this is bbc news: i'm sally bundock with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. celebration as nasa's space probe makes contact with an asteroid 300 million kilometres away — in a mission that could give us a clue to how life on earth began. soldiers open fire on anti—government protestors in the nigerian city of lagos — with reports of at least 20 people killed. scientists say they can now identify people more likely to suffer from covid—19 for a longer period of weeks, rather than days. we can debate issues without degrading each other's character. we can disagree without

hating each other. and putting aside animosity and embracing civility — we speak to two us election candidates hoping for a ‘better way‘. hello and welcome. nasa says its osiris—rex space probe has successfully touched down briefly on the asteroid, bennu. scientists have compared the manoeuvre to trying to park a remote—controlled car 300 million kilometres away, on an asteroid the size of new york's empire state building. the probe has been seven years in the planning at a cost ofjust over a billion dollars. tanya dendrinos reports.

joy at nasa. the osiris—rex probe lands on the bennu asteroid. we're going in, we're going in. touchdown declared. then just seconds later... sample collection is complete... it might well have the biggest haul of extra terrestrial rocks since the moon landings 50 years ago. i can tell you that everything went just exactly perfect, which is kind of the hallmark of this team. we have consistently beaten expectations over and over again. we have overcome the amazing challenges that this asteroid has thrown at us and the spacecraft appears to have acted flawlessly. and lift—off for osiris—rex. this mission is an incredible achievement because bennu — spinning through space 330 million kilometres from earth — is bigger than the empire state building. and even though the probe arrived there in 2018, it's taken two years to find

a suitable landing site. scientists thought the surface would be sandy, instead it was rocky. but eventually they did identify a site called nightingale, around eight metres wide. now the probe has successfully landed, avoiding contact with surrounding rocks, gathered its sample and lifted off, bound for earth. on board, a sample of rocks and dust which should tell us something about the chemistry of the planets and the sun when they formed 4.5 billion years ago. the only question now is, how much did the probe gather? we'll be waiting until september 2023 when it returns to earth for the answer. tany dendrinos, bbc news. dr lucy lim, is part of the team who will be studying the asteroid samples when they return back to earth in 2023.

welcome to the programme. i mean, it sounded like mission impossible, but, actually, it was mission accomplished. just talk us through this big moment. yeah, i mean, this was definitely the most exciting days since the mission launched for the whole team, and we are just so excited that our spacecraft definitely contacted the asteroid and executed that back wave burn. it's in good shape, it's still healthy, it still sending data after that, you know, critical but a little bit hazardous manoeuvre that we did today. so we are pretty excited about that. in terms of what you will discover, talk us through the significant. yes, so we through the significant. yes, so we think that this is a leftover from the process of planet formation, and it's the rocks that make up bennu i have beenin rocks that make up bennu i have been in cold storage in the belt for four and half billion yea rs belt for four and half billion years now, but back in the

early days of the solar system, we think that the minerals in them condensed in a part of a solar nebula that included ices, both water ice and other types of ice, garbage and and nitrogen bearing ices possibly, and —— carbon, and those elements, the minerals in the ice react to each other to provide a mix of hydrated minerals and some amount of organic materials, relatively simple organic compounds come about, you know, prebiotic organic chemistry. so the organics don't come from life, but they are part of the building blocks of life and they are the same molecules that things that are alive today do use in their metabolisms. so it's exciting to find and to study the processes that can make those four and half billion years ago in the very early solar system. it's going to take years, isn't it? sorry to interrupt you. it will take years to get these dust particles back to earth. i presume there is still quite a bit of risk there.

yes, so we are doing our best to reduce risk as much as possible, so first we have to check if there is material in the sample container. so, you know, we know we touched the surface, we know we touched the surface, we know the spacecraft backed away safely, but we don't know how effective the sample collection pa rt effective the sample collection part of the process actually was. all right, we will have to leave it there. thank you so much forjoining us. ifeel your excitement as to where we got to this discovery. let's now move on to other stories. protests against police brutality in nigeria have turned violent with demonstrators reportedly shot dead in the country's biggest city, lagos. 0ne eyewitness said they saw soldiers open fire on around 1,000 peaceful protestors. paul hawkins reports. gunfire. protests allegedly turning violent on the streets of lagos. everyone, sit down,

sit down, sit down! we haven't been able to verify this footage, but it's said to show uniformed men shooting at protesters. 0ne eyewitness said they counted around 20 bodies and at least 50 injured. human rights organisation amnesty international said it also obtained credible reports of deaths and that soldiers allegedly barricaded the protest area preventing ambulances from reaching the injured. the authorities have promised investigation. earlier in the day, the protests were largely peaceful. a special anti—robbery squad may have been disbanded but many people here are still unhappy with police brutality. they want more changes to the security forces as well as reforms to the way the country is run. we are here because we believe in what we're fighting for. we are proud of it. i know if you listen

