the uk opposition leader has welcomed the new measures, but is calling on the governmnent to use the time wisely and to improve the test and trace system. typhoon goni, has made landfall in the philippines, with sustained winds of 225 kilometres an hour. the most powerful storm this year has caused the evacuation of over of over 200,000 people. the us presidential candidates are making a "final weekend" dash around swing states. donald trump has been in pennsylvania and joe biden in michigan — both states that could be key to winning the white house. now on bbc news, as america votes for its next president, clive myrie visits the crucial state of arizona, revealing a nation unable to agree on fundamental issues like race, immigration and how best to tackle covid—19.

from cowboys to covid, clive crosses a vast state getting under the skin of the things that divide and unite americans. a warning — this programme contains some distressing images. america isn'tjust a place, it's an idea # and the enduring power of the american dream is that it's universal — the craving for a better life. i'm the last mohican! donald trump's said the dream was dying and he'd make america great again. i know that we will win. they want to rob you of your hope. but how great is america now? as trump seeks re—election? the guy in the white house now is crazier than a loon! welcome to arizona, america's backyard with mexico and a state threatening to swing to the democrats in the presidential election, after backing donald trump in 2016.

here the issues of immigration... the worst of the worst is coming through this area. ..on race... the hearts of people have held on to relics of the past. ..and covid—19. there's people dying here in the camp? yeah. yeah, every day. they all highlight america's deep divide, as voters choose between two very different versions of the country's future. very different visions of the country's future. i have been reporting from america for almost a quarter of a century and i've never known it so divided. left and right, republican and democrat, consensus is fleeting and when it comes to the fiery issue of illegal immigration and what to do about it, the gap

between liberals and conservatives is as wide as the rio grande. but how best to protect what it means to be american? is an impregnable barrier a good option? chanting: build the wall, build the wall. donald trump: the biggest beneficiary happens to be arizona! that wall! how good is the wall? it is the iconic idea of trump's america. and this... cowboys and big skies, part of the iconography of america. all right, all right, guys, 0k. bill mcdonald's ranch in arizona isjust a few miles from the border with mexico. illegal immigration and drug trafficking are live issues here, yet for him, a republican, billions spent on a border wallis a waste

spent on a border wall is a waste of money. people think, well you build a wall, well you have solved the problem. they've already got saws that cut through that wall. you can do it with technology and do itjust as well. politically he made a promise, he was determined to keep it, he thought if he kept it, he'd get re—elected. that's the only reason he does anything. i'm not crazy about everybody crossing the border, but i'm not crazy about everybody that already lives here either. i mean there are good people and there are bad people in all stripes. you can't characterise people by where they come from. it takes a few hours to sort the calves for sale headed for oklahoma. they'll never see their mothers again. but that's business. activists say over 500 children remain separated from their families... building a big wall was only part of the plan. critics in congress and human rights groups claimed migrants were being treated like cattle under donald trump's zero tolerance child separation policy to deter illegal migration. eventually, his administration was forced to change course. but secure borders are a necessity.

we saw drug cartel spotters across the wall in mexico checking if the coast is clear to send over human mules. these ones went that way, so yesterday i followed these guys... tim foley often spots them too, videoing the mules camouflaged with their backpacks of drugs. from his remote base in southern arizona, he leads a group of armed volunteers that patrols the border. is the wall making america great again? it's making it safer. tim represents a strain of american patriotism donald trump tapped into, giving up everything he knew in san francisco to come to arizona. why are you involved? what is it about the situation that gets you angry? i didn't trust the government, or the media to tell the actual truth about what was going on. here is some apple sauce... but what is the truth?

there is another group of volunteers on the border. they're from a charity that leaves water and food supplies for people crossing overfrom mexico — asylum seekers fleeing persecution and migrant families with children reaching for a better life. it must be difficult... they also help families find relatives who have gone missing crossing the border. so what are the kind of things that you come across on the trails? many times we find remains, skeletal remains of... ..border crossers. we also see clothes and abandoned shoes. you know, evidence of like a person's life, so you see wedding rings... you see love letters, a lot of rosaries, a lot of bibles. we also see cosmetic products thrown in the desert — deodorants, lipsticks and you wonder why, why bring those artefacts along?

and it's many times migrants want to meet their loved ones with, you know smelling good and looking presentable after a long journey. in this one area, the remains of 181 people have been found this year. you see young people, old people, you see everybody. and you see their families, the familiesjust... reach out to us desperately looking for their loved one. it's an unimaginable pain and anguish. 0ften gia and tim's worlds collide and there's one thing they both agree on. what's the tattoo? one of the horsemen of the apocalypse. it's what i see is coming. it's...

