this is bbc news, i'm lewis vaughan jones. 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. hurricane delta makes landfall on the us gulf coast, with winds of more than 100 miles per hour. and 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. the commission on presidential debates has cancelled the second debate between president trump and democratic nomineejoe biden, scheduled for 15 october. 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. let's speak to our washington correspondent nomia iqbal. let's start with the cancellation of the debate just quickly, it has been off and on, there has been lots of controversy surrounding it, now it is definitely officially off, who do you think that helps more? yes, it is off now,

but i have to say it was not a massive surprise that it was going to be cancelled, a bit like, you know, dumping your partner and then your partner a few days later saying actually iam dumping few days later saying actually i am dumping you. both men had pulled out of this debate quite early on, they didn't want it to happen, donald trump certainly wanted it in person, but in terms of who it helps, i think donald trump wants these debates, probably more thanjoe biden, probably need them more than him, because if you look at the polls at the moment, especially in those key states which swing the presidency, they do favourjoe biden at the moment, and donald trump certainly wa nts moment, and donald trump certainly wants to get out there, he wants to get out there, he wants to get out there and change the narrative and speak to people directly. we believe the third debate will still happen, certainly the commission wanted to happen, which is due to happen in nashville on 22nd of october but i am sure things might change. let's get onto to what events we do know i happening,

we saw events we do know i happening, we sanoe biden out and about, campaigning all the way through, and now the announcement that donald trump will be getting back out there too. that's right, so tomorrow he is holding this event at the white house, he has said it is not a white house, he has said it is nota campaign white house, he has said it is not a campaign event, it is a white house event, the theme is law and order which is donald trump's favourite issue, is the one he is strongest on and wa nts to one he is strongest on and wants to campaign on. interestingly the white house has released some rules in which they say those attending have to wear a face mask, they have to wear a face mask, they have to wear a face mask, they have to have sanitiser and checked for covid, those same rules are enforced for this rally that donald trump says he is holding in florida on monday, it is all very ironic, given that the main event which is donald trump himself, still has covid—i9 and i should add, at some point this evening, on fox news, he is due to have a medical evaluation live on tv, andi medical evaluation live on tv, and i think, you know, it is a

very choreographed event, it is a reality tv moment, he is the showman, he wants to reassure the american public that he is healthy, and i imagine that we won't learn anything new and whatever we learn will be what the president wants us to know. interesting stuff, all right, thanks for that. meanwhilejoe 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 "phony 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 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 ha rd—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 let's bring you some breaking news now. developments in the talks, the ongoing talks between armenia and azerbaijan over the ongoing conflict in nagorno—karabakh. over the ongoing conflict in nagorno—kara bakh. these talks have been going on for ten hours, broken — brokered by russia, and we have been hearing that there has been some progress, some agreement after those ten hours of talks. they have agreed a ceasefire, this according to the foreign minister lavrov of russia. they have agreed a ceasefire with two specific aims, to exchange prisoners on both sides and to exchange the bodies of those killed. this ceasefire is due to kick in at midnight on the 10th of october, and foreign minister lavrov also saying that the two sides have agreed

to start su bsta ntive that the two sides have agreed to start substantive talks, thatis to start substantive talks, that is coming from the reuters news agency, but the big news, the top line there after weeks of fighting in that region, they have agreed a ceasefire to exchange prisoners and exchange the bodies of those killed, and now it looks like they will be heading, if that ceasefire comes into force and holds, they will then head to more substantive talks on trying to resolve the conflict there in the region. next, hurricane delta has made landfall as a category two storm in south—west louisiana in the united states. winds are blowing around 100 miles per hour, with concerns over a potentially life—threatening storm surge. delta is expected to produce heavy rainfall leading to significant flash flooding on saturday, hitting the same areas battered by hurricane laura in august. mark lobel reports. hurrican delta. rushing past