to our national anthem, and our national pledge, we are here to defend our unity. we are fighting for the truth. we are fighting for the label of our heroes. we don't wanted to be in vain. ——we don't want it to be in vain. we are prepared to die for a better tomorrow. the truth is. but now protests like these have been ongoing for two weeks but the authorities have had enough now imposing an indefinite for our curfew on lagos and other regions. the question is have the protesters had enough too? paul hawkins, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news... cathay pacific airways says it will cut nearly 6000 jobs, as it deals with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. the hong—kong—based company says a further 2000 600 roles, that are currently unfilled, will also be lost. cathay is the latest major carrier in the asia pacific region to announce drasticjob cuts in recent weeks. a new report says the coronavirus pandemic and automation are creating what it calls

a double disruption scenario for workers. the report from the world economic forum warns that machines will displace eighty—five million jobs within five years. but it also talks about new opportunities, saying that nearly 100 million new roles are likely to emerge. shares in the streaming giant, netflix, have fallen sharply, after the company posted the weakest growth in new subscribers in four years and lower than expected profits. netflix shares fell by nearly 6% on wall street on tuesday evening. more on that in business in 20 minutes. it's less than two weeks now until the us presidential election. democratjoe biden is in his home state of delaware preparing for thursday's final debate. donald trump has visited the battle ground state of pennsylvania addressing supporters. at a rally, he attacked joe biden's running mate, kamala harris. kamala, by the way,

she will not be your first woman president, she will not be. can't let that happen. there will be a woman president, you cannot let that happen. harris even urged their supporters to donate to a fund that bailed out rioters right out ofjail, including attempted cop killers. i will always stand with the heroes of law enforcement. so will you. let's get more from our north america correspondent, david willis. david, in terms of what he just said there about harris, can you put that in context? actually, sally, donald trump has continued to insist that the biden campaign, the campaign of his rival, joe biden, is basically a trojan horse for kamla harris becoming the president, taking overfrom mr biden, who at

77 years of age is of course quite elderly. —— kamala harris. now, he has continued to insist that kamala harris is a radical left—winger, someone who would be dangerous and would pose a threat to the country, bringing in socialism and everything attendant with it. that was one of his themes tonight. he also tried to portray the coronavirus as in the rear—view mirror as coronavirus as in the rear—view mirroras faras coronavirus as in the rear—view mirror as far as the american population was concerned, despite the fact that number of cases continues to rise and on most every state. president trump saying that the vaccine was just around the corner, and very soon, this country, he said, would be able to get back to normal. and just remind said, would be able to get back to normal. andjust remind us why pennsylvania is such an important place in terms of where he's just been addressing crowds? absolutely. this is a state with 20 electoral college votes, sally, that could be crucial to the outcome of

this election in two weeks' time. donald trump narrowly won the state. the first republican to do so in nearly 30 years. that was back in 2016. largely off the back of a promise to revitalise the so—called rust belt states of the old american heartland. now, that is a promise that he's largely failed to make good on because there are still signs ofjobs being hemorrhaged in, for example, the american steel industry. but donald trump said today that the chances of a revival were still best with him in the white house, or a return to the white house, the choice he said was trump super recovery or a biden depression the likes of which you've never seen. the likes of which you've never seen. all right, thank you, david will is there for us. and — with less than a fortnight until the election, you can keep up

to date with the latest developments on our website — that's at bbc.com/news. you'll also find an extensive preview of the final presidential debate — which you can see live from nashville, tennessee — on bbc news, this friday at 1:30 gmt. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: how the candidates in the race for governor of the us state of utah are bucking the trend for animosity among contenders. a historic moment that many of his victims have waited forfor decades. the former dictator in the dark slimmer as he sat down, obedient enough. dawn as the sun breaks through the piercing chill of night on the plain outside coram, it lights up a biblical famine, now, in the 20th century. the depressing conclusion, in argentina today, it is cheaper to

actually paper your walls with money. we've had controversies in the past with great britain. but as good friends, we've always come to a good and lasting solution. concorde bows out in style after almost three decades in service. an aircraft that has influenced admireres many for so long taxis home one last time. this is bbc news. the latest headlines... the american spacecraft 0siris—rex has completed its audacious manoeuvre designed to grab surface rock from an asteroid. soldiers have opened fire on anti—government protestors in the nigerian city of lagos — with reports of at least 20 people killed.

