this is bbc news — i'm lewis vaughanjones — with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the final weekend — trump and biden campaign in the midwest — where polls suggest several us states could still go either way. i'm yalda hakim, live in wisconsin — one of the key swing states in this election — where i've been finding out what's driving people to vote forjoe biden or donald trump. with more than nine million coronavirus infections in the us — we report on the native american community devastated by the pandemic.

experts warn coronavirus is spreading "significa ntly" faster through england than the uk government's own "worst case" scenario. media reports say the govermentcould re—introduce a national lockdown, as early as wednesday. a powerful earthquake hits turkey and greece — more than 20 are confirmed dead as rescuers search the rubble for survivors. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america, around the globe, and here in the uk. we're heading into the final weekend of campaigning in the us presidential election. both candidates have been in the midwest to convince voters they're the man to run the country. let's take a quick look at the latest opinion polls — which putjoe biden nine points ahead of donald trump. but that's based on national polling — which won't determine who wins — it's the voters in key

swing states that will decide the result. the coronavirus pandemic is at the forefront of this election. the number of cases in the us has now passed 9 million. that's the highest increase since the outbreak began. both candidates have been criticises each other over their strategies for dealing with it. joe biden is promising a long, dark, painful winter. joe biden is promising a long, dark, painfulwinter. did anybody see the debate, by any chance? he said a long, dark winter. it is great,. it is just that our country needs, long dark winter and a country who talks about it. meanwhile, joe biden accused president trump of giving up on controlling the pandemic. when he was told that be four weeks ago that we are losing 1000 lives a day he said, it is what it is. isn't that useful?

it is what it is. well it is what it is because he is who he is. that is the problem. donald trump waved the white flag and surrendered to the virus but the american people don't give up. one of the so—called swing states is wisconsin in the midwest. both donald trump and joe biden have been there on friday. my colleague yalda hakim is also there — at a joe biden campaign event. what is happening there? well, joe biden has been speaking to supporters and his main focus has been the coronavirus pandemic. wisconsin is one of the worst affected states and there have been thousands of cases on a daily basis. hospitalisations have been going up as have deaths. with winsconsin so bad, she wa nts to with winsconsin so bad, she wants to keep the focus on the pandemic and the president's handling of it. he wants people to go into that ballot box and focus on the pandemic and really, how the president has

continued to dismiss it as something that people should be worried about. earlier in the week i went to a trump rally and really it had a very different feel to this particular rally. the one here in milwaukee is social distanced, were not even allowed to go inside the hangar of the airport. it is being held in an outside area so the aircan come in held in an outside area so the air can come in and people can participate in a safe way. it is invitation only. in contrast, the trump rally was open to the public. there were several thousand people there. no social distancing and hardly any masks. about 30% of people there where wearing mask. some attem pts there where wearing mask. some atte m pts by there where wearing mask. some attempts by the officials to hand out masks but that really wasn't taking place as much as they would have liked, so very different kinds of values being held here in the final days of this campaign. ahead of the

election, as both teams crisscrossed the midwest. just augurs through by the state where you now and those around you, why they are so important? they are incredibly important because if you think back to 2016, donald trump won the state with less than 23,000 votes. in some counties you one with just over votes. in some counties you one withjust over 100 votes. in some counties you one with just over 100 votes. over the last few days one particular county was flipped to donald trump with 255 votes while the states are important, equally, as a strategy, the counties are equally as important so they are really trying to mobilise across the states. as i said, the trump side is using very different tactics in going door—to—door whereas the biden side is stepping back a little bit and using other tactics like phone calls and zoom to reach out to voters. trump is holding

valleys a nd voters. trump is holding valleys and will be back in wisconsin on monday. we are also expecting his sons as well as his daughter to come here as well and it gives you a sense of just how important well and it gives you a sense ofjust how important in these final days, the midwest has become. thank you. thank you. rescue teams in the turkish city of izmir are digging through concrete blocks in the darkness looking for survivors of the earthquake that struck in the aegean on friday. 20 people have been confirmed dead, and at least 700 were injured. the quake also struck the greek island of samos, where two teenagers were killed. amateur video captured the awful power of the quake. this multi—storey building disintegrated into dust. on the streets of izmir, there was fear and panic. shouting. i saw people crying,

