across southern counties. that will clear to the east through tuesday, and then we are back into drier conditions with a few showers. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. boris johnson will urge mps to back his plan for a second national lockdown in england, when he makes a statement in the house of commons later. the pm is expected to stress the government's intention to ease restrictions after a month. the government's intention to ease if you want to get in touch about the new restrictions coming in in england, or any of today's other stories, do get in touch. the hollywood actorjohnny depp will find out later today whether he's won his libel case against the sun newspaper. donald trump and joe biden head to crucial swing states to campaign, as the us election campaign enters its final stage.

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. for the latest news and analysis boris johnson will urge mps to back his plan for a second national lockdown in england, when he makes a statement in the house of commons today. he's expected to stress the government's intention to ease the new restrictions after a month. the prime minister announced on saturday that strict measures will be imposed across england from thursday. people will be told to stay at home except for specific reasons. pubs, restaurants, gyms, non—essential shops and places of worship will close. and meeting indoors or in private gardens will not be allowed. but you will be able to meet one other person from another household

outside in a public place. our political correspondent, jonathan blake, reports. and so now is the time to take action because there is no alternative. after addressing the nation, boris johnson will today attempt to get mps on board with his plan for a national lockdown in england. the prime minister is expected to again point to stark warnings from scientists that unless the government acts, deaths over the winter could be twice as bad or more than during the first wave of the pandemic. he'll acknowledge labour's view that he should have acted sooner, but defend the system of regional restrictions he has pursued until now. labour's support means the plan is likely to pass when mps vote on it later this week but some conservatives are taking a stand. if these kind of measures were being taken in any totalitarian country around the world, we would be denouncing it as a form of evil. and here, the removal of people's fundamental liberties

is going almost without comment. the national lockdown will see non—essential retail closed along with pubs, bars and restaurants, except for takeaway and delivery. gyms, hairdressers and beauty salons must also shut, and only two people from different households can meet outside. after the cabinet office minister michael gove‘s admission yesterday that the lockdown could continue beyond the beginning of december, the prime minister will try to reassure mps that the end is in sight. and there will be a return to the tiered system on the 2nd of december according to the latest data and trends. just a reminder that we love to hear your thoughts on any of the stories we are doing, whether it is about lockdown is, at the restrictions, the us presidential elections and so on. do get in touch with me on twitter and you can use the hashtag

to pot. —— #bbcyourquestions well, we've already been hearing about the new coronavirus restrictions on their way for people in england. what's the situation in other parts of the uk? i've been getting more details from chris page in belfast, tomos morgan in cardiff and — first — lorna gordon in glasgow. as england moves into this national lockdown, scotland has moved to a more localised five tier system. it is not the easiest system to follow, but there is a postcode checker where you can put your postcode. i did that this morning and it told me this area is level three, the second highest level of restrictions. it is pretty tight, they are asking you not to travel outside your council area if you are in a level three area. some areas have fewer restrictions. orkney, shetland, the western isles, murray and the highlands are under level one restrictions. the backdrop against all of this is that the scottish government is warning that they cannot rule out a full lockdown at some later point.

however, that said, there are early indications here that the prevalence of the virus is plateauing, meaning people are still going into hospital but the rate of increase has slowed right down in those figures. ahem, excuse me. there is a hope, but not a guarantee that the national lockdown can be avoided. 0k, lorna, thank you very much. let's go now to tomos morgan in cardiff. wales‘ first minister, mark drakeford, will set out the new restrictions to be put in place when the country's firebreak lockdown ends a week today. mark drakeford concentrating on the exit strategy from all of this. thatis that is occupying a lot of our thoughts, how do we get out of these restrictions once we are into them? based on what has been going on so far with this firebreak, does wales think that it will be able to achieve that next monday? well, i think mark drakeford said

from the start, and this morning, that it will not be initially on monday the ninth when we will see whether or not the firebreak has had the desired effect which is of course to reduce the r rate and reduce the strain on the nhs. it will be at least two weeks later because there is always a delay in the figures. it will be at that point we will know whether it has worked. they have done for this two—week approach, a stricter approach, because they thought a short sharp break like this would make more of a difference. on the ninth, businesses that have been closed, hospitality, nonessential shops, leisure, will all re open and what we are hoping for today and what we will be getting today is a strategy up until christmas so the number of people that can now mix from now on until christmas and the rules on travel, what will happen in terms of people coming into wales from covid hotspots — of course england now going into a national lockdown — how will that affect wales? will there be a travel ban coming into wales?

but what mark drakeford said this morning is there will be no going back to local restrictions in wales. it will be a national approach. there will be a basic set of national rules in wales that will be simpler and clearer, and it will allow for something beyond what we have had during the firebreak period. but my top message to people in wales is, don't make your first question to yourself, "how far can i stretch the rules?" make the first question, "what should i do? what contribution can i make to keeping myself and others safe?" and tojudge your actions against that criteria. if we do that, then there is a way out of coronavirus that will safeguard us all. if we play it as a game in which yourjob is to think about what the rule is and see how much you can stretch it, then i'm afraid the weeks ahead will be very difficult indeed. so, at the moment, people coming into wales from tier 2 and above from england,

from northern ireland and from that central belt of scotland, they are actually banned by law from coming into wales and people will be fined and turned back. it will be interesting to see... logically, what one would expect today is potentially there will be a travel ban extending to the whole of england, other than for essential work reasons, childcare or some of the valid exceptional circumstances, of course. people will be really looking forward to seeing how they will be able to mix again with friends and family. mark drakeford has said there will be some easing of those restrictions and people will be able to meet up socially to some degree. the hope is that this set of national restrictions today, national rules, will be able to take us all the way until christmas and the first minister here is hoping for a joint approach from the four different nations of the uk to agree upon something over the festive period, but potentially after that, if the numbers increase again, the government here have said all along that there is a likelihood that there would be another short,

sharp firebreak again in the new year if the figures increase again after that. ok, thank you for that. tomos morgan in cardiff. let's head to northern ireland, to belfast. chris page is there. good morning. schools returning in northern ireland today after an extended half—term break but that is just part of the jigsaw of restrictions. other restrictions are still in place. what sort of effect have they been having so far? the infection rate in northern ireland has been coming down but it is still much higher than anybody would like. just over a fortnight ago, the devolved government here brought in a series of measures designed to deal with what at that time we are breaking away there from chris page to bring you news from the high court that the hollywood starjohnny depp has lost his high

court libel action against the sun newspaper over an article published in the paper which had labelled him a wife beater. that news just coming in on the last few seconds. johnny depp has lost his high court libel action. we can go to our correspondent who has been following the case and is at the royal courts of justice. what more can you tell us? a highly anticipated judgment from the high court, it has been handed down electronically. johnny depp and amber heard, his former wife, they are not actually hear at the royal courts ofjustice, are not actually hear at the royal courts of justice, but are not actually hear at the royal courts ofjustice, but in the last couple of minutes we have had the judgment handed down by mrjustice nicholl. johnny depp the hollywood actor has not succeeded in his libel case against the publisher of the sun newspaper. i will read you a summary sun newspaper. i will read you a summary of what the judge has said.

thejudgment itself summary of what the judge has said. the judgment itself is 128 pages long. in his summary, thejudge has said the claimant, johnny depp, has not succeeded in his action for libel, although he has proved the necessary elements of his cause of action in libel, the defendants, thatis action in libel, the defendants, that is the publishers of the sun newspaper, have shown that what they published in the meaning which i have held the words to bear was substantially true. the summary judgment goes on to say, i have reached these conclusions having examined in detail the 1a incidents in which the defendants rely as well as the overarching considerations which the claimant submitted i should take into account. so in the last couple of minutes, that judgment which has been highly anticipated and will be watched around the world, in particular in

hollywood, that's news just in that johnny depp has lost his libel case against the publisher of the sun newspaper. the case here at the high court in the summer, injuly, it heard some dramatic details about what was a very difficult marriage betweenjohnny depp what was a very difficult marriage between johnny depp and what was a very difficult marriage betweenjohnny depp and amber heard. they were married forjust over a yearin they were married forjust over a year in 2015. and both actors gave evidence during the libel case that johnny depp had brought against the sun and during the hearing and the head, his former wife, sun and during the hearing and the head, his formerwife, made 1a allegations of domestic violence. she said herformer allegations of domestic violence. she said her former husband allegations of domestic violence. she said herformer husband had been violent towards her on more than 1a occasions. she also said, through her lawyers, that she alleged that her lawyers, that she alleged that he was controlling and verbally and physically abusive towards her and

particularly when he was under the influence of drugs and alcohol. during the hearing, johnny depp strenuously denied all of those allegations that amber heard had made against him in the courtroom. he said had never been violent towards his former wife. in fact, he said, he had never been violent towards a ny said, he had never been violent towards any woman at all. he had brought this case, his lawyers had said, to try and rebuild his reputation because his lawyers, during the case, said that the article, and this all goes back to an article that was published in the sun newspaper by its executive editor dan wotton, the article referred to johnny depp editor dan wotton, the article referred tojohnny depp as a wife—beater. johnny depp's barrister said it had made defamatory allegations of the utmost seriousness against him, and that is whyjohnny depp had brought this

case to the high court. what we also heard, apart from those very serious allegations made by amber heard, against herformer allegations made by amber heard, against her former husband allegations made by amber heard, against herformer husband in allegations made by amber heard, against her former husband in at the hearing injuly at the high court, was there very difficult marriage. his drug—taking, alcohol use, those we re his drug—taking, alcohol use, those were all laid bare in a public court room for the whole world to hear. i don't know if you remember but amber heard came out on the steps of the high court after that hearing finished, and she had said that this was not something that she wanted to do. she had not wanted to come to the court for her private life, her marriage tojohnny depp to be laid bare ina marriage tojohnny depp to be laid bare in a courtroom. david sillito, my colleague, sat through the three—week hearing and here is the background. one time, johnny was hitting me and he was hitting me hard and

repeatedly. the heart of this is a single word. johnny depp, one of the most successful actors in the world, was accused of being a wife—beater at. a man who assaulted his wife on more than 1a occasions, who left her fearing for her life. amber heard had photographs. she also had video. what happened ? had photographs. she also had video. what happened? but johnny depp said it was all a hoax. the couple had met on the set of a film. six years later they were married. it lasted just over a year and ended with amber heard appearing at the divorce hearing the same johnny amber heard appearing at the divorce hearing the samejohnny depp had been verbally and physically abusive towards her. in the years that followed, she became an activist for women's rights and wrote about enduring domestic violence. and when