greater manchester will join the liverpool city region in the toughest tier of coronavirus restrictions from friday morning, without a financial deal being reached between the government and local leaders. it means pubs will close unless they serve food, and nearly all household mixing is banned. politicians in the north—west had asked for £65 million to support the lowest—paid, a government offer of 60 million is said to still be on the table. meanwhile, scientists say they've found a way to identify people who are more likely to develop so—called long—covid. most people recover from the virus within 11 days but the study shows 1—in—20 is ill for at least eight weeks. the research found that old age and having five or more symptoms in the first week of the infection increased the risk of a slow recovery. 0ur health correspondent

catherine burns reports. vicky says she was the fittest she'd ever been at the start of this year, from zip lining on holiday, to going to the gym several times a week. but she got covid in march and says she's had wave after wave of illness ever since. ankles or my wrists will suddenly get very sore and swell up. i lost my sense of taste and smell again. it just went completely. i've definitely got some brain fog. i get really wheezy and breathless and i have to use an inhaler twice a day now. my concentration is much shorter. i presumed because it felt like i had barbed wire trying to get out through my ribs. i can't breathe as much as i would like to. it's definitely, it's not huffing and puffing, it's just a lack of breath, which is really scary. researchers think thousands of people in the uk are going through something similar. they asked volunteers to log their symptoms on the covid symptoms study app and found that most said

they were back to normal in 11 days or less. but they estimate that one in seven people who get ill with coronavirus will be sick for more than a month, which is how they define long—covid. then longer—covid. they think one in 20 are affected for more than eight weeks, and that one in 45 are likely to be sick for more than 12 weeks. i haven't been able to work for seven months now. the government's worried about long—covid too. it's put out this film with people who are suffering from it. it can totally wipe me out just doing basic things. the department of health and social care says this research should be a sharp reminder of the long—term and potentially devastating effects it can have. scientists have used the data, though, to come up with a tool that can predict in seven out of ten cases who is likely to go on to develop long—covid. we wanted to have an idea of how much that might affect people, especially

as we are going into a second wave now in the pandemic, where more and more people are going to get exposed to the virus. so clearly, if people are having symptoms for more than two months, that's going to have significant economic and social implications. the strongest sign that someone's likely to get long—covid is having more than five symptoms in their first week of illness. next, age, over 50s are slightly more likely to get it. women seem more susceptible, as well as people with asthma. vicki is under 50, but she did have more than five symptoms and describes herself as vaguely asthmatic. now seven months in, she has good days and bad days, but feels she's getting better, slowly. catherine burns, bbc news. brazil says a chinese—made coronavirus vaccine will be part of its national immunisation plan, in one of the first such efforts in the world to fight the pandemic. the governor of the

country's largest state, sao paulo, said they will buy forty six million doses sao paulo, said they will buy 46 million doses of china's experimental sinovac vaccine, to begin immunisation in january next year. somali refugees hoping to enter the united states are closely following the race for the white house, aware that their future could depend on who wins. president trump banned refugees from perceived hostile countries from entering the country four years ago, including somalia. it's a painful reality for somali refugees at the dadaab camp in kenya, some of whom had secured asylum before the us government shut its doors on them. the bbc‘s ferdinand 0mondi revisits one such family. two years ago, i met a hasaan, an asylum seeker at dadaab refugee camp. having secured asylum in the us, he bought air tickets, but before

they could leave, president trump released a list of nations banned from the united states, among them somalia. the move forced hasaan and his family back to the refugee camp. at that time, our life was just becoming more hard and hard because of hardships in the refugee camp, because of not having any expectation to get any other settlement. it took six years for hasaan's immigration request to be processed. at any given time in dedaab, the weight and repatriation list is in the hundreds, hasaan's hope for a normal life means the country that accepted and then rejected him. americans has already said, we are not going to receive you in our country. there is not any other agents, there's not any other country that are giving us a signal of giving us our citizenship.

nearly a quarter of a million refugees live in dadaab. majority escaping insecurity in somalia. with many countries slowing down excepting refugees, the governments of kenya and somalia have been encouraging somalis to return home. but it is hardly a safe option with the continuous threat ofajihadist group. attacks continue in cities and villages, only three years only three years ago, a devastating blast killed over 500 people when a truck bomb exploded. added to that are us drone strikes targeting leaders, amnesty international has raised concerns on civilian casualties during these us strikes. the us elections are being keenly followed here by families like hasaan's hoping for resettlement. but the rhetoric against refugees coming from president trump has not changed. biden will turn minnesota into a refugee camp, and he said that! 700% increase refugees coming from the most dangerous places in the world,

including yemen, syria and your favourite country, somalia. biden has promised to restore the refugee resettlement programme, which was effectively stopped under the trump administration. i know the new president has come to the oval office, i would like to make a resubmission of my application. this refugee camp has been actively‘s home this refugee camp has been hasaan's home for over 30 years. now older, his wishes to see his five children, the eldest aged only 1a, have a decent education and grow up in better circumstances than he has. ferdinand 0mondi, bbc news, nairobi. the us election has been bitterly fought this year, but in one state there's been a refreshing change. 0pposing candidates in the race for the governor'sjob — in utah, released a remarkable ad on tuesday. republican lieutenant governor spencer cox and law professor chris peterson, a democrat, appear together to call for civility.

