this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. millions of people across the uk face tighter covid—19 restrictions, as residents in wales begin a 17—day lockdown and south yorkshire comes under tier 3 rules. countries across europe take action as infections surge, with some imposing more social limitations than during the first wave of the pandemic. as us coronavirus cases hit a new daily record — joe biden pledges free vaccine for all — if elected. president trump accuses him of overstating the crisis. sudan is to normalize diplomatic relations with israel — the third arab state to do so in two months — with the help of washington. and dozens of businesses

and community groups come forward to back footballer marcus rashford's campaign to feed disadvantaged children in england during the school holidays. 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. millions of people across the uk are waking up to their first full day of tighter coronavirus restrictions. people in wales have begun a firebreak lockdown — which will last for 17 days. they'll now only be able to go out for a few reasons such as to buy food and exercise. meanwhile, more than 1.3 million people in south yorkshire are now having to follow england's strictest coronavirus measures. the change means that about seven million people,

all in northern england, are living with the very highest alert level. elsewhere in europe, tens of thousands of new cases have been reported in the last 2a hours. france has now passed a million infections — the second european country to do so. in the united states, more than 80,000 new cases were recorded yesterday — the highest daily figure so far. with a week and a half until the country goes to the polls, the handling of the pandemic has remained a central issue in the electoral campaign. much more on those stories to come, but first, our reporterjohn mcmanus takes us through the details across the uk. pulling down the shutters and hanging up the closed sign. wales has begun its first full today of a national lockdown which the cardiff government hope also slow the spread of covid—19.

all be essential businesses have closed, that means no more indoor exercise for a while. people can no longer meet others they don't live with, either indoors or out, and they are discouraged from leaving home, except to buy food and medication, provide care or go to work. yesterday afternoon in cardiff, people made the most of the chance to grab a drink at a bar. though it wasn't long before the streets began to clear. and although supermarkets remain open, they have been told not to sell nonessential items. there is a bigger prize at stage here than whether you need to buy a candle or not. it is a straightforward matter of fairness, we are in this together here in wales. no individual and no organisation is above the effort that we are all required to make. 0ver that we are all required to make. over the border, police in gloucestershire say they are going to check that drivers heading out of wales have a good reason to be

travelling. elsewhere, in england, 1.4 million people in south yorkshire have moved into the highest tier 3 restriction, with households barred from meeting in venue, and puns not serving food forced to close. absolutely everything that we have done, complies with covid and we are covid safe as people are saying, the general consensus from the public is that they feel safer in a pub rather than going to a supermarket. warrington will follow south yorkshire from thursday and coventry, stoke and slough are now under tier 2 rules. not shire which is also in tier 2 is in talks about whether it should move to the very highest alert level. meanwhile the scottish government has unveiled its own five tier alert system, restrictions will vary gci’oss system, restrictions will vary across the country. and all parts of the uk are now watching closely, to see if any one nation has discovered the magic formula to stop covid—19 in its track, or at the very least,

find a way to live with it. we can speak now to rebecca walker — assistant general manager of music venue the leadmill in sheffield. thank you for being with us on bbc news. tess are very strange times it has been a strange year for you already, what does these additional restriction mean for your silence jew restriction mean for your silence jew they mean we can't open our doors. we are currently having to sell whatever stock we have in the cellar we purchased prior to re—opening for the first time. we have been only for only five weeks, we have using that as an off—licence to sell that on, as of last night we no longer open our doors until we are told it is safe to do so. what are told it is safe to do so. what are the five weeks been like? it must have been a very different experience to come into a led mill from what people would have been used to back in the spring?m

from what people would have been used to back in the spring? it has been very different. different. 0ur capacity is usually 900 standing, that has been reduced to 140 seated depending on what bubble you are in, but it has been brilliant. the customers have been so understanding, they have been amazing, they have been so excited to get back in the doors, we operate asa to get back in the doors, we operate as a very safe covid safe place, you, it is only seated service, we had invested in an app, we have invested in ppe heavily, all of our customers have overwhelmingly congratulated us on feeling safe while they visited our venue, we operated for two days, with no 10pm cu rfew operated for two days, with no 10pm curfew and half way through french freshers' week they puts on the cu rfew freshers' week they puts on the curfew which cut our opening time in half, we originally opening till 3am. it has been a difficult five weeks but we have been there and it is like our duty to open. these events haven't been profitable by any stretch, however they have given

