this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. more pressure on the uk government as thousands of doctors back the footballer marcus rashford's campaign for free school meals during the school holidays. uk ministers consider reducing the 1a days isolation period for those in contact with people who have the virus. as six us states see record numbers of infections, the vice president's chief of staff tests positive for coronavirus. and lee kun—hee, the korean businessman who turned samsung into one of the world's biggest electronics companies — has died at the age of seventy—eight. sequins, samba and social distancing — strictly come dancing returned to our screens last night

with a special tribute to the nhs. we bring you the highlights 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. pressure is mounting on the government over its decision not to fund free meals for vulnerable children in england during the school holidays. more than 2000 doctors, including many leading paediatricians, have written an open letter to the prime minister, urging him to reverse the decision and backing a campaign led by the manchester united and england footballer marcus rashford. 0ur political correspondent nick eardley reports. at old trafford yesterday, marcus rashford back at the day job for the goalless

draw against chelsea. but there's work off the field — campaigning for free meals for schoolchildren over the holidays is getting him just as many headlines. with businesses cueing up to offer meals, and many local councils stepping in, too, he tweeted last night: he also he also condemned unacceptable abuse mps and their families had faced after days of charged debate online. the government is saying its position won't change. it is not funding meals over the holidays, instead saying tens of millions has been given to councils to support families and billions is available for welfare support. but some mps are worried about that position. the former children's minister tim lawton said on facebook he wanted a change of policy.

he wrote... this man, tobias ellwood, another tory mp, said providing meals was simple and practical in the holidays. labour has said that it will keep up the pressure on the government if it doesn't change its mind. and 2000 doctors working with young people are backing a change in policy, too, writing... scotland wales and northern ireland have set up their own schemes. in england, on the eve of half term for many, the government is standing firm, but the debate goes on. nick eardley, bbc news. with me now is our political correspondentjessica parker. the correspondent jessica parker. debate the correspondentjessica parker. debate going on, ho‘ this the debate going on, how much is this a continuing problem for the

government in headline terms?” think over the past few days, what you have seen, in occluding conservative councils, private businesses, community groups, stepping in and saying that over this coming half term, they will provide the equivalent of a free school meal for eligible children, so school meal for eligible children, soi school meal for eligible children, so i think it is turned into something of a pr problem for the government. the government are saying they are giving support, just in different ways, so money to councils for example an increasing welfare support. they say as well that they welcome the the support businesses are providing. brandon lewis was on the andrew marr programme this morning. businesses and organisations that are putting these out there in the holidays to support families i think are doing a great thing for their community, i congratulate them for that and thank them for that. i've seen that in my own constituency in northern ireland, but i think it's complementary to what we're doing as a government. we are supportive of that, we support local authorities to do it, that's what the £63 million is there for and it's not just the £63 million, of course, andrew, it's on top of the hundreds

of millions we've put into local authorities to support those most in need. so no sign of an imminent u—turn, but something that is doing the rounds as a possible way out for the government if they think they need a way out, views may vary on this, is because they give more money to local councils to provide more targeted support? that's what one conservative mp things can happen. let me remind you that not every council has stepped up, which means it becomes a postcode lottery for some children. so some children will benefit from sitting and living in a council where they've decided to prioritise free school meals but other councils, for various reasons, mightjust decide that money needs to go elsewhere and those children will miss out. just to be clear, that wasn't a conservative mp, that was the labour shadow education minister and the point that labour are making, they are saying that you can give money to councils but it doesn't necessarily mean that they will step in and provide a specific support that free school meal provision or

vouchers of the school holidays would do. so, labour pushed this vote this week which they lost by 61 votes. might they push for another votes. might they push for another vote on the whole issue? yes, they say they will push for another vote. there is a parliamentary recess this coming week so mps won't be in westminster but they are looking to do that. that could prove a pressure point for the government because we'll conservative mps, some of whom are we'll conservative mps, some of whom a re pretty we'll conservative mps, some of whom are pretty unhappy behind—the—scenes of all of this, particularly the communication, will they want to vote again not to extend free school meal provision or vouchers over the holidays and christmas is around the corner. thank you very much, jessica. the welsh government has said it will review its ban on supermarkets selling nonessential items following calls for the decision to be reversed. more than ali—thousand people have signed a petition to be allowed to buy

items such as clothes and electrical goods. ministers had said they wanted to be fair to retailers ordered to close. health minister, vaughan gething says the welsh government's approach aims to ensure the country's lockdown will remain short to have an effective firebreak, we do need to reduce opportunists, people who go out and mix. and that is why we have this clarity in terms of what is essential and what not. —— opportunities for people to go out and mix. almost all of the retailers, where people would like to go into shops, have an online offering as well. so even if you go to an entirely different retailer, there are a lot of stores that do this in any event. and online retail is permissible because it doesn't involve mixing. so we haven't cut down people's opportunity to buy goods in any form, it's about the in person activity that matters. as coronavirus infections are continuing to surge in the united states, with new record high daily numbers in six states, two advisers to the us vice president have contracted the virus. chief of staff for mike pence, marc short, has tested positive and is self—isolating, as is another aide.