i'm chris peterson. and i'm spencer cox. we are currently in the final days of campaigning against each other to be your next governor. and while i think you should vote for me... yeah, but really, you should vote for me. ..there are some things we both agree on. we can debate issues without degrading each other's character. we can disagree without hating each other. and win or lose in utah, we work together. so let's show the country that there is a better way. my name's chris peterson. and i'm spencer cox. both: and we approve this message. they do, indeed. tell us what you think. the republican candidate spencer cox explained how the whole idea started after a friend of his was upset at what was happening at the national level. it has become so negative, and so toxic in politics in the united states, and worried about what would happen on november 4th, the day after the election, could we see violence and rioting? we said we need to do something. i have a tremendous respect for chris peterson, my opponent.

we started having a conversation and had this crazy idea that maybe we should cut an ad together and see if we could show that utah believes differently, show the rest of the united states there's a better way. we both agreed to do it and ten days later this was the final result. well, there are some folks that are certainly worried about it but overwhelmingly it has been a positive reaction. here in the united states we have had such a level of acrimony for so long, people are yearning to have civility in our politics and also a recommitment to our democratic elections. and, so, i am excited and proud to be part of a positive message, encouraging folks to work together and look to our common humanity as the primary source for compromise. there you have it, a different way in utah. an unusual event happened in iceland

on tuesday — an earthquake. the capital reykjavik was shaken by a magnitude 5.6 quake. politicians in the country's parliament building froze during the quake and they stopped work for around 15 minutes. the tremor lasted several seconds, with the impact being felt across the north atlantic island nation. iceland's prime minister was being interviewed by the washington post online at the time and here was her reaction: we have a health system where we are able to have tests that... rumbling noise. oh, my god, there's an earthquake! sorry, there was an earthquake right now. wow. well, this is iceland. sorry about that! i willjust finish the question. yes, i'm perfectly fine. the house is still strong. so, no worries. 0of! sorry! you can reach me on twitter — i'm @sallybundockbbc. that's what you call living the

story. we will be back in just a few moments, including the lead on the report from the forum onjobs. lead on the report from the forum on jobs. i lead on the report from the forum onjobs. i will see you soon. hello. tuesday may not have been the sunniest day of the month thus far, but it ended on something of a high. water contrast there as we move into the new day to see some really quite heavy rain moving into parts of england and wales. it will feel a little bit cooler across some areas. low pressure certainly dominating the weather through tuesday, throwing the weather front across the northern and western scotland, but down towards biscay that we look for the next development. that, in fact, is all tied in with storm barbara. the air is coming in from the south, so, it's not a cold start to the new day on wednesday, but it really will be a wet one across the southern areas and the rain just keeps on coming through the morning, easily 30 to a0 mm quite widely. bits and pieces of the rain further to the north and the old weather fronts still producing rain across the northern western isles of scotland and the northwest

of the mainland. but the odd drip and drab getting into northern ireland. come the afternoon, top temperatures 17 rather than 19 of tuesday, the rain becoming a little bit lighter as that area of low pressure and its energy gradually move away towards scandinavia. as you move into thursday, the isobars begin to open up a touch, a little ridge of high pressure just meanders in from the atlantic. that is not to say that it will be a completely dry day, certainly much drier for the greater part of england and wales, but the northerly ushers in showers to the eastern side of scotland, some getting into the north of england, the odd shower a little bit further towards the south of wales and maybe to the southeast. the highs of the day, if you're lucky, around 16. in lerwick, closer to 8 degrees. make the most of the dry weather on thursday, if that's the way, because here we are on friday with a new set of weather fronts bringing in the cloud and wind and rain back in from the atlantic and i'm really not promising anybody a dry day through

friday, the rain starts off across northern and western parts but you'll see, yes, the band weakens as it works its way down towards to east anglia and even here, there will be a spot of rain. brighter skies falling off behind, temperatures pretty much where we would expect to see them for this time of year. and a quick look at the weekend, another set of fronts working their way across northern and western parts, trying to get across towards east anglia in the southeast. just to make it, open for some doubt.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. radical restructuring — cathay pacific is the latest airline to announce thousands ofjob losses as it grapples with the pandemic — we are live to the region for the latest. where is the future growth for netflix? shares in the streaming giant are hit hard as it reports disappointing subscriber numbers. and the ultimate work—life balance — we hearfrom one entrepreneur who started a business in lockdown, while caring for her children.

