this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm sally bundock. cementing a conservative majority — the us senate charges ahead with moves to confirm amy coney barratt‘s nomination to the supreme court. the top us government scientist, anthony fauci, says an edited clip of him used in a trump campaign tv ad is misleading. russia and the eu lead calls for armenia and azerbaijan to respect a truce after another deadly attack in the disputed region of nagorno—karabakh. the english city of liverpool could be in line for tougher curbs as the uk government prepares to set out

a new covid—19 alert system. hello and welcome. today the us senate is moving ahead with confirmation hearings for president trump's pick to fill a vacancy on the supreme court — amy coney barrett, an appeals court judge. her appointment would cement a conservative majority on the influential body, with enormous implications for the nation. the push is like nothing seen in us history, so close to a presidential election. barbara plett usher reports. an already contentious candidate walking straight into pandemic politics. today it is my honour to nominate one of oui’ my honour to nominate one of

our nation's most brilliant and gifted legal minds. amy coney barrett is a dream nominee for those on the right. she is of formidable intellect, a devout catholic, a super mother and staunchly conservative. although he/she tried to distance herself from partisan divides. if confirmed, iwould not assume that role for the sake of those may encircle, and certainly not for my own sake. i would assume this role to serve you. this ceremony became ground zero for a covid—19 outbreak. it appears to have infected two senators on the congressional committee questioning her. but nothing is getting in a way of the roast to confirm the new supreme court justice, the third nominated by president trump. the stakes are just too high. nominated by president trump. the stakes are just too highlj will process this nomination consistent with the rules of the committee, and look forward to the coming days here. it's going to be a lot of fun. for republicans, because it is an

unprecedented chance to cure a conservative court for a generation, and recharge the election campaign by energising the base. yes, we can! for democrats, this is a nightmare. ajob for life on democrats, this is a nightmare. a job for life on a court that sets the nation's social and cultural direction on issues like gay rights, gun control, abortion, obama care. like gay rights, gun control, abortion, obama carelj like gay rights, gun control, abortion, obama care. ithink this is less about her than it is about the targeting here of the affordable care act, of roe v the affordable care act, of roe v wade, of overgrowth failed. those are indisputably, you can ta ke those are indisputably, you can take them right out of the republican party platform. you can take them right out of the words of republican oh president trump talking about of —— of republican president trump talking about it. liberal americans are afraid she would chip away at rbg's legacy. they also furious about the politics. in 2016, republicans block democrats from filling a supreme court seat because it was an election year. but now

that they are in power, they have changed their tune. if donald trump can security supreme court seat, even if he doesn't win the election, his presidency will be deemed a success presidency will be deemed a success by the ideological right, by evangelic or christians, that's why they voted for him. and it will be remembered as a turning point for the nation on some of the issues that matter most to americans. barbara plett usher, bbc news, washington. the us government's top infectious disease expert has criticised donald trump's re—election campaign team. doctor anthony fauci says comments made by him have been taken out of context and used without his permission in a republican party tv ad. joining me now is our north america correspondent peter bowes. peter, what have they done, the campaigners, as it were? well, doctor fauci says what they have done is to take a short clip of him from an interview several months ago, in which he

says he was talking about government officials more generally across—the—board. and the administration's response to the coronavirus. but he says they have been used in a way during this ad to imply that he is supporting president trump. and what he's doing, especially what he has done since being released from hospital, in response to his personal health but also more generally to coronavirus, doctor fauci makes the point that after five decades of public service, he has never endorsed, politically endorsed, any candidate during an election. has there been no response yet from trump's campaign team do this? —— a response to this? yes, they are really digging on on this, they said is accurate because the words the use of doctor fauci, in which he says and paraphrasing what he says, he can't imagine anyone doing a betterjob, he can't imagine anyone doing a better job, he says can't imagine anyone doing a

betterjob, he says he is referring to government officials. the ad implies he is referring to president trump. but the trump administration's campaign people say they are an accurate use of his words. they came out of his mouth and therefore are justifying their use. therefore are justifying their use. all right. thank you, peter bowes, there. 0ur north america corresponded. let's talk about with her now. —— north america correspondent. twitter has attached a disclaimer to another of president trump's tweets — saying it violated its rules on spreading misleading information about the coronavirus. mr trump tweeted that he was now immune to covid—19. scientists say the virus hasn't been around long enough to understand an immune response. mr trump made the same claim on fox news after his doctor said he was no longer a transmission risk. it seems like i'm immune. so, i can go way out of a basement, which i would have done anyway, and which i did, ‘cause you have to run a country, you have to get out of the basement, and it looks like i'm immune for, i don't know, maybe a long time.

