i'm ros atkins. this is outside source. we are going to start in france. it has announced a national public emergency because of covid. it justifies the adoption of strict measures. president macron is being interviewed live on french tv at the moment. we are of course listen to what he says. in the uk, politicans continue to debate how to stop coronavirus. the who has this morning. we've got to hold the virus at bay,

but we need to find a way to do this through working together. royalists clash with pro—democracy protesters in bangkok after the king's motorcade is heckled. and you may or member this video that went viral, this woman called the police on a black man in central part. she has now been formally charged —— central park in new york. the pressure of the pandemic in europe continues to ratchet up. there are around 100,000 new cases every day and new restrictions are coming all of the time. in the past hour, france has announced a public health state of emergency will start on saturday. president macron is speaking live on french television. he's being interviewed by two journalists about his government's coronavirus response. in an announcement earlier,

the french government said that the covid—i9 epidemic was a public health disaster which endangered the health of the population and justified the adoption of strict measures. france has already been here before. a national public health state of emergency was also in place between march and july. we will speak to the bbc‘s hugh schofield in paris in a few minutes, but first of all. here are the daily cases figures for france over the past month. french hospitals now have more than 1,500 covid—i9 patients in intensive care — that's the highest since may. the daily total of cases is up again — this time to over 19,700, 2,000 higher than the day before. to put that in context, here's health correspondent catherine burns. in the last week, that is an increase of... we are looking at around 4000 cases, you can see the way this is going, and then from cases, you going to hospital admissions. 680 people were admitted to hospital over the last week. that's number has gone up by about

45% . that's number has gone up by about 45%. there is another increase. the figure i think is interesting his ventilator. at the minute, their 516 people who are so sick with covid that they are having to be treated on ventilators. 0n the same date a month ago, it was 91. let's look through the different situations across the uk. first, northern ireland. it's now imposed the toughest restrictions since lockdown. schools are closing for a fortnight over half—term and all pubs and restaurants will shut for a month. here's emma vardy in belfast. clapped, they might, and extended holiday on the way. two weeks instead of one for the term break. it's always good to get a bit of notice so you can make plans. children on school meals, things like that, and you've got to make sure those kids are good to be cared for. a return to tender searches must not roll—on indefinitely, say

political leaders, and after late—night does agreements at storment last night, it took some time for all parties to agree at just how far they should go. he tougher researches were a compromise after sinn fein had pushed to go further, but the dup was holding back. these decisions will make a huge impact on people's lives, but they are for four weeks. we are very determined this will be a time—limited intervention. determined this will be a time-limited intervention. if we don't get our act together, we are good to have two impose more restrictions. the fact is, the impositions of restrictions like this and the first lockdown were a blunt instrument. this restaurant in belfast has only just blunt instrument. this restaurant in belfast has onlyjust reopened a week ago. now, it's belfast has onlyjust reopened a week ago. now, its estimated pleasurable come at a cost of £700 million to northern ireland's economy “— million to northern ireland's economy —— it's million to northern ireland's economy —— its estimated these closures. just numb. i fear hospitality are getting hung out to dry. be slow but that he could've

rising cases since august has seen medical advisers in northern ireland pushing to lockdown much harder. too little, too late. we need to be stricter, we'd have more severe restrictions for longer periods of time, because we have a real problem, and secondary care, in hospitals, and we don't want to be overwhelmed. once again, the weight begins to see whether these are stricken on the lives of people in northern ireland will have enough of an effect and whether larger parts of the uk may follow. from northern ireland to wales. the government there has banned people from travelling into wales from virus hotspots elsewhere in the uk. the welsh first minister, mark drakeford, says he's written to borisjohnson twice requesting travel restrictions. he says both letters went unanswered, so he's now taking this next step. no letter from the prime minister has been received in the pledge my request, i have therefore asked for the necessary work to be brought

forward which would allow for devolved powers to be used to prevent people from travelling into wales from high prevalence areas of the united kingdom. the new rule will come into effect on friday. here's the bbc‘s tomos morgan in cardiff. it's been suggested areas, tier three areas in england, such as the north of england, areas with enhanced enforcement measures in scotland, potentially the whole of northern ireland after today's announcement, will be banned from entry to wales. mr drakeford said the decision is one that has not been taken the decision is one that has not been ta ken lightly the decision is one that has not been taken lightly and has been made to prevent the spread of infection within wales because there was a suggestion that people coming to wales from areas such as the north of england where there has been and still is a high number of coronavirus cases, coming into areas of wales in the north where there is not much, is causing the spread there but uk ministers has said there but uk ministers has said there is not any definitive proof to