good to have you with us. another day — another airline announces its slashing thousands of jobs. today it's the turn of hong kong's cathay pacific with around 8,500 staff facing redundancy — that's 24% of its workforce. it's regional brand cathay dragon will be axed too. let's go live to our asia business hub — karishma vaswani is there. karishma tell us more. yeah, this announcement came and was confirmed on the hong kong stock exchange in the early hours of the day, it had already been flagged in some media reports yesterday and when the news to come out we saw a statement from the ceo of the airline who reflected the difficulty that he had and certainly the airline has had in trying to make this decision to restructure the company at a

time of great upheaval not simplyjust time of great upheaval not simply just because of time of great upheaval not simplyjust because of the pandemic and the international border restrictions but of course because of the kind of impact it has had on hong kong's economy. adjust what you hear what he had to say, he made the statement. this is a heart wrenching decision i have to make for which truly sorry. it does we cut to the heart of what the airline is having to go through right now. thesejob losses, most of them are based in hong kong but they reflect a wider concern about the aviation sector. cathay also says it will be axing its regional airline cathay dragon and trying to renegotiate contracts with pilots and staff asa contracts with pilots and staff as a child to get ready for this post pandemic world. at the same time i think it is worth pointing out that it is not just the pandemic that has caused problems for cathay. you will remember it well here often we talked about the impact that the protests,

the pro—democracy protests, had on hong kong as an asian travel hub and on cathay as well. there was deep discontent in beijing about these protests and a very heavy hand as a result on staff members who decided that they wanted to be pa rt decided that they wanted to be part of the protests. so that two such actions by the chinese aviation regulators for insta nce aviation regulators for instance making it very clear that protest and people who worked for cathay should not participate in this protest. all of this province having an impact on the company's bottom line and now as a result with the pandemic as well having the airline forced to make these sorts of decisions. this is one of the region's finest best and most famous aviation brands. so, really, very troubling times for the company. thank you very much indeed. karishma vaswani in singapore for us. so the airline industry no doubt one of the losers when it

comes to the pandemic. now — video streaming was one of the winners of the pandemic — but the growth netflix saw as people were stuck at home in lockdown, has slowed. the streaming company says it added 2.2 million new paid subscribers globally in the quarter ending september, that was far below estimates and netflix shares were punished in after hours trade on wall street — down by some 6%. so where is the future growth for netflix? courtney dominguez is senior wealth adviser at payne capital management. courtney welcome to the programme. you would assume that netflix is seeing nabisco up that netflix is seeing nabisco up and up in the current times we are in but not so. yeah, and it is not wholly surprising that we are starting to see subscribers did not hit the expectations because they are facing a few things right now which we saw things open up. everybody is not a watching effo rts everybody is not a watching efforts and we saw things like

live sports going back and those of some of netflix's actual big competitors and they need to see how that goes there going forward here. they think one interesting thing where you ask where is the future growth for netflix? i think the future growth is really going to be a globalfor growth is really going to be a global for them. growth is really going to be a globalfor them. you look at the numbers that came out, it is pretty fascinating that they had much stronger gains in overseas markets than in the us. for example there was about 180,000 additional us subscribers but that was far surpassed by their subscribers abroad where they saw over 1 million subscribers in asia, 760,000 in europe and middle east, under the 260,000 760,000 in europe and middle east, underthe 260,000 in latin america and that i think is the story we will continue to see with netflix covid or no there is still an entire untapped market in the west of the globe and they are just starting to now get into. also a bit ofa starting to now get into. also a bit of a concern is how much it is going to cost netflix going forward because we are consuming that much more, they

need to produce more good programming don't pay and faster? and also write not that it's pretty tough under the covid restrictions. —— and right now. the is they have started production across the globe already and they have artie completed about 50 projects for the year believe it or not and the nice thing is they do a lot of their production early on so they have a good backlog of content thatis have a good backlog of content that is still coming on right now puts them in a much better position than a lot of their competitors who are kind of new to the game and they are starting from scratch with all of their content. that actually isa of their content. that actually is a positive. and right now they have a lot of cash on their balance sheet into your point of what that we get used up point of what that we get used up on production but they are looking at this at the longer term and the more that they have netflix original content, it will cost more up front but down the line it will cost a lot less for them than having to do this secondary content as they are doing right now. they