staff and contractors and supply chains very much—needed service, and employment, so are very proud we we re employment, so are very proud we were able to open safely for five weeks. this might feel like cold comfort in the circumstances, you are in right now, i suppose the optimistic thing to look for is that you have done it once, you can do it again, you have been closed and you have re—opened but from your point of view it is how much more of this can you take, as a venue, and presumably in terms of kind of motivating yourself and motivating your colleagues. well i have motivating yourself and motivating your colleagues. welll have been asked a few times how i am feeling about this and i feel like the whole emotion i have is melancholy, every time you get excited about having the possibility of re—opening and run the possibility of re—opening and ru n eve nts the possibility of re—opening and run events you get slapped with a different goalpost movement, and you have to reschedule or cancel, so it has been a difficult and challenging time. i guess the added bonus of going into this lockdown would mean that we were successful with the

recovery fu nd that we were successful with the recovery fund so we haven't got that initial pressure of zero income straightaway, the staff that we have on our books have got theirjobs secured until march at this point, so there isn't that pressure right there, but still, there is a lot of contractors and supply chains that rely on us to be open and with our doors closed everyone from the breweriestor, the sound engineer, to even the musics and the dj that entertain the people of shelf, they rely on us to be open. rachel walker, thank you very much for speaking to us. rachel walker, thank you very much for speaking to us. well, elsewhere in europe, several countries have reported coronavirus infection rates higher than during the first wave of the pandemic. in france, the government has imposed a six week, overnight curfew on two—thirds of the country. paul hawkins reports. well, elsewhere in europe, several countries have reported

coronavirus infection rates higher than during the first wave of the pandemic. in france, the government has imposed a six week, overnight curfew on two—thirds of the country. paul hawkins reports. another patient arriving at a hospital in paris. nearly half of france's intensive care beds are now occupied by covid patients, with the number of cases now passing one million. the french president says his country will be fighting the virus until at least next summer. in the meantime, new restrictions have come into force, covering two thirds of the country, that is 46 million people. translation: at this stage, we have no other choice but to slow down. meaning reduce social life as much as possible, to limit contacts, to break the spread, if we really want to preserve our health system, and our fellow citizens, we are forced to do this.

in athens it is a similar story. greece will impose a night—time curfew in covid hotspots, from saturday, with restrictions on movement in several areas including the capital. coronavirus cases are increasing exponentially across europe. in belgium, staff at this hospital in brussels are under relentless pressure, with new covid admissions every day. there are real fears the hospital's intensive care unit could be overwhelmed, leaving doctors and nurses unable to give the level of care they want to. translation: i remember it from the previous time, it eats you up inside. because you want to do it right and when you can't do that, because of lack of time, or physical problems, you take that you take that with you as a doctor and as a nurse. let's talk about our next section. in the us with ten days to go until america votes, polling shows coronavirus remains the most important election issue. we are fighting it and fighting it hard. more than 80,000 new cases were recorded on friday,

the highest daily number since the pandemic began. the grim milestone comes as astrazeneca says it is resuming vaccine trials after they were stopped for seven weeks because one of the participants became ill. president trump has said he wants any potential vaccine to be freely available, and now, his challenger has matched that promise. to be free to everyone. whether or not you are insured. but the two differ on when a vaccine might be available. the president says weeks. joe biden and most scientists say months. paul hawkins, bbc news. and our north america correspondent, peter bowes, says it's joe biden's most detailed plan on fighting the virus. i ,to , to the sound engineer, to even the musics and the dj that entertain the people of shelf, they rely on us to be open. rachel walker, thank you very much for speaking to us. he is matching what the president has said in terms of a free vaccine for everyone, around the united

states, but the significant difference is thatjoe biden is acknowledging that we could still be several months away from that vaccine being available. donald trump is still sounding optimistic that time could come before the end of this year. joe biden spelling out lots of other plans he has to fight the coronavirus as well, and the main one being the mandating of wearing masks, he can't do that at a national level but he is saying he will speak to governors round the country, if they won't agree he will go to the mayors and ask them to mandate the wearing of masks in their area, the president could mandate the wearing of masks in federal build, and also in transportation, especially as it crosses state lines. i think the theme is going to change very little. i think we are set into the pattern now of the coronavirus being the central theme and certainly the biggest concern of americans and we are hearing every day now, the number of new cases is increasing at the moment, the latest figures, the highest for three