the texas coast on its way to louisiana. an eye—opener for some. you get to see exactly what can happen, what a hurricane's life. we are not evenin hurricane's life. we are not even in the major past. in louisiana, conditions are worsening. residents brace themselves. less than two months after the last defecating storm here made its own mark —— devastating storm here made its own mark. in this new 0 rlea ns here made its own mark. in this new 0rlea ns neighbourhood, flooding. ahead of warnings of winds up to 175 kilometres an hour, ina winds up to 175 kilometres an hour, in a life—threatening storm surge. there will be a window of time where public safety cannot respond to you. though they may want to, and though it is in their dna to respond, there is going to be a period where it is just not safe to get out on the roads. new arrivals in san diego, as dog shelters are emptied in

louisiana to make space therefore any new casualties of therefore any new casualties of the storm. 0il facilities therefore any new casualties of the storm. 0ilfacilities have already shut across the coast, but limiting the damage onshore is now the priority. as the 10th named storm to make a us landfall this year he is up. —— dears up. —— gears up. let's get some of the day's other news. 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 hit the city, killing at least 200 people and injuring around 5,000 others. the french aid worker sophie petronin has been reunited with her family on friday, a day after being freed by insurgents in mali who abducted her nearly four years ago. meanwhile switzerland says it's received information that a swiss woman held hostage

byjihadists in mali was killed a month ago. the name of the woman, who was captured almost four years ago, was not given. two of the netherlands‘ largest museums have agreed to return around 100,000 looted objects and works of art to previously colonised countries. it comes as the dutch government launched a report proposing that objects be returned to their countries of origin. the government announced plans to appoint an independent committee to review which works and objects are relevant. hong kong has seen more than a thousand underage protestors 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.

this is the moment patrick, —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,, ididn't translation: during that time,, i didn't think the police would fire 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 bottles in our hands. i thought theyjust wanted to scare us or ta ke theyjust 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. on the same day, protesters set this man a light ina

day, protesters set this man a light in a dispute. it was violence like this that prompted beijing to react. this 19—year—old student was shot in a police 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 stars of —— 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, 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. these are just too of more than 10,000 protesters since last year. authorities say young activist 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. 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. 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 opponentjoe biden is also out looking for votes, but the second debate between the two men is cancelled.

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 german 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 non—essential 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 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 3,361 people hospitalized in madrid. there are 490 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.

as we mentioned, notjust spain seeing a rise in those numbers. check out the website for how the covid—19 figures are rising. china willjoin a global initiative to pay for and distribute a coronavirus vaccine. the plan, known as covax, would see two 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. fires are raging through forests in several neighbouring countries in the middle east. a combination of unusually high temperatures and strong winds have started multiple blazes in turkey, syria, lebanon, and israel. in lebanon, pine forests are ablaze, with fires getting perilously close to residential areas. many lebanese are accusing the authorities of failing to take effective action after similarfires this time last year. in israel, thousands of people have been forced to evacuate their homes as more than 200 wildfires have broken out — the prime minister is considering calling for international assistance if the situation worsens. in syria, too, fires have broken out in the western coastal region with at least

two people dead and a number of others being treated in hospital. and in turkey, firefighters have been racing against time to extinguish a raging wildfire that threatened a residential neighbourhood in the southern province of hatay. local authoroties said six areas were evacuated and at least three cars were burnt. let us go back and look at the race to the white house now. 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 it 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. woo! 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, you know, we haven't ever come across this before,

and it's hard on everybody. and we're still making strides in how to make things better and get drugs that are going to help keep people better. you know, it's 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. 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.

one 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 quick reminder of our breaking news this hour. the foreign ministers of armenia and azerbaijan, the two sides are fighting in nagorno—karabakh, have agreed a ceasefire. it is set to get under way at 12 noon on october

ten. we will keep you up—to—date on developments there. for the moment that is it. i'm @lvaughanjones. goodbye for now. 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 similaragain,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.

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. hurricane delta has struck the coast of louisiana, bringing a dangerous storm surge and wind speeds of up to 150km/h. it is the tenth such storm to make landfall in the united states this year, a new record for the gulf coast. now on bbc news, click talks

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