this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. not the shouting match it was last time, but donald trump and joe biden still clash over race and coronavirus in theirfinal debate before the us election. more and more people are getting better. we have a problem that's a worldwide problem. this is a worldwide problem. but i've been congratulated by the heads of many countries on what we've been able to do. you folks home will have an empty chair at the kitchen table this morning. that man or wife gone to bed tonight or reaching over to try to touch their — out of habit — where their wife or husband was is gone. learning to live with it? come on — we're dying with it. wales prepares for a 17 day lockdown from this evening, as the toughest level of restrictions begin

in greater manchester. and if you want to get in touch about the restrictions, you can contact me on twitter @annita—mcveigh #bbcyourquestions. how testing sewage can be part of an early warning system to detect outbreaks of coronavirus before they spread. uk retail sales grew for the fifth month in a row in september — boosted by demand for diy and garden supplies. overnight clashes between police and protesters in the polish capital, warsaw — following a court ruling which almost completely bans abortions. and coming up this hour... as marcus rashford visits a foodbank named after his mum — he uses his twitter account to highlight cafes across the country offering food to families who need it over the holiday period.

hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world — and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. with just 11 days to go before polling day in the us presidential election — the final head—to—head debate between donald trump and joe biden has taken place in nashville, tennessee. the encounter was more controlled than the first debate — this with far fewer interruptions. but there was still room for some heated exchanges. but there were plenty of clashes over the economy, healthcare, race relations and climate change. the two men disagreed over the white house's handling of the coronavirus and accused each other of financial corruption. barbara plett usher reports. applause. welcome to the stage former vice president joe biden

and president donald] trump. the sequel to the most out—of—control presidential debate americans had ever seen turned out to be the kind of traditional election face—off they would normally expect. the two men started by offering sharply different visions over how to handle the surging coronavirus pandemic. there's not another serious scientist in the world who thinks it's going to be over soon. president trump, your reaction? i don't say "over soon", i say we are learning to live with it, we have no choice, we can't lock ourselves up in a basement. what i would say is i'm going to shut down the virus, not the country. it's his ineptitude that caused the country to have to shut down in large part. why businesses have gone under, why schools are closed, why so many people have lost their living. president trump seemed poised to take responsibility for failures with covid—19 — and then he didn't. i take full responsibility. it's not my fault that it came here, it's china's fault. the much—anticipated mute button saw some action, but even when the microphones were open president trump held off the constant

interruptions of last time. what was supposed to be a discussion on national security got tangled up in accusations of personal corruption involving foreign governments. i don't make money from china. you do. i don't make money from ukraine. you do. i don't make money from russia. i have not taken a single penny from any country whatsoever — ever. president trump got in a couple of sharp hits. he turned a question on black lives matter into an attack onjoe biden‘s record on race and criminal justice reform and tried to use mr biden‘s experience in office against him. iran because of you, iran because of barack obama, because you did a poorjob. if i thought you did a good job i would have never run. i hope he doesn't look at me because what's happening here is you know who i am, you know who he is. you know his character, you know my character. you know our reputations for honour and telling the truth. i am anxious to have this race. climate change and immigration got serious attention this time. overalljoe biden put in a steady

performance and crucially scored points on everyday issues that matter to americans, like health care. it's the same thing with socialising... vice president, your response, please. my response is, people deserve to have affordable health care, period. period, period, period. applause. president trump showed restraint and so didn't do himself damage — but neither did he inflict much damage on mr biden, who is the front—runner. voters were the winners — they got a debate focused on substance rather than hijacked by style. barbara plett—usher, bbc news, nashville. our correspondent in nashville, laura trevelyan, says a significant number of americans have already cast their vote. 47 million americans have already voted. that is a third of the electorate, maybe, that voted in 2016. so, will this have changed any minds? the president's team were hoping, going into this, that it would really reset the race. now, they've come out of it saying

thatjoe biden, in his statement, that he would transition away from oil, that this is a major gaffe, it will cost millions ofjobs. joe biden on the tarmac tonight, going home, has had to say he was talking about ending subsidies forfossilfuels, not ending fossil fuels themselves. so, you can see that there is something there that the trump campaign will try to get traction with. but on the key question of coronavirus, which is all consuming in america at the moment, where we are seeing the caseload going up, where more than 1000 people died yesterday, the presidentjust really had the same thing to say. a vaccine is around the corner, it's bad all around the world and it is china's fault. joe biden said that there would be a national mask mandate, he'd try to introduce rapid testing, get the schools open. in the end, if you are looking for a reason to vote for either candidate, did it really change any minds, did it shake up the race? or is it largely a wash with only 11 days to go?

let's get the thoughts now of erol morkoc from republican 0verseas, whojoins us from naples, florida. hello to you and thank you for joining us on bbc news today. everyone talking about the tone of the debate, so different from the first one, president trump much less pugilistic which is a style he normally prefers. did that do him some favours, do you think?|j normally prefers. did that do him some favours, do you think? i agree the tone of the debate was com pletely the tone of the debate was completely different to the first one we saw and it did do him some favours because he was allowed to really show that he is a versatile person, despite not being from that debate club, elitist background, he is able to go and work underneath their reels and he respected the i’ows their reels and he respected the rows of the engagement, the one or two times his microphone was muted you saw him put his hands up and he was able to boxjoe biden into a corner, using the is allotted, he was able to make clear and present points, he had made his money in business, the biden family made their money in politics. joe biden

choosing to stay in the public sector for 47 years meant that he failed he missed out so president trump used a very well moderated and professional debate to highlight what he's done, in health care, especially when it comes to national security, when we look at how he was the one who was aggressively coming up the one who was aggressively coming up to shut down the borders with the pestilence that came from china. he was able to fit everything he wanted to do that usually comes in this singsong formula into a very well practised and probably well rehearsed format, able to get the points are crossed and in order. let's pick up on the handling of the pandemic, clearly not the volta president trump that the virus arrived on the shores the us, no leader could possibly have kept the virus out of the country but you know, it is his responsibility, isn't it, in terms of setting the tone, even last night it was

striking, joe biden entered the stage with a mask on, donald trump did not, even though the last debate, we found out a couple of days later he had the virus which hospitalised him. he has said a tone which to cry social distancing and the wearing of masks and the figures from yesterday, another 1000 americans dead from this virus. and yet he still did not take responsibility for his handling of it in that debate. that is surely going to go down badly with voters? i would have to push back, he takes responsibility for the reaction and the reaction has been absolutely robust. when you compare that to barack 0bama and joe biden, they did not react to the h1n1 pandemic, got lucky that did not spread, compared to the 2.2 million death model, not eligible any more, mortality is down 85%, operation warp speed vaccine delivery by the us armed services, therapeutics like regeneron developed by the fda, a vaccine

around the corner, names like johnson &johnson, around the corner, names like johnson & johnson, pfizer, mobilising the defence production act, tens of thousands of ventilators around the world... this is months into the pandemic. a lot of that could have been avoided in terms of the spread of the virus, surely, a social distancing measures, mask wearing, had been promoted actively by the president? it depends. i got coronavirus myself andi it depends. i got coronavirus myself and i wore a mask every single day. the president had people being tested every time around him and the death rates are very comparable and the idea that shutting down the entire economy when you have deaths from suicide, from overdose, abuse, sexual and of a physical nature, thatis sexual and of a physical nature, that is going on, the cure cannot be versed in the situation. donald trump looking out for the collective consciousness of america and we have a deadly pestilence thrust upon our land, the response has been robust.

in hindsight, everybody should have had 17,000 ventilators, we have a federal system, the states have responsibility and the response from fema wasjohnny on the spot, there are to respond, we have got to deal with the fact when you test everybody, you are going to have more numbers. do you really believe the numbers from china, russia, turkey, who has admitted they are fudging the numbers for tourism? dimly, he has done the best you can when you are thrust in the last situation, the road map given by the prior administration was the administration would have led the h1n1 virus destroy people. administration would have led the h1n1virus destroy people. clearly, there are a lot of people who think he has not done the best, that he could have done in terms of handling this virus but let's move on to another topic. does the president think he's going to get traction from the comments from joe biden on the oil industry and the move to renewables? joe biden,, the

president clearly thinks he's onto something. that's a great question. 0ne something. that's a great question. one of the things we have to highlight is it's the year 2020, 30 8% of us electricity needs to come from natural gas, 23% from coal, that's the reality. to get to the green future we need, requiring energy independence, we need stability, prosperity and security, is ita stability, prosperity and security, is it a vote winner in california, new york? sure. this is an electoral college, we don't allow mob rule or the whims of the coastal elite to dictate energy policy so joe the whims of the coastal elite to dictate energy policy sojoe biden is going to lose voters in pennsylvania, 0klahoma, 0hio, texas, places where democrats think they have a chance when the candidate as saying by 20501 want all of your job is eliminated. that's not what he's saying and it's hardly mob rule if you say to voters, america, under

donald trump, america left the paris accord, lots of states have fought back against that. on an individual basis. butjoe biden is saying there has to be a move on the economy towards more renewable energy and traditionaljobs can't towards more renewable energy and traditional jobs can't move towards more renewable energy and traditionaljobs can't move into renewable energy jobs, that's traditionaljobs can't move into renewable energyjobs, that's what he is saying, he is not saying he wa nts to he is saying, he is not saying he wants to get rid of all those jobs? no, but it's about social functionalism, the concept of moving toa functionalism, the concept of moving to a renewable sector in a rational way, quite simply, cutting fossil fuel use in places like california, like we saw, with the wildfires and everything, using solar and wind, when that was not available, they did not have the power capacity to keep their economy running. we need to understand bridge fuels and the transition period, it's not something you can put a limit on in 15 or 20 years, when you're going to look a working man in the eye and say you need to learn how to code or in so solar panels, even though it's

going to be pollution in china, india, it's global economic... that is an american leadership issue. we are almost out of time but i want to ask you one more thing, given the number of people who have already voted and basically taking into account the impact of the virus on how people vote do you think anyone is going to have changed their mind last night about the men, is this going to make a difference, ultimately, to who gets out to vote? i would say on aggregate, no, it would be preposterous to think somebody just would be preposterous to think somebodyjust decided, this will be how i made my decision here is the line i have been drawn by either candidate but i will say, when you go to places like wisconsin, michigan, places where counties were w011 michigan, places where counties were won byjust a fraction of those, you look at when it was won by 17 votes per county, will it make an

aggregate difference on the national level? no. but look at localised areas, every debate is important that's why donald trump is on the ground, that's why we have not done $1 million during the rnc, that's why the ground game is persistent and that's why the rallies are very robust and full of fans and people who come out. that is the big difference that will be elevated on the 3rd of november. your alarm is telling us our time is up! thank you for your time. thank you so much. here in the uk... nearly three million people in greater manchester have woken up to being under the highest level of coronavirus restrictions in england. the tier 3 or very high alert level was ordered by borisjohnson after he and labour mayor, andy burnham failed to reach agreement over financial compensation. the tier 3 means many pubs and bars are closed. household mixing is limited to parks and other large open spaces. south yorkshire will also move

from tier 2 to tier 3 from tomorrow morning. in wales, a 17—day "firebreak" lockdown begins at 6pm this evening. people have been told to stay at home. pubs, restaurants, hotels and non—essential shops will shut. a five—tier covid alert system will be set out in scotland later. it is thought it will include measures more rigorous than those south of the border. and northern ireland is in the first week of a four—week circuit—break. in a moment we'll be discussing the restrictions in the greater manchester region but let's start in wales and hear from our wales correspondent tomos morgan who is in chepstow. the majority of wales, 17 out of 22 local authorities and about 80% of the population had been living under local lockdown restrictions up until today, for the past few weeks. those restrictions have meant that nobody should be leaving the local authority area and nobody should be entering a local authority

restriction and that is actually by law so it's not a guidance like in england, its bylaws so people have been getting fined and turned home if they have not got a good reason to be entering or leaving those areas. those local lockdown restrictions clearly have not been enough to deter the spread of the virus, it has been increasing in all of the local authorities and across wales which is why the welsh government had decided to go ahead with this firebreak approach which was something that was suggested by sage, the group of scientists advising the welsh government and something mark dra keford advising the welsh government and something mark drakeford the first minister has been in favour of for some time. this chepstow, in monmouthshire, one of the areas that has not been under local lockdown restrictions recently. however, it has seen a significant rise over the past few days and weeks to a level that has brought it into clearly a category which should be now coming

into more restrictions. i've spoken to some of the bars, restaurants, cafe owners here this morning. they area cafe owners here this morning. they are a little bit unhappy because they say we haven't been in any local lockdown restrictions recently so it's unfair to tarnish us, if you like, with the same brush as areas like, with the same brush as areas like cardiff and in the south wales valleys that have seen high levels of the disease. what will come into force tonight will be again, as you mentioned, similar stay at home the message, people should only be leaving their house to go for exercise and they should be exercising from their home rather than going somewhere to exercise. people should only be going to work if they cannot work from home in any circumstance. schools will shut for the first week because it's half term here, primary schools will reopen after the first week but secondary schools will only reopen for yea rs secondary schools will only reopen for years seven and eight the second week with the rest of the high school pupilsjoining week with the rest of the high school pupils joining them at the end of the firebreak. a couple of

interesting points to mention on this as well. you may remember a week or two ago the first minister putting a travel ban into wales meaning anybody from other areas of the uk for there was a hotspot of covid—19, tier 3 and tier 2 areas, the whole of northern ireland, central scotland, banned by law from coming into wales and that will remain in force so say if someone came over the border to wales from manchester, david instantly returned home and actually, when these new measures come into force tonight, if someone were to come into wales and they haven't got a valid enough reason, they of course will be fined or sent home because it is low in wales. another interesting point, if someone is on holiday in wales for example at the moment, from 6p and this evening, they will also be asked to go home, they will not be able to remain until the holiday comes to an end, they will have to leave or they will be fine. another interesting point, slightly odd

situation on the border, is of course a lot of people live their lives on both sides of the border so some people may get their education on the other side, the welsh government saying people can continue their education if they live on other side of the border because school terms are different in both wales and england. a number of different variables here, i think what the interesting thing when mark brayford does his conference, he sets out the plan for post—firebreak really. what will happen after that, he has said it will be more local lockdown measures, it will be more unified, national approach, interesting to see if we get more detail on that later. our correspondent dan johnson has the latest on manchester as the restrictions come into force. finally people have clarity on what they'll be living with for at least

