this is outside source. we nowjust a week away from the us election campaign has intensified in critical backgrounds. angry people, upset, angry and suspicious. i growing. donald trump arrived at his valley in michigan, a state he won in 2016 by just over in michigan, a state he won in 2016 byjust over 10,000 votes. a surge early vote suggests turnout could be at historic levels. 66 million votes have been cast so far, almost half the number of the 2016 election already. italians are on the streets

for a second night to protest against stricter coronavirus restrictions as the country reports a record number daily infections. we'll be live at the moment. two children and two adults have died after a migrant boat capsized trying to reach the uk. today's tragic events just seem to underline the risk of facilitators are prepared to go to to this migrant slice of the profits and strengthens our resolve is to go after them. come to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. will start in the us where the potential of it, election is not far away. president trump's pics of the new supreme courtjustice amy coney barrett is confer malice in it now. we will have more on that shortly.

at first mope both candidates have been out campaigning in the states that are crucial to winning the election. president trump has started his campaign to at a valley in michigan before heading onto wisconsin and nebraska. here's what he had to say before leaving washington. we have a full day of valleys and they are very well attended. we have thousands and thousands of people at each one. our vote numbers are doing well. the poll numbers are very good, not the fake ones that the media gives that the real poll numbers are very strong. we do have my pictures now from his valley in michigan. he is looking at the males. donald trump has now arrived here and he won this in 2016 bya arrived here and he won this in 2016 by a narrow margin just over 10,000 votes. he will be speaking a little later on. we will bemusement that is and when he advised. meanwhile, mr trump's democratic challenger joe biden has been speaking in georgia.

now, it was not usually a staunchly republican statement but there are some indications it could swing to mr biden this year because of changing demographics. here he is. sol so i say to you today, if you give me the honour of serving as a president, clear the decks for action so we will act will act on the first day of my presidency to get coded control. we will act to pass an economic plan that will finally reward work and not wealth in this country. we will act to pass my health care plan and provide affordable and successful health ca re affordable and successful health care for every american and drug prices that are dramatically lower. i will gary o'donoghue is in washington, as you can see. hi gary. so, weeks to go. what are the m essa 9 es so, weeks to go. what are the messages that the candidates are keen to get across? i think the president's team and i are keen to get in is firmly into the economic

agenda is possible. it is in the polling where he has any advantage overjoe biden in terms of policy areas so you overjoe biden in terms of policy areas so you will see a lot about that, i think, areas so you will see a lot about that, ithink, particularly areas so you will see a lot about that, i think, particularly as he does that swing through those upper midwest states, michigan and wisconsin and overwinter in a basket as well. in terms of your biden, of course, you heard him talking about covid. —— over into nebraska as well. covid isn't simply part of the new cycle, it is part of americans every day lives here and it is something which the president pulls very badly, the messaging has been pretty difficult, i think, for a lot of americans to accept and to swallow. even when you hear people like the chief of staff saying we can't beat this pandemic, we'rejust going to go for the vaccines and therapeutics. so they are struggling, i think, therapeutics. so they are struggling, ithink, with therapeutics. so they are struggling, i think, with that message and that is why you are hearing joe biden focusing on that so hearing joe biden focusing on that so much. given that, don't forget, we so much. given that, don't forget, we have got more than 8 million cases here we have had of the virus. 230,000 people had died and we have

any sort of weekly rolling average around 70,000, sorry, a weekly rolling average of about half a million, just under half a million cases at the moment, you know, around 70,000 a day, so we're well into what you might call us third spiky. 0k, gary. thank you very much for that. stand by. we will be back with gary o'donoghue still or shortly in a different issue that is happening in the us. just want to bring you these light pictures first. that is done from arriving for his valley in michigan. you just hurting earlier in the programme speaking about his poll numbers doing very well despite his poll numbers seemingly pointing in the opposite direction, although as we are the opposite direction, although as we are always pointing out polling is never completely accurate as any americans will tell you about the 2016 election, but there he is in michigan. we are expecting him to speak there before heading on to wisconsin and off to the back or nebraska but, for the moment, seeing

as he is behind a big lorry will believe that it there and go back to michigan as and when he gets up and start speaking. now, part of the changing demographics is the growing list tea m demographics is the growing list team no population. since donald trump was elected nearly 16 million latinos have gone of voting age. many watched as their communities we re many watched as their communities were ripped apart vital immigration laws and devastated by the pandemic. it is so long in arizona. latinos love trump. restaurant hers jorge and betty certainly do. he is the right person to keep leaving this country. we need someone tough, we this country. we need someone tough, we need someone with the right ideas.

