this is bbc news. the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the fbi announced that they are both taking actions to interfere with the 2020 presidential elections. sharp criticism for donald trump from his predecessor barack obama in the former presidents first campaign speech supporting joe biden. the rest of us have had to live with the consequences of him proving himself incapable of taking the job seriously. unrest in nigeria over the shooting of at least 12 the shooting dead of at least 12 protesters and this calls for an end for the brutalities. 12 protesters and this calls for an end tthe brutalities. to french teenagers charged with complicity in the murder two french teenagers charged

with complicity in the murder of samuel paty as the teacher's funeral takes place in paris. starting with some breaking news now. out of the united states. officials from the fbi have held a news conference in washington on what they call an election security issue and saying that the us, according to the us, iran, russia obtained voter registration information and let's see what that means. our correspondent hello. what is happening. the fbi have announced that they're going to hold this press c0 nfe re nce they're going to hold this press conference very short notice and it's going to be in about 15 minutes and we are waiting. they had this press conference where they had obtained

information that both russia and iran had obtained voter information and on iran, they have evidence that iran was sending spoofed e—mails trying to intimidate voters and undermine confidence in the election and damage president donald trump. i'm russia, they said they did not have evidence that russia was doing exactly the same thing, but they were aware that russia has obtained some voter information as they did in 2016. they were very keen and to underscore that they told them to brief the american people and that they we re american people and that they were working hard to making sure that they uncover such further activities and that americans can trust the electoral process. they have said that over and over again that this is a secret process and americans can trust at. what do you make of the timing of this? is certainly

interesting. i would not want to speculate that it's less than two weeks before the election and there is a lot of misinformation being thrown around and perhaps that is what they want to address. but, yes, it is difficult to make any sort of speculations of the stage. and we do not need to speculate it because we have known for a while despite repeated attempts to interfere in us elections, notjust us elections, but democratic processes in the uk with foreign actors getting involved in spreading misinformation online. that is something we have known about for a while, did you get the impression of something different happening 01’ something different happening or is in more of the same? they would not take any questions. it is very short press conference about seven minutes long. they also mentioned that iran had distributed videos in which they were warning the iran actors were warning about

the risks of people voting incorrectly. they said that was not true that it was not possible to vote incorrectly in that way. but they were very specific in what they found about having sent out these fa ke about having sent out these fake e—mails and this video saying that russia, they had not found in the activities of that kind. but they were aware that kind. but they were aware that voter information had been collected by russia. thank you. stand by because ijust want to bring our viewers a bit of what you are talking about there. the us director saying that both countries have also obtained voter registration information. would like to inform the public that two foreign actors, iran and russia have taken specific actions to influence public opinion relating to our elections. first, we have

confirmed that some voter registration information has been obtained by iran and separately by russia. this data can be used by foreign actors to attempt to communicate false information to registered vote rs information to registered voters that they hope will cause confusion, so chaos and undermine your confidence in american democracy. interesting, so, trying to undermine confidence in the election and stating again and again, it is a trustworthy pi’ocess , again, it is a trustworthy process, but also to remember, it is not just process, but also to remember, it is notjust voting on election day here, millions of us voters have already voted. absolutely, 35 million americans have voted already. but the fbi was keen to underscore that they are on this. you've got this you can trust the process. and on the

spoofed e—mail, we do not have any of them, but what kind of things were they talking about two people sending spoofed e—mails are these foreign actors, iran, sending e—mails, saying that they're trying to do what? we do not know. with this in the press conference was that there spoofed e—mails and they are designed to intimidate voters, confidence, damage president trump and video distributed by iran so people could cast false ballots from abroad. the media here will be as we speak, trying to find out exactly what they meant. but they were very specific, very measured and kept it within quite specific para meters kept it within quite specific parameters and did not take any questions at all. thank you very much. we have a different story to talk about in a moment. we will be back in

washington because meanwhile, former us president barack obama has sharply criticised his successor donald trump in his successor donald trump in his first campaign speech and the democratic parties presidential candidate and his former vice presidentjoe biden. speaking at a rally in philadelphia, broke a promise the donald trump is not shown interest in anyone but himself and he also criticised the president handling of the economy and the pandemic. and the rest of us have had to live with the consequences of improving incapable of taking thejob improving incapable of taking the job seriously. at least 220,000 americans have died. millions ofjobs are gone. our programme reputation around the world is in tatters. as you can see, she is here again. that speech from barack obama is an intervention, 13 days away from voting day and what else did he have to say? well, as you can

