cough this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the british cabinet are preparing to meet to consider plans for a national lockdown in england, after a warning that coronavirus is running riot across the country. senior government scientific advisers say such a move could help to slow its spread. not a magic bullet, not a way out of this, but it is a measure you could consider essentially to buy yourself some time. a europe—wide surge in coronavirus cases has spurred a wave of tighter restrictions, with a six—week national lockdown announced in belgium and a partial lockdown in greece. rescue teams search through the rubble for survivors after a powerful earthquake hits turkey and greece — at least 27 people are confirmed dead. just three days to go — donald trump and joe biden campaign

in the american midwest, where polls suggest several states could go either way. hello and welcome, if you're watching in the uk or around the world, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. the uk cabinet will meet in the next 90 minutes to discuss the fight against the coronavirus as reports suggest borisjohnson against the coronavirus as reports suggest boris johnson is against the coronavirus as reports suggest borisjohnson is considering a month—long national lockdown for england. documents seen by the bbc suggest that unless further restrictions are introduced there could be far more coronavirus deaths in britain than the first wave. a new "stay at home" order could be

announced on monday, but schools, colleges and universities would stay open. meanwhile, the united states has set a new record for the highest single—day total of new covid cases of any country since the global pandemic began. figures from johns hopkins university show over 99,000 new cases reported on friday. that has seen the total number of cases in the us surpass the 9 million mark. in the rest of europe, the who reported total cases across the continent have gone over the 10 million mark. the second wave in europe has seen belgium, france and germany move to reinstate full national lockdowns, and this morning the greek prime minister announced a partial lockdown from tuesday. let's get more on the situation here in the uk from our political correspondent jessica parker. to stay at home, protect our nhs and save lives. remember back in the spring? "stay at home" was the message and borisjohnson's now understood to be considering bringing in that instruction for england again. however, it wouldn't be the same overall. this time, schools, colleges and universities would stay open.

official government documents seen by the bbc suggest the country is on course for a significantly higher death toll in the second wave of covid than the first, unless there are further restrictions. that is as cases continue to rise. because action wasn't taken earlier when it should have been, we are now in a harder place. the tier 3 approach levels us off at a bad place and the rest of the country is coming up to that bad place. it is the recognition of that scenario which is leading, i think, to what has been discussed today. downing street's understood to be looking at a month—long form of lockdown, in the hope restrictions could be eased in time for christmas. we've saying, and we have been saying it for about three or four weeks, that it's really important the government moves quickly and does tough lockdowns as quickly as possible, because otherwise the nhs won't have the capacity it needs.

ministers have been defending tiered regional restrictions targeting measures in the worst affected areas, labour has called for a short lockdown for england to get the virus under control. unfortunately, the government is dithering on this, refusing to follow the science. it means we have missed the half—term holiday when it could've had the most impact, and it sounds like it's going to have to be longer than it otherwise would've had to have been. last night, government sources said that the country was at the crunch point, although no final decisions have been made. but it seems increasingly likely that the prime minister could take the national action that he was so desperate to avoid. our political correspondent helen catt is in downing street. helen, at the height of the pandemic, there were about 1000 deaths per day. the documents suggest that could go up to 4000 deaths per day if no action is

taken. what are we expecting to hear today from number ten? the fact they are considering this idea of a national lockdown is quite a significant moment. up until now, ever since we started to come out of the lockdown restrictions in the summer, the message from downing street has been that going back into a national shutdown for england was not the right move, that it would be severely economically damaging, that it would have a detrimental impact on people's health and well—being. instead they have opted for a regional tiered system to target measures at the worst affected areas. of course when labour brought up areas. of course when labour brought up the idea of a two—week circuit breaker lockdown that would have started last week over half term, borisjohnson dismissed started last week over half term, boris johnson dismissed it, started last week over half term, borisjohnson dismissed it, he talked about it as turning the lights out at the time. instead saying they were sticking by the regional tiered system instead. so the fact that a national action like this is now being considered by downing street is pretty significant. we don't know yet if it will definitely happen. no decision

