this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. donald trump and joe biden are just three hours away from their last presidential debate, with new rules to stop them talking over each other. i'm laura trevelyan live in nashville, tennessee. i've been asking both campaigns what we can expect from tonight's high—stakes debate. controversy as poland's top court tightens the law on abortion, making terminations only legal to save a mother's life or in cases of rape or incest. as europe struggles to contain a new wave of coronavirus infections, the uk announces billions of pounds of extra support for businesses and workers trying to keep their heads above water.

hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. i'm kasia madera. president trump goes into his final tv debate withjoe biden in just three hours‘ time having received a boost, with the senatejudiciary committee approving his nominee for the supreme court, amy coney barrett. angry democratic senators boycotted the hearing. the move clears the way for a full senate vote next week. earlier, the president took the unorthodox step of making footage from an interview with the cbs network public. mr trump was pushed on several subjects, but the most notable part of that interview was the way that it ended. let's take a look. your first statement was... mr president, don't you think you should... excuse me, no, no, no. ..accountable to the american people? listen, your first statement to me, "this is going to be tough questions." i don't mind that.

when you set up the interview, you didn't say that. you said, "oh, let's have a lovely interview." ..had the vice president step in, is that about right? well, i think we've had enough. we've had enough... i think we had enough of an interview here. ok, that's enough. let's go, let's go. let's go meet for two seconds, thanks. i'll see you later. as for democratic presidential candidate joe biden, he didn't comment on trump's confrontation with the 60 minutes team. but he did have this to say ahead of tonight's debate. hopefully he's going to play by the rules. hopefully everybody‘s been tested. hopefully it's all worked out, the way the rules are. i'm looking forward to this. thank you. laura trevelyan is in nashville, where that debate is due to begin in the next few hours. the build—up has been huge. talk us

through the state. remember that first debate was over three weeks ago. since then, the president himself has been infected with coronavirus. more than a thousand people in america died yesterday from coronavirus. their frantic talks in washington about a stimulus bill to help millions of americans who are struggling financially. going into tonight's debate, president trump looks to be trailing in the polls. he's looking tonight for a reset to make an impact with just 12 days ago until americans vote. more than 40 million have already voted. i've been talking to tom perez, of the democratic national committee about what we can expect from joe biden tonight. we have four crises in our country right now. we have a coronavirus crisis killing so many people and wreaking havoc on our economy. so we have an economic collapse.

we have a civil—rights pandemic and we have a climate crisis. joe biden has a plan to address all of those things. he has a plan that will help build back america, build back better. he will listen to the scientists. he will work together with governors and mayors, not cross purposes with governors and mayors. he will reenter the paris climate agreement. he will make sure that we are working together as a nation. we are a house divided right now and joe biden will bring us together. that will be his closing argument tonight. donald trump, on the other hand, has no closing argument other than, "lock up the governor of michigan," because he has no answers for these crises. and he has had no answers from day one. he's going to have to have some kind of a nswers. he's going to have to have some kind of answers. how do you think the president is going to manage tonight? i talked to the president's chief of staff, martin meadows, and he tells me tonight is going to be a

great debate. republican strategist have been telling the president he needs to have a calmer performance tonight. he shouldn't be so much of an attack dog, he should articulate his vision for a second term. remember, where the polls stronger thanjoe remember, where the polls stronger than joe biden 's remember, where the polls stronger thanjoe biden 's on the economy, so he's going to try to outline tonight is -- he's going to try to outline tonight is —— exactly what he would do to build back america's economy. but the president has some trouble, so tonight is a big test for him. laura, i know you're going to have a busy night and day ahead of you, but thank you for the time being. we will have extensive coverage of that tonight. the nigerian president has called for an end to protests against police brutality which have led to widespread unrest. in a short televised address, muhammudu buhari made no direct mention of the shooting of demonstrators in lagos on tuesday, which has been blamed on the military. but he said he was pained by the loss of innocent lives.

