this is bbc news — with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm sally bundock. covid infections continue to rise across europe — belgium's health minister warns the country could soon be overwhelmed. president trump agrees to another tv election debate with rivaljoe biden — but there are changes to the rules. who's north korea backing in the race for the white house? we'll assess what pyongyang wants from this election. one small step for man — one giant phone call for mankind. why there may soon be mobiles on

the moon. hello and welcome. 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. in the uk 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. mr dra keford described the measure as a ‘firebreak‘, saying it had to be sharp and deep in order to have the required impact. meanwhile in england — there's no agreement after days of talks between the government and local leaders in greater manchester over whether the region should be moved into the highest alert level — tier 3 — along with the liverpool city

region and lancashire. the government says a deal must be reached by midday on tuesday or tighter measures would be imposed. we will have more on all of that and the impact on ireland wales and elsewhere in oui’ ireland wales and elsewhere in our business coverage. us president donald trump will attend thursday's 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 virtual debate last week 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, 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.

i will eliminate those taxes and make sure that we invest in the people who, in fact, need the people who, in fact, need the help. people out there need help. why didn't you do it in the last 25 years? because you we re the last 25 years? because you were not president screwing things up. dig you were a senator. you are the worst president america has ever had, come on. i have done more in 47 months than you did in 47 years. we are moving on. for more, our north america correspondent peter bowes joins me live from los angeles. iam sure i am sure they will get the audience on thursday, that is for sure, just to see how the candidates behave this time. tell us about the rule changes? what we just saw is exactly what the organisers want to avoid this week and that is all of those interruptions to the rule changes a simple one.

there will be 15 minute segments dividing into different topics and that beginning of each segment both candidates will get two minutes to outline their case and their policies. during those two minutes the other candidate's microphone will be muted. it will be cut so they cannot interrupt and if they try to enter up it will be an off mike sound on stage but it will give the other candidate the opportunity to perhaps expand on at greater length what his policy is on a certain topic and this is happening, the commission says, because they have heard from people who were angry that during the first debate they did not feel as if they understood the policies of they understood the policies of the two individual candidates because of all the interruptions. and what did the trump campaign team not like about the rule changes? well, they have not gotten into specifics but they made it clear that they do not like

this rule change and it is also interesting that the commission itself acknowledged that this may not please everyone. again, they did not specify that they we re they did not specify that they were talking about the trump campaign but it seems evident that they probably did have the views of donald trump in mind dig donald trump did not want any changes at all and the speculation is that certainly after the first debate it was almost a strategy of the president to constantly interrupted joe biden, to perhaps put him off his flow, to upset him while he was trying to explain his policies. a did not happen so it remains to be seen how it pans out in three days time now in nashville. what topics are on the table for discussion this time? interestingly, very often the third debate, this is only the third debate, this is only the second because the middle one was cancelled that often the third debate is about foreign affairs and

of all the topics listed like race in america, climate change, american families, national security, leadership, foreign affairs is not amongst them. that is what donald trump ‘s camp wanted because they believe they are on strong round with his base and supporters talking about some of the policies that he has implemented overseas like pulling out of the paris climate agreement, making the american embassy moved to jerusalem and acknowledging jerusalem and acknowledging jerusalem as the capital of israel, those are just two of the many policies he has implemented overseas. they believe the president is on strong ground and they want to attackjoe biden over some of his overseas policies. thank you for now. the us supreme court has allowed the battleground state of pennsylvania to extend its postal vote deadline for november's presidential election. the ruling rejects a bid by the republican party to block the request

from a lower court. the supreme court judges were split evenly on the vote, leaving the earlier decision in place. the ruling allows officials to count postal ballots received three days after election day, as long as they were sent by the end of that day. with cutbacks in trade and foreign aid, it's clear that africa is no longer a priority for america. donald trump has never visited the continent during his presidency. the repercussions of america's foreign policy towards africa are being felt by thousands of people on the continent — especially women. 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 africa correspondent, nomsa maseko looks at the us‘s relationship with africa and how that is changing.