has yet been taken, we understand. the cabinet will meet in the next hour and the cabinet will meet in the next hourand a the cabinet will meet in the next hour and a half to discuss this. we will perhaps hear more over the course of the day. in terms of the actual data that might be released, will we get more detail? given the huge political shift, that must be based on facts that the government has just received. based on facts that the government hasjust received. it's thought based on facts that the government has just received. it's thought that it is based on some documents that have been doing the rounds in government this week, in which boris johnson and the chancellor rishi sunak discussed yesterday. two main documents we are talking about. one isa documents we are talking about. one is a set of modelling projections produced by a group of government scientists, projections for the likely course of the disease. they have produced several of these projections. most of them say there will be a peak of the number of deaths of 2000 deaths per day. one

of them so that it could reach 4000 deaths per day. but the key thing about all of those figures, firstly they are much higher than we saw in they are much higher than we saw in the first wave back in the spring when deaths peaked at 8000 per day. and they are significantly worse than the government's current worst case scenario. —— peaked at 1000 per day. the other document doing the rounds in government which plays into this has come from nhs england, looking at the health service's capacity, and it warns the health service will be overwhelmed within weeks, certainly by christmas, that it would not be able to take any more patients back unless more action was taken. in some areas of the country that could happen in a fortnight, even if they were to cancel all non—urgent procedures and to use the nightingale hospitals which you remember were built during the first wave, that would still leave the nhs to be overwhelmed u nless leave the nhs to be overwhelmed unless there was more action taken.

so those documents seem to have caused this shift to considering some national action. a conservative mpi some national action. a conservative mp i spoke to earlier said that even from local greetings, he had felt it would become at some point inevitable with more and more areas having to go into the higher tiers. at some point it would become inevitable to have this sort of national action. in terms of the capacity, it's interesting that in the south—west of england for example, which tends to have a lower population, there is also less capacity, less big hospitals built, and so capacity can run out sooner. if people are wondering why cornwall should go into lockdown, that is pa rt should go into lockdown, that is part of the answer. and that will have to be part of the argument borisjohnson will have to make if he does decide to go for this national lockdown, because it is so different to the cause he has been pursuing so far, and he will have to make that argument notjust to the public but to his own backbenchers. a significant number of his backbenchers have been resistant to

more measures and would not be in favour of a new national lockdown. they are going to take some convincing if that is the party wa nts to convincing if that is the party wants to go down. helen, thanks very much. we arejust wants to go down. helen, thanks very much. we are just getting some news from scotland that nicola sturgeon has said travel to and from england for essential purposes only must be allowed, people should not travel to and from england, from scotland, except for those essential reasons. first minister of scotland saying in to speculation about lockdown in england, the scottish government would always take account of any developments there. nicola sturgeon has put that out on social media. we will get more details with what's going on in scotland as soon as we can. earlier, i spoke to dr mike tildesley, a sub—committee member to the government's scientific advisory group for emergencies. he told the me a lockdown should be used to get test and trace systems working efficiently

by the time lockdown ends. it's pretty clear, looking at the data that unfortunately cases are rising pretty much all over the country, and i think we need to get away from the fact that incidents in certain parts of the country is lower than others. the key fact is that the r number, unfortunately, is greater than one everywhere, even, unfortunately, it seems, in those regions that have gone into tier 3. so the danger with this, of course, is if we wait, then what we're going to see over the next few weeks or couple of months is most parts of the country progressing into higher tiers. and the only way that we can really counteract that is to have some kind of national strategy. i think it needs to be fixed term because one of the difficulties is, of course, that other implications of that we know this economic damage. we know this damage to people's well—being and mental health of long term lockdown. but some kind of short, maybe three to four week national strategy to bring incidents down,