imagine, some of the blistering attacks he made on donald trump, there was more of the same in his speech but i think the key thing that he had to say is do not trust the pole. do not take for granted that we have got this in the back. there was a fox news poll that had joe biden five points ahead in an african pole with different paws from the countries and that hasjoe biden 4.9 points ahead in pennsylvania and interesting that barack pennsylvania and interesting that ba rack obama pennsylvania and interesting that barack obama said did not ta ke that barack obama said did not take that for granted, we saw what happened last time, get out and vote. he started his rally by telling people that if they were voting by mail, to make sure that they followed the instructions clearly. and to acknowledge that, look, he understands that some people may think what is the point of me voting. the government lets me voting. the government lets me down and he said actually,

it is not by not participating that you get what you want. it's by participating more. food, vote, vote and do not ta ke food, vote, vote and do not take it for granted that we've got it in the bag. we will be back with more information and analysis of the election a little later in the programme. next, there's been widespread international condemnation of shooting in nigeria on tuesday in which the international and witnesses say that security forces killed at least 12 protesters in the city of legos. the secretary general called for and into the brutality of the nigerian army has denied involvement. sporadic unrest is continued there despite an indefinite 24 hour curfew. a city in chaos. across lagos, buildings have been torched and sporadic clashes have erupted. gunfire this is what sparked the outcry. soldiers shooting unarmed protesters in the country's largest city.

they are shooting at us. they are shooting. what happened here on tuesday night has deeply unsettled nigerians. this is not the first time the army has been accused of shooting innocent protesters, but the fact it happened here in what was one of the most peaceful protest sites in end sars has ignited an already volatile situation. what started off as a protest against police brutality has widened to calls for a change in the status quo and inequality. we, the poor, we are suffering. we're congregating in the square. we are doing our protests. nobody was even out. we obeyed the law. why would try send soldiers to harm us? if they can't put this nation in order, let them step aside. let's take over and put this in order. we need the betterment of this nation. they should fix our economy. they should be accountable to us. we do not want police brutalising the innocent

citizens of nigeria any more. this is a protest that was born on social media. more than half of the country is under 24. last night's events were broadcast online, and the #endsars hashtag has galvanised support. i will say nigerian government, you guys are a shame to the world. for killing your own citizens, sending the military on the street to kill unharmful protesters because they are protesting for their rights. it's uncalled for. nigeria's been a dictatorship for almost half of its life as an independent nation. many of its citizens worry tuesday's events echo the dark days of military rule, and they're determined to make sure that doesn't happen. mayenijones, bbc news, lagos. the british government has confirmed that the post brexit

trade negotiations will resume in london on thursday and the uk negotiator said intensive talks would have to happen every day. it was taken after the eu counterpart, who this morning so the european parliament that a deal was within reach. short form streaming services are closing down just over streaming services are closing downjust over six months streaming services are closing down just over six months since launching. the service of promise to revolutionise how viewers consumed entertainment. it struggles and surviving in april after the global pandemic made less people commute to work in fewer people commute to work. justin trudeau has survived a no—confidence vote after ethics in state spending during the coronavirus crisis. politicians voted against the conservative motion. the fear would have a snap election.

next, the centers for disease control have published a study comparing patients hospitalized with the flu and with covid—19. the report found coronavirus is five times deadlier than influenza and is also more likely to lead to potentially life—threatening complications. the racial and minority ethnic groups are disproportionate and being affected by coronavirus. let's talk to the doctor who was the director of the texas children's hospital centre vaccine development and he is here in houston. what do you make of these findings? the importance is that this virus is so much more than a respiratory pathogen similar to influence. when first that first virus emerged in 2003 from southern china, is primarily a respiratory infection and early am of the

virus came to the us, we thought this was going to be compared to the first sars virus influence, and there are some similarities, but it is so much more. this virus clearly attacks the vascular system, the heart and causes complications in the coronary arteries like heart attacks, strokes, causing neurological complications, causing pulmonary emboli going to the lungs and the bottom line is, the death rate of hospitalized patients about five times higher. some of the study looks at around four or 5000 patients with influenza and over a two—year period, the overall mortality of hospital patients was about 4%. it was over 20% with covid—19. so, it is not the flu. there is a lot of misinformation from the white house trying to be the case this is nothing more than the flu. it is far worse than that. on that exact point, it was not