we think that donald trump is the perfect person for another four years. but the threats to their business that followed their endorsement shows that not all latinos feel the same way. latinos have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic that shut down this state, and while the president's macho image may have impressed latino man, here in the heart of phoenix's latinx community, it has caused deep offence among those who lost loved ones to the virus. i think that his brazen disregard was really clear. but i think that for latino voters in particular, especially folks who know somebody that has been impacted, they felt the way that i felt — this man does not care about us. he doesn't care about us. we will be protected by the great men and women of our military and law enforcement. with the election now just days away, campaign ads fill the airwaves, but so too does misinformation that feeds people's fear. and fear is a very real thing

in neighbourhoods like this one, where some will have fled countries where people die because there is no law and order, yet they become increasingly fearful of law enforcement here too. just as the past four years have deepened divisions across this vast country, they have exposed divisions in latino communities too. i saw 902, but i haven't seen 833... around four million latinos have come of age in the last four years. they're determined to use their new political power and spend their evenings encouraging others to do the same. we all remember 2016. we remember the feeling. i remember that feeling. i literally have goosebumps thinking about that day. i wasn't able to vote, so people were, like, "well, you didn't show up to vote". i couldn't. i couldn't then. now, in 2020, they can, and if enough latinos across arizona do the same, this time their voice could really count.

barack 0bama has been in florida stumping for his former vice—president. he gave his assessment of the trump administration's handling of covid—19. and he didn't hold back. look, here's the truth. the pandemic would have been challenging for any president but this idea that somehow this white house has done anything but completely screw this thing up is nonsense. the former president barack 0bama at an early voting rally there. and early voting looks like it could play a significant role in this election — more than 66 million americans have voted so far — a record number — either by mailing in their ballots or at a polling station. that's almost half of the turnout from 2016 already — and it could mean turnout will be higher than previous elections. in texas 7.8 million people have already voted — and that's almost 87% of the total turnout at the last election. and this is what that looks like — in north dakota and florida —

you can see socially distanced lines of people waiting to cast their votes. meanwhile, president trump's pick for a new supreme courtjustice will be fully sworn in later today. here's amy coney barrett taking her constitutional oath shortly after the senate vote that confirmed her yesterday. she now has to swear a judicial oath before she begins participating in the work of the court. and remember, the republicans have a majority in the senate and the vote went largely down party lines — only one republican senator voted with the democrats. the confirmation will cement a conservative majority of six to three on the court. here she is speaking at the event. the oath that i have solemnly taken tonight means that at its core i will do myjob tonight means that at its core i will do my job without tonight means that at its core i will do myjob without any fear or favour and that i will do so independently of both the political

branches and of my own preferences. the speed on the confirmation means judge barrett could end up hearing cases relating to the election — if the result heads to court. here's whatjoe biden had to say... here's gary again in washington. that is absolutely right. this conservative majority, 63 on the court should be around for a very long time. amy coney barrett is just 48 years old and god willing she will be on the court for decades to go. the conservatives know they could lose the white house, lose the

senate, be out of power entirely in the political branches but they would still have a number ofjudges at the federal level that they have managed to appoint over the last four years and then this supermajority on the supreme court and those courts do make decisions about all sorts really day—to—day issues. you know, social issues like 93v issues. you know, social issues like gay marriage and other issues like health issues around abortion and choice, gun control, climate change, you can think of, the supreme court it simple so of another think about this. —— at some port of another goal —— the supreme court at some point or another has been asked to think about it. two adults and two children — aged five and eight — have died after a boat carrying migrants sank near dunkirk, french officials have said. 18 people have been rescued so far, they've been taken to hospitals in calais and dunkirk. these are pictures of the emergency services on the docks of loon—plage.

rescuers are said to be searching for one other person. the search and rescue operation began earlier today after the vessel was seen in difficulty. let's hear from the clandestine threat commander, dan 0'mahoney. today's tragic events just six underline the risk that facilitators are willing to go to to risk migrants arrives for profit and strengthens our results to go after them and bring them to justice. let's get mana from hugh schofield. what needs to be having this? well, it was early this morning as you said that a british pleasure craft reported seeing a boat in difficulty not that far off the french coast and it was, a french news agency we re and it was, a french news agency were saying it was one of these semi rigid hull inflatable vessels which i have a classic, they are being used all the time now, they have got sort of a rigid bit of them and then

