hello: president trump is holding an election rally in florida, his first since testing positive just 22 days to go until the presidential —— just 22 days to go until the presidential election and president trump is back on the election trail. he is now in florida. here he is. this is pa rt florida. here he is. this is part of the three night swing through florida pennsylvania and iowa. it's just through florida pennsylvania and iowa. it'sjust take through florida pennsylvania and iowa. it's just take a listen. it's over. you know, biden had a bad day. he forgot mitt romney's name. he didn't know what state he was in. and

he said today he is a proud democrat running for the us senate. no, you can't do it... it's the second time. can you imagine ifi it's the second time. can you imagine if i did that's? it's great to be with you, it's great to be with you, it's great to be a wonderful developer from new york. great to be a wonderful developerfrom new york. they say he's out of here, get him out. no, biden had a bad day, he's got a lot of bad days coming. look, look, we can't play games. the one thing i know for sure, president of china did us no favour, president putin of russia, you are looking around, kimjong own, whatever happened to the war we were supposed to be in with kimjong—un? kimjong—un, there —— they are 100% sharp. we have somebody who is running who is not 100%, he's not 80%, he's not 60%. we can't have this. as a country, we can't have it. joe biden is also

owned by the radical globalist, the wealthy donors, the big—money, special interests who shipped away yourjobs, shutdown your factories, through open your borders and ravaged our cities while sacrificing blood and treasure in this ridiculous endless war, set of endless wars that we've beenin set of endless wars that we've been in for a long time, 19 yea rs, been in for a long time, 19 years, they are all coming back home, you know that, right? cheering they are coming back home tomorrow great warriors, our great soldiers. the corrupt political class is desperate to regain their power by any means necessary. we are the ones standing in their way. we are the one standing up for the american worker, the american family and for the american family and for the american dream, and that's what we are doing on this beautiful evening. this beautiful evening in florida. 0h, do i like florida. did we win florida last time? was that beautiful? we wa nted last time? was that beautiful? we wanted to. everything i hear, we are winning

biologically then you turn on the fake news, they say, "the polls are tied in florida." i don't get it, i don't. we have the same thing last year. remember? four years ago, the same thing last year. remember? fouryears ago, we have the same thing. "we are going to lose florida, they said" by five points. they call that things so early in the evening, we won by a lot. we are winning by a lot more now than we were four years ago. 22 days from now, we are going to win this state, we are going to win this state, we are going to win four more years in the white house, we are going to make our country greater than it has ever been before. usa! usa! usa! thank you, thank you. this is

the most important election in the most important election in the history of our country. i used to say it in 2016 from i'm sorry used to say it in 2016 from i'm soi’i’y come used to say it in 2016 from i'm sorry come at the time, i thought it was. these people are crazy. we have to win. most important we've ever had. biden has made a corrupt bargain exchange for his party's nomination, he has handed control to the socialists, the marxists and the left—wing extremists, and you know that. and he's got no strength left, no power left, he's got nothing going. if he wins the radical left, we will be running the country and they are addicted to power and god help us if they ever got it. because we would never have the same country again. and you couldn't make a comeback. you don't make comebacks from where they will ta ke comebacks from where they will take us. if i do not sound like a typical washington politician it's because, frankly, i'm not a politician, i'm embarrassed

by the term. cheering and if i don't always play by the rules of washington establishment it's because i was elected to fight for you andi was elected to fight for you and ifight was elected to fight for you and i fight harder than anybody has ever filed for you. i had has ever filed for you. ihada has ever filed for you. i had a very nice life before this, i will tell you! i had a very nice life before this, iwill tell you! it i had a very nice life before this, i will tell you! it was a lot easier! but i love this and i would've never ever change it because we are doing more for this country than any administration has ever done, despite the witchhunts and the funny despite the witchhunts and the fu n ny stuff despite the witchhunts and the funny stuff that we caught them on now, we caught them cold, we will see what happens with that. just watch. stay tuned. right now, i am fighting to make sure we eradicate the virus, rebuild the economy and save our country from the radical left. we are hitting record stockmarket numbers, record stockmarket numbers, record 401(k)s, record record job numbers, don't blow it,