business is booming here. hundreds of workers are producing thousands of garments every day. and that is thanks toa us every day. and that is thanks to a us african trade treaty that helps supportjobs in 40 african countries the africa growth and opportunity at has helped revive the textile industry here. but it has shortcomings. it benefits foreign direct investors because all the money does not come to this city, it goes to the investors. it has been an opportunity but has not deferred as it was planned. —— benefited as it was planned. but america will probably not renew this trade deal in 2025. people here are worried. they could all lose theirjobs. if it ended we would have to close

down because we cannot compete with the outside world. and it is not just with the outside world. and it is notjust trade. in 2017, president donald trump reintroduced a policy that restricts funding to organisations providing or advocating for abortions like this clinic. since then there has been a 40% increase in terminations of pregnancy is countries that rely on usaid. people who benefited how deprived of the services. we are talking about high rates of unintended pregnancies, particularly young monk of —— among young couples. across africa, clinic for this one have been forced to close down because the us because its funding. now women in this area can no longer get contraceptives so a decision taken in washington means many women here in africa have

nowhere else to turn. this woman is one of them. translation: i used to visit the clinic every month to collect contraceptives. that i have now been forced elsewhere because the clinic is closed. i cannot afford to do that every month and i worry i will fall pregnant. is argued that president trump has a benign disinterest in africa. donald trump has total disregard for africa and has not travelled here and i doubt we will see him anywhere on the continent city he figures that is not with his attention. it is clear that africa has become less of a priority for america and a large amount of the infrastructure on the continent including this reconstructed here is supported by chinese funding. china became a major player in a car, well before

president trump came to power. but its influence he has increased during his presidency. china is building roads, ports, airports all over africa, strengthening its presence. while president trump ‘s mission is to make america great, his administration has largely remained disengaged with one of the worlds fastest growing regions. what remains to be seen as what the outcome of the upcoming us elections will mean for africa. north korea has posed one of the most persistent us foreign policy challenges of the post cold war period. it has become a security threat due to advances in its nuclear and missile capabilities. the two countries began denuclearisation talks in 2018 but those broke down in hanoi last february without a deal. the country is under strict sanctions and is facing one of its toughest years in decades.

joining me now from seoul is our correspondent, laura bicker. what is the current state of relations between washington and pyongyang? we are at a stalemate. remember how this started ? stalemate. remember how this started? it started with a handover from started? it started with a handoverfrom president started? it started with a handover from president obama to president trump when he said one of the most pressing issues that president trump would have to deal with was north korea so remember, then came the spy and fury threats from the trump administration threatening to bomb north korea if they continued with their testing. then came that historic handshake in singapore, where the two offered friendship. it did seem that at least some kind of a deal would be on the table. now, the deal that they signed in singapore was very rudimentary. it had no teeth to it which allowed north korea to

continue to develop his weapons programme. when they tried to sit down and talk again in hanoi in february last year, they both asked for too much. it was too much will bow to come to terms with only walked away without a deal. since then, north korea has appear to, although leaving the door open and, close it mostly. it has no formal ties right now with south korea, it blew up the inter— korean liaison office earlier this year, and there have been very few talks, even back channels, between north korea and the united states. but what do they want from this election? well, we have some clues. although kim jong—un has failed to mention the united states by name in his recent speech and when he stood over the square, the military paradejust stood over the square, the military parade just last week, he has mentioned sanctions and, of course, he didn't show off that huge, that massive intercontinental ballistic missile. that proves that north korea has continued to advance

its weapons programme. and it does seem that they want sanctions lifted to some extent because they are under extreme pressure. but it doesn't say that i will give up weapons anytime soon. do we know what kind of policy joe anytime soon. do we know what kind of polichoe biden would pursue if he were to become president? well, we know very little about what joe president? well, we know very little about whatjoe biden would do and certainly under the obama administration when he was vice president the policy of strategic patients was not seen here in seoul as being successful. indeed, it does seem to have led to north korea continuing to develop its weapons. although the sanctions that the trump administration has put in has slowed down that weapon development a little, north korea has managed to find a way. but it does seem that although things haven't managed to kind of get to a deal with donald trump there is more of a personal relationship there and the two sides know one another