or maybe a short time, it could be a lifetime, nobody really knows, but i'm immune, so... so the president is in very good shape. joining me now is professor bob wachter, chair of the department of medicine at the university of california, san francisco. thank you for being on the programme. so, the president says, iam programme. so, the president says, i am immune. programme. so, the president says, iam immune. what we programme. so, the president says, i am immune. what we know about coronavirus immunity this point? well, we're still learning a lot about it. we don't know for sure that he is immune. we do know people who have had infection appeared to develop an immunity that lasts for 6— eight months, we don't know how much longer it lasts. the president has made case is a bit ofa the president has made case is a bit of a twist. he received medication cold a monoclonal accurate body —— antibody, a medicine that has not yet been approved, he got it especially for himself was develops an immune response to the virus, which may be helpful, but may actually get in the way of the

body's own immune system mounting at a more durable immune response. in this case, we really do not know whether he is immune. like some of the other things he is saying about the treatment he got, it may not be quite right. and when he makes a statement like that, is a dangerous in how the american people are trying to process this disease and their response to it? well, it's not the most dangerous thing he has said. the most dangerous things that he has said include, earlier on, the virus itself was a hoax, that masks aren't helpful and you don't need to wear them, he is still running around without a mask, and he is talking about the treatment he got as a cure, we do not know that for sure. he has talked about other treatments as curious, including hydroxy corrigin, which we now know doesn't work. he talked about bleach as a cure, he talked about how the virus would go away on its own like magic. so, there are a lot of things that

he said that don't line up with the science, as we know. he says he is in very good shape. but of course, you're not his doctor, you have not examined him. what is your take on how he is doing, in terms of his health, do you think?” he is doing, in terms of his health, do you think? i think health, do you think? i think he has done very well. they are giving all the details on his clinical course, they are giving out the information that seems to support the idea that he is doing very well and they are holding back on other information. on the many times he has appeared on television in the past few days, he appears to be breathing easily, his thinking appears to be back to his baseline, he is now of all the medicines he was receiving for the virus. given his age, the fact he is male and the fact he was overweight, he had probably a 5% chance of dying when he first got the infection, it may have been as high as 20% when he got sick enough to go to the hospital. he does appear to be doing quite well. he is in week two, week two is a time that sometimes people have a flair

in the virus, so it is not out of the woods, but i would say the odds are very much in his favour an hour, that he is going to have one of the more benign courses of covid that we have seen. all right, professor bob wachter, thank you. you are very welcome. let's get some of the day's other news. the french interior minister has called for some types of fireworks to be banned, after they were used to attack a police station on the outskirts of paris in the early hours of sunday morning. around a0 people are said to have taken part, which saw police having to barricade themselves inside the station as a crowd, armed with metal bars tried to force their way inside. support for the far—right freedom party has sharply fallen in municipal elections in vienna. heinz—christian strache's party gained 7% — a loss of more than 20 percentage points since the last elections in the city. it's a humiliation for the former austrian vice—chancellor, who was attempting a comeback after a corruption scandal last year.

in the uk, prime minister boris johnson is to set out a new three—tier system of "local covid alert levels" in england. the move comes after a weekend of talks between the government and mayors and council leaders from areas with high rates of infection. john mcmanus reports. it was a weekend of bars and socialising for some on the streets of liverpool. but later today, the government announced the party is over, for now. like ina the party is over, for now. like in a part of the north—western north—east of england, the transmission of covid—19 continues to rise here. and after a weekend of negotiations between whitehall and local leaders, some likely measures are becoming clearer. it is expected that different parts of the country will come under medium, high and very high alert levels. however, the full restrictions have yet to be announced, and they may vary between areas with the same

alert levels. the full details will be confirmed by the prime minister when he addresses parliament today. the government says it has worked closely with regional mayors, but there has been significant pushback. the leader of the liveable city regions as gyms and betting shops were closed, alongside pubs in his area. but he says a deal hasn't yet been done, and he wants crucial information. we have asked the government for, give us some absolutes on what the exit strategy will be for our area, once the government has imposed those restrictions. if this was in manchester, meanwhile, say they have begun legal proceedings to challenge any closure of hospitality venues. several breweries are also joined the application for a judicial review, they say there is no scientific evidence to support the measures. there is a real concern that some pubs might not survive a second closure. it has been a long

weekend, shall we say, ever since friday's announcement when we didn't find out anything. and now, you know, possible closure again. there isa possible closure again. there is a lot of pubs that won't recover from this. other parts of england are also bracing themselves stop nottingham has behaved number of cases and the council expects new restrictions to be announced today. whatever they may be, the direction of travel is becoming clearer. john mcmanus, bbc news. and we shall have a lot more on uk restrictions and what they mean for the uk economy. that is coming up in our business coverage in 17 minutes. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: where to now for belarus? as security forces break up mass protests and arrest thousands, just as two prominent opponents of president lukashenko are released from jail into house arrest. parts of san francisco least affected by the earthquake are returning to life, but in the marina area where most of the damage

was done, they are more conscious than ever of how much has been destroyed. in the 19 years since he was last here, he has gone from being a little—known revolutionary to an experienced and successful diplomatic operator. it was a 20—pound bomb which exploded on the fifth floor of the grand hotel, ripping a hole in the front of the building. this government will not weaken, democracy will prevail. it fills me with humility and gratitude to know that i have been chosen as the recipient of this foremost of earthly honours. this catholic nation held its breath for the men they called the 33. and then... bell tolls. ..bells tolled nationwide to announce the first rescue and chile let out an almighty roar.