prove that is the case, so mr johnson was reluctant to accept the first minister's request to ban people from coming into wales and the first minister had warned that if that was not what happened, he was going to take matters into his own hands, and this is what he is now announcing. how it will be policed, well, at the moment, people in wales, 17 of the 22 local authorities, under lockdown areas, they cannot leave their area without a reasonable excuse, so that will beat the same after friday for people coming into wales from those high prevalence areas. we have looked at wales, we have looked at northern ireland. next, england. boris johnson has been defending his new strategy. millions in the north of england and the midlands are living with stricter restrictions. and the prime minister is fending off calls for national lockdown. this was in parliament earlier. the advice that i have sedate, mr

speaker, is that if we do the regional approach that committed itself to the house and indeed to the right honourable gentleman on monday, mr speaker, we can bring down the r and we can bring down the virus. now yesterday, for the first time in the pandemic, there was a major policy difference on covid between the opposition and the government. the opposition labour party announced wants a short lockdown — a so—called circuit breaker — for two or three weeks. and its leader keir starmer made the case again today. the r rate has gone up, the infection rate has quadrupled, hospital admissions have gone from 275 a day to 628 a day in england. yesterday, 441 covid patients were on ventilators and the number of deaths recorded was tragically the highest since june ten. that is the cost of rejecting the advice substage has a clear view on why thatis substage has a clear view on why that is happening. what is the prime

minister's you and why these number are all heading the wrong direction coachella mr speaker, i set out in the house on monday, and the difference between this stage of the pandemic in march and april, is that the disease is appearing much more strongly in some parts of the country than in others, and in liverpool for instance, alas, the figures are now running at 670 cases per 100,000 against 33 cases per 100,000 in cornwall. 540 cases per 100,000 in cornwall. 540 cases per 100,000 in cornwall. 540 cases per 100,000 in newcastle, alas, against 32 in north norfolk, and that is why the tiered approach, 3—tiered approach, that we set out on monday and that he then supported is the right way forward. so clear divisions over what the right way forward is. david nabarro is a special envoy on covid for the who. this was his message for the uk.

please do what you can to tackle this problem through dialogue between people and authorities, through integrated local action and, yes, when the situation gets really serious, through localised movement restrictions, but we really do encourage national lockdown to be used as rarely as possible, and that's because we see the extraordinary bad conquest of lockdown for we are not saying, let the virus code and do the problems it has to. no, we've got to hold the virus at bay, but we need to find a way to do this through working together, cooperating. it is very distressing to see the issue becoming a political football. liverpool has one of the highest infection rates in england. and these pictures have been causing a lot of discussion today. this was the city's concert square

at 10pm — two hours before new restrictions came in. police say the crowds were dispersed quickly. nonetheless, you get the video of the scene of a 38 penalty notice is issued. lots of anger. mayorjoe anderson tweeted. .. he then uses in emoji and goes on... and here's labour councillor nick small. and this is the view of steve rotheram, the metro mayor of the region. shameful scenes, really, from a minority of people. that doesn't help anyone. instead the only risk made the situation worse. liverpool and the surrounding area is the only part of england facing the strictest top

tier of restrictions. household mixing is banned and some bars and restaurants are shut. there are concerns in nearby manchester that it could face stricter rules soon. this is what the mayor of greater manchester andy burnham thinks of that. it would be preferable to go for a national circuit break option, rather than this regional approach, which we have real doubts about whether it will work. for more on this, here's bbc‘s danjohnson in liverpool. it looks like it is only a matter of time before other parts of the northwest joined time before other parts of the northwestjoined liverpool in that toughest tier of restrictions. the only question seems to be exactly what level of support will be available for the workers that will be affected. leases that go into the very highest tier, workers were forced out of work because of businesses having to close, will qualify for that two thirds full of support, and that's a difficult dilemma here, because areas tier two, workers there don't get the support, so these are the sort of decisions being made. we have seen

the situation in northern ireland, england and wales. let's go back to france. president macron is introducing a range of measures across france, particularly france's largest cities. it is called a national public health state of emergency. hugh schofield is in paris. help me understand, in practical terms, what this means. state of emergency is a legal measures they've adopted and it takes us back to the height of the first confinement, when i was in place. it allows the prefix of the government to enact measures, but the big news tonight is that president macron has announced measures, that is a cu rfew, announced measures, that is a curfew, a night—time curfew, in paris and eight other big cities in france, because of the virus. that is the story here tonight, that in

response to this growing number of cases of covid, 20,000 a day now roughly, and responsive situation in hospitals which he said was even more concerning than back at the beginning, because back in the beginning, because back in the beginning, it was very regional, it was paris and then it was the east of france and then it was the east of france and then it was the east of france and then it was the east of france and then demented patients could be around the country which we re could be around the country which were much less under pressure for thatis were much less under pressure for that is not the same now because the country as a whole is hit. all the cities are hit. and at the same time, you have medical professionals who are tired and have put off a lot of their other work to now, so there is not the reserves, he put it, which means that the risk of real pressure on the health service now and that his wife he said there had to be this drastic step taken —— thatis to be this drastic step taken —— that is why he said. it means that, from saturday, there will be nobody on the streets from 9pm to 6am