they'll be living with for at least the next month but how much longer will it go on? quite a busy night last night, people taking advantage of the last chance to be in those pubs and bars that will now have to close for at least the next few weeks. that is a big dealfor some of those people, notjust their business, their livelihood, their work that is going to be disrupted but they of course or the focus of social life are some people, pubs at the centre of certain communities and1 the centre of certain communities and 1 cent you get as i moved around to different cities, talking to people over the last few weeks, some people over the last few weeks, some people will be affected in a big way, either it is their business, less of work or some part they rely on either as part of their social life or perhaps some poor they rely on in terms of childcare like a supply centre that will be disrupted, other people say actually it won't make a huge difference to me. i was talking to my mum last night in an area about to go into tier 3 and when i explained the rules her she said that's how i've been living for the past three months anyway, doesn't feel like it will make much difference but to underline the importance, across there is a nightingale hospitalfor there is a nightingale hospitalfor the north west, now about to reopen

asa the north west, now about to reopen as a recuperation centre for covid patients. that was dan johnson. france has registered almost 42,000 coronavirus cases in the past 2a hour period, a new record. a night curfew has been extended to new areas, to combat what the prime minister has described as "extremely high levels of transmission". 46 million people are liable to fines if they leave home without a valid reason between nine pm and six am. the uk chancellor yesterday unveiled increased support for jobs and workers hit by covid restrictions — after growing calls from firms based in tier two areas that the system, as it stood, was unfair. rishi sunak announced big changes to thejob support scheme, which is set to replace furlough in november. earlier, i spoke to our political correspondent helen catt and she brought us up to speed on what exactly these changes involve. no doubt they are very significant to the job support scheme which comes in from the 1st of november, it was

announced last month, what the chancellor has done is make it more generous than it otherwise would have been. employees can work for fewer hours, a fifth of the usual hours and get more of their usual income, up to three quarters and what he has also done is change who funds that, the balance of who funds that, employers have to put in less than they would have had to, the government putting in more, about half. they've also announced this fund for hospitality and leisure businesses particularly, under high restrictions in tier 2, not being told to shut but having their business hampered by restrictions, they can have a grant of £2100 every month and this is the bit i think is really important for manchester and areas which have been under restrictions, they can be backdated to, i think it'sjuly or august. the element of that is important to areas which have already been under tier 2 restrictions for some time. i said there has been criticism of the timing of this announcement. the chief secretary to the treasury steve barclay rebuffed claims earlier that if they had announced it earlier then we could have avoided people already

being laid off. key distinction between the support we've had in place, notjust furlough and self—employed but the business grants, tax deferrals, the measures to support cash flow that were set out by the chancellor in his winter plan. and then, as we come to what we recognise will be a difficult winter, having further support for those businesses both that are forced to close and therefore we support workers by the government stepping in with further support, the two thirds support that the chancellor has announced, but also recognising for many businesses, even if they're not required to close, they are impacted by the restrictions and that's why the chancellor has set out the further measures yesterday. business groups have welcomed this and the labour party has to some extent welcomed it but pointed to the fact rishi sunak has already had to change the scheme a month after he announced it and before it's even come into force. the government, ministers, they say the path of the virus has changed, this is all about being able to adapt to that.

nearly one in 10 british workers who were furloughed due to the pandemic were still asked to work by their bosses, according to a survey by the national audit office. the nao says many firms broke the rules of thejob rentention scheme and suggests that this kind of fraud may cost uk taxpayers up to £3.9bn, orfive billion dollars. the coronavirusjobs retention scheme supported more than 9.6 million workers at its peak. the government defended the scheme, calling it a ‘lifeline' and said without it — many lives would have been ruined during lockdown. the uk prisons watchdog has accused the home office of failing to prepare for a predictable rise in migrants crossing the english channel. the chief inspector of prisons, peter clarke, said migrants have often been held in what looked like an unsafe building site. inspectors made surprise visits last month to several short—term immigration holding centres. the home office says it has now improved a key facility in dover and takes the welfare of migrants extremely seriously.

millions of people are living with new constraints as greater manchester follows liverpool and lancashire in being under the toughest tier of coronavirus restrictions in england. wales will this evening begin a so—called "fire break" nationwide lockdown. but what do the figures tell us about whether these new measures are justified, and how worried we should be at this stage in the pandemic? we can speak tojohn burn murdoch who is a covid data analyst at the financial times, and has been tracking the figures closely since the start fo the outbreak. thank you forjoining us. i know lots of people will be interested in the statistics, the hard facts and figures. to what extent are the new measures that we are seeing more areas moving into tier 2 or tier 3, to what extent are those measures

are justified by the to what extent are those measures arejustified by the number of to what extent are those measures are justified by the number of cases of the virus? i think it's pretty clear now that these restrictions are necessary. 0ne clear now that these restrictions are necessary. one of the key metrics is the occupancy of hospitals in different parts of the country. 0bviously hospitals in different parts of the country. obviously the more people you have crowded into hospital beds, the harder it is for doctors to actually give people the quality of ca re actually give people the quality of care they need so what we have seen in parts of the north west, for example, is there are already more covid patients in hospitals and places like blackpool and liverpool today than there were at the height of the outbreak in march and april. this is about giving, i guess, people in those areas in medical staff in those areas, a temporary lull, enough to allow the hospitals to catch up and deal with everything else as well as covid? exactly that, it's critical for us to remember, it's critical for us to remember, it's not just about it's critical for us to remember, it's notjust about people with covid, it's about the other people

whose appointments and care might be being displaced, pushed to one side during this peak so it's delaying or hopefully avoiding that exceeding of capacity in hospitals that is the key objective of the restrictions here. how does what we are seeing now with the virus compare it to the worst days of march and april?|j worst days of march and april?” think the key thing here is to look at the pace of growth in these numbers. so while i've mentioned in some cases the hospital figures are as high if not slightly higher than they were in spring the rate of increase is considerably slower than it was back then. of course, back in early march, if we think about it, before lockdown, people were going about their daily lives as normal, crowding into large, packed venues and so the spread of the virus was much higher then. figures were increasing possibly around three or four times as fast then as now but the we have now as we are seeing this increase despite social

distancing that has been in place for much of the last few months. and, asi for much of the last few months. and, as i say, as these figures increase and continue to go up we really need to change our behaviour to slow that rate. is there any specific data on how the arrival of stu d e nts specific data on how the arrival of students into big university towns and cities, what sort of impact that has had in terms of the numbers? so, at this stage, that has been a sort of isolated student phenomenon, if you think about it like this. if you look at the numbers of cases amongst stu d e nts look at the numbers of cases amongst students and look at the numbers of cases amongst older age groups, there was a steep spike in the numbers of people of student age getting the virus as term started, that peak has since subsided and that peak has since subsided and that high acceleration seems to have been confined to students so yes, there will have been some transmission of the virus from stu d e nts to transmission of the virus from students to the wider communities but most of that seems to have been

an isolated peak amongst student age groups. you obviously hear voices from people saying the government is going too far in one direction on this, too far with restrictions, there needs to be more done to protect the economy stop is there any case to say that the government is going too far in one direction? ina word, is going too far in one direction? in a word, no. if you look at the data, this idea that there is a trade—off between protecting the economy and taking restrictions to slow the spread of the virus, is com pletely slow the spread of the virus, is completely false. if we look at whether it's within any given country or across countries, countries that have had the worst outbreaks in terms of deaths, cases, hospital admissions, are the ones who have been hardest hit to their economy and goes back to what we said a couple of minutes ago. if the virus is not constrained, contained, we will see additional debts not just from covid but other causes as well, leading to additional restrictions and of course that loss of life itself so any action to mitigate the spread of the virus is

also an action that will longer term benefit the economy. what international comparisons can you give us at this stage? what we are seeing in the uk today is replicated in most of europe. countries like belgium, spain, france, the netherlands, also seeing these very steep acceleration, in some cases such as the czech republic we actually see a much worse outbreak in autumn than we have seen in spring and if you look at the percentage of tests coming back positive in these countries, which means we are notjust talking about an expansion of testing but looking at how many more people have the virus, we now see figures above 10% of tests coming back positive in much of europe which are figures we last saw in march and april. the us now in the last month or so has also started to see a new increase in cases, hospital admissions and deaths over there as well. john, really interesting to hear about all of that. thank you for your time.

hello this is bbc news with annita mcveigh. the headlines... not the shouting match it was last time, but donald trump and joe biden still clash over race and coronavirus in theirfinal debate before the us election. more and more people are getting better. we have a problem that's a worldwide problem. this is a worldwide problem. but i've been congratulated by the heads of many countries on what we've been able to do. you folks at home will have an empty chair at the kitchen table this morning. that man or wife gone to bed tonight and reaching over to try to touch their — out of habit — where their wife or husband was is gone. learning to live with it? come on — we're dying with it. wales prepares for a 17 day lockdown from this evening, as the toughest level of restrictions begin in greater manchester. how testing sewage can be part of an early warning system to detect outbreaks of coronavirus

before they spread. uk retail sales grew for the fifth month in a row in september — boosted by demand for diy and garden supplies. 0vernight clashes between police and protesters in the polish capital, warsaw following a court ruling which almost completely bans abortions. let's return to last night's final presidential debate. there was plenty of discussion about policy — and claims made on both sides. but can we say who was more truthful? here's our reality check correspondent, chris morris. well, it was certainly a better debate than last time. you could actually hear what each candidate was saying without too much interruption. we knew it was going to start with coronavirus. donald trump's initial defence of his record contains several misleading statements. he said that it had been expected that 2.2 million people were going to die in the united states. but that was a worst—case scenario, contained in the famous

imperial college report back in march. it said an unmitigated epidemic, in the unlikely absence of any control measures or changes in behaviour, could lead to more than 500,000 deaths in the uk and 2.2 million in the us. but that wasn't a number anyone really expected to happen. he also said a vaccine would be ready in weeks, even though his scientific advisers say next year is far more likely. and he said the us was turning the corner in the fight against the virus. even though infections, hospitalisations and deaths are all going up. as for mr biden, he said states currently having big covid spikes are republican states in the midwest. that's pretty misleading, because it's partial information. this map shows republican run states like north and south dakota having big surges recently, but also democratic run states like wisconsin and montana. there was a lot of mudslinging on ukraine, on china,

on secret bank accounts. accusations and counter accusations of corruption. they are difficult to fact check immediately, because they are unproven allegations, more than anything else. but there were also claims about international affairs worth examining. joe biden said the us trade deficit with china had gone up, not down under donald trump. that's wrong. the deficit, that's the gap between imports and exports, did rise in 2017. but then mr trump imposed tariffs on chinese goods. in the first six months of 2020, there was a $130 billion deficit in goods and services. down from 183 billion two years earlier. 0n nato budgets, donald trump got his numbers wrong. he said he'd protected american interests by raising an additional $130 billion a year from other nato countries, rising to 400 billion a year. neither of those numbers are annualfigures. nato says other countries have contributed another $130 billion in the last four years.

and that will rise to an overall total of 400 billion by 2024. there were some bizarre moments in the important debate about climate change. mr trump said mr biden wanted to make bigger windows into smaller windows, or no windows at all. and he said wind turbines kill all the birds. according to the us fish and wildlife service, hundreds of thousands of birds are killed by wind turbines every year. but domestic cats kill far more than that. it can be difficult to keep up with a litany of claims the president makes. mr biden occasionallyjust interjected not true, false or show me a scientist who says that. the american people are deciding right now which approach they prefer. let's hear the thoughts now of bill barnard from democrats abroad. thanks very much forjoining us on

bbc news. was that debate last night a better one than the previous outing for the two mucker candidates? it was certainly a better debate for the american people, you could actually hear some of the answers without the president interrupting and overrunning what joe biden had to say. in that sense, it was a better debate. i thought it was a more substantive debate. it was a more substantive debate. it was not the disaster for trump that the first one was. he came in having to somehow change the trajectory of this election. he is running behind in the national polls, he is running behind in the swing state polls. he needs to change the trajectory of this election, and he failed to do so. he did enough, i think, to reassure some soft trump supporters and rekindle some support in his base, but he did almost nothing to reach out to those groups that he needs to reach, the young, older voters, suburban voters especially women, he did very little to try to

reclaim some of the ground he lost with those groups. biden, other hand, did very well. you did what he needed to do. the only bar he had to ove rco m e needed to do. the only bar he had to overcome was simply to do no harm. and he did much better than that. let's go back to some of the detail of that in a moment. picking up on something you said, you said donald trump didn't do what he had to do in terms of reaching out to potential voters who have deserted him. at the end of the day, do you think that this is going to encourage anyone to actually get out and vote, on either side, he was ambivalent about whether they would cast a vote? the percentage of undecided voters in this election is actually very small. people have pretty much made up small. people have pretty much made up their mind about donald trump. i'm talking about people who are made up their minds on both sides, but actually getting those voters out on the day to cast their ballots. do you think that debate last night will have persuaded

anyone he was ambivalent about doing that to actually get out their front door and go to the polling station? i don't think the debate itself will have had much impact in moving the needle between the two candidates or in encouraging greater turnout. 0n the other hand, the level of interest of the american people is extraordinary. the level of mail ballots that have been requested has gone through the roof, compared to previous years. gone through the roof, compared to revious ears. it's gone through the roof, compared to previous years. it's true that almost 50 million americans have already voted. we have two more weeks. that's over a third of the total number who voted in 2016. so the level of interest is already very high. i think you will see record turnout in the us. i don't think the debate did anything to increase that, however. lets talk in more detail about what was said. one of the things joe more detail about what was said. one of the thingsjoe biden talked about that has really been picked up by donald trump is what he would do in terms of the oil industry, and then the transition to renewables. donald trumpa the transition to renewables. donald trump a saying this is evidence that

joe biden is going to basically get rid of lots ofjobs in the oil industry. was that a mistake byjoe biden to frame the conversation around that in the way that he did? was he not explicit enough about wanting those jobs to transition from fossil fuels to renewables?” think the answer could be crafted in a slightly better way, which more accurately reflect the actual position thatjoe biden has taken, both in platform and in his own policy statements. yes, he understands there will be a transition away from fossil fuels, as we all know there has to be. and he has some sense of the timing by which that has to be done. he also has a commitment to do that in a way that donald trump does not. the us will re—enter the paris accords, but will re—enter the paris accords, but will try to make them even more effective than they will likely be. joe biden, as we can see, the image right now, he entered the stage wearing a mask and left during the

same, donald trump didn't. 0n the subject of handling the coronavirus, you know, was any damage done byjoe biden to donald trump a's position, any further damage? because obviously there is lots of criticism even among republicans about his handling of the pandemic. data joe biden do anything further to persuade voters to come out for him on the topic? this is probably the greatest wea kness on the topic? this is probably the greatest weakness that trump has, the american people's observance of the american people's observance of the way he has handled or mishandled the way he has handled or mishandled the pandemic. i think biden drove home several of the points that he has done in the past. it is true that the fact checkers found most, many of the statements he made, especially the coronavirus, were inaccurate, and were false. biden, i think, laid out very well what the president had not done when he became aware injanuary of the dimensions of the disease, day fatality of it and the

infectiousness of it. he knew, and he told bob woodward that he knew, but he didn't tell the american people, and he wasted a month and ha rd before people, and he wasted a month and hard before making any significant to contain the virus. he said it would go away by easter, we are down to 15 cases and in the next couple of days we won't have any. he was wrong from the outset and he did not level with the american people. 0k, bill barr not, thank you very much. -- bill bill barr not, thank you very much. —— bill barnard. us secretary of state, mike pompeo, is hosting the foreign ministers of armenia and azerbaijan in washington as the conflict between the two sides over the disputed territory of nagorno—karabakh continues. the area is controlled by ethnic armenians but is recognised under international law as part of azerbaijan. both sides have ignored ceasefire agreements brokered by russia and the heaviest fighting the region has seen in decades continues. 0rla ivshina reports from azerbaijan. a family mourns a boy they watched grow up.

