this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm sally bundock. italy's prime minister unveils new covid—19 restrictions to avoid a new lockdown. speaking to supporters — joe biden holds a campaign rally in north carolina, as president trump attends his second rally of the day in nevada. churches are set on fire and people injured in the chilean capital, santiago, as a day of peaceful protests turns violent.

hello and welcome. italy's prime minister has unveiled new covid—19 restrictions to avoid a new lockdown after the country recorded its highest daily infection rate for the second day in a row. mayors will get new powers to close public areas at night and the opening times of restaurants and the size of groups will tighten, as mark lobel reports. police as mark lobel reports. close down the flea market police close down the flea market in italy's north, once europe's epicentre of the virus stopping a part of another surge which is this time spreading right across the country too. 11,705 new coronavirus cases were announced on sunday, beating the previous daily record, just 24 the previous daily record, just 2a hours before of 10,925.

prompting this rallying cry from the prime minister. translation: these new measures will allow us to face this new wave of infections that is severely affecting not only italy but all of europe. we cannot waste time, we have to act by putting in place all the necessary measures to avoid a general lockdown. the new measures include giving mayors the power to close public squares and roads after 9pm, restricting restaurants and bars to table service after 6pm and closing by midnight, and later starting times for secondary school students, encouraging more distance learning. elsewhere in europe, the irish cabinet is expected to introduce new restrictions on monday as it looks to control the virus. it is expected that all non—essential businesses could be closed and to private homes and social gatherings band. in wales, the

government there is due to meet at midday on monday to decide to implement a two week lockdown. and in england, extra state funding may be made available to help to persuade local officials in manchester to a cce pt local officials in manchester to accept the highest level of covid-19 to accept the highest level of covid—19 restrictions there as the british government pursues a strategy of localised lockdowns as new cases escalate. with expanded testing across europe, the continent appears united in seeing virus numbers rise for a second time but somewhat divided in seeking a solution. two churches have been burnt and several people injured and santiago as a day of largely peaceful protest turned violent. a police headquarters was firebombed and shops were looted.

a year on and once again violence spread quickly as protesters and police faced off. the demonstrators had come to mark the first anniversary of a protest movement that demanded greater equality in chile. the unrest last year saw the military take to the streets, for the first time since the rule of dictator augusto pinochet and resulted in 30 deaths. sunday's anniversary had begun very differently. there was an atmosphere of fiesta as demonstrators, including whole families, demanded reforms such as better public services and pensions. many were wearing masks against covid, as they sang and danced, with a sense of optimism in the crowd. translation: it is something wonderful, the feeling ofjoy that there is for the possibility of advancing and achieving a fairer and more democratic chile. but later in the afternoon, the mood changed. 0ne church was burnt to the ground, and a second looted and set on fire. police responded to rock—throwers with tear gas

and water cannon. in a week's time the chileans will vote in a referendum on replacing the dictatorship—era constitution. it seems change can't come soon enough for some. gail maclellan, bbc news. there are just over two weeks to go before the main voting day in the us presidential election — and the final presidential debate will take place on thursday. meanwhile, both president trump and his challenger, joe biden, have been campaigning in battleground states they believe they can win. the president has warned that a biden victory would lead to further lockdowns and the democratic candidate has accused trump of lying to americans about the state of the pandemic in the us. trump said at one of

his rallies, we've turned the corner stopping my grandfather would say, this guy's gone around the bend if he thinks we've turned the corner. turned the corner?! things are getting worse. he continues to lie to us about the circumstances, because this president cares more about his park avenue perspective on the world, the stock market, then he does about you. he refuses to follow the seance. —— fellow the science. if you vote for biden, he will surrender yourjobs to china, he will surrender your future to the virus, he's going to lock down, this guy wants to lock down. he'll listen to the scientists — if i listened totally to the scientists, we would right now have a country that would be in a massive depression. the outcome of the american presidential elections will have a major impact, notjust on the us but around the world. this week across bbc news we are going to explore whether president trump's "america first" strategy has changed the world, and what

the result of the election will mean for america's friends and foes. 0ur correspondent, rupert wingfield—hayes looks at the impact the trump presidency has had on security in asia. 0n on october the first last year, china put on this extraordinary display of military might. its legion of disciplined soldiers, its new stealth drones, its hypersonic cruise missiles. this is a force that military experts say is designed for one purpose, to give china's leaders the ability to take on and defeat the united states. this has happened much faster than anyone expected. for the past 20 is the main question that most people ask is, will the united states defend its allies and partners. as the chinese military becomes more advanced, the question has shifted from well they to can they? the us has around