now. i think from an analyst perspective here in seoul, what they are looking to do, or they would hope any by the administration would do, ifjoe biden was to win the white housein biden was to win the white house in november, would be to reach out immediately to north korea and see how they are going to strategise from there. but right now they haven't come up but right now they haven't come up with a kind of single policy that they are determined to do. the only thing joe biden has said is that he will not meet with the dictator without guarantees. that here in seoul has been looked upon with kind ofa has been looked upon with kind of a shrug, what is actually going to do? i think, papps, of a shrug, what is actually going to do? ithink, papps, in a debate, later this week, that we are hoping to get a little bit more detail. all right, very interesting. laura bicker in seoulfor us. stay with us on bbc news — still to come: just think about the roaming charges. nasa says it wants to set up a mobile phone network on the moon.

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: belgium's health minister warns the country could soon be overwhelmed by new coronavirus infections as cases there soar. president trump agrees to another tv election debate with rivaljoe biden, but there are changes to the rules. let's have the latest sports news now from the bbc sports centre. hello. i'm tulsen tollett and this is your tuesday sport briefing, where we start with the footballing news that wolves have climbed to sixth in the premier league after a 1—0 win over leeds united at elland road. they had a goal ruled out early in the second half after daniel podence was considered to be offside in the build—up, and raul jiminez then saw his shot deflected in off the head of kalvin phillips, meaning the hosts miss the chance to move third while earlier west brom and burnley played out the first goalless draw of the

season. in the nfl, travis kelce scored two touchdowns as the kansas city chiefs won 26—17 at the buffalo bills making it 20 or more points in their last 17 games. both teams were coming off losses last week and despite going behind to an early bills field goal the chiefs scored three touchdowns with kelce picking up two of them as his side claimed the win. the uefa champions league returns later on tuesday with manchester united travelling to last season's beaten finalists paris saint—germain. manchester united captain harry maguire, forward mason greenwood and new signing edinson cavani haven't travelled to france, while centre—back eric bailly and midfielderjesse lingard are also missing for the group h match, but they will have talisman bruno fernandes who's been named captain for the first time. of course, being captain of

manchester united, this is an important achievement for me full top but i think the captain is everyone. you know, eve ryo ne captain is everyone. you know, everyone needs to help stop and leading the team is every day in the training ground and every training, every game, and i think everyone is doing their ownjob to lead i think everyone is doing their own job to lead the team in the way i think is the best. —— they think. it's been a year of upheaval for barcelona with lionel messi going close to leaving camp nou. that came after they were thrashed by eventual winners bayern munich in the quarter—finals of the last campaign and lost their la liga title to real madrid. a new head coach in ronald koeman has joined the catalans and they start group g with a home tie against hungarian champions ferencvaros. the third grand tour of the curtailed cycling season, the vuelta a espana gets under way later on wednesday. the former two time champion chris froome will be riding his final race for the ineos grenadiers team and is returning from horrendous injuries suffered in a crash last

year. concerns have been raised about whether or not the race can go ahead because of coronavirus. froome says the tour de france finished and there's no reason why the same couldn't happen in spain. you are not just you are notjust in a stadium, you can't just lock it you are notjust in a stadium, you can'tjust lock it down, you can'tjust lock it down, you are out on the open roads and it's quite difficult to control crowds and contacts with people. so we have definitely try to implement this sort of double system as best we can and the tour de france made it all the way, so that gives us hope that hopefully here at the volta spaniel we will be able to do the same. 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 tuesday sport briefing. that is. we appreciate tulsen tollett a nd that is. we appreciate tulsen tollett and the team. 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 ring tone, it gets on our nerves, doesn't it? i will be back with all the top business

stories injust a moment. i will bejoined by stories injust a moment. i will be joined by guests stories injust a moment. i will bejoined by guests by —— from the federation of small businesses of wales to discuss the restrictions there. i will see you soon. 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. goodbye.