the blow—up around the outside, with a load of people on it and it was in difficulty and it had overturned so that you did, obviously, a massive rescue operation and many people we re rescue operation and many people were brought to shore suffering from hypothermia and are in hospital, i gather about 15 or 16 were rescued but there were four dead, a man and woman and these two poor children aged five and eight and then there is this other line coming out now that maybe there are other victims and maybe a baby, apparently some of those who survived, and there were iranians, have said that the mother who died, the woman who died in the baby and that baby has not reappeared so they are looking still for i am afraid more victims. distressing details there, hugh. this is a humanitarian issue increasingly in the uk and a political issue two in the uk. how is it received in france? well, when

things like this happen it is simply a question of sympathy. with what has happened and the suffering of these people. i think there are all sorts of dimensions to this, of course there are. there is one dimension here in france which is feeling that they are constantly under attack from the british for not doing more to stop the embarkation of the boats leaving the beaches, and it is true, i mean, this year has seen a huge increase in the number of boats going over and many of these are iranians, people who have come with perhaps more money than previous waves of migrants trying to get across. the fence answer to that is very simple, britain has made itself very attractive, that is why people keep coming and no matter how much is done to disrupt the plants which build up around calais and dunkirk they keep on coming —— french answer is that, how much is done to disrupt the camps. they say it is as much a fault of the british turning their country into a honey pot as the

french might call it as the french failing to stop them, that is the french view. because we have a tragedy this the overriding view is harbour and sympathy. —— horror and sympathy. antibodies. this had fallen to 4.4%. antibodies. this had fallen to ir.4%. we did expect to see some decline because antibody levels often decline in the months following people getting an infection but this was quite a substantial proportion who fell

below the detectable limit for this particular test, so we think that thatis particular test, so we think that that is interesting because it suggests that this waning of antibodies might be quite rapid compared with some other viruses where antibodies will stay around a lot longer. well, according to the study, antibody levels dropped among all age groups. the smallest decline was among young people whose antibody levels fell about 15% while those 75 or older so there antibody levels fall and 79%. here is professor ward on the implications. you cannot be sure that you won't get it again and therefore advise everybody to follow recommendations on hand hygiene, mass wedding and keeping distance from people. secondly, yes, of course it means that we are really in need of a vaccine which will hopefully produce a more long—lived immunity. vaccine which will hopefully produce a more long-lived immunity. exactly what the antibody drop means that

immunity is still uncertain. other scientists argue that we should be looking at how t cells play a role in immunity. here's one doctor on that. they are white blood cells that. they are white blood cells that patrol the body, inspect every cell in the body and they can see cells that have viruses going on than them. if cells show the signs t cells are equipped with missiles that they can basically file into those cells and destroy them. to europe — where the world health organization says deaths have increased by 40% this week. the who told the bbc there's "an intense and alarming increase in cases and deaths" across the european region. daily cases are up by a third compared to last week. we're going to start in uk — which has recorded the largest number of deaths in a single day since the end of may. the latest government figures show 367 deaths were recorded over the week until last tuesday. that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. that means on average,

in the past week, 200 deaths were announced every day. the total death toll is now above 45,000. here's our health editor hugh pym. certainly that figure of 657 new reported deaths in the uk will be surprising to many people, it is upon the previous day, but we do get this tuesday effective deaths not being reported over the weekend so it is called a volatile series but to get a broader, wider picture of what is going on it is interesting to look at the excess deaths, but as the number of deaths over and above what you would expect from all causes. so let's take a look at a chat that incorporate some of the latest data out today for the uk and you can see that that's the five—year average, that line which shows for each month how many people on average shows for each month how many people on average have died, obviously a bit higher in the early months of the year. now, let's take a closer look at what has happened this year so farand look at what has happened this year so far and you can see here that it was more or less on the average and big spike in april and may because of covid. that's a red official

covid—19 deaths and the blue on top thatis covid—19 deaths and the blue on top that is all the excess deaths, some of which, though, it may be indirectly related to kobe because people didn't seek hospital treatment at the time and for the rest of the year we can see here it falls back to the five year average but has started going up a bit in the last few weeks. that's the red area at the end there and the excess deaths is effectively coded deaths in the most recent weeks. 6% above the average but still well below where we were in april and may. —— effectively covid deaths. next to france... next to italy — which has registered a record of almost 22,000 new cases in a single day. the health ministry has released the figures, which bring the total number of confirmed cases to almost 543,000. daily deaths have passed 200 for first time since may — taking the total death toll above 37,000.

the rise in infections means a range of new restrictions — and not everyone has welcomed them. widespread protests began soon after the national government's order to close restaurants, bars, gyms, and cinemas came into effect at 6pm. these pictures are from milan. tear gas was used to disperse protesters. this is naples — thousands gathered in the city centre. this is turin — stores were vandalised and looted. and these the latest pictures from rome tonight. mark lowen is there. matt, right at the beginning of this the italians responded very well to the italians responded very well to the restrictions in place. it seems things have changed? yes, i think the media is changing, beginning to change, lewis. you remember back in march and april there was all that clapping for doctors and nurses, rainbow flags with the words...