months and in more than half of all us states we are seeing spikes in those areas and significantly in some of the battle grounds state like florida and wisconsin where some of the hospitals are being talk about being overwhimed, that is on the minds of americans and especiallyjoe biden and his campaign will hammer away at that issue, and especially as long as the president continues to sound optimistic in terms of beating coronavirus, whereas the democrats joe biden say that is unrealistic, as the state of affairs exists at the moment. as the state of affairs exists at the moment. the polish president andrezej duda has tested positive for coronavirus — but is fine, the presidential ministery announced on twitter. the 48—year—old president was seen visiting a temporary hospital in warsaw's national stadium on friday, as coronavirus infections in the country continue to rise, to a record daily high of 13,600 new cases. donald trump has boasted

of a foreign policy win, after sudan agreed to normalise relations with israel. it's the third arab league nation to do so in two months. the palestinians have condemned the deal, describing it as a further betrayal. nomia iqbal reports from washington. the state of israel and the republic of sudan have agreed to make peace. president trump invited reporters into the oval office to witness his exchange with the leader of israel and sudan on the phone. and he couldn't help but take a swipe at his democrat presidential rivaljoe biden, as he spoke to the israeli leader binyamin netanyahu. you think sleepyjoe could have made this deal, baby? sleepyjoe. do you think he would have made this deal? somehow i don't think so. well, mr president, one thing i can tell you is we appreciate the help for peace from anyone in america, and we appreciate what you have done enormously. in return, sudan has been removed

from a us list of state sponsors of terrorism, which now allows the north african nation to receive much—needed economic aid and investment. mike pompeo visited sudan's capital in august. he was the first us secretary of state to do so in more than a decade, to help make way for what is now the third arab league country to formally recognise israel this year, after the uae and bahrain. this gives credibility to donald trump's reputation as a deal maker, and is a huge foreign policy win for him. he's trying to push this as steps towards getting what he considers the deal of the century, peace between the israelis and the palestinians. but palestinian officials have called this latest move a further betrayal. we are totally denouncing this deal, and we are sure that the sudanese people intellectuals, sudanese national parties,

the people of sudan also will reject this deal because sudan and the people of sudan, they have firmly stand with the palestinian cause. it was in khartoum back in the 60s when arab nations agreed to never negotiate with israel until and independent palestinian until an independent palestinian state was established. priorities are changing for some countries who now see the benefit of working with a us president who is open to making deals. and that is increasingly leaving palestinians sidelined. dozens of businesses and community groups have given their support to marcus rashford's campaign to feed disadvantaged children during the school holidays. the footballer has called them the "superheroes of the nation", after a labour proposal to extend the meals beyond term time in england was voted down. the government says they have provided substantial support to families facing difficulties. let's speak to our political

correspondentjessica parker. god to have you back in. for those watching us around the world who might not know the detail of this story, it is still very striking season it, that this man who is a global icon, as a footballer, both for manchester united and england, has had such an impact, he may not have changed government policy but he seems to have change the public debate. he did before, the government did u—turn in the um system mer and agree to provide free school meals over the summer holiday, they are now saying they are not going to provide that into holidays, over for example the half—term, labour called for them to provide it until easter break next year. marcus rashford ebbs to waiter feed awash with community group, businesses councils stepping in, and ministers under a lot of pressure as are conservative mps who voted against the labour motion on wednesday. 0ne against the labour motion on wednesday. one particular conservative mp has come under fire, ben bradley the mp for mans midfield. he appeared to suggest on