this is bbc news with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world — i'm sally bundock. lockdown light? the irish government is moving the country to the highest level of coronavirus restrictions for six weeks from midnight on wednesday. heathrow becomes the first uk airport to offer coronavirus testing for all departing passengers with a result injust 20 minutes. and, fancy a real lightsaber, tom cruise's jacket or julia robert's boots? we explore the growing market for real movie props.

the irish government is the latest to announce it will impose the highest level of coronavirus restrictions across the entire country. measures to ban households mixing and to close non essential businesses will come in at midnight on wednesday and last for six weeks after a recent surge in cases. under the rules, people will only be able to exercise within 5km of their home. there will be a penalty for travel beyond that distance, with exemptions for essential work and essential purposes. however, schools and creches will remain open and elite sport and construction will continue. justin urquhart—stewart, co—founder of 7 investment management.

lovely to see you and good to see that you are well to do let's talk about ireland dig six weeks. it as a long period of time for businesses to be shot. a four—week review will come into play, they would it after four weeks. give us your ta ke after four weeks. give us your take on how this can be with stood by business? it will be difficult for them and bear in mind that their economy was formally based on agriculture and on trade owing in and out. it is not just and on trade owing in and out. it is notjust the mystically a shutdown but also the question of exit as well because what will happen with the border in northern ireland dig so those issues add to further problems and the economy was onlyjust getting going after the previous shutdown and was picking up quite well. tourism

was starting to come back again but unfortunately that all goes back and that will put the economy back into recession for the second time this year. that was going to be my next question. this is a six—week lockdown. december 31 is just over ten weeks away. when you put it in that timeline you get a sense of the challenges facing irish companies and with the internal markets bill as well there is so much uncertainty for them to it is incredibly difficult for the irises because unlike any other country, they have a natural border with the united kingdom. any other country can adjust itself easily but it is difficult for ireland. no—one has told them what the rules are going to be so it is bad enough that the british government is trying to work out what brexit will be on the problems that the united kingdom will have with transporting between kent and dover. but the transport across to northern ireland will also be placated. will there be

restrictions? the government said that would not necessarily be but we know how they change on various elements. and what they are doing is delaying inward investment and ireland has been good and successful over the past 30 years in terms of getting inward investment because it had low corporation tax and good incentives to set up tax and good incentives to set upa company tax and good incentives to set up a company there. many high—tech companies base themselves there for precisely that reason. we will discuss wales with my next guest but in your opinion, is a nationwide lockdown necessary now in terms of weighing a public health and economic impact? it is at terriblejudgement of economic impact? it is at terrible judgement of solomon. we need the economy to get going because of economy doesn't you will put a lot of people into extreme poverty. to what extent and you take the risk with people's lives because every single life lost isa because every single life lost is a disaster for those people and their family. the columns

are stage we need that judgement of solomon to do you get to live with this and until as time that we have a vaccine or do you just manage it on an area by area basis to that is what is happening at the moment and no matter where it is it is incredibly difficult to there is no right way. it could be us soon is no right way. it could be us soonin is no right way. it could be us soon in england. great to talk to you, justin. thank you. as we mentioned it's a similar story in wales — it will go into a short sharp lockdown from friday. the first minister, labour's mark dra keford, said that without this action the nhs in wales would not be able to cope in the weeks and months ahead. but there's been dismay and anger in those parts of wales where the number of cases is still relatively low. the lockdown will start at 6pm on friday evening. people will be told to stay at home unless they're key workers or can't work from home. pubs, restaurants, hotels and all non—essential shops will close. primary schools will reopen after half—term, but only years 7 and 8 in secondary schools will be able to