obviously not just the on that exact point, it was not obviously notjust the us leaders, leaders in brazil and other areas have tried to claim that it other areas have tried to claim thatitis other areas have tried to claim that it is just like the flu. does this research now in that completely? i certainly hope so. completely? i certainly hope so. it should not have required the study to prevent but this greatly adds to it. another piece to it which is so upsetting is how minority are so much more susceptible to this, particularly individuals with other studies and disease control of the summer in the narrative coming out of covid—19 is that it only gets older individuals think exclusively, younger, middle—aged individuals are rather immune to severe complications, that is not the case. we now know that 30 to 35% of the deaths of hispanics

and african—american minorities, if they die from covid—19, 30 to minorities, if they die from covid-19, 30 to 35% minorities, if they die from covid—19, 30 to 35% of those deaths are under the age of 65 and so this virus is robbing a generation of mothers and fathers and teenagers and brothers and sisters in yet another catastrophe and a lot of this is so hidden and not readily accessible so i think these kinds of studies are importantjust these kinds of studies are important just to really strike at home. thank you very much for talking to us. thank you. still to come on bbc news. our politicians are turning to popular online games in the twitch platform to get out to vote. a historical moment that many of his victims have waited forfor many of his victims have waited for for decades. many of his victims have waited forfor decades. the many of his victims have waited for for decades. the former dictator older, slimmer, sat down obedient enough. dawn and

as the sun breaks through the piercing chill of night on the plane outside the forum. it highlights a biblical famine here in the 20th century. the depressing conclusion in argentina today is that it's actually cheaper to paper your walls with money. we had controversies in the past with great britain. but we have always found it good and lasting solution. concorde bows out in style after almost three decades in service and aircraft thatis decades in service and aircraft that is enthralled its many and virus for so long, heads home one last time. this is bbc news. the headlines. the fbi has announced that russia and iran

have both taken actions to try to interfere with the 2020 presidential election. barack obama has sharply criticised his successor donald trump in the former president's for his campaign speech supporting joe biden. going back to the breaking news this hour. a cybersecurity expert was the general manager with the incorporated. he is in new york city. thank you so much for coming on the programme. thank you for having me. taught me through the if you have reviewed your. this is truly a developing story. the fbi have stated that there has clearly been meddling in the us election with information stolen with regards to us voters. this is not necessarily something new in the sense that there've only been problems in there've only been problems in the past, but the fact that the fbi has come out so clearly and

indicated and attributed the attack is truly a concerning piece of news. and how much of an impact, if any at all that this can actually have on the election? the important thing to remember here is not that they have this data, this data can be used for multiple purposes. it can be used to potentially e—mail voters directly. it can be used to refine and enhance social media campaigns. it is truly a worrisome development because having that data allows them to do multiple things with attacks or manipulating peoples minds and peoples desires and peoples intentions to vote. give some concrete ways that this can happen. talking about spoofed e—mails and what would that mean? we already saw some samples of spoofed e—mails, today which are targeting voters and indicating that there may be personal attacks against them, this may affect

their work, indications that there may be black male and —— black this is truly. and my with these foreign countries want to interfere? this is a new case in that we have very seen interference and national elections across the globe and considering that the environment and the situation in the united states right now, clearly nation state and interference will be the name of the game and any sort of election, wherever it may be. this is not new in the sense that we have seen this attempted interference, is the state or research that reveals how influential any of this

kind of interference is cyber in other countries elections? one of the big challenges we face in these types of situations is attribution. it is normally very difficult to pinpoint the origin of the attack or pinpoint from where it was launched from and therefore generally speaking, therefore generally speaking, the research and community is very cautious around stating clearly that the attack came from country abc. so the fact that the fbi has made a very definitive in concrete statement today is a big significant piece of news. we must leave it there but as i said, this is a developing story and we get more details will come back. thank you very much for your expertise. thank you. pope francis has made his strongest statement yet in favour of civil partnerships for same—sex couples. the pope was speaking in a new

documentary entitled francesca. the film has been released in rome and he said same—sex couples have a right to legal protections and forming civil partnerships and they also said they have the family. now, we think election campaigning, it is door—to—door knocking, canvassing, big political rallies. but that's very old school. the democratic congresswoman logged on to play the popular online computer game called among us. on the twitch platform to urge gamers to get out and vote. she racked up to get out and vote. she racked up more than 400,000 viewers during this gaming session and you can see there, more than 5 million people watched it since, making him of the most watched videos on twitch. among us watched videos on twitch. among us isa watched videos on twitch. among us is a popular online murder mystery game. if you do not know what it is about, please try to fix a broken spaceship, but a them is an imposter test