80,000 troops and 25 ships based in asia stopping most of them, here in japan. from asia stopping most of them, here injapan. from here, the us navy has dominated the western pacific for the last 75 yea rs. western pacific for the last 75 years. it hasn't faced the so—called peer rival since the end of the cold war, but now in the shape of china, it very suddenly does. the question for the next us president is stark. is the us now ready and willing to ta ke is the us now ready and willing to take on the challenge from china? in the south china sea, the challenge to american naval power is already under way. in 2012 china took control of a coral atoll called shoal off the coast of the philippines. soon after, it began constructing three huge artificial islands and building ru nways. artificial islands and building runways. these are places where the chinese have been doing... in 2016, we flew over a place

called mischief reef, to film the massive construction effort going on there. captainjames finnell was the head of the us naval intelligence in the pacific and he watched it happening with growing frustration. what happened at scarborough shoal was america's biggest foreign policy failure in asia since our helicopters took off the roofs of those embassy buildings in saigon in 1975. it was a disaster, and it really had a debilitating impact on america's national credibility in asia when we didn't do anything to defend the philippines. but experts say, for china's president xi jinping, the south china sea is just the beginning. has ultimate goal is taiwan, a vibrant democracy of 2a million people. it almost doesn't matter very much what taipei or washington will do about taiwan's security. xi

jinping wa nts taiwan's security. xi jinping wants taiwan back and xi jinping wants taiwan back before he hands over power to whoever comes next. the headaches for the next us president do not end there. this is north korea's latest mega missile, revealed at a huge parade on october the 10th. of huge parade on october the 10th. of pyongyang's nuclear ambitions are not stopped, some think others in asia could go nuclear, even south korea and pan. they are concerned about a future east asian order that has both china, russia, and north korea all with nuclear arms against south korea and japan. but the biggest challenge facing the us is still xi jinping. challenge facing the us is still xijinping. the chinese leader has perhaps ten or 15 yea rs leader has perhaps ten or 15 years to complete his mission to unify all of china's lost territories. how will the us respond? that territories. how will the us respond ? that is territories. how will the us respond? that is the question facing the next us president,

whoever it may be. and we will have more on the us presidential election a little later in this programme. let's get some of the day's other news. china has reported a quarterly economic growth rate of 4.9%, that's less than economists expected, but still up from a 3.2% rise in the april to june period. it is also on track to be the only major economy to return to pre—crisis levels by the end of this year, while the rest of world has contracted. we'll have more on this in our business news in about 20 minutes from 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 lukashenko. authorities say more than a hundred 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 the 8th. he's 65 and received a lung transplant three years ago. the un secretary—general, antonio guterres, has urged armenia and azerbaijan to observe their latest ceasefire, saying indiscriminate attacks on civilians are totally u na cce pta ble. both countries have accused each other of violating a humanitarian ceasefire in the disputed region of nagorno—karabakh. but clashes continue, as rayhan demytrie reports from tbilisi in neighbouring georgia. an azeri officer announces to his country's president the liberation of another piece of territory,

which for the past 26 years had been under armenian control. the ancient bridge leads to the border with iran. "kara bakh is azerbaijan," he declares. the armenian defence ministry released this footage, which it claims shows the azeri forces advancing on armenian positions early on sunday, in violation of a ceasefire agreed the day before. but things were quieter on sunday in civilian areas in the disputed nagorno—karabakh region. they have been under constant bombardment from azerbaijan in recent days. dozens of civilians and more than 700 armenian servicemen, many of them young recruits, have been killed. translation: there are children dying, women, elderly people. 0ur guys die who are 18,19 years old. stop this war. azeri people have also suffered. this was the scene in ganja, azerbaijan's second largest city, that was struck

by armenian missiles on saturday, killing at least 13 civilians and destroying more than 20 houses. this woman lost her home. translation: our people are humanist. we have a beautiful nation. armenia should know that we will not bow to them as people of ganja. we will take back karabakh from them if it comes to that. azerbaijan's military casualties remain a secret, but it's been very public about its territorial gains. this is jabrayil, another town re—taken from armenian forces. the more azerbaijan advances, the less incentive it has to stop fighting. rayhan demytrie, bbc news, tbilisi. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: dancing the night away — whilst social distancing, brazilian style.

