this is bbc news. i'm samantha simmonds with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. donald trump and joe biden embark on a final dash around crucial swing states, appealing to voters ahead of tuesday's election. to save the america we love get every last person you know, get them to the voting booth in record numbers. vote, vote, vote. we need to get every soul in philadelphia to the polls. your voice, your vote matters. your voice, your vote matters. your voice deserves to be heard. rescue work continues

in the turkish city of izmir, but hopes of finding more survivors of the earthquake are diminishing. the british government warns the new lockdown in england might last longer than a month if infection rates continue to rise. hello, and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. with the us election just two days away, president trump is campaigning in five states that he needs to win, if he's to stay in the white house. he's trailing the democrat candidate, joe biden, in opinion polls but hopes promises of massive tax cuts will sway undecided voters. joe biden meanwhile, has been speaking at a rally in philadelphia, where he hit out at mr trump's time in office. there is nothing beyond the capacity united states of america, nothing. there is no limit to america's future. the blinders have been taken off. the only thing that can tear america apart is america itself and that's exactly what trump's been trying to do from the very

beginning, dividing america. based on race, religion, gender, national origin. it's wrong, it's not who we are. this is not who we are. everybody knows who donald trump is, let's keep showing them who we are. meanwhile, president trump has already spoken at two rallies in the mid—west and is now heading to north carolina. let's get a flavour of what he's been saying. we have the number one economy in the world right now by far. by far. and we are not losing it on my watch, i can tell you that. joe biden, sleepyjoe spent 47 years outsourcing yourjobs, opening your borders and sacrificing american blood and treasure in endless foreign wars. michigan lost half of its auto jobs thanks to biden's nafta

and china disasters. our north america editor jon sopel is in washington with the latest analysis. the ponderous marathon that is a us election campaign is now a sprint. hello, michigan! hello, iowa! hello, pennsylvania! hello, garrard county! multiple stops, a whirl of swing states and the person running fastest is donald trump, with polls suggesting he's lagging behind. not that you'd know it from his confident, bullish demeanour. he's so angry. you know why he's angry? because he's losing, that's why he's angry. no, he's very agitated. i don't think he knows he's losing, i don't think he knows anything, actually. joe biden has also upped his pace and is now being helped in these closing stages by the former president, barack obama. tweeting at the tv doesn't fix things. making stuff up doesn't make people's lives better, you've got to have a plan, you've got to do the work. even offstage, redefining political long shot.

0h! no drama obama. still able to command attention. that's what i do! and america's third president and founding father of this nation would surely look down with delight at the millions who've already voted, suggesting that turnout is going to be way up in 2020. wherever you go, there are long lines of people, but there's also a mood of deep apprehension. you can tell the tension. i mean, i think the world can even feel the tension in the us. it's like a pressure cooker, everybody‘s feeling. to me, it's kind of like going for, uh... the lesser of two evils. i think it's very important that people, you know, come out and vote but especially for this year. it'sjust almost like crisis is going on. this is the great celebration of any democracy — the moment when we, the people, decide whether our rulers get another term in office or get turfed out. it is empowering. but there is a fear stalking

america, a deep unease about what might come next in this bitterly contested presidential election. and how is the nation's capital preparing for this celebration of democracy? well, everywhere you go, you see teams of workmen boarding up shops and offices. something similar happens in the deep south during hurricane season, with acts of god. but on tuesday, america seems to be bracing itself for a very different type of storm and one that's entirely man—made. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. lebo diseko is our correspondent in washington and give us this update on both campaigns. we saw yesterday in texas, the situation where a biden campaign bus was surrounded by donald trump's supporters, people with trump flags. the biden campaign say they fear they were sort of being forced off the road.

the trump campaign representative was on the tv networks here just a short while ago saying they would never do anything that was unsafe and that wasn't their intention. interestingly, the president himself, donald trump, tweeted saying i love texas with a video of the actual incident. i think what the takeaway is from this, there is a reason the democratic campaign was there and that is because texas is actually in play now. it's usually a very republican state, but in this election it is now in play and that is why kamala harris was there yesterday. and equally is why it matters to the president, a whopping 38 electoral college votes that are up for grabs there. it is quite something that democrats think they have a chance there in that state so close to the election. there about 2% between the two candidates according to average polls.