but mike pence has tested negative and will stick to his election campaign schedule. meanwhile countries around the world have continued to tighten anti—coronavirus measures, as mark lobel reports. a flag for every death. this washington art installation capturing america's coronavirus casualties. just as six states suffer record numbers of infections. it was only three weeks ago that donald trump himself tested positive. he is fully back on the campaign trail, downplaying the dangers of the pandemic. turn on the television, it's covid, covid, covid, covid. by the way, on november four, you won't hear about it. now it is his vice president's health in the spotlight. mike pence's chief of staff marc short has tested positive, as well as another aide. but mike pence, who along with his wife have tested negative, will continue campaigning despite his proximity

to his chief of staff. prior to that, the polish president andrzej duda had become the latest public figure to test positive. the 48—year—old self—isolating premier said he felt fine and was still on the job. but there were protests as his country faces record infection rates and has instituted the partial closure of primary schools and restaurants. colombia became the latest country, one of eight worldwide, to record a million confirmed covid—19 cases on saturday. a lot of fatigue, similar to what you are seeing to the rest of the world, but i think, in colombia, this fatigue is kind of more complex because you had this long stretch in quarantine and also mixed with a lot of economic factors where a lot of people have been hit really disproportionately here and across latin america.

france, another country to have hit the million mark, just hit a record of more than 115,000 infections in a day. its government extended an overnight curfew, now affecting 46 million people. a night—time curfew in parts of greece has also begun, covering athens and the wider region — home to almost half of the population, with face masks now mandatory there too. meanwhile, in panama, at least they are turning the tide on some restrictions. its beaches are back open. alexis pineda says his son woke him up at 6am because he wanted to come to the beach. they are delighted the beaches have reopened and hope coronavirus cases will decrease so they can continue to enjoy all these places. right now, though, this place looks and feels more like an oasis in a world full of restrictions.

mark lobel, bbc news. meanwhile the us infectious disease expert anthony fauci has told the bbc‘s andrew marr show a vaccine could be ready as soon as early december. the question is, once you have a safe and effective vaccine or more than one, how can you get it to the people who need it as quickly as possible? so the amount of doses that will be available in december will not certainly be enough to vaccinate everybody. you'll have to wait several months into 2021, but what will happen is that there's been a prioritisation set so that individuals such as health care workers will very likely get first shot at it, as will then likely people who are in the category of being at an increased

risk for complications. that could start by the end of this year, the beginning — january, february, march — of next year, but when you talk about vaccinating a substantial proportion of the population so that you can have a significant impact on the dynamics of the outbreak, that very likely will not be until the second or third quarter of the year. the isolation period for those who have been in contact with someone who has tested positive for coronavirus could be reduced. at the moment people in england must quarantine for 14—days, but ministers are considering shortening this to 10 or seven days. it's after senior conservative backbencher, sir bernard jenkin, joined those criticising the speed and effectiveness of the test and trace system. with me now is, deenan pillay professor of virology at university college london,

and a member of independent sage, a group of scientists offering alternative advice to the government on its response to the coronavirus. would you be in favour of shortening of the self isolation period if it helps more people comply with it? well, of course, you are right in terms of the adherence to current isolation guidelines is woefully poon isolation guidelines is woefully poor, but of course, we have to remember that isolation is one of three critical components of the test, trace and isolate strategy. first of all, finding those to test, getting results back second day on time and thirdly, using that timeliness to then ask people to isolate those contacts and the current system is failing on all three accounts. so, we have to be sure that we don'tjust fiddle around at the edges here of trying to improve small amounts. we need to improve all of these components in order to really improve the overall

effectiveness of this strategy in reducing ongoing transmissions. do you think it is failing in the areas you think it is failing in the areas you have outlined ? you think it is failing in the areas you have outlined? borisjohnson himself talked about his frustrations. what do you think has gone wrong? well, i think what has gone wrong? well, i think what has gone wrong? well, i think what has gone wrong is taking what is required, which is public health integrated approach to the pandemic and segmenting this into component parts, may become modifying it with a leadership, with a ceo from talktalk by advisers from other industries such as jaguar and travel x. rather than embedding us with expertise that we have in the uk, people who have been successfully dealing with the hiv academic for decades —— like hiv epidemic. this is the expertise we have in the uk

