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this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. borisjohnson announces a month long lockdown in england — as the uk records its one millionth case of covid since the outbreak took hold. from thursday all non—essential retail and leisure businesses will close — and people will be told to stay indoors. christmas is going to be different this year, perhaps a very different, but it is my sincere hope and believe that by taking tough action now we can allow families across the country to be together. also in the news... donald trump and joe biden criss cross the midwest as the clock counts down to polling day on november third. it's going to be a very interesting
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tuesday, the big red wave that has formed as you probably noticed. three days! we can put an end to this presidency that has fanned the fla mes this presidency that has fanned the fla m es of this presidency that has fanned the flames of hate all across this nation. rescue teams in the turkish city of izmir are working through the night to pull survivors out of the rubble of crushed buildings after friday's earthquake. bond, james bond. sir sean connery — the very first screen james bond — has died at the age of 90. and i'mjohn and i'm john watson, and i'mjohn watson, coming up in the sport in 15 minutes' time. rugby union six nations championship will be settled on the outcome of the final game with three teams still in with a chance of lifting the trophy.
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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 prime minister has announced a month—long national lockdown in england, starting on thursday. borisjohnson told a news conference that nobody wanted to introduce tough measures, but that a responsible government could not ignore the rising numbers of infections. let's take a closer look at the measures. nonessential retail and hospitality will be forced to close. schools and universities will be allowed to stay open. it comes as the uk records a further 326 deaths from coronavirus — within 28 days of a positive test —and another 21,915 people have tested positive. that takes the total number of uk cases to over1 million since the outbreak began. mps will debate and vote on the measures this coming wednesday with the rules set to take effect the next day. let's hear a bit of what the prime
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minister had to say. now is the time to take action because there is no alternative. from thursday until the start of december, you must stay at home, you may only leave home for specific reasons including for education, for work, that's if you cannot work at home. for exercise and recreation outdoors with your household or on your own, with one person from another household, for medical reasons, appointments and to escape injury or harm. to shop for food and essentials and to provide care for vulnerable people or as a volunteer. iam afraid vulnerable people or as a volunteer. i am afraid nonessential shops, leisure and entertainment venues will all be closed, though click and collect services can continue and essential shops will remain open so there is no need to stock up. pubs,
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bars and there is no need to stock up. pubs, bars a nd restau ra nts there is no need to stock up. pubs, bars and restaurants must close except for takeaway under delivery services, workplace should should stay open where people can't work from home, for example in the construction and manufacturing sectors. single adult households can still form exclusive support bubbles with one other household and children will still be able to move between homes if their parents are separated. if you are clinically vulnerable over the age of 60 you should be especially careful to follow the rules and minimise your contacts with others. i know how tough shielding was and we will not ask people to shield again in the same way but we are asking those who are clinically extremely vulnerable to minimise their contact with others and not to go to work if they are unable to work from home. i am under no illusions about how difficult this will be for businesses that have already had to endure such hardship this year and i am truly sorry for that. that is why
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we are going to extend the furlough system through november, the furlough scheme was a success in the spring, it supported people and businesses at a critical time. we will not end it, we will extend furlough until december. we will get through this but we must act now to contain this autumn surge. we are not going back to the full—scale lockdown of march and april, the measures that i have outlined a less prohibitive and less restrictive, but i am afraid from thursday the basic message is the same. stay home, protect the nhs and save lives. chief medical officer for england, professor chris whitty had a stark warning about the prevelance of the virus. the office for national statistics, which is the official data which is done as a survey across the country, shows that the prevalence of this disease has been going up extremely rapidly