lebo, also in texas, we have been reporting on attempted voter suppression in the past few days. just explain what's been going on there with attempts by republicans to throw out some votes already cast? interestingly, the republicans say what they want to do is make sure this is a fair election. votes cast are cast properly and they would point to efforts, their get out and vote efforts in black and latina neighbourhoods and they would say they want everyone to vote, just to do it properly. they brought the challenge to votes that were cast in a drive—through voting kind of setup. that was knocked out by a court today, but there is a very similar case that's going to be heard by a federal court tomorrow and that will say whether those votes are allowed to be counted. there is 127,000 votes in that case that are in question. there have been cases,

hundreds of cases up and down the country challenging what the rules are around voting. as i said, republicans say this is about making sure the vote is fair, that the election is run properly. democrats, as you say this is simply voter suppression. here in the uk, england is due to head into another lockdown on thursday — with questions being asked about how long it could last. at the moment the scheduled end date is december the 2nd. the cabinet minister, michael gove, said ministers will be "guided by the facts". he said the government wanted to get the coronavirus reproduction rate, below the critical level of one. the main opposition, labour party, said the government should have listened to its plan for a two—week lockdown last month. this report from our political correspondent, jonathan blake, contains flash photography. a round of golf while it's still allowed. here in hertfordshire, only the minimum restrictions are currently in place but, like the rest of england, people are now preparing for a new national lockdown.

i think it's frustrating here because the cases aren't that bad and we have all been, you know, following the rules that we were given. while people may not agree with it, we've got to stick with it. so it's a bit frustrating, yes, but rules are rules. the lockdown is due to last until the 2nd december but a senior government minister said that was a hope, not a guarantee and left open the option of restrictions staying in place for longer. if we ensure that all the steps that we're taking now are taken appropriately, we'll have an opportunity in advance of december 2nd, to review the progress that we're making and in advance of december 2nd, we can then communicate to those areas where some restrictions may be required, what they will be and also other areas where we've managed to beat back the virus, we can explain where liberties can be restored. labour say they'll support the plan but their leader is adamant it should have happened sooner. if what they announced yesterday had been announced when i said it should have been, two or three weeks ago, we could have had

the lockdown and schools shut because of the natural break of half term. you know, people will be waking up this morning and thinking, how on earth did it get to this? the government has to keep its side of the bargain here because if they don't use this time to fix test, trace and isolate, then i think the 2nd december will be a review date, not an end date. with labour's support, the national lockdown is likely to pass a vote in parliament later this week, but some conservatives are dead against it. the senior tory backbencher sir graham brady has told the bbc this repetitive cycle of lockdowns is immensely damaging to people's livelihoods and causing a huge toll. he and others are unlikely to be able to stop the government's plans but they are speaking out in the strongest terms. there is concern, too, about where the lockdown leads. 0ne scientist advising the government said a return to regional restrictions is unrealistic. what mustn't happen is whenever that date comes, 2nd december or a little bit later,

that suddenly the world goes back to normal. it's not going to go back to normal immediately. i think it will be at least what is currently tier 3 or tier 3+ across the country. i don't think it makes sense to go back into regional variation in the restrictions that are in place immediately after this set of more draconian measures are lifted. in scotland, a new five tier system of regional restrictions comes into force tomorrow. and slightly looser restrictions are in place across northern ireland. police said up to 700 people attended this illegal rave near bristol last night, openly breaking the rules already in place. but this week will bring new limitations for everyone in england, as the government's last resort becomes a reality. jonathan blake, bbc news.

nearly half of slovakia's 5.5 million residents took coronavirus tests on saturday, in the country's largest peace—time military operation. the defence minister says one percent were positive and swabbing continued on sunday. testing is voluntary but anyone who refuses must quarantine for ten days. rescue teams are continuing to search for around 100 people missing since friday's earthquake, which struckjust off turkey's aegean coast, causing widespread damage in the city of izmir. at least 69 people were killed and thousands have been made homeless. in izmir, survivors have been pulled out of the rubble of collapsed buildings, including a 70—year—old. 0ur international correspondent, 0rla guerin, reports from the scene. they have been praying here for miracle rescues. 0vernight, they got one — a 70—year—old man called ahmet citim who had been buried for 33 hours, carried out alive. he was reclaimed from this — the wreckage of an eight—storey apartment block, now all but erased

from the landscape. a local official told us residents were worried and asked for an inspection over a year ago. it concluded the building wouldn't survive an earthquake. well, the search is continuing here, hour after hour. the rubble is several storeys high, and standing here, seeing all of this crushed concrete, it's hard to imagine that anyone else could be brought out alive. but the teams are still searching by hand, with heavy equipment, and with dogs. and nearby, relatives are keeping an anguished vigil. many haven't left the site since the moment of the earthquake at 2:51pm on friday afternoon. erdil is one of them — waiting for news of his beloved sister. she worked in a dental office on the ground floor of the building.

my sister's university friend and other friend, every time call me, every time calling me, writing, on instagram, on the phone, every time, writing, calling me, every people call me. we arejust waiting. i have a hope, i need to pray. every people need to pray because we have a chance. nearby we met raheema. she hasn't lost any loved ones but isn't sure she can bear to stay in the neighbourhood. now, opposite me, there will be a building that isn't there, she said, and people who aren't there. tonight, rescue teams are still grappling with the rubble and turkey is suffering a collective after—shock. across this ea rthquake—prone country many now asking, could we be next?