the sun newspaper it to the macro questionjohnny depp's the sun newspaper it to the macro question johnny depp's casting the sun newspaper it to the macro questionjohnny depp's casting in the fantastic beast movie, the star made a decision. he would go to court. and he had an army of fans convinced that he was the victim of domestic violence, not amber heard. justice forjonny! domestic violence, not amber heard. justice for jonny! all of domestic violence, not amber heard. justice forjonny! all of the allegations against him, i don't believe. he seems like a very gentle person. i think this will change history. if he winds it will change history. if he winds it will change history. if he winds it will change history. i really do think that because i feel it will give men courage to come forward and speak out more. this case was an attempt to save the reputation. fans cheered him on as he arrived in court each day to challenge his ex wife's claims. of course this wasn't amber heard's case. the accusation had been made in the sun he was pursuing news group newspapers for libel. but everything hinged on whether amber head was telling the truth about incidents such as this.|j head was telling the truth about incidents such as this. i grew up in texas riding horses. this was amber

heard on james cording's texas riding horses. this was amber heard onjames cording's late late show in december 2015. in court she claimed that just before show in december 2015. in court she claimed thatjust before this she had been hit repeatedly byjohnny depp. of these photographs, she says, showed the injuries that lay behind the make—up. here, sitting on the tv sofa, she said she had two black eyes and a broken nose. but most of the alleged incidents were said to have taken place far away from any public scrutiny. this was where they lived, and penthouse apartments owned byjohnny depp. this was a world of private planes, even a private island, and a relationship that both sides accepted was stormy, troubled. but the videos and recordings, what did they truly show? was this evidence thatjohnny depp was violent to his partner was to let you drink this morning? is this going? ijust

started it. orjust angry at being secretly filmed? another recording talked about a punch, but not by johnny depp. and this wasjohnny depp in hospital after his finger was severed during another row. the question is, who do you believe about how it happened? amber heard said this was her moment to tell her truth. it has been incredibly painful to relive the break—up of my relationship, to have my motives, my truth questioned. and the most dramatic and intimate details of my life withjohnny shared in court and broadcast to the entire world. today'sjudgment has

decided there was truth in what she said. leaving a shadow over the reputation ofjohnny depp. david sillito, bbc news. has there been any reaction from any of the parties in this case to the judgment? yes, we havejust had a statement from the sun newspaper. that is that newspaper thatjohnny depp had brought his libel case here against the publisher of the sun newspaper, newsgroup. the statement in the last couple of moments has come in from the sun newspaper, saying the sun has stood up and campaignfor saying the sun has stood up and campaign for the victims of domestic abuse for over 20 years. domestic abuse for over 20 years. domestic abuse victims must never be silenced and we thank the judge for his careful consideration and thank amber heard for her courage in giving evidence to the court. and we

have actually come in the last couple of seconds, had a statement from amber heard's spokesperson, who has said in that statement, for those of us present for the london high court trial, this decision and judgment are not a surprise. the statement goes on to say, very soon we will be presenting even more volume as evidence in the us. we are committed to obtaining justice for amber heard in the us court and defending her right to free speech. so that is the statement from amber heard's spokesperson. she herself, you will remember, came to the high court to give what were very serious allegations, she made very serious allegations, she made very serious allegations against her former husband, who she was married to for just over a year in 2015. she outlined during her evidence here at the high court more than 1a

insta nces the high court more than 1a instances where she alleged that johnny depp had been violent towards her. she said in her witness statement, during her evidence to the courts, that'sjohnny depp had verbally and physically abused her. she described in court that there was a screaming, swearing, punching, slapping, kicking and, at times, she, during her evidence, said that she, during her evidence, said that she was in fear of her life when she was in the company of her former husband. so that breaking news, the long—awaited judgment that's hollywood, of course, we'll be watching very closely, that'sjohnny depp, the hollywood actor who brought the case against the sun newspaper to try and clear his name, he said his reputation and his future reputation were damaged by an article that the sun newspaper had published in 2018, where they

referred to him as a wife—beater. well, this morning, thejudge, mr justice nicol, has found against johnny depp. johnny depp has lost his libel case against the sun newspaper. whether we hear from his libel case against the sun newspaper. whether we hearfrom the actor at all, we are not clear at this stage. but he has today found out he has lost his libel case, a hugely expensive one, here at the high court this morning. thank you very much. our high court this morning. thank you very much. 0ur news high court this morning. thank you very much. our news correspondent helena wilkinson at the royal courts ofjustice with that breaking news. more now on the reaction from national lockdown announced in england. our political correspondent, iain watson, is in westminster. so, this is due to happen on thursday, or to begin on thursday. but not everybody in the conservative party is happy with the prime minster‘s decision. he is due to speak to mps later, so what is he

going to do to try to persuade those who are unhappy with the idea of another lockdown that is, you know, this is the right way ahead? he will be facing criticism on two fronts. primarily from some of his own backbenchers who are worried about the economic impact of a month long lockdown in england. some i worried of course not that it is a month long but that it could be extended beyond that because of some ambivalent comments made by cabinet minister at michael gove yesterday. they are concerned about what happens after the 2nd of december and whether at least a large swathes of england will still be in very severe restrictions. there are also those on the labour benches in particular who are saying the government ought to have acted sooner, so the prime minister's message will be come on two fronts, he will say, yes, he acknowledges the people pressing him to go for a national lockdown sooner, including some of his own scientific advisers, but he will defend the regional approach, trying to do his best to get this under control without imposing a national lockdown in the first place. secondly he will be

saying to some of his own restless backbenchers that he had no choice but to act. it was interesting this morning that rishi sunak, the chancellor, who is seen as someone who is really pushing behind the scenes to try to keep as much of the economy open as possible, he said he backed the prime minister and the reason for doing so was the growing pressure on the nhs. there is a range of different models and different estimates and i agree with the prime minister that we have to be humble in the face of nature. we're dealing with a virus that has clearly moved at a pace faster than we had anticipated or feared. it's the last thing we want to do, to bring in such restrictive measures. we strove very hard to avoid being in this situation. even the areas with currently low incidence now have some of the highest rates of increase and because of the way that the nhs is constructed in some of those areas, actually the pressure on beds would manifest itself quite soon — in a matter of weeks — and i think when we heard

all of that and saw all of that from all of our scientific medical advisers, it was clear — very regrettably — that, unless we took action now, and quite significant action, we would be in an unacceptable situation in just a matter of weeks. at number11, at number 11, saying along with number 10 that there is no choice to act. what is interesting is that some conservative mps are saying, actually, let's look at this in the round and what they want the chancellor to do is to come up with an economic impact assessment of a month long lockdown in england to look at the potential economic cost, thejobs look at the potential economic cost, the jobs that may be lost, the human cost, and some are also saying they need more information about how the health service is going to be treating other illnesses, other than a covid over the next month. some very practical interventions, i

think, this afternoon when the prime minister makes a statement to the house of commons, from mps asking for specific information. but beyond that, i think a measure of some of the restlessness on the conservative backbenches can be seen in the comments from mr graham brady, the chair of the influential committee of backbench conservative mps and he told the bbc last night if some of these measures were introduced by a totalitarian country, we would be denouncing them as a form of evil. that shows you just the strength of feeling against some in boris johnson's own ranks. he said basically it is a fundamental breach of human rights, the right to a family life, the right to who you can sleep with, even. they will be criticisms. i don't expect when the vote is on wednesday that the government will lose because labour have been criticising the tidiness of the covenant and most of their mps are likely to support the lockdown in england —— criticising the tidiness. concerns from mps i've heard over the weekend, some are relu cta nt to heard over the weekend, some are reluctant to rebel this week but the

concern is that this may go on and on and on so that when it comes to renewing these restrictions, if that is what the government decides to do on december the 2nd, we might be facing a much larger rebellion and even more descent than. 0k, thank you very much, iain watson in westminster. ryanair customers will not be refunded forflights in november, according to its boss, despite the uk government banning all but essential travel. michael o'leary said if a flight was operating, passengers would not get their money back but they could change to a later flight without paying a fee. ryanair has reported an 80% slump in passenger numbers during the coronavirus crisis. prince william was unwell with covid—19 earlier this year but it was not publicly announced. palace sources have confirmed the duke of cambridge had the virus around the same time that his father prince charles was self—isolating. jon donnison reports. prince william appearing on itv‘s pride of britain awards last night. you've had it in your own family, as well? yeah, my father had it very early on.

it turns out it wasn't just his father who was infected. the prince made no mention that he had also fallen ill with covid—19 last spring, but paid tribute to nhs workers. the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic has reminded us as a nation of how much we owe to the thousands of nhs workers who have gone far beyond the call of duty this year. kensington palace is giving no official comment or confirmation but a palace source told the bbc that a story in today's sun newspaper that the prince had shown symptoms of covid—19 around a week into the national lockdown last spring is accurate. i'm catherine and this is william next to me. at the time, prince william continued to carry out a number of official engagements using video conferencing. news of his father's covid—19 infection was made public. at the time he was photographed self—isolating in scotland. but it may be that, given the national mood last spring, there was no desire to add further

alarm by revealing prince william's condition. jon donnison, bbc news. the us presidential election enters its final day of campaigning, with both president trump and joe biden appealing to voters in crucial battleground states. the scale of early voting has been unprecedented with more than 93 million americans having cast their ballots already. our correspondent nomia iqbal reports from florida. this is the most important election of our lifetime. it is crunch time. president trump and joe biden have been making a push in the midwestern states and if those swing states are crucial, then florida is critical. music plays. donald trump needs more than their love. he needs their votes. to become president it requires 270 points from the electoral college

system and florida has 29 upforgrabs. without this state, the path back to the white house looks near impossible. more than eight million residents here have already voted. this is the last day of in—person early voting here in florida and at this polling station there are donald trump supporters on one side and joe biden supporters on the other, with no—one meeting in the middle. and that sums up what it is like to be in a swing state. people love the guy because they think he is like us, a regular person and not a politician. he is a liar. he wants power, that is it. he does not care about the community. and some say donald trump is trying to portray his rival, joe biden, in a way that plays on the fears of many latino voters. the trump administration

needs something to grab onto because their record is terrible. so one of the biggest ways to scare cubans and venezuelans is by fear mongering them into talking about communism and socialism. my entire family is voting for donald trump. my entire family. i am one of the few in my family who is not voting for trump, who is voting forjoe biden. florida has been problematic in delivering election results. officials tell us they are ready this time. if that is true, then on election night florida will give us an early sense of which man is on track to become the next president. the headlines on bbc news... actorjohnny depp has lost his high court libel action against the sun newspaper over an article which labelled him a "wife beater". boris johnson will urge mps to back his plan for a second national lockdown in england when he makes a statement in the house of commons later. the pm is expected to stress the government's intention to ease

restrictions after a month. donald trump and joe biden head to crucial swing states to campaign, as the us election campaign enters its final stage. in just a few days' time, england's second national lockdown will be brought in and the whole country will be facing much tighter restrictions. the government says they must do this to halt the spread of coronavirus and save lives — but what's the reaction in towns where infection rates have been relatively low? duncan kennedy reports from winchester. it's home to 125,000 people. and is one more place that has endured covid. so when you ask people in winchester what they think of this week's new lockdown, the first thing you hear is resigned weariness. boring, boring. to go through it again? boring, yeah.