everything will be fine, we find had sky—high approval ratings for his handling of the first wave but patience is wearing thin now. people are feeling frustrated, they are feeling tired, with the prolonged lockdown at the first wave and eve although the vast majority still according to opinion polls still understand and still back the idea of tighter measures to try to bring down the spiralling infection rate in the second wave, there are no protests which we have seen breaking out, the violent ones tend to be quite fringe groups, they tend to be far right of far left extremists, all football hooligans, which are sort of hijacking the peaceful protests, but there is quite a lot of general kind of more measured frustration i think, particularly with the closure of restaurant after 6pm or table service after 6pm and the closure of cinemas, theatres,

gyms and pools as well. the economy in italy is of the forecast to shrink by 10% this year and there is a feeling of real unease and frustration over the restrictions that have just been imposed. matt, what kind of economic support is there in place the people affected by these new restrictions? well, there is economic support in place. the government has just announced that there will be no new firings untiljanuary that there will be no new firings until january at least. there's that there will be no new firings untiljanuary at least. there's for long—term unemployment allowance, the very various voucher schemes to try and help people work from home and be able to afford baby—sitters, for example, so the government is and the prime minister has said that more support will be given to the sector most affected by the new restrictions but the interior minister has warned that an ultimate social tension could lie ahead so the restrictions on opening the government, there is a source of exhaustion and covid fatigue among the italian people and the numbers are not looking good at all, lewis,

with 22,000 cases today and 221 deaths. that is the highest death toll since mid may so there is a feeling, a sort of frightening feeling, a sort of frightening feeling, really, at the flow from those dark days in march and april. 0k, those dark days in march and april. ok, thanks, mark. next, let's look at the czech republic. it was praised for its swift initial response to the crisis, but seven months on, it's recording 15,000 new cases a day and has the second highest per capita death rate over seven days in the world. new measures including a night—time curfew come into effect at midnight tonight. these pictures are from an exhibition ground on the outskirts of prague. a field hospital has been set up by the army. the reserve facility has 500 beds, including ten icu units. if needed, it will be staffed by 200 army medical personnel — 20 doctors, 70 nurses, and the remainder logistics troops. and here you can see police patrolling the streets of prague to make sure people are wearing masks outdoors and

on public transport. to neighbouring poland — and this graph shows new infections over the past four weeks. the country has reported its highest daily number since the start of the pandemic. the country is now under the highest level of restrictions — schools have mostly switched to online teaching and restaurants, cafes and bars can only offer take away service. russia has brought in tighter restrictions — face masks are now compulsory in all crowded places including public transport. this shows the number of new daily cases in russia. it hit a record on monday — 17,3117 new infections in 2a hours. and this shows daily deaths in russia — it reported a daily record of 320 deaths on tuesday. and russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov has gone into self—isolation after coming into contact with someone who tested positive. these pictures are from a press conference in athens yesterday.

and one more update for you — fifa says its president gianni infantino has contracted coronavirus. the 50—year—old has mild symptoms and will remain in isolation for ten days. good evening. low pressure set to dominate the charts as we head to the rest of this week, meaning some wet and windy weather at times. thankfully for us today though, this deep area of low pressure with winds around it touching 100 mph has been way out in the north atlantic — not coming too close towards us. it's been enough to throw this weather front our way, which tonight will linger across the northeast of scotland. the best of the sunshine by the day, staying wet here through the night. clear conditions in its wake, but the sea temperatures relatively warm for this time of year — that means shower clouds build up and keep going throughout the night around some of the western coast, some of these on the heavy side through the english channel. central and eastern areas though will see rather cool starts to tomorrow morning. and tomorrow will be a story of heavy, thundershowers with blustery winds — those winds blowing all the way

across the atlantic, whipping up some pretty rough seas to the west of ireland and great britain. the highest of the waves to the west of ireland, where they could touch around 35 feet or more — that's over ten metres. so dangerous seas, be wary of that. lots of showers packing into the west, some of those heavy with hail and thunder. same too across southern counties of england. showers will push their way eastwards though on that brisk wind. not too many to the east of the country, more in the way of sunshine then showers here — but for all, a rather cool day with temperatures around 10—13 celsius. into wednesday evening, showers continue for a time, some longer spells in western scotland, then into wednesday night, our area of low pressure remains in the north atlantic, starting to return away from us, only allowing another one to take its place and push its way in. more in the way of persistent rain from the west as we go through thursday. bright start to the northeast of scotland, with the rain eventually reaching all but shetland by the end of the day — brightening up to southern parts of england and wales later on, but quite a windy day across the country. winds from the southwest very mild, bearing with it

temperatures into the teens. mild air remains in place thursday night, but rain keeps coming and going across northeast england and northwest wales, which could cause some minor flooding by the end of the week. after a cloudy start to friday, brightening up in scotland and northern ireland, some sunshine breaks in the cloud, hazy sunshine in the southeast, could be 18—19 celsius — the warmest we've seen it for some time. and whilst we continue with relatively warm air into this weekend, deep areas of low pressure waiting in the wings. it could get even windier at times.

hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. this is outside source. we area we are a week away from the us elections, and campaigning is intensifying and critical battle ground states. we are going to have a great red wave. people that want to go out and vote. the divisions in our nation are getting wider. angry people are upset. anger and suspicion are growing. what a surge in early votes suggests that turnout could be at historic levels — six objects million votes have already been cast, half the number of the 2016 election —— 66 million votes.

and the us signs a new military pact with china's regional rival india — with this message for beijing. the ccp is no friend to democracy, the rule of law, transparency. hello again. returning now to our top story: with only a week to go until the us presidential election, the two candiates have been hitting the campaign trail in the states most likely to swing the election. in the last hour, donald trump has been speaking in michigan — here's some of what he's had to say. seven days from now, we're going to win the great state of michigan. and we are win the great state of michigan. and we are going to win four more years in the white house. and by the way... there has never been a campaign... chant back.

there has never been a campaign in the history of this country - first of all, there's never been a movement like this, but there's never movement like this, but there's never been a campaign, we have the record — the record was four years ago — that has had more enthusiasm. well, mr trump's next stop is the state of wisconsin. yalda hakim is there. will be speaking to them in a few moments time. china has spoken out after the us approved another arms deal between the us and taiwan, that would be worth over $2 billion. here's the chinese foreign ministry warning against the deal. translation: china urges the us to abide by the one china principle, and china us three communique. stop

selling arms to taiwan and having military contact with them. cancel all arms sales to taiwan to further damaging the relationship. trainable to justified and necessary measures to justified and necessary measures to firmly safeguard our national sovereignty and security interests —— china will take justified. this would be the second arms deal between the us and taiwan in recent months — the first, worth $1.8 billion, was approved earlier this month and prompted beijing to sanction the us arms manufacturers involved. taiwan is self—governing, but china regards it as a renegade province. us relations with taiwan have grown just as they have soured with beijing. taiwan says it will continue to develop its defence capacity in the face of china's military expansion. i'm joined now by bonnie glaser, the director of the china power project at the centre for strategic and international studies. thanks very much for being with us. what do you think this move means? well, i think that china always

objects to us arms sales to taiwan. but under a law that was passed in the us in 1979 called the taiwan relations act, every administration is required to sell arms to taiwan to defend itself. and frankly, the threat from china is growing, and there is an enormous bipartisan support in congress for selling more arms to taiwan. so, given that support could be seen as a provocation in china, what is china's came here? well, china is trying to defend its sovereignty and not appear week to its domestic public. but frankly, the chinese government knows that the united states will continue to sell weapons to taiwan to defend itself. this particular time, china has threatened to oppose sanctions— this is the third or fourth time china

has threatened to impose sanctions on us companies, but frankly most of these companies are not selling arms to beijing, they're not even dealing much commercial business with china. it was quite notable in fact that china only said that it would sanction boeing prospect if it's you that it commercial side of the company. so it looks like china is keeping its own interests at the forefront of its mind to. that's interesting. let's get into the detail of the weapons themselves. what's going on there? the united states has actually sold some offence of capabilities this time around, which is somewhat of a departure from the past — for example, standoff land attack missiles, high rocket systems, providing taiwan with a counterstrike missile force that they can use to hit ports, airfields on china's coast which would degrade

the poa's ability to conduct operations against china, they would only be used to retaliate and slow down and attacked. there's also in this new weapons package coastal defence cruise missiles, which are a real game changer. they can be mounted on trucks, they can shoot, and they can try to hit at amphibious landing vehicles that are trying to move large numbers of troops to invade taiwan. so they are to prevent the pla from an —— invading the beach. thank you so much for talking to us about that arms deal. think you. -- thank you. the us has also signed a military agreement with china's regional rival, india. india and the us have agreed to share sensitive satellite data. this is all against a backdrop of india's military standoff with china in the himalyan region of laddakh. the announcement came during high—level talks in delhi, between america and india. here's us secretary