and it does require the nuance in terms of understanding the motivations of our population, to ask to isolate, the same time as integrating testing and true public health —based contact tracing. it is not too late to re—form a consortium around that used, what has been developed in terms of testing capacity, but also ensuring that the resource that has gone into, i must say, into outsourced structures and consultancies, if that is invested within our public health structure, i'm sure that we could provide a much more effective test on trays which will be important as we come out of the lockdown procedures we have now, in order to keep us at a low level of infections. in terms of the restrictions we are now seeing, it is different levels of restrictions all across the uk. do you think they are working generally? in england, for example, we now have the tier system, in

wales it is more of a national lockdown at the moment, what would you favour? well, i think we would definitely favour a more complete lockdown at a national level, in other words, becoming similar, bringing england in line with wales and the reason of course that is not and the reason of course that is not an attractive proposition for us all to actually go into that further lockdown, but to ensure that there isa lockdown, but to ensure that there is a circuit breaker now for two to three weeks, which will really bring infections much lower than will happen at the moment with the tiered approach. just interrupts, won't that just suppress the virus approach. just interrupts, won't thatjust suppress the virus which will then bounce back at a later stage? that's a good point and that is why we argue within independent sage that during that time, a reforming of test and trace in a com pletely reforming of test and trace in a completely different way to then be able to keep that suppression at

low. that's the critical point, as you quite rightly say. u nfortu nately, over you quite rightly say. unfortunately, over the summer periods, that work was not done and so we periods, that work was not done and so we find ourselves in the situation now. i should also say that, of course, i think the time is too late to do this to coincide with half term, which would have been the way to protect our children's education. nevertheless, the way we are going at the moment with these tiered approaches and unfortunately the confusion amongst people with these different guidelines, will actually, i think, these different guidelines, will actually, ithink, will these different guidelines, will actually, i think, will not prevent the virus coming back. so that's, we do still argue for a strong, circuit breaker is a proud lead to then transforming our test and trace. thank you for your time. lloyds bank has asked its employees who are currently

working from home to continue doing so until spring at the earliest. the bank said the decision was in line with government guidance. lloyds has 65,000 staff, about two thirds of whom are currently working remotely. the headlines on bbc news. more pressure on the uk government as thousands of doctors back the footballer marcus rashford's campaign for free school meals during the school holidays. uk ministers consider reducing the 1a days isolation period for those in contact with people who have the virus as six us states see record numbers of infections, the vice president's chief of staff tests positive for coronavirus. the chairman of the south korean multinational samsung electronics, lee kun—hee has died. mr lee, who was 78, helped grow his father's noodle trading business into south korea's biggest conglomerate, with dozens of affiliates stretching from electronics and insurance

to shipbuilding and construction. by the time he stepped back from the company in 2014, after suffering a heart attack, samsung was the world's biggest maker of smartphones and memory chips. it is also a major global player in lcd displays. samsung's overall turnover is equivalent to a fifth of south korea's gross domestic product, making it crucial to the country's economic health. in a statement, the company said: "chairman lee was a true visionary who transformed samsung into the world—leading innovator and industrial powerhouse from a local business,". it also said "his legacy will be everlasting." a mass mobilisation of law enforcement officers has been ordered in nigeria. tensions have risen in recent days over allegations of police brutality. last week, in the commercial capital lagos, witnesses said the security forces shot dead protestors. now curfew restrictions have been reintroduced in parts of the central

city ofjos after a government food warehouse was looted, as russell trott reports. in defiance of calls for calm, the authorities are overwhelmed as sporadic looting continues. this government warehouse in central nigeria is now emptied of food aid earmarked to help during the pandemic, but that's not how the people here see it. translation: during the lockdown, they were just hiding the food. it makes me wonder what kind of government we have. we've been suffering and many people have died from hunger. responding to the looting, the states governor brought back a round—the—clock curfew. he said in a statement, "this looting has spread, threatening the peace and security of the state." the looting comes after two weeks of angry calls for change from young nigerians.

it has become necessary for me to address you. president buhari's initial response on thursday failed to placate them. on saturday night, he blamed hooliganism for dozens of civilian deaths. but amnesty international says they include at least 12 peaceful protesters who were killed by the nigerian army and police at two sites, including this toll—gate in lagos on tuesday night during demonstrations against police brutality. this protester‘s injuries means the 24—year—old has been told he needs his leg amputated. and david remembers running away as a bullet hit his leg, breaking a bone. luckily, he says, those around him quickly dragged him to hospital. they're awake and they don't want to go back to sleep. i'm not happy with the government. they can kill me now

right now for all i care, but the fact is that i am not happy with whatever they have been doing. right from childhood to this age, i have nothing to write home about. lagos' curfew has now been lifted, but the clean—up won't sweep away the tensions. unrest and looting has spread to several states. the head of nigeria's police force on saturday told his officers to use all legitimate means to halt a further slide into lawlessness. he's also called for nigerians not to panic and help protect their communities from what he called criminal elements. but his call may well fall on deaf ears. russell trott, bbc news. the race for strictly come dancing's glitterball trophy began last night with the first live show of the new series. stringent measures have been put in place to ensure everyone involved is safe, including a socially distanced audience.

