this is bbc news. i'm james reynolds, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. boris johnson announces a four—week national lockdown in england. he says "no responsible prime minister" could ignore the surging rates of coronavirus infection. the coronavirus infection. virus is doubling faster than the virus is doubling faster than we can conceivably add capacity, and so now is the time to take action, because there is no alternative. as the last weekend of campaigning hots up, trump and biden make a last bid to voters in swing states — that could be key to winning the white house. rescue teams in turkey work through the night to pull survivors out of the rubble of buildings crushed in friday's earthquake. bond, james bond.

the film world pays tribute to sir sean connery, the originaljames bond, who's died at the age of 90. and despite coronavirus fears, the people of beijing and wuhan flock to theme parks to celebrate halloween. hello, and welcome to bbc news. england is to face a new month—long lockdown across the nation, starting on thursday. under the lockdown, restaurants and pubs will close, but takeaways and deliveries will be allowed. all non—essential retail will also shut down, but supermarkets are to stay open. mixing with other households inside homes or in private gardens will be banned, except for childcare and other forms of support.

unlike the first lockdown, in march and april, schools, colleges and universities will stay open, while travel will be discouraged, except for work. here's our political editor, laura kuenssberg. misery — the prime minister's own prediction of what a return to lockdown would feel like. the step he never wanted to take, the instruction again for england to close its doors. reality kicking in. we've got to be humble in the face of nature and in this country, alas, as across much of europe, the virus is spreading even faster than the reasonable worst—case scenario. and so now is the time to take action, because there is no alternative. the plan, perhaps the hope, is that a month will be enough in england, and even then, the country's time of celebration won't be the same. christmas is going to be different this year, perhaps very different. but it's my sincere hope and belief that by taking tough

action now, we can allow families across the country to be together. this about—turn from the prime minister, this familiar phrase. we will get through this, but we must act now to contain this autumn surge. we're not going back to the full—scale lockdown of march and april but i'm afraid, from thursday, the basic message is the same. stay at home, protect the nhs and save lives. the prime minister didn't want to be back at the lectern, but this is some of what confronted him in recent days. a range of projections from several groups of scientists made public tonight of the number of people who could die each day if nothing changed. 0ne suggested more than 4,000 people. all of the projections more serious than what had been the current worst—case scenario shown in black, dwarfing what happened first time round, shown here in blue.

the fear shown in this separate document leaked to the bbc which suggests that the nhs in some parts of england could be full within a fortnight and if things continue unchecked, the nhs will not be able to accept any more patients by christmas week. you were told by your own scientists many weeks ago that you would have to take national action in order to save lives. prime minister, what took you so long? this is a constant struggle and a balance that any government has to make between lives and livelihoods. i do think it was right and rational to go for the regional approach. the course of the pandemic has changed and it's also right that the government should change and modulate its response in accordance, and i make absolutely no apologies for that. thank you all are very much, stay safe, thank you. until now, the prime minister had resisted the opposition‘s demands. a delay now will cost,

the lockdown will be longer, it will be harder and there's a human cost that will be very, very real. now, there is no denying these measures are necessary and i'm glad the government has finally taken the decision it should have taken weeks ago. the prime minister can't say he wasn't warned. the opposition, some of his own ministers and some of his own advisers were pushing for a limited lockdown many weeks ago now. but he chose instead to hold out, under pressure from the treasury and tory backbenchers, choosing instead to try and keep the disease at bay with a patchwork effect. different regulations in different parts of the country, an effort to try to guard the economy, too. but thatjudgement now looks like it was a political accident waiting to happen. there was always a risk this would happen again. that doesn't make the reality less painful for the public, or problematic indeed for a prime minister who's spent weeks resisting the move, who's once again tonight has

told england to live life behind closed doors. laura kuenssberg reporting. to the united states now. with three days to go until election day in the united states, donald trump and joe biden are vying to sway the few undecided voters in crucial states. president trump is holding four events in pennsylvania, he's told crowds that his rallies are the only polls that count. mr biden, who's ahead in the polls, is out in michigan, with his former boss, barack 0bama. a record 90 million americans have now cast early ballots. an ‘ipson‘ poll shows biden leading president trump by five percentage points in pennsylvania, but mr trump is still confident of a win there. here he is, speaking before boarding air force one. we are going to 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. we have a big red wave that has