but places like winchester in the south of england haven't seen the kinds of covid numbers areas in the north have experienced. here in winchester, the figure is running at about 135 cases per 100,000 people. but compare that to a town in the north of similar size, say, preston, and there, the figure is more like 46a cases per 100,000 people. and that's why many here, it's hard tojudge numbers, think an england wide lockdown isn't right. i still think it's a bit unfair on the south, when the cases down here are quite low in comparison the north. so the tiered system would have probably worked out better. yeah, i totally agree. i think in the south, we are coping, it seems, anyway, people are sensible. but up in the north, obviously, it doesn't seem to be going as well. in the shops and businesses here, the views are more mixed. adrienne henry runs a hat making shop and store and believes

when it comes to lockdowns, the south is different. to lockdown the whole country, i don't know that it's a good idea. if the numbers were very high here, then, yes, i agree that we should be locked down. but as a whole country, i don't know. but her neighbour, susan woodman, isn't so sure. so, you know, we can do it for a month. if it's going to mean that we make a considerable, dramatic improvement to the situation. all in it together? yeah, absolutely. from thursday, we're all on the lockdown again. nowhere wants to be locked down. and although covid's footprint does vary widely across the country, it's a collective response that will once again be the nation's new direction of travel. duncan kennedy, bbc news, in winchester. just looking through tweets she had been sending me on a similar theme to the report there from duncan, one viewer says we are furious in east

sussex, the count is low, we have obeyed the rules. lockdown is unnecessary in the south. steve says, why have care homes been forgotten, my mother is locked away in her care home and i haven't seen her since february, this is heartbreaking, no one talks about it. she will die alone. another viewer says regarding school staying open because of the mental health of the children, what about the teachers? trying to keep 30 children safe and teaching them, its training, my wife is mentally exhausted when she gets home every day. there was one on gymnasiums, if icanfind day. there was one on gymnasiums, if i can find it, how day. there was one on gymnasiums, if i canfind it, how are day. there was one on gymnasiums, if i can find it, how are not essential? government has no idea how important they are too many transmission rates are minimal here, iamso transmission rates are minimal here, i am so lost. and in fact we will speak to someone who runs a gymnasium, i think it is a gymnasium for children, actually. that is coming up in the next few minutes. boris johnson will urge mps

to back his plan for a second national lockdown in england when he makes a statement in the house of commons today. the prime minister is expected to stress the government's intention to ease restrictions after a month despite a suggestion by the cabinet office minister michael gove that it could last longer. some conservative backbenchers are threatening to vote against the measures. i've been speaking to professor sir mark walport, who's a former chief scientific adviser to the uk government and is now a member of sage — the committee that advises ministers. the first thing to say is of course it's extraordinarily difficult for policymakers who are faced with some of the toughest decisions any politicians have to make but numbers are politicians have to make but numbers a re really politicians have to make but numbers are really speaking themselves. we are really speaking themselves. we are ata are really speaking themselves. we are at a quarter of the death rate, just over 250, of the first wave of this and doubling times of about two weeks each, that takes us up to the peak of earlier in the year. over 11,000 patients in our hospitals at the moment. the numbers there are very clear. i'm not sure about the

argument about a totalitarian state, i think if we were looking at that, ignoring those numbers, we would not think much of that either. ignoring those numbers, we would not think much of that eitherlj ignoring those numbers, we would not think much of that either. i was going to ask you about that, what did you think of author graham brady had to say and you outlined what you think about. the numbers, the predictions that cambridge data, there are other predictions but the fa ct of there are other predictions but the fact of the matter is they are all very high in terms of the number of deaths, aren't they? yes, the a nswe rs a re deaths, aren't they? yes, the answers are these are projections that the projections get more and more reliable as more numbers come in. the numbers have been very, very consistent over a number of weeks, the number of cases going up, spreading to older and the more vulnerable generations, we know people of all generations are susceptible to some of the non—disease—macro like symptoms which can be very debilitating over long periods. so the evidence is there, the only way this can't be stopped is by preventing the virus

from leaping from one person to another, that involves social distancing. i'm sure you would agree as much as the next person, a series of lockdown is is by no means ideal and you know, not the most effective way perhaps to deal with peaks and troughs but the only way we have right now. the last lockdown was all about flattening the curve, that was the phrase we heard over and over again and certainly this lockdown will be about cutting the numbers of deaths and stopping the nhs from being overwhelmed but is this lockdown going to be able to achieve more than that? can it go beyond flattening the curve? what we need to do is get the number of cases down so we need to get this reproduction number below one. and that was achieved the first time round and actually the cases came down very well but the brakes were taken off a bit too much, if you like, and so was able to come back. we do need to get them down and of

course, one of the reasons we are doing this very aggressively is because there is the prospect of better treatments and we are already ina better treatments and we are already in a better position in that your chance of surviving if you end up in intensive care significantly better than before and there is the prospect of antibody treatments and vaccines. so it's worth that effort, we should be able to get on top of it with additional interventions. we should be able to get on top of it with additional interventionsm the 2nd of december december doable asa the 2nd of december december doable as a point exit this new lockdown and what needs to happen to actually make that work? well, the answer is, the 2nd of december won't yield is a magical situation where it's all gone away. we are not going to be able to return to social life as it was before coronavirus. so there will need to be measures after december, the 2nd of december and, frankly, the only way we're going to find out is what the numbers of cases and see they change. people

need to play their part, everyone has to be careful about their own behaviour. but in terms of government policy, health policy, and the test and trace system, what needs to happen there? when the government is asked about this the a nswer government is asked about this the answer tends to focus on the testing but clearly, even if testing is ramped up and there is mass testing and faster testing, that doesn't preclude the trace part of the system needing to work as well stop so i'd like to get your thoughts on that. you are absolutely right. the whole point of testing is that you do something with the test result. and so, obviously, it is important to test people so they can self—isolate but it's equally important that we are then able to trace their contacts so they can be warned as well and also isolate for a period of time. so i think that is absolutely critical and it's the other reason for trying to get the numbers down because we know when the numbers are very large it's very difficult for even the best test and

trace systems in the world to stay on top of it. they've had to introduce measures at a rather earlier stage because they realise their test and tracing capacity was overwhelmed. do you think more needs to be done to make it easierfor people to stay at home, if they are found to be positive, because there have been a variety of figures, some of them not very encouraging, on the number of people who even if they had been told they are a contact of someone positive or have tested positive, don't isolate for a variety of reasons? they're absolutely does need to be support for people staying at home, it's no good being at home if you have no food. you need money to live on. and i think government is extremely well aware of that. that's exactly right, there needs to be a whole package of, if you like, public health and economic measures that make it possible for people to do what is the right thing which is to

stay—at—home and isolate. the right thing which is to stay-at-home and isolate. and to avoid a cycle of lockdown? yes, indeed. germany of course is another country entering a four—week period of lockdown. just hearing in the last few moments the german defence minister is self quarantining after learning she came into contact with the person who tested positive covid—19, that has just been announced by the german defence ministry. at test on herself has come back negative but she is self quarantining after learning she came into co nta ct quarantining after learning she came into contact with a person who tested positive for coronavirus. more now on the us election race as it enters its final hours, both donald trump and joe biden have been focusing on the swing—states on which their success orfailure depends. in the last few days both have been in the upper midwest home to north america's great lakes. michigan and wisconsin were two of the three historically democratic industrial states, along with pennsylvania, that narrowly voted republican in 2016, delivering mr trump his victory.

our correspondent yalda hakim spent the weekend in milwaukee, in wisconsin, where both parties have been chasing down votes from communities they don't usually target. waukesha county. the suburban dream. when donald trump talks about saving the suburbs, this is where he means. mostly white, affluent, the red heart of wisconsin. we voted for trump. we feel he loves his country, he loves his people, he loves america. he mentions god. god comes first. i think he's done a lot of major things in the united states and the world. and he doesn't fool around. he is obnoxious at times. ijust feel like he's been doing a lot of great things with the economy, trying to get it back to what it should be. what about the last four years?

do you think it's been quite a roller—coaster for americans? i think it's been more of a roller—coaster for president trump, that poor man, what he has been through. but things could be shifting. the democrats made big gains in suburbs like these in the 2018 midterms. we are used to having a lot of folks who may support us or may support us for the first time ever, they are going to vote democrat but they are not necessarily super confident in saying it out loud because that changes the dynamics of friendships and parent teacher groups and things like that. if biden can eat trump's margins even slightly it could help flip the state. democrats know that the vast majority of people in this county will vote for donald trump and the republican party but they are trying to change as many minds as possible and they say there is growing signs of support. patrick and barb have lived in this neighbourhood for decades. we are seeing a little bit of a crack, at

least in our city. you didn't used to see democratic signs very prominently in our city and now we are seeing more and more and more of them. so, it's a little bit encouraging, because like, a crack. a 30 minute drive and we are in a totally political landscape. milwaukee is the most racially polarised metropolitan area in america. and intensely democratic. hey, how are you? these african—america ns are also campaigning. but not for biden. i do have quite a few friends who are christians like myself, who are kind of struggling with who to vote for and once i share, you know, why i feel so strongly about, you know, voting in, the re—election of president trump, they kind of understood.

you know, why that might be but i have a feeling one or two friends might be reconsidering their vote. this is a community becoming more and more aware of the impact of their vote. in wisconsin, it may come down to black and latinx voters and we know that we can be the margin of victory and it really kind of goes to show the power that we have. with the ghost of 2016 hanging over this state, where trump's majority was a narrow one, both sides are fighting as if every vote could be decisive. yalda hakim, bbc news, wisconsin. hollywood starjohnny depp has lost his high court libel action against the sun newspaper over an article which labelled him a "wife beater". the actor sued the paper's publisher and its executive editor, dan wootton, over a 2018 article which claimed he had assaulted his ex—wife amber heard, which he denies. our media correspondent david sillito is here now.