allow time for test and trace to get to where it needs to be. and hopefully that will enable us to maybe relax a little bit over the winter period, over the christmas period, and protect the nhs at a time when it is really very vulnerable. is it going to be safe, in your view, to keep schools and universities open during this period? i mean, it's really difficult. i've always said that we should keep children in school wherever possible. i think the long term damage to children's education of taking them out of school, that can be significant. the reason we were pushing for a circuit breaker over half term was to try to minimize the impact on schools. obviously, if children stay in school, that is going to increase the r number a little bit. but if we can be stringent everywhere else, hopefully we can get the r number below one. as for universities, the problem that we have, of course, is that students are on campus now. and if we were to close universities, then, of course, you have to send those students home. so we know there's a risk attached there. so really, the only thing we can do is try to minimise risks on campus,

maybe switch as much as possible to online learning and get out the message that students need to keep seeking tests and isolating so that they can minimize their own risk. you talk about three or four weeks, but what happens at the end of that? because that is precisely when the numbers might still be going up of hospitalizations and mortality, given the time lag here. is it really going to be possible then to lift restrictions? yeah, i mean, you're absolutely right. this is always the criticism of a circuit breaker. and it's absolutely valid that, of course, when you pull the plug, as it were, cases start to go up again. and so it's not a magic bullet. it's not a way out of this, but it is a measure that you could consider essentially to buy yourself some time. and we are already seeing evidence in the north of england that hospitals are really coming under threat in terms of getting to reaching capacity. it enables us to bring that instance down. but then importantly, of course, we need to think about what we do beyond that, we need to get test and trace working effectively. we need to get to the level so that we can rapidly identify contacts.

and we need those isolation measures to work and to be carried out effectively. obviously, in the long term, we need to discuss some kind of exit strategy, because the danger is, of course, as you rightly say, cases go up again and they may be in two to three months' time. we're having this conversation again about whether we need another national lockdown. rescue teams in the turkish city of izmir have spent the night digging through concrete blocks looking for survivors of the earthquake that struck in the aegean on friday. 27 people have now been confirmed dead, and at least 800 were injured. the quake also struck the greek island of samos, where two teenagers were killed. here's esra yal—chinalp from bbc turkish in izmir on the latest. in downtown izmir at the moment, and there are still eight search eight rescue operations going out

in the city out of the initial 17, nine have been completed and there's 27 confirmed dead, and about half an hour ago, luckily, two young people were discovered, recovered from the rubble after 23 hours after the initial earthquake, which brought a lot of hope regarding the rest of the people who are still in the rubble. now, however, aftershocks are very frequent. there has been more than 400 aftershocks since the initial earthquake, which was 6.6 announced by the turkish officials. and this morning at 8.30, there was one the size of 5.3. so people are still concerned about going back to their apartment buildings. that must be very frightening. we can see people there behind you still walking and moving around despite those aftershocks.

how much progress is the rescue operation actually making? thought nine of them have been completed and eight is still going on. and there is still hope for the people who are missing at the moment. there is no official number on how many people are missing. however, more than 100 have been recovered. the headlines on bbc news. a europe—wide surge in coronavirus cases spurs a wave of lockdown measures. the british government is considering a one—month lockdown in england. rescue teams search through the rubble for survivors after a powerful earthquake hits

turkey and greece — at least 27 people are confirmed dead. trump and biden campaign in the midwest ahead of tuesday's election — polls suggest several states could still go either way. well, there are reports that the uk prime minister is considering a month—long lockdown across england, the government's current strategy is focused on local restrictions to control the virus. every area of england is now in one of three coronavirus alert categories — medium, high or very high. but what's the impact of changing alert systems on local businesses? two are in scunthorpe and beverly which moved into high alert today — and another two which are in middlesbrough, which may soon to be moving to the highest alert system — meaning businesses must abide by the strictest covid restrictions. emily, of course, everything might change again shortly if there is

going to be a national lockdown. but how complicated has it been to run different tiered systems? yeah, it's been interesting. the information is there and if you read and digests it, you can act on what is there at the given time. as you have said, the given time. as you have said, the tier 3 may well be coming into middlesbrough, and earlier on today the mayor of middlesbrough was speaking about the numbers in our region. which happily are actually falling, but as a wider region we will still go into tier 3 if we don't go international lockdown. and now as you say, scunthorpe and beverley are in tier 2, moving from tier 1, which leavesjust beverley are in tier 2, moving from tier 1, which leaves just one coffee shop of hours in tier 1, medium restrictions. so it's a bit complicated. would you prefer these regional variations or would you prefer a national lockdown?” regional variations or would you prefer a national lockdown? i don't think it's about preference, it's