formed, as you probably noticed. the bbc‘s anna foster is following donald trump in pennsylvania, she told us earlier why the president was focusing so much on that key state. this is an absolutely crucial swing state. cheering 20 electoral college votes up for grabs in pennsylvania. and i think there is a sense of personal pride for president trump, he won the state in 2016 by a little over a4,000 votes, and he is desperate to hold onto it. not just for the path to the white house, but to prove to people he can hold the swing state. and this is the third of four campaign stops he is making in pennsylvania. he is back here monday. he has put so much effort into this state over the last few weeks and it is the most visited by the trump campaign. the people that have turned out is people from the oil and gas industry, we are in this republican heartland and these people cannot wait to see president trump arrive and speak to them, tell them what they want to hear days

away from the election and really fire them up. you can probably see the hundreds of people behind me and there isn't a great deal of social distancing going on in the crowd down there. i would estimate mask wearing at 50% or less. and on one of the things donald trump has been focusing on 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 that america is turning the corner, that the pandemic is almost finished, thatjoe biden would lock the country down where he woukld keep things going. it is a message resonating with people here. they are out, mingling and excited and not social distancing. they believe when he tells them that this thing is almost over. but as the figures show, it clearly isn't. 0ur correspondent anna foster following the us president. 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 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 not alone — he was joined 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 as anything more than a reality show to give him the attention that he craves. cars honking but unfortunately, the rest of us have to live with the consequences, almost 230,000 americans are dead. 0ur correspondent, gary 0'donoghue, was atjoe biden‘s rally in detroit. he explained why the city is key for african—american voters. what happened in 2016, there was a real dip

in the african—american vote across the country. and in places like michigan, that made a real difference. you know, it is possible to argue that the democrats lost michigan because of the dip, just about 10,000 votes in total. a big push byjoe biden, speaking behind me and president 0bama earlier to get people to vote. and some of that registration is showing up. they claim they have got, particularly in places like flint, something like 4,000—5,000 more people registered in that one city to vote earlier than they had before. they are hopeful, but they were so badly burned last time around by losing michigan, wisconsin and pennsylvania, that they're being very cautious as well in their predictions. the polls have held pretty steady, the big polling firms really have stopped doing their major polls now. you have seen most of them,

and if you look at somewhere like michigan here, one of the averages is about a 6.5—point lead and the other one is just under a 9—point lead. those are pretty healthy leads. but there was polling here last time around at the polls did shift. it does seem to be more steady this time, but there is still a lot of scepticism out there. and, whilejoe biden may have a 90% chance of winning a state like michigan, according to those who do these calculations, that means a 10% chance of him losing. and you can find more news and analysis about the us election on our website. including this piece, where you can check what president trump has said about your country during his four years office. it's at bbc.com/us2020.

0r download the bbc news app. super typhoon goni has made landfall in the philippines with sustained winds 275 kilometres an hour. parts of the main island of luzon are expected to be hit in the coming hours and goni is likely to pass directly over the capital, manila. almost a million filipinos sought refuge as goni approached. many have gone to covid—secu re refuge centres. officials warn that the most powerful storm this year could cause catastrophic damage. the turkish president, recip tayyip erdogan, has visited the site of collapsed buildings in the aegean province of izmir. at least 37 people were killed and 885 injured in a strong earthquake on friday that caused panic in the city. the bbc‘s esra yalchinap reports from izmir. speaking turkish this is the moment when this 16—year—old girl's worst nightmare came to an end, she had spent over 17 hours under rubble.

her recovery has relit the candle of hope for those waiting for the news of their loved ones. hope and despair, both still are alive in izmir as rescue efforts continue. translation: we were at the dentist with my husband. the tremor came as my husband's tooth was done. i am eight months pregnant. my husband pushed me under the table to protect me. he was still sitting on the examination chair at the time and the tremor intensified. turkey remains amongst the most ea rthquake—prone countries in the world. in january this year, more than 30 lives were lost when an earthquake struck the eastern province.

this time, as the tragedy affects its third largest city, once again families mourn the death of their loved ones. translation: this is our neighbourhood, so i felt the need to look under the rubble. thank god we were able to save a 14—year—old boy, but also we had to recover a dead body. turkey is now suffering from collective aftershocks. field kitchens and tents have been set up for those who are traumatised or now left homeless. translation: we're living in this park. we go to our car at night and stay there, that's how we spent our day. we cannot go inside for the moment, the building is damaged, so we cannot go there. maybe we can go there tomorrow. we have to at some point. this was turkey's second major earthquake this year. as rescue efforts continue, many worry when and where the next deadly quake may come.