this is bbc news. the latest headlines: confirmation hearings are expected in the us senate later as the trump administration tries to cement amy coney barrett's nomination to the supreme court. the us government's top infectious disease expert, doctor anthony fauci, has complained that his comments were misused in a trump campaign ad, suggesting he'd praised the president's covid—19 response. hello and welcome. the ceasefire brokered by russia between armenia and azerbaijan to try and end a flare—up in fighting over the last two weeks has been breached within its first 2a hours. a bbc team in the disputed region of nagorno—karabakh says it's heard regular shelling from the direction of the front line, despite a ceasefire being in place. the region is officially part of azerbaijan, but it's been controlled by ethnic armenians since the collapse of the soviet union. in azerbaijan's second city — ganja — which is outside the region — at least seven civilians in a residential area have been killed

by rocket fire. in nagorno karabakh, damage to the main city, stepa na kert, continues, with air raid sirens sounding — this video is running on armenian state media. 0ur international correspondent 0rla guerin sent this report from azerbaijan. "let me see his face," she begs. "one last time." she is not alone in this desperate search. "let me see," says this woman. "is he from my family?" "may the armenians die", she cries.

here is what's left of her neighbourhood in ganja — azerbaijan's second largest city. far from the front line, but not far enough. this is just off the main street. no sign of military targets. we saw remnants of what baku says was a ballistic missile. it's accusing armenia of a war crime. this was clearly a civilian target — apartment blocks, flats where people were living. there's bedding and blankets and mattresses strewn among the rubble here. the attack happened at about 2am. now, this is supposed to be a ceasefire, but it looks more like all—out war. and what happens next? is there worse to come on both sides? standing here now, in the rubble, is the ceasefire dead?

actually, it's hard to assess the situation. therefore, currently we are considering the situation. if armenia continues to attack azerbaijani civilians, then azerbaijan will be obliged to take necessary measures against legitimate military targets. you are saying that they have fired at you, and you are also saying that you reserve the right to retaliate. so which is it? are you sticking to the ceasefire or are you going to retaliate for this attack? at this stage we are trying to stick to the ceasefire regime, but of course, if they continue to do so, attacking azerbaijani civilians, as every nation, we also have a right to self—defence. as azerbaijan recovered more of its dead, it, too, was accused of breaching the ceasefire by shelling civilians on the other side. though the truce looked shattered today, it did not collapse. but ganja was hit hard. this woman's grandchildren were asleep in these beds,

and were lucky to survive. but she acknowledges the pain in nagorno—karabakh. "we are all mothers," she told me. "there and here — and our hearts are aching." 0rla guerin, bbc news, ganja, azerbaijan. two prominent opponents of the belarusian president, alexander lu kashenko, have been released from jail on the same day that hundreds of activists were detained. security forces used force to break up crowds who are demanding a new presidential election. this report from aruna iyengar. chanting. still the protesters come onto the streets of minsk. they have taken to the streets every week to demand president lukashenko steps down to allow for new elections to be held.

they're fired on with tear gas, water cannon and there's heavy—handed policing. screams. police officers wearing black balaclavas drag protesters into unmarked vans. president lukashenko has been in power since 1994. he denies his electoral win in august came as a result of cheating. he defeated the opposition candidate sviatla na tsikhanouskaya who claims to have been the true winner. the most recent violence followed a meeting between lukashenko and the detained opposition leaders in a minskjail — an unusual event leading to some hope that he was going to make some concessions. tsikhanouskaya has been forced into exile in lithuania. she was allowed her first phone

call in four months. the president was injail, —— husband was in jail so she stood. i can only thank the belarusian's. stood. i can only thank the bela rusian's. until we are stood. i can only thank the belarusian's. until we are all freed and get new elections. the eu and the us have refused to recognise lukashenko's inauguration for a sixth term and condemns the alleged abuse of detained protesters. they've also hit belarus with sanctions. after the latest protests, police in minsk said they'd detained several dozen people but the rights group vesna says the number was closer to 330 arrests. there have been nearly 1,300 detentions since the elections. aruna iyengar, bbc news. let's get the latest sport now from the bbc sports centre. hello, i'm gavin ramjaun, and this is your monday sport briefing. rafael nadal showed just why he's the king of clay at roland garros on sunday, with a comprehensive straight sets victory over the world