about safety and what's best for our nation's safety, to help stabilise the nhs. we wouldn't put profit over people's safety at all. from a business support perspective, if we look commercially at businesses and job security, a national lockdown with a similar sort of structure to what we had in march would mean we would be able to have business ability and ensure we keep jobs and we have the funds there in order to survive. —— business stability. it would certainly take the complication out of running the different tiers across different local authorities. and the furlough scheme in its originalform ends today and the new system rolls out. but looking at the potential for a national lockdown now which could last a month, is it betterfor you to be told now, quickly, that that

is going to last a month? or would you prefer the government to say, look, it's going to last two months, into early january with maybe a slight easing in december, so that you can actually plan? planning is important, but nobody has a crystal ball. acting with current information rather than what possibly could be is the way forward , possibly could be is the way forward, really. so i think a month isa forward, really. so i think a month is a sensible plan if that's going to free up hospital beds, stop the rise from happening quite as swiftly as it might have done in other areas of the uk. and then reviewing it at a point when the statistics are available, rather than going for a longer term... i mean available, rather than going for a longerterm... i mean we available, rather than going for a longer term... i mean we are getting on towards christmas, and i think it would be wise to act on this circuit breaker, as it has been termed, for a month and then review it as things progress in that manner, rather than

planning too far ahead. very interesting perspective, emily, all the best for your businesses. president donald trump and his democratic rivaljoe biden have been campaigning in the american midwest, which is home to some of the most closely contested states in the us election. with just three days to go, both candidates are trying to gain support in a last ditch effort to win over undecided voters. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. the final weekend. for donald trump, a final sprint around the country, as he tried to secure a second term in the white house. the president is focusing on the battleground states that could decide the election. but, at a stop in minnesota, thousands of mr trump's supporters were prevented from going to a planned rally in the city of rochester, when state officials limited the size of the crowd because of covid—19. only 250 people were

allowed to attend. the president protested, and blamed local democrats. they thought he would cancel — a word they are very familiar with. cancel. cancel culture. but i said, no way, i will never abandon the people of minnesota. i will come up. during his speech, the president repeated his view that america was rounding the turn on the pandemic, even though the number of new cases has again reached a record high for a single day, more than 90,000. speaking earlier in michigan, mr trump accused doctors of trying to profit from the coronavirus. without presenting any evidence. doctors get more money if somebody dies from covid. you know that, right? our doctors are very smart, they say, i'm sorry, everybody dies of covid. but in germany and other places, if you have a heart attack, cancer, terminally ill,

and you catch covid, they say you've died of a heart attack. with us, when in doubt — choose covid. also campaigning in minnesota at a socially distanced rally, joe biden seized on the president's comments. the president of the united states is accusing the medical profession of making up covid deaths so they make more money. doctors and nurses go to work every day to save lives. they do theirjobs. donald trump should stop attacking them and do hisjob. with tensions running high, businesses in some us cities have begun to board up their premises in case the election leads to civil unrest. in los angeles, early voting has been taking place at dodger stadium, days after the team won baseball's world series. voting should be fun, and this is fun. and so that's why i'm here.

and the dodgers won the world series. and i'm super stressed out about the election, and i could use a little fun. surreal scenes as america braces for an election day like no other. french media are reporting that another man has been detained for questioning in connection with thursday's deadly knife attack at a church in nice, which killed three people. he is the third person to be held in relation to the incident. the attacker, a 21—year—old tunisian man, was shot and injured by police following the assault, which is being treated as an act of islamist terror. security has been tightened across france. it was planned to open injune 2012 and is hugely over budget, but today the berlin brandenburg international airport finally opens. beset by technical problems from the start, it led critics to accuse the german authorities of making a laughing stock of the country. and the timing of the opening couldn't be much worse —