it's my view of the border. there's death all around. donald trump's wall speaks to us all. like a mirror, it reflects back to us oui’ own values. but when it comes to race, america has always failed to really look itself in the eye, to understand its short comings. and after november 3rd, we're not going to rest, cos no matter who wins, over there or out here, we have a lot of work to do. it's hard to steer a middle course in modern america. the loudest voices... the united states will never be a socialist nation. ..force the taking of sides. black lives matter, black lives matter. i can't breathe! 0n race and discrimination, the conversation is insanely partisan. and painfully deep. now move it. shut up.

the unfortunate roots, the dark roots of our country, the dark side of our country is really starting to show itself and that's because of this election, because there's just so much divide right now, so much divisiveness, there's a lot of tension. i believe! the election comes amid a reawakening of black activism not seen since the 1960s. i know that we will win. i know that we will win! we're the people... with a third of american voters being non—white, how will these new civil rights foot soldiers cast potentially decisive ballots as they fight for a more equal and just america? it hurts. after civil rights we tried to reform the police, after rodney king... bruce franks cuts the stillness of the evening in phoenix arizona. dion johnson and breonna taylor... the light is dimming,

but not the memory of those beaten or killed at the hands of police officers. his words are powerful, poetic rage. cos we not going nowhere. he was arrested in august for taking part in a peaceful civil rights march. because he's innocent... and now he leads a protest outside the court house, after the jailing of another protester. when we fight, we build a legacy. fighting a battle in a war where you never get to see the outcome. but if i continue to fight, hopefully that passes along to my five kids. and if they continue the fight, it passes along to their kids. and it gets to a point where maybe we can. do you think the election will change anything? i think the election has the power to change a lot of things. i'm not doing cartwheels for either candidate. but i understand that it's notjust about the candidates.

we are voting on entire administrations. so, when we talk and change, we have the chance to change what our affordable housing looks like around the united states. if we get somebody like cory booker as the secretary, rather than ben carson, we have the idea of changing what education looks like if we get somebody like elizabeth warren in there instead of besy devos. right? we got the chance the change what criminaljustice looks like if we put mickey mouse in there rather than barr, orjeff sessions. you know? we got the ability to change a lot of these judges who are appointed federally by the president throughout the united states who perpetuate mass incarceration, who perpetuate all

the problems with the systems, where we know that disparity there. we know what the folks injail look like. we know where they come from. so, those are my hopes for the election. what are you doing? this will then, this is what must be overcome. before george floyd, in 2017, there was muhammad muhaymin here in arizona. the unarmed black man died after being held down by four police officers, one of whom put his knee on his neck for close to to eights minutes. for close to to eight minutes. i can't breathe! no one was disciplined and you're only hearing about this case now, because of the controversy over george floyd. it was in this area where he was pinned down and was clearly heard to say, "i can't breathe." he knows that his life is about to be taken from him and he knows... jazmin is 21 and part of a new younger breed of civil rights activist, spurred by the urgency of the moment.

it makes me feel like... my life can be taken at any given time, just because i have brown skin, because i'm black, because since i was a little girl, i've seen the way black people in america and just all over the world are treated. it is a really unsettling state of mind to live in. please do your research, please don't feel discouraged... and that psychological distress, central to the black american experience, will be tolerated no more. use your voice, or use your fingers, whatever you're typing, to create change. that's important. not far away, a reunion. a proud father embraces a relieved son, who's fresh out ofjail. his name is percy christian and he's 27. you know, jail is a place where they want to rob you of your hope. the subject of the court house protest

to get him freed. he served seven days, arrested during a demonstration against police violence. i'm willing to do whatever it takes, i'm willing to put my life on the line to bring awareness to the issue. and that's that police brutality is real. 0ur police system is set up and designed to hold a certain group of individuals back and that's my people. and what of the dreams of the father? a pastor. having seen his son fight the same battles he fought years ago. why has it taken so long? because the hearts of people have held on to relics of past that remind them of the system that they wanted to hold on to here

recently in our nation, the confederate flag became an issue again. you ask yourself a question and this is another thing, why are there people in this nation determined to hold on to an emblem of something that represents hatred and slavery? the battle hasn't changed. but the playing field has changed, the platform has changed, the process has changed. what has happened is that there is a denial of the reality that people of colour experience in this nation. and so we are proud of our son. i would not be ok if he decided to shrink back. he can't shrink back now. gentle tales of african american manhood are rarely reported, but they're the norm.

and while both the candidates for president say they want to banish racial injustice, bruce franks says he won't wait for others to act — his own son's future is on the line. i want a lot of the things that's happening with police, when you talk about police and black men and black women, i don't want it to affect him, although we know it is inevitable, right? ijust got to make sure he equipped for it and he ready for it. i'm not fearful, because i'll teach him how to love and what love is and how to have love for his people. while many african americans feel marginalised, perhaps no community is more on the fringes of society than the native americans and their battles, their trials with covid—19, the pre—eminent election issue, is revealing of an america that many

believe has lost its way. in ourculture, as navaho as a native american, it's something we are not supposed to even do, to deal with death. but dealing with death is michael's calling. in the worst corner of the worst country for covid—19. with covid patients, we normally don't embalm, we just keep them in the body bag. an undertaker, he prepares bodies for burial on the navaho lands of northern arizona.