elman ali was an azeri soldier killed on the front line. he was 27 years old, and about to get married. there are 26 freshly dug graves in this military cemetery, in the small industrial town of mingecevir. another generation of young men are being lost in a conflict that their fathers fought 30 years ago. translation: they are all our sons, and their blood won't be lost in vain. i'm from karabakh myself, and these lands belong to us. not armenians. armenian forces report that more than 800 of their soldiers have been killed. the azeri government hasn't released any figures from their side. but with fresh graves appearing here every few days, you get a sense of the seriousness of the recent clashes. but it's notjust soldiers

who are being killed. civilians on both sides have been targeted in rocket attacks. people in neighbourhoods like these, in the disputed region of nagorno—karabakh have to hide in their basements. armenians and azerbaijanis both have horror stories to tell. khadija is three years old. a few days ago, she lost her father, mother and her older sister in a missile attack. translation: she sleeps with me. she says, grandpa, bring me mummy. how can i do this? how can i tell her they are dead? i'll have to tell lies to herfor some time. this is where khadija and her family were sleeping when the missile hit their home. the explosion was so powerful that the whole building collapsed, as well as a few other houses around it. people here believe that the fact that khadija survived at all a miracle. so far, both sides have ignored

ceasefire agreements. people here are beginning to clean up and repair. but neither side seems willing to end the latest flare—up of violence. subscription streaming services have come to dominate the way many people around the world now listen to their music. but the bbc‘s found some of the world's largest platforms — including spotify and apple music — have been hosting songs with explicitly racist, homophobic and anti—semitic lyrics. that's despite a crackdown on this type of content 3 years ago. following our investigation, lots of the music has now been removed. we can speak now to nick spooner, who's the organiser of hope not hate — an advocacy group which uses research, education, and public engagement to challenge mistrust and racism. good to have you with us. were you surprised by the outcome of this bbc

investigation? thank you for having me on. it's great that they acted very quickly. i think there is obvious to questions about what needs to happen next, and it seems, from our point of view, that there needs to be a process of developing some policy so that this sort of thing doesn't happen again. these need to be made in an inclusive manner, with people that are often not the sharp end of this stuff. just in order to make them as robust as possible. then we need these companies to be more proactive. third—party groups like ours need to keep an eye out for this stuff, report it and make sure it doesn't happen again. how concerned are you that it took this investigation to get streaming services to remove the songs with offensive lyrics, given that there was a crackdown, i suppose it on this kind of contact a

yea rs suppose it on this kind of contact a years back? —— content. suppose it on this kind of contact a years back? -- content. nokia saying this stuff is straightforward. everybody is having a conversation about twitter and facebook as well. this is an ongoing problem about hate co nte nt this is an ongoing problem about hate content a re this is an ongoing problem about hate content are being put on these platforms. but companies have a responsibility to address the use of these platforms, in terms of them being used to spread hate. if the systems they have in place are not working, and it seems, as you say, ona working, and it seems, as you say, on a couple of occasions they have not been working properly at all. they have a responsibility to address that and redesign them so they do. if someone ends up listening to content like this, with these offensive lyrics, to what extent these offensive lyrics, to what exte nt ca n these offensive lyrics, to what extent can this be a recruiting tool, if you like, gateway into these ideologies? i mean, these bands are not huge. that is the first thing to say. these are not bands that are headlining festivals anywhere. but talking about them in

terms of their size and whether they area big terms of their size and whether they are a big or small band it obscures are a big or small band it obscures a bigger picture, the threat posed by individual radicalisation. people might be looking and thinking, well, if they are not playing headline shows, it doesn't matter. at the fa ct shows, it doesn't matter. at the fact is that the technology has developed in a way that means that this stuff is more accessible than ever. you know, it's not as if people previously, if you wanted to get hold of a far right cd, you are not walking into hmv to pick one up, you are writing to a dodgy po box in summary or sending you a cd in the post. these days, this stuff is all available online. there are real threats. the first is clearly the normalisation of very violent, fascist ideology that is inherent in some of the music we are talking about. the fact it is situated right next to everyday pop music, and the way in which the algorithms generates this stuff, it keeps people listening, meaning there is a real threat for recruitment.

secondly, what we saw in the 70s and 805, when secondly, what we saw in the 705 and 805, when nazis infiltrated the punk scene in this country, we saw a parallel growth in membership of far right parties like the national front and the british movement, which led to more violence on the 5treet against ethnic minorities. there is a worry if a neo—nazi mu5ic scene were to re—emerge in a big way, that is something that could reappear, and we want to make sure that doesn't happen at any cost. and this is another example of this online radicalisation network that we see day in, day out, affecting men and, sadly, increasingly younger men and, sadly, increasingly younger men who are getting pulled into this stuff and into some very dangerous situations. you say there is this sort of content sitting alongside regular pop music, but how likely is it that somebody could stumble across it, or would somebody have to actively go looking for this?” mean, it is a bit of both. it is not

ha rd to mean, it is a bit of both. it is not hard to find. and that is the worry, really. you would have to do a bit of digging, but it's not necessarily beyond the realms of comprehension that it would also pop up in your suggested arti5t5, that it would also pop up in your suggested artists, for example. so thatis suggested artists, for example. so that is a big worry. we are talking about bunds with explicit anti—semiti5m in the lyrics, violent white nationalist lyrics, fetishising the death and murder of jew and muslim people. even a white nationalist military movement in europe. these are some of the most extreme views you would find in society. the fact they have been given a platform and streaming sites, the fact that the streaming sites, the fact that the streaming sites have been making money from it is extremely worrying. we need to make sure it doesn't happen again. thank you very much for your time. police in poland have used pepper spray on hundreds of people protesting in warsaw against a court

ruling to ban virtually all abortions. there were clashes between police in riot gear and protesters outside the home of the deputy prime minister, who heads the governing law and justice party. paul hawkins reports. i think that reporters ju5t i think that reporters just coming up i think that reporters just coming up in the next few seconds. waiting for a verdict from poland's top court. anti—abortion activists cheer the ruling which means the procedure will be banned for foetal defects. translation: today poland is an example for europe. it is an example for the world. ladies and gentlemen, we are not stuck in the historical necessity which commands us to march to the left and facilitates murder. it is possible to protect life. regular pro—life activism, which brings results, is possible.

poland already had some of the most restrictive abortion laws in europe. women's rights groups estimate that around 100,000 women a year travel abroad for the procedure. in poland last year, there wereju5t over 1000 legal terminations. 98% of them because of foetal defects, but this ruling tightens the law further. it means abortion is only legal in cases of rape, incest or where the mother's life is at risk. even then, doctors can refuse to carry out the procedure on the grounds of freedom of conscience. back in 2016, the conservative ruling party tried to tighten abortion legislation, prompting thousands to pour onto the streets of the capital warsaw in protest. there was opposition in parliament, while opinion polls showed voters were not in favour of tighter restrictions, so the government asked the country's supreme court, withjudges picked by the governance, to rule on the matter. but four years later, the reaction is the same. pro—choice protesters are ignoring restrictions to make their voice heard.

one campaigner said 3000 demonstrators had marched on the ruling party's headquarters. we are going to the european commission to start an infringement procedure on poland for attempting to legali5e torture is in poland, to go to the european court ofjustice against poland for that. and we support each and every individual case against a doctor that would try to lie that this kind of abortion is banned in poland, because it is not. but poland's top court di5agree5 and that means any legal challenges will have to come at a european level. paul hawkins, bbc news. 90 waste—water treatment sites across the uk are testing sewage for traces of covid—19, as part of an early warning system to detect outbreaks before they spread. our health correspondent, naomi grimley reports. could waste water be essential in the fight against covid—19?

that's the theory at this sewage treatment works in beckton, london, the biggest of its kind in europe. scientists from universities such as newcastle have been experimenting since the spring with regular tests on sewage, after they realised that fragments of the virus's dna can be detected in waste. the department for the environment says a pilot in september helped spot rising infections in plymouth, where a cluster was silently growing. during september there was a sudden spike, and that enabled local health officials to try to identify where around plymouth there might have been a particular problem. and that showed a problem that was around even though the test and trace system hadn't shown it at that point. the technique is already being used on university campuses in america, which are analysing waste from student residences twice a week, helping to spot asymptomatic cases. from today, 90 treatment sites

will be doing this in england, scotland and wales. they will share their analysis with test and trace to help them hone in on particular areas, as well as tip off local nhs services. it's an unlikely story of human ingenuity and human waste combining, to provide a much—needed early warning. naomi grimley, bbc news. the england and manchester united footballer marcus rashford has been retweeting cafes and restaurants across the country offering free lunches to children who need it. he's been leading a campaign for free school meals scheme to be extended over school holidays until easter 2021 — which was rejected by uk mps earlier this week. he's tweeted places across the uk this morning, from sheffield

to falmouth, to lincoln to cumbria ,which are offering families meals — pledging support to his campaign. yesterday mr rashford also visited a new foodbank you are watching bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello. like today, the weekend will also have its wetter, but also sunnier moments. unlike today, the winds will be pretty strong at times. it's all linked to areas of cloud, developing areas of low pressure we have in the atlantic at the moment. they will be working towards us. the first sign of it was the cloud and rain we saw in western areas to start the day. that is pushing eastwards. still starting the afternoon wet across parts of north—west england, wales and the south—west. notice how the rain diminishes as the cloud pushes eastwards. brighter spells at times in east anglia the south—east, one or two showers here. a lot more sunshine to finish the day across scotland, northern ireland, northern and western england and wales. a few showers in scotland and northern ireland and the coolest of the conditions. this evening, cloud, patchy rain and drizzle across east anglia and the south east, a few showers

in the english channel overnight but many eastern areas will be dry. like last night, turning wet again towards the western half of the country. a fairly cool night, but unlike last night, the winds even stronger. 70 mph gusts possible in western scotland. that will lead into a windy weekend for many of us. be prepared if you are on the move. there could be some travel disruption, particularly on the ferries and across the bridges. there could even be minor damage, with the odd trees and branche down. the strongest wind is attached to this band of rain starting in scotland and northern ireland first thing, working across england and wales. notice the brighter colours. there will be a shortish spell of intense rain for some of you as it works its way eastwards during the afternoon. with the intense rain will come the strongest of the wind. we could see gusts around 60 miles an hour, quite widely we will see galeforce gusts across the country. at least the day will finish with some sunshine across scotland, northern ireland, northern england and wales after morning rain. here, the coolest conditions ten or 11, maybe 17 across the corner of south anglia, before the rain arrives late afternoon and evening. very heavy rain here

to finish the day. that will clear off during saturday night. into sunday, a revolving area of pretty deep low pressure remains to the north—west. continuing to feed in plenty of showers across western scotland, and maybe northern ireland.

this is bbc news. the headlines at 11am: a calmer debate this time, but donald trump and joe biden still clash over race and coronavirus in theirfinal exchange before the us election. more and more people are getting better. we have a problem that's a worldwide problem. this is a worldwide problem. but i've been congratulated by the heads of many countries on what we've been able to do. you folks at home will have an empty chair at the kitchen table this morning. that man or wife gone to bed tonight and reaching over to try to touch their — out of habit — where their wife or husband was is gone. learning to live with it? come on — we're dying with it. wales prepares for a 17—day lockdown from this evening, as the toughest level of restrictions begin in greater manchester. how testing sewage can be part

of an early warning system to detect outbreaks of coronavirus before they spread. overnight clashes between police and protesters in the polish capital, warsaw following a court ruling which almost completely bans abortions. and coming up this hour: as footballer marcus rashford vists a foodbank named after his mum — some local councils say they'll now fund free school meals for children over half term. the mute button helped, and it was a calmer more traditional debate — the final head—to—head between donald trump and joe biden before the us election in just 11 days on november 3rd. held in nashville, tennessee, the two men discussed the economy,

health care, race relations and climate change. who won the debate and whether it changed the way anyone will vote are the key questions now. barbara plett usher reports. applause welcome to the stage former vice presidentjoe biden and president donaldj trump. the sequel to the most out—of—control presidential debate americans had ever seen turned out to be the kind of traditional election face—off they would normally expect. the two men started by offering sharply different visions over how to handle the surging coronavirus pandemic. there's not another serious scientist in the world who thinks it's going to be over soon. president trump, your reaction? i don't say "over soon", i say we are learning to live with it, we have no choice, we can't lock ourselves up in a basement. what i would say is i'm going to shut down the virus, not the country. it's his ineptitude that caused the country to have to shut down in large part. why businesses have gone under, why schools are closed, why so many people have lost their living. president trump seemed poised to take responsibility for failures with covid—19 —

and then he didn't. i take full responsibility. it's not my fault that it came here, it's china's fault. the much—anticipated mute button saw some action, but even when the microphones were open president trump held off the constant interruptions of last time. what was supposed to be a discussion on national security got tangled up in accusations of personal corruption involving foreign governments. i don't make money from china. you do. i don't make money from ukraine. you do. i don't make money from russia. i have not taken a single penny from any country whatsoever, ever. president trump got in a couple of sharp hits. he turned a question on black lives matter into an attack onjoe biden's record on race and criminal justice reform and tried to use mr biden's experience in office against him. iran because of you, iran because of barack obama, because you did a poorjob. if i thought you did a good job i would have never run. i hope he doesn't look at me because what's happening here is you know who i am,

you know who he is. you know his character, you know my character. you know our reputations for honour and telling the truth. i am anxious to have this race. climate change and immigration got serious attention this time. overall, joe biden put in a steady performance and crucially scored points on everyday issues that matter to americans, like health care. it's the same thing with socialising... vice president, your response, please. my response is, people deserve to have affordable health care, period. period, period, period. applause president trump showed restraint and so didn't do himself damage — but neither did he inflict much damage on mr biden, who is the frontrunner. voters were the winners — they got a debate focused on substance rather than hijacked by style. barbara plett usher, bbc news, nashville. our correspondent in nashville, laura trevelyan assessed what the debate's likely impact on the vote would be. 47 million americans have already voted. that is a third of the electorate,

maybe, that voted in 2016. so, will this have changed any minds? the president's team were hoping, going into this, that it would really reset the race. now, they've come out of it saying thatjoe biden, in his statement, that he would transition away from oil, that this is a major gaffe, it will cost millions ofjobs. joe biden come on the tarmac tonight, going home, has had to say he was talking about ending subsidies forfossilfuels, not ending fossil fuels themselves. so, you can see that there is something there that the trump campaign will try to get traction with. but on the key question of coronavirus, which is all consuming in america at the moment, where we are seeing the caseload going up, where more than 1,000 people died yesterday, the presidentjust really had the same thing to say. a vaccine is around the corner, it's bad all around the world and it is china's fault. joe biden said that there would be a national mask mandate, he tried to introduce rapid testing,

get the schools open. in the end, if you are looking for a reason to vote for either candidate, did it really change any minds, did it shake up the race? or is it largely a wash with only 11 days to go? more than three million people and thousands of businesses in wales are preparing for a so—called "firebrea k" coronavirus lockdown. they are being told to stay at home and only leave for reasons including exercise and to buy essential items such as food. from 6pm pubs, restaurants, hotels and nonessential shops will close. the aim of the measures is to slow the spread of the virus and bring "a much more normal christmas season" according to wales health minister, vaughan gething. greater manchester has now joined liverpool and lancashire in being under the highest level of coronavirus restrictions in england, tier 3.