david, this is just david, this isjust breaking david, this is just breaking within the last hour. take us through the detail we heard from the court and any reaction so far. we've got to go to what the allegations were. 1a allegations in court. these were very serious. this was amber heard, the former wife ofjohnny depp, saying she was at times in fear of her life, saying she had been facial bruising, broken nose, black eyes, repeated assaults against. and the judge has said and i will read it, i have found that the great majority of alleged assaults on amber heard byjohnny depp have been proved to the civil standard, that is 12 or 1a allegations. he says to place. so, the statement in the sun newspaper, that headline thatjohnny depp is a wife beater, he says, to be substantially true. this is

shattering for the reputation of johnny depp. and vindication for amber heard. a statement, of course, she is also facing further legal action from johnny depp, seeking to sue her in america and a statement from her council saying for those of us from her council saying for those of us present in the high court, the decision and judgment are not a surprise, very soon we will be presenting even more voluminous evidence in the us, we are committed to obtaining justice for amber heard. that reference to voluminous evidence is because of course amber heard was not the person who was being sued here, it was news group newspapers and so she was not obliged to reveal all the documentation about their relationship. statement, of course, now from the sun newspaper, the sun has stood up and campaign for the victims of domestic abuse for over 20 years, victims must never be silenced and we thank the judge for his careful consideration and we thank amber heard for her courage in giving evidence to the court. i

think one thing that is also worth mentioning, amber heard has, since she got her divorce from johnny depp, has spoken up on behalf of the people who suffered domestic violence, she has been essentially, and ambassador, to be questioned about what she was saying, told that it was all a hoax, this is very, very important to her reputation and also, to be believed about what she said over the course of their relationship and the judge said, a recurring theme in the evidence from johnny depp is that amber heard had constructed a hoax and that she had done this as an insurance policy. he was not convinced by that argument. david, thank you. more now on the new lockdown restrictions due to come into force across england on thursday. everyone will be told to stay at home except for specific reasons, and pubs, restaurants, non—essential shops and gyms will be told to close. we can speak now to simon green, an instructor at the little gym — a children's gym offering various

activities and classes for children and parents. simon, thank you very much for joining us today. the impact on your business of this lockdown will be... good morning. we are facing closure again, we are still waiting for confirmation across the different age groups that we serve but it's devastating, as always. this is a complicated problem and obviously there is no easy solution to this at there is no easy solution to this at the moment. but as a small business owner, we faced this before, we will visit again, we are adaptable. i am lucky to be part of our franchise group with 11 other franchisees, lucky to be part of our franchise group with 11 otherfranchisees, we adapted before, created an online service and we have come through this so i think we are ready to face it again and we are nervous, we don't know where it will end and i think that is our biggest problem.

do you think that your sector, the gymnasium sector, should be subject to the same restrictions as many other sectors, like pubs, restau ra nts other sectors, like pubs, restaurants etc? have you had any known cases of transmission at any of your 13 gymnasiums? that's a good question. in terms of transmission of cases, we have had one case at one gymnasium over the whole period of which we went through the normal procedures that we would need to do, outside of that, we have run the gymnasiums as normal, we had all the normal precautions and, being covid save as an environment, we are dealing with children from four months to 12 years old, we are in our sector that is typically seen as very low risk to start with. but, as everything, we are more cautious about our staff and customers more than anything else, first of all. but, you know, we are also aware that there are other needs, social,

mental, physical needs, especially young children, facing and young pa rents a re young children, facing and young parents are facing so we want to be there to serve them but we want to do the right thing by what the government restrictions are as well. just finally, if i can put to you, are you going to be able to survive and keep everyone in employment that you currently employ through this period? with, you currently employ through this period ? with, obviously, you currently employ through this period? with, obviously, the prime minister hoping that the lockdown can be exited on the 2nd of december but was no absolute guarantees, i guess? at the moment we are in it for the long term rather than a short—term blip so staffing wise, thatis short—term blip so staffing wise, that is all fine. the furlough scheme really helps us make sure that we keep those staff on and keep them employed and if we can obviously see a clear end date insight that we are reopening back in december, hopefully, when everything should be good for us, we have seen a good bounce back from the previous lockdown and we hope to see that again, going forward,

especially in the youngest age group that we have stop the four months, to three years, that has been fantastic for us so far so we hope to see them coming back in numbers as before. simon, thank you so much for your time. just a couple more of your comments from twitter, steve saying the restrictions are clear, we are supposed to reduce contact with others as much as possible so why are teachers being forced to work in u nsafe are teachers being forced to work in unsafe conditions? i guess lots of schools would say they have put effort into making sure the schools settings are as safe as possible. one from harry on twitter who says what is the government expecting university students to do this time and are there any guarantees we will be allowed to travel home at christmas even if lockdown is extended? of course we are always trying to answer these questions for you here on bbc news and we will endeavour to keep on doing that. a group of nuns in the south of england has found unlikely success with a chart—topping debut album. for these women who live a monastic

life — seeing very few outsiders and only leaving the grounds for medical appointments — their new—found fame has come as quite a shock! the bbc‘s clare casey reports. singing. in tough times, music speaks louder than ever, and it seems the collective voices of the poor clares have unwittingly tapped into a market of people in need of spiritual healing. back in a pre—covid existence, decca music executives approached the community of enclosed sisters with an idea for an album — blending their plaincha nt with a 21st—century chilled—out vibe, perfectly designed for headphone—wearing masses looking for a moment of escape. the group of women took a vote and decided it could be fun. when we received this request, about decca, for this album, we thought

that it was a good adventure for all of us to live this together, as a community, and it brings a lot ofjoy and energy to the community. liturgy is part of our life. it's part of our prayer, really. fortunately, all but one of the recording sessions was completed before england's first lockdown hit, and the composers had enough material to make the album. we love singing, we love music. and when it's a good sound, it's even better. unlike most girlgroups, it wasn't fame and money these singers were hoping for, but to bring a touch of calm to people's lives. clare casey, bbc news.

good music for meditation, i should think. the singing nuns whose voices are now being heard by many more people than before. you are watching bbc news. rebecca is here injust a few moments to take you through until1pm. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. some parts of the southeast and eastern england this morning started off with temperatures between 15 and 18 degrees. but as this cold front sinks south, the temperature will actually go down behind it. and you can see another weather front coming in from the west, enhancing the showers. and all those isobars are telling us that it's going to be another windy day. not as windy in the north as it was over the weekend, but still windy in the west and also the south. so, some dry weather today, some sunshine to look forward to. but, equally, we've got quite a lot of showers and some of those will merge to give some longer spells of rain at times. these are the kind of wind gust strengths that we're expecting — so still gusty winds

to watch out for. temperatures, nine in the north to about 1k in parts of the southeast, so dropping for some by about four degrees or so. now, through this evening and overnight, the rain in the northwest pushes across scotland. we could see some wet snow in argyll and bute, the south highlands, for example. and we've got another band coming in across southern wales and also central parts of england. behind that, on higher ground in wales, on the moors, we could also see some wet snow — but just on higher ground. now, that will bring rain into the southeast and then it turns cooler. a ridge of high pressure starts to build in and you can see all that mild air indicated by the yellows and oranges pushed away and we see a return to blue — indicating that cooler weather. so for tuesday, we eventually say goodbye to this weather front as it drifts off into the north sea — lot drier behind it. there will still be some showers dotted around. the winds will be a lot lighter, as well, than they have been in the last few days, and are going to be

for some of us today. and temperaturewise on tuesday — well, roughly between nine in lerwick and 12 as we sweep down towards london. now, moving on from tuesday night into wednesday, we start to see this ridge of high pressure build in. that's going to settle things down, but it's also going to turn much colder, so first thing wednesday morning, we could be looking at some frost and also some fog as we go through not just wednesday, but the overnight period and the next couple of nights, as well. so what can you expect? well, on wednesday, thursday, friday and saturday, it will be drier. there'll still be one or two showers. it's not going to be as windy, but it's going to be cooler by day and night.

this is bbc news. i'm rebecca jones. the headlines at 11: boris johnson will urge mps to back his plan for a second national lockdown in england, when he makes a statement in the house of commons later. the pm is expected to stress the government's intention to ease restrictions after a month. scotland's new five—tier system of restrictions comes into force, with edinburgh, glasgow and the central belt facing controls on alcohol sales and restaurant opening times. and new restrictions for wales — later today the first minister will set out his plans for when the country's firebreak lockdown ends next monday. business in england faces more restrictions, the cbi describes a

second lockdown is a real blow for firms. actorjohnny depp has lost his high court libel action against the sun newspaper over an article which labelled him a "wife beater". donald trump and joe biden head to crucial swing states to campaign, as the us election campaign enters its final stage. hello and welcome to bbc news. borisjohnson will urge mps today to back his plan for a second national lockdown in england, when he makes a statement in the house of commons later. he's expected to stress the government's intention to ease the new restrictions after a month. the prime minister announced on saturday that strict measures will be imposed across england from thursday.

people will be told to stay at home except for specific reasons. pubs, restaurants, gyms, nonessential shops and places of worship will close. and meeting indoors or in private gardens will not be allowed. but you will be able to meet one other person from another household outside in a public place. elsewhere, scotland has moved into its new five—tier system of restrictions this morning. nowhere has yet been placed into the most severe, tier 4. later today, the first minister of wales, mark drakeford, will outline an exit plan from the country's national firebreak, which is due to end on the 9th november. and as mentioned, we expect the prime minister to address mps this afternoon, to try to win over some tories who are threatening to vote against the lockdown in england. he has though cancelled plans to speak to business leaders this morning. the business secretary, alok sharma, will instead speak at the annual cbi

conference as concerns mount over the impact of upcoming restrictions. first, this report from jonathan blake. and so now is the time to take action because there is no alternative. after addressing the nation, boris johnson will today attempt to get mps on board with his plan for a national lockdown in england. the prime minister is expected to again point to stark warnings from scientists that unless the government acts, deaths over the winter could be twice as bad or more than during the first wave of the pandemic. he'll acknowledge labour's view that he should have acted sooner, but defend the system of regional restrictions he has pursued until now. labour's support means the plan is likely to pass when mps vote on it later this week but some conservatives are taking a stand. if these kind of measures were being taken in any totalitarian country around the world, we would be denouncing it as a form of evil.