number one novak djokovic, to win the men's french open. nadal was utterly dominant in his 6—0, 6—2, 7—5 win — the spaniard didn't drop a set across the whole tournament — and extends his record to 13 french open titles. nadal also equals roger federer‘s all—time grand slam record of 20, but could he go on top that? for me, it means a lot to share the 20th, this number with roger. but, let's see what is going on when we finish our careers. we keep playing. so i don't know what is going to happen in the future. i am just excited and of course, it is something that means a lot to me. lewis hamilton was in record—levelling form too. the british driver was victorious in formula 0ne's eifel grand prix at the nurburgring — and equals michael schumacher‘s tally of 91 wins in the sport. hamilton said the achievement would take some getting used to — after extending his championship lead to 69 points. red bull's max verstappen came

2nd, with daniel ricciardo getting renault‘s first podium since 2016 in third. and kim sei—young secured her first major with a 5—shot victory at the women's pga championship in pennsylvania. the south korean's 7—under 63, was the lowest final round in the event's history, and matched the event's all—time18—hole record shared by americans patty sheehan in 1984 and meg mallon in 1999, and south korean kelly shon in 2017. the new french open women's champion — iga swiantek — jumps up the rankings on monday. the polish player became the youngest champion at roland garros for almost 30 years after defeating sofia kenin this weekend straight sets. she was the lowest—ranked champion in the tournament's history, beginning the competition at number 5a in the world. and she is now up to number 17. it is all pretty overwhelming

for me. i am trying to look at the whole tournament from a different perspective. it is really ha rd different perspective. it is really hard when i am still here and have all of these responsibilities. so i think when i am back home and we are going to rest a bit, i'm going to enjoy it even more than right now. but i'm pretty happy. and the giro d'italia enjoys a first rest day on monday that comes after portgual‘s ruben guerreiro edged close enconunter with spain's jonathan castroviejo, to win stage 9. guerreiro claimed a first stage win of this year's event, and he's the first portuguese rider to win a stage on the giro since acacio da silva in 1989. compatriotjoao almeida still holds the overall lead 30 seconds ahead of the field, with two weeks still to go. and on social media — roger federer paid tribute to long—time rival rafael nadal on twitter. federer said he had utmost respect for him as friend and a champion. he said it was true honour to congratulate him on a 20th grand slam victory, and described his 13th

roland garros title as one of the greatest achievements in sport. "well done rafa, you deserved it", he ended his note with. you can get all the latest sports news — including more on game 6 of the nba finals between the la lakers and miami heat at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me — gavin ramjaun — and the rest of the sport team, that's your monday sport briefing. that is indeed. thanks to gavin and the team. if you go to the bbc sport page, you can get there by our bbc online, you will steve a story around radical proposals of reform for english football. that is the premier league. some could argue that could have a very damaging impacts on the game. under the proposal led by liverpool and mentis united, the english top flight would be cut to 18 teams. and you can imagine the controversy about that on social media. elsewhere, will be looking at all about in detail and the

other top business stories and just a few minutes time. they we re just a few minutes time. they were fast, don't go anywhere. i will be back shortly. hello there. the changing autumn colours looked splendid in the sunshine on sunday. beginning to look a little more muted as we go through monday. lots more cloud around, outbreaks of rain spreading its way eastwards across most parts during the day as well. the cloud and rain, though, from these weather fronts as they push in through the night means the temperature shouldn't drop too much across western areas. in the east though, a little ridge of high pressure, some clearer skies for a time. parts of east anglia and the southeast — could even be a touch of frost in the countryside, with temperatures and lower single figures, away from the city centres. but here, some early brightness before cloud thickens, rain arrives later into the afternoon. a wet start in northern ireland, through much of scotland, and around any western fringes of england and wales. the rain heavy at times. clearing through northern ireland quite quickly to a blustery wind, sunshine and a few showers later. same too into scotland as we go into the afternoon and maybe

some late sunshine into northwest england and north and west wales. winds strongest across the west during the second half of the day. light winds further east, but even though those winds coming in from a south—westerly direction, they won't bring much warmth with them. after a cold start, the cloud and the rain arriving means temperatures not going to lift much — parts of yorkshire through towards the midlands and lincolnshire could be only around nine degrees, same too in aberdeenshire. through monday night, the rain could linger across east anglia and the south—east, and it returns across parts of northern scotland with some heavy showers through northern ireland, wales and the south—west. with the clearest conditions in south—west and north—west england, here, a touch of frost into tuesday morning, but i think all of us see a bit of cloud around and some rain around at times on tuesday. 0ur weather front, well, pressure deepens in around it. so that low pressure spinning around, buckling our weather front back southwards across scotland during the morning — brighter conditions in the afternoon. we will see some brighter weather on tuesday across the heart of england and wales, but outbreaks of rain across many northern—eastern areas, heavy showers towards the south—west as well. the breeze will be picking up, but it won't feel quite as chilly, i suspect, for the south—west midlands down towards the south—west. then, as we go through into

wednesday, still some cloud and showers around, particularly for england and wales. a stiff north—easterly breeze for all, best of the sunshine in the west, driest of all parts of scotland and northern ireland. but a cool feeling day, once again, and that cool feel will continue through the rest of the week, with temperatures down on where they should be for the time of year. the winds, though, will gradually ease and the skies will brighten a little bit more, with more of you spending thursday and friday dry. that's how it's looking. see you soon.

