hello, this is outside source and we are now just hello, this is outside source and we are nowjust a week hello, this is outside source and we are now just a week away from the hello, this is outside source and we are nowjust a week away from the us election in campaigning is intensifying and crucial battle ground states. we are going to have a great red wave. people that want to go out and vote, vote. the divisions in our nations are going to be wider angry people upset, angerand to be wider angry people upset, anger and suspicion are growing. search in early vote suggests they will be historic levels, 66 million votes of been cast so far and that is almost half the number of the 2016 election already. italians are on the streets for a second night to

protest constrictor coronavirus restrictions as the country records a record number of daily infections. two children to adults after a boat capsized trying to reach the uk. of the tragic events seem to underline the tragic events seem to underline the risks that facilitators are prepared to go to to risk migrant and strength of its resolve to go after them. —— strengthens our resolve. with only a week to go, the two candidates have been hitting the campaign trail in the states, most likely to swing the election. president trump is speaking in michigan and here are some of what he had to say earlier. seven days from now, we're going to 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... (applause) 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 been a campaign and we had the record, you know the record was four yea rs record, you know the record was four years ago that had more enthusiasm. curious live in michigan that he narrowly won over 10,000 votes in this the first of three states that he is visiting today on the election campaign trail. the first lady melania trump is been holding her first campaign in pennsylvania and she has been speaking about the covid—19 pandemic. she has been speaking about the covid-19 pandemic. my families thoughts and prayers are with all of

you through these difficult times. we all know that american spirit is stronger than this virus. we have prove n stronger than this virus. we have proven that we can and will overcome this unexpected challenge. the democratic challengerjoe biden has been speaking in georgia, a staunchly republican state, but there are some indications that he could swing forjoe biden this year due to changing demographics. let us ta ke due to changing demographics. let us take a listen. i sent you today, if you give me the honour of serving as your president, clear the deck for action. for we will act on the first day of my presidency to get covid—19 under control. we will act and past the economic plan that will reward work and not wealth in this country. we will act to pass our health care plan and provide accessible health ca re plan and provide accessible health care to every american and drug

prices that are dramatically lower. barack obama prices that are dramatically lower. ba rack obama has prices that are dramatically lower. barack obama has been in florida and he is given his assessment of the donald trump administration of covid—19 and did not 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 screwed this thing up is nonsense. early voting looks like he will play a significant role in the selection, more than 66 million americans have voted so far in the record number by mailing the ballots are a polling station. —isms the total number of votes 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 is almost 87% of the total turnout at the last election. this is what that looks like north

da kota, is what that looks like north dakota, socially distance lines of people waiting to cast their votes. pitting for a new supreme court justice will be fully sworn in later today and here is amy barrett, taking a constitutional oath after the senate vote that confirmed her yesterday, she now has to swear a judicial oath before she can be participating in the work of the court. republicans have majority in the senate and the vote went largely down party lines, only one republican voter voted with the democrats. a majority of six to three on the court and here she is speaking at the event. the oath that i have solemnly taken tonight means at its core, that 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 just as she could hear cases related to the election itself, if the result does had to quit. this would joe biden had to quit. this would joe biden had to quit. this would joe biden had to say about that. —— is one. here in washington. what impact will this appointment mean? the democrats are worried that she will actually get the deciding vote or deciding say when it comes to an instance where the result of the election goes before the court. she herself is so look, i am not going to say which way or what i would do, whether i would recuse myself or ta ke whether i would recuse myself or take myself out of such a

proceeding, as the democrats would like her to do. and mail and ballot postal ballots, those are already ongoing. there are number of cases in different states about the length of the states have to count those votes a nd of the states have to count those votes and democrats are concerned that having been placed on the court and nominated for the court, so sooner and nominated for the court, so sooner close to the election that she might be inclined to favour donald trump and justice barrett has said time and time again that i am going to be an impartialjudge, i'm not going to bring my own political leanings into this. the future of so many policy issues and that is focused on the election itself. and what is the strategy here for the candidates? you can see the democrats have chosen to place both joe biden in georgia and that

indicates that they may have a chance there. closing the gap on donald trump in this traditionally republican state and a tracker that puts donald trump .4% at the head and another paul has been tied, so another case is a point the republicans of the joe another case is a point the republicans of thejoe biden can go ahead and campaign there if you want and they do not have a chance in terms of taking that state, but there's a reason that he is there. michigan is really important state and donald trump is and again, very close in terms of how they are doing their and donald trump one that stayed by less than a percentage point last time and now, there is a poll that shows them nine points and shows joe poll that shows them nine points and showsjoe biden poll that shows them nine points and shows joe biden nine poll that shows them nine points and showsjoe biden nine points ahead and our partners havejoe biden eight points ahead in michigan, which is going to be a worry for donald trump. so he is trying to shore up support there. what kind of