a historic moment that many of his victims have waited for for decades. the former dictator in the dock, older, slimmer, and, as he sat down, obedient enough. dawn, and as the sun breaks through the piercing chill of night on the plain outside korem, it lights up a biblical famine, now, in the 20th century. the depressing conclusion, in argentina today, it's actually cheaper to paper your walls with money. we've had controversies in the past with great britain. but as good friends, we've always found a good and lasting solution. concorde bows out in style. after almost three decades in service, an aircraft that enthralled its many admirers

for so long taxis home one last time. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: italy's prime minister unveils new covid—19 restrictions to avoid a new lockdown. joe biden‘s supporters see their candidate's campaign rally in north carolina, as president trump is in nevada to address his second rally of the day. let's have more on that story, the final stages of the us presidential campaign. kathy frankovic, one of the world's leading experts in public opinion polling, and shejoins me now. live from hawaii. thank you for being on the programme. for our global audience, good morning, here, just explain how this

works, when you have got polls showing thatjoe biden is ahead ina similarway showing thatjoe biden is ahead in a similar way to hillary clinton in 2016, and yet we don't really know what the outcome might be? well, first of all, joe biden‘s lead in the polls has been a little more sta ble polls has been a little more stable than hillary clinton's was four years ago and is wider than hers was. we have symbols in the last week that had him in double digits. a double—digit lead over president trump. that doesn't necessarily mean he wins. he has to put together 270 electoral votes from multiple states in order to be elected. that is a little tougher to do, though, if in fact he is as as large as some say, he is leading in some states that she lost, like wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvania, competitive

in florida, leading in arizona, so it is one of those things where he may have an easier time of it, this year, than she did four years ago. but they really have to remember that this is something that we saw with two weeks ago, a lot has happened in the last two weeks, who knows what will take place before the election. and we have to bear in mind almost 20 million people have already voted, whether that be by mail or in person, and in both rallies, joe biden and donald trump were saying get out there early, get out there and vote, so, from the point of view of many having already cast their vote, what does that mean for the next few weeks and what is still to play for? we know quite a lot about the people who have already voted. we know in many states what they have told pollsters, those people who voted as of last weekend we re who voted as of last weekend were voting forjoe biden by an

enormous margin, almost to the one. that means joe enormous margin, almost to the one. that meansjoe biden is really banking a lot of votes that he may very well need on election day. it also means these votes are, as you have said, they are set, they are not going to change in the next two weeks. they cannot change, whatever happens. but that means the president really has to rally his base. the people who say they are voting on election day are primarily drum supporters, that is when the trumpet supporters, that is when the tru m pet votes supporters, that is when the trumpet votes should come in, and if something prevents these people from going to the polls, that would not be very good for the president. and quickly, to what extent do you think this thursday's presidential debate will cause people to make up their minds? first of all, very few people say they are undecided, in the neighbourhood of 2— undecided, in the neighbourhood of 2- 3% undecided, in the neighbourhood of 2— 3% of voters. the first presidential debate changed almost nothing in preference, and neither did the president's covid—19 diagnosis and

hospitalisation. he didn't gain, he didn't lose, hospitalisation. he didn't gain, he didn'tlose,joe hospitalisation. he didn't gain, he didn't lose, joe biden didn't gain,joe gain, he didn't lose, joe biden didn't gain, joe biden didn't lose. kathy frankovic, thank you forjoining us. good to talk to you. and we will have a lot more on that in the next few weeks. let's pause and taken all the sports stories. hello i'm tulsen tollett and this is your monday sport briefing, where we start with the footballing news that west ham snatched a late 3—3 draw away to tottenham in the premier league. gareth bale's much anticipated return came as a sub with spurs 3—0 up and harry kane having scored twice to look like his side were coasting, but two goals gave david moyes' side hope of claiming something before manuel lanzini hit a wonder strike to claim a share of the spoils and leave the tottenham manager in a glum mood. we were losing three nil at half—time and for the majority of the second half, the game was controlled, they didn't have a chance, they didn't have

a big creation of opportunities, and in the last pa rt opportunities, and in the last part of the game they got that free kick and brought them to the game, increasing relief, which is something i keep raising. they were lucky, but maybe they deserved that like and we were unlucky, but maybe we deserved it. —— they deserved that luck. virgil van dijk has tweeted a message of thanks and says he'll be back as soon as he can after surgery to repair a knee ligament injury. the defender was unable to continue following a rash challenge by toffees keeper jordan pickford in their 2—2 draw at everton on saturday and it's not yet clear how long he'll be out as he recovers from the injury but he says he's ready for the challenges that lay ahead. british cyclist tao geoghegan hart has claimed a grand tour stage victory for the first time in his career at the giro d'italia. the 25—year—old from london left it till the finish line was almost in sight, at the end of stage 15 to make his move. it sees him jump to fourth in the overall standings and just a second