don't blow it. well, that's where we will leave the rally in sanford california, president trump attacking joe biden as usual. interesting, just notice some of the figures of coping 19 in the state, the number of dead last friday from coronavirus has surpassed 15,000. president trump physically back on the campaign trail, as i say, just leaving the walter reed medical centre last week. let's get some analysis from our correspondent in washington, lebo diseko. she's been watching this with us she's been watching this with us in washington. any ideas of numbers there, because they all seem numbers there, because they all seem to be packed together? yes, i'm not sure how many people there are there, but they certainly do seem to be quite a lot, and the enthusiasm, as he says they have for him, does look to be quite something as his plane touched down, there were people on the runway to meet him, as

you saw there, huge crowds. i understand that the crowds there and the people they are being asked to wear masks, they have their temperature is checked, but just have their temperature is checked, butjust watching, it didn't seem like a lot of people were, and certainly the people were, and certainly the people that came to meet him on the plane didn't. .. people that came to meet him on the plane didn't... when the plane touched down, didn't seem like they were wearing masks either. so, yeah, it's an interesting site, particularly considering come as you said, flora's coronavirus number. yes, but, of course, it's a key state, and the polls there, i thinkjoe biden is slightly ahead, but elsewhere, donald trump seems to be trailing. again, we have heard the classic refrain by him that this is all being reported in the fake news, and doesn't actually reflect reality on the ground. yes, it was so interesting when donald trump came out he said it's been a terrible day forjoe biden. joe biden spent the day in ohio. he there is 0.6 points ahead, 0.6 ofa

there is 0.6 points ahead, 0.6 of a percentage point ahead of donald trump and in florida, joe biden is 3.71 ahead of donald trump. so, yeah, it's interesting point of view that he put forward there. look, florida is a really, really key state. it has 29 electoral couege state. it has 29 electoral college votes, as you well know, the way the election works in the united states is not the popular vote that wins the election, it is the electoral college votes, which each state has. so, it's going to be really important to win florida for sure. lebo, stay with us, because we have got joe we have gotjoe biden speaking in cincinnati. we will cross to that now. as a consequence of months of overwhelming lying, misleading and irresponsible action on the part of donald trump, how many empty chairs are going to be around the dinner table tonight because of their negligence? how many? how many brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, uncles, aunts, mums, dads are gone?

folks, we are so much better than this. despite the crisis we face, we have an enormous opportunity, like america has done, unlike any other country after every crisis, we have always come out of the crisis stronger than we were before we went in. that's the uniqueness of who we are. and we now have an opportunity to build back and build back better to give everyone a fair return on their work, an equal chance to get ahead, begin to reward work not just wealth. lebo, that was joe lebo, that wasjoe biden speaking a little earlier, not life, but it's interesting to see the focus now from the white house today, because they are very keen to push any connie barrett through to the supreme court, and she hasjust

started four days of hearings before the senate committee —— amy coney barrett, and given really quite a tough time. yes, let's go back to thejoe biden clip you played there. very, very interesting to hear him really putting coronavirus front and centre. the democrats we re front and centre. the democrats were criticised into thousand 16 for not really connecting what they see the danger of trump to be with people's real lives. so joe biden trump to be with people's real lives. sojoe biden saying their you know, how many empty chairs are there at your table? how many people are you missing in yourfamily? he has done that before, but i thank you are going to see him want to do that or try into that more and more and more. he was in ohio today, he had an open air rally, a drive through rally, really, again, putting coronavirus front and centre there. so, that is the conversation that the democrats thatjoe biden wants to have. for donald trump, the republicans, the confirmation