m essa 9 es shore up support there. what kind of messages do you think will be cheering from the two candidates over the next week or so. we are at herjoe biden bringing up the president possible his handling of the coronavirus. it's not hard to guess because really, they been repeating a lot of their messages again and again and i guess the only new thing in terms of donald trump is he is able to say look. i have confirmed amy kony barrett is the third consents ofjustice to the supreme court and it is a big deal that he has managed to get three justices confirmed to the court and thatis justices confirmed to the court and that is huge and that is historic. after the democrats they are going to be pushing on the coronavirus message and health care as well and really saying that what is at stake is the health of the nation in picturing joe biden as a unifier. to

adults and two children aged five and eight have died after a boat carrying migrants near dunkirk. collapsed. a people of been rescued so farand taken collapsed. a people of been rescued so far and taken to hospital and these are the pictures of the emergency services on the docks of the area. searching for one of the person in the search and rescue operation began earlier today after the vessel seemed in difficulty. tragic events seemed to underline the risk that facilitators are prepared to go for the risk migrants lives for profits and we are to go after them and bring them to justice. it was earlier that a british pleasure craft of some kind reported seeing a boat in difficulty, not that far off of the french coast and it was the agency think it's one of the semirigid

inflata ble think it's one of the semirigid inflatable vessels that are being seen inflatable vessels that are being seen all the time. the average bid to them and they blew up on the outside. with the load of people in difficulty in it triggered a massive rescue operation and many people we re rescue operation and many people were brought in suffering from hypothermia and i gather around 15 to 16 were rescued, but, there were four dead. a to 16 were rescued, but, there were fourdead. a man to 16 were rescued, but, there were four dead. a man and woman in these poor children aged five eight and there is this other line coming out that are other victims and may be a baby, apparently some of those who survived were iranian and they have said that the mother who died, the woman who died in that baby, there's still looking for more victims. distressing details. this is a humanitarian issue, a political

issue two in the uk, hauser received in france was blue with things like this happen, it's simply a question of sympathy with what is happened to these people and i think they're all sorts of dimensions to this. of course. there's one dimension that is fuelling that they are constantly under attack from the british for not doing more to stop the boats leaving the beaches in this year has seen leaving the beaches in this year has seena leaving the beaches in this year has seen a huge increase in the number of boats going over in many of these are iranians. people come with more money than previous waves of migrants trying to get across. the french answer to that is that britain has made it's a very attractive and that is why people keep coming and no matter how much is done to disrupt the camps, they keep on coming and as much the fault of the british turning their country

into a honeypot, as the french might call it, and not doing enough to stop them, that is the french view, but when you have a church like this, the other feeling isjust a feeling of horror and sympathy. this, the other feeling isjust a feeling of horror and sympathym europe, the world health organisation says is been increasing in deaths. the bbc says there is an intense learning case for deaths across the european region. daily cases are up across the european region. daily cases are up by a third compared to last week. next to friends, that is the highest daily figure since late april and the health minister has also reported more than 42,000 uk cases in the past 24 hours in italy has registered almost 22,000 cases ina new has registered almost 22,000 cases in a new day and they reached other figures that bring the total number of cases almost 543,000. passing too

much for the first time since may, bring the total death toll drowned 37,000. a range of new restrictions and not everyone is welcome them and protest began soon after the national governments close restau ra nts, national governments close restaurants, cinemas at six p:m.. these pictures are from milan, tear gas is used to disperse protesters. this is naples, thousands gathered at the city centre there. installs we re at the city centre there. installs were vandalized and looted. these, the latest pictures from rome tonight. and mark loewen is there. the mood is beginning to change, lewis. march, april, there was all that clapping for the doctors and rainbow flags the words and everything will be fine. from at sky high approval ratings. and patience is wearing thin now. people are

feeling frustrated and they're feeling frustrated and they're feeling tired with all of the prolonged lockdown of the first wave it even though the vast majority, according to opinion polls, are still understanding and still backed the idea of tighter measures to try to bring down this infection rate, we have seen this breaking out, the violent ones tend to be quite french groups. they tend to be far right or far wrapped extremist —— left extremist groups that are hijacking the peaceful protests, but there's quite a lot of general or measured frustration, i think with the closure of restaurants at 6pm and the closure of cinemas, theatres and pools as well. the economy is already forecasted —— to shrink by 10%.