and here, the removal of people's fundamental liberties is going almost without comment. the national lockdown will see non—essential retail closed along with pubs, bars and restaurants, except for takeaway and delivery. gyms, hairdressers and beauty salons must also shut, and only two people from different households can meet outside. after the cabinet office minister michael gove's admission yesterday that the lockdown could continue beyond the beginning of december, the prime minister will try to reassure mps that the end is in sight. and there will be a return to the tiered system on the 2nd of december according to the latest data and trends. let's speak to our political correspondent, iain watson. good to have you with us. as jonathan was saying, not everyone in

the conservative party is happy with this lockdown. how much of a job has borisjohnson got this lockdown. how much of a job has boris johnson got to this lockdown. how much of a job has borisjohnson got to win over his own mps? i think they will certainly be his prime audience at 3:30pm when he gives his statement to the house of commons. he would have preferred to announce the lockdown this afternoon rather than saturday, but links to newspapers and broadcasters forced his hand. effectively, what he will be saying as it is far too dangerous not to act, given the evidence that has been piling up and the threats to life that would have happened otherwise across winter as we have been hearing. i think the specific demands he will be facing from some of his own mps will be to look at this problem, as they see it, in the round. could there be for example an economic assessment done of the impact of a months long lockdown in england? how manyjobs would be lost? what would be the overall loss to the economy? a whole range of conservative mps have been calling for this or raising concerns about the economy, including former

conservative leader iain duncan smith. in addition to that, i think he also has to convince people that he also has to convince people that he has some kind of plan that this will not be either a continuing cycle of lockdowns will not be either a continuing cycle of lockd owns or will not be either a continuing cycle of lockdowns or that the existing lockdown on december the 2nd will be either extended or in reality de facto extended by putting perhaps the whole country or almost all of it in these tier 3 restrictions for a longer period in the run—up to christmas. at this stage, we had from sir graham brady who was raising concerns about fundamentally breaching human rights, but i think it is interesting that certainly inside government, the chancellor has been pressing to keep as much of the economy open it for as long as possible, but now he is weighing in at very clearly behind the prime minister and saying the pressure on the nhs is forcing the government to act. there is a range of different models and different estimates and i agree with the prime minister that we have to be humble in the face of nature. we're dealing with a virus that has

clearly moved at a pace faster than we had anticipated or feared. it's the last thing we want to do, to bring in such restrictive measures. we strove very hard to avoid being in this situation. even the areas with currently low incidence now have some of the highest rates of increase and because of the way that the nhs is constructed in some of those areas, actually the pressure on beds would manifest itself quite soon — in a matter of weeks — and i think when we heard all of that and saw all of that from all of our scientific medical advisers, it was clear — very regrettably — that, unless we took action now, and quite significant action, we would be in an unacceptable situation in just a matter of weeks. so, united front from number ten and number 11 downing st, arguing that these restrictions are absolute you necessary. what we hear from

these restrictions are absolute you necessary. what we hearfrom labour this afternoon is that the government is doing perhaps too little too late and they should have had a lockdown much earlier in england to coincide with the october half term, but none the less, they will support the restrictions that are being introduced which means when mps vote on this on wednesday, it will definitely go through. there will be because the conservative rebellion but i think it will be far more likely that greater numbers of conservative mps will express discontent if there is any extension beyond the month long lockdown. at this stage, i think there will be some concerns expressed by the government will get its measures through. thanks. let's speak to the epidemiologist dr tom jefferson from oxford university. a very warm welcome to bbc news. i wonder what your reaction is to the announcement of this latest lockdown for doctor you understand where the government is coming from? as we explain sometimes, the data which is

referred to as black—and—white as anything but black and white. we do not really understand how cases are calculated and projections that we have seen or forecasts that we have seen of cases and deaths are actually really quite exaggerated. we have shown that in our trackers on the website. anybody can go on and check predictions versus the actual evidence that is coming out. i must say, however, that this is very difficult to untangle, because there are quite a number of different servings and data sources which give different estimates and no reports of methods and most often do not display the presumptions behind these models. isn't there some assertion that a lockdown does

reduce the spread of infections and therefore the number of deaths? u nfortu nately, therefore the number of deaths? unfortunately, the patchwork of restrictions that has been applied throughout europe actually makes that statement very problematic to check, to assess. because what you would have to do, you would have to have a state or a nation or an area with some kind of restrictions and one without restrictions and then compare them. this has not happened. the increasing number of restrictions, all patchwork, doubling and sometimes very unclear, makes that kind of interpretation very difficult. what is certain is that restrictions have an impact, a human toll, and they have an economic toll. a societal told and that toll is never modelled. the forecasts that we see and that we

are shown are all about the projected benefits or restrictions. there may be some people listening who say you are essentially putting livelihoods ahead of lives. isn't one death still too many deaths? all deaths are regrettable. u nfortu nately, we deaths are regrettable. unfortunately, we are allowed to die at the end of our life. the question becomes wider, if you want to widen the question, it becomes as follows, are we going to use restrictions every winter? if we have a very bad acute infection this season, are we going to start using restrictions there? because this is the logic thatis there? because this is the logic that is behind applying

restrictions. why just that is behind applying restrictions. whyjust folk over 19? why not for the other bugs which will start moving around very soon if they have not already done so? —— why just for covid—19? if they have not already done so? —— why just for covid-19? you said if they have not already done so? —— whyjust for covid-19? you said you have exchange opposition several times, i know you presented a plan to the private what is your reaction been from him? what are you hearing from government to the ideas and arguments you are putting forward? nothing. nothing at all? nothing at all. why do you think that is? i think that that is a question for government. i do not think... does not appear that they are open to debate. any governments are open to debate. any governments are open to debate. and i personally think this is regrettable, simply because the measures that are taken impact on

everybody. unfortunately we must leave it there, but very good to talk to you, thanks forjoining us on bbc news. thank you. wales's first minister, mark drakeford, will set out the new restrictions to be put in place when the country's firebreak lockdown ends a week today. people in wales have been told to stay at home except for exercise and essential journeys. meetings between households are banned, and pubs, restaurants and nonessential shops are shut. well, there will be a basic set of national rules in wales which will be simpler and clearer and it will allow for something beyond what we have had during the firebreak period. but my top message to people in wales is do not make your first question to yourself, "how far can i stretch the rules?" make the first question, "what should i do?"

"what contribution can i make to keeping myself and others safe?" and tojudge your actions against that criteria. if we do that, then there is a way out of coronavirus that will safeguard us all. if we play it as a game, in which yourjob is to think about what the rules are and see how far you can stretch it, then i am afraid the weeks ahead will be very difficult indeed. people in scotland are waking up to new restrictions today, as the country is split into a five—tiered system. the new rules came into effect at six o'clock this morning. glasgow, edinburgh and dundee are amongst the areas with strict restrictions in tier three — although no area in scotland is currently in the highest tier. well, this afternoon on bbc news we'll be answering your questions on the national lockdown in england and restrictions in other parts of the uk. at 2.30pm we'll be joined by two leading public health experts.

so, send your questions to #bbc your questions or email them to yourquestions@bbc.co.uk johnny depp has lost his libel case against the sun. the hollywood star sued the newspaper's publisher and its executive editor, dan wootton, over an article in 2018 which claimed he had assaulted his ex—wife amber heard, which he denies. our news correspondent helena wilkinson is at the royal courts of justice. what more detail do you have? yes, it was a highly anticipated ruling. it has been about three and a half months since the dramatic hearing here at the high court, which saw both amber heard and johnny depp both amber heard and johnny depp both gave evidence in the hearing where amber heard said that there we re where amber heard said that there were more than 1a occasions where herformer husband,

were more than 1a occasions where her former husband, johnny depp, were more than 1a occasions where herformer husband, johnny depp, had been assaulted her. she said at times she had feared for her life. thejudge handed times she had feared for her life. the judge handed his judgment times she had feared for her life. thejudge handed hisjudgment and said that the claimant, that is johnny depp, had not succeeded in his libel case against the sun. and the publisher of that article in 2018 rich were referred tojohnny depp as a wife in the hearing the burden of the proof was on the sun to prove what they had published was truthful. be judge and to prove what they had published was truthful. bejudge and hisjudgment had said that the power words that we re had said that the power words that were published by the publisher of the sun news group newspapers were substantially true. so in the sun newspaper had managed to prove that they were truthful in what they had

published. but it was a trial here injuly, just published. but it was a trial here in july, just have published. but it was a trial here injuly, just have lockdown, which had details, revelations, about the hollywood couple, the breakdown of their marriage and a difficult marriage that it was. very serious allegations come as i say, that amber heard had made against her former husband, johnny depp. my colleague sat through the whole case and here is his background to it. one time, um, johnny was hitting me. and he was hitting me.. . . ha rd and repeatedly. camera shutter clicks. the heart of this is a single word. johnny depp, one of the most successful actors in the world, was accused of being a "wife—beater" — a man who assaulted his wife on more than 1a occasions, who left her fearing for her life.

amber heard had photographs. she also had video. bleeping. what happened ? butjohnny depp said it was all a hoax. the couple had met on the set of a film — the rum diary. six years later, they were married. it lasted just over a year and ended with amber heard appearing at a divorce hearing saying johnny depp had been verbally and physically abusive towards her. in the years that followed, she became an activist for women's rights, and wrote about enduring domestic violence. and when the sun questioned johnny depp's casting in the fantastic beasts movie, the star made a decision — he would go to court. and he had an army of fans convinced that he was the victim of domestic violence — not amber heard. chanting: justice forjohnny! all of the allegations againstjohnny, i don't believe he's that sort of person. from what i've seen in the media, he seems like a very gentle person. i think this will change history.

if he wins this, this will change history. i really do think that. because i feel it will give men courage to come forward and speak out more. this case was an attempt to save a reputation. fans cheered him on as he arrived in court each day to challenge his ex—wife's claims. of course, this wasn't amber heard's case — the accusation had been made in the sun, he was suing newsgroup newspapers for libel — but everything hinged on whether amber heard was telling the truth about incidents such as this. i grew up in texas riding horses and... this was amber heard onjames corden's late late show in december 2015. in court she claimed that, just before this, she had been hit repeatedly byjohnny depp. these photographs, she says, show the injuries that lay behind the make—up. here, sitting on the tv sofa, she said she had two black eyes and a broken nose. but most of the alleged incidents

were said to have taken place far away from any public scrutiny. this was where they lived — in penthouse apartments owned byjohnny depp. this was a world of private planes — even a private island — and a relationship that both sides accepted was stormy, troubled. you wanna see crazy? i'll give you bleep crazy. but the videos and recordings — what did they truly show? was this evidence thatjohnny depp was violent to his partner... have you drunk this whole thing this morning? 0h, have you got this going? you've got this going? i just started it. ..orjustangry at being secretly filmed? another recording talked about a punch — but not byjohnny depp. you can't deck me. and this wasjohnny depp in hospital after his finger was severed during another row.