hearings of amy coney barrett, and what they want to talk about, she is a conservative, very conservative christian nominee to the supreme court. she would be replacing ruth bader ginsburg's place on the court if she is confirmed. it does look like she will be. interestingly, at that hearing, we saw the democrats really trying to push what she might do are trying to push her on theissue do are trying to push her on the issue of health care, trying to stay away from issues around religion. they don't wa nt to around religion. they don't want to be accused of giving her a hard time for that, but joe biden‘s running mate kamala harris, did raise what amy coney barrett might do around abortion. so we will see whether or not that comes up again. it's likely to over the next few days. yes, we will look at that first day of hearings with amy coney barrett ina minute. hearings with amy coney barrett in a minute. where are we, though, lebo, in terms of any

more presidential debates? because time is running out, isn't it? yes, where are we? we we re isn't it? yes, where are we? we were supposed to have one this week. there is back—and—forth, but that has been cancelled now. instead, joe biden is going to be having a town hall of his own on thursday. i think the term campaign are also going to be having their own debates, or their own event, excuse me. and then we will have the final debate between them later on. i think that's on the 22nd, that scheduled for, where we will see them go head—to—head stop i mean, i think for the american people, it isa think for the american people, it is a bit ofa think for the american people, it is a bit of a shame that something couldn't have been worked out. yeah, i guess they will have their two competing events where they will get to give the candidate speaks. 0k, lebo, for now, thank you very much indeed. we will be discussing the nomination hearings of amy coney barrett. aleem maqbool reports. if confirmed, amy coney barrett will play a huge role in shaping society for children,

and for children for years to come. the republican chair of the senate committee making the decision once promised not to try and confirm a supreme courtjustice in the last year of a presidential term. but he has reneged on that. this is going to be a long, contentious week. i would just ask one thing of the committee. to the extent possible, let's make it respectful. in their opening statements, democrats focused on what they called extremist views held by amy coney barrett. they said these would threaten the health care provision for millions of americans, and many other aspects of american life. with this nomination, equal justice under law is at stake. 0ur voting rights are at stake. workers' rights are at stake. consumer rights are at stake.

the right to a safe and legal abortion is at stake. one man is dead set on making sure that amy coney barrett is appointed before the election, heavily tilting the supreme court conservative. the gathering he had to announce her nomination just over two weeks ago is now thought to have been a coronavirus super spreader event. controversially, some of those who tested positive there participated in the hearing today. thank you, mr chairman. some said that the process had been postponed but kept returning to the way in which amy coney barrett would shape policies, something that she said would not be herjob. but courts are not designed to solve every problem or right every wrong in our public life. the policy decisions and value judgements of government must be made by the political branches, elected by and accountable to the people.

her nomination comes after the death of ruth brady ginsberg, the iconic and pioneering justice. some of those protesting the new nomination feel strongly that the american people who had only voted ——strongly that the american people who have already voted in their millions, should be the ones to decide whether the nextjustice is conservative or liberal. republicans say the public already recorded their view and they voted for donald trump four years ago. aleem maqbool, bbc news in washington. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we report from the devastated region of nagorno—karabakh as a ceasefire between armenia and azerbaijan comes under more pressure. 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 this prestigious honour. this catholic nation held its breath for the men they called the 33. and then... bells toll. ..bells tolled nationwide to announce the first rescue and chile let out an almighty roar. this is bbc news, the latest headlines...

less than two weeks after testing positive for coronavirus, president trump is back on the campaign trial — addressing an election rally in florida. us democrats have attacked the nomination of amy coney barrett to the supreme court during the first confirmation hearing. in europe, two of the countries worst hit by coronavirus have seen a big jump in cases and hospital adminissions. spain has registered nearly 28,000 more cases since friday, bringing the number of total infections to nearly 900,000. 200 people have died over the weekend, taking the total of more than 33,000. france has placed the southern cities of toulouse and montpelier under maximum alert along with paris, marseille and lille. meanwhile, here in the uk, prime minister boris johnson has introduced a three—tier alert system — classifying every area as being on medium,