off the podium places. joao almeida's overall lead has been cut to just 15 seconds, with monday a rest day. leeds united could move third in the premier league with victory over wolves at elland road later. marcelo bielsa's side have adapted well to the rigours of the top flight, wining two of their opening four games and bielsa's opposite is aware of what they need to do to if they're take something away from the game. by by competing more in not only focusing on splitting the wea kness focusing on splitting the weakness of your opponent, it's about realising the aspects that your opponents are so strong in and you have to control and manage. reigning champions kansas city chiefs are in new york state to play the buffalo bills in the nfl later. both sides have 4 and 1 records and both are coming off their only

loss of the season last weekend so extra pressure on the bill's quarterbackjosh allen and patrick mahomes of the chiefs. dutch rider mathieu van der poel won the tour of flanders on sunday but during the race the riders were treated to a short rest as a train crossed their path with 105km of the race remaining. edvald boasson hagen managed to sneak over after launching a lone attack but it's not a good idea to try and beat a train at high speed, so the peloton were forced to catch their breath at the level crossing and then go again shortly after. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the team that is your monday sport briefing. that is. thanks to tulsen tollett a nd that is. thanks to tulsen tollett and the team. let's ta ke tollett and the team. let's take you to brazil. brazil is one of the countries

that's been hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic. more than 150,000 people have lost their lives — a death toll second only to the united states. restrictions are being eased, although things are still far from normal, as the bbc‘s tim allman explains. samba music this is probably the sort of thing that comes to mind when you think of rio de janeiro. beautiful beaches, stunning scenery, and a carnival like no other. the virus brought everything to a halt, but it seems that was only temporary. this is how you go to a concert in rio these days. the audiences out in the open air, socially distanced and separated into boxes. entertainment and therapy,

all at the same time. translation: what we do here is notjust a party. we are promoting mental health. people can't stand staying at home anymore. there's 150 of these boxes, with up to six people allowed in each one. you're never going to break any attendance records, but no—one here's complaining. translation: it's the second time i've come to this great event. i love being here, in the open air with my friends. as restrictions are raised further, these unusual music boxes may no longer be necessary. but they are proof, if proof were needed, that brazilians will always find a way to party. it isa it is a brave new world, isn't it, we're all finding new ways of doing things. we will

discuss that in the business coverage in the next few minutes stop will also take a look at india and china. thank you, and i'll see you soon. hello. this spell of quieter weather continued on sunday, but with all the cloud around, the brightest thing many of us saw was the autumn colour, here on view in staffordshire, though competing with a postbox. it's all change now. we've had some quiet weather, but low pressure is taking over. the weather fronts are gathering, and although there will be some sunnier days in the week ahead, there'll be some very wet days around as well. and it's getting windier, too. and for monday, some of the heaviest rain will be in scotland and northern ireland. this is how it looks as the day begins. some outbreaks of rain into parts of northern england, particularly, to begin

with. and there may be a bit of a lull in the rain first thing in northern ireland, but it will come back. heavy, persistent rain. outbreaks of rain across scotland, heaviest and most persistent in the west. so, through western scotland and northern ireland, as the rain continues into monday night, there is a risk of some flooding and some travel disruption. see some rain pushing back in towards north—west england into the afternoon. patchy rain reaching into parts of wales, whereas elsewhere a bit of hazy brightness around. temperatures just creeping up a few degrees, but it's getting windier. as we just look into monday evening, this area of rain will start to just push in across parts of south—west england. 0vernight monday into tuesday, well, it's this weather front that will bring a splash of rain across those parts of england and wales that stayed dry during monday. and the rain continuing in scotland and northern ireland, though by end of the night, it should be easing from northern ireland. so, on tuesday, then, some early rain affecting parts of eastern england slowly pulling away. further heavy and perhaps prolonged downpours running in towards particularly northern ireland and scotland, just fringing north wales and north—west england as well. windy and wet still across