0rla guerin, bbc news, izmir. stay with us on bbc news, still to come... protests in mongolia after china decides to reduce mongolian language teaching — we have a special report. the israeli prime minister, yitzhak rabin, the architect of the middle east peace process, has been assassinated. a 27—year—old man has been arrested, and an extremist jewish organisation has claimed responsibility for the killing. at polling booths throughout the country, they voted on an historic day for australia. as the results came in, it was clear — the monarchy would survive. of the american hostages, there was no sign. they are being held somewhere inside the compound, and student leaders have threatened that, should the americans attempt to rescue, they will all die.

this mission has surpassed all expectations. voyager one is now the most distant man—made object anywhere in the universe — and it just seems to keep on going. tonight, we prove once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but the enduring power of our ideals. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: donald trump and joe biden are making a dash around battle ground states — in the last days of campaigning before tuesday's presidential election. rescue work continues in the turkish city of izmir following friday's earthquake. 69 people are now known to have died.

let's go to belarus now, where security forces have been using flash grenades and firing warning shots as they try to disperse protesters in minsk. the protesters have been taking part in the latest mass demonstrations against the country's long—term leader, alexander lukashenko. the security forces tried to prevent the protesters from gathering at a site on the outskirts of the capital linked to stalinist repression. it's the 12th successive sunday of mass demonstrations since august's widely discredited election. franak viacorka is the advisor to exiled opposition politician sviatla na tsikhanouskaya. he spoke to me earlier from lithuania. svetla na tsikhanouskaya does not coordinate the protests, but she is more like a symbol. she is inspiring the protests. she is showing the belarussians can manage to change the system and to conduct fair and free elections. she speaks to the foreign leaders, she met angela merkel and emmanuel macron. now she represents the ambitions of belarussians

who were protesting for three months in a row. can the protests succeed, do you think, without her or a figure like her there to lead them? actually, protesters do not need a leader. this protest in belarus, this revolution is leaderless, i would say. it's very grassroots, it's very decentralised, and people organise themselves into smaller communities, smaller groups, they prepare posters, flags, they help each other, and the only goal that unites everyone is the will for changes, and each time when they gather the police brutally cracks down on the protest and this motivates even more. it motivates people to go out and right now we can see pensioners, students, pupils, all of them protesting together. let's see where it will go, but, definitely, the regime is making more and more mistakes, and, i would say, when ecomoic crisis will approach, lukashenko will not

be able to keep things under control as before. at least four people are reported to have died, as the strongest typhoon so far this year, hammers the philippines. typhoon goni made landfall before dawn, with what the authorities called "catastrophic" winds of more than 140 miles an hour, and intense rain. 0ur correspondent in manila, howard johnson, sent this report. the most powerful storm on earth this year. it hit the small island of catanduanes just before 5am this morning. hours later, it made its second landfall, tearing through the popular tourist province of albay. famous for its picturesque mayon volcano, today goni turned the region into a watery mess. strong winds whipped and lashed trees and electricity lines. flash floods inundated rivers and roads.

people clambered onto roofs of their homes to stay above the water line. the united nations fear that more than 20 million people are in the path of the typhoon. the philippine authorities have urged them to take refuge. translation: i evacuated because it's better to be safe. since i can't walk, i would have to crawl to get out when the winds get stronger. but if i can walk, i would prefer to stay in our place. translation: i'm afraid, because my mother's house is already weak and about to get crushed. goni is now heading to the philippine capital, metro manila. you can see the bands of thick clouds over here on the outer reaches of the weather system. 13 million people live in the city, but it's unusually quiet today as people begin hunkering down for the night. but the biggest concern remains for the town of virac on catanduanes. it was the first urban area to be hit by the storm,

and communications remain down. the municipality is believed to be home to more than 70,000 people. howard johnson, bbc news, manila. in recent years the chinese government has faced damning criticism over its handling of ethnic minorities like the uighurs now china's mongolian community has become the latest headache for an ever—more repressive communist party under xi jinping. the central government, which is dominated by china's majority han chinese, reduced mongolian language teaching. prompting rare protests in china's northern border region. 0ur china correspondent stephen mcdonell travelled to the inner mongolian grasslands. singing. china's mongolians have been protesting, keeping their children out of the speciality schools serving this ethnic minority. but the government has reduced the use of their native language for teaching in favour of mandarin. as with other ethnic groups government beijing is accused

of watering down culture as a form of assimilation. officials say this has all been exaggerated. so we travelled to the province of inner mongolia to gauge the situation. ethnic mongolians now make up less than 20% of the population — only half speak their own language. people here traditionally were nomadic herdsmen. but following modernisation and various government programmes, that's all gone. this is a proud culture, and it's bound up in language. however, some here now think that language is being taken away from them. but up the road, the authorities are waiting for us. it's an ever more familiar pattern forforeign