of state, mike pompeo. are leaders and our citizens say with increasing clarity that the ccp is no friend to democracy, the rule of law, transparency, nor to freedom of law, transparency, nor to freedom of navigation, the foundation of a free, open and prosperous indo pacific. i'm glad to say that the united states is taking steps to strengthen our cooperation against all manner of threats — notjust those posed by the china communist party. rajini vaidyanathan is in delhi. the deal done today between india and the us is certainly seen as something that will strengthen ties between india in the us, because it allows them to share information when it comes to maps and geospatial data when it comes to military operations. so that is seen as a huge boost. but the wider context of this visit where you have two leading cabinet members is all about

countering china's growing influence in the region. just think about it, you got the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, the us secretary of defence, mike asper, flying halfway across the world during a pandemic, across the world during a pandemic, a week before a presidential election for these talks. thatjust shows you how important this is to the administration. now having left india, they are in sri lanka, then going onto maldives and indonesia — those last three countries i mentioned also have good relationships and strong ties with beijing. so this is all about trying to contain and counter china's growing influence in this region. it's worth also mentioning that only a few weeks ago, mike pompeo's deputy made a visit to bangladesh — another country that has close ties to beijing. it was the first time a senior us official has visited for close to a decade.

a big update from bolivia: an arrest warrant against long—time leader former president evo morales has been scrapped by a judge. he was forced into exile 11 months ago after a disputed election. we're told he's now free to return to bolivia without fear of detention. he's been in argentina — where he spoke on monday. translation: the unified syndical confederation of rural workers of bolivia called me yesterday. they are together discussing when i will return. and in the cochabamba region, the six federations are asking me to come back on 11 november. i'm going to carry out the task of reconciliation. we cannot be at odds with each other, we are a family. of course we with each other, we are a family. of course we have ideological differences, class proms. so i want to talk to some groups. i want to

talk —— class problems. last year prosecutors issued an arrest warrant on charges of sedition and terrorism — accusing evo morales of fomenting unrest during mass protests in the weeks after the presidential election. this was la paz in november. dozens were killed in violence between opposing political groups and security forces. mr morales was forced to step down and he was replaced by an interim right—wing government. mr morales has long argued the allegations were part of a political vendetta waged against him. the timing is crucial. nine days ago his ally, luis arsay — seen here at a rally on saturday — won a big victory in a re—run of the 2019 election — returning evo morales' socialist party back to power. however since then, mr arsay has been distancing himself from his former boss. have a listen to what he told bbc‘s newshour last week. —— arce. i've said so many times i'm not

kevin mirallas. we said that we had a mass renewal amongst young people, and if evo morales wanted to help us, he's welcome. but that does not mean it evo morales will be in the government, it will be my government. if he wants to come back to bolivia and help us, you know, he's going to decide it. i won't decide it for him. south america correspondent, katy watson, is in sao paulo. so what does this mean now?m so what does this mean now? if this arrest warrant is linked to a video in which a bolivian man is speaking to someone else in which a bolivian man is speaking to someone else on in which a bolivian man is speaking to someone else on speakerphone, with directions for load brought dust roadblocks. the allegation was that it was evo morales directing these roadblocks in bolivia. roadblocks are a popular form of protest, but evo morales has said they are not related. it is

important to put this in the context, which you have done, in the sense that when evo morales went into exile after mass protests, after accusations of vote—rigging in last yea r‘s after accusations of vote—rigging in last year's presidential elections, and came at the far right senator who made it her mission to make sure the socialist party would not get into power dashed in came. that's backfired as we've seen in the elections last week. and it's going to bea elections last week. and it's going to be a new president, giving evo morales the green light to return to bolivia. now as we've said, he's his own bolivia. now as we've said, he's his own man, bolivia now has the right to return. the question is what role evo morales will play within bolivia and the government, and what influence you will have. would evo morales returning be popular? hugely popular amongst his supporters. evo morales still seen by many people as

the first indigenous president, he changed the landscape of bolivia, giving the voice was of voice and making a very different president. —— the voiceless invoice. it was the end of his presidency and which he was pressured to step down by the military, by many of his supporters— they saw that as a coup, and that's something that many feel they would like to redress the balance. that said, the president has made very clear that he will leave the country himself. certainly the opposition is concerned about what role evo morales will play in a future government. but we don't know that, and at the moment the president has been clear that they are different people and he will lead the country ina people and he will lead the country in a different way. thank you.

