this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. huge crowds rally across france, in solidarity and defiance following friday's brutal murder of a teacher near paris in a suspected islamist attack. deadlock between the mayor of greater manchester and the uk prime minister over the imposition of tougher coronavirus restrictions in the city. thailand's prime minister says the government is ready to talk, as protestors defy a ban on gatherings for a fourth day. a convicted murderer who became the hero of november's terror attack on london bridge is to be considered for release from prison ten months early. and coming up, the story of a man who tweeted that he was not ok and received hundreds of thousands of responses from well—wishers around the

world. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. do stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. rallies have been taking place in cities across france, to express outrage over the brutal murder of a teacher in a suspected islamist attack. samuel paty was decapitated outside his school on the outskirts of paris on friday, apparently targeted for showing pupils cartoons of the prophet muhammad during a lesson on freedom of speech. the attacker was shot dead by police and 11 people are now in custody. our paris correspondent lucy williamson reports. applause

once again, around the figure of marianne, a sea of defiance. this statue, this square, a homing point for a nation whose values have come under attack. since his death on friday, samuel paty, like others before him, has become a symbol of france itself. translation: it's important to be here today to show our collective strength because that's what can help us follow our principles during tough times. the prime minister, jean castex, arrived in place de la republique in a mask printed with the french flag. his message on twitter today read, "you won't scare us, we're france." the newest slogan on posters here, "i am samuel" or, simply, "i am a teacher", an echo of the rallying cry sparked by the attacks on charlie hebdo five years ago. this sombre rally is a show of unity in the wake of samuel paty‘s death, but it's also proof of the power of social media to deliver a message and bring people together. the same power that enabled

a one—man campaign against a local teacher to spiral out of control. samuel paty was killed by a man who knew him only through social media, the result of an online campaign launched by an outraged parent and spread quickly outside the area. across france, tens of thousands of people have joined the rallies in his name. a man who stood for the values of the nation, remembered today by a nation standing with him. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. here in the uk, the opposition labour mayor of greater manchester has continued to clash with the government over lockdown restrictions for the region. andy burnham wants greater financial support if the strictest measures are imposed — and he's accused the prime minister borisjohnson of exaggerating the severity of coronavirus in the area. the cabinet office minister, michael gove, accused mr burnham of inconsistency in his approach. here's our deputy

political editor vicki young. waiting for work and waiting to find out what's coming next for greater manchester. taxi driverjohn says, for months, the tighter rules here compared to many other parts of the country have meant fewer passengers. he's worried about the possibility of even more restrictions. we need help up in the north. if you want to bring these things in, you know, we need financial backing cos otherwise it is going to be even worse again. this has been going on for a long time now and nothing seems to be resolved. i know covid's notjust going to disappear overnight, but people who work, whether it be in pay—as—you—go unemployment, self—employed, businesses, they all need help, otherwise... they still have bills to pay. for days, politicians here and in london have been trying to reach an agreement. the region's labour mayor, andy burnham, has accused the government of exaggerating manchester's rise in covid cases and says more restrictions must mean more financial support.

what we need is a fair financial framework if the government are going to insist on tier 3. at the moment, they're doing side deals with individual councils. that isn't good enough for me. let's remember, the places they're trying to close in tier 3, pubs, bookies, gyms, these are places where people are on low wages. and what we're saying is you cannot take away their place of work and not give them support. mr burnham says he hasn't seen any scientific evidence that extra measures would work, but ministers insist action is needed soon. the fundamental incoherence of the position of andy burnham is that, on the one hand, as i say, he says, "actually, the virus is not spreading at a rate that merits these restrictions", and then he's saying, "actually, i will have them if i have the money". if he were being truly concerned about public health, then he would say, "let's have these restrictions now". and the other thing is, the earlier we have the restrictions, in those areas where there is high

incidence, the better for the economy of those areas because we stop the infection spreading in a way which will do further damage to the economy as well as to public health. it's not just labour politicians who are sceptical. some conservative mps in the area have also been speaking out. manchester is pretty united. certainly, the members of parliament of both parties, the council leaders of both parties and the mayor of greater manchester have been resisting a move to tier 3 on the basis that we simply have not been given the evidence that it would be effective. rising cases are forcing politicians everywhere into action. welsh government ministers have met this afternoon to discuss options for a further tightening of restrictions across wales. the first minister has said that a short, sharp lockdown could slow the spread of the virus. vicki young, bbc news.