south yorkshire will also move from tier 2 to tier 3 from tomorrow morning. a five—tier covid alert system will be set out in scotland later. it is thought it will include measures more rigorous than those south of the border. and northern ireland is in the first week of a four—week circuit—break. in a moment we'll be discussing the restrictions in the greater manchester region but let's start in wales and talk to our correspondent tomos morgan who is in chepstow. the majority of lawyers have been living in a local lockdown restrictions until today for the past few weeks. those restrictions have meant that nobody should be leaving their local authority area and nobody should be entering a local lockdown restriction. that is actually by law, so it is not a guide and in england. people have been getting fined and turned home if they have got a good reason to be entering or those areas. those local lockdown restrictions have not been enough to deter the spread of the

virus, it has been increasing in all of the local authorities across wales which is why the welsh government have decided to go ahead with this firebreak approach which is something that was suggested by sage. this chepstow is one of the areas which has not been under local lockdown restrictions recently, however it has seen significant rise over the past few weeks and days to a level which is brought into a clearly a category which should be coming into more restrictions. i have spoken to some of the bars, restau ra nts a nd cafe have spoken to some of the bars, restaurants and cafe owners here and they are a little bit unhappy because they say, we have not been in any local lockdown restrictions recently so it is unfair to tarnish us, if you like, with the same brush as areas like cardiff and south wales which have high levels of the

disease. what will come into force tonight will be again, as you mentioned, a similar stay—at—home measures. people should only be leaving their house to go for exercise and they should be exercising from their home instead of going somewhere to exercise. people should only be going to work if they can work from home. schools will shut for the first week because it is half term here, primary schools will reopen after the first week but secondary schools will only reopen for years seven and eight for the second week with the rest of the high school pupils joining them at the end of the firebreak. those in greater manchester woke up to tier three restrictions this morning, which is currently the highest level of coronavirus restrictions. joinng us now to discuss how this is impacting on students in the city is kwame asamoah kwarteng, the general secretary at the university of manchester's students union.

thank you forjoining us. how difficult is it going to be for stu d e nts to difficult is it going to be for students to have even more restrictions on movement? yeah, it is going to be very difficult. we have many students trying to stay positive. we understand that many of the students are not happy because we are restricting their ability to enjoy the student life but most importantly they are dis— appointed because they were misled to come to campus thinking they would have the student experience. we inform stu d e nts student experience. we inform students this situation exacerbating but now they feel that the campus and safety experience is at risk so stu d e nts and safety experience is at risk so students are trying to stay positive but are disappointed. everyone

understands that, but of the same time the government was keen to try and make sure that the education continues, is it working? it has been a mixed feeling because right now students have had to move totally online because we are in tier 3. the study to be mixed they are studying online and it is not what i subscribed for. they should not have come to campus knowing that the situation is as bad as a is right now. they are studying online in their house which is not what they subscribed for. people will understand that again, but the government might say that, look, it is better that you have some education. you get some sort of student experience or none at all. how isolating our people finding

this if they're in a tiny room or a house where they cannot leave the premises? that is very true. for our first year students they are very eager to come out and enjoy the experience. for the last month we organised research to understand the experience of our students and what our students talk to us about was that they are not making new friends and are not able to network and that is exactly why they came to campus, thatis is exactly why they came to campus, that is what the university promised them. but now they cannot make this, they cannot make new friends, they feel stuck in their homes feeling lonely. our research has proven that stu d e nts lonely. our research has proven that students are not happy with the situation they are in now. they would prefer to be in their parents house than lockdown in student homes. do you think students should be allowed to go home, may be will

wa nt be allowed to go home, may be will want christmas, but may be learned from home in springtime? yeah, we believe that it is two ways will stop we wanted the student to make it flexible to allow students to study from home and those who could study from home and those who could study from home and those who could study from here can. but if students are studying from here, we want the the university to reduce their rent. it is not fair for them to the university to reduce their rent. it is not fairfor them to be the university to reduce their rent. it is not fair for them to be paying for this accommodation if there studying online and i have face—to—face teaching. university should make it flexible for students to stay at home and then they will have to invest more in the online technology because students are clearly having challenges with lectures and many of them are finding it difficult because it is the first time they're doing it.

universities need to knit make it more flexible and attractive and easy for students to study online. university finances of course will continue to be a question because they paying for. thank you very much for joining they paying for. thank you very much forjoining us from manchester. today it's greater manchester, tomorrow it's south yorkshire that will be going into tier 3 coronavirus restrictions. the new rules come into effect on saturday morning at a minute past midnight. but what effect will it have on businesses in the region? we can speak now to louisa harrison—walker, interim director of the sheffield chambers of commerce, and a business owner herself. these restrictions are bound to be tough, but rishi sunak has brought in extra support. would that be enough? people feel frustrated, anxious and disappointed and as though we are going backwards. needs

to be greater recognition that people are on their knees, their lea n people are on their knees, their lean they spend so much money to adapt to the first wave restrictions and now are being asked adapt again. there is little guarantee or evidence that these restrictions are going to work. sheffield chamber is one of 52 accredited chambers and the chambers have been very clear that without a proper test and try system, without payments to help people isolate and without a clear exit strategy restrictions on top of restrictions are going to have limited value. surely it is better to be safe than sorry? the key question is that in these sectors of hospitality whether the extra support is announced yesterday will tide people over this very difficult

winter. i think there is a concern. as it stands at the moment we are going to tier 3 we are unsure is how long will be in tier 3. while a financial package is welcome, we are unclear as to how long that will last. businesses are planning to be in tier3 last. businesses are planning to be in tier 3 for 28 days, six months, eight months. it is difficult to know how long will be therefore. as it stands at the moment we are unclear as to what the conditions will be. it would be really helpful to have a long—term exit strategy. this virus is not going anywhere, we have to find a way to function. my brother is in and lowered and he said the other day that less than 3% transmissions have been attributed to hospitality trade and they are putting a lot of focus on restrictions there and as i say... but given test choices not working, it is hard to know where the virus infections are being picked up. we know that they are going up. have

you done any work on trying to work on and how manyjobs are under threat in the next few months? that is the key concern, isn't it? yes the british chambers are welcoming the british chambers are welcoming the fact that we are getting feedback from them. we have been able to work with the government for changes and grant support scheme and thejob support changes and grant support scheme and the job support scheme that was announced yesterday. the chambers are grateful to be part of those discussions. we have quite a unique inside —— insight into. we are innovators, we are creators, we are makers but we have a wide variety of industry in our region. some businesses have been very much impacted in some businesses see the opportunity here. but going back to test and trace i do welcome that we are having ability to do that

locally because we know that when locally because we know that when locally it is performed test and tries has 95% contacts. for the national system is only contacting 70% of people. we do welcome that stop until it is fully functioning and until we stop until it is fully functioning and untilwe can stop until it is fully functioning and until we can expect people to isolate a lot of people are on a minimum wage here in yorkshire and they are now being asked to get by in around 70%. in some cases, people are having to make a choice to going to work with symptoms or not going to work with symptoms or not going to work with symptoms or not going to work and not getting paid are not being able to feed their families. we would really welcome and easy to access single payment to encourage people to isolate. it says that 20% of people with symptoms are currently isolating. we need self—isolate and the long term exit strategy. briefly, you say that

there are opportunities. can you see a way where businesses are not viable can retrain and move quickly to potential growth areas? that would be the aim, i guess a lot of people. we see many examples and it has been encouraging from a humanitarian perspective that businesses in sheffield and south yorkshire that have stepped up to have the nhs, schools, colleges using ppe equipment. we have a company producing an app to help businesses to continue to train when they cannot do that in their own premises so they can do that online. there are some fantastic examples of real innovation but equally, only 40% of the people can work from home because traditionally in the north we make more things, we use our hands, it is difficult for some people to be able to just change

direction. thank you very much for being with us. yesterday the chancellor unveiled increased support for jobs and workers hit by covid restrictions — after growing calls from firms based in tier 2 areas that the system, as it stood, was unfair. rishi sunak announced big changes to thejob support scheme, which is set to replace furlough in november. let's get more on this with our business presenter, sima kotecha. yes, as you say, thejob yes, as you say, the job support scheme was changed yesterday, 62% now will be given to employees wages, the hour is not worked. that means that they could take a pay packet home of over 70% of their wages even though they are working fewer hours and even though they may have fewer customers. employees initially were said to have to pay

about 33% of the hours not worked of their employees. now they only have to pay 5%. that is a big change. but is ita to pay 5%. that is a big change. but is it a little too late? how are businesses feeling since this announcement yesterday as they do their sums, as they sift through all that detail? because that is key, a lot of businesses will be really looking at the fine line of detail. to talk about this, tony wilson joins me and is on the line now. he is the director of the institute for employment studies. tony, thank you for coming on. is this a little too late? is that what you are hearing from businesses? it certainly is light. the full furlough scheme is ending next week and so this is really little time for businesses to prepare if they were intending to make people redundant for the new job support scheme. but it is also better late than never. for the chancellor announced we have welcomed, we think we now have a functioning short—term working scheme will stop there will be

businesses that are scratching their heads and crunching the numbers and whether and how they can use the scheme. from those i have been speaking to, people have been sacked because businesses have been looking at their cash flow as the months go forward , at their cash flow as the months go forward, they have been looking at the initialjob support scheme that was announced, the initialjob support scheme that was announced , so the initialjob support scheme that was announced, so jobs the initialjob support scheme that was announced, sojobs have been lost. what would you say about that? that is right. we have heard to that redundancies and job losses have ratcheted up over the last month or so ratcheted up over the last month or so and that is in line with what we have been forecasting. based on notifications of businesses of the insolvency service of redundancies we have forecasted out there will be about 600,000 redundancies in the second half of this year. and that most of that was going to happen during septemberand most of that was going to happen during september and october. i think this comes back to the point being made earlier by the previous

contributor from sheffield that how we can actually help people move into otherjobs is going to be increasingly important. but there it would be second jobs and notjobs people have tried for school for. it is going to be a big job already. job support scheme will help particularly for those held that have got increased restrictions on where things have gotten worse in the last month, but we are going to need a lot more than what was announced yesterday. and briefly, tony, we have seen that retail sales have gone up today. do you think that that will be enough to save the high street and those jobs on the high street and those jobs on the high street, because we know that the high street has been struggling since before the pandemic and the pandemic exacerbated the situation amid a lot worse? the retail sales figures today were positive and really good. in terms of high street

retail i am not sure that this is going to change the underlying picture with a shift from face—to—face to online. a lot of retailers have been focusing on making their work and premises secure and that often means fewer staff on the shop floor. even though sales have come back, there are fewer staff in stores and there is much more happening online. we are going to be a long—run trend in retail with fewerjobs and more job losses in the future. tony wilson, thank you so much forjoining us. analysts say that they are worried that the surge in retail sales will continue as harsher restrictions are put in place around the country and we approach the darker, colder months. will that have an influence over retail sales? i think it will. christmas coming up also.