might make it challenging the theory of herd immunity. the imperial college study said that many adults they found the antibody amounts dropped, antibodies fell by nearly 15% while those 75 and oversaw a much bigger drop in their antibody levels that fell by 35%. stay with us on outside source — still to come... the latest in nigeria after shooting of protesters. the uk has recorded the highest number of covid—19 deaths — in a single day — since the end of may. but as our health editor hugh pym explains, that's not the whole picture. it's interesting to look at access steps, that's the number of deaths over and above what you would expect from all causes. so let's take a look

at a chart which incorporate some of the latest data out today. for the uk. you can see that's the five—year average, that line, which shows for each month how many people on average have died, obviously a bit higher in the early months of the year. let's take a closer look at what's happened this year so far. you can see here, it was more or less on the average that a big spike in april and may because of covid, that red area is official covid—19 deaths. the blue on top of that as other excess deaths. some of which may be indirectly related to covid because people didn't seek hospital treatment at the time. 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. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story.

campaign gets intensifying with only one week to go into the election. donald trump is in michigan. na rrowly donald trump is in michigan. narrowly winning overjust over 10,000 votes. china has spoken out after the us approved another arms deal between the us and taiwan, that would be worth over $2 billion dollars. that would be worth over here's the chinese foreign ministry warning against the deal. translation: china urges the us to abide by the one china principal and china us joint communique. stop selling arms to taiwan and having military contact with them cancel all relevant armed sales plan for taiwan to avoid further damaging the china—us relationship, and peace instability in the taiwan strait. china will take justified and necessary measures to firmly safeguard our national sovereignty and security interests. this would be the second arms deal between the us and taiwan in recent months, the first, worth $1.8 billion dollars, 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 have been speaking to the centre for strategic and international studies. china is trying to defend its sovereignty and not appeared wea k to its sovereignty and not appeared weak to its domestic public but 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 impose sanctions, the third orfourth time threatened to impose sanctions, the third or fourth time that china has threatened to impose sanctions on us companies, but frankly, most of these companies are not selling arms to beijing, they are not even during

which commercial business with china. i want to get into details on the weapons themselves. what is going on there? the united states has sold some offensive capabilities this time around, which is something ofa this time around, which is something of a departure from the past. for example, standoff plan attack missiles, artillery rocket systems, is provide taiwan with counterstrike missiles which they can use to hit ports, airfields on china's coast, which would degrade their ability to conduct operations against taiwan and so there would only be used to retaliate, to slow down attack. it is also this new weapons package, coastal defence cruise missiles which are a real game changer. they can be mounted on trucks, they can scoot and shoot and they can tried to hit amphibious landing vehicles under transport vehicles that are trying to move large numbers of troops to invade taiwan. so they are

to prevent them from landing on the beach. the us is also sent 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. our leaders and our citizens see with increasing clarity that the ccp is no friend to democracy, the rule of law, transparency, the freedom of navigation, the foundation of a free and open and prosperous endo pacific. i'm glad to say that the united states and india are taking steps to strengthen our cooperation against all manner of threats and not just those foes with the chinese communist party. rajini vaidyanathan is in delhi. you have two leading us cabinet

ministers and it is all about countering china's growing influence in the region. think about it, the us secretary of state mike pompeo, the us secretary of defence who were flying halfway across the world during a pandemic would before the presidential election for the stalks and the decision important this is to the administration. having left india, there in sri lanka and indonesia in their last three countries that i mentioned all have very good relationships and strong ties with beijing. so, this is all about trying to contain encounter china's growing influence in this region and also mentioning that a few weeks ago, mike pompeo's deputy in the deputy secretary of state made a visit to bangladesh, another country that has close ties with beijing is the first time that a senior us official has visited the area for close to a decade.

will everyone thought i was dead. before it was a bloodied night. anti—police brutality demonstrators to keep everyone safe. but he became a victim of the very violence his peers have been calling out. all of the shooting wants to stay started with the army, the police arrived later and continued the killings. both the police and the army denied being there. there were hitting me with guns on my head, on my body. i fell down and pretended that i was dead. so there are no shooting other protesters. shooting them, straight

cutting them down. the shooting is said to have continued throughout the night in the suburb, home to the protests. it'd been one of the biggest test of this relatively young democracy. but played out here many young nigerians feel that an entire generation has been alienated. british nigerian returned to legos from london after seeing the demonstrations growing social media. i don't want bloodshed or anyone to die. i my mothers only child. coming in here, have the thing about my mothers will. i do not want to die or any harm to anyone. the day after the shooting, he filmed entries of others, and the violence. but he says many did not make it. claims he saw soldiers throwing at least three dead bodies into a truck. the mac that night,

after seeing bodies being thrown into a truck, i felt like after seeing bodies being thrown into a truck, ifelt like i after seeing bodies being thrown into a truck, i felt like i was going to die there. that been put on pause,in going to die there. that been put on pause, in london, members are calling out the events of tuesday night. like so many of you have spoken to, they believe nigeria can be better. thisjust beginning. this has never been done in nigeria before. and for us to have one voice, one act in one nation, it ta kes a voice, one act in one nation, it takes a lot. a quick reminder for top story. campaigning is intensifying with just one week to go into the election, donald trump is just wrapped up a rally in michigan state that he narrowly wa nted michigan state that he narrowly wanted to is a 16 byjust10,000 votes he's heading to wisconsin next and the democratic challenger has been speaking to georgia. and some