the welsh health minister, vaughan gething, has said that he and his colleagues are "not blind" to the impact another lockdown across wales would have on the economy, but he said covid—i9 would continue to grow if they did nothing. the welsh government is considering a possible lockdown that could be announced on monday. leaked documents suggest the measures — a so—called "fire break" — will be similar to those imposed in march. our wales political correspondent james williams explains. after days of tense negotiations and a two—and—a—half—hour cabinet meeting this afternoon, the welsh government ministers decided that they wanted more data, more information about this potential short fire break, circuit break lockdown, for a period of maybe two or three weeks, so they've asked officials to go back overnight, present them with fresh data first thing in the morning and the cabinet will meet once again. and the idea is that, come lunchtime, at the welsh government's press conference, the first minister mark drakeford will announce the decision for the coming weeks

and months. now, as i understand it, a series of papers with a range of options were presented to ministers and officials ahead of the cabinet meeting this afternoon, but essentially this short circuit breaker, fire break, whatever you want to call it, short period of lockdown, is really the only game in town, but they are arguing over the exact details of that — how long will it last, how severe will the restrictions be, will children go back to school after the half term break, how much support will there be for businesses but also for employees? as the health minister, vaughan gething, said today to bbc politics wales, the impact, the economic impact of a potential lockdown weighs heavily on government ministers, but he and the cabinet insist that doing nothing is not an option. james williams there. czech police have used tear gas and water cannon against demonstrators protesting against coronavirus restrictions imposed by the government in prague.

the rally turned violent after the authorities began trying to disperse the crowd, with the police chief claiming it contained "radical" football fans. 20 police officers are reported to have been injured. the czech republic on friday set a new record for daily infections with more than 11,000 cases. the dutch prime minister has admitted he was wrong to allow the royal family of the netherlands to go on holiday just as coronavirus restrictions are tightened. the holiday to greece did not break any rules. but amid public criticism, the royal family aborted the trip soon after landing, returning to the netherlands the next day. the dutch government brought in a partial lockdown on wednesday, urging people to travel as little as possible. thailand's prime minister says the government is ready to talk with protesters, after pro—democracy demonstrators defied a ban on gathering for the fourth successive day. activists have held rallies at a number of key junctions in bangkok, calling for political reform. jonathan head has been following one of them.

just look at the scene behind me, this is supposed to be the fourth day of a ban on any public gathering. the authorities have compounded that with a threat to imprison anyone who so much as takes a selfie shot or posts themselves on social media as being present an event like this, and yet thousands have turned out at what you could call bangkok's equivalent of piccadilly circus, victory monument, a very big intersection, completely blocked off at the moment. most of those people out there are young. there are schoolchildren, students, most under 25 and that is the dilemma that the authorities have. they keep piling on the measures, hoping that they will take the momentum out of this movement. it is now leaderless, most of the leaders are under arrest. they are also without the kind of infrastructure they had earlier — speakers and trucks, food and things like that. yet they are still coming out. look, they're now their waving phones with their lights in the air.

that has become very characteristic of these evening protests. and the authorities, you have to remember, in thailand, in the past, have often resorted to violence to suppress opposition movements on the streets. it is a very sad part of thai history. but can this government really use that kind of violence? guns, the kind of riot police that we have seen used elsewhere against young people like this? they tried it on friday. there was a massive public backlash, you saw schoolkids being hit by water cannon. and so today, as far as we can see, these protesters have been allowed once again to shut off this part of the city, the government has shut down much of the public transport system hoping to stop them coming here, and yet here they are for a fourth day. this isjust going to go on. jonathan head in bangkok there. let's bring you some of the other news now. thousands of protesters in belarus have taken to the streets for the tenth consecutive sunday after a disputed presidential election in august.