u nless on the streets from 9pm to 6am unless you have a good reason. on the streets from 9pm to 6am unless you have a good reasonlj on the streets from 9pm to 6am unless you have a good reason. i am sure you are aware of the political rows in the uk over the best way to respond to covid—19. do something similar playing out in france or is there a political consensus? there is some sniping, but it is not very effective, and not very sustained, i would say. i think the opposition would say. i think the opposition would love to get a handle on it and be able to turn it against macron. that is not to say the president his particular popular or these measures are particular good ones. a third leave the government has a situation in hand, but this is a presidential system, macron has immense powers of initiative. he can choose these new measures and that is what he has

done today, very much returning to the fray. and so the idea is that we use these strict measures in france to get the virus further under control, presumably people are asking what the long—term plan is. does france have an effective track and trace to deal with this is a long—term problem? and trace to deal with this is a long-term problem? that is an ongoing question and tracing gets better, the number of tests increase. i think, better, the number of tests increase. ithink, like better, the number of tests increase. i think, like in most countries, people are focused on the next few weeks, now we know the plan is good to be very different in the next few weeks. he said it is for at least four weeks, this measure, probably up until the beginning of december, and the idea is that if the number of daily cases comes down from 20,000 to three and 5000, and if the number of critical beds comes down from 30, 40% down to ten, 15%,

then we will be out of the woods and then we will be out of the woods and the country can return to where it was before. but every step is just one step, and we all know this is... into there is a vaccination. i don't think anyone is holding particularly gives the government that the measures that can be taken are ones that apply for now. that is all that really matters. and in terms of the right now, what economic support is being offered to the businesses, particular hospitality businesses, which will be badly announced, affected by these announcements today —— badly affected? affected by these announcements today -- badly affected? he was moving onto that. i did not hear what he had to say outline what after measures there are, but there are already measures in place for the hospitality industry where staff can get 85% of their salary effectively paid for by the government. that, with the british

called the philistine, or what we called the philistine, or what we call here partial unemployment, has been extended to the end of the year —— but the british called the furlough scheme. i'm sure there will be other measures announced this evening as well because, as you say, the restaurant, bar, hospitality trade is in dire straits, and i heard one leader say before we get on there that had been a very complicated situation was now a catastrophe. thank you. we appreciate you taking us through it. it is an important date in france as a range of new measures are brought in by emmanuel macron on the particular focused on france's biggest cities. this is a situation shared by countries across europe, and many of them are also introducing new restrictions. there's now a three—week state of emergency in the czech republic, with all schools closing after more than 8,000 new coronavirus cases were reported on tuesday.

that's the czech republic. elsewhere, a partial lockdown will come into effect from wednesday night in the netherlands. it will initially last for two weeks and will see the closure of restaurants, hotels and cafes. germany, which did have relatively low infection rates, imposed a new series of measures last friday, including an 11pm curfew for bars and restaurants until the end of october. and the state of emergency in madrid continues, with police patrolling the streets to stop people leaving their neighbourhoods. next on 0utside source, i want to turn to in extraordinary day in thailand. protests in bangkok are demanding curbs to the king's powers — that's remarkable because the thai constitution says the king must be held in a position of revered worship. and the protests want the resignation of prime minister — that's remarkable because he's a former leader of the military junta that ruled thailand from 2014—2019. and have a look at this. here are king and queen being driven by motorcade through the protestors. and this was what greeted them.

you can see protestors using the anti—government three—finger salute — something we think has come from the film the hunger games. note the heavy police presence too. there was a counter protest as well. supporters of the monarchy turned out dressed in the royal yellow colour. and this is another video in which we can see royalists, dressed in yellow, clashing with anti—government protesters. and we also know that the police got involved too. and these are the latest pictures. it's early morning in bangkok and the anti—government rally is still going in front of the prime minister's headquarters. this day has not come out of nowhere. it's been coming. there's been an unprecedented series of protests in recent months. jonathan head was at this most recent one. well, this now looks like the end

of a protest which began with high tension a little distance from here, in perhaps the most sensitive spot in bangkok, royal avenue, an avenue along which the king was going in a motorcade. it's the first time king vajiralongkorn has been in thailand when we've had one of these big protests. and everyone wondered what would happen if the king was being, in some way, insulted or not respected. there were large numbers of pro—royal yellow—shirted supporters out there. but in the end, these student—led protesters decided to avoid confrontation and they've moved up here just outside the office of the prime minister. they have been blockaded. the police have put up concrete barricades, razor wire. but they are keeping their spirits up. they certainly believe the momentum of their movement which is pushing for really quite radical demands is still strong. given what these protesters are asking for, this is a revolutionary moment for thailand now. many such confrontations in the past have ended violently in this country.