coming up at 2.30pm, we'll answer your questions on changes to the job support scheme and impacts to the economy. jasmine birtles is editor of the website moneymagpie, and michelle ovens is the founder of small business britain will be here to answer you questions. that's coming up at 2.30pm. you can get involved by sending your questions to... the england and manchester united footballer marcus rashford — who has been leading a campaign for free school meals scheme to be extended over school holidays until easter 2021 — which was rejected by mps this week — has been retweeting cafes and restaurants across the country offering free lunches to children who need it. here's retweeted places across the country this morning from sheffield to falmouth to lincoln to cumbria. it comes following a visit to a new foodbank

warehouse named after his mother. it's been set up by the charity fareshare who say they are distributing double the amount of food than before the pandemic. in response, they've taken on a new depot in manchester, which has been named "melanie maynard house". his visit came a day after many conservative mps voted against extending free school meals to disadvantaged children in england during the holidays. marcus rashford said he was disappointed by the reaction from some mps. people have opinions. whether or not they understand fully what the families are going through is another conversation. but, because of that, it's easier for me to sort of dismiss a lot of the people that are making those opinions, because, you know, i know for sure that a lot of them speak in the way that they speak and it's so insensitive about the issue, and they've definitely not been through it themselves. so, for me, you know, i'll take that all day long. as long as we start to see

improvements, going forward, for the people that are in need of it now is what's important to me. so i don't mind the criticism. marcus rashford pressing on with his campaign. marcus rashford pressing on with his campaign. this morning, liverpool city council, greater manchester and oldham havejoined a number of other councils backing the campaign, and more than 200 children's authors, including the children's laureate cressida cowell signed a letter to the government calling for "official" financial help. the national education union also called on the government to revisit their policy on the matter. members of my union, teachers and support staff, have been telling the union of that holiday hunger, children coming back to school after the holiday hungry, unable to concentrate, unable to get on with their work, has been increasing. it's been a phenomenon that has grown since 2010 and the austerity. and it's much worse now. this is something that really matters for education

and for these children. the government should look again at this. no mp that voted against this will be hungry tonight, or hungry over the half term. but there are lots of children who are going to be hungry and that is impacting on all of their life, including education. the chief secretary to the treasury steve barclay says the government is committed to help children who need it. we put measures into schools specifically to support disadvantaged children. because it is absolutely core as an issue. the issue is, what is the best way of getting support to families? we have done that through the welfare system, through supporting local authorities, targeted measures in schools and, above all, trying to help as many people keep theirjobs through the package of measures we have set out. political controversy raging over that campaign over free school meals is lots of children are in the half

term break. is lots of children are in the half now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello there. after a wet one morning for some in the west a brighter afternoon is on its way. further south and east of the afternoon rain in england and wales will start a clear and patchy rain and he will work its way throughout the midlands stopped also be one or two showers in the south—east throughout the day, but a better chance of some sunshine at times with a sunnier end to the north and west with a few showers in northern scotland and northern ireland. into this evening in our overnight many central eastern areas will stay dry but in the west the cloud increases, the rain starts to spread its way in and it is going to turn increasingly windy. we will see wins top 70 miles an hour across western parts of scotland. throughout the day heavy rain would be pushing its way eastwards and it is going to be a narrow band of pretty intense rain that works its way across england and wales which will bring the strongest on the wing rings here. for most of us we will see gales and

it will be potentially causing damage. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... a calmer debate this time, but donald trump and joe biden still clash over race and coronavirus in theirfinal exchange before the us election. more and more people are getting better. we have a problem that is a worldwide problem. it is a worldwide problem but i have been congratulated by the heads of many countries and what we have been able to do. you folks at home will have an empty chairat to do. you folks at home will have an empty chair at the kitchen table, that man or wife trying to reach overin that man or wife trying to reach over in bed where their wife and husband was is gone. learning to live with it, come on, we are dying from it. wales prepares for a 17—day lockdown from this evening, as the toughest level

of restrictions begin in greater manchester. more than 200 children's writers back footballer marcus rashford's campaign to make free school meals available over the winter. how testing sewage can be part of an early warning system to detect outbreaks of coronavirus before they spread. overnight clashes between police and protesters in the polish capital, warsaw, following a court ruling which almost completely bans abortions. sport now and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here'sjohn watson. yes, good morning. it was a good night for the british clubs in europe, celtic aside. the moment of the night came from kemar roofe, a goalfrom inside his own half that will be played again and again. it's well worth a look if you've not seen it. playing for rangers, in belguim, he first of all, beats seveal players,

before from over 54 yards out — inside his own half — he fires the ball into the standard liege goal. his teamates and manager said it was one of the greatest goals ever. 2—0 they won. that goal compounded a miserable night for celtic. mohamed elyounoussi gave the scottish champions, hope of a fight back against ac milan, but despite late pressure, they lost 3—1 in the end. there was a comprehensive win for spurs, heung—min son getting the final goal in their 3—0 win against lask. an impressive debut for new striker carlos vinicius too. he set up two of the goals and impressed his manager. first match, i'm really happy. the only thing that was missing there was one goal, but then we could see that is much

more than that. not selfish, is a good target, man. you can even play with harry kane when his good period arrive. 3000 fans saw arsenal come from behind to beat rapid vienna in austria. not a great start, bernd leno and david luiz gifting the home side the lead, but luiz made amends to level the game before pierre emerick aubameyang completed the comeback. a convincing win for leicester too as they beat ukrainian side zorya luhansk 3—0. kelechi iheanacho set up the first two, before scoring their third. wales' women's side kept their hopes of reaching next summer's euros alive with a 4—0 win over faroe islands. they started slowly and were 1—0 up at half time, but two goals from natasha harding and this one from lily woodham, sealed victory, narrowing the gap on group c leaders

norway to four points. england men's centrally contracted cricket players have agreed to a 15% pay cut for the 12—month period starting from 1st october. it comes after what the ecb has described as a "substa ntial shortfall" in revenue as a consequence of the covid—19 pandemic. the 15% cut will apply to players retainers, match fees and win bonuses. the rugby football union will make a decision by 3pm this afternoon whether the planned england against barbarians match at twickenham can go ahead on sunday. 12 of the baa baa squad have had to self—isolate after leaving their hotel for a meal and breaking covid rules. chris robshaw, richard wigglesworth, sean maitland and jackson wray are among the players stood down. the baa baas are still hoping to find enough replacements.

england's tyrrell hatton is tied for second after the first round of the zozo championship in california. hatton made eight birdies in his round of 65. colombia's sebastian munoz has a one shot lead, but it was a day to forget for rory mcilroy and tiger woods who are back in 64th and 75th respectively. now finally, we must say happy birthday to one of the world's greatest ever footballers, pele who's 80 today. the brazilian icon once said, "i was born for football, like beethoven was born for music." some of his greatest goals were at the 1970 world cup finals. a giant pele street mural will be unveiled in the coastal city of santos today, to mark 80 years of footballing greatness. just before we go, a reminder that you can follow the latest from first practice at the portuguese grand prix. that's bbc.co.uk/sport,

but that's all the sport for now. let's get some more reaction now to the ‘firebreak‘ coronavirus lockdown which is coming into force this evening across wales. more than three million people are being told to stay at home for two weeks an to only leave for reasons including exercise and to buy essential items such as food. let's get more on this now and speak tojohn griffiths, labour member of the senedd for newport east. thank you forjoining us. this is going to be pretty tough, but in your view necessary or too far?” think are necessary. the advisory group, the scientific advisory group to welsh government are equivalent of sage at a uk level have advised this is necessary to reset in terms of the increase of coronavirus cases

in wales. this 17 day period will buy us time, very valuable time so that the nhs is not overwhelmed so we continue to get through this crisis of public health closer to a vaccine, we continue to develop better treatments, we continue to improve test, trace and protect. it is valuable time. when they do not just at the end of it, does it not just at the end of it, does it not just delay the rise because are you going to open up fully at the end of it? i think it is likely there will bea it? i think it is likely there will be a national set of restrictions following this period, but we have to wait and see what shape they take and to wait and see what shape they take a nd exa ctly to wait and see what shape they take and exactly what is put in place. buying time is very valuable that the reasons that i set outjust now. we can set back the progress of the virus. we do have better treatments,

we do improve test, trace and protect. isn't the difficulty because of the delay in numbers that the numbers of hospitalisations, deaths sadly might still be going up at the end of the 17 day restriction thereby to lift them at that point might be quite tough.” thereby to lift them at that point might be quite tough. i think the welsh government has been clear, there will be a timeline, we will probably see cases continue to increase and sadly hospitalisations and deaths continue to increase after this period but it does set back the progress of the virus and it does buy us time. it will be possible to relax the very deep, sharp restrictions that we have in place during the fire break period but there will still be a need for restrictions and sadly we know this virus is going to be with us for some time. one thing that has been

perplexing is why mark drake said has said that supermarkets should not be selling items such as clothes. why not? i think it is quite obvious that what we are trying to do is restrict the physical contact. we have to do that because of the terrible nature of this virus which thrives on the human contact. the less time people spendin human contact. the less time people spend in supermarkets the better. obviously people have to buy food. but they don't have to browse around clothing sections. i think it makes good sense and there is an ash issue of parity with small businesses that is very important as well. surely sometimes buying clothes may be essential. what is exactly defined as essential and nonessential? you may say buying alcohol is not essential. there is a list that is not exhaustive but it is there for people and businesses to see. i

think people would understand the basic distinction in terms of the supermarkets that people have to eat ona supermarkets that people have to eat on a daily basis, but clothing is a different category, i think people understand that. we it there. thank you very much. lets return to the final us presidential debate — which took place just 11 days before polling day. let's hear he thoughts now of rachel bitecoffer, a political scientist and election forecaster, who joins us from newport news in virginia. thank you for your time. in a way many that it was joe thank you for your time. in a way many that it wasjoe biden to lose because he is ten points ahead in the polls and donald trump actually perhaps did himself some favours by the fact it was so much calmer last night? yes and no. that is generally the bar set for the debate, can

trump come out and have a normal tone and temperament in the debate? we knew he did that in the second debate in the 2016 cycle. i think the media system here has been very careful not to allow buyers like that or expectations to override good judgment because last night he did come out and do that saying, which is a pretty low bar to come out and talk as two normal presidential candidates were to do, exchange ideas and not do it in a wrestling style, but he did have massive issues with truth. i heard an analysis on television that really hearkened back how hard it is to have a presidential candidate, especially an incumbent president so loose with the truth because she was remembering the green room and how

ifa remembering the green room and how if a candidate said something was a misstatement, a fact, like it is to bea misstatement, a fact, like it is to be a scandal and the whole response tea m be a scandal and the whole response team in the green room would be devoted to if you were in the other candidate's team coming up with the lie or defending it. last night, i don't know what the final relation is, but it is many dozens of lies of what is not correct that came out of the president and it was amazing that we have inoculated ourselves to that we have inoculated ourselves to that here. i am sure the trump campaign would deny that charge. how would that affect some of the swing voters who have not made their mind up voters who have not made their mind up about donald trump and joe biden already? to be clear, we do have in objective reality, there are things called subjective facts and

objective reality. there are things that can be verified and subjective are things that i believe about god, we can't verify the belief of god, there is something that you can't verify. but the facts about immigration or things like that that can be verified. therefore we can have a good idea of truth and statement of lies in terms ofjoe biden and trump. we do have a system to measure ferocity of our political candidates and i urge voters to check on the record. in terms of the moving order what you get out of a debate, there is political polarisation so we have a body politic that is suffering phenomena called hyper partisanship and i am not sure how much of your viewership

is familiar with that terminology, but it is a quantifiable measurable characteristic of the electorate that has tangible effects on public opinion, so i'm not sure the... we think about covid has not had much ofan impact think about covid has not had much of an impact on the contours of the race either. sorry, wejust lost of an impact on the contours of the race either. sorry, we just lost you at the end of the answer. thank you so much. thank you for having me. a fresh inquest will be held into the death of a woman who was murdered by her boyfriend, after her parents won a high court challenge. susan nicholson was killed by robert trigg in 2011, five years after he killed his previous partner in similar circumstances. our correspondent duncan kennedy is in winchester for us. what is the background to this? this does go back to 2000 when a woman

called caroline devlin died and thus lower to 2011, that is the year susan nicholson died. following both of the deaths of these two women, there were postmortems and nothing suspicious except the parents of susan nicholson were suspicious because they found out that not only was their daughter but also caroline devlin both partners of a man called robert trigg. although the power to delete my postmortem found nothing suspicious and the police didn't investigate, susan nicholson's pa rents were investigate, susan nicholson's parents were still suspicious about robert trigg so they hired their own experts, delving into this deeper, and cutting this into a short story, it was found that both susan nicholson and caroline devlin had been killed by robert trigg. he faced trial in 2017 and was convicted of the murder of susan nicholson and the manslaughter of caroline devlin. there was subsequently a police enquiry, that

found shortcomings in much the police should have carried out, sussex police. there were other inquiries and the essential bottom line of that was that there were missed opportunities as the police should have recognised there was a link between these two cases and should have investigated fully. that was still not enough susan nicholson's parents, they wanted a full inquest so they have spent the last nine years pushing for a full inquest to get to the bottom of all theissues inquest to get to the bottom of all the issues to find out why the police did not link robert trigg to the cases and why they didn't link the cases and why they didn't link the two women and the deaths that subsequently followed. this morning, after a judicial review, thejudges have ruled a full inquest should now go ahead and a date to be fixed. how have her parents reacted now to the news? both peter and elizabeth say they are believed the judges have ruled in this direction, it has been a nine—year battle for them. they have always said, ever since the

original suspicions, have always said, ever since the originalsuspicions, but the have always said, ever since the original suspicions, but the police should have investigated this more folly. sussex police should have investigated this. not only their daughter, but also caroline devlin had been killed by robert trigg. they are relieved the judges have ruled in their favour and they say the full inquest will be able to call witnesses on both sides to go to the bottom of what happened with both of these women and they help then they will have all the answers they have been looking far for these many years. they have not heard yet from sussex police but they have previously apologised for the shortcomings. thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news... donald trump and joe biden clash over race and coronavirus in their final debate before the election, but it was less acrimonious than last time. wales prepares for a 17—day lockdown from this evening, as the toughest level of restrictions begin in greater manchester.

more than 200 children's writers back footballer marcus rashford's campaign to make free school meals available outside term time over the winter. 90 waste—water treatment sites across the uk are testing sewage for traces of covid—19, as part of an early warning system to detect outbreaks before they spread. scientists established earlier this year that fragments of the virus's genetic material could be identified in human waste as our health correspondent, naomi grimley reports. could waste water be essential in the fight against covid—19? that's the theory at this sewage treatment works in beckton, london, the biggest of its kind in europe. scientists from universities such as newcastle have been experimenting since the spring with regular tests on sewage, after they realised that

fragments of the virus's dna can be detected in waste. the department for the environment says a pilot in september helped spot rising infections in plymouth, where a cluster was silently growing. during september there was a sudden spike, and that enabled local health officials to try to identify where around plymouth there might have been a particular problem. and that showed a problem that was around even though the test and trace system hadn't shown it at that point. the technique is already being used on university campuses in america, which are analysing waste from student residences twice a week, helping to spot asymptomatic cases. from today, 90 treatment sites will be doing this in england, scotland and wales. they will share their analysis with test and trace to help them hone in on particular areas, as well as tip off local nhs services.

it's an unlikely story of human ingenuity and human waste combining, to provide a much—needed early warning. naomi grimley, bbc news. police in poland have used pepper spray on hundreds of people protesting in warsaw against a court ruling to ban virtually all abortions. there were clashes between police in riot gear and protesters outside the home of the deputy prime minister, who heads the governing law and justice party. on thursday, the constitutional court ruled that eugenic practices which permit ending the life of a foetus with a disability, are unconstitutional. paul hawkins reports. waiting for a verdict from poland's top court. anti—abortion activists cheer the ruling which means the procedure will be banned for foetal defects. translation: today poland is an example for europe. it is an example for the world.