reporters in china — we are now tailed everywhere we go by men in plain clothes. we passed schools with propaganda banners out front, telling students to use only mandarin language. we'd like to speak to the neighbours around the school about this. but now that were being followed, we can't do that because, of course, we go and start knocking on the doors? well, see, the people in this white car here who have been following us? well, they'll go and start asking questions, and we just be getting them into trouble. phone rings. i speak to a government official, requesting an interview. but when i start asking about the protests... 0h. dial tone. 0h. funny how the line cut out there, isn't it? all the while, our friends are watching and listening. 0ther reporters trying to cover

the story have been ordered out of the province. just as we're about to leave, we're told a school tour has now been organised for us. unlike many schools in the province, here they say the vast majority of students and teachers are ethnic mongolians, including the principal. cameras filmed our visit apparently for local television. the principal says cultural education, like writing in mongolian, is important. but in china, mandarin proficiency is the key to prosperity. she thinks some parents have been confused by the changes. translation: they thought all classes would change and use mandarin. but it's not that. it's only three. and yet not everyone is convinced by this reassurance. their goal is very clear — to completely remove the mongolian language from the education system, period.

mongolians consider this as a cultural genocide. parents and teachers have been urged to get children back into class, with financial inducements and threats of punishment. these students are caught up in a fight for the future of their mother tongue. but it's also about control, and the question of what it means to be a citizen in this country if you're not han chinese. stephen mcdonell, inner mongolia. you've heard of a bull in a china shop. how about a wild boar in a shop... in china. a security camera captured the moment when the tusked intruder crashed into a milk tea store in nanjing city. the waitress was alone in the shop when the 100 kilogram porker pushed its way in, forcing her to scramble over the counter. after the boar left she called the police. they shot it with a tranquilizer gun and took

it to the local zoo. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @ samanthatvnews. hello. there is some drier, colder weather to come in the week ahead. but before then, still some rain in the forecast courtesy of this frontal system continuing on itsjourney south and eastwards through the early hours of monday morning. ahead of this, still some very mild air — so temperatures not much lower than 15—16 celsius across south east england, and the cloud and rain will clear from here through the morning. behind that, we will all see some spells of sunshine, but also plenty of showers — these most frequent across southern scotland into northern ireland, northern england, north wales, and may well merge to give a longer spell of rain. nowhere is immune from a heavy, blustery shower. the winds are quite strong across the southern half of the uk, still exceeding 50 mph across southern and western coasts, a little bit lighter than they have been further north. but it will be a cooler—feeling day, 9—11; celsius after that mild start across the east anglia and south east england, the temperatures falling

away through the day. we keep outbreaks of rain going as we go through the night, tending to become more showery the further north you are full some persistent rain moving into parts of southern england. elsewhere, some clear skies, leading to a colder night than recently — 4—7 celsius the overnight low. so through tuesday and into wednesday, it is still a messy picture with the rain to clear way from south east england, still some showers around. but what is noticeable is that colder air starting to spread across the uk and, by the time we get to wednesday morning, it's the return of overnight frost. let's take a closer look at tuesday. still that rain to clear away from east anglia and southeast england, could be heavy for a time. elsewhere, it's a day of sunshine and showers, and those showers most frequent the further north and west you are — some could well escape with a mainly dry day. wind is still quite brisk at first, particularly for western coasts, but they will be tending to ease as the day wears on. so where you've got the sunshine on and out of the wind, even though temperatures won't get much higher than 9—11 celsius, should feel pleasant enough in the sunshine. now as you go through tuesday night and into wednesday,

this is where we start to see this area of high pressure building and from the southwest. notice how the isobars become more spaced apart. the winds will fall lighter, most will have clear skies, and we will wake up on wednesday morning for some sunshine but also a frost, and potentially some mist and fog, as well, that will become more prevalent as we go through thursday and friday. so generally for the week ahead, once we've got tuesday out of the way, wednesday through friday for most are looking dry with some sunshine. but it will be feeling much colder, both by day and by night. goodbye.

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the headlines... donald trump and joe biden are making a dash around battle ground states in the last days of campaigning before tuesday's presidential election. joe biden, the democratic candidate, has a solid national lead in the polls, but this advantage is narrower in key states which could decide the result. rescue work is continuing in collapsed buildings in the western turkish city of izmir following an earthquake on friday. 69 people are known to have died, and more than 200 are being treated in hospital. hopes of finding more suvivors in the rubble are diminishing. the british government has warned the new lockdown in england might last longer than a month if infection rates continue to rise. strict measures come into force on thursday when pubs, restaurants, gyms, nonessential shops, and places of worship will close — but schools, colleges, and universities can stay open.