meanwhile, there have been further disturbances in parts of the country. mayenijones reports from lagos. firing live rounds in broad daylight. armed men in police uniform roamed the streets of one of africa's largest cities. the rosa villegas are usually lively with activity —— the roads of villegas. vandals still move group freely enough to cause habit smoke still hangs in the air in lagos island. this is one of the oldest neighbourhoods in the city, but the symbol of law and order was left to burn overnight. we had the fire brigade showing up. it's not clue don't not clear who burned down this building, but

people say it wasn't protesters. they weren't protesters. this footage of people looting a supermarket was ta ken footage of people looting a supermarket was taken earlier today. protesters have been blamed for much of the violence over the last few days. tonight, and a television address, the president warned them to stop. this will... either for call upon our youth to discontinue and constructively engage government in finding solution. but the president's words did little to satisfy the demands of the and

ration those desperate for change. coronavirus is only making things worse. it's a dangerous cocktail. pro—choice demonstrators in the polish capital warsaw have been holding a vigil outside the constitutional court after it introduced an almost total ban on abortion. with wide legal restrictions already in place, thejudges ruled that ending the life of a deformed foetus is counter to the country's constitution. anti—abortion activists celebrated as the news of the decision emerged. it means terminations in poland are now a valid option only in cases of rape, incest, or to protect the mother's life. translation: today, poland is an example for europe. it's an example for the world. ladies and gentlemen, we're not stuck in the historical necessity which commands us to march to the left and facilitates murder. it's possible to protect life.

regular pro—life activism which brings results is possible. kaja godek, an anti—abortion campaigner. pro—choice campaigner marta lempart leads the polish women's strike movement and initiated those protests in 2016. she believes the decision was unconstitutional. we will support the doctors who already called us to declare that they are not going to go along with this announcement. and they will perform abortions because the law hasn't changed. and we're going to the european commission to start in infringement procedure on poland for attempting to legalize torture in poland, to go to the european court ofjustice against poland for that, and will support each and every individual case against a doctor that will try to lie that this type of abortion is banned in poland because it is not. attorney anna mazurczak joins me from warsaw.

before we work out what is legal and isn't, just remind us the situation. because even before this band, the number of abortions in poland were very very few compared to other countries with thousands of women needing the country to get an abortion. are legislation was even before the decision, very, very strict. there are only three grounds of legal abortion. 98% of legal abortions in poland were performed on the grounds, so that is why we say that from today, we have a total abortion ban in poland,. out of the thousands of abortion that did —— thousands of abortion that did —— thousand abortion that did take place, 90% were furred foetal defects. when it comes to what

happened in poland today, this was moved from the government to the courts. why was that? well, because it's not a court any more because everything was approved by the parties, so it's better politically. that's why we say there is no difference whether it was the government's decision or the court's decision. so, it's a political... it's political, but in terms of the court's decision, it is ultimately the law. yes, because i can imagine that no doctor in poland would perform the abortion in case of foetal defects because a doctor risks being imprisoned because performing abortion against national law and family planning is a crime in poland. actually, the criminal

court already created this effect and even now, there are not so many legal abortions. even now, this exists and i can imagine now where prosecutors are being politically influenced. 0f prosecutors are being politically influenced. of course they would prosecute said doctors. i can imagine that... even if we encourage them to not respect the constitutional court's decision, i am 100% sure that they were basically afraid of being imprisoned, so they wouldn't perform abortions in that case. we don't have much time, but margot was saying the decision now is for the commission to start an infringement procedure —— marta. commission to start an infringement procedure -- marta. actually, i really don't know. i was surprised by the statement. i really don't know because i can imagine the european union will simply declare

that the abortion law is something which is completely up to the member states. so, ithink which is completely up to the member states. so, i think the commission won't intervene on that issue. thank you so much for talking to us through that decision there in poland. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: ghislaine maxwell, the former girlfriend of the convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein, denies witnessing any inappropriate activities involving him with underage girls. a historic moment that many of his victims have waited forfor decades. the former dictator in the dark, older, slimmer, and as he sat down, obedient enough. dawn, and as the sun breaks through the piercing chill of night on a plane outside coram, it lights up a biblicalfamine now in the 20th century.

the depressing conclusion in argentina today, it is actually cheaper to paper your walls with money. we've had controversies in the past with great britain, but as good friends, we have always found a good and lasting solution. concorde bows out in style after almost three decades in service. an aircraft that has enthralled his many admirers for so long taxes home one last time. this is bbc news. the latest headlines... joe biden and donald trump are preparing for their final presidential debate in nashville. moderators will be able to mute their microphones to prevent them talking over each other. nigeria's president buhari has called for demonstrators to end their protests,

after several days of violent clashes with security forces, and reports of shots being fired in lagos. let's turn now to ghislaine maxwell, a british socialite who's facing charges in the us of trafficking underage girls for sex. she said she never witnessed... testimony was made in a civil definition —— a civil lawsuit. miss maxwell long fought to keep keep it secret. she has pleaded not guilty. the bbc‘s nada tawfik who's in new york has been reading through the documents. it gets testy at times in the exchanges. she really drew out and denies she had any knowledge of jeffrey epstein having any