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over the last few weeks, having been very flat due to the work of everybody in the country over spring and summer. and we now have around 50,000 new cases a day and that is rising. the government chief scientific adviser, sir patrick vallance, said the next six weeks currently look grim with hospital daily admissions expected to surpass the peak reached in the first wave. inevitably, hospitalisations lead unfortunately to deaths in some people. again, you can see the first wave on the left—hand side and the dotted line indicates the top of the first wave and on the right hand side you can see the projection from today going forward in the blue and again, the light blue indicates the
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uncertainty range but what you can see is the model suggests increasing deaths over the next six weeks so that by the beginning of december, eighth december, this is very close to the first wave peak if nothing is done. clearly if you stop the r from increasing, if you allow it to come down then you would flatten this off and potentially reverse it, but on the current trajectory that is what is thought to be the prediction for deaths over the next six weeks, and of course that would continue to go up of course that would continue to go up because the hospitalisations already exceeded the first wave peak by this time deaths would follow, so unfortunately it is a very grim picture intense of what this looks like in the absence of action and continued growth. let's speak to our political correspondent, jonathan blake. what did you make of the announcement? given the predictions
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we we re announcement? given the predictions we were presented with today and looking at the numbers and the graphs and the projections of the second wave of coronavirus and where it may lead, the prime minister was i think left with little choice but to impose this national lockdown in england. he said himself, we need to be humbled by nature. but it does represent a big shift in the government's approach. up until now it has pursued the regional strategy with the tiered levels of restriction in place in different areas according to the prevalence of the virus and how quickly cases are rising in one area compared to another, but this is a big move from the government, a decisive move by the government, a decisive move by the prime minister but one which will leave him open to criticism of ignoring earlier warnings that this time—limited increasing restrictions was in fact needed, and although all the projections were worse than the government's own worst case scenario
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in terms of the hospital and deaths, they could have, some would argue, seen this coming. no doubt there will be mixed reactions across the country, people dreading going into second and others welcoming any measures to try to stem the flow. what has been the reaction in westminster we had some initial reaction from keir starmer, leader of the labour party who said, as you expect him to this point, that he had previously argued the government should have pursued a strategy of a time—limited lockdown. should have pursued a strategy of a time-limited lockdown. he broke with his consensus policy of what he described as constructive opposition early on in the pandemic supporting whatever measures the government had imposed and called on the government to change tack and put in place that circuit breaker lockdown over half term so schools wouldn't have to close and could remain open but when children were at home, the restrictions would be in place, and he has again accused the government
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of debiting and delaying and being too slow to act and behind the current. also some reaction from conservative mps, many on the back benches briefed by the prime minister earlier. he knows he needs to have them on board for this policy to succeed, not least because it will be voted on by mps in the coming days in parliament and can only be imposed with their consent. i think we will see some grumblings and unhappiness about how this has been handled by the government but ultimately when it comes down to it most mps will support these restrictions because looking at the data we were presented today it is ha rd to data we were presented today it is hard to see any other option. on the money, what kind of economic support has been offered to? the treasury said the furlough job retention scheme will continue for another month so under that 80% of workers wages will be paid up to the value of £200,000 per month as they were earlier in the pandemic and there are other forms of financial support the government is making available,
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mortgage holidays and business grants. to the us, where the number of people who've tested positive for covid—19 has passed nine million. there are nowjust three days to go until the end of the presidential election there and the coronavirus has taken centre stage. president trump is campaigning in pennsylvania, whilejoe biden is in another key battle ground state, michigan. joe biden has been speaking in flint, michigan, here's some of what he said. three days! we can put an end to this presidency that has fanned the flames of hate to the us, where the number of people who've tested we can put an end to this presidency that has fanned the flames of hate all across this nation and made us a laughing stock around the world. millions of americans have already voted. millions more are voting today, tomorrow and god willing all the way through to the close of the polls on tuesday. joe biden wasjoined by barack 0bama at that rally. the former president said donald trump didn't take the job seriously. he hasn't shown any interest in doing the work. 0r helping anybody but himself and his friends. 0r treating the presidency