with sabotage apparently. right, the senior reporter for technology review. she is in pennsylvania and thank you for joining us. thank you for having me. excuse my description of what it is all about. what do you make about what this politician is trying to do here? i think that she is introducing a new way of for been thinking about social media for the past more than decade about facebook, twitter, but i think she has really shown that there are different platforms that can be used in twitch is one of them. twitch being a video game streaming service and being able to connect with voters and connect the young people specifically isa the young people specifically is a really key part of the selection and elections coming forward. pressing a bit of the game there. she is sitting with headphones on and playing the

game the screen around her is the game itself and twitch as a platform that lets people watch other people play computer games essentially, which may sound a bit strange, but it is hugely popular. one of things that spring to mind is that just does not take long and it shows how fast things move when four years ago, we remember barack obama, four years ago, we remember ba rack obama, before four years ago, we remember barack obama, before that, this huge campaign on facebook and things like that. those platforms already seemingly giving way to new ones like twitch. definitely a you mention barack obama and you mention barack obama and you mention the previous election 2016 with the breaking news about iran and russia perhaps interfering with the election of the us, you see that there isa of the us, you see that there is a lot of distrust about traditional social media when i say traditional, i am referring to facebook and twitter. twitch isa to facebook and twitter. twitch is a new route, these for the time being to reach these

voters without having any interference and especially for those who are disaffected and isolated who are younger might not turn out, who might have given up on the selection. i'm afraid we've only got 20 seconds left, but briefly, part of the problem to try to appeal to younger people is that traditionally that order people voting younger people do not. yes, that is definitely an issue in the us but as barack obama showed, reaching out to the sugar voters and being able to speak in to their interests and concerns is a very powerful thing. absolutely fascinating stuff, thank you for coming on through. thank you. that is just about it from me. we will have plenty more on the breaking news from the fbi there in the news conference that there has been attempted interference in the 2020 presidential election. stay tuned for that and you can get me online. on twitter. this is

bbc news. it's been a soggy first half of the week but will be a drier day and for some, even a brighter day with some sun spells coming through. more rain and wind on the way for the weekend and into next week too. for now, low pressure is moving away, high pressure is arriving before the next weather system travelling from the atlantic. so, this gap is not going to last too long. as we start thursday, some heavy rain in the parts of scotland gradually easing with a windy night in northern ireland winds here will slowly ease and be a breezy day across the uk and still in scotland in northern england, a lot of cloud during the morning and some patchy outbreaks of rain, southern counties of northern

england should improve in the afternoon, some sunny spells brightening up in northern ireland and for wales and midlands and southern england having a dry afternoon with sunny spells after a chance to see some patchy rain in the morning. and temperatures up to 17 in the southeast of england, the northern parts of northern england will be a cool day the chance to end in parts of southeast england and some quite heavy showers moving through and the next weather system over night into friday morning in northern ireland pushing onto scotland and another spell of rain is heading our way. moving on, the system continues to push us with southeast and it is going to weaken. patchy rain and out of the way the morning on friday for western parts and scotland too. sunny spells and a few showers following behind here and notice of that area of rain really is just disappearing into the afternoon with some cloud in a few spots with all that is left is the east and southeast of england. here, it will be a bit cooler on friday.

that takes us into the weekend but the main thing about saturday is how windy it's going to be, this area of low pressure passing us to the northwest, but close enough to pick up but wind but rain moving in as well. some of the rain is going to be quite heavy as it pushes in, windy and quite widely with some gusts of 40 to 50 miles an hour, stronger gusts possible at times in the west, parts of eastern england staying dry into the evening and on sunday, sunny spells and blustery showers.

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the fbi has announced russia and iran have taken actions to try to interfere with the 2020 presidential election and the director of national intelligence said the two countries had attained us foot enter information and taken action to influence public opinion ahead of the election. —— us voter information. barack obama has criticised donald trump in the former president first campaign speech supporting joe biden. speaking ina supporting joe biden. speaking in a rally in philadelphia, mr obama said mrtrump in a rally in philadelphia, mr obama said mr trump had not shown interest in anybody else but himself and criticised his handling in the economy and the pandemic. more unrest in nigeria over the shooting dead of at least 12 protesters across the city of legos. buildings have been torched and they have been sporadic outbreaks of violence. the un is calling for an end to the brutality.