welcome to bbc news. i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories: this is bbc news. the headlines: president trump agrees president trump says to another tv election debate he will attend thursday's with rival, joe televised pre—election debate with his democratic rival, biden, joe biden, despite rule but with microphones changes initially opposed muted. by his campaign. could china's covid success drive it further apart the second and final face—off from the united states? between the two candidates we have a special will involve each having his microphone muted while his rival delivers report. belgium's health the introductory two—minute remarks. minister warns the country could soon be overwhelmed by new coronavirus infections, and the president has as cases reportedly described the us government's top coronavirus adviser as "a disaster". there soar. dr anthony fauci had previously said he wasn't surprised mr trump one small step for man one giant phone call for mankind — caught covid—i9. why there may soon be mobiles on the moon. the president has repeatedly clashed with dr fauci, a highly respected infectious diseases expert. belgium's health

minister fears the country could soon be overwhelmed by new coronavirus infections. new measures are now in place as it's feared soaring case—numbers are close to quote a hello, welcome to the programme. us president donald trump will attend thursday's tsunami, televised pre—election debate with his democratic rival, joe biden, despite rule changes initially opposed by his campaign. it'll be the second and final face—off between the two candidates before polling day, after the president refused to attend a vitrual debate after the president refused to attend a virtual debate scheduled for october 15, after testing positive for the coronavirus. it comes after a heated and shambolic first debate during which trump, in particular, repeatedly interrupted biden. to avoid the same outcome, the rule changes will see each candidate's microphone muted while his rival delivers the introductory two—minute remarks. here's a snippet from the first debate. iam going i am going to eliminate those taxes and make sure we invest

in the people who in fact need the help crosstalk. .. in the people who in fact need the help crosstalk... you want the help crosstalk... you want the president screwing things up... you are the worst president america has ever had. i have done more in 47 months in 47 months then you have done in 47 months then you have done in 47 years... we are moving on. for more, our north america correspondent, peter bowes, joins me live from los angeles. what are the changes to the rules 7 what are the changes to the rules? what format is this debate going to take?” rules? what format is this debate going to take? i think this is the change a lot of people had been expecting, after that first very raucous debate there was speculation that would do something with the two candidates microphones and that is exactly what they are going to do. sections are split into 15 minutes each and at the beginning each section they will get

two minutes to explain their policies and during those three minutes the other person's microphone will be cut off. only the person speaking on stage will have a live microphone and the organisers are hoping that. any in eruptions and it was donald trump who came into most criticism for interrupting joe biden. a lot of people suggesting that does not necessarily mean it will be without interruptions because it could be interrupting off audio. people who did not like that first debate, found it to be overly raucous and did not learn anything about policies hope this will simply improve the civil discourse of the event. these institutions, these presidential debates, the prevailing wisdom is whoever is behind in the polling once as an opportunity to try and get

their message across, to try to keep the dial in the polls. at the moment donald trump is behind and is that part of the reason they have now agreed and signed up to do them? well, i think it is probably the reason why the president is moving forward with doing this debate. remember, he pulled out of the second one because they wanted to do it remotely and he did not like that format. it is clear looking at the opinion polls, at least the popular vote, thatjoe biden has the most to lose if he finds himself in a situation during a debate that does not look well on him. a lot of commentators suggesting the tactic of donald trump in his first debate was just to try to upsetjoe biden, upset his train of thought and perhaps provoke him into saying something that did not come across well or perhaps did not explain his policies in the way he meant to so that seems to have been the tactic

first round but whether that holds the president back this time, with his microphone being closed for a couple of minutes whilejoe biden closed for a couple of minutes while joe biden is closed for a couple of minutes whilejoe biden is speaking, thatis whilejoe biden is speaking, that is what people are looking for. remind us when is that debate? the debate is on thursday so just a couple of days away and we are, as of today, tuesday, just two weeks away from the election. great stuff, thanks. china's latest financial figures show that its economy grew by 4.9% in the past three months, another sign of how effectively it has brought the coronavirus under control. meanwhile, the us is struggling in comparison, with the widening gap in performance only likely to fuel hostility between washington and beijing. this week, across bbc news, we are exploring 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. our china correspondent, john sudworth, looks at how the us election is