return. all other pupils will learn from home. and there will be 300 million available in business support — up to £5,000 per business. joining me now is ben francis, federation of small businesses wales policy chair. thank you for being on the programme. firstly, there has been a lot of discussion about the timing of this lockdown in wales and when the job support scheme begins on november one to us your take on that timing. firstly, any announcement was a lwa ys firstly, any announcement was always going to cause a huge amount of concern to businesses in wales and they have been resilient throughout the period of coronavirus but we have been clear with the government that to enable businesses to weather any storm there

will be need for clear guidance and robust business support packages. we are on the whole pleased to see they have listened to our calls and introduce and announced a package of such measures to coincide. in relation to the timing, obviously we understand that there will be a one—week lag between the introduction of the first week of the lockdown and the introduction of the new job support scheme. the welsh government have asked the chancellor to bring that forward and from what we saw offered to pay for the intervening period we understand the mechanism has not been there to enable that to be brought forward and all we can do as a business organisation is called for that to be rethought.

employees in wales can use the furlough scheme until the end of october and the treasury has asked you know, financial ministers within devolved government to try and liaise with one another and keep restrictions consistent across the united kingdom to there has been much concern about different regions stepping in different directions and the impact that that has. ultimately the welsh government is a devolved government and they base their decision on public health advice they had received. as a business organisation it is not our remit to interpret it or analyse whether or not it is a great decision. from our own perspective, our remit is to inform government as to any potential economic consequences ofa potential economic consequences of a lockdown and then to ensure that there is sufficient guidance and economic support

being released to ensure that all members have the best chance of weathering the storm to your members, have they found it easy to get access to financial support from government? such as the £5,000 per business being offered to i know that is a recent addition but have your members found it easy to get the financial support they need ? easy to get the financial support they need? there has been various business support measures from both the uk and welsh government. with scene assistant come through from the uk government and as far as the wash government concerned there have been incarnations of what they call the economic resilience fund. that is the fund mentioned at the beginning of this piece. it has now been topped up to each time that has been released there has been guidance associated with that and we are still waiting on the latest guidance in relation to yesterday's announcement but we understand that it will be

available from monday of next week so what we now hope is that the guidance that will be associated with that funding will be extremely clear, user—friendly and a light touch. thank you very much. heathrow becomes the first airport today in the uk to offer testing for covid—19 prior to departure. travellers will be able to have a test done on site, and will receive the results within half—an—hour. the idea is to make it easier for passengers to travel to countries that require people to have a negative covid test before flying — and to reassure travellers that they won't catch covid on board. some scientists are not so sure about the accuracy. let's discuss this with john grant, aviation expert and director of oag that provides support and advice to the airline industry. great to see you again, john is

this a game changer, what heathrow is putting in place? it is an element although not the complete game changer but anything that gets us a step forward is positive news. it has got to be welcomed because we are languishing behind the rest of the world in terms of our aviation policy and strategy to get out of covid 1930 in terms of the accuracy of this test it is ready in 20 minute, it is a different type of test, it is the one you get when you get an nhs test took us when you get an nhs test took us through that did it is on—site to they will have found facilities at heathrow in terminal 2 and terminal 5, passengers will be invited to go through and have that cheque and they will have to have it if they are travelling to hong kong or italy because it is a prerequisite for the arrival process in those countries. and then, i guess, you go through a coffee shop or hang around for 20 minutes, you get your result and proceed as normal. so it is as quick as it possibly can

be and people are going to use it that it and people are going to use it thatitis and people are going to use it that it is only going to affect and is only valid for 5% of the capacity of heathrow on a normal day sitting so a long way still to go and this is just at heathrow. this does not ta ke just at heathrow. this does not take in account regional airports where many holiday papers that make makers depart from in normal times. so great step in the right direction but we need to take some really big steps and we need the government to do a lot more for the industry rather than just talking about it. who is paying for this test? the traveller? the airline? heathrow airport? who is stumping up the money was to much the passengers to this is another frustration for the industry generally. this is down to about £80 and there was talk originally of it being about $150 per passenger so that price point is operably a cce pta ble that price point is operably acceptable for a few people flying to hong kong but for those flying to italy where