trying to reach out to their loved ones. everyone was shocked and it was a very chaotic moment. about 20 buildings were brought down, but newer ones stayed standing — built after the last earthquake here in 1999 that claimed about 17,000 lives. turkey sits on active fault lines. the man was brought out alive like dozens of others. and for some, emotional reunions. social distancing swept away by the chaos and the relief. it

bore the brunt of this earthquake that two teenagers died in the greek islands and in the midst of last there has been a rare display of solidarity between two nations that are deeply divided. tu rkey‘s that are deeply divided. turkey's president thanked greece for offering its help and said, turkey was standing with its neighbour in difficult times. this is a glimpse of one mother's terror today. she sprints to the next room for her only child, an 18—month—old, asleep in his cot. she gets away to safety. but danger also came surging from the agm. sea levels rising because of a mini tsunami. there have been about 100 after—shocks. tonight, the

rescue effort is continuing. searching for life under layers of crushed concrete. in turkey there is grief and shock and there is grief and shock and the gnawing fear of when the next big one is coming. coronavirus is now spreading faster through england than the government's own worst case scenario prediction. that's according to a report by the scientific advisory group for emergencies, or sage, which says there are around four times as many people catching covid—i9 than it was prepared for. our health editor, hugh pym reports. tracking the virus. testing of more than 150,000 people. to get a feel of how widespread the ibises and local communities and the data from the recent surge they suggest it is still increasing. the

uk's national statistician gave me assessment of where things 110w me assessment of where things now stand with covid—19.|j me assessment of where things now stand with covid-19. i do believe that we are continuing to increase. think we need to be absolutely tireless in everybody across the country following the rules because if not, then i fear that the virus is going to exponentially increase. the estimates of how many people in the community have the virus in the period leading up to october 23 relative to the local population were northern ireland. the least in scotland. but there were big variations within england. with many more in the north—west relative to the population than in the south—east of england. the ons did say that in the north—east of england there was evidence

of england there was evidence ofa of england there was evidence of a slowdown and slight reduction in case numbers and a bigger gap with the north west and yorkshire and humber regions. but officials say overall things are going in the wrong direction and minutes of meetings of the governments sage advisory committee revealed a pessimistic mood. a paper in october to 1a from a gi’oup paper in october to 1a from a group tracking the spread of the virus said that in england the virus said that in england the number of daily deaths is 110w the number of daily deaths is now in line with the levels in the reasonable worst case and is almost certain to accede to this within the next few weeks. that worst—case scenarios 85,000 covid deaths over the winter. officials say government interventions can reduce that. policy makers around the uk are under increasing pressure to come up with a plan to allow families to meet at christmas the first minister in wales had a message for downing street. we need to share that information. we need to share ideas and wherever we can, particularly around the christmas period, i would like

to see, as common an approach as we can craft together while recognising that the state of the virus and the response does differfrom one point of the virus and the response does differ from one point of the the virus and the response does differfrom one point of the uk to another. in parts of scotland, face coverings will be required for teachers and older pupils in classrooms from monday. described by ministers as strength and guidance produced in the light of updated health and scientific advice. various newspapers in the uk are reporting england could be entering a national lockdown, as early as wednesday. let's get an update from our news reporter paul hawkins. the mail, the express, the guardian, they are all reporting that from wednesday borisjohnson, the reporting that from wednesday boris johnson, the british prime minister, is going to introduce a lockdown specifically, a national lockdown for england, and that will be announced in a press conference on monday. so it would be very similar to the

previous national lockdown earlier in the year with the only difference being that educational settings in places like colleges, universities, nurseries will stay open and it could, i stress could, according to the papers, remain in place until the start of december. government ministers have been looking at the data showing hospitals are overwhelmed, they feel they have no choice but to implement national restrictions. the deputy chief medical officer is quoted as saying that the coronavirus is out of control and though no final decision has been made another alternative could be the introduction of a tier 4, at the moment england is divided up the moment england is divided up according to three tiers. one b medium, to being hired three being very high, there could be a tier 4 on top of that so that is another alternative but no decision has been made as yet. the background to all of this is numbers going up. if we have a look at the rolling seven day

average at the moment, the figures show that 22,678 confirmed cases on a rolling seven day average and the latest figures for the uk, and you can see through august and september and then up into the end of october cases rising sharply across england and deaths could potentially hit 500 per day within weeks which would take us to that worst—case scenario would take us to that worst—case scenario of 85,000 which could die over the winter. borisjohnson offered a two—week lockdown of the half term. a circuit breaker which was turned down to say that is no good anyway. if you're going to get these numbers are down over the winter then you need to go for a month long lockdown. that is what is being reported in the papers. thank you. four days before the us election we report from arizona's worst