inappropriate underage relationships with underage girls. she denies that she ever hired underage girls because remember, the claim is that she was the mastermind behind jeffrey epstein‘s alleged sex trafficking ring. she also really hits back at the notion that she knew virginia roberts and recruited her at the mara lago resort, basically hiring her to use herfor massages, for powerful men and traffic across the world. that's where all the deposition comes from, a defamation suit that roberts brought up. in that, numerous names p0p up brought up. in that, numerous names pop up in the deposition. elaine maxwell makes clear that she has flown in planes with president clinton —— ghislaine maxwell. but she was never onjeffrey epstein‘s private owned island. she said she would not classify those two men as

friends. prince andrew's name is not exquisitely in the deposition because they are names that are redacted —— not specifically. but there is one or two sections that really prefer to some of the claims that virginia has made, particularly during events in london where she claims she had sexual activities with prince andrew. he has vehemently denied that and ghislaine maxwell also says the claims by virginia arejust not maxwell also says the claims by virginia are just not possible. tara palmeri hosts the podcast broken: seeking justice, which explores survivor stories of jeffrey epstein. tar, what did you make of these documents? what did you find within them? obviously, there's a lot of

obfuscating. ghislaine maxwell wouldn't answer the questions about. wouldn't answer the questions she wouldn't answer the questions she wouldn't even acknowledge her birth date. she was using an entire seven hour deposition as an opportunity to stall the lawyers of virginia roberts to fray, who really laid out her case and that entire line of questioning. it was a way to see virginia roberts claims although ghislaine maxwell denies all of that. she is being charge of perjury because of some of her claims. she pled not guilty, but she seems to be standing by jeffrey pled not guilty, but she seems to be standing byjeffrey epstein. she defends him, says he was good to her. she acknowledged that when she worked for him, she didn't puke her women “— worked for him, she didn't puke her women —— procure women. she was an

older woman, she gave them credibility, she was posh, polite, charming and she had a way of bringing young, vulnerable girls to him. she said she would make them famous, models, essentially. she would search for them as the school bells ring. it's notjust virginia roberts who said this, there are so many who have told the same story. you've spoken to virginia since the release of this. what kind of reaction has she had? she's elated. she's wanted these documents to come out, 400 pages. we've already seen a hundred pages. they came out after jeffrey epstein died. she just wants it out there. elaine maxwell's lawyers were obvious the concern that it would sway opinion. it's a really dark story about a young

woman who was vulnerable and tricked into being trafficked by two very savvy operators surrounded by very powerful people. a lot of the names are redacted, names of his associates, powerful men. we can assume that prince andrew, and bill clinton are named but they are redacted. but some of the names, some survivors as long as it did not —— as young as 14 are redacted. they wa nt to —— as young as 14 are redacted. they want to protect their privacy, and i just wonder why the court took so —— such care of redacting the names of these prominent men and not the victims. thank so much for sharing your thoughts. thank you. here in britain, the chancellor

of the exchequer has unveiled billions of pounds of extra support forjobs and workers hit by covid restrictions. rishi sunak said that even businesses not forced to shut were facing "profound economic uncertainty". the opposition labour party criticised what it called a "patchwork of poor ideas, rushed out at the last minute". 0ur political editor, laura kuenssberg, reports. limbo — not fully open, not completely closed. thousands of firms, millions of us, living under limited restrictions. it is no way to make ends meet, so, the government, again, stepping in with more cash to try to keep people in work. from the beginning, this government has provided unprecedented support to everyone in this country, support worth £200 billion. i'm making ourjob support scheme more generous for employers, who can open safely, but who are struggling with the impact of restrictions on their business. instead of employees working at least a third of their hours to qualify for support,

they will now have to work just one day a week. the dole queue in slough has already grown faster than in most parts of the country. there, along with coventry and stoke—on—trent, friends and family won't be able to meet indoors or stay with each other unless they live together, from saturday. zia is a fishmonger. his customers are hard—up and spending less. the people, they don't have a job, and that's why all of my customers, they used to spend lots of money, but they spend, like, less every time they come, they're just surviving. rizwan has even had to shut some of his businesses down. we used to have, like, ten different shops, like, in a different part of london, and outside london, and now we've got only two. with real hardship around, it's easy to see why the chancellor had to go back to parliament, not even a month since the last big announcement of cash, to top it up. for his critics, though, harder to see why he didn't see the scale of the problem to begin with. for months, we've urged the chancellor to get ahead of the looming unemployment crisis