ladies and gentlemen, we are not stuck in the historical necessity which commands us to march to the left and facilitates murder. it is possible to protect life. regular pro—life activism, which brings results, is possible. poland already had some of the most restrictive abortion laws in europe. women's rights groups estimate that around 100,000 women a year travel abroad for the procedure. in poland last year, there were just over 1000 legal terminations. 98% of them because of foetal defects, but this ruling tightens the law further. it means abortion is only legal in cases of rape, incest or where the mother's life is at risk. even then, doctors can refuse to carry out the procedure on the grounds of freedom of conscience. back in 2016, the conservative ruling party tried to tighten abortion legislation, prompting thousands to pour onto the streets of the capital warsaw in protest. there was opposition in parliament, while opinion polls showed voters

were not in favour of tighter restrictions, so the government asked the country's supreme court, withjudges picked by the governance, to rule on the matter. but four years later, the reaction is the same. pro—choice protesters are ignoring restrictions to make their voice heard. one campaigner said 3000 demonstrators had marched on the ruling party's headquarters. we are going to the european commission to start an infringement procedure on poland for attempting to legalise tortures in poland, to go to the european court ofjustice against poland for that. and we support each and every individual case against a doctor that would try to lie that this kind of abortion is banned in poland, because it is not. but poland's top court disagrees and that means any legal challenges will have to come at a european level. paul hawkins, bbc news. subscription streaming services

have come to dominate the way many people around the world now listen to their music. but the bbc‘s found some of the world's largest platforms — including spotify and apple music — have been hosting songs with explicitly racist, homophobic and anti—semitic lyrics. that's despite a crackdown on this type of content three years ago. following our investigation, lots of the music has now been removed. this report includes offensive references. steve holden reports. the sheer amount of music and streaming services is mind blowing, but like the internet there is dark corners. we have found songs on a number of platforms that include lyrics that are explicitly racist, homophobic or anti—semitic. references to the aryan race and in one case featured an excerpt from a hit with a speech. on spot if i specifically we found a number that wright inspired playlists including some under the letters n s pn,

wright inspired playlists including some under the letters n s pm, a genre of music directly linked to neo—nazis and white supremacy. in some cases, and album or songs original title had been changed by removing words such as aryan and white possibly to avoid detection, but listening, the lyrics remain the same. there is an attempt to buy white power music to manipulate the titles of their music and shift perhaps even the names of bands in an attempt to push the music out. after a similar issue was highlighted in 2017, is but if i introduced a new hate content policy vowing to remove songs and artist that preached it. but campaigners do not think it is good enough. streaming services have set themselves up to be the primary source of music. people trust streaming services, they believe in the credibility of them unconsciously. people are not coming

on to streaming services to be presented with hate music and hate lyrics. music linked to the far right has existed for decades across many genres and can be used as a recruiting tool to sell a white supremacist ideology. the growth of the white power music scene in the 705 and 805 ran parallel with the growth of members in fascist parties so there is clearly a big worry that could happen again and that is why we need spotty thigh, apple music did take the problem seriously and deal with it. back in did take the problem seriously and dealwith it. back in the did take the problem seriously and deal with it. back in the day, you could not walk into any high street record store and buy the kind of music we are talking about. it was underground. but critics now say streaming services make it easily accessible, you are able to play songs by these bands with a search and a click. but if i said the music in question has been removed and it is continuously developing and

improving technology that identifies such content. apple music said it has hidden the majority of the tracks highlighted. youtube said it... the streaming services say they take a hard line on music that seeks to segregate and discriminate but many will say they need to look at new ways of heading it off so it doesn't lurk on their platforms hidden in plain sight. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello. like today, the weekend will also have its wetter, but also sunnier moments. unlike today, the winds will be pretty strong at times. it's all linked to areas of cloud, developing areas of low pressure we have in the atlantic at the moment. they will be working towards us. the first sign of it was the cloud and rain we saw in western areas to start the day. that is pushing eastwards. still starting the afternoon wet across parts of north—west england, wales and the south—west. notice how the rain diminishes as the cloud pushes eastwards. brighter spells at times in east anglia the south—east, one or two showers here.

a lot more sunshine to finish the day across scotland, northern ireland, northern and western england and wales. a few showers in scotland and northern ireland and the coolest of the conditions. this evening, cloud, patchy rain and drizzle across east anglia and the south east, a few showers in the english channel overnight but many eastern areas will be dry. like last night, turning wet again towards the western half of the country. a fairly cool night, but unlike last night, the winds even stronger. 70 mph gusts possible in western scotland. that will lead into a windy weekend for many of us. be prepared if you are on the move. there could be some travel disruption, particularly on the ferries and across the bridges. there could even be minor damage, with the odd trees and branch down. the strongest wind is attached to this band of rain starting in scotland and northern ireland first thing, working across england and wales. notice the brighter colours. there will be a shortish spell of intense rain for some of you as it works its way eastwards during the afternoon. with the intense rain will come the strongest of the wind. we could see gusts around 60 miles an hour, quite widely we will see

galeforce gusts across the country. at least the day will finish with some sunshine across scotland, northern ireland, northern england and wales after morning rain. here, the coolest conditions ten or 11, maybe 17 across the south east and of south anglia, before the rain arrives late afternoon and evening. very heavy rain here to finish the day. that will clear off during saturday night. into sunday, a revolving area of pretty deep low pressure remains to the north—west. continuing to feed in plenty of showers across western scotland, and maybe northern ireland. here, the strongest of the winds, topping 62 mph in places. gusty winds elsewhere in the country. a more straightforward mix of sunshine and showers. eastern area see more sunshine, western area see more showers, some of them heavy fand thundery. some of them heavy and thundery. compared with saturday we will all feel fresher. on sunday, an extra hour in bed. the clocks go back an hour at 2am but darker evenings are on the way.

this is bbc news. the headlines: a calmer debate this time but donald trump and joe biden still clash over race and coronavirus in theirfinal exchange before the us election. more and more people are getting better. we have a problem that's a worldwide problem. this is a worldwide problem. but i've been congratulated by the heads of many countries on what we've been able to do. you folks at home will have an empty chair at the kitchen table this morning. that man or wife gone to bed tonight and reaching over to try to touch their — out of habit — where their wife or husband was is gone. learning to live with it? come on — we're dying with it. wales prepares for a 17—day lockdown from this evening, as the toughest level of restrictions begin in greater manchester. more than 200 children's writers back footballer marcus rashford's campaign to make

free school meals available outside term time over the winter. how testing sewage can be part of an early warning system to detect outbreaks of coronavirus before they spread. and clashes between police and protesters in the polish capital, warsaw — following a court ruling which almost completely bans abortions. the mute button helped, and it was a calmer more traditional debate — the final head—to—head between donald trump and joe biden before the us election in just 11 days on novermber 3rd. held in nashville, tennessee, the two men discussed the economy, healthcare, race relations and climate change. who won the debate and whether it changed the way anyone will vote

are the key questions now. barbara plett usher reports. applause welcome to the stage former vice presidentjoe biden and president donaldj trump. the sequel to the most out—of—control presidential debate americans had ever seen turned out to be the kind of traditional election face—off they would normally expect. the two men started by offering sharply different visions over how to handle the surging coronavirus pandemic. there's not another serious scientist in the world who thinks it's going to be over soon. president trump, your reaction? i don't say "over soon", i say we are learning to live with it, we have no choice, we can't lock ourselves up in a basement. learn to live with it, come on we are dying with it. i take full responsibility, but it is not my fault i came here it is china's. the mute button saw action for trump

held off the constant interruptions of last time. what was supposed to bea of last time. what was supposed to be a discussion on national security got tangled up in accusations of personal corruption involving foreign governments. i don't make money from china. you do. i don't make money from ukraine. you do. i don't make money from russia. i have not taken a single penny from any country whatsoever, ever. we learnt that this president paid 50 times tax in china as a single bank account with china and does this and is in china. prison trump got some sharp hits in. he turned a question on black lives matter into an attack onjoe biden's record on race and criminal justice reform. lam the i am the least racist person. i am the least racist person in this room. not since abraham lincoln has anybody done what i have done for the black community. this president

poured fuel on every single racist fire. iran because of you, iran because of barack obama, because you did a poorjob. if i thought you did a good job i would have never run. climate change because serious attention this time. windmills are the fastest growing jobs and big pay good wages. they pay 45 or 50 bucks per hour. we can grow and we can be cleaner. the fumes coming up to make these massive windmills is more than anything that we are talking about with natural gas which is very clean. overall, joe biden put in a steady performance. points on everyday issues that matter to americans, like health care. president champs showed restraint but did not do much damage mr biden.

voters were the winners, they got a debate that was focused on substance rather than being hijacked by style. bbc news, nashville. our correspondent in nashville, laura trevelyan, assessed what the debate's likely impact on the vote would be. 47 million americans have already voted. that is a third of the electorate, maybe, that voted in 2016. so, will this have changed any minds? the president's team were hoping, going into this, that it would really reset the race. now, they've come out of it saying thatjoe biden, in his statement, that he would transition away from oil, that this is a major gaffe, it will cost millions ofjobs. joe biden on the tarmac

tonight, going home, has had to say he was talking about ending subsidies forfossilfuels, not ending fossil fuels themselves. so, you can see that there is something there that the trump campaign will try to get traction with. but on the key question of coronavirus, which is all consuming in america at the moment, where we are seeing the caseload going up, where more than 1,000 people died yesterday, the presidentjust really had the same thing to say. a vaccine is around the corner, it's bad all around the world and it is china's fault. joe biden said that there would be a national mask mandate, he tried to introduce rapid testing, get the schools open. in the end, if you are looking for a reason to vote for either candidate, did it really change any minds, did it shake up the race? or is it largely a wash with only 11 days to go? more than three million people and thousands of businesses in wales are preparing for a so—called "firebrea k" coronavirus lockdown. they are being told to stay at home from this evening and to only leave

for reasons including exercise and to buy essential items such as food. from 6 p.m. pubs, restaurants, hotels and non—essential shops will close. the aim of the measures is to slow the spread of the virus and bring "a much more normal christmas season" according to wales health minister, vaughan gething. greater manchester has now joined liverpool and lancashire in being under the highest level of coronavirus restrictions in england, tier 3. south yorkshire will also move from tier 2 to tier 3 from tomorrow morning. a five—tier covid alert system will be set out in scotland later. it is thought it will include measures more rigorous than those south of the border. and northern ireland is in the first week of a four—week circuit—break. let's being in wales and our correspondent tomos morgan who is in chepstow. the majority of wales, 17 out of the 22 local authorities and about 80% of the population, have been living under local lockdown restrictions until today for the past few weeks.

those restrictions have meant that nobody should be leaving their local authority area and nobody should be entering a local lockdown restriction. that is actually by law, so it is not a guidance like in england. people have been getting fined and turned home if they have got a good reason to be entering or those areas. those local lockdown restrictions clearly have not been enough to deter the spread of the virus, it has been increasing in all of the local authorities across wales, which is why the welsh government have decided to go ahead with this firebreak approach which was something that was suggested by sage, the group of scientists that advised the welsh government, something that mark drakeford, the first minister has been in favour of. chepstow is one of the areas which has not been under local lockdown restrictions recently. however it has seen

a significant rise over the past few weeks and days to a level which has brought it clearly into a category which should be coming into more restrictions. i have spoken to some of the bars, restaurants and cafe owners here and they are a little bit unhappy because they say, we have not been in any local lockdown restrictions recently so it is unfair to tarnish us, if you like, with the same brush as areas like cardiff and the south wales valleys that have seen high levels of the disease. what will come into force tonight will be again, as you mentioned, similar stay—at—home measures. people should only be leaving their house to go for exercise and they should be exercising from their home rather than going somewhere to exercise. people should only be going to work if they cannot work from home. schools will shut for the first week because it is half term here, primary schools will reopen after the first week but secondary schools will only reopen for years

seven and eight for the second week with the rest of the high school pupils joining them at the end of the firebreak. our correspondent in chepstow. tomorrow south yorkshire will go into tier 3 — the highest level of covid alert level, today it's manchester. our correspondent dan johnson has the latest on how the city is adapting to thethe restrictions as they come into force. finally people have clarity on what they'll be living with for at least the next month but how much longer will it go on? quite a busy night last night, people taking advantage of the last chance to be in those pubs and bars that will now have to close for at least the next few weeks. that is a big dealfor some of those people, not just their business, their livelihood, their work that is going to be disrupted, but they of course or the focus of social life are some people, pubs at the centre of certain communities and one cent you get

as i moved around to different cities, talking to people over the last few weeks, some people will be affected in a big way, either it is their business, place of work or some part they rely on either as part of their social life or perhaps some poor they rely on in terms of childcare like a soft play centre that will be disrupted, other people say actually it won't make a huge difference to me. i was talking to my mum last night in an area about to go into tier 3 and when i explained the rules her she said that's how i've been living for the past three months anyway, doesn't feel like it will make much difference but to underline the importance, across there is a nightingale hospitalfor the north west, now about to reopen as a recuperation centre for covid patients. that was dan johnson. nottingham and parts of nottinghamshire are expected to be moved into the "very high" covid alert level next week — which restrictions coming into force from wednesday. discussions between the government and council leaders are continuing today after talks ended yesterday without a final decision being made. there are ongoing discussions on finer details such

as whether or not gyms can stay open all that remain. talks have been described as "amiable and constructive", with one source saying the government seems keen to come to an agreement with local leaders after the very public disagreement with the mayor of greater manchester. coming up at 2.30pm we'll answer your questions on changes to the job support scheme and impacts to the economy. jasmine birtles is editor of the website moneymagpie, and michelle ovens is the founder of small business britain will be here to answer you questions. that's coming up at 2.30pm. you can get involved by sending your questions... post—brexit trade talks between the uk and european union are continuing in london today as michel barnier said both sides have a "common responsibility" to strike a deal. the eu's chief negotiator is meeting with his uk counterpart lord frost as the deadline for an agreement looms.