high or very high alert — and put liverpool region under "very high" or tier—three alert level. here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. stand by. we cannot see clearly what is ahead. but the prime minister is, reluctantly, marking the way to a tighter phase. the lecterns back in their place, despite repeated rule changes, coronavirus is not in retreat. the number of cases has gone up four times in four weeks, and is once again spreading among the elderly and vulnerable. these figures are flashing at us like dashboard warnings in a passengerjet, and we must act now. we are today simplifying, standardising and, in some places toughening local rules in england by introducing three levels of covid alert. only 1.5 million or so people in the liverpool city region

will be in the toughest category, but in england more than 4 million people face extra limits from this week. no one wants to impose these kinds of restrictions, least of all me, erosions of our personal liberty. but i am as convinced as i have ever been that the british people have the resolve to beat this virus and that, together, we will do just that. so, liverpool's pubs will be shut by the time it is sarah's actual birthday later this week. their wedding business has not had a job for six months, so she is taking on extra shifts as a nurse. like many, they are worried about paying the bills and protecting their family too. i worry about my kids not being able to socialise, go out and see their family and friends. so it has a big impact. where businesses are forced to close, the treasury will pay some of the wages, but only two thirds from the start of next month. rebecca owns the bar and worries it is not enough. a lot of our staff only do 17 hours a week,

so if they are only going to be paid 66% of that, they're not gonna be able to afford to live. but as cases rise, could we be stuck in a painful holding pattern? prime minister, you have said many times you want to avoid a national lockdown, but it seems every week you introduce new rules and cases still rise. are you just delaying the inevitable? i really hope we are not going to have to go back into any kind of national lockdown like the kind we did in march and april. we could go for a national lockdown again, but i think many people would think that was extreme. and it would do a great deal of extra harm to our economy. professor whitty, are you confident what is being announced now is really enough to slow the spread of the disease? i am not confident, nor is anybody confident that the tier 3 proposals for the highest rates, if we did the absolute base

case and nothing more, would be enough to get on top of it. that is why there is a lot of flexibility. not exactly a ringing endorsement. and westminster wants local leaders to make some of the toughest calls. here in the west midlands, many are unhappy about how the government made its decisions. the tory leader, cross that mixing with other households is being limited here. i think it is very disappointing. in my view, it is not the right decision for the health and livelihoods of citizens across the west midlands, and quite simply, there is very little evidence that locations like this pass on the disease. rules vary still in wales and northern ireland. but scotland has already closed many pubs. we will be looking to align as closely as possible with the other uk nations. i think it is important, and it makes sense to try to do that. labour does back the approach, but not how thejob is being done. i am now deeply sceptical that the government has actually got a plan to get

control of this virus. but it increasingly feels like the prime minister is several steps behind the curve. the threat from this pandemic is sadly familiar, but the political climate is so different. rather than step confidently forward, this place feels riven with doubt. you're watching bbc news. that report by our political editor, laura kuenssberg. there's been more violence between ethnic armenian forces and azerbaijani forces, around the disputed region of nagorno—kara bakh just days after a ceasefire was brokered. both sides have accused each other of breaking the truce. although internationally recognised as azerbaijani territory, ethnic armenian forces control the region. our correspondent steve rosenberg sent this report from the city of stepanakert in nagorno—karabakh where he has been speaking to people living under constant shelling. when you drive into karabakh, the first thing you notice

is the beauty of the place. it's different in the towns. what you see here are signs of war. in the town of martuni, armen shows me his house, or what's left of it. despite the ceasefire, a shell landed here and killed his father. he blames azerbaijan. in the last karabakh war in the 1990s, armen lost two brothers. "it is politicians who make war," he says, "and ordinary "people who suffer." suddenly, air raid sirens. we head for cover. officially, nagorno—kara bakh is part of azerbaijan, but it is controlled by ethnic armenians. 0phelia has spent more than two weeks down in the shelter.

