this is bbc news. i'm nancy kacungira. our top stories — back on the campaign trail — president trump will make a public appearance on saturday with a speech from the white house. his opponent, joe biden, is also out looking for votes, but the second debate between the two men is cancelled. 100,000 new coronavirus cases across europe in a single day as governments look again at what they can do to stop the spread. voices of the hong kong protests — we speak to students shot by live rounds at point—blank range who now face imprisonment.

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. the commission on presidential debates has cancelled the second debate between president donald trump and democratic nominee joe biden, scheduled for october the 15th. it comes ahead of president trump preparing 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. so, the president is back to work.0ur correspondent nomia iqbal has this report.

he certainly is, and that's exactly how he wants it to be. he feels at his best when he's out and about, so the first event in which he'll be seen in person will be as you mentioned at the white house tomorrow. he'll appear on the south lawn balcony around about 2pm eastern time. that is the balcony he was on when he returned from walter reed hospital and took off his mask. the events he will be hosting will be about law and order. that's the issue that donald trump is very strong on, and the issue that he likes to talk about the most. although the white house has said it's not a campaign issue, it's a white house event. i think it will be very hard 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 tomorrow's event. whoever attends must bring a mask, they must wear it and they will also be subjected to coronavirus tests,

questions and so forth. and those rules will also be in place for this big rally that he's 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—19. and as you said, 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 how are people responding to how he's handled it? well, 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 of people have already been up their minds. millions of people have already voted due to early voting. in terms of donald trump's health, there's still a lot of confusion around how he is, although his doctor,

sean conley, did release that memo last night saying he is ready to get back into action by saturday. we don't actually really know much about where he's at with covid—19, because if you look at the rules that health officials have given, anyone that has covid—19 and has to have been hospitalised and treated with oxygen, which he has, should at least be self—isolating for up to 20 for up to 20 days. and of course donald trump has been self—isolating less than that. but as we mentioned, he's still very keen to get back on the campaign trail. he's sliding in some of the polls, and he is keen to try to make up ground as much as he can with just a few weeks ago before election day. 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 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 demorats 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—19 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 the parties together in the white house to reach a settlement. you know why? he's spent so much time hiding in the bunker in the white house or on the bunker of his golf course, playing hundreds of rounds of golf, and then this tuesday, what'd he do? he said, "end the discussions." he wasn't even starting 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 to 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. 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 area battered by hurricane laura in august. let's bring you some live pictures now from galveston

in texas in the united states, where hurricane delta has led to the evacuation of people still rebuilding from a devastating storm less than two months ago. we'll keep across that story for you over the next few hours. 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 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 a 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 hospitalised in madrid.

there are 498 people in the icu fighting between life and death, fighting for their lives. we can either cross our arms 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. guy hedgecoe, bbc news, madrid. the foreign ministers of armenia and azerbaijan are holding talks 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. 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—kara bakh 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, 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 dearland. how do you feel about the people who are there now, about the ethnic armenians? could you live with them as neighbours together? translation: 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 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 needs be. 0rla guerin, bbc news, goranboy, azerbaijan. stay with us on bbc news. still to come... music. ..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 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 — back on the campaign trail, president trump will make a public appearance on saturday with a speech from the white house. his opponent, joe biden, is also out looking for votes, but the second debate between the two men is cancelled. let's stay with the race for the white house, and as donald trump looks to begin campaigning again, it all rides on whether he can hold on to closely contested states like arizona, which he won four years ago. from there, sophie long has been looking at how his handling of the pandemic has gone down with voters.

this is what the republican campaign looks like... ..and this the democrat. in the same state, on the same day, two opposite visions of america and what it should be. the pandemic has dominated this campaign. four more years! but will it change the way people vote? absolutely, because the news has made an impact on the election. 100%. unfortunately, yes. i think they've got people to be extremely afraid. and for months now they've been telling them to stay home and that it's trump's fault. i loved trump before he had the virus. i love him after he has the virus. whoo! yes! whilejoe biden may be campaigning quietly, his supporters are making themselves heard, and they have different thoughts on the president's response to the pandemic. it's a slap on his own face. it's coming back to bite him.