this is bbc news with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. braced for new restrictions in england. with the government poised to make an announcement today we talk to a leading figure from the hospitality sector about what this means for her industry. talking tough — the european union threatens to hit the united states with more tariffs unless the us reduces taxes on its own products. and a power grab or a justifable bailout? liverpool and manchester united come up with a plan to provide a financial lifeline for lower league clubs, but critics accuse the duo of seeking too much in return.

if you have tuned in, you are very welcome and just in time for the latest business stories. as you've been hearing, new coronavirus restrictions in england are expected to be announced later today. the prime minister will chair a meeting of the emergency cobra committee "to determine the final interventions". borisjohnson is then expected to announce the changes in the house of commons. one of the industries that will be paying close attention to the update is the hospitality sector, which has been hit hard by the pandemic. the sector is a major contributor to the uk economy, employing 2.9 million people. it's also a big revenue earner for the economy. last year it generated £30 billion in economic activity, while paying £38

billion in taxation. we're now joined by kate nicholls, who's the chief executive of uk hospitality. really good to talk to you again. first of all, how is your sector coping with the recent changes of closures at 10pm for pubs and restaurants? the recent changes have had a really significant effect across the country, compounded by some additional restrictions in the north and parts of yorkshire. now, recently scotla nd yorkshire. now, recently scotland as well. the recent changes to the curfew at ten o'clock, the rule of sex and tougher restrictions in the north about who people could socialise with outside of their household have seen revenues for by a third over the past two weeks alone. revenues falling, which you would expect

absolutely, but do you believe that these measures will help in trying to contain the rotavirus? is very difficult to be able to understand because we have not seen any evidence that the government has been able to provide about where the levels transmission are rising the fastest and how these interventions will help. at the moment we are coping and struggling to cope with the reduction in revenue and making people redundant on the back of that because there simply is not work for them, so we need to understand something that has such an economic hit, locally and in each community but also nationally, that the measures being proposed are the right words to have the biggest effect of driving down infections and we have yet to see that evidence clearly. subsidies, some parts of england will see much tougher restrictions than others depending on the infection rates, for example, liverpool is soon to be locked down. if pubs, bars, restaurants are told they have to shut, as we

did so earlier this year, what are the implications? at the moment we have one in five premises across the uk that have not yet been able to reopen, either they are closed by legislation or they don't have the football, and we have nearly 1 have the football, and we have nearly1 million have the football, and we have nearly 1 million people have the football, and we have nearly1 million people whose jobs are fully supported by fellow, so without additional governance support, it's likely some of those will be at risk asa some of those will be at risk as a relative result of those restrictions, and we know from what we have seen over the past two weeks that the head is not just on those businesses that are closed or are in a particular local region, the effect is more widespread as consumer confidence takes a dive. we are seeing that at the moment with the current restrictions, but also we are seeing that as a result of what has been brought in in scotland, people are making decisions about future behaviour in their local area, but also for holidays, so we do think that without additional government support, it's going to be difficult to stem the tide of redundancies across the sector and that is the

imperative thing now, what support are we having for those businesses directly affected and those workers directly affected, and what we get to the rest of the sector who has been subject to significant restrictions? we will have to leave it there, but we appreciate you joining us so early. needless to say as soon as there are any announcements from the prime minister we shall update you here on the bbc. let's take a quick look at how the asian markets are faring today. as you can see, they are all headed upwards. stories that i'm moving markets, traders are still optimistic and hopeful that there will be in agreement in the us among politicians about a new stimulus plan. that is looking very up in the air given what president trump has said about any discussion of the head of the election but there is still hope about that boosting trade and also as toner is boosted at three today it the central bank has eased requirements of the wind, making it easier to bet against

the chinese currency, so the short, the yuan has fallen based on increased hopes that toner is relaxing its rules based on foreign markets. let's now talk about one of the biggest boyband's on the planet. yes, it's bts. shares of big hit entertainment, the company behind the k—pop stars, make their stock market debut on thursday and are expected to be valued at around $4.2 billion. they have reason to smile, don't they? let's now cross to asia business hub of singapore, where sharanjit leyl has been following this story. we have talked about these guys before, i understand they performed over the weekend. what happened ? performed over the weekend. what happened? that's right. just this weekend, that hugely popular k—pop band held a virtual concert where million student from around the world,