"my house was destroyed and there is bombing "every day," she says. "where else can i go?" "the graves of our grandparents and great grandparents "are here," says vladimir. "we are not leaving karabakh." i asked this lady, could she imagine peace between armenians and azerbaijanis? "that's impossible," she says. "we've lost so many young people, sons and brothers". in this conflict, there is a lot of history, a lot of raw emotion, as we have been hearing, and a lot of violence. what there isn't much of it all, though, is trust, and until that can be somehow created and built between armenians and azerbaijanis, this is a conflict which is going to be very difficult to resolve. and in this conflict, the other side is grieving, too.

norsin and her husband anar were killed on sunday in a missile attack azerbaijan blames on armenia. this ceasefire between them isn't in ruins just yet, but it is extremely fragile. building a lasting peace in the south caucasus is a huge challenge. steve rosenberg, bbc news, in nagorno—karabakh. let's bring you some live pictures now from the trump rally at sandford airport in florida. a fortnight after being treated for coronavirus. interesting to see the numbers of people there, some with face coverings, but florida hits quite badly by coronavirus. the number of dead there last friday had just gone past 15 —— 15,000. by donald trump attacking his democratic rival, joe biden. just 22 days to go

before the presidential election. for me and the team here in london, bye—bye. good morning. it really wasn't the best start to a working week in terms of weather, was it? with the majority of the country seeing outbreaks of rain at times, slowly spreading its way southeast. this weather watcher picture from whitby, north yorkshire, tends to sum up monday afternoon for many. but i can offer a glimmer of good news as we had throughout the week, gradually turning a little bit drier, but staying on the chilly side for the time of year. now, for today, however, we're still under this area of low pressure. it's a bit of a messy weather story to try and tell, but here goes. once this weather front sinks its way steadily south through the day, we will start to see an improving picture gradually through scotland and northern ireland, but a brisk northeasterly wind here will make it feel on the cool side. the low pressure sinks its way south, spiralling around that low, plenty of showers, a little bit like clothes

in a washing machine spinning around. you'll probably feel it's going to dry up, and then there will be more showers flying in through the afternoon. so, it's a messy story across england and wales, and the temperatures, unfortunately, are not going to be particularly great either. top temperatures through the afternoon of around 10—13 degrees. now, as we move out of tuesday, we ‘ll start to see those showers pushing their way all that a bit further north and west back into southern, central and eastern scotland overnight. we also run the risk of a few showers just plaguing channel coasts. sandwiched in between the two, there will be some clearer slots, and we will see temperatures dipping into single figures. so, again, it's going to be a chilly start to our wednesday morning, but wednesday shows signs of the first spot of improvement. a weak weather front will move through, but high—pressure starts to build once again, and that's going to be responsible for quieting things down as we move towards the weekend. so, there is a risk of that northeasterly breeze just driving in some showers through the morning —

chiefly on the east coast to start with, but then some of those showers may well just filter a little bit further inland as we go through the day. maybe scotland and northern ireland — already under that influence of high—pressure — fairing best. top temperatures of around 15 degrees. but as we move out of wednesday into thursday and towards the weekend, you can see the dryer story kicking in. however, as we go towards the weekend, it's going to be bright rather than sunny. but i'll take that. take care.

this is bbc news, the headlines... donald trump is holding his first election rally since testing positive for the coronavirus less than two weeks ago. a large crowd has gathered at the venue in the city of sanford in florida. mr trump is eager to reinvigorate his campaign with polls showing him trailing his democratic party rival, joe biden. donald trump's nominee for the supreme court, amy coney barrett, has told the senate confirmation hearing that she will approach cases based on the law, not her personal values. mrs coney barrett told the judiciary committee a judge must apply the law as it is written, not as she wishes it were written. the uk prime minister has outlined a three—tier system to try to stop the spread of coronavirus. it will lead to stronger restrictions in areas with the highest rates of infection.