esra yalchinap, bbc news. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: boris johnson confirms a four—week national lockdown in england to try to halt the rising number of coronavirus cases. from thursday, non—essential shops will close, and bars and restaurants will shut. as the last weekend of campaigning hots up, donald trump and joe biden make a last bid for votes in swing states that could be key to winning the white house. a greek orthodox priest has suffered life—threatening went in leon. president macron has deployed an extra 4000 soldiers to protect sites including places of worship. 0ur correspondent nick beake has the latest from paris. 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 off at about 4pm 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 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 james bond star 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. 0ur arts editor will gompertz

looks back at his life. sean connery was the first and, for many, the pre—eminent... bond. james bond. with the inner snarl of humphrey bogart and the outward charm of cary grant, connery created a charismatic screen legend. a ladies‘ man... looking for shells? no, i am just looking. ..with a killer's instinct. he went from being a jobbing actor in his early 30s to an international movie star, and instantly recognisable global celebrity. the attention and fuss that came with the fame did not sit comfortably with the no working—class scot, who had once been a milkman, a model, and briefly a coffin buffer. i had no awareness of that scale of the kind 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. bond was universally popular but not with the man playing him. connery felt trapped in 007‘s gilded cage, he wanted out, to test his talent with more challenging roles. he won plaudits for the man who would be king, playing alongside his old friend, michael caine. we have been all over india, we know her cities, herjungles, herjails, and her palaces, and we have decided that she is not big enough for such as we. he won an oscar for the untouchables. he won an oscar for the untouchables. you want to get capone? here is how you get him. he pulls a knife, you pull a gun. he sent one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. that's the chicago way. i suddenly remembered my charlemagne. let my armies either rocks and the trees, the birds in the sky. and won legions more fans in indiana jones. he was a proud scot and a committed member of the snp. he came from humble beginnings

but, through charisma, talent, sheer hard work became one of the world's greatest actors, and, you know, his achievements are absolutely legendary. i know that across scotland today we are mourning one of our best loved sons. tell me, do you play any other games? you will always be remembered for playing 007, but james bond did not make sean connery. sean connery madejames bond. my name is pussy galore. i must be dreaming. a movie icon established by an intelligent, versatile, exceptionally talented actor. sir sean connery, who has died aged 90. we can now speak to david mcgrath who was a very close friend and neighbour of sir sean connery in the bahamas, where he is panama's honorary consul to the bahamas. hejoins us from miami. we knew him as an icon. you

knew him as a friend. what was sean connery like in private? he was a wonderful, generous, kind man who, when we went to restau ra nt kind man who, when we went to restaurant and kind man who, when we went to restau ra nt a nd every kind man who, when we went to restaurant and every where we went he was nice to people who came up to him and enjoyed meeting people but also like to be very, very private. the community he was living and offered him that privacy. nobody bothered him in the club and everybody knew him so that was perfect for him. even when we would go downtown into the bahamas, into restaurants, he was treated very kindly. the only ones that bothered him we re only ones that bothered him were the tourists but he loved his privacy and he loved being normal, simple, casual and out of the limelight. he had many,

many friends in the bahamas. i have known him 42 years and played maybe 2000 rounds of golf with him and spent a lot of time with him. and i really, really missing. i have been with him maybe 50 times in the last eight months and it was horribly sad to see his decline. he was with family and friends in the last few months? yes, his wife and children had spent most of their time here. i was with him for his birthday andi i was with him for his birthday and i was within ten days ago and i was within ten days ago and he told me that he was kind of ready and he wanted to go. he struggled with a few issues that were difficult on him,

made him a very uncomfortable, and he liked being independent. he did not like having to be helped by a nurse or anything like that and he was depressed over that. but he still like to get out on the golf cart and ride around and watch people play and enjoy his life a little bit. in his peak years, did enjoy looking back on his public life and his career or did you talk to him about normal things? he did you talk to him about normalthings? he had a wonderful knack of being able to throw people off because people would come up and meeting, they instantly wanted to know stories about him and the movies and he had a knack to just like, what is your story? who are you? and they would be talking about themselves and defuse a potential situation. that was his tactic. i must say, into