the far north of scotland and northern isles, easterly winds here. mild south—westerlies elsewhere, and temperatures, particularly across much of england and wales, into the mid to high teens with sunny spells and a few showers. but gales through the irish sea. as we look through tuesday night and into wednesday, focus for the heaviest rain will be shifting into parts of england and wales. could well be some quite heavy rain moving through, exact position of this uncertain at this stage, but some of that may fringe northwards towards northern ireland and scotland again as we go through wednesday. so, we'll keep an eye on that. it could be quite windy again with that, too. so, again, it is all change. 0ur weather's been quiet. it isn't any more. some of the rain this week is going to be quite heavy. windier conditions at times, too. milder at least to start the week.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. economic recovery in china, but growth was not as strong as economists predicted, so how healthy is the worlds second biggest economy? we'll find out. we assess the warnings that tier 2 london could lead to thousands ofjob losses in the capital, but will the government stump up more financial support? and wax up that surfboard. we're taking you surfing in senegal, where riding the wave of the global pandemic has proved challenging.

good behaviour with us. if you have just joined good behaviour with us. if you havejustjoined us, we will now focus on the type business stories. we begin in china, the world's second largest economy, which has seen a surge in growth as it rebounds from the coronavirus pandemic. it has reported a quarterly economic growth rate of 4.9%. that's less than economists expected, but still up from a 3.2% rise in the april to june period. it is also on track to be the only major economy to return to pre—crisis levels by the end of this year, while the rest of world has contracted. joining me now is sue yu, china economist at the economist intelligence unit. welcome to the

programme. what do you make of these latest gdp numbers? anything to be concerned about or is this a good rebound ? concerned about or is this a good rebound? generally speaking i would describe it as a good rebound because i think the market is reacting beyond 596 the market is reacting beyond 5% growth in quarter three but actually it is in line with our expectations because the future of china's spending package is a bit different, because china's stimulus package is more towards targeting enterprises and local government and less of the spending package that the record search in an increase in employment and households, which leads to a very weak retail and consumption growth in quarter three. this is the key reason why china did not achieve 5% in quarter

three. retail sales did beat expectations, didn't they? we have seen domestic travel reviving, there seems to be more confidence among people and households, so that is encouraging, isn't it? it is encouraging, isn't it? it is encouraging of course, but if we compare the distribution between the secondary and tertiary industry we can see a stronger production rather than consumption, and also we mentioned that travelling, that rebounded very strongly during the national holiday but that contribution to gdp will be counted by fourth—quarter, and also i think there is some weak spots to highlight for quarter four. i'm not expecting a superstrong real transaction volume during the single day retail carnival, because there are so many rounds of price

promotion during the year which help the retailers to boost their cash flow so i think that is depending on quarterfor, but it is relatively weak compared with last year. just quickly, to what extent will china be impacted by europe and the us and other key countries in the global economy putting in further restrictions, closing down further? the lack of consumption, will that affect china going forward?” think that will definitely affect china's export and consumer produce but i also see other factors around that, for example, when there was a second round of knockdown, that could increase the demand of electronic devices and computers, in order to assist the rearrangement of remote working at home, so of course overall it will be a negative

impact of china's export, but i see some positive in other factors. good to talk to you, thanks for your analysis. since saturday, millions of people in london have been on high alert — tier two in england's new three—tier system of coronavirus restrictions. at this level, there is a ban on households mixing indoors, including in pubs and restaurants. more than half of england's population is now living under high or very high—alert restrictions. according to the trade body hospitality uk, this puts up to 250,000 jobs are at risk in london. the capital city has 3,640 pubs and just over 7,500 restaurants, but they will not be eligible for the government support that's available to premises in areas where they have to close altogether. london mayor, sadiq khan, told london's city hall there was "simply no other option" than introducing the new

restrictions. nina skero is chief executive of the centre for economics and business research. this is not just this is notjust a story for london, for any city in the uk or england should i say under tier two restrictions. pubs and restau ra nts, tier two restrictions. pubs and restaurants, what support do they get? we have seen the news from the scheme that is coming to an end later in october, to be replaced with a far less general, that i suspect would be difficult to pick up given that we would have to see businesses paying employees about half of their wage, for a third of their hours, so i think a lot of businesses will still need support and they will not find the scheme generous enough to help them survive, so in terms of the scheme, the support available,