this one, so far, everyone is trying to keep it civilised. it's organised. at every point, they're trying to negotiate their way through. but don't be in any doubt at all about how profound the division is now between these young people, who have simply got sick of the way in which politics has been done, the way in which the military involves itself in politics and the role of the monarchy, and a government which literally has its back to the wall. the man in the middle of this story is king maha vajiralongkorn. he has been king since 2016. he's 68 and was educated in britain and australia. he's been married four times, has seven children, and spends much of his time in germany. he's also very rich with an estimated wealth of $30 billion us. that makes him the wealthiest ruler in the world. let's learn more about this situation. nopporn wong—anan is editor of bbc thai. thanks for helping us on 0utside

source. help me understand, what reforms do these protesters want? they have been sticking to their three demands, which are they want the prime minister to resign and come as we said, this prime minister has been ruling the country since 2014, since he led a coup in 2014, and then the students also want the new constitution, a constitution thatis new constitution, a constitution that is more accountable to the people from less influence on the military, and the third one, they wa nt military, and the third one, they want the monarchy to be an institution that is accountable to the people. and do they have the support of any of the main political parties? most of the parties now have been quite unsupportive of the stu d e nts have been quite unsupportive of the students and of the youth. you've the government parties, trying to delay the demands by the students, to come up with a new constitution,

but you have some opposition parties that he to be supporting the stu d e nts that he to be supporting the students as well, but it is because they have the minority of votes in parliament so they cannot push this forward stop and when i saw these protests. aren't the protesters breaking those strict rules around the in thailand —— the strict rules in thailand thailand? yes can be of the strict rules in thailand... it is very unprecedented that students and youth, they all come out in droves to protest, to demand for the reform of the monarchy, which has never happened in my generation, but with this younger generation, they have been very brave on this and, still, we do not know what will happen as yet. both sides have been refrained in their movement so far, will be

not know what will happen as the night goes by. it is very early in the morning and there's a large crowd in front of 0verman house now, but the province are connected and said he wants the police to take drastic legal action against these people who have broken the law. even though this law has not been enforced for several years now. but they are the laws the government can still you took after the student leaders in which could be... these laws are as harsh as the law itself. thank you for helping us through that story, nopporn wong—anan, editor of bbc‘s thai service. emmanuel macron is live on french tv, being interviewed and reviewing a range of new measures he is introducing to deal with covid—19. they're going to be new curfews in all of france's biggest cities and we will keep you

up—to—date with more announcements coming in the next half hour. hello, good evening. the weather is looking fairly quiet, mostly settled over the next few days, not always entirely sunny. we did have some sunshine during today, a beautiful scene in the far north of scotland, but some showers around as well. quite a big threatening clouds showed up in southsea on the south coast of england. the showers saw a bit of a weather system running around the southern edge of this area of high pressure. the high pressure will be the dominant feature over the next couple of days, but it is a long way of us, so it could still allow some showers and some certainly through this evening. we will see one or two showers across england and wales and most

especially for eastern and southeastern counties of england, at the same time, a lot of clouds will roll in from the northeast of scotland and we could see some fog patches developing through the central belt. temperatures will be lowest across one or 2 degrees and more widely, we are looking at for 7 degrees, so a fairly chilly start through tomorrow morning and for the time of year. a lot of dry weather around and cloudy across the north and the east of scotland. southwest scotland should see some sunshine as well as northern ireland, while in the southwest, enjoying some sunshine too. some sunny spots further east and a scattering of showers here across eastern england. temperatures, nothing to write home about, ten to 14 degrees. as we head to thursday night, some showers feeding into the east, a lot of cloud across a good part of scotland and friday, yes, similar—looking day with rather cloudy conditions for the most part. now, if that cloud gets thick enough, they could squeeze out the odd spot of rain and there will be some breaks in the cloud. you might see your glimpse of sunshine.

temperatures by 11 to 13 degrees, the weekend continues with a largely dry but often cloudy theme. temperatures will start to struggle wherever you are, and across the north of scotland through the second half of the weekend, it could turn very cool indeed with some extra cloud and maybe a little bit of rain. a bigger change in the next week, though, low pressure to the northwest, low pressure to the southwest. there is an uncertainty about which one of these is going to win out. they may both have a part to play, but however it turns out, it is looking like it's going to turn much more unsettled with some heavy rain and winds at the start of next week.