he made it like it was nothing the whole time, and now he had it. so, it made him look like he was treating our country like it was a game. like it was a joke. our current president doesn't know how to manage a major issue for the country, or a health issue for the whole world? arizona used to be a ruby—red state that any republican candidate could rely on but it's been changing, fast. there are now more young people, more latinos and, with an influx of people from more liberal—leaning states, more democrats. president trump will have to work hard to hold it. and if he can't win here, he'll have to worry. joe biden may be riding high in the polls, but at the annual arizona bike week there is deep scepticism, of them, of how coronaviruses are counted and even votes themselves. they're going to use fear to sway the election, they're going to make people so afraid of the virus, they're going to keep them home, away from the polls. and i think that the mail—in voting is going to be manipulated.

i think he handled it kind of badly. but we never come across this before and his heart and everybody. and with the drawings and everything that they've come up with, it's been difficult. both president trump and joe biden know whoever wins here could ride all the way to the white house. sophie long, bbc news, arizona. four people have been killed and several more injured after a fuel tank exploded in the lebanese capital, beirut. the explosion caused a large fire to break out in one of the city's densely—populated districts. the immediate cause of the fire is still unknown. last august, a devastating blast ravaged the city, killing at least 200 people and injuring around 5000 others. hong kong has seen more than 1000 underage protesters arrested since anti—government

demonstrations began last year. close to 700 of these young people have been charged with rioting. 0ur correspondent in hong kong, danny vincent, spoke to students shot by live rounds who now face imprisonment. a warning, viewers may find some of these images distressing. translation: i want to cry when i look at the mirror. he pointed the gun at me. i did not even know he fire the gun. ijust not even know he fire the gun. i just heard not even know he fire the gun. ijust heard a very loud sound, bang! this is the moment patrick, a 21—year—old student, was shot by a police officer at point—blank range. he was unarmed, arrested and is now facing trial for illegal assembly. the bullet pierced through his kidneys, his liver and he survived.

translation: during that time, i didn't think the police would fire at anyone or even fire up into the sky. we had no weapons. we didn't even have bottles in our hands. i thought they just wanted to scare us or take us back to the police station. a year ago, these images of an unarmed protester shot with a live bullet plunged the city into the depths of violent division. 0n the same day, protesters set this man alight in the dispute. it was violence like this that prompted beijing to react. it was here at this busy intersection that the unarmed protester was shot at point—blank range. it was streamed live on the internet. antedate many young hong kong are still there were victims of are still there were victims of a political crisis that was forced to play on the streets.

a year ago street battles played out across the streets. a 19—year—old student was shot in a street battle with the police. his shooting marked a new escalation in the cycle of violence that gripped the city. the police said he was the aggressor. he wears the scars of that day on his chest. translation: i feel that hong kong has already become a battlefield. it's a war. the people fighting for freedom and equality are trying to compete with the authorities. the war was not initiated by the protesters, but by the authorities who tried to exploit the rights of the people. and now, they even escalate their suppression and further restrict our freedom. so, i think that it's a war initiated by the government. they are just two of more than 10,000 protesters arrested since last year. authorities say young activists must face up to the consequences of violent protest. a new national security law has upped the risks of taking to the streets,

but the division here remains. danny vincent, bbc news, hong kong. 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. 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 off just, 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. 0ne temporary solution for the closed—down jazz clubs 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't just 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 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. a reminder of our top story — president trump will make an outdoor speech from the white house on saturday as he seeks to dispel lingering doubts about his recovery from coronavirus. several hundred supporters have been invited to hear him speak from a balcony. he's also planning to attend a rally in florida on monday. it comes as the us commission on presidential debates has announced that next week's second presidential debate has been cancelled. the commission had proposed a virtual debate between the two candidates, but that idea had been dismissed by president trump.

that is all for me. stay with us that is all for me. stay with us here on bbc news. bye—bye. 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 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 some 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 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.

this is bbc news — the headlines... president trump will make an outdoor speech from the white house on saturday — as he seeks to dispel lingering doubts about his recovery from coronavirus. several hundred supporters have been invited to hear him speak from a balcony. he's also planning to attend a rally in florida on monday. the us commission on presidential debates has announced that next week's second presidential debate has been cancelled. the commission had proposed a virtual debate between the two candidates — but that idea had been dismissed by president trump. the fate of the third presidential debate still remains unclear. 0n america's gulf coast — 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 more than 100 miles per hour. it's on track to hit the city of lake charles.