this is valid, this test could be more than the cost of the airfare. so the industry is saying why doesn't the government waive the departure tax to try and stimulate demand and in the context of this development and this opportunity? it is just another missed goal by the department of transport and regulators who just do not understand the aviation industry. you can imagine £80 timed by a family of four. i am sure i will talk to you again soon. let's get some of the day's other news. the tech giant ibm released earnings on monday — revenues fell by more than 2% in the quarter ending september. it's the third consecutive quarterly decline. but ibm's cloud computing services were in high demand from companies speeding up their digital shift as a result of the pandemic. 24 hours — that's all us lawmakers have to come up

with a new stimulus package if they want it to pass before the presidential election. lawmakers have been locking horns on the shape and size of the bill for weeks. stocks on wall street fell last night on that looming deadline. japan's prime minister has agreed to work with vietnam to counter china's growing influence in the world. it's yoshihide suga's first overseas trip since he took office last month. he'll travel to indonesia next, where he'll meet indonesian presidentjoko widodo. our asia business correspondent karishma vaswani joins me now. interesting. tell us about his overseas tour, as it were. he heads to indonesia today. he has been in vietnam and as a result of that meeting, vietnam got military gear and

technology from japan. the two governments said they would strengthen security and economic ties and as you pointed out, all this is to try and counter china's growing influence in the region. it is interesting that he has chosen southeast asia as the first overseas trip of his career as prime minister. for the visit to indonesia he will be meeting with the indonesian president and we understand that within the next three or four hours or so and one of the things expected to be announced there are possibly esna's travel arrangements between the two countries to this is something that indonesia, that has been badly hit by the pandemic is very keen to start because it wa nts to very keen to start because it wants to get its economy going and it wants to get tourism going again and it is hoping that one of the ways it can do that one of the ways it can do thatis that one of the ways it can do that is to convince countries like japan that perhaps they can like japan that perhaps they ca n start like japan that perhaps they can start some sort of travel bubble or arrangement.

count all of this with the influence china has had in southeast asia. it has been spending billions on infrastructure, offering vaccines, for instance, to indonesia. something like 100 million doses, we have heard, from a chinese pharmaceutical company to the indonesian government. and it is the biggest trading partnerfor most of the region. it is also a source of some discontent and, as we have talked about many times, you and i, sally, the region often clashes with china about things like the lucrative waterways in the south china sea. all of this is coming ata south china sea. all of this is coming at a time whenjapan is also trying to increase its influence in the region and trying to diversify its supply chains by reducing reliance on china and moving some of its manufacturing to countries in southeast asia. so very interesting times in a region currently grappling with the coronavirus. indeed, thank you very much. karishma vaswani in singapore. stay with us on bbc news. still to come:

and, fancy a real lightsaber, an alien head — or a star wars droid? we explore the growing market for real movie props. 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: belgium's health minister warns the country could soon be overwhelmed by new coronavirus infections — as cases there soar. president trump agrees to another tv election debate with rivaljoe biden, but there are changes to the rules. the australian economy is expected to shrink by about 6% this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. strict lockdown measures are easing, but hundreds of thousands of people remain out of work. experts say that low and unskilled workers are likely to be worst—hit by the nation's first recession in three decades. from sydney,

phil mercer reports. for 21—year—old liam, jobhunting in a pandemic in syd ney jobhunting in a pandemic in sydney has been a road to nowhere. he dreams of being a mechanic, but opportunities for the unskilled are scarce. even looking for low—paid work in hospitality has been a dead—end. hospitality has been a dead-end. is quite difficult now that this covid—19 stuff is here. quite difficult because gnabry want to hold an interview with anybody. nine out of ten times a call them they don't pick up. so a move onto the next job they don't pick up. so a move onto the nextjob and same thing happens. i'm depressed, straight up. just really bad, upset. covid-19 has inflicted australia's was economic slump on record, suffering more than most are younger workers who tend to have fewer skills. as coronavirus infection rates fall in australia, many