hit communities this is bbc world news, the latest headlines. hit communities. with just 4 days to go before the us election, donald trump and joe biden campaign in the us midwest — where polls suggest several states could still go either way. media reports say a second uk lockdown could be imminent — as experts warn coronavirus is spreading "significa ntly" faster through england than the uk government's own "worst case" scenario. two lesbian couples have become the first to take part in a mass military wedding in taiwan, the only place in asia to have legalised gay marriage. taiwan's army holds mass weddings every year, but this was the first time same—sex couples have taken part. taiwan's response to coronavirus has been one of the most effective in the world, and has gone 200 days without

a locally transmitted case. this has allowed the island to host events which seem unthinkable elsewhere. and in a few hours' time, the capital taipei will host what is likely to be one of this year's biggest gay pride parades, anywhere in the world. let's go live to taipei and speak to william yang, a well—known writer on lgbt issues. thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for having me. let's start with this wedding. what is the significance of this wedding? the significance of this, i think there's been need to recognise that the military is one of the most conservative sectors in the taiwanese society so for the military to be able to actually highlight and showcase same—sex couples that are also getting married among 150 other heterosexual couples is a milestone again to show that taiwan is continuing

to push the limits and also making progress in the lgbtq rights especially following last yea r‘s rights especially following last year's legalisation of same—sex marriage. last year's legalisation of same-sex marriage. that legalisation in 2019 was a hugely significant moment. what about taiwan that makes it a country that is leading the way in these kind of issues in the region? taiwan is one of the earliest countries in asia to really start pushing lgbtq rights in the 1980s and the fight for the marriage equality actually has a lot to do with the connections and influence and also the exchanges that taiwan's civil society groups are having with other countries like australia and ireland who also passed similar achievements over the past few yea rs achievements over the past few years and that help to galvanise the momentum that we saw last year, to become one of the first countries in asia to legalise same—sex marriage and that also helped to really bring out other relevant

issues. let's move on to this parade happening later. likely to be one of the biggest of its kind. what are we expecting? so we will probably expect close to 100,000 people attending and this is just only people within taiwan. as you taiwan is not really seen any local covid—19 cases since earlier in april and that has been more than 200 days and this really has allowed taiwan to continue to maintaina allowed taiwan to continue to maintain a normal lifestyle. taiwan is not entered into any kind of lockdown since the beginning of the outbreak in schools are still open and people are still really following the social distancing rules and wearing masks in public areas so i think these measures have really helped taiwan to become an example for the rest of the world about how to really effectively combat covid—19. great to have you won. thank you for talking us

through that. thank you for having me. thank you for having me. let's look at some of the day's other news. france is stepping up security at home and abroad after a suspected islamist with a knife killed three people in a church in the southern french city of nice. the foreign minister jean—yves le drian said the threat was everywhere. he asked embassies to boost security around french interests. the foreign ministers of armenia and azerbaijan have agreed on measures to defuse tensions over the disputed territory of nagorno—karabakh — where hundreds have been killed in a month of fighting — but mediators say there is no new ceasefire. the two sides have pledged not to target civilian populations. tens of thousands of pro—choice demonstrators have taken to the streets of the polish capital warsaw for the ninth consecutive day. they're protesting against an impending ban on almost all abortions. police used stun grenades to arrest around a dozen football hooligans who threw fireworks at protesters.

at least nine people are dead after a landslide in el salvador. heavy rain swept mud down the slopes of the san salvador volcano, burying around 130 homes near the capital. army search and rescue dogs are hunting for around 35 people who are still missing. the coronavirus pandemic is the issue that has dominated the us presidential race. america has suffered more deaths by far, than any other country in the world. in the last of his special reports on the election, clive myrie looks now at how covid—19 has devastated one community in the crucial state of arizona — and how the virus could decide who wins the white house. in our culture, as a navajo, as a native american, it's something we're not even supposed to do, to deal with death.