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as anything more than a reality show to give him the attention that he craves. but unfortunately, the rest of us have to live with the consequences, almost 230,000 americans are dead. president trump is heading for a four—stop tour of pennsylvania, where an ipson poll shows biden leading him by five percentage points. but he's still confident of a win there — here he is speaking before boarding airforce 0ne. i have a great day and i think are doing extremely well with the votes. i think it's going to be a very interesting three days, it's going to be a very interesting tuesday, and the big red wave that has formed as you probably noticed. the bbc‘s gary 0'donoghue is at joe biden‘s rally in detroit. good to see you, what has been happening? this is the second one of
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the day thatjoe biden is doing with president 0bama. they were up in flint, we were with them, a big reception as you can imagine from this new covid drive through raleigh think we are getting used to. joe biden due on stage quite shortly as i stevie wonder who is going to be speaking and singing with the detroit youth choir. you can hear the tones of motown music playing behind me. they are trying to incentivise and get the vote out here in michigan. this was the closest state last time around, only 0.3% president trump one metric and buy, 10,500 votes out of 4.8 million so they believe there is a real chance of flipping it and in the polls joe chance of flipping it and in the pollsjoe biden chance of flipping it and in the polls joe biden is chance of flipping it and in the pollsjoe biden is six points up on one and almost nine up in the other average, so it is looking good but
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at the same stage last time around hillary clinton was 3.5 points up and they still lost so democrats are nervous. the united states is huge, there are 50 states. both candidates seem to be focusing in on the midwest. this is the nature of the lady presidency is won and lost in america. you have to this place state— by—state america. you have to this place state—by—state and each state gives you a number of what are called electoral votes and you have to get to 270 electoral votes to become president. which again is worth 16 electoral votes, pennsylvania is worth 20, wisconsin and another ten, so 46 in total, those were the three states that one at her president trump last time around, that incredibly narrow 77,000 vote majority, and that is what used to be called the blue wall, these upper
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west democratic states that democrats usually won and it knocked them for six when they didn't win it last time which is why they're spending a lot of time here to ensure they win these places back because if they take much again and wisconsin and pennsylvania it makes it very hard for president trump to win the white house again. and our correspondence are out with the trump campaign and as soon as we have made contact we will bring you the latest from the donald trump rally. the headlines on bbc news. borisjohnson has announced a month long lockdown in england as the uk passes 1 million cases of covid—19 since the outbreak took hold. donald trump andjoe since the outbreak took hold. donald trump and joe biden crisscrossing the midwest to shore up votes in key states ahead of polling day on tuesday. a greek orthodox priest in lyon has been shot and seriously wounded.
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it's thought he was fired on twice as he was closing his church. these are pictures from the scene. the attacker is reported to have escaped and armed units are searching for him. bbc‘s nick beake is in paris with the latest. in the last few minutes or so the prosecutor in lyon has said that an arrest has been made. he didn't confirm this was the gunmen but he said by the close he was wearing he matched the description of eyewitnesses who saw him make offered about bid for pm this afternoon after he had shot at close range in the abdomen this greek orthodox priest who is now in a very serious condition in hospital. a bit more information we got from the authorities, they have not given any indication they believe with any certainty this is a terror attack. they say local officers in this part of france are leading the investigation which is now an attempted murder investigation. they are keeping in touch with the main counterterror
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prosecutor here in paris but they haven't given any indication that they do believe this was a terror attack on the way we have seen in the previous week here in france. the number of deaths in turkey has risen to 30, following the earthquake that struck in the aegean sea on friday. rescue teams in the turkish city of izmir are continuing to search through the wreckage of collapsed buildings for survivors. this is the moment a woman was pulled from the rubble in the city of izmir, more than 18 hours after the quake. ibrahim 0zer is the deputy director general at turkish red crescent and has been working spearheading rescue operations in izmir. he gave us this update. there is 36 casualties actually, those 36 people have lost their lives and about 900 have been injured. several buildings collapsed or sustained damage following the tremors. the turkish red cross is continuing to provide life—saving assistance to people affected by the earthquake that struck yesterday, so how many