being viewed in china. china has conquered covid its way. normality restored, with barely a murmur of public debate and, of course, not a single vote for or against the leaders who have delivered it. state propaganda drives the message home. with americans voting amid protests and a still uncontrolled pandemic, democracy is presented not as an alternative but a disaster. the virus has widened the growing gulf between the us and china. and christian is one of the casualties. he had his us visa temporarily revoked by a us administration that now sees chinese students as potential spies. "i worry it might happen again,"

he says, telling me he is now thinking of studying in the uk instead. who do you want to win the election, trump or biden? of course, biden. and you might think this man would agree. despite the initial warmth... my feeling towards you is an incredibly warm one... ..within months of this meeting, relations were in the deep freeze, but it is notjust donald trump who has come to view china's system as a threat. it is this system that now lies at the heart of one of the defining ideological rivalries of our time. china will know that ifjoe biden wins, he may be more effective than his predecessor at building coalitions with like—minded allies against it. the communist party's initial cover—up of the virus, its incarceration of minorities, and its tightening grip

on hong kong means — trump or biden — the us—china rift is likely to widen. and over trade, too. the beijing car show — more proof of the success of china's draconian lockdowns and mass virus testing — is also a demonstration of the country's rising economic power. this chinese car costs £65,000. some analysts believe trump is actually giving china an advantage. trump or biden? well, if you ask me for china's own interest, i will prefer to have trump there rather than biden. seems to me that trump will undermine the us much more than cause trouble to china. in the chaos of the us covid election, china sees the possibility of an unlikely winner — xijinping, and signs of a long

anticipated us decline. john sudworth, bbc news, beijing. i've been talking to wang huiyao, who's president of the centre for china and globalisation. i began by asking him if he thought donald trump was good or bad for china. president trump has actually brought some hopes because he is a businessman and more pragmatic, more business oriented and he has said many times that president xi jinping is his friend. but unfortunately we can see that has soured quite a bit because there was a trade war and he also has many hawkish advisors and many active proposals and sanctions on china, so it has turned down the atmosphere quite a

lot. it is not the us we used to know, it is more unilateral, more america first, and undermined the law today and it continues to the relations have been badly damaged. given that, with this election do you think it is better now for donald trump to stay in power or forjoe biden? from a chinese perspective. they have their pros and cons. for president trump, he will continue his success and he will carry phase 2 and phase 3 and he will be more business oriented again i think you will be more relaxed compared to his first term and he will pursue more of american business interest. so for that i think china administrators and the negotiations will continue and some progress can

be made there. stay tuned to bbc news over the next few days for more from that series. we'll be live in kabul to focus on america's military disengagement, as well as reporting on the us role in africa. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: (music playing) we'll find out what inspired this musical work performed for the first time an orchestra of young black, asian and ethnically diverse musicians. 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 world news. the latest headlines: president trump agrees to another tv election debate with rivaljoe biden, but there are changes to the rules. donald trump has taken a swipe at the country's top

infectious disease expert, doctor anthony fauci, allegedly calling him a "disaster" on a campaign staff call and suggesting people are tired of listening to him. it comes a day after the highly respected dr fauci told the media he wasn't surprised trump caught covid—i9. here's the president being asked about the matter shortly after touching down in arizona on monday. i think, really, dr fauci is a very nice man. i we let him do what he wants to do. he gets a lot of attention, a lot of television, he loves being on television. sometimes he says things that are a little off and they dealt built up, unfortunately, he is a nice guy and i like your body is made of lot about called city he said don't wear a mask and he said don't ban china. i don't hold that against him. i think he is a nice guy to do i do want to hurt him. he has been there for about 350 years. i don't want to hurt him. as the political arguments

continue, the number of coronavirus cases in the united states are steadily rising. justin lessler, associate professor of epidemiology atjohns hopkins told us where the cases are worst, and why the increase is happening. we are seeing rises almost everywhere, for a few weeks now, it has been really being the western states, the great plains in the middle of the country, the dakotas, wyoming, montana where we have been seeing rises but now we're them almost everywhere, only a few states seem to be petering along at a level pace like we had been four months. what are some of the reasons behind this rise? i think there are a few things going on. a lot of the social distancing measures that had been put in in spring have been slowly being let off, month by month, a little less, during the resurgence in the