indications that he could swing his way. that is it for me, i am louis vonjones this bbc news in this outside source. goodbye. you're watching bbc news. the prime minister has to clarify his strategy after 50 conservative mps described the situation in northern england as unparalleled and asking for a clear road map out of the tough restrictions, meanwhile in scotland, members of the scottish parliament debating scotland's new five level system of local covid—19 restrictions and nicola sturgeon which area of scotland would be under which two years in the new system and how it would work. members should notice that 12 and three of the five levels intended to be broadly compatible and england and on friday, the baseline level

zero is the lowest level of restriction and it is similar to the state of affairs in august we had suppress the virus to very low levels. we consider this to be the closest of normality we can get to without better treatment and of course, remain hopeful about the prospects and over the next few months. to without better treatment or a vaccine for covid, and, of course, we remain hopeful about the prospects of both of these scientific developments over the next few months. level1 is similar to the restrictions we had in mid—september as cases started to rise again, but prevalence remained very low. our objective, of course, is to get all parts of the country to llevel 0 or level1 and remain there if we can. the restrictions we propose for level 2 are similar to those that currently apply across scotland outside the central belt, and level 3 resembles the tougher restrictions that currently apply in the central belt. finally, level 4, which we hope not to have to use, envisages something closer to a full lockdown — for example, nonessential shops would close at that level. however, even at level 4, up to six people from two households

still could meet outdoors, and manufacturing and construction businesses would stay open. levels 2 and 3 are intended to apply for short periods of time, and level 4 will be deployed only if absolutely necessary as a short, sharp intervention to address extremely high transmission rates. under all five levels, we want schools and childcare to remain open if at all possible. since publishing the proposed levels on friday, we've consulted with various stakeholders, and, as i've said, those consultations included discussions with opposition leaders. of course, it's not possible to accommodate all the asks of different sectors and still suppress the virus, but i can confirm that we have decided on some changes which will hopefully be welcomed. these relate to childcare, shared parenting and child contact centres, outdoor retail, bingo, and numbers allowed at weddings at level 4. full details are on the revised table circulated to msps earlier and will be made available on the scottish government website. before turning to hospitality in a bit of detail, because that's

one of the sectors bearing the biggest impact of current restrictions, let me mention one other hopefully temporary change. the table published on friday envisaged that at level 1, we would be able to meet with six people from two households in our own homes, but it also made clear that this might change in some circumstances. the public health advice to ministers is that if a decision is taken this week to move any area to level one, the current prohibition on meeting anyone from other households in our own homes should remain in place for a period as an extra precaution. we intend to accept this advice, but that position will be reviewed weekly. let me turn now... i'll take one more intervention and then i will need to make some progress. liam mccarthy. i'm very grateful to the first minister for taking an intervention. on that specific point, will she recognise that in rural and particularly smaller island areas, the option of meeting in venues or indeed outside, particularly as we move into the winter months, is going to be hugely problematic, and therefore the restriction

in place is likely to reduce public confidence and possibly compliance with the restrictions she's setting out? first minister. i'll come on to island communities in more detail in a second. i dp recognise that and that's why i hope this is would be a short—term, temporary change. it is advice about how we transition to this new system with appropriate precautions still in place. i want to turn to hospitality and describe the restrictions that will apply in each level and outline any changes from the current situation. i hope that the changes will be welcomed, but i know this sector will have wanted to see fewer restrictions, especially at level 3. i'll explain why we don't consider that possible at this stage, but i want to be clear that we will continue dialogue with the sector on the proposals it has put forward. we also intend to establish an expert advisory group on reintroducing safe low—level music and background noise. at level 0, hospitality will operate as normally, subject to rules on physical distancing, limits on numbers, and other mitigations, such as table service only.

level1 will be similar, but with a curfew closing time, however that will be 10:30pm rather than 10pm. level 2 is broadly comparable to the restrictions currently in place outside the central belt. currently, in these areas, hospitality can operate normally outdoors, with an early closing time. i know this gets more difficult in winter. i'm going to make a bit of progress if that's ok, and if i have time i promise i will come back to you. that will continue to be the case under level 2, but the closing time, again, will be extended to 10:30pm. just now, premises in these areas can open indoors until 6pm for the service of food and non—alcoholic drinks only. at level 2, that will be extended til 8pm, and alcohol will be permitted with main meals. in the central belt areas under tougher restrictions just now, only cafes can open until 6pm, and for food and nonalcoholic drinks. level 3 is broadly similar, but all hospitality premises will be subject to the same rules, so cafes, pubs and restaurants will be allowed to open until 6pm for food and nonalcoholic drinks.