the question is, who do you believe about how it happened? thank you. amber heard said this was her moment to tell her truth. it has been incredibly painful to relive the break—up of my relationship, to have my motives and my truth questioned, and the most traumatic and intimate details of my life withjohnny shared in court and broadcast to the entire world. today's judgment has decided there was truth in what she said, leaving a shadow over the reputation ofjohnny depp. david sillito, bbc news. we have had a statement from the sun newspaper who the actor had taken it to court and in that statement it had said that domestic abuse victims

must never be silenced. they also thanked thejudge must never be silenced. they also thanked the judge and also amber heard for her courage in giving evidence to the court. the one person we have not heard from yet today following that judgment person we have not heard from yet today following thatjudgment is the actor himself, johnny depp. who came to court to try and safeguard his reputation, but he has now lost his case. thank you for that. the business secretary, alok sharma, has this morning defended the government's decision to implement a month—long lockdown in england, telling business leaders and media "the cost of inaction would be greater than the action". boris johnson earlier cancelled plans to speak to uk business leaders today, with his place at the annual cbi conference being taken by mr sharma. our business correspondent, vivienne nunis, joins me now. asi as i said, the prime minister would

normally address the first day of the cbi conference. not happening this morning. did it delegates regard this as a snob or is itjust accepted that he has a lot on his plate? i think there was a sense of disappointment among the business community, do not forget this is just the second time in all the yea rs just the second time in all the years that the cbi has been hosting this annual conference that the prime minister of the date was not able to speak at the event. but really the focus this morning was about how businesses are going to cope with this news that only came a couple of days ago at this new national lockdown starting in england on thursday. the leader of the cbi said in some ways, businesses are better placed than they were before lockdown one. at that time it was a real shock, they managed to perhaps move their businesses to online and more of them can stay open, but in other ways, businesses are really going to struggle. they are in a week of financial position —— make a weaker financial position —— make a weaker financial position —— make a weaker financial position because there been dealing with the effects the pandemic for so long and the message from the government was let's

minimise the economic damage was not let's listen to what carolyn fab and had to say. —— fairbairn. we need to recognise the covid safety of so many workplaces and keep as much of the economy open as we can. financial support — it needs to be there, it needs to be strong, and it needs to be there for the duration. the trouble is, the furlough scheme ending in four weeks is tomorrow for so many businesses. we need more clarity on timing. and more is going to be needed for some sectors. i look at aviation — an enabler of our economy. we are an open economy, we're going to need to be able to fly again for our trade — for our global trade — for our recovery. we cannot let our aviation sector die. how did the business secretary respond to those calls? i think rather predictably he talked a lot about what support government is offering. we saw the furlough scheme extended for another four weeks from thursday. however, he did

say that there will be pain, it was reg retta ble, say that there will be pain, it was regrettable, that difficult decisions have to be made and he did say that not everyjob can be saved. let's have a listen to what he said this morning. we have always had to have a balance between supporting the economy and of course protecting the economy and of course protecting the nhs. that is absolutely vital. and we took a tiered approach, a regional report, and if you look at the world health organization, this was something people thought was entirely reasonable. countries across europe have taken the same approach, but what we always said, and the prime minister always said, it was we would keep all of this under review and take further action if we needed to and the reality is that you have seen the r rate above one, it has been increasing across the country and in the face of the evidence, you have to act. of course, it is regrettable that we are having to take this particular action, but this is about safeguarding the nhs and ultimately making sure that we can come out of this the other side. business

secretary alok sharma there. be one of topic that was raised at this morning as brexit. business is grappling with the lockdown, but the bigger picture, end ofjanuary the 1st... january for the first is the end of the transition period. the cbi really as the government to reach a deal to benefit businesses because it would be very hard to them to cope with the pandemic, lockdown and a no deal on brexit. thank you so much that. well, let's get reaction from one restaurant owner in bristol who is facing closing his doors again to sit—down customers, although he can do takeaways and deliveries. sujith d'almeida is the owner of urban tandoor curry house and joins me now. welcome to bbc news. hello, thank you. i want to know what went you through your mind on saturday when you heard news of the second lockdown? i mean, it would be

absolutely devastating for is not the first thing that went to my mind was is this the beginning of many more lockdowns to come? do we have a definite answer? do we know where we stand? definite answer? do we know where we stand ? as definite answer? do we know where we stand? as business owners, we do not have a clue and you just get three orfour have a clue and you just get three or four days notice to close and your restaurant, as we had to do last time, and lost a lot of stock. we put staff on furlough, so it is not good for their mental well—being. so it is tough. lots of things your mind. as a rational owner. because lots of stock goes through its expiry date and then you have to transfer yourself to take away more from the restaurant. your outgoings may still be the same, but you have to take different measures to survive. you said it would be devastating. tell me in what way exactly this time round, because you will be able to do take ways and deliveries. how most help? on an

honest note, every businessman is looking forward to the period between halloween and christmas, thatis between halloween and christmas, that is where you make your main business, that is where you survive and when you balance your acts for the rest of the year. that seems to be nonexistent. when it comes to delivery and takeaway, everybody thinks the restaurant cannot shift the gears into takeaway mode, but honestly speaking, there is such a big commission you need to pay for delivery and just eat. —— everybody thinks the restaurant can shift the gears. you might say buffalo and end up gears. you might say buffalo and end up with a sheep, you are at the mercy of the big boys and you have to wait till the end of the month to receive the money from them. it helps to keep you afloat, but it does not help you to survive in the long run. what do you need? what's more help would help?|j long run. what do you need? what's more help would help? i mean, during this time, kids wait for santa claus

and all the business owners are waiting for rishi sunak and his package and how he is going to bail out businesses, because every time i lockdown put a dent on the business, you have to start all over again. if the bailout deal is not as close as it was too much, or if not better, i think many businesses will not see the dawn of 2021. will yours? to start with, before the pandemic, we had three restaurants and now we only have two fully functioning. one is closed and most likely i might lose another one as well. really, i am sorry to hear that. the politicians would argue that there is no alternative and, you know, one death is one death too many. is no alternative and, you know, one death is one death too manylj is no alternative and, you know, one death is one death too many. i do understand, all the citizens need to be... we are not all in the same boat, but we are all in the same stone, so we need to help each other, judge less and we need to

look after the vulnerable. —— in the same storm. businesses that do not need aid, they need to trade. we need aid, they need to trade. we need to do it in such a way that it does not hamper anything and everybody comes out of it safe. i do understand it is a requirement from the scientist's point of view, we do not have a vaccine, i do understand all of that, but i do not think closing the economy or having a national lockdown is the answer, because if not the pandemic, it will kill us with other illnesses, mental illnesses, they do not have an a nswer of illnesses, they do not have an answer of what the future holds. good luck to you and really good to talk to you, thank you forjoining us from bristol. now it's time for a look at the weather with carole. hello again. after quite a mild start to the day across central and eastern parts of england, the temperature is going down, as this weather front swoops down and clears the south—east.

and we've got another weather front coming in behind which is going to enhance the showers, one look at the isobars tells you it's going to be another windy or blustery day, depending on where you are. in between all those showers, there will be some dry conditions, some sunshine, the showers will merge across parts of northern ireland, south—west scotland, north—west england and north wales to give some longer spells of rain. and these black circles indicate the strength of the wind gusts we are expecting through the course of the afternoon. temperatures nine to about 1k degrees. we started this morning between 15 and 18 in the south, those temperatures dipping by quite a few degrees. overnight, a band of rain pushes north eastwards across scotland and northern england and we've got another one coming in across southern counties. that will clear to the east through tuesday, and then we are back into drier conditions with a few showers.

hello, this is bbc news with rebecca jones. the headlines: boris johnson will urge mps to back his plan for a second national lockdown in england when he makes a statement in the house of commons later. the pm is expected to stress the government's intention to ease restrictions after a month. scotland's new five—tier system of restrictions comes into force — with edinburgh, glasgow and the central belt facing controls on alcohol sales and restaurant opening times. and new restrictions for wales — later today the first minister will set out his plans for when the country's firebreak lockdown ends next monday. as business in england faces more restrictions, the cbi describes a second lockdown as a "real body blow" for firms. actorjohnny depp has lost his high court libel action against the sun newspaper over an article which labelled him a "wife—beater". donald trump and joe biden head

to crucial swing states to campaign as the us election campaign enters its final day. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here'sjohn watson. good morning. manchester united manager ole gunnar solskjaer said his side "didn't turn up", after their 1—0 defeat at home to arsenal. paul pogba gave away a penalty, with a needless tackle on hector bellerin, and pierre emerik aubameyang scored from the spot to give arsenal their first victory at old trafford in the premier league for 1h years. united are yet to win at home in the league this season and they're sixth from bottom. former midfielder roy keane was watching in his role as a pundit and he said, "i don't see guys you want to be in the trenches with, guys you can trust". solskjaer couldn't argue.

these games against arsenal was a lwa ys these games against arsenal was always fury and fears and tackles of lying. we did not have the tempo and intensity today, i can agree with that absolutely. —— tackle slang. i was disappointed with our first—half performance, second hand i thought we we re performance, second hand i thought we were better, but unfortunately, they got the penalty and we just could not produce a response. yes, a frustrating afternoon for him. after gareth bale scored tottenham's winner in their 2—1 victory over brighton, managerjose mourinho said he'd be checking the real madrid website to see if there was any comment. bale arrived back at spurs on a season—long loan from the spanish side in september after he fell out of favour with manager zinedine zidane and received heavy criticism from the fans. the spurs fans will have enjoyed watching that one. his first goal since he returned took tottenham up to second in the table.