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is 0utside source. france has imposed curfews on its major cities, to combat coronavirus. president emmanuel macron is being interviewed live on french television, having announced a national public health state of emergency, for the whole country. amy coney barrett is back in the us senate for the third day of her supreme court nomination hearing the war over nagorno karabakh continues to intensify, with azerbaijan and armenia accusing each other of violating a ceasefire and in new york, a new charge is brought against the woman in this viral video the woman who rang the police to make false allegations against a black man in new york's

central park, has herself appeared in court. let's recap our top story, and president macron of france has announced a night—time curfew that will be enforced in paris and eight other cities from saturday to help counter an increase in coronavirus cases. it will last for six weeks, and comes as the number of infections across france has been rising rapidly. mr macron has also confirmed that france is now in a public health state of emergency, giving the government emergency powers. if during the six weeks to follow the curfew and act collectively to this, we think we can progressively start to open up again. i am being very careful here because experience a showing that we cannot control everything. we cannot outline everything, but six weeks seems to

be the best ration for actions. to washington, and the confirmation hearings for amy coney barrett. she's donald trump's choice as the new supreme courtjustice. senators have continued to take their turns to quiz her. all everyone knows what her likely confirmation will mean — a 6—3 conservative majority on the court. this is the republican senator lindsey graham. and this is history being made, folks. this is the first time in american history that we have nominated a woman who was unashamedly pro—life and embraces her faith without apology and is going to the court to sit at the table that is waiting on you. it'll bea table that is waiting on you. it'll be a great signal to all young women who want to your view of the world that there is a seat at the table for them. one of the key issues democrats

are focused on is abortion. amy coney barrett has declined to share her personal views during the hearings — but did say that she doesn't consider the right to abortion to be a super precedent — that means it could still be challenged. here's one legal commentator. everything from incremental restrictions, limits on medication, abortion on the small safe common methods and bands on the specific reasons for abortion, all the way the laws that ban abortion up to six weeks of fertilisation. what would happen is one of those laws or more will be challenged and there will be we re will be challenged and there will be were rulings in supreme court that will have an opportunity to weigh m, will have an opportunity to weigh in, if it wants and we have every reason to believe that the court will start doing that in the months or years to come. another issue is whether supreme court proceedings should be filmed — something that doesn't happen now. this is amy coney barrett addressing this in a question from senator chuck grassley.

would you keep an open mind about allowing chemists in the spring quarter? i would certainly keep an open mind by allowing timbers and supreme court. the hearings have been reasonably low key — but one moment has gone viral. this is it. can you hold up would you have been referring to in answering your questions? is there anything on it. the letterheads as united states senate stud below that is impressive. people have been having fun with that. this is the environmental organisation the sierra club then this is from the right wing organisation for america — the tweet has an imagined response from amy coney barrett and this is from the right—wing organisation. imagine your response. to the democratic senators quizzing her about the law —

"i know the cases you are bringing up better than you do." here's laura trevelyan in washington with what happens next in the process. what we are expecting is on october the 22nd, the senatejudiciary committee will vote to move her nomination to the full senate and in the senate itself, they will vote on 0ctober the senate itself, they will vote on october the 26th. so a week before the election, president trump will be able to say that he nominated a third justice to the supreme court and for republicans, that is very important for them to emphasise is that they want to flip the script andi that they want to flip the script and i talk about front of eyes, they're emphasising and i talk about front of eyes, they‘ re emphasising that and i talk about front of eyes, they're emphasising thatjudge barrett is a mother of seven and she is something of an icon to conservative women, they are hoping and they are hoping that she will be and they are hoping that she will be a way that can close with at the moment looks to be a considerable gender gap wasjoe moment looks to be a considerable gender gap was joe biden moment looks to be a considerable gender gap wasjoe biden pulling significantly better with women than the president. and that confirmation is very relevant to the election

which happens in early november. let us which happens in early november. let us get more on the election and more theissue us get more on the election and more the issue of early voting. it started in georgia. georgia has begun and a historic problem has reappeared. rules that disproportionately restrict voting by minorities and people on lower incomes are being challenged — in court and on the streets. critics say black people, the elderly, students and the disabled are impacted hardest by such measures as cuts to early voting, id laws and purges of electoral rolls. larry madowo has this report from atlanta. waiting for hours, at the primary election in georgia injune. i have covered elections and other elections in africa like nigeria and south africa, but america is seen this a beacon of democracy. but for some of its citizens, like here in the heart of atlanta, it is a game of cards, and they have been dealt a bad hand.

