this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk, on pbs in america or around the globe. i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories: donald trump is due to return to the campaign trail with a speech at the white house but he can't confirm

he's covid—free. i have been retested and i haven't even found out numbers oi’ haven't even found out numbers or anything yet but i've been retested and i know i am either at the bottom of the scale or free. his opponent, joe biden, is also out looking for votes, but the second debate between the two men is cancelled. azerbaijan and armenia agree to a temporary ceasefire in their conflict over nagorno—karabakh, and talks between them will now begin. hurricane delta makes landfall on the us gulf coast, with winds of more than ioomph. and meet the mini—maestro — the 6—year—old french prodigy who certainly knows his way round a piano.

hello and welcome. president trump says he has stopped taking any medication against covid—i9. speaking to fox news, he said he'd taken "pretty much nothing" for the last eight hours. he said he'd been re—tested but hadn't found out the results, adding he thought he'd be, in his words, "at the bottom of the scale or free". right now, i am medication—free. i'm not taking any medications as of probably eight hours ago so i am medication—free, which, frankly, makes me feel good, i don't like medication. we had ourfinal doses of just about everything. ,actually the original transfusion, that's actually the original transfusion, that's supposed to last for about four months, the antibodies, and i think you are supposed to be protected anywhere from 2—4 months, and maybe longer than that. are you going to donate your own plasma, mr president? i will. nobody‘s asked me that question, but i will. have you been retested?

i have been retested, and i haven't even found out numbers or anything yet, but i've been retested and i know i'm either at the bottom of the scale, orfree. meanwhile the commission on presidential debates has cancelled the second debate between president 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. 0ur north america correspondent, nomia iqbal, has more on the president's latest interview.

he has just appeared on fox news, we were expecting it to be a live interview but it wasn't, it was pre—recorded, and in fact fox news said that they had to rely on the white house to provide the camera crew, so i think there'll be lots of questions asked by his critics over why he couldn't appear live, but, you know, it gives donald trump the control over the narrative. fox news is already very supportive of him anyway. in the interview, he appeared to look very reassured, he was confident, he spoke in a measured tone, he kept insisting that he was healthy, he even said he was medication—free. he was asked when he did last test negative, this

is a question that still isn't being answered, and, unsurprisingly, it wasn't answered. in fact donald trump said, i can quote to you, he is being tested, he is bottom of the scale orfree. i am not quite sure what that means, it is pretty evasive. he says he is doing another test tomorrow, and he again blamed china in his interview, he is saying that they will pay for what they've done, but, you know, ithink there will be lots of questions asked considering donald trump is holding a couple of events in person whilst he still has the virus, whether or not this administration is taking the pandemic seriously enough. let's get to the rest of the campaign then, what are we, 25 days or so away from election day. a couple of events announced by donald trump, but no presidential debate next week. so the miami debate that was due to happen on the 15th has been called off because both men, joe biden and donald trump had, in the end, decided that they weren't going to attend. donald trump is the one who did not want to go because the debates commission wanted to do it virtually to keep everyone safe, but donald trump is now insisting that he wants to go ahead with that debate, and his campaign team

released a statement, very bullish statement, accusing the debates commission trying to be more favourable tojoe biden, even though it's a non—partisan organisation. so that's definitely not happening because the debates commission says they are now focusing on the next debate on 22nd of october. instead donald trump is having this white house event tomorrow and then he is having a rally in florida on monday. joe biden is also doing his own events, he's holding a town hall event on thursday, so both men hitting the campaign trail and this is what donald trump wants to do. iimagine, you know, this is a who doesn't like being cooped up inside the white house, he wants to be out there speaking to his supporters and trying to make up for gaps he's experiencing at with the polls at the moment that do favourjoe biden.