it certainly a lot less now than what we saw at the of the pandemic, which was quite a problem because for a lot of businesses that have now been allowed to reopen they are still seeing far fewer for traffic, especially if they are located in normally busy business district that are still looking somewhat like ghost towns. also is a critical time, with halloweenjust a week or so away and between halloween and right up to christmas, this is when the pubs and restaurants make a huge amount of money, it is very important in the calendar year, isn't it? it's normally a very busy time, you normally get a lot of corporate events and a lot of large bookings for holiday related celebrations and of course there is the rule of sex and the indoor house mixing, and that for some businesses could be worse than the other restrictions on

how to shut down early for more government support, but the ones that are able to stay open, in some ways they are put ina very open, in some ways they are put in a very tough spot. how do you think cities like london, other cities in england will survive this? i think a lot will see some difficult months ahead. i think the impact on revenue they are seeing will be less now than during the earlier days of the lockdown, partially because i think there are some question marks, anxiety as to how many people in tier two cities in london are going to stick to the regulation, if they are going to stick to them 100% of the time and also, the baseline is lower because even before the restrictions, there was the rule of sex, so hopefully some businesses had a chance to

adjust, but what it really means in terms of the impact of businesses is it will be a huge hit to consumer confidence, and to business confidence, to see if these measures can be reduced at any time. thanks for getting up early for us, the chief executive of the cep us. over to india, where the parliament recently made proposals to change the way farmers operate. while many argue the reforms are much needed to improve the agriculture sector, there have also been protests from the opposition parties as well as the farming community. my colleague arunoday mukharji explains why the proposals are so contentious. the new farm laws will make it possible for rice farmers to sell produce directly to private players, instead of only to the designated wholesale markets. but, he is not happy. translation: while

we may get good deals for the first few years, after that, when private companies have monopoly, they will exploit us, and we will not have any bargaining power. criticism of the new bills have rock parliament, and protests have spilt out onto the streets. farmers feel that the new laws will eventually lead to the end of wholesale markets, also known as epm seas, or agricultural produce market committees. they are also worried that government assured prices will be withdrawn, leaving them at the mercy of big businesses. as per the new rules, farmers can now sell anywhere in the country and directly to supermarket chains and big businesses. the government claims this allows them to have more varied price options for their produce. but there are fears the lack of enough safeguards may lead to farmers being exploited. if you

withdraw, and if the apmc system collapses, that the farmers will be even more vulnerable because there will be no regulation stop by the government claims that regulated markers will not be disbanded. farmers can still sell their produce here at assured prices if they want to. farmer incomes have been declining since 2012 due to a combination of factors. adverse weather conditions, lack of government investment in agricultural sector, and rising fuel and fertiliser costs have all reduced the margin of profit forfarmers. all reduced the margin of profit for farmers. the prime minister won a second term in 2019 on the assurance of doubling farmer income in three yea rs. doubling farmer income in three years. supporters are heading back of the opposition for politicising the issue. this is of reform on which there has been a discussion for almost two decades and has been for consensus if you look at even the opposition

party ma nifestoes, the opposition party manifestoes, it is very much there, the manifesto. pressure is mounting of the prime minister as farmers refused to call off their demonstrations. farmers have always been a critical voting block for parties in india, and their verdict on these bills could translate into a bigger political verdict for the leadership. we have talked about how the chinese economy is faring, and globally, in june, chinese economy is faring, and globally, injune, the world bank forecast a contraction of more than 5% this year, as the pandemic crippled activities worldwide. and another sober forecast — as many as 115 million people could be pushed into extreme poverty this year. it's the first time in 20 years that global extreme poverty is expected to rise after steadily declining in the past couple of decades. 0ur asia business correspondent, karishma vaswani, spoke to the chief economist of the world bank, carmen reinhart, who said its the poor who are hit

hardest across the board. this is a very uneven crisis, it's a very regressive, i think the lower income and the developing countries, emerging markets will be hit the ha rd est, markets will be hit the hardest, so it's a crisis that hit the poorest within a country but also across the country but also across the country ‘s. country but also across the country 's. data suggest that there is some pickup in some parts of the world. how sustainable is this? don't confuse rebound with recovery, and without reason collapses in most of the economic indicators we saw in the first half of this year, remounts are to be expected. but recovery, meaning how long does it take you to get back to your precrisis level of income, how long

is an an economy to regions precrisis per capita gdp, that's a different matter. your average number of years is seven years. is there a magic formula to tackle the health crisis and the economic crisis in the wake of this pandemic was yellow i wish. the very sobering policy advice is there is no silver bullet. right now the crisis has created also dire need, financing needs especially, too low and income — low and — low income economies have needed help. this has made pre—existing vulnerability is worse, in regards to debt sustainability so clearly you need to do what you need to do but there are no silver bullet.