a nurse the volunteers as a poll worker, he sees people blocked from voting for minor reasons. we may have votes, but a lot of votes are going to be suppressed. they could be every reason they can use to strike the ballot, like felonies or signatures not matching. officials at georgia's largest county are looking for redemption after accusations of voter suppression. fulton rolled out a mobile voting unit to serve voters who have been frustrated too many times. how are you, sir? fine, are you all right? i am good, thank you. this is a first in the state of georgia? yes, sir, and we're very proud of it. but a voting station on wheels won't drive away strict voter identification laws that make it harder for minorities to vote. long lines, missing ballots and voting machine failures at the primary elections were also widely criticised as instances of voter suppression. nearly 200,000 people were incorrectly removed from the state's voter rolls in 2019, according to the american

civil liberties union of georgia. a lot of the rules that seem to be reasonable if you are a middle—class person, who works a white collar job and drives a car, end up being voter suppression from the point of view of the person who moves a lot, who is low income, who is working a minimum wagejob. those fighting and documenting what they consider voter suppression here say some tactics are deliberate, others just sheer incompetence. but they say these are all signs of a fragile democracy. they consider it a battle worth fighting, because civil rights in this country have come too far to turn back. officials hope 80% of people will vote early or by absentee ballot to reduce the strain on election day. that was pretty easy. my staff, if you were to go around and ask them if they would participate in any sort of voter suppression tactics, i think you would get a resounding no. i mean, that is not...

we've done everything... since 2013, when i arrived, the only thing that we have been focused on is enfranchising voters. a record turnout is expected in this election, but in the world's most famous democracy, full access to voting is not yet the full guarantee that has been promised. we still have the leadership in the state, the legislator is in both chambers, pub republican, we're very mindful of the fact that we often times have you go to the courts to give relief for vote rs you go to the courts to give relief for voters in the state. a record turnout is expected in this election, but the worlds most famous democracy, full access to democracy is not the full guarantee that has been promised.

will report from thailand, from france, the uk in the us already. next, we're going to turn to the next, we're going to turn fall out from the indian government's actions in kashmir in the last 18 months continues. a former chief minister of indian—administered kashmir has been released after more than a year in detention without charge — and has gone on the attack. this is meh—booba mufti. she was detained in last year when india stripped kashmir of its special political status. three other chief ministers who were detained at the same time have already been released. but it's believed thousands of other detainees, including some politicians, remain in custody. meh—booba mufti has called the indian government's actions illegal and undemocratic. kashmir is the only muslim—majority region in india. and for 30 years there has been a separatist insurgency against indian rule. when the ruling bjp party stripped

the region of its special status it sparked widespread protests, a lockdown was imposed, military checkpoints appeared — and there was an internet blackout. well, mehbooba mufti's release has brought attention back onto all of this. rajini vaidyanathan has more. which is effectively the equivalent of being a governor and america. so she wielded huge power over indian administered kashmir. governing alongside the bjp party. after that alliance split, she became a critic of the bjp and it's been on august 200019th of the bjp and it's been on august 2000 19th that the national government revoked kashmir possible a special status and it was at that time that a number of politicians and business leaders and activists we re and business leaders and activists were detained and feeling one of them. she has been 14 months in detention, her daughter has been pushing with the supreme court for her release and now, and an audio

message, they called on the government to release others were still being detained and now at the time, the governments of the region was for these to maintain law and order and kashmir. does this change the status quo of kashmir? it is really unlikely. but what it has done is put the issue of kashmir backin done is put the issue of kashmir back in the centre of the headlines. as talks on a post—brexit trade deal near their end, fishing has become a key sticking point in negotiations. paris says it won't discuss fishing in isolation from the rest of a deal. half the catch in france's northern ports comes from british waters. 0ur paris correspondent lucy williamson has been to boulogne—sur—mer, at the heart of france's fishing industry, to ask what a compromise on this subject would mean. like negotiators, fishermen rely on shifting positions to get results. navigating the distance

between france and the uk is a daily commute for lauren. three quarters of his crabs and lobsters come from british waters. his grandfather fished off the coast of scotland. his father, in the channel, like him, but he is worried that the ebb and flow of post—brexit trade negotiations is threatening to sink boats like his. translation: we are devastated. so disappointed. if we can not enter british waters, it is practically the end of our profession. we may decide to flex our muscles. we got in trouble before for blocking the port of calais but it is something we will discuss. britain reportedly wants to change the way its fish stocks are allocated and taper off eu catches over several years. france has refused any compromise. no deal is better than a bad deal, it says. the eu chief negotiator has pleaded for some wiggle room but trust is in short supply.

we do want to trust the uk but we have seen in the last weeks regarding the agreement is extremely worrying. there will be no agreement on the future relation if we don't have full confidence and respect on the first part of this negotiation, this is no agreement. despite the fears of fishermen and the hard—line position of president macron, many in france believe a deal on fishing is possible but too much compromise could spark trouble at home for mr macron — the head of this region is a potential rival for the presidency and, after years of social unrest in france and the pressures of covid—19, more disruption in a sensitive area like this is the last thing mr macron needs. but many fishermen say they would compromise on their catch rather than lose access completely. translation: it would be a lot more acceptable to have 80% of the catch in british waters rather than nothing at all.