twitter that in some cases free school meals meant monetary policy going to crash dens and brothel. he has ben spooking to the bbc 0ussama assaidi it was taken out of context. there are kids who live in really chaotic situations, really difficult live, where giving them unrestricted voucher to spend on whatever isn't help. . what we need to rap our arms asa help. . what we need to rap our arms as a society round those families, thatis as a society round those families, that is why government has given that is why government has given that money to local government because they are best placed working with social service, schools to be able to find those families to target them to help them, in a more kind of holistic way, than meal vouchers. how big an issue has this become for the government, with so many other things it is trying to deal with?” think, as i said, they are under pressure not least because in scotla nd pressure not least because in scotland they are extending free school meal, they are doing it in wales and in northern ireland they are doing it over the hallowe'en break, the government is saying we

are giving over 60 million quid to help in a more targeted way struggling families and that i have increased the amount available in term of welfare support. however, you can have a detailed debate and holiday hunger as it is sometimes termed has been a debate that has been around for some time and there are various nuances and different sides of the argument. i think the political risk for the government is most people don't necessarily hear all those nuance, and theyjust hear that overall headline and that could be damage, it could make them look a bit heartless. headteachers in england say they're "bitterly disappointed" that the number of laptops they're given for deprived children has been cut by 80%. the government says the devices will be sent to the areas of greatest need. 0ne school says it will receive 66 computers, rather than the 332 it was promised. talks continue between david frost and michel barnier in london on the uk—eu future relationship. negotiations stalled last week after a summit in brussels where eu leaders called on the uk to "make

the necessary moves" towards a deal following a week—long standoff. tim bale is deputy director of the reserach group uk in a changing europe. tip, welcome to bbc news, good to speak to you again. the mood music on this particular issue has swung from one end of the good news bad news happy, sad, on off spectrum, in the course of the week, where do you think we are now? well, we are still seem think we are now? well, we are still seem to be living in a bad rom—com ina way, seem to be living in a bad rom—com in a way, every time one side moves towards you know, making a go of the relationship, the other one seems to back away. i have to say, i think now we probably are in what is some people would call the end game. it strikes me that in coming together, again after this break, both the eu

27 and the uk are, you know, finally admitting that this is it, i think. we are going to have to have some kind of deal, almost certainly, by the middle of november, or the end of november, in orderfor the eu 27 parliament to ratify it, so you know, time is running out. we have said that before. but it does look as though, they are more serious than they were, and that is partly because the eu has made a concession, whether they made a concession, whether they made a concession as a result of the uk sort of hard ball tactics we will never know, but they have agreed to negotiate on legal texts, rather than waiting to do that, before they got some kind of agreement on principle. so that is a concession on the part of the eu. so, it really is going to come down, now, once again, as it always has in some ways, the brits making a concession

on level playing field and state subsidies on the once hand and the eu making some kind of concession or at least withdrawing some of the demands on fishing. at least withdrawing some of the demands on fishingli at least withdrawing some of the demands on fishing. i suppose we talked a lats about fishing a week —— a lot about fishing a week ago, concentrating on the level playing field issue, this is about competition, it is the competition, the businesses will have, in the uk, with businesses in the european union, so when we talk about level playing field we are talking ant that, aren't we, being fair for everyone? both sides see it slightly differently. yes, it is clear that the eu 27 understandably do not want a competitor on the edge of europe being able to undercut their businesses by, for example the government subsidising them more thanis government subsidising them more than is allowed in the rest of europe. they there are concerns about the uk being able to undercut

businesses by lighter regulation on environmental or labour standards but it is actually the state subsidies that is the real sticking point at the moment, and it is not just the principle of state subsidies but it is also about how the uk, if it is allowed to subsidise its industry, its firm, its regulated in doing that, the uk seems to be suggesting that any kind of regulation that is employed in the uk would be advisory, but that won't be good enough for the eu 27, understandably they want a body, evenif understandably they want a body, even if it is a uk body, to have teeth, and to go to prevent if you like, the government subsidising industries unfairly, against eu competition. it is not over till it is oh so we may talk again. thank you. now to thailand, where protesters have given today as a deadline for the prime minister prayut chan—o—cha to step down or face more rallies

calling for his resignation. the student—led movement is demanding changes to the constitution and to reform the moharchy. earlier, the government has revoked an emergency decree it imposed a week ago to end months of protests. joining me now is edoardo siani. welcome to bbc news, thank youer have much for being with us. what do you make of the, the deadline, given that the prime minister's been pretty clear in cent weeks, that he has no intention of giving way to protestors ? has no intention of giving way to protestors? yes, find. i doubt that the prime minister will step down, andi the prime minister will step down, and i doubt he will respond to this deadline, so it be interesting to see how the protestors respond and i understand that the prime minister has actually called for a parliament session about the protests on monday, so i think that will be the event, perhaps, where, that will tell news what direction this