at level 4, hospitality will be closed. i know the sector wants to see more activity allowed, especially at level 3, and we will continue to discuss that with them. but i must stress the areas at level 3 are the areas currently with the highest levels of infection. ourjudgement is that to ease up any more at this stage, particularly as our progress remains so fragile, could risk tipping these levels closer to level 4, rather than have them make the progress we want to see towards level 2. assuming parliament agrees the overall framework today, presiding officer, i will confirm on thursday what level each local authority will be placed into initially, and this will be with effect from monday and will reviewed on a weekly basis. these decisions will be based on advice from the government's advisers and the national incident

management team. we are also consulting with local authorities. while we will initially apply levels to whole local authority areas, we will look in the future at any situation where it might make more sense to be more targeted, for example, a different approach for the argyll islands than for the rest of the argyll and bute council area. as i said earlier, we have published a technical paper detailing the factors and data that will guide these decisions. we will look at actual and projected cases per 100,000 of population, test positivity rates, and projections for hospital and icu capacity, and different thresholds for these will apply at different levels. it's important to stress, though, that these decisions will not involve the automatic application of a single statistic, or even basket of statistics. these will inform and guide the decisions, butjudgement will require to be applied to them. as we migrate initially to this new system, we will be deliberately cautious. as i said earlier, we are seeing signs of progress but the situation is fragile and it could go in the wrong direction, so we must take care. i hope that during the next couple of weeks, if progress in slowing

the rate of new cases continues, we will see more local authorities dropping down a level, but, initially, most are likely to stay in broadly the same category as now. now, final decisions have not been taken, but i want to give parliament a broad indication today of what that means. the central belt areas currently under the toughest restrictions are likely to be in level 3 initially, and most of the rest of the country is likely to start in level 2. there are, however, some exceptions under consideration. firstly, it is hoped that the highlands, orkney, shetland, the western isles and murray might go to level 1. less positively, we believe tha the escalating situation in dundee city makes it possible it will go to level 3, and, as has been reported, we are considering whether the very high rate of transmission and hospital admissions in north and south lanarkshire may necessitate a move for them to level 4. these are the only areas currently being considered for level 4. there have, however,

been some encouraging signs in the last few days that the situation in lanarkshire may have stabilised slightly, so we will only take that decision if it is deemed absolutely necessary, and i hope we can avoid it. more now on the findings of scientists that immunity to coronavirus may decline sooner than had previously thought. a study by imperial college london found the number of people with covid—19 antibodies had fallen by around a quarter betweenjune and september. adults under the age of 24 had the highest levels of antibodies — but those over 75 the lowest. here's our science correspondent rebecca morelle. antibodies are the immune system's best defence against covid—19. they block the virus from entering our cells, and stay around in case of reinfection, but the latest research has found they don't last long. it does suggest that immunity is likely to wane over time after you've been infected, and we're now about six months past that first wave of infection.

this is not particularly surprising because seasonal coronaviruses, which we've known about for a long time, do tend to produce some immunity, but it does wane after 6—12 months. this is one of the largest surveys of its kind, carried out across england on more than 350,000 people. injune, scientists found that 6% of adults who had been tested had detectible coronavirus antibodies. by september, though, that had fallen to 4.4%. that's a drop of more than a quarter in a matter of months, and the fastest decline was seen in people aged over 75, and in those who'd had the virus with no symptoms. so does this mean you can get covid twice? there have now been a few confirmed cases of reinfection, but it's not yet clear whether symptoms are less severe the second time around because the body's defences are already primed, and scientists are studying other parts of the immune system,

like t—cells, to see if they play a longer lasting role. all of this has implications for the vaccines in development around the world. if natural immunity doesn't last long, what does this mean for them? i think we should remain optimistic about the up—and—coming sars—cov—2 vaccines. they will work in very different ways to drive the immune response. and so we can remain hopeful that they will indeuce a more robust and more long—lasting immune response that will protect people for much longer than natural infection would. it may well be that future covid vaccines need to be administered more than once. achieving herd immunity is unlikely without a vaccine, especially if antibodies to natural infection are shortlived. so for now, it means everyone's sticking to the rules of hands, face and space, as there's still much we need to learn about coronavirus and immunity.