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. the russian foreign minister, sergei lavrov has announced that azerbaijan and armenia have agreed to a temporary ceasefire in their conflict over nagorno karabakh. the breakthrough came after ten hours of direct talks between the foreign ministers of the two countries in moscow, mediated by mr lavrov. here's what he had to say. translation: after lengthy negotiations between russia, armenia and azerbaijan, the parties have agreed on the following steps. first, a ceasefire is announced, to be declared from midday on october ten 2020, for humanitarian purposes, the exchanges of prisoners of war and other detained persons and the bodies of the dead. mediated and in accordance of the criteria of the

international committee of the red cross. second, the specific parameters of the ceasefire regime will be agreed upon additionally. third, the republic of azerbaijan and the republic of armenia are starting substantive negotiations with the aim of achieving a peaceful settlement as soon as possible. we can speak to mike pregent — seniorfellow at the hudson institute and a former intelligence officer. he's in washington. 0bviously got to welcome this ceasefire for the fact that there is a temporary ceasefire in place is a good sign, at least for the exchange of prisoners, but if there is a track record to look at, we've seen russia try to negotiate ceasefi res seen russia try to negotiate ceasefires in syria, and also libya that fall apart. let's hope this one is different. what do you think needs to happen for it to be different? what about the international players here? if we look at the international players, you have russia on one side, and

turkey and iran, being the two major players, on the other side. this is the same dynamic we've seenin this is the same dynamic we've seen in syria and the same dynamic with libya so what's different here is these are two former soviet republics in russia should have more influence on both of them. the russians again are aligned with the armenians but they have good relations with azerbaijan. it's good that france is involved as well so we will have to see if they can have a better outcome than syria or libya. this conflict has been rumbling on for years and yea rs. rumbling on for years and years. so is it your view that while that is going to continue rumbling on for years and years to come? yes, and there is no resolution. before there was a ceasefire but with no resolution. this might —— looks like it's going to be a recovery, exchange prisoners, probably artillery barrage is

again in the coming days and hopefully it won't last longer than that but i do see it happening. on those artillery marriages, is there some kind of military breakthrough? will it bea of military breakthrough? will it be a military stalemate or is there only have a political solutions to this? it's a weird dynamic. this area is actually ruled by the azerbaijani ‘s but populated by the armenians. being reinforced by the armenian military. it has set varying overtones, tristian versus muslim. it has turkey and iran on one side, russia trying to balance everyone on the other side, sawjust boils down to that set terry and dynamic in the contested areas that will probably dictate what happens. we will keep an eye on developments in that area. thank you coming on and talking to us. hurricane delta has

made landfall as a category two storm, near in creole, in south—west louisiana. winds are blowing around 100mph and are lashing the region along with heavy rain and warnings of a potentially life—threatening storm surge. delta is expected to cause significant flash flooding in parts of louisiana, hitting the same areas battered by hurricane laura in august, where repairs are still under way. evacuee katelyn reulet joined me a short time ago after leaving her home in sulphur, louisiana, less than two months after having to evacuate for hurricane laura. well, we had some holes in our ceiling from some water damage from hurricane laura and we had lots of debris at the curb and i was like, a lot of things i could do but staying in this house for the storm is not one of them so i took my two girls and we hit the road yesterday. i am pleased you did, and we got some pictures,

we can take a look at the area around you. i think i'm right in saying that a lot of the danger for people in and around not only where you are but across the state is from debris left around from the previous storm. is that right? correct, and i'm seeing from friends and acquaintances, but have stayed, a lot of lush flooding, water getting into homes, so i'm really glad that we left now. give us a feeling, this isn't the first time obviously you've gone through this, you know the risks of living where you do, but does this feel different, now that we've had such an intense storm season? you know, i grew up in coastal louisiana, i went through katrina, hurricane andrew, laura, i've never experienced having to evacuate twice for basically direct hits on my home, so it's kind of surreal.