government intends to move. what are the implications of this, if the prime minister stays put, and the protests continue? in what other way could this be resolved? well, the protests, the protestors do not seem frightened, they seem really, really determined and they seem very very confident. i think this is because they feel they are on the right side of history, so you know, i think that the widespread feeling among the protestors is this that the government and the monarchy have lost the moral narrative. they feel like this government and the monarchy are no longer aligned with contemporary thai and international discourse, national and good governance, i think they are very determined, i don't think they are going to step down very soon, and any time soon. the for what concerns

the government they have demonstrated from the past, no hesitation to use violence, to repress protest test, personally do not think that violence can be a long—term response. not think that violence can be a long-term response. bear with me a sec, you are watching bbc news. let me ask you about the kind of shift in the culture that is happening, because, not so very long ago, it would have been almost unimaginable that people would not only talk about possible changes to the monarchy but be willing to talk about it hold up banners about it, have chants about it be seen on television talking about it. what is changing? so this, i should say this is only partly true, if you think back of the protest, the famous protests of 2010, back then, you did have some protesters on stage criticising the monarchy. and those criticisms were very provocative,

you know, and what has changed now, really, is that you have protestors demanding for monarch kick reform, so you have protests about reforming the monarchy, so this is what has changed in my opinion, what has changed, since 2010, is that we have a new king now in thailand, so the past king passed away in 2016, he was widely venerated, was on the throne for seven decades and the new king has a less, less widespread reputation, he is a fairly controversial individual who has been ruling from germany, who has reinstated the previously established tradition of the royal harem and all these behaviours do not appear to be in line with the contemporary era to the protestors. let me ask you finely, in a sense if

to you leave aside the two polar positions of the protestors and the prime minister, perhaps backed by the court, is there a consensus that could merge on changing thailand? something interesting has been going on, watching this protests that have been going on sincejuly, at least with the european criticism of the monarchy, you see these young protest leaders going on stage, and talking about the monarchy for three hours and you wonder, who is allowing this to happen?en and this may suggest that perhaps the ruling elite, you know, government elites, traditional elites maybe fragmented and there may be some groups who actually are sympathetic towards the p rotesto r, actually are sympathetic towards the protestor, this would be one, one possibility. 0n the other side, i must stress that the protestors themselves have showed they have no intention to deal with any of the

current, the former generals that are currently in charge, so i think that the protestors themselves are not suggesting a willingness to compromise. it is hard to see how this will be resolved if as you said, the prime minister sticks to his guns and says he will not step down ahead of today's deadline imposed by the p rotesto rs, today's deadline imposed by the protestors, or announced by the protestors, or announced by the protestors i should say. thank you very much for being with us. now the weather. weather will be autumnal this weekend, with low pressure nearby. deep area of low pressure. lit bring windy weather with gales and a band of rain, which will move through and we will see sunshine and shower, and in fact there will be a bit of sunshine round i think through this weekend, particularly part two of the weekend, so it won't be a com plete the weekend, so it won't be a complete wash out. you can see the low pressure anchored to the uk, lots of isobars on the charts and

also an active band of cloud and rain spreading across the country, it will brighten up in scotland and northern ireland as we head into the afternoon, we will be lying across central parts of england into wales, heavy rain on it for a while as it moves through and gusty winds as well but it won't reach the south—east until after dark so here its will tend to stay mild and largely dry, as temperatures reaching round 16 or 17 degree, but behind the rain band, the low teens celsius but at least you have the sunshine to compensate although there will be lots of blustery shower, that band of heavy rain will continue to spread into east anglia and the south—east. a hang back of rain infact and the south—east. a hang back of rain in fact across the east, as we head into the first heart of the night. don't forget the clocks go back tonight one hour, so we are into that autumnal feel with the nights drawing in. that area of rain will clear away from the south—east, by the end of the night it will be a windy and blustery one. lots of shower, the temperatures in single figures for all. we have low pressure still close by on sunday,

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