rebecca morelle, bbc news. dr christina aitchison is a clinical fellow in public health medicine at imperial college london and part of the study, she joins me from south london. thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for having me. so, people are having to put up with tougher and tougher restrictions. this news is really not what they wanted to hear. are people right to be deflated by this? well, i think it's important to say that even if you know you have covid —— had covid, you can't be sure that you might not get it again. however, we do recommend that the public does stick to the recommendations of hand hygiene, social distancing and wearing a face mask. in general, our study findings do suggest that overall, population immunity is waning. it's waning, and what are the consequences of that, what does that mean? well, like i said, as a whole, this data suggests that

decrease in population immunity. this could increase the risk of reinfection as a population with antibody levels declining. sorry, just to jump antibody levels declining. sorry, just tojump in antibody levels declining. sorry, just to jump in there, because we haven't seen many examples of that, haven't seen many examples of that, have we? no, that's true. so there have we? no, that's true. so there have been a few cases reported, but it's important to say that it is quite difficult to pick up these cases and confirm such cases, especially if reinfection does result in slightly milder or potentially asymptomatic disease. although, with asymptomatic, if some one is a symptomatic and it doesn't necessarily mean that they can't then pass it on. also, it might be that we may be just haven't had enough time since the first wave or for antibodies to wayne, and therefore, the levels of people declining have meant that they are susceptible again. so only time will tell. like you said, the next coming weeks and months as we see infection rates rise it may give us insights

into reinfection in some of these questions. onto what this means for a vaccine. the possibility of possibly having top up vaccines or one every year, do we have any more detail on what it actually could mean? yes, so as my colleague said, these results don't necessarily mean that immunity arising from vaccination would be short—lived, like we see with natural infection, this waning immunity. so a good vaccine may well have a better —— provide a better antibody response the natural infection. wejust currently don't know. which is why it will be really interesting to see over the coming weeks and months the results or the early results from some of the covid vaccine trials that are going on. so there needs to be more research committed there needs to be more exploration of this over the coming months. it is possible again, like my colleague said in the report, we may need a booster vaccine if immunity

generated by the vaccine is short—lived. and that's not an uncommon thing that we have to do. we often, especially with childhood vaccines, give boosters 2—3 years later just to boost the vaccines, give boosters 2—3 years laterjust to boost the immune response. so it wouldn't be unusual to give a booster vaccine. we do seasonal flu every year, to give a booster vaccine. we do seasonalflu every year, giving people a booster for protection for flu. so it's possible that we may need boosters for coronavirus. ok, thank you so much for coming on and talking us through that. we really appreciate it. thank you. the prime minister is under pressure to clarify his koba 19 strategy after more than 50 conservative mps described him —— described the situation an opening that is unparalleled. the northern research group has written to borisjohnson pressing him for a clear mode wrap out of the tough restrictions their areas face. they warned that the pandemic threatens the prime minister's pledge to level up northern communities. our political

correspondent reports from wheatfield in west yorkshire. ——from wakefield in west yorkshire. with winter on the way, wakefield is wondering "what next?" people here are living with high level restrictions, worried there are tougher rules still to come. for amy who opened her plant shopjust months ago, the prospect of any long lockdown is daunting. trying as best every day, every like local person that still gets up and comes in, despite all the worry and the scaremongering that is going on, just don't forget we are here and we need that support, because otherwise, we are going to decline. this city centre, like so many, has been hit hard in recent months. it was one of the seats the tories took from labour for the first time in decades at the last election, with a promise of investment and attention, plans pushed off course by coronavirus. in his shop just off the high street, wood worker scott says it will take a lot to help businesses bounce back. if you walk round wakefield

at the minute, there is probably 20 or 30 shops completely shut. we need encouragement to get people back in to the town centres and start spending. we are not getting the help we need. do you think the government will deliver on its promises? if they don't they will get a backlash from the north. simple as that. that is the fear for several of this region's tory mps. they are calling for a clear route out of lockdown for parts of the north that have lived with restrictions for some time. we are asking people to give up hug ecivil liberties. i don't think it is unreasonable to say that the other sie of that coin should be show us the way out, but we need to move beyond covid into the recovery stage. there is no exact science to lifting local rules, it is kept under constant review. the fear for some is lasting economic damage, exacerbating existing north—south divides. part of this is the fact some of these mps want to be seen to be sticking up for their communities, and they claim it is not

an attack on the government. but it is a stark reminder for number ten. some of the places that feel most bruised by this pandemic are the very areas that boris johnson has promised a brighterfuture. ministers insist that is still the ambition. i absolutely share my colleagues' frustration at restrictions, but i also share their passion and ambition for the north. we will absolutely will remain committed to investing in infrastructure, and investing in education and skills, in newjob placements. back in wakefield, there is a sense of weary resignation about what is to come, even as people try to enjoy half—term at a local cafe. there is not a lot we can do about it. we just have to do the best we can, really. i think the government have handled it well, whoever they are, because it's the unknown to everyone. how these local economies are rebuilt after this pandemic though, could determine how this

political landscape looks in future. the headlines on bbc news... levels of antibodies in people who've had covid 19 fall ‘quite rapidly‘, according to new research four people have died , including two children aged five and eight, after a migrant boat capsized trying to reach the uk. boris johnson faces pressure from dozens of his own mps over coronavirus restrictions in the north of england as we have been reporting coming to it all send two children have died after a boat carrying migrants sank near dunkirk. that's according to french officials. the prime minister borisjohnson tweeted paying tribute to those that died...