are doing that intentionally andi are doing that intentionally and i think one term that will bea and i think one term that will be a good story for them. and just briefly according to what extent is disney plus, apple tv and some of the others eating into netflix's market? that is easily their biggest risk right now is the competition that is coming to market right now. they are coming with really good deals with their offering subscription services and they are giving people one—year free to sign up and things like that which netflix is really having to compete with right now. i think again! to compete with right now. i think again i would just look at the global story, i think a lot of those competitors are in the us. i think when they are looking at new subscribers globally i think they are ahead at the game there. we will have to see where... courtney dominguez, thanks for speaking to you for some google says that a lawsuit filed by the us government is "deeply flawed". this after us lawmakers claimed the technology giant uses its influence to squeeze out the competition. it's just the latest action by regulators in the us who argue tech giants such

as google, facebook, apple and amazon need to be reigned in. joining me now is mark 0stwald, chief economist & global strategist at adm isi. good to see you, mark. 0nce again google being told off, slapped on the wrist as it were but will anything change in the near future? i doubt it. it is going to be one of these long protracted cases and it's very interesting that this actually is making nice comparison with the similar case which google supported back in 1998 against microsoft and its internet explorer. it has got some precedent which you can learn from which it should help it within the lawsuit. but these cases are going to grow and grow. i think there is a broader perspective here and i think it is that one, everyone is looking at

the big american companies, tech companies and indeed the chinese ones and saying a lot of these companies need to pay more in taxes. and that's a big concern above all in terms of europe. and secondly, we are also in the tech war with the us and china. my tech war with the us and china. my concern here is that if the us starts bringing antitrust cases against its own major companies how are things going to look for the tech sector if we are also involved in this tech war between us and china? google argues that the us regulators argument is flawed because it is free, google is free, we can use it for free, the e—mail. therefore we have choices consumers but actually their use of our data, you could argue we are paying in that sense. 0h, we're certainly paying in that sense and that is why i think the us is

probably looking at the site yet that they might actually break up google which would be interesting. if they could actually achieve it, i think thatis actually achieve it, i think that is a watch easier said than done but it is certainly an ambition. i don't think any of this actually changes after the election either because i think this is a case which is broadly supported by both sides in terms of the us election. so it's going to be something that is going to be very drawn out. it is something that will in terms of google's performance, be an occasional setback but as happened yesterday people would then say yes but on the other hand we are looking at earnings for google for q3 and sales reve nu es for google for q3 and sales revenues up for google for q3 and sales revenues up something like 7%, extra shares up 11%. .. revenues up something like 7%, extra shares up 11%... we can't really go past google and not invest in it. it is an interesting one. we shall keep an eye mark, good to talk to

you. let's get some of the day's other news... after ten days of talks, uk prime minister borisjohnson says that with "regret" he will impose tier three restrictions on greater manchester without local leaders' agreement. as well as shutting many pubs and bars, the restrictions mean betting shops, casinos, bingo halls, adult gaming centres and soft play areas will also have to close, while there is guidance against travelling in or out of the area. despite all his anti—china retoric, us president donald trump has admitted he has a chinese bank account, that's according to a report by the new york times. —— anti—china rhetoric. the account is controlled by trump international hotels management and paid local taxes between 2013 and 2015. it was set up "to explore the potential for hotel deals "in asia", according to a trump spokesman. better than expected third quarter numbers for snap — the owner of the single view messaging app snapchat. revenues from ads were up

52%. more people signed up to the service to chat with friends and family during the pandemic — boosting its daily active users by 18% compared to last year analysts say the social media app is picking up users and advertisers from rivals facebook and tiktok. the pandemic has forced businesses to close and made governments advise people to retrain for different careers. so what does the future hold forjobs? a report out today from the world economic forum says automation is increasing at a faster rate than expected, and will displace 85 million jobs in next five years. by 2025, the skills most in demand will be — analytical thinking, creativity and flexibility with data and artificial intelligence, content creation and cloud computing as the top emerging professions.

joining me now is saadia zahidi, managing director of the world economic forum. thanks for being on the programme. it's very interesting reading this report. just talk us through to what extent the pandemic has accelerated the shift towards automation and therefore jobs being lost. thanks for having me. what the pandemic has essentially done is created a double disruption scenario for most workers. 0n the one hand there had been despond trend towards automation. that has accelerated and at the same time workers are in the midst of the downturn in the economy and making it much harder to find their future and making it much harder to find theirfuturejobs. and that rate of job find theirfuturejobs. and that rate ofjob destruction has gone up and the rate ofjob creation has gone down but we are still cautiously optimistic because when you look through two 2025, the rate of creation