well over 100 million likes on social media from fans all over the world, and itjust shows the world, and itjust shows the incredible international reach of this band. many observers are seeing the concert was a canny touch from the stars, a musical roadshow to drum up interest in the ipo when it debuts on thursday of the korean stock—market. it will be the largest listing on the cosby in three years, but that huge evaluation of all the $4 billion, and each member of the band is being given a sizeable chunk of shares which will make the multimillionaires, but critics are warning that in spite of the hype and the fact that bts fans, otherwise known as the army may want to buy a piece of the favourite band, there is real concern that big head entertainment has all their eggsin entertainment has all their eggs in one basket, and they are very reliant about this

continued interest in this band, and some of the members face two years of military conscription is soon, and that there is concern that the need to date diversify away from bts, which currently is 90% of their business. the european union's new trade chief, valdis dombrovskis, has warned the united states that they face additional tariffs on their products, unless they remove tariffs worth some $7 billion on eu products soon. dombrovskis added the us should withdraw its airbus—related tariffs as a confidence—building measure, as trade tensions between both sides remain high. joining us now from brighton is russ mould, who's a investment director at aj bell. good morning russ, nice to see you. just to remind our

viewers, we're talking about, because of this spat over airbus and boeing, we're talking about tariffs put on things like scotch whiskey, olives, cheese, all sorts of products going into the united states. what you make of this latest move on the part of the eu? is entirely understandable and clearly very frustrated with the american scouts, nobody really likes tariffs and taxes, they make everything much more expensive so they are very potentially damaging to european exported to the united states, the european support in a claim with the world trade 0rganisation asking for effectively to retaliate, puts ta riffs effectively to retaliate, puts tariffs on american goods, fruit, aircraft parts for example, andi fruit, aircraft parts for example, and i suspect that he suspects that he has some leverage at the moment that there given is an american election coming up in two or three weeks time, and this can be seen as bad for american business. i was just be seen as bad for american business. i wasjust going to talk you about the timing. this will totally fall on deaf ears, won't it? anyone in the united

states would be preoccupied with alexa just three weeks away. it may be working within the principal, but i think you are right, politically, the chances that president trump backs off on one of his key policies two or three weeks before the election are extremely small. i guess all you could say is the president, when he first put the tariffs on european steel 18 months, two years ago, said trade wars are good and easy to win. if you look at the situation at the moment, we have europe retaliating, 3000 american companies have filed lawsuits against the us government to complain about tariffs which is making their life more difficult and the american trade deficit is still going up. it is not clear that the policy is working at all, but equally, you are dead right, the chances of him backing off just before paul is a very small indeed. — before polls. let's get some of

the day's other news. the uk economy may have grown by as much as 17% in the three months to the end of september, according to the ey item club, however slower growth may follow. shoppers splurged during the period as coronavirus lockdown restrictions were lifted. european union regulators are making a hit list of up to 20 large internet companies that will be face new and tougher rules aimed at curbing their market power, according to a report by the financial times. the new rules will force the companies to share data with rivals and be more transparent on how they gather information. when it comes to investment and venture capital, the big dollars are often spent on companies backed by men. for example, in 2018 in the us, only 2.2% of the $130 billion total in venture capital money invested went to women—backed companies.

so how can it be changed? 0ne company is using artificial intelligence which it hopes will sidestep bias in investment decisions. so can it make a difference to female founders? joining me now from toronto is michele romanow, who's the co—founder of clearbanc. good morning, thanks to being on the programme. you know a little bit about how ai is used to change the way people invest. detail. i have been on the canadian version of dragon ‘s den for six years now, and all these founders were coming on, giving up huge portions of the company to facebook and google ads. instead of giving me the capital, why don't i

give you that capital and take a percentage of revenue until i get paid my capital back plus 6%. i never guessed from there that would become clearbanc, and today we are the largest investment company, investing billions of dollars of. the only way we were able to do this is through ai. we had users connect our data services to us, and in 20 minutes, we can tell them how much capital we can give them and the terms of that capital. so the uk was our first international market, we just launched this week but what we have seen by using ai to make these investment decisions is it has been a huge difference in gender bias. we have backed eight times more women than the venture capital industry of average, and this is doing nothing differently on the top, this isjust is doing nothing differently on the top, this is just using data to drive our decisions and no human intervention. and we have also seen that that

capital gets geographically distributed much differently, so distributed much differently, so in our beta tests in the uk we invested 30 million pounds in 250 different companies. 70% of the founders we have backed in the uk have been outside of london. typically, venture capital is all within major cities, and we think there is a really important solution by using ai that we can change how these investments are made. just briefly, i am fascinated by this idea of ai, machines, data doing the work of what used to be a room full of men who would listen to a pitch, and isn't it about your gut feeling, isn't it about the sense of yes, this would be a winner if i was to put in my money, as opposed to a machine doing that kind of work? there was always a balance of the