and act to save jobs. instead, we've had a patchwork of poor ideas, rushed out at the last minute. and on tuesday, the government was still waging a furious battle with leaders in the north—west of england over £5 million. now, on thursday, cash for across the country has arrived, with some of it backdated, too. i honestly was just openmouthed, really, when i read the headlines last night that there was going to be a support package. it was billed as being for london and birmingham and it wasjust a case of, "hello! "we've been under these restrictions for three months!" it's the third time since the summer that the chancellor has had to revise his plans. why do you keep underestimating the help that people really need? as these new restrictions have been put in place, the impact they're having on the ground has been highly significant. we will adapt and evolve our response as the situation changes. and prime minister, to you — this week, you've been to war with leaders in the north

of england, you're still leaving some workers on two thirds of their wages, or telling them to claim benefits, and cases of coronavirus keep on rising, is this really the kind of leadership you think the country deserves? well, laura, i must i'm afraid strongly reject what you say about me being at war. we've had great conversations with local leaders, mayors and others, and everybody has come to the table, shown leadership, stepped up to the plate. whatever he says, this has been a very bumpy week for the government. and even among tories, the start of some doubts about the chancellor, whose star had shone, and fears that ministers aren't prepared yet to do enough for those facing hardship this winter. and with yet more of the country heading to tighter limits, a tough season for the government and the economy approaches, with no certain way out. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster.

let's catch up with some other news stories. france is extending a night cu rfew to stories. france is extending a night curfew to new areas to combat what the prime minister described as externally high levels of coronavirus transmission. 46 million people are liable to fines if they leave between 9pm and six a:m.. goldman sachs has been fined nearly $3 billion in the us for its role in a malaysian financial scandal. that includes a fine of more than £100 million —— $100 million. from malaysian government funds. it raised more than $6 billion but most of the money was stolen. joe biden and donald trump are preparing for their final presidential debate in nashville. moderators will be able to mute their microphones to prevent them talking over each other.

to avoid what happened but at the first debate. to stay with us here at bbc news. hello there. thursday brought us a break from the rather unsettled run of weather we've seen. there was some sunshine to get out and about and enjoy some of the rather spectacular autumn colours on offer, but it was just a short weather window because, looking out in the atlantic, this swirl of cloud you can see here is the next area of low pressure that's going to be bringing rain across our shores for friday. and then further west, a developing area of low pressure. that's going to rapidly deepen to bring some strong winds across the uk this weekend. so, before we get there, a lot of cloud around at the moment. we've got some patches of rain working across from southwest england into the midlands, east anglia, probably see some in the southeast as well, and then this more general area of rain that's bringing some wet weather to northern ireland. that's moving into scotland, western parts of england and wales early friday morning, before pushing eastwards. notice, though, the rain band does

we can significantly. there might be some areas across the midlands that escaped the rain band altogether. —— does weaken significantly. same is true across east anglia and the southeast, with just perhaps a few patches of rain here and there to take us through the afternoon. it is improving weather story, though, because for most of the northwest of the uk, we'll see some sunnier weather with just a few showers, mainly confined to the west coast of scotland through friday afternoon. the winds then start to pick up as we head through friday night. areas of rain begin to spread in and that really is what's on the menu for saturday. a very gusty day with some heavy rain moving its way eastwards. sunshine and showers will then follow for many of us as we head into the afternoon. here is our band of rain. notice some pretty gusty winds to start the day, then, for scotland and northern ireland, but it's actually on and ahead of this weather front that the winds will get really drunk for a time across wales and across england. —— really strong. it's going to be quite a short—lived, squally band of rain, so intense downpours and some strong

gusts of wind. they could be strong enough to bring down a few tree branches. we could see some localised disruption out and about, the weather getting cooler into the northwest as those sunny conditions arrive across scotland and northern ireland but with some showers packed in as well. it states quite windy, really, on sunday. generally a day of sunshine and showers, but close to the low pressure in the northwest, those showers will be frequent. showers won't just stay around coastal areas of england and wales. there's actually a trough moving through, so those showers will be blowing well inland. most of us, i think, will probably see a downpour or two.

hello, this is bbc news. our main headlines: joe biden and donald trump are preparing for their final presidential debate. moderators at the event, which will be held in nashville, have been given the power to mute the candidates' microphones if they feel that events are getting out of hand. nigeria's president muhammadu buhari has called on protestors to stop demonstrating and work with the government to find solutions. several people have been killed in clashes with security forces, and there were reports of gunfire in lagos on thursday. france is extending the curfew it imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus. the measures, which come into force at midnight on friday, will affect two thirds of the french population. a deposition made by the former girlfriend of the sex offenderjeffrey epstein has been made public. in it, ghislaine maxwell says she never trafficked or sexually assaulted any women or girls.