number ten has warned "significant gaps" remain in the most difficult areas. the international trade secretary, liz truss said a deal can be done. we are in intense negotiations with the eu, we have made real progress and we want to get a good deal with the eu. we want a deal like they have with canada which we think is perfectly reasonable, we are making good progress in the negotiations. what we cannot do is sign up to something that affects our sovereignty and our ability to set our own rules and regulations. those are important principles. but absolutely, a deal can be done with the eu, there is a clear deal they have got with canada, we would like a deal like that. but if the eu is not prepared to do a deal, it allows the uk to attain its sovereignty, then we will go to australia top style turns and i think that is perfectly reasonable. liz truss was speaking in tokyo, after formally signing the uk—japan free trade agreement — the first britain has made with a large economy since leaving the eu. the bilateral agreement will remove

nearly all tariffs between the two countries from next year. britain said it showed post—brexit deals could be struck quickly, but experts say the speed was possible because it replicates an existing agreement betweenjapan and the eu. liz truss was speaking in tokyo, after formally signing the uk—japan japan says a big concern is whether the uk can negotiate a trade deal with the eu since that supply chain is crucial to tokyo. the england and manchester united footballer marcus rashford — who has been leading a campaign for free school meals scheme to be extended over school holidays until easter 2021 — which was rejected by mps this week — has been retweeting cafes and restaurants across the country offering free lunches to children who need it. he's tweeted places across the country this morning. from sheffield to falmouth, lincoln to cumbria. it comes following a visit to a new foodbank warehouse named after his mother. it's been set up by the charity fareshare who say they are distributing double the amount of food than before the pandemic. in response, they've taken on a new depot in manchester,

which has been named "melanie maynard house". his visit came a day after many conservative mps voted against extending free school meals to disadvantaged children in england during the holidays. marcus rashford said he was disappointed by the reaction from some mps. people have opinions. whether or not they understand fully what the families are going through is another conversation. but, because of that, it's easier for me to sort of dismiss a lot of the people that are making those opinions, because, you know, i know for sure that a lot of them speak in the way that they speak and it's so insensitive about the issue, and they've definitely not been through it themselves. so, for me, you know, i'll take that all day long. as long as we start to see improvements, going forward, for the people that are in need of it now is what's important to me. so i don't mind the criticism.

this morning, liverpool city council, greater manchester and old ham have joined a number of other councils backing the campaign, and more than 200 children's authors, including the children's laureate cressida cowell signed a letter to the government calling for "official" financial help. the national education union also called on the government to revisit their policy on the matter. the members of my union, teachers and support staff, have been telling the union of that holiday hunger, children coming back to school after the holiday hungry, unable to concentrate, unable to get on with their work, has been increasing. it's been a phenomenon that has grown since 2010 and the austerity. and it's much worse now. this is something that really matters for education and for these children. the government should look again at this. no mp that voted against this will be hungry tonight, or hungry over the half term. but there are lots of children who are going to be hungry and that is impacting on all of their life, including education.

the chief secretary to the treasury steve barclay says the government is committed to help children who need it. we put measures into schools specifically to support disadvantaged children. because it is absolutely core as an issue. the issue is, what is the best way of getting support to families? we have done that through the welfare system, through supporting local authorities, targeted measures in schools and, above all, trying to help as many people keep theirjobs through the package of measures we have set out. the wales first minister mark drakeford is giving an update we must do everything we can to break the rapidly rising cycle of infections we are seeing right across wales. two weeks in which the law requires everyone to stay at home and to work from home wherever possible. that is why all nonessential shops, leisure, hospitality and tourism businesses will shut. and it is why we have put

in place new rules for this two week period to prevent people from gathering indoors and outdoors. if we are going to be successful and slow the spread of infection, we have to reduce contact between people wherever possible. this as we have said before, is a short, sharp shock to the virus, to turn back the clock and to ensure that our nhs is not overrun in the coming weeks. it isa not overrun in the coming weeks. it is a short, sharp shock that will save people's lives. the first slide that you will see helps to explain the efforts that people have made in wales already and why they give us a platform from which this two week period can succeed. here you see a

slide provided to us by torfaen council. it shows how at the end of september, the amount of coronavirus in circulation was identical to a town in the north of england. since then, the efforts made by people in tour vine and then, the efforts made by people in tourvine and in then, the efforts made by people in tour vine and in all parts of wales have helped us to keep the virus from getting completely out of control and we see the difference there between what has been achieved in tourvine and there between what has been achieved in tour vine and what has happened elsewhere. the local restrictions have worked to stem the virus. but they have not been able to turn it back. the clear advice we have is that we need to act urgently now because the virus is moving too fast. yesterday we passed a new milestone in the course of this pandemic is more than 1

milestone in the course of this pandemic is more than1 million tests were carried out in wales since march. a further 1000 134 cases were added to the overall number of infections, bringing the running total to more than 39,000. and very sadly, the death rate continues to rise. today's figures bring the number of deaths reported by public health wales to 45 this week. i have come to the podium a number of times in the summer to report days when nobody died at all. and 45 people have died in this week. we pause as we do for a moment to reflect on the loss of those people's lives and what that means to theirfamily people's lives and what that means to their family and to their loved ones. there are those who seek to

persuade us that coronavirus is all just a hoax, but it is a mild disease and that it does no harm. these are the people who say that to you do not face the families of people who have died this week and who have never seen and never speak to their loved one again. they will never face the hundreds to their loved one again. they will neverface the hundreds more people in wales who would die unless we act now to bring this deadly disease back under control. when i spoke to you last week i said we faced a very real risk that the nhs in wales could be overwhelmed injust real risk that the nhs in wales could be overwhelmed in just a matter of weeks. and it has taken just six weeks for coronavirus to re—establish itself here in wales. every local authority area now except for one has an incidence rate of more than 50 cases for every 100,000 people. and in every part of

wales and in a growing number of parts of wales it is more than 100 cases for every 100,000. the impact on the nhs lags a few weeks behind the rise of cases in the community, but the rise is very real. this slide shows the number of people in hospital today with coronavirus symptoms. the top line, the grey line, shows the total number of people admitted to hospital with coronavirus and it is made up of three different components, the bottom line, the yellow line, shows a growing number of people in hospital who are recovering from coronavirus, long culvert as it is sometimes called. the blue line are people in hospital with suspected coronavirus. they have to be treated in hospital identically as though they have confirmed coronavirus and they have confirmed coronavirus and they are there in growing numbers also. and the orange line for people

who have confirmed coronavirus. you can clearly see from this grass a steep rise from october onwards in the number of people with coronavirus symptoms being treated in welsh hospitals. the numbers have almost doubled from around 500 at the start of this month to just under 900 yesterday. the nhs has started to open additional critical ca re started to open additional critical care capacity to ensure that it can manage all of the demands on intensive care from emergency admissions, winter pressures and the pandemic. the latest figures from the nhs show that there are 47 people with coronavirus in critical ca re people with coronavirus in critical care and that is more than doubled injust one week. care and that is more than doubled in just one week. and coronavirus has an impact on our nhs because people who suffer from it often have

to stay in hospital for an extended period. the virus has a huge toll on those people's health and they can need hospital care for weeks and even months as they recover from the virus and that is how we end up with hundreds of beds occupied by people at various stages of the disease. this final slide shows what the impact on the nhs would be if we we re impact on the nhs would be if we were not taking action to bring coronavirus under control. the black line you see through the middle of this slide is the number of people who were in a hospital bed in wales backin who were in a hospital bed in wales back in april when the last peak of coronavirus was seen here in wales stop at was a very challenging time for the nhs. with all plant and routine operations postponed and

many people needing critical care. the orange line at the start of the graph is the actual number of coronavirus cases. if the rise were to continue at the lowest possible rate, we would breach that black line, go above where we were in apriljust before christmas of this year. if the rate continues as it has been this week, we would breach that number late in november. and if the acceleration were to continue to gather pace as it has been, then we would breach that april number within the next couple of weeks. that is the seriousness of the position that we face, that is why we have decided here in wales that a fire break period is absolutely necessary to bring that picture back under control. this slide shows why

we have to act and have two act now. as the fire break period begins, we will be working hard and what happens from the 9th of november onwards. here in the welsh government, over the next few days, we will be meeting with all the people who helped to keep us safe. our local authorities, the police, the trade unions and employers, the nhs, health boards and so on. throughout the crisis we have tried to involve all of these organisations when ever we are making key decisions. not after we have already made up our minds. involving people while the decisions are being made can take time, but it is time well spent because it means we make better decisions that protect us all. and we will of course report the conclusions of all

those discussions to you. this week we have held a press briefing every day to explain the reasons why we are introducing a fire break period, what it will involved and the support that will be available. thank you, i think all of you who ta ke thank you, i think all of you who take such time and trouble to watch and to listen to these briefings. we will carry on holding the briefings as we look to the future and this afternoon i will be answering your questions in an ask fm facebook live session beginning at 3pm. i'll take some questions now from colleagues who arejoining us some questions now from colleagues who are joining us and we will broadcast all the answers as ever, live and our own social media channels. first, this afternoon to james williams of bbc radio. bbc wales. can i have the answers in

english and welsh police? at the end of this week the federation of small that yesterday it was far too late in the day to announce which premises would be allowed to stay open as a six o'clock tonight and then last night following your announcement in the committee that the supermarkets were only got allowed to south essential goods. the welsh retail consortium said that without being told clearly what is and what is not permitted to be sold it is ill—conceived and short—sighted. basically, one person's essential is another's nonessential. i do not agree with that. i sat with the fsb and a social partnership council yesterday and they made none of those contributions when there was the opportunity for them to do so, instead they focused on a positive actions that we are taking and working with them to make sure that as much information is available as quickly as possible. as we respond

to the position that i set out and showed people in the graphs people will have seen today. when it comes to supermarkets, it is a simple matter of fair play. we are requiring many hundreds of small businesses to close on the high street right across wales. we cannot do that and allow supermarkets to sell goods that those people are not able to sell. we are looking to minimise the amount of time people spend out of their homes during this two week period. this is not a period to be browsing around supermarkets looking for nonessential goods. mark triffid repeating that answer in welsh clarifying his position about non—essential goods and supermarket asa non—essential goods and supermarket as a two—week lockdown begins in wales. a fire break as they put it urging everyone to follow the

restrictions as the numbers go up in wales as they have across the uk. we have heard that warrington will enter middle three —— tier three for sub it was same rules as currently applied to other tier three areas meaning the gyms will stay open but a soft play centres will close. the local conservative mp says this is proportionate to the financial settle m e nt proportionate to the financial settlement for other tier three areas was that we will get that more as it comes in. warrington entering an tier three next week. moving to scotla nd an tier three next week. moving to scotland and edinburgh, the first minister and chief medical officer of scotla nd minister and chief medical officer of scotland have been holding their daily briefing. we have set out the further planned increasing to testing capacity. if at the end of this year we will have capacity in

scotla nd this year we will have capacity in scotland to do at least 65,000 tests every day. some of the increasing capacity will come from the uk wide lighthouse laboratory system but most of it will be in the nhs scotla nd most of it will be in the nhs scotland laboratory system. we have also published a paper today with recommendations from our clinical advisers on the best use of this extra capacity. our top priority must always be ensuring that we can quickly test people with covid like symptoms and we know that demand for that will increase over the winter period. our clinical advice is telling us to focus on protecting those most at risk from covid. we do regular testing of care home workers but i can confirm we will move now to introduce regular testing of designated visitors to care homes, nhs staff who visit care home, to ca re nhs staff who visit care home, to care at home workers and anyone admitted to hospital in an emergency. this is an approach designed to reduce the risk of covid

spreading in the settings where we know it can do most harm. however we will also extend testing of asymptomatic people for surveillance purposes and manage outbreaks. in addition to strengthening test and protect, deep framework sets out how we will protect vulnerable people through the pandemic and details our ongoing work with different sectors of the economy such as retail and hospitality to ensure shops, bars and hospitality to ensure shops, bars a nd restau ra nts hospitality to ensure shops, bars and restaurants are as safe as they possibly can be. as part of that we are considering giving more powers to environmental health officers and trading standards officers. the vast majority of businesses have gone to great lengths to comply with regulations and ensure the safety of their staff and customers and i am hugely grateful to them for that. it is only fair to them and to the public more generally that we take effective action against a small number that don't take the role seriously. the final issue issue i wonder cover is a part of her

business. our objective is to get the virus to low levels again so we can live with as few restrictions as possible and allow businesses to operate as close to normal as possible. we have to be realistic and ina possible. we have to be realistic and in a global pandemic, some restrictions on business are likely to be necessary for a while to come. and at times like now be restrictions may require businesses to close or limit traded significantly. we hope such periods will be shot but it essential beats about businesses and the scottish mental do that to the maximum possible extent within the resources we have. i can confirm that no matter what level we are at comedy following is a be available. this is over and above the uk wide support theme we think we should go further. businesses which are required by law to close will be eligible for grants of either £2000 or £3000 depending

on valuable for every four weeks they have to remain closed and businesses which can remain open but cannot trade normally will be eligible again depending on rateable value for grants of up to £1400 or £2100 for every foul weeks the restrictions limiting their trade are in place. the support package matches that enhance by the chancellor yesterday in england, businesses in scotland deserve nothing less. there is one point i am duty—bound to make today chancellor buzz my commitment for england was open—ended, he will pay whatever the demand from businesses for as for as long as necessary. i think that is right and proper. he can do that because he can borrow the money to pay for it. the scottish government cannot do that so we have to rely on the chancellor to provide the same funding guarantees to scottish businesses as he has already for those in england. so far that has not been done, not a

single penny of extra funding beyond that already allocated has been guaranteed for scotland as a result of the announcement yesterday. while iam not of the announcement yesterday. while i am not prepared to other businesses here less funding than their counterparts in england will get, i have to be clear on this point. without a resolution to the problem i have just point. without a resolution to the problem i havejust highlighted, the money the scottish government has to pay for the grants will eventually run out. when exactly that will happen will depend on demand but it will happen. it is not possible to fund indefinitely demand led to commitments out of a finite budget with no powers to burrow. that is why we need a resolution in the scottish government will be pressing for the resolution as quickly as possible. i have encouraged everyone to look at today's framework because it isa to look at today's framework because it is a document that for the period ahead will affect all of us at some times and in some ways. however the

success of the framework will also be affected by all of us, by what we do and how we behave. government must and will take a lead in tackling covid but all of us have a role to play. i know that after seven months with the clocks about to go back and tuck up restrictions over christmas it can be very easy to get discouraged and downhearted. i understand that, i share that. i won't end with three reminders that i hope might help all of us. first, never forget that we are not powerless against this virus. it feels like it, but we are not. all of us retain control and some agency as individuals were stop none of us can guarantee we will get covid and pass it on but we can choose to act ina way pass it on but we can choose to act in a way that makes us safer as individuals and which also protects our loved ones and our community. facts sets out the five basic ways

that help us to do that. remember to wear face coverings because you doing that protects other people and other people doing that protects you. remember to avoid crowded places especially indoors, remember to clean your hands and services, remember to keep two metre distancing from other people and remember to self—isolate and get tested if you have symptoms. secondly, remember that now more than ever we do all of us need to look out for each other so let's try to do that. be kind when people around you are feeling a bit down or feeling just completely down. we all have days like that and we know some people because of their particular circumstances will be finding it much harder than others and so offer help if you can for people in need, sometimesjust a smile help if you can for people in need, sometimes just a smile or a help if you can for people in need, sometimesjust a smile or a kind word helps. show empathy, solidarity and love for each other, we need these values now more than ever.