will still be greater than the rate of discussion. -- rate of destruction. so where would jobs be created ? destruction. so where would jobs be created? some were the technology related jobs you have named it but at the same time there is growth and educationjobs. there is growth in education —— care related jobs, and entire green economy being invested in in parts of the world. there is going to be growth but it is going to require a very different kind of skill set than existed before and concerted effort on the part of governments to provide support for transition from job aid tojob be provide support for transition from job aid to job be and that kind of support because it will ta ke kind of support because it will take workers well outside their existing industries, that kind of support is missing in most countries. i would ask you to what extent are governments on board when it comes to providing what is needed to upscaled those who are out of work. under employment rates are at their highest in

years and many countries globally. what is interesting is workers themselves seem to have realised the scale of the changes so we have been tracking along with some online learning and training providers what is happening to workers themselves taking on some of this upscaling. and we found that those that are in employment are also going in four times as many members as they were before to online learning and spending their time and trying to pick up more soft skills, how to work with others, more active listening, better self—management. and he workers that are currently unemployed are also going in much greater numbers to online training but they are spending much more time trying to acquire harder skills, trying to acquire it skills, computer science skills that will help them move into the next profession. workers have realised the scale of the change but so far we are not seen change but so far we are not seen the same amount of effort from governments. not with all of the support that has been given for example wage retention schemes in other ways

that governments have been supporting workers and households and businesses, that now needs to change. that needs to become more nuanced and it needs to focus more on notjust income support but actually getting workers the right kind of training for their future roles. but we are talking about long term scenarios here, aren't we? a very short term, there are millions of people out of work and that is a very tough place to be and then also rethink about training and getting yourself in the right position for a newjob. getting yourself in the right position for a new job. yeah andi position for a new job. yeah and i think that is what will have to change. there has been this extreme focus on the crisis right with soap and we will need to look up and plan for what is coming next. 0therwise some of the devastation that currently exists and the loss of livelihoods that currently exist, those wrist become permanent because workers will need support with the upskilling, re—skilling and support into the next row. saadia zahidi, thank you for being on the programme,

managing director of the world economic forum. stay with us on bbc news, still to come — the ultimate work—life balance. we hearfrom one entrepreneur who started a business in lockdown, while caring for her children. mps will debate a motion today proposed by labour which calls for free school meals to be extended to school holidays in england until easter 2021. a petition set up by the footballer marcus rashford — urging the government to go further in tackling child hunger — has been signed by more than 300,000 people. royal mail will start collecting parcels and mail from people's homes from wednesday. it's offering the service because of a the boom in online shopping. —— the boom in online shopping. it will be trialled in parts of the west of england and will be available

every day except sunday. each package will cost 72p plus postage. new government funding proposals for transport for london are "ill advised and draconian", according to sadiq khan. the mayor of london said ministers aim to impose a "triple whammy" of measures in return for rescue funding to cover the losses incurred through covid—19. the proposals include higher council taxes, an expanded congestion charge zone and a hike in tube and bus fares. those are some of the top stories here in the uk today. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines... the american spacecraft 0siris—rex has completed its audacious manoeuvre designed to grab surface rock from an asteroid. soldiers have opened fire on anti—government protestors in the nigerian city of lagos — with reports of at least 20 people killed. two stressful things in life are starting a business and raising a young family.

ican i can tell you from experience. so it's pretty tough doing both at once — and even tougher if you try doing that during a global pandemic. but that's exactly what one woman has done — and in fact the whole business idea, selling sweets, was inspired by her daughter. here's the latest in our series asking company bosses what advice they have to offer to aspiring entrepreneurs. so for me even in the craziness of starting up a new business, i'm still a mum and that is for me my first role and my children will always come first and i think it's important to find that balance that works for you. it was certainly a challenging time setting up a business with covid and also then being thrown into lockdown and then having to home—school my daughter.

my son was in preschool. it's finding that balance, planning is definitely key for me, making sure you plan time to dedicate to the business. and also time to spend quality time with your children because they need you too. please can i have one of these? talking to my husband to make sure what hours he's working. "ok, so i can do these and you can do these and we "will have the kids between us." just making it really work for you as a family. for me, i can get my children involved in the business and they absolutely love it. i mean, i sell sweets, what's not to love being a child? they are my top taste testers, absolutely love it. and also i ask them for ideas, brainstorming. my daughter basically created the princess mix that we have. she picked herfavourite sweets and she loves it and enjoys it and of course every now and then, i make them a pod for them to taste and then that

of course makes their day and it's a great reward. what a sweet story. it's a win—win, isn't it? not child labour at all! during the pandemic fewer of us have been getting dressed up for work — orfor any other special occasions! that's reduced clothing sales around the world. at the high end of the market, spending could plunge as much as 35% this year from last year's $300 billion, according to consultancy bain. but some companies have been well placed to capture the new stay—at—home market. allbirds, known for its sustainable shoes, has just raised more capital — $100 million, some of which it needed to expand into bricks and mortar shops. so why do investors think it's a good time to open shops in a pandemic? joining me now isjoey zwillinger, co—founder of the fashion brand allbirds. good to have you on the programme. thank you so much