they are demanding the resignation of long—term leader alexander lu kashenko. authorities say more than 100 people have been arrested. palestinian chief negotiator saeb erekat is being treated in an israeli hospital for coronavirus. he was taken to the hospital in tel aviv by ambulance after his condition worsened. mr erekat had been receiving medical care at his home in the occupied west bank since revealing that he had the virus on october 8th. he's 65 and received a lung transplant three years ago. israel and bahrain have signed an agreement establishing diplomatic relations at a ceremony in bahrain. the israeli delegation was accompanied by us treasury secretary steve mnuchin, and is part ofa us brokered normalisation deal established last month. armenia and azerbaijan have accused each other of violating a humanitarian ceasefire in the disputed region of nagorno—karabakh. both sides had agreed to a truce starting at midnight local time. an armenian defence ministry spokeswoman says azerbaijan broke the ceasefire after just four minutes by firing artillery shells and rockets. azerbaijan later claimed armenia had broken the truce after two minutes. both countries signed

a russian—brokered ceasefire last saturday, but clashes between the two have continued. our correspondent rayhan demytrie says the military campaign is ongoing. the armenian defence ministry says there was heavy fighting in the south. and later in the day, the azeri president published on his twitter account a statement saying that azerbaijan now regained control of that area. it is known as khudafarin. it's very, very close to the iranian border. there is this ancient bridge. that territory has been under armenian control since the 1990s, but today, we saw a video of an azeri officer standing there by that ancient bridge, saluting his country and just celebrating another territorial gain from armenia. here in the uk, a convicted

killer who became a hero of the london bridge terror attack last november is to be considered for parole ten months early. steven gallant was on day release when he intervened to end usman khan's attack, which left two people dead. daniela relph reports. running from fishmongers' hall, where he had just killed two people, this was usman khan on london bridge. in the group pursuing him was steven gallant, himself a convicted murderer out on licence for the day. he was one of the group to wrestle the attacker to the ground before khan was shot dead by armed police. steven gallant had been working with jack merritt, one of the victims, on a prisoner rehabilitation programme. his courage that day and his behaviour injail mean he'll now be considered for parole ten months early. the ministry ofjustice said the decision had been made in recognition of his exceptionally brave actions at fishmongers' hall, which helped save people's lives despite the tremendous risk to his own. steven galla nt‘s case is likely to come before

the parole board next year. daniela relph, bbc news. the headlines here on bbc news: vigils and rallies have been held across france in response to friday's brutal murder of a teacher in a suspected islamist attack on the outskirts of paris. a stalemate continues in the uk between the mayor of greater manchester and prime minister borisjohnson over the introduction of tougher coronavirus restrictions in the region. sport — and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's tulsen. hi, samantha. thank you very much indeed. good evening to you. there were four games in the english premier league on sunday, the pick of them was at tottenham, who were cruising to a win against west ham and had just brought gareth bale off the bench. it was the welshman‘s first appearance since returning to the club on loan

from real madrid, but it work out as planned. after first half goals from son heung min and two from harry kane were wiped out in the final 10 minutes, as the hammers salvaged a draw. a headerfrom balbuena, a sanchez own goal then a thunderbolt from manuel lanzini into the top corner with the last kick of the game deep into injury time and it finished 3—3. it's easierfor me it's easier for me to praise west ham for their belief. they were losing 3—0 at half—time and, for the majority of the second half, the game was comfortable. they did not have chances, they did not have creation of opportunities, and then the last part of the game, one free kick brought them into the game, increase their belief, which is something i have been praising the they were lucky, but maybe we deserves to be unlucky. elsewhere, ross barkley has just scored a stoppage time winner

for aston villa as they won 1—0 at leicester. dean smith's side are now four wins from four played this season and in second place, while sheffield united and fulham was 1—1, a first point for both those teams, with crystal palace and brighton also finishing 1—1. a crowd of over 116,000 was at eden park to see new zealand beat australia 27—7 and edge ahead in their bledisloe cup series. the first test was drawn last week and the wallabies still haven't won at eden park since 1986. the all blacks head to australia now for two more bledisloe tests that also go towards the rugby championship involving argentina. we knew we had... there's been a lot of intent for the week. we've got a clear mind for test match rugby and i thought we set a mark today of where we need to be as a team, in terms of the mental side of the game and the approach to the physicality and the approach to the physicality and speed, and so really please with it, andi and speed, and so really please with it, and i thought the guys came with