we have offered the french authorities every support as they investigate this terrible incident and will do all we can to crack down on the ruthless criminal gangs who prey on vulnerable people by facilitating these dangerous journeys. joining me now from calais is clare moseley, the founder of the refugee crisis charity care four calais. thank you so much for coming on the programme. claire, iwilljust thank you so much for coming on the programme. claire, i willjust try and speak to you. i thank you froze for a second, but i hope you can hear me now, claire, can you hear me? yes, qiagen used use to buy things they much for coming on the programme. it's an awful incident. what can be done to stop these incidents from taking place? we really need people not to feel that they are forced to take these terrible journeys. please they are forced to take these terriblejourneys. please believe me, none of the people here want to get on boats, and they certainly do not win to put their children through these risks. if they have an alternative, i'm sure they would ta ke alternative, i'm sure they would take it. what we need is to give

them an alternative that they can take. it's absolutely not right, these are ordinary people, these children arejust like these are ordinary people, these children are just like other children. they play, they laughed, and they don't want to get in boats. if we could give them an alternative way to have their asylum claims heard, they will take it. what does that mean in practice, an alternative way to have their asylum heard, what would that mean? they come here because they want to make a claim for uk asylum, but the only way they can do that is by physically getting to the uk. if there was a way that they could have their asylum claims heard, possibly in france, than they would need to get on a boat. that would remove the problem and stop people risking their lives. so how realistic do you think that is, some kind of accommodation set up with a processing centre and it all happening on french soilfor uk asylum, how realistic do you think that is? it's certainly possible we have outsourced our borders to france, so it is possible, and what isn't sustainable is what we're doing now, and we have been following the same policy for more

than ten years, and it's absolutely clear that it is not working. we have the same things again and again and again, we are going to co—operate more with friends, we are going to spend more money on security, and nothing ever changes, nothing ever gets better. so what is absolutely clear is that current policy is not working. there any other examples of countries doing it the way that you are advocating, and it working, that you can point to? well, there are examples of people and humanitarian visas are examples where people, a resettable two resettlement scheme, because people can come from other countries and claim asylum in the uk and be transferred to uk safely. so it's possible for people to come from other countries safely and be transferred to the uk. not from as close, but it's still possible, so there's no reason why it couldn't work, it's just that we need to try it. what we do know is that what's happening now is not working. so it's certainly worth trying something else. i think after ten yea rs of something else. i think after ten years of the same policies not working. you are in france there,

what is the reaction there? oh, it's horrible. it's absolutely horrible. this is by far the worst thing that has ever happened. like i say, these are ordinary people, they are families, people that we know. my volu nteers families, people that we know. my volunteers were all in tears today. ididn't volunteers were all in tears today. i didn't know what to say to them. they play with these children, they know these families. you know, this is unthinkable. it's absolutely unthinkable for people to die like this. it's unnecessary and tragic. it's absolutely tragic. it certainly is, claire, thank you so much for coming on and talking us through that there. the latest government figures show the uk reported the largest number of deaths — in a single day — since the end of may. 367 deaths were recorded over the week to 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. it takes the total number of deaths so far across the uk to 45,365.

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 in the north 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 a challenge. as a school of 1500, to have 900 children out makes it nigh on impossible to be able to operate normally. to have a quarter of my teaching staff isolating for two weeks, even though they will do their best online in giving every bit of support to a child, it doesn't beat being in the classroom with that expert. for you, is this part of the same bigger debate about fairness, about free school meals? i 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 national figures don't tell the full story of what's happening across the north of england, where data we have seen shows that a third of teacher cases of coronavirus at one point were in the north—west of england, and pupil attendance in secondary schools has fallen as low as 60 or 70%, raising huge questions about the fairness of next year's exams. because many schools in the south have reached half—term barely affected. maths, english, science, rs, history. like many parents in oldham, kelly is worried. gabriel is due to sit gcses next year. i think they'll try and make us sit them as much as possible, so i'm hoping we will. but i also think there is a good

possibility we won't be. ijust don't think it's a level playing field, if students are in school down south because they're not as badly affected compared to a lot of the young people up in the north. it's adding a great deal of pressure to them. we would like a plan b that is an ongoing assessment. for teachers like vic, it has been exhausting. he is self—isolating after contact with a case. day—to—day it's been really difficult to plan for education in the classroom. really difficult to plan who is going to be in the classroom, really challenging. no planning. you've had cover lesons being done, you've had teachers covering each other, which has seen an increase in work load, stress. schools in the north fear a winter of disruption. back up plans for exams are promised by christmas. plans needed to ensure fairness from north to south. branwenjeffreys, bbc news, oldham. a police officer who strangled his lover after she exposed their affair to his wife has been