high levels of debt are detrimental to growth. i still think that is very much the case. however, ithink think that is very much the case. however, i think what i keep highlighting at this time, what we are facing is akin to a war, and in wars, you fight the war, and in wars, you fight the war, and in wars, you fight the war, and you expect to win the war, and you expect to win the war before you start worrying about the aftermath and how you pay for the war, so i think the needs, the financing needs of countries to deal with the health emergency are the immediate needs. the chief economist of the world bank sharing her outlooks for the world economy. let's get some of the day's other news. italian prime minister giuseppe conte have given mayors the power to shut public squares from 9pm to halt gatherings, as he unveiled a further package of measures to try to slow a sharp rise in covid—19 cases. as daily cases in italy hit

a new record on sunday, conte said the situation had become "critical" but his government has been determined to avoid a repeat of the lockdown imposed at the start of the crisis in march. democrats in the us say they're optimistic that a coronavirus relief package could be pushed through before election day, if lawmakers agree on a plan within the next 48 hours. for weeks, talks between house speaker nancy pelosi and treasury secretary steven mnuchin have dragged on. they differ on the size and shape of the package, even as the virus spreads across the united states, and millions of americans remain unemployed. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: wax up that surfboard — we're taking you surfing in senegal, where riding the wave of the global pandemic has proved challenging.

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this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: italy's prime minister unveils new covid—19 restrictions to avoid a new lockdown. joe biden's supporters see their candidate's campaign rally in north carolina, as president trump is in nevada to address his second rally of the day. last year senegal became the first west african nation to stage the qualifying series of a major world surfing championship. but its growing reputation as a destination for surfing took a knock when beach and water activities were halted in the spring to help stop the spread of the coronavirus. so, how are its oceanside businesses adapting? emeline nsingi nkosi has been finding out. this man has been surfing for seven yea rs.

this man has been surfing for seven years. started giving lessons four yea rs seven years. started giving lessons four years ago and recently ventured into refurbishing surfboards. but his thriving business suddenly ground to a halt. translation: the coronavirus affected my business because before i was getting by giving surf lessons, but after coronavirus it was difficult and troublesome. i'll continue my business with the boards and see how i can improve the business. i created t—shirts, stickers, ads on instagram, so to boost advertising. before there were tourists coming but now it is the locals who give me the boards. although, a note cu rfew was me the boards. although, a note curfew was put in place, the city never went on lockdown. beaches became off—limits and guarded by police. this meant businesses in the blue economy we re businesses in the blue economy were negatively impacted.

senegalese owned surf school seniors serve has had to adapt its business model to survive. —— sene surf. its business model to survive. -- sene surf. june wasn't really working because people we re really working because people were scared, you know? this is my first class back since covid—19, you know? last year i had, like for every week and, for example, saturday, i could have 12 people in a class. and today you see i have four people. he soon found himself diversifying his business, with the help of this woman, a senegalese yoga teacher, based in dakarfor nine months stop all of my clients were expats or europeans, i didn't have many senegalese clients, so i started doing tuesday community classes where i went to different places on the beaches to teach. when coronavirus closed all the beaches, it was

like, where does one go? so, where do i go? so, finally, i was like, if i'm going to be paying for spaces, because the community classes are so much bigger and i can't do it in my studio, i would bigger and i can't do it in my studio, iwould rather go bigger and i can't do it in my studio, i would rather go to a senegalese owned business that i love, his food i think is amazing, and that feels like a family environment. that was important for me. the impact of covid—19 on senegal‘s blue economy has made businesses adapt in order to stay afloat, and it could reap long—term benefits as they expanded and diversified their offerings beyond what they would do before the pandemic. interesting. they're used to fighting to save endangered species, but now zoos are fighting for their own survival. lockdown has placed many around the world in a precarious financial situation. while several zoos have reopened, social distancing measures means they can take fewer visitors, and that's adding to their financial pressures. this on top of the huge bills from caring for animals some small zoos have already closed

altogether, while others are reducing their conservation work. dominicjermey, director general of the zoological society of london, which runs london zoo and whipsnade. thank you so much for being on the programme. first of all, dominic, tallis about the disease you oversee and how they have been coping? good morning, zsl, we are a conservation charity, and our two zoos are part of the charity with science and conservation around the world. when the current virus pandemic hit, we had to close our zoos to visitors, but of course life went on. and the animals needed to be cared for in a way that com pletely to be cared for in a way that completely maintained and did not compromise their welfare. and so, for us, that has been disastrous, financially. we