of course i'm very pleased with him and pleased especially for him because he deserves a bat, he deserves that. i'm going to, when i have five minutes, i'm going to look at madrid's website to see what they say. manchester city beat everton 3—1 at wembley, to lift the women's fa cup for the third time. the pandemic forced last season's competition to be finished this season, with city coming out on top at wembley 3—1, thanks to goals from georgia stanway and janine beckie in extra time, as they lifted the trophy for the third time. manager gareth taylor wants to make that four by winning the tournament again in this campaign. despite standing on the brink of a record—equalling seventh world title, lewis hamilton says there's "no guarantee" he will race in formula one next season. with team prinicpal toto wolf

expected to step back from the day to day running at mercedes, hamilton said he understood wanting to pull back a little bit and give more time to family. hamilton is out of contract next season but can equal michael schumacher‘s record at the next race in turkey. yet more super league matches have been cancelled, putting the rest of the regular season in further doubt. and it's castleford tigers involved again. four more of their players have tested positive for covid—19, so their games against leeds rhinos on friday and salford red devils next monday are off. the match scheduled for last friday against huddersfield was also cancelled after 13 castleford players were ruled out with coronavirus. they'll have two more rounds of testing this week. english golfer callum shinkwin said he was in shock after winning his first title at the cyprus open. it went to a play—off against finland's kalle samoya — and shinkwin birdied the first extra hole. it will have eased the pain of losing in a play—off for the scottish open three years ago. and after some chilly conditions since the european tour resumed,

he was glad to be in cyprus. playing in the cold got me a bit. i played four weeks in the cold and in the scottish cold and ijust felt so cold, had a massive headache and had to get out of there quickly. had to protect myself more than anything, a fan ofa protect myself more than anything, a fan of a lovely bit of sunlight here and warm, i normally don't like the one either. i felt great all week, just trusted what i was doing with my swing, trusted myself on the greens and just felt great. who doesn't play better in better conditions? that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. speakfor speak for yourself, john. let's return now to hollywood star johnny depp, who has lost his high court libel action against the sun newspaper over an article which labelled him a "wife—beater" — claims he denies. our media correspondent david silito explained the case.

we've got to go to what the allegations were. there were 1a allegations in court and these were very serious. this was amber heard, the former wife ofjohnny depp, saying that she was, at times, in fear of her life, saying that she had facial bruising, a broken nose, black eyes, repeated assaults against her. and thejudge has said... i will read it here. "i have found that the great majority of alleged assaults of ms heard by mr depp have been proved to the civil standard". that is 12 of 1a allegations, he says, took place. so the statement in the sun, that headline thatjohnny depp is a "wife—beater," he says to be substantially true. this is shattering for the reputation ofjohnny depp and vindication for amber heard. a statement, of course... she is also facing further legal action from johnny depp.

he is seeking to sue her in america and a statement from her council and a statement from her counsel said, "for those of us present at the high court, the decision and judgment are not a surprise. very soon we will be presenting even more voluminous evidence in the us. we are committing to obtaining justice for amber heard". now that reference to voluminous evidence" is because, of course, amber heard was not the person who was being sued here, it was newsgroup newspapers. she was not obliged to reveal all of the documentation about the relationship. a statment from the sun newspaper: "the sun has stood up and campaigned for the victims of domestic abuse for over 20 years. domestic abuse victims must never be silenced and we thank the judge for his careful consideration and thank amber heard

for her courage in giving evidence to the court". and i think one thing that is also worth mentioning is that amber heard has, since she got her divorce from johnny depp, spoken up on behalf of other people who have suffered domestic violence so she has been, essentially, an ambassador in a metoo movement, so to be questioned about what she was saying, being told that it was all a hoax, this is very, very important to her reputation, and also, to be believed about what she said over the course of their relationship. and the judge said a recurring theme in mr depp's evidence was that ms heard had constructed a hoax and that she had done this as an insurance policy. he was not convinced by that argument. our media correspondent david sillito. joining me now is clare walker, a domestic abuse consultant who delivers training to organisations like the nhs, local authorities, prison services and military. thank you so much forjoining us. i wondered what your reaction was when you heard this ruling.|j wondered what your reaction was when you heard this ruling. i have to say

most are delighted and thank you for the opportunity to comment on it with yourself this morning. we do have enough problems in the courts regarding cases of domestic violence going through and whether there are things believed or not and we have seen an increase in libel claims, which is only going to stand to effect to silence the victim further and may be, perhaps, not to go through the court process and all of the trauma of having to divulge all of the personal and private experiences that they have had, so i see this as a positive going forward for domestic violence cases. that is very interesting what you say because as david sillito was just telling us, sometimes it is almost ha rd to telling us, sometimes it is almost hard to remember that amber heard was a note on trial here. it was not her who was being served, yet it was she who stood up in the court and recounted her experiences. are you

concerned then that some women are put off doing that or do you think that perhaps this might encourage them to do so? i am hopeful that it would discourage false claims by a ruling being made in one court arena and then perpetrator putting in for and then perpetrator putting in for a libel case. so itjust, you know, it deviates the legislation that has already been applied. hopefully, it will have a two pronged approach and that victims also will feel less perturbed and that that might not necessarily be an option for them, although every situation is case—by—case, obviously. although every situation is case-by-case, obviously. there is a case-by-case, obviously. there is a case seem to hinge on whether, ultimately, amber heard was telling the truth. how often are women disbelieved? mostly, really. and

especially when there is not actually any physical abuse. if it is predominantly based in coercive control then it is incredibly difficult, incredibly difficult and it sits quite biased within family courts in particular where there are additional challenges in getting your voice heard and putting protection in places, which is why we are campaigning and campaigning some more to get those changes. can you tell us a little bit more about how women can get help? what is your advice to victims and, indeed, their families? well, i would say that for victim children, if there are any, and perpetrators, it is time to reach out and make changes to circumstance and situation. and it needs a different input for all of those. we're just going needs a different input for all of those. we'rejust going into lockdown again, you know, we still have not caught up with all of the

increased need in demand on our services alone, but other services as well in this arena, from a march and so, you know, we are not anticipating it is going to be a walk in the park a month ahead, so reach out, get on google. they can also contact our services, claire walker consultancy, and seek advice or support or guidance in whatever way, but there are lots of other websites and agencies that will still be running through lockdown so do it safely. thank you so much for talking turns on bbc news, claire walker. thank you very much for your time. more now on the month—long national coronavirus lockdown in england starting on thursday. it'll mean many small businesses will have to close. let's speak to keely weir, who's managing director of clip ‘n climb — a climbing centre

in bicester which will have to close under the new lockdown rules. thank you forjoining us. what are your thoughts, i heard they did ask you, at the prospect of having to close questioning obviously it is very disappointing. we were delighted when we got to open at the end ofjuly. delighted when we got to open at the end of july. having delighted when we got to open at the end ofjuly. having been close performance previously. we have been operating at 50% capacity. tha nkfully operating at 50% capacity. thankfully people have come back, enjoyed climbing. we havejust had half term and we were full at 50% capacity so they thought of closing again isa capacity so they thought of closing again is a really disappointing for ourselves as a business, but also because it has been delightful to see families enjoying family time together so obviously knowing that is going to be taken away from people as well. i was going to ask you, do you understand why your having to close? but perhaps i may ask that any different way, have you, as far as you're aware, seen any cases of infection since you reopened? no. and i know other

places where staff have maybe had to self—isolate and things. we've have no cases with their star. everyone has been delighted to hers, with the covid measures be put in place. so for us, we have had no cases, no cases on the track and trace app are anything like that —— now cases with our staff. we have felt that we have done all that we can do to make sure we are safe and our staff, our customers are safe when they come to us. but obviously, it is a bigger picture thanjust us. but obviously, it is a bigger picture than just us, really. understood. i mean, ithink the picture than just us, really. understood. i mean, i think the area in which you are located is seeing a 321 cases per 100,000, which, relatively speaking, is high. yes. but i understand what you're saying that you have not seen any cases at your business. what do you need, what would help in order to survive at this latest lockdown?” what would help in order to survive at this latest lockdown? i think for us, obviously, the first lockdown, there was the financial support and

in place and we had reserves, but those reserves are busily running it. we cannot take ourselves online, this is an activity where people come and do it. if that lockdown does go on longer, that will make it harder and harder to open again because we have not got that income coming in because people cannot come under the activity. what support do you need from government? to help you survive? there is the financial support that is needed, but with that you cannot, the government of this i cannot keep it giving out loa ns this i cannot keep it giving out loans and bounce back once we both also it needs to, i personally feel, to bea also it needs to, i personally feel, to be a more rounded approach, needs to be a more rounded approach, needs to be a more rounded approach, needs to be coming from landlords, etc. there needs to be support throughout the whole system. if we had not the money in, we cannot send money out. i appreciate the government do not have an endless pot of money but i think it needs to be drawing everybody together to support each

other. when it comes to landlords, etc with rents, etc the leisure business and other businesses. we must leave it there, but really good to talk to you and good luck. thank you. the headlines on bbc news... boris johnson will urge mps to back his plan for a second national lockdown in england when he makes a statement in the house of commons later. the pm is expected to stress the government's intention to ease restrictions after a month. as business in england faces more restrictions the cbi describes a second lockdown as a "real body blow" for firms. actorjohnny depp has lost his high court libel action against the sun newspaper over an article which labelled him a "wife—beater". more now on the month—long national coronavirus lockdown in england starting on thursday.

the government has made it clear that nurseries, schools, colleges and universities will remain open. but education unions are already concerned about the impact the virus is continuing to have on attendance — both for pupils and staff. let's speak to julie mcculloch, who's director of policy at the association of school and college leaders thank you forjoining us on bbc news. first of all, do you agree with keeping schools, colleges, nurseries, universities open? so we represent 20,000 school and college leaders around the uk and our view is that we do need to prioritise keeping schools and colleges open as much as we possibly can. we know that the consequences of closing schools in the spring and summer term were dire, both in terms of keeping education going but also in terms of children's welfare and well—being. our view is that we

think the government has right to prioritise keeping schools open over other services as much as they can. but we also need to be really mindful of the impact, obviously, on that of the spread of the virus and the children and staff in our schools. there is also a difference, isn't there, between primary and secondary schools? it does seem that there is less of a rate of spread, for want of a better word, in primary schools. what about secondary schools, should they carry on? we think that is definitely an argument for looking at possibly being on a rota system in a secondary schools. the spread in secondary schools. the spread in secondary schools. the spread in secondary schools seems to be much greater than it is in primary. in the government on potentially planning, they've already said, have been saying for several weeks now that if we get into a position where the prevalence of the virus is particularly high, secondary schools could move to a rota, so possibly having half of their pupils in a at night and then those peoples working