i'm in good spirits because i figure it is going to be what it's going to be and there is no sense in worrying about it but it's definitely surreal and really nerve—racking just waiting to see what the storm brings this time, and we just did laura six weeks ago. just give us a sense of what are the risks, obviously you are safe and away now, but what are the kind of things that cause the damage and because the risks back home? well, the biggest thing is so many people have roof issues so when you have roof issues, that things so many other issues. we had rain inside of our house that became mould because it's so hot and humid so that is one of the things, when debris hits, if your windows aren't boarded up, you can have shattered windows and that's the risk of being hit with glass and the risk of structural damage because now you have a hole in the wall where the window should be so it's that kind of thing. and just lastly before we let

you go, do you have any idea of when you can go home? well, i already told my husband. my husband stayed back, he's about three hours outside of sulphur, he's at his parents' house in a little town called thibodaux in south—east louisiana. when i saw the map, i told him i am not running back to house without power, so i will go back whenever it is more comfortable to be there. 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. stay with us on bbc news — still to come: voices of the hong kong protests — we speak to students shot by live rounds at point blank range who now face imprisonment. 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 world news, the latest headlines: president trump says he has stopped taking any medication against covid—19. he plans make an outdoor speech

from the white house on saturday. azerbaijan and armenia agree to a temporary ceasefire in their conflict over nagorno—karabakh — and talks between them will now begin. 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 — over—riding 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. 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 a hundred thousand looted objects and works of art to previously colonized 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 1,000 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. gunshot. 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 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 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. he and patrick are just two of more than 10,000 protesters 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. in the world

of classical music — prodigies are nothing new. mozart was composing by the age of four — and beethoven was only seven when he gave his first public performance. the latest precocious musical talent is a young boy from france the bbc‘s tim allman has more. meet the maestro... the mini maestro. guillaume benoliel is six years old and has an extraordinary gift. he's been playing piano since he was a toddler, picking at keys sat on his mother's lap. a remarkable young man, although he sounds fairly blase about it all. "i read the sheets, the notes," he says. "then i try to play several times without mistakes, with the right fingering." guillaume began piano lessons at the age

of four. his music teacher has never seen anything like it. translation: guillaume has a rare talent. i have met talented people in my career, but not like him. in fact, when i talk about talent it's a mix of things, a mix of mind, heart, and hands. he may be something special, but he is still a six—year—old boy. both his parents are amateur musicians and say they'll support him in anything he chooses to do. translation: i live with him his adventures. every day is full of pleasure because i love music, and my husband as well. guillaume has progressed fast and well and every day, every night we have concerts, new melodies. not content with a piano, guillaume wants to learn how to play the violin.

his ambition, like his talent, seems endless. tim allman, bbc news. the iconic piano used byjohn lennon to record the song imagine went on sale yesterday and what would have been his 80th birthday. was close to where lennon grew up and immortalised by the beatles song strawberry forever. —— strawberry fields forever. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @lvaughanjones. 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've got 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 m oves 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. what 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'll see a build—up of cloud developing, but it should be dry with some 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've got 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 and 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 says he's stopped taking any medication against covid—19 for the last eight hours. he's set to make an outdoor speech from the white house on saturday. he said he'd been re—tested but hadn't found out the results, adding he thought he'd be, in his words, "at the bottom of the scale or free". the russian foreign minister — sergei lavrov — has announced that azerbaijan and armenia have agreed to a temporary ceasefire in their conflict over nagorno karabakh. the breakthrough came after ten

hours of direct talks between the foreign ministers of the two countries in moscow mediated by mr lavrov. hurricane delta has struck the coast of louisiana, bringing a dangerous storm surge and wind speeds of of up to 150 kilometres per hour. it is the tenth such storm to make landfall in the united states this year — a new record for the gulf coast. the high street chain edinburgh woollen mill, which also owns peacocks and jaeger, is close to collapse — putting 21,000 jobs at risk. the company says it will continue to trade while trying to find a solution for the future of the businesses, but it's warned staff of significant store closures. its sales have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. edinburgh woollen mill, known for its cashmere for older shoppers and tartan for tourists,