have seen outgoings of over £1 million during lockdown, just to feed and care for the animals and another £1 million to maintain the science and conservation project around the world with absolutely no income. we began that period with strong reserves and we have used them up stop since we reopen, we have been able to provide a covid—secure environment for visitors which is outstanding and people have enjoyed that, but we have had strict capacity limits in ways in order to strict capacity limits in ways in orderto maintain strict capacity limits in ways in order to maintain that security. so we are unable to make back the losses we made during lockdown. financial support have you received from the government or elsewhere? well, the british government has provided the furlough scheme for all businesses in the uk, which has been really helpful. there is a zoos fund as well, but unfortunately we are not able to access that fun, and indeed, all good zoos are unable to access it,

because you need to be essentially within a number of weeks of closure in order to be able to get money from that fund. and we don't want to get ourselves into that position. we launched a really big fundraising appeal that was headed up by sir david attenborough, and we are incredibly grateful to the many people who continue to donate to that appeal, to help us make it through this really difficult year and maintain the work for wildlife that we do. the london zoo in whipsnade, i presume you are in a stronger position than smaller, less well—known zoos in the uk, because of your profile, for example? well, we are an organisation that is nearly 200 yea rs old organisation that is nearly 200 years old and the london zoo was famous across the world, but we don't receive any government grant. we need to make our own way in the world. we closed once before for a week during world war ii. for us, this really has been

devastating for our financial impact, and that is true for zoos a cross impact, and that is true for zoos across the country. and across the world. right... dominic, iam across the world. right... dominic, i am so sorry we have to leave it there. thank you for being on the programme. we will see you soon. hello. this spell of quieter weather continued on sunday, but with all the cloud around, the brightest thing many of us saw was the autumn colour, here on view in staffordshire, though competing with a postbox. it's all change now. we've had some quiet weather, but low pressure is taking over. the weather fronts are gathering, and although there will be some sunnier days in the week ahead, there'll be some very wet days around as well. and it's getting windier, too. and for monday, some of the heaviest rain will be in scotland and northern ireland. this is how it looks as the day begins. some outbreaks of rain into parts of northern england, particularly, to begin with. and there may be a bit of a lull in the rain first thing in northern ireland, but it will come back. heavy, persistent rain. outbreaks of rain across scotland, heaviest and most persistent in the west.

so, through western scotland and northern ireland, as the rain continues into monday night, there is a risk of some flooding and some travel disruption. see some rain pushing back in towards north—west england into the afternoon. patchy rain reaching into parts of wales, whereas elsewhere a bit of hazy brightness around. temperatures just creeping up a few degrees, but it's getting windier. as we just look into monday evening, this area of rain will start to just push in across parts of south—west england. 0vernight monday into tuesday, well, it's this weather front that will bring a splash of rain across those parts of england and wales that stayed dry during monday. and the rain continuing in scotland and northern ireland, though by end of the night, it should be easing from northern ireland. so, on tuesday, then, some early rain affecting parts of eastern england slowly pulling away. further heavy and perhaps prolonged downpours running in towards particularly northern ireland and scotland, just fringing north wales and north—west england as well. windy and wet still across the far north of scotland and northern isles, easterly winds here. mild south—westerlies elsewhere, and temperatures, particularly across much of england and wales, into the mid to high teens with sunny spells and a few showers. but gales through the irish sea. as we look through tuesday night and into wednesday, focus for the heaviest rain will be shifting into parts of england and wales. could well be some quite heavy

rain moving through, exact position of this uncertain at this stage, but some of that may fringe northwards towards northern ireland and scotland again as we go through wednesday. so, we'll keep an eye on that. it could be quite windy again with that, too. so, again, it is all change. 0ur weather's been quiet. it isn't any more. some of the rain this week is going to be quite heavy. windier conditions at times, too. milder at least to start the week.

good morning. welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. 0ur headlines today. wales on the verge of a short national lockdown described as a "fire break" against coronavirus — an announcement due to be made today as talks resume to end the deadlock over increased restrictions in greater manchester, the government's expected to offer the city region tens of millions of pounds. the tier system is causing half term holiday headaches. it was set to be a bumper 0ctober holiday headaches. it was set to be a bumper october for places like this, but there has been a

sharp rise in cancellations.