summer, during the resurgence in the summer, some during the resurgence in the summer, some key back in, but mostly they have been let off, and that is part of what is going on, but also it'sjust the weather. people are being forced back inside, it's getting cold, all the people who had been socialising outsider coming inside, where transmission is easier, and for some viruses like the flu, transmission is even easier in the cold weather biologically. we don't know if that is true of the coronavirus but there are some indications that it might be. are given out, what measures need to be implicated — implemented? measures need to be implicated - implemented? we need mild social distancing measures, maybe increasing mask mandates so we can maybe increasing mask mandates so we can start getting a control of these increasing academic curves before they get out of control. my fear is that if we let things get truly out of hand, we may have two go back to the age of

stay—at—home orders, and just blanket business closures, and nobody wa nts business closures, and nobody wants that. ready to start doing something to get things under control. doing something now, that requires complaints from people. do you get the sense that there is fatigue? certainly there is fatigue and the way public health is structured in the united states, we don't have a nice unified system like you guys over there. the way it is structured here i think does lead to some challenges with messaging, every state has their own public health agency thatis their own public health agency that is really independent, and even with a lot of states, the local county or city public health agencies are really powerful, and that can lead to a bit of problems with unified messaging and combine that with fatigue are fighting this for so fatigue are fighting this for so long i do think it is hard to get everybody to work as one, to combat this thing, which is what we need to do. and of course the only real way

out is a vaccine. your thoughts on timing for that? i don't wa nt to on timing for that? i don't want to predict the future. we are in better shape than we have ever been, so short after discovering understanding of virus, we have multiple vaccines in phase three trial, the last stage before you can start broadly distributing them, among the population, but nothing is authorised, there will be heavy logistical challenges to get them out of enough people, so i don't think anybody should be depending on that to get us out of the woods in the near term, but things look more hopeful then one could have expected. belgium's health minister fears the country could soon be overwhelmed by new coronavirus infections. new measures are now in place as it's feared soaring case numbers are close to quote "a tsunami" where authorities "no longer control what is happening". meanwhile, infection numbers are climbing across europe, prompting lots of new restrictions.

mark lobel reports. last orders have been called in belgium's bars, now closed for four weeks. with alcohol sales elsewhere banned after 8pm each night, asked how he feels now, this pub owner says not so good. restaurants are shut as well. the real catastrophe is there is not a proven reason, a medical reason that it was in restau ra nts. belgians must work from home if possible, leaving offices empty. having been one of the worst hit countries during europe's first wave of coronavirus earlier this year, this second scare, with cases up 80% over a week, and hospitalisations up, it means that belgian‘s residents are only allowed to see one other person from outside their household. and a curfew is in place from midnight until 5am

as the government wrestles to get on top of a looming health crisis. translation: that's life. like some people say, there are quite a few people who don't take enough precautions i would say. in italy, there are also new rules for restaurants, alongside new restrictions that allow mayors to close public areas and changes to secondary school hours. and in france, nine major cities have been placed under curfew. meanwhile in the czech republic, where facemasks will be mandatory outdoors from wednesday, which has the highest infection rate on the continent, the government is considering a full national lockdown. to lift spirits to tackle the virus, the world health organization's new messages that we are all one globalfamily.

a family is the affection and care and love and desire to protect those around you, and with this pandemic, to me it has brought the whole world together as a family, it really has. spotted in a now deserted brussels, one moment that suggests by pulling together, getting through this second act may feel easier. ireland is to impose its highest level of coronavirus restrictions in what the country's leader described as ‘probably europe's strictest regime'. prime minister micheal martin said the measures would remain in place for six weeks and include closing all non—essential shops, restricting restaurants and pubs to takeaway only, and forbidding people from travelling more than five kilometres from their homes. the government of wales has announced a two—week lockdown to control the spread of the coronavirus. announcing the measure, the welsh first minister, mark drakeford, said that apart from essential workers

everybody in wales would be required to stay at home from friday evening. britain's first mainly black, asian and ethnically diverse orchestra chin—er—kay has performed the world premiere of a work inspired by a black demonstrator who came to the aid of a white protester during a black lives matter protest earlier this year. the image of patrick hutchinson's act of kindness went viral on social media. our arts editor will gompertz went to the dress rehearsal. i will stare at this image numerous times, my eyelids will pull and plead to blink to quell this heat slowly rising... it takes you somewhere, it allows you time to breathe. it allows some truths to come out. like the same programmes every festive season... this is remnants, a new piece of music and poetry watched for the first time by patrick hutchinson,