60% of the catch? ah, that is not viable. but if there is some sort of financial compensation, maybe. at boulogne's markets, buyers choose fish for french restaurant tables. three—quarters of britain's catch is sold to the eu. no deal risks a sort of mutually assured destruction for fisherman on both sides of the channel. will navigation of these contested waters prove easier in boulogne than in brussels? stay with us on 0utside source — still to come. the ceasefire in nagorno karabakh may be — in practise — no longer being observed, with azerbaijan and armenia both accusing each other of violations. in the uk, a ten—year—old boy has raised tens of thousands of pounds for charity by camping out in his back garden. max woosey pitched the tent

he inherited from a neighbour at the start of lockdown and he's been there ever since. jon kay went to meet him. night 205 and, as max goes to bed, once again he is remembering his hero. rick, his neighbour, who died of cancer earlier this year and left max his tent. he was amazing, he loved the outdoors. he said to me, "you've got to promise me that you will have an adventure," and i said, "yes, iwill, i promise you that." and what an adventure he's had. since march, max has slept in the garden every night, despite all the dangers he's encountered. in the middle of the night, i was, like, ooh, that hurts, but fell back to sleep. woke up in the morning with a red ant, loads of bites all around my leg. the tent has had so much use, he has had to get a new one, big enough for diggy the labradoodle to join him from time to time. you've got a house here

with a bedroom with a nice warm bed. it's been the tidiest ever! i've never seen it this tidy! are you ever tempted to go inside in the middle of the night? no, no. being able to have your own space instead of your parents checking on you... it's the middle of october now. very soon it's going to be cold and wet and wintry. are you prepared to do this, keep going? yeah, yeah. even if it's snowy, i'll build an igloo and live in it. max says he's going to do a full year under canvas and there is a very big incentive. he has already raised tens of thousands of pounds for the hospice that cared for his hero. if rick was still alive, i think he would be by my side in a different tent right now.

this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. 0ur lead story is... the french government is bringing in a night time curfew for paris and eight other major cities, to combat coronavirus. the war between azerbaijan and armenia continues to intensify. azerbaijan says it has destroyed missile sites that it claims armenia was using to target civilians. missile sites that it claims armenia and both are accusing the other violating a ceasefire that was never worthy of the name. the fighting centres around the enclave of nagorno—karabakh. it's internationally recognised as part of azerbaijan, but it's controlled by ethnic armenians who declared independence in the early 90s — and has effectively been part of armenia since then. the matter‘s never been resolved — and hostilities reignited in late september. now for its part, armenia accuses azerbaijan of shelling this historic cathedral in the town of shusha. azerbaijan denies this. now the armenian prime minister

has acknowledged that azerbaijan has made gains — and armenia has suffered casualties. this is some of an national tv address he made. translation: azerbaijan didn't keep the cease—fire agreement for even a second and still continues a tax that's also hindered the creation of a system for monitoring the cease—fire. it means that azerbaijan continues its policy, announced from the very beginning, of occupying the whole of nagorno—karabakh. in turn, azerbaijan has accused armenia oftrying to attack its gas and oil pipelines. here's the president. translation: if armenia tries to put the plans to make the gas pipelines out of order into practice, the response will be very severe for them. it appears the diplomatic efforts to stop the fighting may be stepping up. in the last few hours, two of the key powers in the region have been speaking to each other. here's a tweet from steve rosenberg.

bruton and to of russia but, as ever with war, civilians on all sides pay a heavy price. in this report, on the bbc news website, you can read accounts from our correspondents 0rla guerin and steve rosenberg, who are reporting from either side of the conflict. they've spoken to many people who've lost their homes. and we can hearfrom steve rosenberg now — he's in the armenian capital, yerevan. to describe the cease—fire between armenia and azerbaijan is fragile is something of an understatement. the fighting has not stopped in and

around the area. the two countries accusing each other again today of cease—fire violations. you're in armenia, in an address to the nation, the countries from minister said that i should buy sean continues its policy of being the occu pa nts of continues its policy of being the occupants of the area. he admitted losses but said that the armenian people would not be defeated. azerbaijan's president had a different message, accusing our media of targeting and trying to attack the energy pipelines and azerbaijan. as for moscow, which led to negotiate which should have been hostilities, what is trying to bring it into is the fighting. russia's defence minister spoke with its cou nterpa rts defence minister spoke with its counterparts and urge them to comply with the cease—fire. russia is very keen to score a diplomatic success here, to prove its power and influence in the region. but so far, no signs of success. to new york — do you remember

the white woman called the police to falsely accuse a black man of threatening her life in central park? that was back in may. well, the woman in question, amy cooper, has been formally charged — and details of a second call to police have emerged. now christian cooper, no relation, is the man she false accused — and he filmed some of the exchange. it's been watched millions of times. this is how it started. sir, i'm asking you to stop recording me. please don't come close to me. please put your phone off. please don't come close to me. please call the cops. i'm going to tell them there's an african—american man threatening my life. please tell them whatever you like. and this is amy cooper making the 911 call. there is an african—american man in central park. he is recording me and threatening myself and my dog. i'm sorry... i'm being threatened by a man. please send the cops immediately!