a lot of commitment. it was not a perfect performance, no, it wasn't, and there are things we left to change moving forward because they area change moving forward because they are a good team. last week, we made minimal mistakes. we knew that was important against the all blacks. not today. we missed too many tackles, we were poor, and got put under the heat from it. there was a huge upset in one of the biggest fights of the year last night as american teofimo lopez ended the unbeaten run of ukranian vasyl lomachenko to unify the four lightweight divisions in las vegas. lomachenko was the odds on favourite with the bookies, but was beaten unanimously on points by lopez, who becomes a four belt champion. i outboxed him. i won every round. at least most of the rounds, you know? to win it by unanimous decision — i'm grateful, man. i'm 23 years old,

man. but that's a true champion right there. loma was a hell of a fighter. he knows what he is doing. but his time is over. and we'll know the world series finalists in the next few hours. los angeles dodgers forced a game seven against atalanta braves to decide the national league championships series, but the braves are keen to get back on the field. go out there and let her fly. aim sevenis go out there and let her fly. aim seven is another baseball game. you cannot treated, it is not fourth and one and limited the first down. it's a baseball game and you have to treat it as such. and it is game seven, it is going to be fun. we like how we are stacked up. we like who is pitching. i think the guys will be excited and it's going to be afun time will be excited and it's going to be a fun time to play in. and, samantha, the winner of that will play the tampa bay rays. thanks, we'll see you a bit later. the new archbishop of york has called for the church of england to "change". on the day of his enthronement, he told the bbc of his "deep sorrow"

at the church's failings around child abuse and talked about the role of faith in the pandemic. the most reverend stephen cottrell has taken over from drjohn sentamu — becoming the church of england's second—most senior clergyman — during a service of evensong at york minster, from where luxmy gopal reports. i, stephen, by divine providence, lord archbishop of york... an occasion steeped in centuries of tradition, but delivered in a very modern way. the enthronement of the most reverend stephen cottrell was streamed live online — a sign of the times in which the 98th archbishop of york has assumed his post. it's a great honour and also quite daunting and, at such a time when the whole world is in such darkness and difficulty, i feel the world more than ever needs the message of hope, which is myjob to share and deliver. may god be thy father and the angels of god protect thee.

the covid—secure service had limited numbers and social distancing — a world away from his predecessor's ceremony. today's service comes two weeks after an independent inquiry found that the church of england had failed to protect children from sexual abuse. archbishop cottrell says it saddens him. we've made some terrible mistakes and terrible failings and people have been hurt and abused. we need to fall on our knees in penitence, but then we need to rise up determined to change things, and i am determined to be someone who leads on the changes that are needed. lord, who knowest all hearts. in a pandemic that's kept people apart, he says christian faith can be shown by being covid safe. the most important thing to do through this is that we love each other, and there's some tangible

ways we can do that. so, wearing a mask is a sign of love, keeping a distance is a sign of love. a message that will remain important in the months ahead. luxmy gopal reporting. a man has received an overwhelming outpouring of support on social media after he shared a candid update on his mental health. edmund o'leary found himself unemployed and struggling mentally. so he decided to tweet... the tweet has been seen more than ten million times, liked by nearly 300,000 people, and nearly 100,000 people have responded to cheer him up. it was also picked up in australia, america and canada. strangers offered to call him for a chat, a local man invited him for coffee and others asked

if he needed help with his cv. dr radha mongil is a mental health campaigner and joins me now to discuss this uplifting story. welcome to you. thank you so much for being with us. nice being here. lots of people between about their mental and physical health on twitter. what do you think particularly resonated about this?|j think particularly resonated about this?” think it was mr o'leary‘s candidness, justice honesty about how he is feeling. i think it resident it with all of us, that we are not ok come a lot of us are not feeling ok, facing many challenges, so feeling ok, facing many challenges, soi feeling ok, facing many challenges, so i think it is about the rawness and the authenticity. he also put a collect for help, for people to respond and make them feel better as well stop by twitter and also -- social media platforms... do you think they can be a force for good, clearly? 10096. i did not think it