restau ra nts, his tactic. i must say, into restaurants, sitting with him, i remember one night particularly that was quite amusing. a little nine—year—old boy came over to the table and interrupted the meal and he was right in the middle of telling a story and the boy looked at him and said, are you sean connery? he said, yes. go ahead. i'm sorry i thought... and a little nine—year—old boy came up to the table, said, are you sean connery? and he said, yes, and he let the boy talk to him fora yes, and he let the boy talk to him for a couple of minutes and he could not have been nicer to this kid and about an hour later, from another table a very old man came by and this is about 15 years ago, a very old man came by and tapped him on the shoulder and he must‘ve been about 90 as well and he

said, you're the bestjames bond ever stop and said, that's amazing, nine two 90. you had 2000 rounds of golf, did you just talk about sport? did you talk about love, family, world affairs? he loved talking politics and world affairs and quite frankly he used to be angry because it would take him two weeks to get newspapers from scotland and england and everywhere. and he would not get the rugby results and he's scrambling around the tv and radio to figure it out. i told him how to use a computer and he was shocked stop you get the news on the same day! did he ta ke to news on the same day! did he take to the internet? yes, but

i had to set some newspaper website in scotland and the uk and all over and we got it set up and all over and we got it set upfor and all over and we got it set up for one touch so he could go right to his newspapers and everything. he never became great at it but he knew it for what he wanted. it has been fascinating to hear your reminiscences of sir sean connery. thank you so much. you are quite welcome. a reminder about top story, england is to go intoa about top story, england is to go into a second coronavirus lockdown for a month from this thursday. from minister boris johnson is abandoning his previous regional approach citing that the rapidly spreading virus risks overwhelming hospital. people will be run through restricted to their homes, pubs and restrooms will close that this time schools and universities will stay open. business

leaders the double cost cou ntless jobs. leaders the double cost countless jobs. more on our stories on the website. to stay with us. ——do stay with us. hello. storm aiden brought torrential rain and gales to a large swathe of the uk on saturday. those strong winds really whipping up the waves, particularly across southern and western coasts. but as the rain eased and the skies cleared, it's been an opportunity through the night for many to see the blue moon, a second full moon this month, but it's only a brief respite from the rain. there's more to come overnight and into sunday. still a number of met office warnings in place for both the rain and the wind, and all the details are on our website. so this is how sunday shapes up. this is the area of low pressure responsible for storm aiden, now pulling away northwards. a second area of low pressure to the north—west of the uk. and notice how the isobars are tightly packed together. so it's another windy day and we start the day, for many, very wet as well.

that rain will clear away eastwards and, behind it, some spells of sunshine, although also some showers piling in from the west. and then another band of more persistent rain arriving into northern ireland, southern scotland, northern england, the midlands and wales, maybe south—west england later in the day, some heavy and persistent rain also across the western side of scotland. temperatures range from ten to 17 celsius. it may not always feel that way given the wind and the rain. and those winds still very much a feature, particularly across western scotland, where they could still exceed 70 miles an hour in terms of gusts. and that rain keeps on falling to parts of northern england, wales and the midlands as we go through sunday night and into monday, also pushing into parts of south—west england as well, slowly starting to ease, and we start the new week very mild indeed. 0vernight temperatures not that much different from what we will see in the daytime. so this is where we are on monday. that frontal system starting to pull away, but still showers or longer spells of rain pushing in from the west, and still another windy day, so it's quite a messy picture to start the new week. if you like the weekend weather, it's just lingering into the new week. some places may manage to stay dry, but those showers never too far away.

and temperatures again ina range from 10 to 17 celsius, so we are still fairly mild, but not for much longer. the winds definitely still a feature, still quite gusty but gradually easing down, and that process will continue as we go through tuesday and into wednesday because, finally, we start to see an area of high—pressure starting to build across the atlantic and heading our way, so that will start to settle things down. the winds will become lighter, it will generally become drier. but with that, it will also turn colder, both by day and by night.

welcome to bbc news. our top stories: boris johnson announces a four—week national lockdown in england. he says from thursday people will largely be restricted to their homes. bars and restau ra nts their homes. bars and restaurants will close. rescue teams in turkey are working through the night to pull survivors out of the rubble of buildings crossed in front of‘s earthquake. the mayor of the city of is mia has confirmed 38 people have died, more than 100 have been pulled out alive, the turkish president has also visited the