i'm in central park, i don't know! thank you! new york mayor bill de blasio said it was "racism, plain and simple." and within 24 hours, amy cooper had apologised and been fired from herjob. then injuly, she was charged with filing a false report — which can means a year injail, though not always. the assistant district attorney joan illuzzi—0rbon has said... nada tawfik is in new york. help us understand what is happening todayis help us understand what is happening today is a part of this process. well, amy cooper was formally charged in court and she appeared remotely and that was due to a disclosure from the district attorney about new evidence that they had received in this case as they had received in this case as they were going through their investigation. they realise that

there was a second call that was actually not caught on that video in which amy cooper tells emergency dispatchers that mr cooper, obviously no relation to her, was trying to actually threaten her and that abuse. what we hear they are and what we heard in this disclosure of evidence was that amy cooper then admitted when she was spoken to in person by police in central park that he never actually laid a hand on her or threatened her, but she did make that false report to dispatchers and as you can hear that video, she was frantic, mentioning several times as race and from a prosecutor to intimidate him, they say. and the authorities are going through this that despite the fact that christian cooper is not looking to co—operate, is that right?m that christian cooper is not looking to co-operate, is that right? it is a really interesting point here, mr cooper is saying that he thinks at this point, she has lost herjob and do suffer the consequences and she went through a lot of shame over

this incident and so he does not wa nt to this incident and so he does not want to be a part of this case. 0n the other hand, prosecutors say that he has, she could face up to year in prison and direction going to be adjourning this case until november 17 what they want to do his work with her attorney to try to come up with her attorney to try to come up with some kind of programme, weatherby community service, something that will show that she is showing remorse for what she has done and give her a signal to others that this type of behaviour will not be tolerated. have we heard from amy cooper today? we have not heard yet her or her attorney and they really warned against this idea of tensile culture and reallyjudging somebody based on a few moments of their life, but amy cooper has publicly apologised that she she would never be in the situation where she is being accused of racism and that she really did apologise to mr cooper. we appreciate this edition of outside source, thank you very much indeed and we tried to give you all of the biggest stories from around

the world and one hour and you've got plenty from today. goodbye. hello, good evening. the weather is looking fairly quiet, mostly settled over the next few days, not always entirely sunny. we did have some sunshine during today, a beautiful scene in the far north of scotland, but some showers around as well. quite a big threatening clouds showed up in southsea on the south coast of england. the showers saw a bit of a weather system running around the southern edge of this area of high pressure. the high pressure will be the dominant feature over the next couple of days, but it is a long way of us, so it could still allow some showers and some certainly through this evening. we will see one or two showers across england and wales and most especially for eastern and southeastern counties of england, at the same time, a lot of clouds will roll in from the northeast of scotland and we could see some fog patches

developing through the central belt. temperatures will be lowest across one or 2 degrees and more widely, we are looking at for 7 degrees, so a fairly chilly start through tomorrow morning and for the time of year. a lot of dry weather around and cloudy across the north and the east of scotland. southwest scotland should see some sunshine as well as northern ireland, while in the southwest, enjoying some sunshine too. some sunny spots further east and a scattering of showers here across eastern england. temperatures, nothing to write home about, ten to 14 degrees. as we head to thursday night, some showers feeding into the east, a lot of cloud across a good part of scotland and friday, yes, similar—looking day with rather cloudy conditions for the most part. now, if that cloud gets thick enough, they could squeeze out the odd spot of rain and there will be some breaks in the cloud. you might see your glimpse of sunshine. temperatures by 11 to 13 degrees, the weekend continues with a largely dry but often cloudy theme. temperatures will start to struggle wherever you are,

and across the north of scotland through the second half of the weekend, it could turn very cool indeed with some extra cloud and maybe a little bit of rain. a bigger change in the next week, though, low pressure to the northwest, low pressure to the southwest. there is an uncertainty about which one of these is going to win out. they may both have a part to play, but however it turns out, it is looking like it's going to turn much more unsettled with some heavy rain and strong winds from the start of next week.

this is bbc news. the headlines: tough new measures to combat coronavirus in northern ireland — pubs and restaurants will serve takeaways only for four weeks, and schools will shut for two weeks from monday. nobody knows what they are doing. they are just changing the rules every single day. it doesn't help parents who can help their kids properly, some need schooling and the extra help. wales plans to bans visitors coming in from areas of england in the top two tiers of restrictions from friday — in an attempt to stem the spread of the virus. the scene last night in the liverpool city centre. the mayor said they shamed the