisjohnson, describes the recipients as caring, compassionate and resolute in the face of a global pandemic. anna collinson has more. whether you're a kid, a teenager, an adult... at a time when many felt isolated in their homes, they kept us company and kept us fit. it's about feeling good, it's about being happy--- for their live workouts during covid—19, joe wicks and mr motivator are both appointed mbes. the same honour goes to footballer marcus rashford for successfully campaigned more than 1 million pupils to receive free school meals over the summer. what i would like to do now that i'm in this position isjust speak directly to the prime minister, and just really ask for the vouchers to be extended until at least until
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october half—term, because i think that's what the families need. there were nearly 1500 honours. and it's front line workers and volunteers who dominate. this year's honours are seen as a chance for the uk to celebrate exceptional contributions made during the darkest of times. more than 400 people on the list have been described as the unsung heroes of the pandemic. nearly 60 front line social and health care workers were on the list including felicia. we needed to dig deep because this was unfamiliar territory, but you remember yourself as a professional and as a nurse, we come into this profession to care for people, to tend to the sick and dying. at the same time it's important that we as workers and colleagues look after each other. hello, good evening. it was meant to be a bit of fun during lockdown, but the virtual quiz went viral. ok, so, type your scores up...
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he has been awarded an mbe for charitable services. the messages i get from the community is like i've been isolated on my own, you've kept me going, you've helped us reconnect with friends and family, and it's an absolute honour that i've been considered alongside people who genuinely have been saving lives. broadway shows in new york won't open until the summer of 2021, and those missing the city's cultural life have been gathering in parks to hear live jazz. with the famous jazz clubs closed, parks are a way for bands to earn money and find eager audiences. from new york, the bbc‘s tom brook reports. music. in new york's central park, this trio can be found performing almost every day. and several miles away in prospect park in brooklyn, the kings county brass quintet holds court.
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new york cityjazz performers have been forced outdoors to the parks trying to eke out a living after the pandemic led to the closure of the city's music clubs. it's very bad. new york is the centre of the jazz world, and there's a lot of musicians who live offjazz, you know, playing live for people. and pretty much, they were denied that. music. i'm here about, like, two or three times a week playing with different groups. i was in central park yesterday, and, yeah, this is all we have being able to play outside, so hopefully it's not going to be too cold of a winter. the crisis in the city's jazz world is painfully evident in new york's greenwich village, where legendaryjazz clubs are trying to stay afloat. the village vanguard is the oldest continuously operated jazz club in the world. it faces possible extinction. six months ago almost to the day, we closed our doors... ..for what we thought was going to be a month. and here we are six months later. we haven't been able to welcome an audience in the place, and there's no end in sight.
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is producing live streaming of performances accessible online for a fee. but for the musicians, that's just not the same as playing to an in—house audience. jazz is about the physical space most of the time. i mean, people are doing a lot of recording, but jazz is about how it makes you feel. you know, when people come in off the street or when people, you know, but their tickets and they sit down and they get the chance to experience us, that's whatjazz is about. it's living music. musicians aren'tjust in the park. they're playing for outdoor diners and at subway stations. they're not that optimistic about the music scene returning to normal. it will be a while before it gets back to where it was. so, we've got to continue to do what we do best, entertaining people on the street or entertaining them in the subway. you know, that's how
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it's going to be. out on the streets and right now in the parks, pandemic—weary new yorkers are really enjoying the magic of the music of displaced jazz performers. soon, temperatures will fall in new york parks, and the musicians will be forced to try to find a livelihood elsewhere. it could be a long, cold, hard, lonely winter that lies ahead. the crisis that's taking place in new york city's jazz world isjust one more manifestation of the huge disruptive impact the pandemic is having on creative communities worldwide. tom brook, bbc news, new york. at least music is finding a way to go on. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter. i'm @kacungira. we will leave it here for now, though. stay with us on bbc news.
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hello there. during friday, we saw colder air sweep down across the whole of the uk. accompanied by a fair number of showers as well. this weekend, it remains on the chilly side. again, a mixture of sunshine and showers. the showers much more widespread though on saturday. we have the colder air because the winds are coming in from the north or north—west. and that is because we have lower pressure sitting to the east of the uk, and higher pressure towards the west. during the second half of the weekend, that high pressure moves a little bit closer, so the winds will not be as strong, and the showers will be few and far between. saturday could start dry, sunny and cold across southern england, but the winds are blowing down these bands of showers which could be heavy at times and pushing them southwards. the showers continue to rattle into northern scotland. sheltered central, southern scotland seeing fewer
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showers and more sunshine. and the afternoon may well be drier across northern england. it may not be too many showers for the south west of england. 1a degrees likely here. for many, it is 11—13 degrees again and feeling colder in those blustery winds, especially when the showers come along. the winds will gradually ease after dark. the showers continue to run into coastal areas. for many inland parts, it becomes dry and clear and cold. those temperatures will be down to 5—6 degrees in some towns and cities, but easily 2—3 in some rural areas. on sunday, we have one or two showers first thing for northern ireland, wales and the south west. those won't last long. the showers there are will be running into eastern scotland and down those north sea coasts of england where the winds are still rather keen. elsewhere, the winds will be much lighter, we will see a build—up of cloud developing, but it should be dry with sunny spells and temperatures very similar again, 12, 13, maybe 1a degrees on sunday. the weather starts to change as we move into early next week. instead of those northerly winds, we look to the atlantic, and we have
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weather fronts coming in from the west. so, much more cloud around on monday. we have outbreaks of rain steadily pushing its way eastwards. it does mean for some western areas in the afternoon we see sunshine, giving temperatures a boost, but after a dull, damp day and a cold start across eastern areas of uk, temperatures may struggle to get into double figures. and there is more wet weather around as we head into tuesday as well. we end up with low pressure sitting across more south—eastern parts of the uk, bringing wind and rain. further north—west, higher pressure, so it should be drier and brighter.
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this is bbc world news. the headlines: donald trump says he will travel to a campaign event in florida on monday, less than two weeks after testing positive for coronavirus. he'll also speak at an event at the white house on saturday. his democratic rival for the presidency, joe biden, has been campaigning in nevada. he's accused president trump of reckless personal conduct since his covid diagnosis, and of not taking the correct precautions to protect himself or others from the virus. talks between armenia and azerbaijan are continuing late into the evening in moscow, as the kremlin tries to broker a ceasefire in the disputed territory of nagorno—kara bakh. a two week state of emergency has been declared in madrid, to try to contain a big rise in coronavirus cases.

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