but dealing with death is michael begay‘s calling, in the worst corner of the worst country for covid—19. with covid patients, we normally don't embalm. we usually just keep them in the body bag. an undertaker, he prepares bodies for burial on the navajo lands of northern arizona. living in the largest of the native american territories, the navajo have suffered more coronavirus deaths per head of population than any of the 50 states of the union — many hundreds of people. there was that point when i went into our storage unit and i just saw all those bodies laying there. and i knew two of them. it was a hard time for me, you know, knowing that those

people are laying there, people that i've known, and they're here because of covid. it was heartbreaking. navajo nation is one of the poorest parts of america. and mask mandates and curfews were introduced early in the pandemic. but the virus had already taken hold. and with few health care facilities, many were left at covid's mercy. this is tent city in phoenix — thousands homeless, some losing theirjobs due to the pandemic and now losing their lives. this pandemic is instant death. meet james wright. he's 62. if you look to your right, they have a big—ass medical centre there. but when you got covid—19 so bad ain't nothing that can help you, it's death, man. social distancing is tough in tent city. # macho, macho man...

it's tough here too at this trump rally. but why? what a crowd! but in this deeply polarised country, wearing or not wearing a face covering has become a political statement. this is chris and his family. but the pandemic is still out there. that didn't worry you, being with all those people yesterday? no. it didn't bother me one bit. do you think it's un—american to be forced to wear a mask? i do. i think it's un—american to force anybody to do something that there's no medical reason if you're not sick. individualism versus collective responsibility. it's part of our culture to take care of one another. it's always the natives that are wearing masks. and you see that, and a lot of non—natives are not that diligent, but we as a people are.

so, this is really the start of covid. they opened this area here. in navajo nation, they had to build a new cemetery to take all the dead. the presidential election is above all a referendum on donald trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic. whoever wins must guide this country out of the darkness to a better shore reachable from here. clive myrie, bbc news, in navajo nation, northern arizona. a reminder of the situation in turkey. rescuers are searching through the night for survivors in the rubble of buildings in the city of izmir , which collapsed when a powerful earthquake hit the region on friday.

hello. by midweek next week, our weather will finally have turned drier and calmer, but for the weekend, it is far from it. and for saturday, storm aiden — as named by the irish weather service for impacts there, but even across the uk — will be very windy and, at times, very wet. here's that area of low pressure passing to the north west of scotland. another will come along on sunday, as it stays windy and there will be more rain. now, saturday begins already with some outbreaks of heavy rain towards the west in particular and, for a time, clearing north across scotland, but then further heavy, even torrential bursts of rain sweep east across the uk with very gusty, squally winds, although for many of us, that will clear to some sunshine. it is in the west where we'll see

the strongest gusts of wind — 50, 60 miles an hour — but closer to 70 on exposed coasts and hills. but even elsewhere, as this torrential rain moves on through, could well see some gusts of 50—60 mph. it's going to be a mild start to the weekend. many of us see the rain clear to sunshine, but there will be further rain or northern ireland into western scotland in the afternoon. and still very strong winds. parts of western scotland could for a time gust in excess of 70 mph. the winds ease a touch overnight and into sunday morning, as more rain comes on through from the west. now, sunday will be a very windy day. this area of low pressure contains the remnants of what was once hurricane zeta. so, yes, closer to that, we'll see the strongest winds, but all parts will have another windy day. and after some early rain clears through, some will brighten up in scotland and northern ireland. further outbreaks of rain in england and wales. some of that mayjust push for the north as we go on through the day. those winds still very

gusty, particularly in northwest scotland. the chance of seeing some gusts above 70 mph for a time, and sunday is still looking mild. now, it does turn colder next week, but that's part and parcel of a significant change in the weather. still some rain or showers around to start the week, still quite windy. but from midweek, it's drier, it's calmer, yes, it's colder, and there could be frost and fog overnight. but for the weekend, a focus on very wet and windy weather. if there are some problems because of the weather, bbc local radio can keep you updated, and do check out the latest met office weather warnings online.

this is bbc news. the headlines... president trump and joe biden have been campaigning in the midwest before tuesday's election. more than 85 million votes have already been cast, leading to predictions that turnout this year could break records. the british government may be considering whether more coronavirus restrictions are needed across england — after medical sources said the country was at a "crunch point," with rising cases of covid—19. british media reports say a second national lockdown, could be imposed as early as wednesday. at least 20 people have been killed by a major earthquake that has hit turkey and greece. rescue teams are searching for survivors in the turkish city of izmir, where at least 20 buildings collapsed. the magnitude seven earthquake also caused damage on the nearby greek island of samos. now on bbc news — click.