but despite the new rules, the show‘s hoping it can preserve the old sparkle. andy moore reports. hello and welcome to strictly come dancing, and our first live show of 2020. the sequins and razzamatazz are still there, but coronavirus has forced some changes to the show‘s winning formula. the small audience were chosen from front line nhs workers. the dancers won the normal praise and criticism. what a way to open the show, with all that glitz and glamour. it was all very flat—footed, i am afraid, and very stiff of hip, darling. the arms are totally wild. very tight, very restricted. former home secretaryjacqui smith chose a political theme for her performance. when you consider theresa may, darling, and her dancing, i think you are ten times

better than that. so well done. the show‘s professional dancers will all have to live on their own for the duration of the show so that they can form a coronavirus bubble with their celebrity partners. one half of the couple will be living on their own, at least one half, and in some cases they are both living on their own — and in the other half, they can remain with their household. eastenders' maisie smith wowed the judges with her samba, while boxer nicola adams showed some fancy footwork as one half of strictly‘s first same—sex couple. i was very curious — how will it all happen, how will it work? and you haven't disappointed me. but the best came last, as the singer hrvy got the highest score of the night for this energeticjive. this season may be shorter, with fewer celebrities because of covid, but the magic

is still there. scientists in the us state of washington say they have eradicated the first nest of asian giant hornets to have been found in the country. the insects — dubbed murder hornets on account of their powerful sting — were sucked out of a tree cavity using a vacuum hose. entomologists had fixed radio trackers to three hornets trapped earlier in the week. they followed one of the insects to the nest. us officials classify the asian giant hornet as an invasive pest because it preys on honeybees. britain's oldest person, joan hocquard has died in her dorset care home, at the age of 112. born in 1908, she was a keen sailor and drove an ambulance during the second world war. speaking to the bbc earlier this year, joan said she had no secret to her long life, but said she enjoyed butter and cream and scoffed

at the idea of dieting. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello there. low pressure will remain close by to our shores for part two of the weekend, so it remains unsettled, breezy or windy again with sunshine and blustery showers — and some of these will be heavy with hail and thunder in places, like we've seen across southern england this morning. so low pressure to the northwest of the uk. this is where we'll see the strongest of the winds, lots of showers rattling in off the atlantic, most of them affecting western scotland, northern ireland, some longer spells of rain here, and plenty of showers across southern and western portions of england and wales, especially across the south of england, with some heavy, maybe thundery ones here. best of the sunshine across eastern areas. these are the mean wind speeds. we could see gusts touching 50 miles an hour, particularly for western scotland.

and it's going to feel a bit cooler this afternoon than it did yesterday, 10 to 1a celsius. monday, another showery, fairly breezy day. i think most the showers will become confined to the southern half of the country into the afternoon, perhaps something a little bit dry and less windy across scotland. but those temperatures ranging, again, from 10 to 13 celsius.

hello this is bbc news. the headlines... more pressure on the uk government as thousands of doctors back the footballer marcus rashford's campaign for free school meals during the school holidays. uk ministers consider reducing the 1a days isolation period for those in contact with people who have the virus as six us states see record numbers of infections — the vice president's chief of staff tests positive for coronavirus. the prime minister of spain holds a special meeting with his cabinet to decide whether to put the country into a new ”national state of emergency‘ as cases surge

sequins, samba and social distancing — strictly come dancing has returned to our screens last night with a special tribute to the nhs. now on bbc news — it's time for dateline london. hello and welcome to the programme that brings together some of the uk's leading commentators, bbc specialists, and the foreign correspondents whose stories are published back home — dateline london. we're devoting this week's programme to climate change and the human, political efforts to tackle it. joining me this week, isabel hilton, who established china dialogue, an independent

organisation trying to increase awareness of environmental threats and opportunities. henry chu is london editor for the los angeles times. la, of course, a city which has experienced its own climate challenge in recent months. with me in the studio, at a suitable distance, the bbc‘s chief environment correspondent, justin rowlatt. hello, justin, thank you. and thank you all for being with us on dateline. whether or not you accept that changes to the climate have been driven by the industry of man or not, you can't be indifferent to the consequences. if crop yields become less predictable, everybody‘s food gets more expensive. if the temperature range grows but the change in heat and cold is more erratic than it once was, everyone's life is affected. yes, if the arctic ice melts it could open up new, faster sea routes, an opportunity for trade, but as ice turns to water so sea levels and coastal communities may have to move or disappear.