the numbers are going up again, so we're preparing for another influx of bodies. living in the largest of the native american territories, the navaho have suffered more coronavirus deaths per head of population than any of the 50 states of the union, many hundreds of people. there is that point where i went into our storage unit and i just saw... all those bodies laying there and i knew two of them. it was hard time for me. you know? knowing that those people are laying there and people that i've known and they're here because of covid. so it's heartbreaking. and a good friend of mine, his son died of covid. and i have known him since he was a little boy. and i got the phone call,

i was, i was talking to him on the phone and ijust told him, i said, i can't imagine what you're going through, you know? i know, i've known him since he was a child and ijust told him, i said, i can't imagine what you're going through, you know? i know, i've known him since he was a child and we both cried on the phone together. americans say their land is blessed by god. now it's cursed by covid—19. and there's seemingly no clear strategy to end its hold on the land. navaho 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. but that's the american story.

that despite its untold riches, millions always struggling. this is tent city in phoenix. thousands homeless, some losing theirjobs due to the pandemic and now losing their lives. meet james wright. he is 62. pity would be no more if we didn't make somebody poor. social distancing is tough in tent city. it's tough here too at this trump rally. but why? we scrupulously kept our distance and wore masks at this

gathering in tucson, but in this deeply polarised country wearing 01’ not wearing a face covering has become a political statement. this is chris, and his family. so did you enjoy the atmosphere at the rally yesterday? we did. 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. if donald trump said everyone should wear a mask, he is following the science, you could do it. you would do it. reluctantly i would, probably. do you think it is un—american to be forced to wear a mask? i do. i think it's un—america to force anybody to do something that... there's no medical reason if you're not sick. there has been a conflict in all of us during this time and perhaps more so here in the land of the free.

individualism versus collective responsibility. it's part of our culture to take care of one another. it is always the natives that are wearing masks and you see that and a lot of non—natives are not that diligent and 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. this is one of your close friends? yes. covid is why he is laying here. the presidential election is above all a referendum on donald trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic and arizona's vote could swing the final result. it is america in miniature, with extremes

of landscape and temperature, poverty and wealth and the people we encountered on ourjourney across the state represent all that is american — kindness, generosity, determination and grit. this country's leader has a duty to represent everyone, not cherry pick, and that means understanding the patchwork of culture and ideas and ethnicities that make up this great nation and the sensibilities of those on the right and the left. the winner of the presidential election will be the candidate who understands that focussing on what unites rather than divides is all that really matters, guiding this country to a better shore, reachable from here.

hello. there will be some rough seas in western areas again. another day in which the winds will be strengthening, particularly in north and west scotland and west wales. for all of us more rain around. we have got one approach system that links into this area of low pressure that brought rain through the night. it is remnants of hurricane zeta. and it will strengthen winds into the afternoon. some sunshine here and there. particularly in central and there. particularly in central and eastern areas. but clouding over. northern ireland and north and west wales is where we will see the most of rain. 18 degrees possible. a cooler day in scotland and northern ireland. some of the strongest

winds, 80mph gusts in the north—west highlands. 60 miles per hour in west wales. tonight some rain through the central swathe of the country. clearer to the north. they will try to push south, introducing chillier conditions. temperatures in single figures in scotland. a very mild in the south and east, could be within of warmest november night on record. the cooler air will win through on monday. pushing through in the morning. that will produce rain in eastern and the south—east first thing. sunshine will come out. the rest of the day largely dry here. for most a story of sunshine and showers. some of the showers heavy with hail and thunder. wherever you i’ with hail and thunder. wherever you rit with hail and thunder. wherever you r it will be colder than the weekend. eight or nine degrees at the highest in scotland and northern ireland. 13 in the south—east. and

windiest conditions tomorrow in the south of england. 50mph gusts. there isa sign south of england. 50mph gusts. there is a sign of something quieter. showers through tuesday and wednesday and then high pressure builds and more dry weather. it does meanwhile we see sunshine, the nights will cold we are frost and frog. —— fog. bye for now.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a senior government minister warns the second coronavirus lockdown in england could last more than a month, and says any decision would depend on how much the restrictions brought down levels of infection. we need to recognise that we do need to get the infection rate, the r rate, below one. we believe on the basis of the evidence that we have that we will be able to do so. the uk opposition leader welcomes the new measures, but is calling on the government to use the time to ramp up test and trace.