two. there was this idea of a gut and understanding a founder of pattern recognition, which was the human part, and then there was the extraordinary amount of diligence, that venture capitalists did do, they look to the size of the market, what your long—term value of a customer was compared to how much you to acquire them, they looked at how much of your audio size — audience size you had penetrated, so what we did in the innovation behind our model was be automated all of that work that venture capitalists used to do, which allowed us to grow much broader, and we said, we will take your chances out on the human element, and what we have seen is that we have been able to back so many more founders across the space, and so, we have really pioneered a very different model of venture investing. it is very fascinating, that's for sure. thanks for talking to us, late night there in toronto, we appreciated. you are with bbc news, so much more to come,

including, with much of europe struggling with this track and wave, the region's tourism industry is suffering heavy losses, we will talk to the boss of the european travel commission about what their industry needs to the boss of the european travel commission about what their industry needs. parts of san francisco least affected by the earthquake are returning to life, but in the marina area where most of the damage was done, they are more conscious than ever of how much has been destroyed. in the 19 years since he was last here, he has gone from being a little—known revolutionary to an experienced and successful diplomatic operator. it was a 20—pound bomb which exploded on the fifth floor of the grand hotel, ripping a hole in the front of the building. this government will not weaken, democracy will prevail. it fills me with humility and gratitude to know that i have been chosen as the recipient of this foremost of earthly honours. this catholic nation held its breath for the men they called the 33. and then...

bell tolls. ..bells tolled nationwide to announce the first rescue and chile let out an almighty roar. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: confirmation hearings are expected in the us senate later as the trump administration tries to cement amy coney barrett's nomination to the supreme court. the us government's top infectious disease expert, dr anthony fauci, has complained that his comments were misused in a trump campaign ad, suggesting he'd praised the president's covid—19 response. tourism and travel business leaders are meeting virtually today at the european tourism convention to discuss the way ahead for an industry in turmoil. the global pandemic has decimated tourism in the region.

international tourist arrivals in europe were down 66% in the first half of 2020. the world travel & tourism council predicts that 29.5 million travel and tourism jobs are at risk in europe. joining us now from brussels is eduardo santander, the executive director of the european travel commission. thank you for being on the program. it has just been the most unprecedented year. your industry is probably one of the worst hit. what are you going to discuss today when you meet as leaders? good morning, sally. the big issue is that we are ina sally. the big issue is that we are in a pivotal moment for the industry. first of all, you said we were 66% down on the first quarter, it is going to be 97% by the end of the year. the tourism industry is just so badly hit, practically

non—existent right now. we have this pivotal moment where we have the opportunity also to see what is important to read that the industry. but first of all, we have to think about the 30 millionjobs that all, we have to think about the 30 million jobs that are dependent on tourism, and all of the livelihoods behind that. during this conference, what we aim to discuss is how can we capitalise on this moment and how can we reinvent tourism and re—establish confidence and trust. and secondly, based on a more sustainable growth, on climate change realities, and the utilisation and innovation of the sector. many as you say in several industries and governments are seeing this as a moments you reset and a green recovery is being pushed by many — will you be putting pressure on governments in europe to do more to support the tourism sector? absolutely.

tourism is the third biggest industry of the european industry of the european industry first and probably in the rest of the continent, including the uk. tourism is so firmly embedded in recovery plans for after covid times. so we need to push that fervour. we are doing that so we are addressing governments and the institutions of the european union. and we do truly believe that tourism can also be a ca ta lyst that tourism can also be a catalyst to come out of the crisis due to its human power that it has to join people again, working together in the same direction. briefly, eduardo, how will you persuade travellers to come back to europe and believe that it is safe to travel in europe when this pandemic is under control ain? this pandemic is under control again? it has been demonstrated that travel is not risky at all if you follow the message right now. obviously, we are to re—establish what i said before, first, confidence and

then trust in supply and demand obviously. i think the key elements here are to communicate and also to have a harmonising and coordinated approach by all governments because what we have this summer because what we have this summerand because what we have this summer and before is a uncoordinated approach, under harmonised approach provoking a lot of harmonisation and discord and a lot of frustration and provoke a lack of confidence that we see now in the numbers that we presented before. good to talk to you, thank you very much. at a wider there, executive director of the european travel commission. radical proposals for the reform of english football could have a "damaging impact" on the game, says the premier league. under the proposals, led by liverpool and manchester united, the english top flight would be cut to 18 teams. the plans would see the premier league hand over the £250m bailout required by the football league to stave off a financial disaster among its 72 clubs.