still to come: and investigation into the shooting at anti—police brutality protests in nigeria. secondary school attendance in england has fallen further due to covid—19 — down from 87% to 83%. and there is growing evidence the picture is far worse in many parts of the north of the country. a coalition of business and council leaders says the government needs to rethink whether holding exams next year is fair. our education editor branwen jeffreys reports now from oldham. oldham has been hit hard by coronavirus, its schools feeling the impact. teachers and pupils self isolating — just keeping going sometimes as a challenge. this is a school of 1500. having 900 out makes it impossible to operate. to have a quarter of mike teaching staff self ice letting for two weeks, even though they'll do the best they can online, it doesn't beat being in the classroom with the expert. is this

pa rt classroom with the expert. is this part of the same figure debate about fairness and free school meals?|j think fairness and free school meals?” think our major concern is that if you're a young person hearing this information now, your value, your worth, your dignity isn't really being respected in the same way it should be. the nationalfigures don't tell the full story of what's happening across the north of england. the data we've seen shows that a third of teaching cases across coronavirus at one point were in the northwest of england, and pupil attendance in secondary schools has fallen as low as 60—70%, raising huge questions about the fairness of next year's exams. because many schools in the south have reached half term barely affected. i just have reached half term barely affected. ijust don't have reached half term barely affected. i just don't think it's a level playing field. if students are in school down south and they're not as badly affected, compared to a lot of people in the north, it adds a great deal of pressure to them. we would like a plan b, and ongoing

assessment. schools in the north fear of winter of disruption. back—up plans for exams are promised by christmas. plans needed to ensure fairness from north to south. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is... campaigning is intensifying in the us with just one week to go until the election. donald trump is in michigan — which he narrowly won in 2016 by a margin ofjust over 10,700 votes. first lady melania trump has been holding her first rally. first lady melania trump has been holding herfirst rally. herfirst since testing positive for coronavirus. let's take a listen. since testing positive for coronavirus. let's take a listenm is what sets us apart from any other country in the world. cheering. it is how we came from 13 small

colonies to the global leader. our schools, restaurants, and business, large or small, have developed safer ways for people to continue moving forward. ouradministration ways for people to continue moving forward. our administration remains 100% supportive of ensuring our nation is equipped with all the medical supplies we need, and getting a vaccine developed and distributed as safely and quickly as possible. applause. this is something that both political parties should support, encourage and celebrate. no one should be promoting fear of real solutions for purely political ends.

the success of a vaccine will save millions of lives over... let's leave that they are, melania trump hitting the campaign trail for the first time since recovering from covid—19. to nigeria now — where an inquiry into what happened during the protests against police brutality in lagos has started. the peaceful #endsa rs protests turned violent on 20 october, when witnesses and groups such as amnesty international said soldiers opened fire on protesters, killing some. the army denied its troops were there. these are some images from that day at the lekki toll plaza. the inquiry panel's remit includes trying to unravel what happened, who was affected, and whether they should be paid compensation. holding the investigation had become a key demand of the protesters — along with disbanding the special anti—robbery squad, known as sars, which has also now happened. it will also look into reports

of abuse allegedly carried out by the notorious police unit. one week after the violence at the lagos protest, the bbc‘s mayenijones has been speaking to those who witnessed the shooting that night. a warning that you might find some of the images in her report distressing. everyone thought i was dead. i had to pretend i was dead before they could leave me. it was a bloody night. legend was a punter hired by anti—police brutality demonstrators to keep everybody safe. —— a bouncer. but he became a victim of the very violence his peers had been calling out. he said all of the shooting on tuesday started with the army. the police arrived later to continue the killings. both the police and the army denied being there. these men were all hitting me with guns on my head, on my body. i pretended i was dead so they were now shooting other protesters.

straight gunning them down. the shooting is said to have continued throughout the night the night in the suburb home to the lagos protests. the shooting has been one the biggest tests of this relatively young democracy. what played out here has cemented the dissatisfaction many young nigerians feel with those that govern them. an entire generation has been alienated. british nigerian national ephraim returned to london after seeing demonstrations on social media. —— returned to legos from london. i don't want anyone to die. i'm my mother's only child, so me coming here — i have to think about my mother, as well. i don't want to die. i don't want any harm to anyone i know. the day after the shooting, he filmed the injuries of others caught in the violence. but he says many did not make it and claims he saw soldiers throw at least three dead bodies into a truck. that place, that night —

after seeing bodies being thrown into the truck, i thought i was going to die there. while demonstrations in nigeria have been put on pause, in london, members were calling out the events of tuesday night. like so many we have spoken to, they believe nigeria can be better. this isjust the beginning. this kind of protest has never been done in nigeria before. and for us to have one voice, one act and one nation, it takes a lot. that was legend, an activist ending that report by mayeni jones. next we're going to look at coronavirus in syria — because doctors say the number of positive cases across aleppo and idlib increased tenfold last month — putting further strain on the already fragile health system, which has been decimated by years of civil war. bbc camera operator darrin conway was granted rare access inside the rebel—held province of idlib.