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people there are on the field, we have about 200 people including volunteers and staff along with 40 vehicles, mobile kitchens, communication vehicles, etc. more than 100 people have been rescued under the rubble. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, let's go back to the us election than that's promised we have a corresponding tap president trump's rally in pennsylvania. why is donald trump focusing so much attention on pennsylvania? this is an absolutely crucial swing state. 20 electoral couege crucial swing state. 20 electoral college votes up for grabs in pennsylvania and a sense of personal pride for president trump. he won the state in 2016 by a little over 44,000 votes and he is desperate to hold onto it notjust for the past
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to the white house but to prove to people he can hold a swing state and hundreds are here and he is due out in ten minutes, the third of fourth campaign stops he has made and he is back on monday. he has been putting so much effort in this state and it is the state most visited by the trump campaign and you can see from the people who have turned out, it is people from the oil and gas industry, this rural area, we are outside the cities in the suburbs and real republican heartland then they can't wait to see president trump arrive and speak to them and hear what they want to hear, these away from the election really fire them up. as we have seen from most of these rallies, not a great deal of these rallies, not a great deal of mask wearing and social distancing. what are the kinds of m essa 9 es distancing. what are the kinds of messages donald trump is focusing on that these rallies? it is interesting you mention that. you can see the hundreds of people behind me and you can see that isn't a great deal of social distancing going on. i would estimate mask
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wearing at 50% or less and one of the things donald trump has been focusing on in particular in the last few days is the coronavirus pandemic even though the us has seen record numbers of positive tests in the last couple of days. when he comes to these rallies he tells people america is turning the corner in the pandemic is almost finished and joe biden would lock the country down whereas he would keep things going and the message is resonating with people here. they are out and mingling and excited and not social distancing. they believe when he tells them this thing is almost over but as the figures show it clearly isn't. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here'sjohn watson. england topped the table after victory in rome this afternoon. they will lift the title for a third time in five years if the result between
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ireland and france in their match goes their way. england head coach eddiejones what his side run on a total of five tries beating italy in securing that much—needed bonus point. that is what they needed, ben youngs we saw a few month ago was to have his side's tries in what was his 100th appearance. wales lost to scotla nd his 100th appearance. wales lost to scotland earlier, out of contention going into the final day and that means it is all to play for with ireland and france if ireland beat france by six points, they will win the title, so here we are, 273 days after it began then you can see that ireland have work to do. they trail france by 25 points to 13 in paris. they need to beat ireland by six... ireland need to beat france by six points, so plenty to do in the second half at the moment, france scoring an early try in the second half. france could still win it as well, they need to run on a huge number of tries to secure that bonus
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points will england well placed at the moment. premier league champions liverpool are top of the table after coming from behind the second time ina week coming from behind the second time in a week to beat west ham, 2—1 it finished, the winner with just five minutes to go i can and the third straight game yes gordon, what an acquisition he is proving to be. west ham took an early lead before mo sala levelled forjurgen klopp's side from the penalty spot.|j mo sala levelled forjurgen klopp's side from the penalty spot. i don't wa nt to side from the penalty spot. i don't want to say we should be brilliant because we know it is not really possible, we need to dig in, really deep, and we have to win the games and collect the points and the boys did that and it was so deserved and soiam did that and it was so deserved and so i am really happy. manchester city moved into the top half of the table city moved into the top half of the ta ble after city moved into the top half of the table after a 1— 01 over sheffield united in the lunchtime kick—off. kyle walker's go against his hometown club proving the difference in his 100th league appearance for
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city. we are struggling right now to score goals, that is the reality. we create chances enough but we are not able to score goals and that made us suffer in the last minutes all the time. but in the same way, our third game in seven days, all of them away and the people fight and desire so we are in a better position today than last weekend we have game left. chelsea are up to fourth after a comprehensive victory at burnley, summer signing hakim ziyech on the scoresheet. chelsea now with four clea n scoresheet. chelsea now with four clean sheets in nero, burnley at the foot of the table without a win so far this season. in formula 1, va ltteri bottas far this season. in formula 1, valtteri bottas will on pole position for the emilia romagna grand prix on the weekend where mercedes could win a seventh formula