finally, never forget that we will get through this. right now this all feels terrible and it is terrible and it feels never—ending. but humanity has gone through worse. some of you watching right now though our diminishing number in our country over all remember the horrors of world war ii. that was not one year or one christmas without normality. that was a six long brutal years during which many didn't know where their loved ones we re didn't know where their loved ones were or are times whether they were dead, alive. but we are going through now it is hard, harder than most of us had ever known but we will get through it. this will pass and be far too long we will be looking back on it and talking about it in the past tense, not planning for how we will deal with it. until then let's help each other through it as best we can. let's stick with it as best we can. let's stick with it because we know the sacrifices we are making can and are making a

difference and let's stick together by doing all of that, we will protect each other, we will protect our national health service and ultimately we will save lives and thatis ultimately we will save lives and that is what it is all about. thank you again to all of you for all you are doing, thank you for listening today. please stick with it. i am joined by the deputy chief medical officer who will take questions with me now. given my remarks were longer than normalfor me now. given my remarks were longer than normal for reasons me now. given my remarks were longer than normalfor reasons i hope you understand, we will move straight to questions. the first question coming from stv. thank you. we have had finite phases of a route map, 16 days of restrictions that was then extended to become 23 and now this five tier system. i am sure people appreciate it is a rapidly evolving situation but can you understand the confusion and frustration at the changing guidelines on what makes you think this strategy will provide

more clarity? of course i understand the frustration, confusion and general despair at what we are living through. i don'tjust understand that, i share that but i ama understand that, i share that but i am a first minister and a human being, are the restrictions apply to me as they do to everyone else, we are all feeling these things just now. this is a global pandemic on the other thing we have to remember as it is notjust us feeling all this, look across the uk, europe, the world and literally every country is going through something similarto country is going through something similar to this. that doesn't help us feel better on a day—to—day basis but it is an important point of context to remember. secondly, and i said this out in a little bit of detail because i think it is important to underline this. the figures i report on a daily basis are depressing, they are depressing for me to report, they are depressing for you to listen to and

particularly for the people directly affected. but we do think as we said before that the sacrifices we are making and making a difference. cases are still rising that the rate of increase is slowing and that is to what everybody is doing. we think thatis to what everybody is doing. we think that is mainly down right now to the fa ct that is mainly down right now to the fact that people are not going in and out of each other‘s houses and we think we will see an even bigger impact as the restrictions on hospitality take effect. do not feel this is hopeless or pointless, it is ha rd this is hopeless or pointless, it is hard but making a difference. lastly, given what we face right now, it is important we continue to adapt our approach for different phases of this. the route map served us well as we were coming out of the first phase and driving level is very low but as we have gone into the next phase as much of the world is doing right now it is important we adapt to that and one thing imparting to do is to make sure as

long as we live in a period where some level of restrictions might be necessary which is going to be the case until we have a vexing or better treatments then we do that in a much more targeted and proportionate way. there may be points where we have to apply the same level of restrictions nationwide but if we do not have to do that, we shouldn't, we shouldn't have the highlands living under a level of restriction that is designed to deal with higher rates of the virus in the central belt. this is about being more proportionate, targeted and having an approach that says we need the level of restrictions necessary to control the virus but we don't want any control the virus but we don't want a ny level of control the virus but we don't want any level of restrictions that are more severe than they need to be. i understand people buzz my feelings, it isa understand people buzz my feelings, it is a global pandemic. i hope we... we are the ones unfortunately living through this, it is hard, tough, depressing, i know that but we have no alternative but to stick

with it and acting together in the collective interest of the country and getting through it and the government will do everything we can to lead us through that in the best possible way. studio: nicola sturgeon in edinburgh. she has been outlining parts of the draft five tierframework to outlining parts of the draft five tier framework to tackle the covid to spread. she said each grade would be reviewed weekly ranging from level zero to level farmout. she said level one and tier can be the closest to my mother is at the highest grade will be similar to a fault lockdown. she also said just fa re fault lockdown. she also said just fare that the scottish government has got no means of burrowing and at the moment there has not been a deal with a london on getting extra funding. —— make no means of burrowing. she says she is not prepared to give scottish businesses less tha n prepared to give scottish businesses less than british businesses but there is a finite budget. she also

wa nted there is a finite budget. she also wanted to say she sympathised with eve ryo ne wanted to say she sympathised with everyone finding the whole process extremely tough and she harked back to the second world war pointing out people after that in due to six yea rs of people after that in due to six years of hardship and notjust one years of hardship and notjust one year as we are currently living throughout the moment. she is appealing to everyone to be strong, patient and be kind. that was her political message. questions going on in edinburgh. more than 433,000 people in england had covid—19 in the most recent week, a rise of more than a quarter, according to figures from the office for national statistics. there were also 35,000 new infections each day. that equates to approximately one in 130 people in homes in england having coronavirus in the week ending 15 october.

for more on this, let's talk to our health correspondent anna collinson. also had for the first time figures across the uk. it gives us a real insight it is what is going on in people's homes because what is significant about the data as it does not rely on people going for a test for themselves, they survey thousands of people ones who have symptoms and those that don't they give is a clear idea of what is happening across the uk and now scotla nd happening across the uk and now scotland is part of that. coronavirus infections are continuing to rise across the uk. approximately one in 130 people in homes in england had coronavirus in the week ending the 16th of october. that is a rise in last week that was won in160. in that is a rise in last week that was won in 160. in northern ireland it is one in 100 people and in scotland it is one in 180 people estimated to have coronavirus. the same in wales.

looking at the age groups there was growth infection rates across the board including those aged over 70 which is a concern because those are the people most at risk. the current rates are higher in older teenagers and younger adults but we are seeing and younger adults but we are seeing a slight slow on that trend. the highest covid infection rates continue to be seen in the north west, yorkshire and the humber and the northeast areas, parts of those areas seeing really strict restrictions tying in with that. one important point, while no single week of data is enough to give us an idea of the trend we are going on, the growth of this week is slower which reflects what we have been hearing elsewhere for example in yesterday because my government breathing. does that indicate the restrictions may be working? the number of deaths have been doubling

as we have been saying for a while, every fight night for the last month. the first thing we will see liking or slowing down will be cases because it takes a week or so for a case to be a hospitalisation and then from then on a minority of cases can result in death. there is a liger when we see with the data. there is hope when you look at it. it shows among young people that cases are still high but potentially slowing down but since the survey is of homes it doesn't take into consideration things like student halls. looking at other data released from public health england they showcase rates had fallen slightly for those aged between ten and 30. they had risen sharply since stu d e nts and 30. they had risen sharply since students went back to uni so they are starting to see a bit of a slowdown. potentially there are signs that the trend could be

slowing down but there are increases happening with the older age groups and they are the biggest concern. and also whether the numbers are higher where the students are but they are not reflected here because stu d e nts they are not reflected here because students have gone away from home. thank you very much. much more online on the numbers coming in from the ons survey. 90 waste—water treatment sites across the uk are testing sewage for traces of covid—19, as part of an early warning system to detect outbreaks before they spread. scientists established earlier this year that fragments of the virus's genetic material could be identified in human waste as our health correspondent naomi grimley reports. could waste water be essential in the fight against covid—19? that's the theory at this sewage treatment works in beckton, london, the biggest of its kind in europe. scientists from universities such as newcastle have been experimenting since the spring with regular tests on sewage, after they realised that fragments of the virus's dna can

be detected in waste. the department for the environment says a pilot in september helped spot rising infections in plymouth, where a cluster was silently growing. during september there was a sudden spike, and that enabled local health officials to try to identify where around plymouth there might have been a particular problem. and that showed a problem that was around even though the test and trace system hadn't shown it at that point. the technique is already being used on university campuses in america, which are analysing waste from student residences twice a week, helping to spot asymptomatic cases. from today, 90 treatment sites will be doing this in england, scotland and wales. they will share their analysis with test and trace to help them hone in on particular areas, as well as tip off local nhs services.

it's an unlikely story of human ingenuity and human waste combining, to provide a much—needed early warning. police in poland have used pepper spray on hundreds of people protesting in warsaw against a court ruling to ban virtually all abortions. there were clashes between police in riot gear and protesters outside the home of the deputy prime minister, who heads the governing law and justice party. on thursday, the constitutional court ruled that eugenic practices which permit ending the life of a foetus with a disability, are unconstitutional. paul hawkins reports. waiting for a verdict from poland's top court. anti—abortion activists cheer the ruling which means the procedure will be banned for foetal defects. translation: today poland is an example for europe. it is an example for the world.

ladies and gentlemen, we are not stuck in the historical necessity which commands us to march to the left and facilitates murder. it is possible to protect life. regular pro—life activism, which brings results, is possible. poland already had some of the most restrictive abortion laws in europe. women's rights groups estimate that around 100,000 women a year travel abroad for the procedure. in poland last year, there were just over 1000 legal terminations. 98% of them because of foetal defects, but this ruling tightens the law further. it means abortion is only legal in cases of rape, incest or where the mother's life is at risk. even then, doctors can refuse to carry out the procedure on the grounds of freedom of conscience. back in 2016, the conservative ruling party tried to tighten abortion legislation, prompting thousands to pour onto the streets of the capital warsaw in protest. there was opposition in parliament, while opinion polls showed voters were not in favour of tighter restrictions, so the government

asked the country's supreme court, withjudges picked by the governance, to rule on the matter. but four years later, the reaction is the same. pro—choice protesters are ignoring restrictions to make their voice heard. one campaigner said 3000 demonstrators had marched on the ruling party's headquarters. we are going to the european commission to start an infringement procedure on poland for attempting to legalise tortures in poland, to go to the european court ofjustice against poland for that. and we support each and every individual case against a doctor that would try to lie that this kind of abortion is banned in poland, because it is not. but poland's top court disagrees and that means any legal challenges will have to come at a european level. paul hawkins, bbc news. subscription streaming services have come to dominate

the way many people around the world now listen to their music. but the bbc‘s found some of the world's largest platforms — including spotify and apple music — have been hosting songs with explicitly racist, homophobic and anti—semitic lyrics. that's despite a crackdown on this type of content three years ago. following our investigation, lots of the music has now been removed. this report includes offensive references. steve holden reports. the sheer amount of music on streaming services is mind blowing, butjust like the internet there are some dark corners. we have found songs on a number of platforms that include lyrics that are explicitly racist, homophobic or anti—semitic, references to the aryan race and, in one case, featured an excerpt from a hitler speech. on spotify specifically, we found a number of far—right inspired playlists, including some under the letters nsbn, national socialist black metal, a genre of music directly linked to neo—nazism and white supremacy.

in some cases, an album or songs original title had been changed by removing words such as "aryan" and "white", possibly to avoid detection, but when we listened to the content, the lyrics remained the same. there is an attempt by white power music acts to manipulate the titles of their music and to shift perhaps even the names of bands in an attempt to try to push this music out. after a similar issue was highlighted in 2017, spotify introduced a new hate content policy, vowing to remove songs and artists which breached it. but campaigners do not think it is good enough. streaming services have set themselves up to be the primary source of music. people trust streaming services, they believe in the credibility of them unconsciously. people are not coming on to streaming services to be

presented with hate music and hate lyrics. music linked to the far right has existed for decades across many genres and can be used as a recruiting tool to sell a white supremacist ideology. the growth of the white power music scene in the ‘705 and ‘805 ran in parallel with the growth of members in fascist parties in the uk, so it is clearly a big worry that that could happen again and that is why we need spotify, deezer, apple music to take this problem seriously and deal with it. back in the day, pre—internet and social media, you could not walk into any high street record store or shop and buy the kind of music we are talking about. it was underground. but critics now say streaming services make it easily accessible, you are able to play songs by these bands with a search and a click.

and deezer isn't commenting at this stage and it looking into the issue. now, the streaming services say they take a hard line on music that seeks to segregate and discriminate, but many will say they need to look at new ways of heading it off so it doesn't lurk on their platforms hidden in plain sight. you're watching bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello, there. we've seen a band of rain moving eastwards today, and it reallyjust opens the door to much more unsettled weather through this weekend and into next week. this weekend, another band of rain will be followed by sunshine and showers, with everything accompanied by some much stronger winds. all coming in from the atlantic, this is the cloud that will bring wet and windy weather on saturday.

this is the cloud that's been bringing some rain eastwards today, the rain becoming lighter as it pushes its way eastwards, the last of what's left of the rain moving away from the south—east of england this evening. and then we'll have some clear skies for a while, but we saw on the satellite picture the next area of cloud coming in, bringing rain into northern ireland, later into western scotland, almost a repeat of last night except the winds will be much stronger with that area of rain. ahead of it some clearer skies, temperatures down to 4—5 degrees. there may be a bright start tomorrow across the midlands, eastern england, with some sunshine, but that band of rain moves eastwards and it'll be heavier as well. there could be a short, sharp burst of intense rainfall accompanied by some gusty winds before the sunshine follows on behind that amd we get some showers in the north—west. it will be a windier day on saturday, particularly gusty winds as that rain moves through and then the winds start to ease off a little bit as we get the sunshine following. ahead of the rain, temperatures are a healthy 17 degrees in the south—east of england, but we do get the rain here later in the day and through the evening —

again, it could be quite heavy before clearing away. the clocks go back, of course, on saturday night, sunday morning but the low pressure remains to the north—west of the uk so here is where it's going to be windiest. here we're going to have some showers or some longer spells of rain. sunny spells elsewhere, some showers moving inland on the breeze, most of the showers, though, for southern and western parts of england and into wales, but it's colder air, i think, on sunday, so temperatures are back down to 11 or 14 degrees. let's head into the beginning of next week. areas of low pressure still close to northern parts of the uk. not quite as deep, the winds won't be quite as strong around it, but there's still some blustery winds blowing in some showers for a while, into northern ireland, across scotland, and into england and wales. some of the showers could be heavy and thundery before they tend to ease off through the afternoon, and there'll be some spells of sunshine outside at the showers, but those temperatures remain at about 11 to 14 degrees. watch out, though, for tuesday and wednesday. it could get very

windy in many places.

tougher coronavirus rules kick in today for millions of people across the uk. tier 3 restrictions are now in force in manchester, while a firebreak lockdown starts in a few hours' time in wales. two weeks is probably... it's probably not long enough, but it depends if people adhere to it. it is very, very scary when people... especially when they live on their own. warrington in cheshire is the latest part of england to agree to follow the toughest tier 3 restrictions. nottingham is expected to be next. meanwhile, in scotland, there's a new five—tiered system of restrictions. we'll have the latest. also this lunchtime: no clear winner in the final us presidential debate, but donald trump and joe biden clash over claims of corruption and coronavirus. manchester united star marcus rashford won't accept defeat