the road to idlib has been a journey of misery for so many. this is one of the last remaining parts of syria that hasn't been retaken by the regime. millions of civilians have funnelled into this little corner of north—west syria in an attempt to escape the fighting. but the people that live here are about to face yet another battle — covid—19. dr kaddour is head of the two largest hospitals in idlib. he's one of only 600 doctors for a population ofjust over 4 million people. very few covid tests are being done. while we were here, an average of 400 were carried out a day. up to 40% of those tested positive. aeroplanes, rockets, corona, angry, poor, assad's security —

it's the same. all of them, all of these terms mean for us death. life is already tough enough here. it's a daily fight for survival. a free food hand—out quickly turns into a mob. but there are no masks to be seen. at times like this, prayer is about the only support the people here can rely on. but at this mosque, there is no social distancing. and if you thought that it was tough living in idlib city, just take a look at the refugee camps — up to 1.5 million people living in filthy, cramped conditions. this is atma camp. it's one of the largest. people live on top of each other, sharing everything from tents to bathrooms, food and water. this seems like the perfect breeding ground for the virus, yet the official statistics show that only a handful of people have

tested positive here. one of the reasons for this is that only people who are showing symptoms and are willing to come forward are being tested. but there's a stigma that comes along with being a covid carrier here. little zane has the virus. he caught it from his father. translation: people have treated me as if i'm disgraced. if they see me in the streets, they walk away from me. a couple of days ago, i went to get some groceries from the store and people moved away from me as if i am the virus, as if i am the virus, as if i will kill them. so, unlike zane and his father, most people would prefer to suffer through the illness in silence which, in camps like this, means that they are superspreaders. would you say that the virus is out of control in the camps? it's out of control, yes, absolutely. this winter will be very bad,

very dark, very hard. we do not have many places for people in the camp, we do not have many medi kits for these, we do not have many fuel to make children and babies and women more warm in the camp. we do not have food enough for them. no one really knows just how bad the outbreak is in the camps. this is a population who have already endured the worst of humanity. it's hard to imagine, but if the outbreak in the camps is as bad as predicted, life here is about to become even harder. darren conway, bbc news, idlib, syria. that's it from us, you are watching outside source on bbc news. get in touch with me at any time on

twitter. i'm louis vaughn touch with me at any time on twitter. i'm louis vaugthones, this is bbc news. bye—bye. good evening. low pressure set to dominate the charts as we head to the rest of this week, meaning some wet and windy weather at times. thankfully for us today though, this deep area of low pressure with winds around it touching 100 mph has been way out in the north atlantic — not coming too close towards us. it's been enough to throw this weather front our way, which tonight will linger across the northeast of scotland. the best of the sunshine by the day, staying wet here through the night. clear conditions in its wake, but the sea temperatures relatively warm for this time of year — that means shower clouds build up and keep going throughout the night around some of the western coast, some of these on the heavy side through the english channel. central and eastern areas though will see rather cool starts to tomorrow morning. and tomorrow will be a story of heavy, thundershowers with blustery winds — those winds blowing all the way across the atlantic,

whipping up some pretty rough seas to the west of ireland and great britain. the highest of the waves to the west of ireland, where they could touch around 35 feet or more — that's over ten metres. so dangerous seas, be wary of that. lots of showers packing into the west, some of those heavy with hail and thunder. same too across southern counties of england. showers will push their way eastwards though on that brisk wind. not too many to the east of the country, more in the way of sunshine then showers here — but for all, a rather cool day with temperatures around 10—13 celsius. into wednesday evening, showers continue for a time, some longer spells in western scotland, then into wednesday night, our area of low pressure remains in the north atlantic, starting to return away from us, only allowing another one to take its place and push its way in. more in the way of persistent rain from the west as we go through thursday. bright start to the northeast of scotland, with the rain eventually reaching all but shetland by the end of the day — brightening up to southern parts of england and wales later on, but quite a windy day across the country. winds from the southwest very

mild, bearing with it temperatures into the teens. mild air remains in place thursday night, but rain keeps coming and going across northeast england and northwest wales, which could cause some minor flooding by the end of the week. after a cloudy start to friday, brightening up in scotland and northern ireland, some sunshine breaks in the cloud, hazy sunshine in the southeast, could be 18—19 celsius — the warmest we've seen it for some time. and whilst we continue with relatively warm air into this weekend, deep areas of low pressure waiting in the wings. it could get even windier at times.

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