for having me. just tell us about how you are managing to see this success right now. is it the sustainable element, isn't capturing people's imagination? i do think that in a moment where i think we have all seen that collective action around the world is something is absolutely necessary and how interconnected we are as a species that the issue of climate change and what we do on our daily lives and how that impacts the environment certainly has becoming increasingly important and i do think that particular in europe and the uk we have seen ever consumers respond really well to that messaging because we built it authentically from the ground up from every material that we use and we are proud that we use and we are proud that we use and we are proud that we make, i think it's starting to resonate. and does not include all the packaging? the entire process not the shoe itself? sure, i think it the entire process not the shoe itself? sure, ithink it was in april where we washed an initiative we had been planning for some time to label the carbon footprint or carbon

pollution that we admit during the production, transportation, use of the product and even the end of life when a consumer and of course that includes transportation and packaging. we label that lifecycle and footprint on our products now and share that kind of like a food label must seeing calories on the back of a food label just to give consumers another piece of information so they can makea piece of information so they can make a decisionjust like they would on performance and quality and price. they can now choose and something that relate to their impact on the environment and we think that education is helpful for consumers because i education is helpful for consumers because i think sustainability is a confusing work for most people and maybe ten things to ten different people. and opening shops on a high street, not many are doing that right now. most people are totally focusing on online spending or online retail. give us spending or online retail. give us your take on why you are deciding to do that. we are going big. we have 21 source

today and unfortunately during the pandemic we of course had to shut them down to respect everyone's safety and look out for our communities and employees. we are very committed to this as a sales channel for us. we think it is a great experience. the basis of our company is really rooted in material science. we create these great textiles whether it is the will in the shoes or this new fabric we have launched with apparel as of today, and you couple that with things like we have even introduced a crustacean extract that we use for antimicrobial which competes with silver essence. if you do all that work, you have to touch and feel this stuff and coming into our store, or coming into london and many different places around the world, we are delivering an experience that is quite unique. that kind of retail is going to thrive. maybe sing other people's stuff...

maybe sing other people's stuff. . . joey maybe sing other people's stuff... joey we will have to wrap it up, i am sorry to interrupt you because we are about to go off air. thank you for being on the programme and thank you for your company. hello. tuesday may not have been the sunniest day of the month thus far, but it ended on something of a high. water contrast there as we move into the new day to see some really quite heavy rain moving into parts of england and wales. it will feel a little bit cooler across some areas. low pressure certainly dominating the weather through tuesday, throwing the weather front across the northern and western scotland, but down towards biscay that we look for the next development. that, in fact, is all tied in with storm barbara. the air is coming in from the south, so, it's not a cold start to the new day on wednesday, but it really will be a wet one across the southern areas and the rain just keeps on coming through the morning, easily 30 to a0 mm quite widely. bits and pieces of the rain further to the north and the old weather fronts still producing rain across the northern western isles of scotland and the north—west

of the mainland. but the odd drip and drab getting into northern ireland. come the afternoon, top temperatures 17 rather than 19 of tuesday, the rain becoming a little bit lighter as that area of low pressure and its energy gradually move away towards scandinavia. as you move into thursday, the isobars begin to open up a touch, a little ridge of high pressure just meanders in from the atlantic. that is not to say that it will be a completely dry day, certainly much drier for the greater part of england and wales, but the northerly ushers in showers to the eastern side of scotland, some getting into the north of england, the odd shower a little bit further towards the south of wales and maybe to the south—east. the highs of the day, if you're lucky, around 16. in lerwick, closer to eight degrees. make the most of the dry weather on thursday, if that's the way, because here we are on friday with a new set of weather fronts bringing in the cloud and wind and rain back in from the atlantic and i'm really not promising anybody a dry day through friday, the rain starts off

across northern and western parts but you'll see, yes, the band weakens as it works its way down towards to east anglia and even here, there will be a spot of rain. brighter skies falling off behind, temperatures pretty much where we would expect to see them for this time of year. and a quick look at the weekend, another set of fronts working their way across northern and western parts, trying to get across towards east anglia in the south—east. just to make it open for some doubt.

good morning, welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. 0ur headlines today. "the door is still open". as greater manchester heads towards the highest level of covid restrictions after talks collapsed, the health secretary says a financial deal is still available. the same offer is on the table, and remains on the table. and i look forward in the coming days to working with the local councils right across greater manchester, and of course the mayor, if he's willing to come back the table. talks about the money continue but

the restrictions are coming