businesses are slowly emerging from a forced hibernation. but the outlook for jobs from a forced hibernation. but the outlook forjobs remains uncertain. we had the recession in the early 90s and the financial crisis two, not a recession, but definitely an economic shock. you can see that sort of rise in the unemployment rate happens very quickly, it takes a long time to come back down. with an economy in reverse, thejobless rate in australia is expected to hit 10% by the end of the year. youth unemployment in parts of sydney is already twice as high. community groups isa twice as high. community groups is a casual workers, including refugees and migrants, are bearing the brunt of this historic downturn. these youngsters would be losing purpose. i will lose faith in themselves. this is a crisis thatis themselves. this is a crisis that is no—one's fault. this recession is very different from the 1990s recession and this recession is clearly an

unequal recession that impacts directly low—paid and unskilled workers. being unemployed can be demoralising, especially for those who are desperate to work. for many, the road ahead will be long and unpredictable. phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. if you can't be in the movies, how about owning some of the costumes and props used in them? before the pandemic, investing in collectibles, such as film memorabilia, was soaring — with the market estimated at $318 million. but is the appetite still there for owning the light sabre used by ewan mcgregor in star wars or the bomber jacket worn by tom cruise in top gun or the boots worn byjulia roberts in pretty woman? well, these items are up for grabs if you have the spare cash to buy them.

i'm joined by brandon alinger, chief operations officer of prop store. thanks for being on the programme. thanks for having me. this is your business. how's it going under the pandemic? it's actually going well. sales continue to be very strong. for us there have been some operational challenges and things we have had to figure out internally because we are very much a physical business. we have to photograph and describe and ship these things to collectors and clients all over the world. sales was the numbers have been very strong. we have seen more participation in options than in prior years. we had an option of entertainment memorabilia, a live option, with the total bidders were 40% earlier this year, then they were there before. there is a wide array of memorabilia and props you can get hold of and, again, a vast range in terms of rise. looking atjulia vast range in terms of rise. looking at julia roberts's boots, what did they go for? i

haven't estimated $13,000 — $90,000. orare they haven't estimated $13,000 — $90,000. or are they still up forgrabs? $90,000. or are they still up for grabs? they are. everything will be sold in december one and second. ultimately we don't know what i will sell for until they go to the auction block. we get estimates for potentially interested buyers to have a guide. the final price is who wants the boots on the day. how do we know is authentic and not fake? that's really where we come in. that is what we do, we are specialist, we have been in this field for more than two decades. that is where the expertise is going on in tracking these things down, they come in from film studios, production companies, special effects companies, individuals who work in the industry, private collectors, people who have been collecting for decades themselves and so using our own experience, our own research capabilities, the networks we have, the network contacts, individuals who worked on the film, we are able to document and trace these

things and, essentially, put our guarantee of authenticity on them to say yes, this is the genuine article, which is very important to collectors. what is the most unusual —— item you have a grabs in december? we come across some unusual things. there is a model tank that was used in the third indiana jones film and we have been trying to track this takedown for several years. we spoke to some of the model makers involved in it and they said, sorry, that went off to a scrap yard. we were contacted several months ago by a gentleman who worked at the scrapyard and in around 1990, three decades ago, and one day this tank came in and he recognised it as the tank model from indiana jones in the last crusade. the tank itself is made out of metal, he was able to keep it in his garaged for three decades. it is an option and you can bid on it. what do you expect to get that?|j and you can bid on it. what do you expect to get that? i think that one is maybe $10,000 or $12,000. indiana jones is a

popular franchise. franchises a lwa ys popular franchise. franchises always do well. brandon, good to talk to you. thank you for your company. bye—bye. 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. goodbye.

good morning, welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. our headlines today. a deadline to break the deadlock — leaders in greater manchester are given till midday to agree a deal which will take the region into the highest level of covid restrictions if we're not able to reach agreement, then with deep regret i'll have to advise the prime minister that we're not able to reach an agreement at this time. yes, after discussions that have lasted the best part of two weeks, discussions have broken down. there was a proper stalemate here and greater manchester now faces the prospect of