in the middle of a pandemic with many airlines on the verge of collapse. here's our berlin correspondentjenny hill. it feels as though germany's reputation is on the line here. this project is notorious — it's so overdue, it's so over budget. the people running the show here know they have to get this right. and only maybe 15 or 20% of the passengers we saw in 2019 and all over berlin will use it now. but on the other side, of course, you have enough space and time to learn and to listen

to the people who use it when you don't have to start with a full capacity. we've been calling out for a coordinated response, both when it comes to the testing, when it comes also we are breaking into that report to let you know that the actor sean connery has died. his death has been confirmed by his family. known of course in britain and around the world for being one of the great james bonds. his death no doubt will

be mourned by bond fans right around the world. news confirmed by sean connery‘s family that he has passed away. this is bbc news. sad news for many of us who grew up watching his films. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. the weather has already been wild in places across the uk so far today, and more to come through the weekend. more heavy rain at times and the risk of gales. a flooding risk with the rain continuing with winds touching 70—80 mph in some spots, travel disruption possible. todayis spots, travel disruption possible. today is all about storm aidan, named yesterday by the irish weather service. on the southern edge, the strongest winds, into northern ireland and western scotland this afternoon. that helped clear the rainfor afternoon. that helped clear the rain for western england and wales, and gusty winds accompanying some

intense areas of rain across eastern england, which again should clear by the end of the afternoon. a bit more sunshine to the north and east of scotland. for a while, widespread gales. the strongest winds this afternoon across western scotland and northern ireland, 70—80 mph. those winds coming from the south, soa mild those winds coming from the south, so a mild day on the face of it, but in the wind and rain it will temper the feeling. showers across western scotland, many places drive for a time with lighter winds tonight, but later in the night more cloud, wind and rain arrives, temperatures could drop to six or 7 degrees before rising later on as the cloud and rain spills its way in. sunday shows yet another area of low pressure, this contains the remnants of hurricane zito, a bit further away from us compared with storm aidan today. the winds not as strong, could still touch gale at times. a bit brighter in scotland and northern ireland after the early

rain, may be more cloud later though. damp, with heavy showers across the west with ongoing risk of flooding in the hills and smaller rivers. the winds strongest later in the day across the north—west of scotland, the western isles could say wind into the evening of 70—80 mph yet again. a cool day across scotla nd mph yet again. a cool day across scotland and northern ireland, more mild further south. a mild night on sunday across england and wales, and the rain will ease through the morning and afternoon in the south—east. brighter skies on monday, a few showers in the west. from there, the pressure starts to build, which means after a stormy weekend things should be drier and colder with some overnight frost and fog. more now on the news that the actor sean connery has died. known as one of the great james bonds, known and loved around the world. david sillitoe looks back at his life.

bond, james bond. i'm just going to put some clothes on. don't go to any trouble on my account. cary grant, david niven, many great actors were considered, but when the producers met sean connery, they knew they had found james bond. looking for anything? no, i'm just looking. found james bond. looking for anything? no, i'mjust looking. as the suave but ruthless 007, he spent the suave but ruthless 007, he spent the 60s saving the world, dealing with power crazed evil geniuses. but the sudden success caught him by surprise. you expect me to talk? no, mr bond, i expect you to die. surprise. you expect me to talk? no, mr bond, i expect you to dielj surprise. you expect me to talk? no, mr bond, i expect you to die. i had no awareness of that scale of revere nce no awareness of that scale of reverence and pressure, and what have you. i never had a press representative or anything. and i found it a bit of a nightmare. he

was body—building at a mr universe contest which led to early acting work, but it was far from overnight success. he had manyjobs, milkman, lifeguard, model, coffin polisher. one of his first film roles was in a disney musical. i love the ground she walked upon... my darling irish girl. and while he made powerful films such as the hill during his bond years, he was glad to move on from 007. there were successes. we have been all over india, her cities, jungles and jails. and we have decided she isn't big enough. but bond cast a long shadow. the 80s saw a revival of his box office power. he won an oscar for the untouchables. he pulls a knife, you

pull a gun.