has been ever been more needed than now, that we actually use social media for good, kindness, to spread positivity, to look after each other, because like you say, social media often gets a bad reputation. we are often talking at how social media is the source of what makes us feel worse, but this is a great example about how actually we are often talking at how social media is the source of what makes us feel worse, but this is a great example about how actually can come together, support each other and help people feel like they are not on their own, because then people feeling like they're on their own is one of the biggest feelings at the moment, so the rican connect people on social media and support each other is fantastic. what would you say to somebody who is seeing this amazing response and possibly thinking about posting about their own mental health? i suppose you do have to be cautious because it is not always going to be positive, is it? absolutely. i think it is really important to tell people out there that sharing how you're feeling is great, but make sure you're in the right place to do that you've got the support around you, so i would to anyone out there,

really stop, think once, twice, three times a a0 put something, reach out to people around you who are actually nearby, your friends around you who are actually nearby, yourfriends come your around you who are actually nearby, your friends come your gp. there are loads of charities like samaritans or can help, but like you say, not everybody will respond favourably. it is amazing to have that light and positivity and support and kindness across the world, across the globe, to show that we are not alone, we are supporting each other through this, andi are supporting each other through this, and i think that they believe important message for people to hear right now. and i don't know how much you are sort of monitoring social media to see whether or not there has been an upsurge in the last nine months, and this kind of thing, people reaching out to strangers for help. i think there has been an increase in people being more open about their feelings. as well as mental health day, just last weekend, we saw a lot of people coming out and talking about their mental health, which is fantastic. i have longed my own series on

instagram and twitter, called not alone, to really encourage people to connect, to come together, to feel like there were someone else there who might be feeling the same way, soi who might be feeling the same way, so i think there has been a huge eye praising and i think the more honest we can be, obviously being careful to protect her own mental health but to protect her own mental health but to support each other, the better. 0k, dr to support each other, the better. ok, dr radha mongil, great to have you with us. thank you for your thoughts. you're watching bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello. autumn weather is waking up again. wind, but more importantly, more rain heading our way as we go through the week ahead, in fact spreading across northern ireland and scotland, as the night goes on, parts of northern england, especially the further north you are. south of that, a few breaks in the cloud and we'll see some mist and fog patches around. and temperatures may end up a little bit lower than this in some spots, but 10 degrees in belfast to start the day tomorrow.

maybe a brief lull in the rain early on, but more heavy rain is going to come in quite quickly in the morning and then spread across scotland. and parts of northern england, especially northwest england, will see that rain into the afternoon. we'll see a few bursts of rain towards the north and west of wales as well. elsewhere in england and wales, some hazy brightness perhaps. the wind picking up, turning milder in a southerly wind as well, but for northern ireland and scotland — particularly western scotland — it is going to be a very wet day, with rain continuing even into monday night. so, rain totals starting to mount here. there could be a few impacts out of that. that's your forecast.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the mayor of greater manchester accuses boris johnson of exaggerating the spread of coronavirus in the area

to try to persuade local leaders to accept tougher restriction as he calls for increased financial support. anywhere could end up in tier three this winter. in fact, i would say places are likely to end up in tier three. therefore, it's everyone's concern to protect the lowest paid in our community. the earlier we have the restrictions, in those areas where there is high instance, the better for the economy of those areas because we stop the infection spreading in a way which will do further damage to the economy. the government says there have been nearly 17,000 more cases of coronavirus in the uk, reported in the last 2a hours, and a further 67 people have died. there's fierce debate over possible further lockdown restrictions in wales that could last for up to three weeks. an announcement could be made in the next 2a hours. vigils and rallies are held across france after a teacher was beheaded in an islamist attack close to his school

in a paris suburb on friday. now on bbc news, our world. on september eighth the moria refugee camp on the greek island of lesbos went up in flames. gabriel gatehouse investigates the events surrounding the blaze. a warning this film contains scenes some viewers may find upsetting. on the night of the eighth of september,