joining us now is our business reporter ramzan karmali. good morning. so what is actually going on here? is this actually going on here? is this a powergrab, actually going on here? is this a power grab, what is happening? no, this is an initiative and quite a radical plan and it was formulated by, first of all, by liverpool who are owned by the federated sports group, and an american owner. they got together with their bitter rivals, manchester united, again owned by americans. and so they are saying this is a solution to the massive chasm in football between the premier league and the rest of football in england. at the moment, there are 20 teams in the premier league. they want that reduced to 18. they want to scrap the league cup, community shield. as you say, they are going to get £250 million up front right now to the english football

league to help them get through the financial difficulties they are finding themselves in because of coronavirus, because basically they don't get as much tv revenue as the big clu bs much tv revenue as the big clubs in the premier league. and on top of that, they are also going to give £100 million to the governing body. the little molestation as a one—off payment. going forward, this is interesting that, they are going to get 25% of all of their revenue to the english football league. in that is what is so interesting to the english football league. that is what is driving them to want to a cce pt is what is driving them to want to accept this. they have reacted very positively to this. just briefly, what are the critics saying about it? this is the other side. the premier league and the government have come out and are absolutely livid to be honest with you. the premier league have given it short shrift, saying this is a power grab. the government has said, looked at the competition and thought this isn't quite right, this is a backroom deal, this shouldn't be happening. but the

tefl, supported because too many clubs are in financial difficulty. there are 72 clubs below the premier league and there are too many clubs that are struggling to survive. we only had berries that were round—up, wigan, used to be in the premier league had to file for a ministration as well and have a 12 point deduction. there are clubs that are struggling lower down who are getting the money that the premier league clubs get but theissueis premier league clubs get but the issue is here, i don't think — well someone say, this might not get through. because at the moment, in the premier league, for anything voted through, they need 14 clubs to agree. at the moment, this deal would favour the big six clubs, manchester united, liverpool, matters the city, arsenal, chelsea and tottenham. and three other clubs, west ham, everton and southhampton who have been in the premier league philosophy at a time. it would benefit those clubs over the 14 so benefit those clubs over the 14 so getting it through could be tricky. thank you very much and

good to see you. he is part of our team working from home as they do these days. thank you too for your company and i will see you soon. hello there. the changing autumn colours looked splendid in the sunshine on sunday. beginning to look a little more muted as we go through monday. lots more cloud around, outbreaks of rain spreading its way eastwards across most parts during the day as well. the cloud and rain, though, from these weather fronts as they push in through the night means the temperature shouldn't drop too much across western areas. in the east though, a little ridge of high pressure, some clearer skies for a time. parts of east anglia and the southeast — could even be a touch of frost in the countryside, with temperatures and lower single figures, away from the city centres. but here, some early brightness before cloud thickens, rain arrives later into the afternoon. a wet start in northern ireland, through much of scotland, and around any western fringes of england and wales. the rain heavy at times. clearing through northern ireland quite quickly to a blustery wind, sunshine and a few showers later. same too into scotland as we go into the afternoon and maybe

some late sunshine into northwest england and north and west wales. winds strongest across the west during the second half of the day. light winds further east, but even though those winds coming in from a south—westerly direction, they won't bring much warmth with them. after a cold start, the cloud and the rain arriving means temperatures not going to lift much — parts of yorkshire through towards the midlands and lincolnshire could be only around nine degrees, same too in aberdeenshire. through monday night, the rain could linger across east anglia and the south—east, and it returns across parts of northern scotland with some heavy showers through northern ireland, wales and the south—west. with the clearest conditions in south—west and north—west england, here, a touch of frost into tuesday morning, but i think all of us see a bit of cloud around and some rain around at times on tuesday. 0ur weather front, well, pressure deepens in around it. so that low pressure spinning around, buckling our weather front back southwards across scotland during the morning — brighter conditions in the afternoon. we will see some brighter weather on tuesday across the heart of england and wales, but outbreaks of rain across many northern—eastern areas, heavy showers towards the south—west as well. the breeze will be picking up, but it won't feel quite as chilly, i suspect, for the south—west midlands down towards the south—west. then, as we go through into wednesday, still some cloud and showers around,

particularly for england and wales. a stiff north—easterly breeze for all, best of the sunshine in the west, driest of all parts of scotland and northern ireland. but a cool feeling day, once again, and that cool feel will continue through the rest of the week, with temperatures down on where they should be for the time of year. the winds, though, will gradually ease and the skies will brighten a little bit more, with more of you spending thursday and friday dry. that's how it's looking. see you soon.

good morning, welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. 0ur headlines today: borisjohnson prepares to announce new local lockdown rules in england — there will be three alert levels with varying degrees of restrictions. the liverpool city region is to face the toughest restrictions — bars, gyms and betting shops could be closed. as we speak, products are being packed here in the midlands, bound for liverpool's bars, restaurants. what is the cost of not knowing two businesses on the frontline and in supply chain? paying tribute to police officer matt ratana who was killed on duty —