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1 constructors championship, va ltteri bottas 1 constructors championship, valtteri bottas taking advantage of a messy final lap by lewis hamilton, doesn't happen very often, to take pole on a track which hasn't hosted a grand prix for 14 years. hamilton has a commanding 77 point lead at the top of the standings and not predicting a thrower tomorrow but you just feel, his possession towards the seventh formula 1 title appearing a formality. valtteri bottas will be the man to beat when he starts on pole on sunday. never easy, pole positions, and i really enjoy on this track, it is beautiful. i know i had to improve in the last lap and i found those small gains that were needed and it isa small gains that were needed and it is a great feeling when you get those i do get the shakes after, so it is good fun. and that is all from the bbc sport centre for now. the bbc sports website is where you can follow france's game against ireland and we will work out in the next 20
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minutes or so who will be crowned six nations champions this year. sir sean connery has died at the age of 90. he was the first screen actor to play 007 —— it was a role that brought him global stardom —— and was followed by decades as one of hollywood's leading actors. david silito reports. bond. james bond. i willjust go and put some clothes on. looking for shells? no. i'm just looking. as the suave, but ruthless 007, he spent the ‘60s saving the world and dealing with power crazed evil geniuses. but the sudden success... you expect me to talk? ..caught him by surprise. no, mr bond, i expect you to die! i had no awareness of that scale of the kind of reverence and pressure and what have you.
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i never had a press representative or anything. and ifound it a bit of a nightmare. his family confirmed he died aged 90 at his home, the end of a long and successful career that has more to him thanjust successful career that has more to him than just bond. successful career that has more to him thanjust bond. an 0scar successful career that has more to him thanjust bond. an oscarfor his role in the untouchables. but 007 a lwa ys role in the untouchables. but 007 always cast a shadow. sean connery had set the benchmark against which all others would be judged. now time for the weather. storm aidan has been bringing torrential rain and gales for a large swathes of the uk today, further rain and gales and a number of yellow warnings from the met 0ffice, all the details on their
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website. at first this evening many will be dry as the rain eased from western scotland but more rain sta rts western scotland but more rain starts to pile on to northern ireland initially and then into western scotland, wales, the western side of england. still some blustery winds, not a cold night with the temperature not much lower than 7-10. that temperature not much lower than 7—10. that rain will slowly query swords leaving some spells of sunshine behind but also some heavy showers and then more persistent rain starts to move on as the afternoon wears on across the western side of scotland but particularly across northern england, wales and the midlands where we could see some localised flooding. very strong winds across the western side of scotland but not a cold day, somewhere between 10—17.
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hello, this is bbc news. ‘the headlines:
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the prime minister has announced a month long lockdown in england from thursday — as the uk records its one millionth case of covid since the outbreak took hold. christmas is going to be different this year, perhaps very different, but it is my sincere hope and believe that by taking quick action now we can allow families across the country to be together. non—essential shops, bars and restaurants will close but schools and universities will stay open. the prime minister will take the changes to parliament on monday. england's chief medical officer says there's been a "significant rate of increase" in covid cases across the entire country. the prevalence of this disease has been going up extremely rapidly over the last few weeks. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon has issued new advice that people should not travel to or from england, except for essential purposes. the government is extending
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the furlough scheme until start of december, following concern on what a second lockdown would mean forjobs. bond. james bond. sir sean connery — the very first screen james bond — has died at the age of 90. now on bbc news, our world. has coronavirus changed the way we buy clothes forever? and what about those who are being left behind? bangladesh is one of the world's most incredible economic success stories. at the heart of the country's economic boom is the garment industry. the first factory opened in the 19705 and now it is a $30 billion industry. barton, arcadia groups, tesco, river island... almost everybody has visited in my showroom.

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