cleared of murder. constable timothy brehmer killed nurse claire parry in a pub car park in may. the two had been having a secret relationsip for more than ten years. pc brehmer had previously admitted manslaughter and said mrs parry‘s death was an accident. he will be sentenced at salisbury crown court tomorrow. the labour party has confirmed that its leader sir keir starmer was involved in what it called a "minor traffic accident" on sunday. it's understood the labour leader was driving in the kentish town area of north london when the incident happened around midday on sunday. police say the cyclist was taken to hospital with a minor injury. a steward who worked at the manchester arena on the night of the bombing has apologised to the mother of one of the victims after posting an offensive message about her on facebook. kyle lawler, who was 18 at the time of the attack, saw the bomber in the foyer and was suspicious of him, but failed to raise the alarm. our north of england correspondent

judith moritz reports. at the start of this year, this offensive post appeared on facebook attacking the idea of a new law named after martyn hett, who died at manchester arena. aimed at martyn's mother, the author said "he had enough of listening to a woman who clearly still has no idea of what actually happened" and is "obviously still blaming others". today, she sat at the back of the courtroom as the man responsible for the abuse said sorry to her. i didn't mean to cause any harm or upset within that post. i've been dealing with a difficult period and for that i'd like to apologise to anybody that it caused offence to. kyle lawler was at manchester arena on the night of the bomb. then 18, he was working as a steward along with another teenager, mohammed agha. the two saw a man with a rucksack who they thought looked suspicious. it was the bomber, salman abedi,

who'd been in the lobby for an hour. kyle lawler says he tried unsuccessfully to radio the control room, but cctv shows him apparently unconcerned as he walked away without approaching abedi. you said this — "i was scared of being wrong." you were concerned that if you approached him and he wasjust some innocent kid that people might thank you were racist. ——think you were racist. yes. a few minutes later, abedi detonated his bomb. today, kyle lawler said he wished he'd gone to speak to him and has suffered terrible guilt. tonight, martyn hett‘s mother offered to meet him, saying she accepts his apology for the facebook post. judith moritz, bbc news, manchester. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor.

just before i go, you might think that the humble peacock wouldn't cause too much of a dispute, but at one village in west sussex, local people have become divided over it. for five of them were roaming around haddonfield, alas, most people love them, few people have complained to police about the noise and mess they make. now sussex police want to put them into a sanctuary. duncan kennedy reports. ifi if i said the word peacock to you. yes? how you react? limit save the peacocks! save them! well, i think they are a beautiful bird, but if you've got to put up with their noise, they don't connect after dad 3am in the morning for my can see the point of view that may be they ought to be corralled somewhere. there are thought to be for five peacocks roaming around the village of haddonfield, that has created a

royal ruffli ng of of haddonfield, that has created a royal ruffling of feathers. now, you might think in a village where the conversation is currently dominated by the word peacock, it would be easy to find them. but in all this rain, they are not. if you could see one, they would sound like this... i screeched to some, sublime to others. although they only make that noise at certain times of year, some complains have now been made to sussex police about that and the mess they make. so what do people think you're? surely, they are not doing anything bad can you know? just let them live. if they are missing, shall we say, on your porch regularly as with what happened with my brother, it was unbelievable. sussex police say the peacocks have been causing some damage and some distress. but this posse of peacock protectors launched a social media campaign to save them and now have nearly 600 supporters. why do you

like these peacocks? they are quite peaceful, they're restful. we met where you see peacocks around here? you don't see them wandering around, so to have them in our village from its special. we met we are lucky to have them. they say that birds should be put in a secure sanctuary, but many locals say they ought to be left alone. purge or protect? it's a peacock —sized puzzle. duncan kennedy, bbc news, and haddonfield. all rights, that's it from me in. here's the weather with matt taylor. hello there. a day of sunshine, and heavy and thundershowers on the way as we go to tomorrow. today's persistent rain, tonight, that comes to the northeast of scotland, rain much of the day. clear spells and showers in its wake. shar is quite heavy at times, to southern and western posts, given the fact that the temperatures are relatively warm compared to the air that's above it. the air above it will be quite chilly across central and eastern parts as we start tomorrow morning. your best chance of staying dryer for longer through the day with only

a few showers, but around southern and western areas of the country, those showers will be frequent, particularly across oven parts having been indwells during the middle part of the day and could come with hail and thunder. gusty winds around the uk tomorrow and overall a fresher day, but all of us will see a little bit of sunshine at times, big improvement on what some saw today. some showers continue into the night, but some of the thing of note as we go through the next 24 hours as it it set to be some pretty rough seas across western areas as big waves roll in off the atlantic. bye for now.

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