the man who inspired it for the action he took injune when he carried a counter protester to safety from a black lives matter demonstration in london. can you relate what happened here with what you have just heard in there? yes, ican. with the combination of the spoken word, with the powerful music, 100%. on the day, if you were there, amongst the melee, it was hectic, there was a lot of confusion. there was a mixture of love and hate because there were people trying to protect him and there were also people who wanted harm to come to him. and that resonates really a lot with what happened inside there, i really felt it. the history of black composers in what we call classical music has really been forgotten but i think there is a real hunger in this industry to kind of right that wrong and to also welcome everybody into

the world of classical music. i had this... the sort of hairs went up on the back of my neck because i knew this was a piece to be reckoned with. it's got such dynamism and such angst and passion in it, that it just took flight. i knew we were in for something very magical and very special. i'll laugh at the joy of the hero's children... remnants is not so much a celebration of an act of kindness, more an invitation to ask the questions that arise from it, about representation, social anxiety and equality. it is very much of and about the world today. will gompertz, bbc news. mobile phones have become a vital tool in the lives

of billions of people around the world. however, getting a signal may occasionally be a problem, but now nasa has ambitious plans to change that — somewhere you might not expect. the bbc‘s tim allman explains. it was one of humanity's greatest achievements, apollo 11, the mission that sent neil armstrong and buzz aldren into the moon. just imagine if that historic moment had gone something like this... one small step for man... phone rings. one giant leap for mankind. a fairly fanciful notion for 1969, but perhaps not here in the 21st century. the finnish telecommunications company nokia has been asked by nasa to set up a mobile phone network on the moon.

in a statement... it's all part of the artemis program, america's attempts to return to our nearest celestial neighbour. nokia says the system, initially only operating using 4g technology, should be set up by the end of 2022. then, if all goes to plan, astronauts will arrive two years later and eventually setting up a permanent base. the moon has been a constant presence, and a constant mystery, but barring roaming charges, it may soon be just a phone call away. phone rings.

that it, this is bbc news, goodbyes. very, very mild out there at the moment. and tuesday promises to be a very mild day too. we have southerly winds across the uk, and the air is coming all the way from spain and portugal, in fact. there's a bit of rain in the forecast too. quite a lot of it. you can see this big low pressure there sweeping in from the south of the cloud, that is with the air is coming from, all the way from iberia. so, with the winds it will be a very mild morning, with a lot of cloud and outbreaks of rain too, it'll have been a very wet night in northern ireland, and parts of scotland but these are the morning temperatures. 13 in plymouth, double figures also across some northern part of the uk. the rain will be intermittent, it will come and go across most parts of england or wales. but northern ireland in the afternoon could see persistent heavy showers

and probably clip parts of southwest scotland as well. but aberdeen will be a little bit brighter. but look at the temperatures. we are pushing 20 in the southeast. it's more likely to be 17 to 19 degrees there. now, on wednesday, another low pressure comes in. remnants of storm barbara which will have swept across parts of portugal, spain, the bay of biscay. we are not too sure how much wind this weather system will bring. the thinking is it will certainly bring a fair bit of rain and you see the dark blues there, but the wind could be for a time quite strong in the extreme southeast of the country. further west and north, a different weather pattern and more sunshine for the lake district, but not completely dry. there are some showers around across the northwest of the uk. it is still going to be mild and the weather system are still coming in from the south. thursday, we have a bit

of a break in the weather, and between weather systems. you can see fewer isobars on the weather map. the white pressure lines. that means that winds will be a lot lighter with some sunshine around and thursday is promising to be a pretty decent day across most of the uk. you can see the weather system out there in the north sea and one in the atlantic with a bit of wet weather to the south of us and we're in between so there will be more sunshine around. temperatures will be around 12 to 16 degrees. a little bit fresher. you can see the temperatures peaking on tuesday. from then onwards, it looks like it will cool off a tad bit. overall, staying on the mild side. that is it for me. 00:28:32,719 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 goodbye.