from home and having the other half in itfor from home and having the other half in it for the next fortnight —— in for a fortnight. we think this is something the government should seriously be looking at here and it is not necessarily an all or nothing situation, school is completely open a close, we think there might be some more nuance approaches that could be taken. have you cemented that approach to government? and what sort of response have you had if you have? -- submitted. we are in regular discussions with the government and the announcement that came out over the weekend was a surprise to many people. that was not quite the time in the government was anticipating. there is a little bit of catch—up going on there, but we have certainly been in discussions with the department for education this morning and are raising the comments and concerns we are receiving from our members and putting the suggestions to government. you mention the comments and concerns from your members. we have also heard concerns from the unions. they are perhaps, some anyway, a little more concerned about attendance, the number of secondary school pupils who are

getting the virus, and the safety of staff as well. what do you say to them? yes, be absolutely share those concerns. we are also representing school leaders so we have a responsibility to represent our members views as well and they, what we're hearing from them is that we need to get that balance right. we need to get that balance right. we need to get that balance right. we need to keep children in the school if we possibly can, but we also need to make sure that we have all of those safety measures in place and are prepared to move to a different situation if we need to, like rotors for example. we also know that one of the things that school leaders are singularly clearly is that they need more financial support to put those safety measures into their schools and colleges that they need and at the moment they're not getting it from government so they are spending thousands of pounds to make sure they have got hand sanitiser, all sorts of measures that they need to put in place, spending a lot of money and supply stuff at the moment, for example, where staff need to self—isolate, so

one of the things were calling for a very strongly is a please let's make sure that we give our schools and colleges the money that they need in order to keep those premises as safe as possible and keep schools open. 0k, as possible and keep schools open. ok, we must leave it there. director of policy at the association of school and college leaders, julie mcculloch, we are very grateful for yourtime, mcculloch, we are very grateful for your time, thank you. the us presidential election enters its final day of campaigning, with both president trump and joe biden appealing to voters in crucial battle ground states. the scale of early voting has been unprecedented with more than 93 million americans having cast their ballots already. our correspondent nomia iqbal reports from florida. this is the most important election of our lifetime. it is crunch time. president trump and joe biden have been making a push in the midwestern states and if those swing states are crucial, then florida is critical.

music plays. donald trump needs more than their love. he needs their votes. to become president it requires 270 points from the electoral college system and florida has 29 upforgrabs. without this state, the path back to the white house looks near impossible. more than eight million residents here have already voted. this is the last day of in—person early voting here in florida and at this polling station there are donald trump supporters on one side and joe biden supporters on the other, with no—one meeting in the middle. and that sums up what it is like to be in a swing state. people love the guy because they think he is like us, a regular person and not a politician. he is a liar. he wants his ego, power, that is it. he does not care

about the community. and some say donald trump is trying to portray his rival, joe biden, in a way that plays on the fears of many latino voters. the trump administration needs something to grab onto because their record is terrible. so one of the biggest ways to scare cubans and venezuelans is by fear mongering them into talking about communism and socialism. my entire family is voting for donald trump. my entire family. i am one of the few in my family who is not voting for trump, who is voting forjoe biden. florida has been problematic in delivering election results. but officials tell us they are ready this time. if that is true, then on election night florida will give us an early sense of which man is on track to become the next president. nomia iqbal, bbc news, florida. you can join us tomorrow night from 11.30pm for our us election special results programme on bbc one and the bbc news channel and you can follow all the expert analysis

online as the results come in at bbc.co.uk/news and on the bbc news app. now it's time for a look at the weather with carole. hello again. some parts of the southeast and eastern england this morning started off with temperatures between 15 and 18 degrees. but as this cold front sinks south, the temperature will actually go down behind it. and you can see another weather front coming in from the west, enhancing the showers. and all those isobars are telling us that it's going to be another windy day. not as windy in the north as it was over the weekend, but still windy in the west and also the south. so, some dry weather today, some sunshine to look forward to. but, equally, we've got quite a lot of showers and some of those will merge to give some longer spells of rain at times. these are the kind of wind gust strengths that we're expecting —

so still gusty winds to watch out for. temperatures, nine in the north to about 1k in parts of the southeast, so dropping for some by about four degrees or so. now, through this evening and overnight, the rain in the northwest pushes across scotland. we could see some wet snow in argyll and bute, the south highlands, for example. and we've got another band coming in across southern wales and also central parts of england. behind that, on higher ground in wales, in the moores, in wales, in the moors, we could also see some wet snow — but just on higher ground. now, that will bring rain into the southeast and then it turns cooler. a ridge of high pressure starts to build in and you can see all that mild air indicated by the yellows and oranges pushed away and we see a return to blue — indicating that cooler weather. so for tuesday, we eventually say goodbye to this weather front as it drifts off into the north sea — lot drier behind it. there will still be some showers dotted around. the winds will be a lot lighter, as well, than they have been

in the last few days, and are going to be for some of us today. and temperature—wise on tuesday — well, roughly between nine in lerwick and 12 as we sweep down towards london. now, moving on from tuesday night into wednesday, we start to see this ridge of high pressure build in. that's going to settle things down, but it's also going to turn much colder, so first thing wednesday morning, we could be looking at some frost and also some fog as we go through not just wednesday, but the overnight period and the next couple of nights, as well. so what can you expect? well, on wednesday, thursday, friday and saturday, it will be drier. there'll still be one or two showers. it's not going to be as windy, but it's going to be cooler by day and night.

this is bbc news. i'm rebecca jones. the headlines: boris johnson will urge mps to back his plan for a second national lockdown in england when he makes a statement in the house of commons later. the pm is expected to stress the government's intention to ease restrictions after a month. scotland's new five—tier system of restrictions comes into force, with edinburgh, glasgow and the central belt facing controls on alcohol sales and restaurant opening times. and new restrictions for wales — later today the first minister will set out his plans for when the country's firebreak lockdown ends next monday. as business in england face more restrictions, the cbi describes a second lockdown

as a "real body blow" for firms. actorjohnny depp has lost his high court libel action against the sun newspaper over an article which labelled him a "wife beater". donald trump and joe biden head to crucial swing states to campaign, as the us election campaign enters its final day. hello and welcome to bbc news. borisjohnson will urge mps today to back his plan for a second national lockdown in england, when he makes a statement in the house of commons later. he's expected to stress the government's intention to ease the new restrictions after a month. the prime minister announced on saturday that strict measures will be imposed across england from thursday.

people will be told to stay at home except for specific reasons. pubs, restaurants, gyms, nonessential shops and places of worship will close. and meeting indoors or in private gardens will not be allowed. but you will be able to meet one other person from another household outside in a public place. elsewhere, scotland has moved into its new five—tier system of restrictions this morning. nowhere has yet been placed into the most severe, tier 4. in the next few minutes, the first minister of wales, mark dra keford, will outline an exit plan from the country's national firebreak, which is due to end on the 9th november. and as mentioned, we expect the prime minister to address mps this afternoon, to try to win over some tories who are threatening to vote against the lockdown in england. and at the annual conference of the confederation of british industry,

the outgoing—director general has criticised the way major announcements, like the lockdown in england, have been handled. let's speak to our political correspondent, iain watson. a lot to die just that, but to let's perhaps a deal first with boris johnson and the challenge he faces. cut a lot to die just. sometimes in he has come as your enemies are behind you, but he will sadly be facing criticism from sir keir starmer in this delay in having this lockdown to coincide with the school half term holidays in england, but also keir starmer i think will make the point that he believes there has been a human cost to the delayed bite borisjohnson been a human cost to the delayed bite boris johnson following the advice of some of his scientific advisors to go for it lockdown very

much earlier when they were advising him to do so in late september. but from his own side, he will be facing some very from his own side, he will be facing some very specific questions of whether he is really looking at this issue in the round. is he looking at the economic impact of a month—long lockdown in england? could there be a formal assessment aboutyou will also be questioned i think on some of the evidence he is relying on, some conservative mps have speaking to this morning so they believe that sage, the scientific advice has been getting, has been out of date, and in some parts of the country where they have had these restrictive tier 3 measures, such as the city of manchester itself, they actually sing infections go down, so is he losing his nerve. it is not whether he can get it through the house of commons on wednesday, but whether it will be extended or whether there will be extended or whether there will be extended or whether there will be some sunset clause on this.

his reassurances will matter, because that will likely determine what he will face from his own backbenchers. some may say we can put up with it this time but never again. behind the scenes in downing street the chancellor has been arguing that as much of the economy should be kept open for as much as possible, but today he made it very clear he stood with the prime minister, because he felt that the government now had no option to act, given the growing pressure on the nhs. there is a range of different models and different estimates and i agree with the prime minister that we have to be humble in the face of nature. we're dealing with a virus that has clearly moved at a pace faster than we had anticipated or feared. it's the last thing we want to do, to bring in such restrictive measures. we strove very hard to avoid being in this situation. even the areas with currently low incidence now have some of the highest rates of increase

and because of the way that the nhs is constructed in some of those areas, actually the pressure on beds would manifest itself quite soon — in a matter of weeks — and i think when we heard all of that and saw all of that from all of our scientific medical advisers, it was clear — very regrettably — that, unless we took action now, and quite significant action, we would be in an unacceptable situation in just a matter of weeks. in fact, what the prime minister will be arguing that afternoon in the house of commons is that we can see deaths double the rate this winter than they did in the spring, so there is a medical case for intervention. but he will have to make that case pretty strongly to some of his own sceptical backbenchers. one of them he was in fa ct backbenchers. one of them he was in fact the chair of the committee that represents the backbench opinions, sirgraham represents the backbench opinions, sir graham brady, was telling the bbc that some of these measures ——

macro if they had been announced in a totalitarian state... one mp i spoke to ali this morning was suggesting that for example the government's track and trace system was nothing short of a farce, as i think to some extent, simply at this stage, some of that criticism will be muted this afternoon. between now and the debate on wednesday, he will have to justify why his going into lockdown and guarantee that it will not extend in its current form past december the 2nd. thank you. people in scotland face new restrictions today, as the country is split into a five—tiered system. the new rules came into effect at six o'clock this morning. glasgow, edinburgh and dundee are amongst the areas with strict restrictions in tier 3, although no area in scotland is currently in the highest tier.

wales's first minister, mark drakeford, will set out the new restrictions to be put in place when the country's firebreak lockdown ends a week today. people in wales have been told to stay at home except for exercise and essential journeys. meetings between households are banned, and pubs, restaurants and nonessential shops are shut. and we are expecting to hear that briefing from the first minister of wales, mark drakeford, very shortly and we will bring that to you live here on the news channel. that they are preparing for that announcement. johnny depp has lost his libel case against the sun. the hollywood star sued the newspaper's publisher and its executive editor, dan wootton, over an article in 2018 which claimed he had assaulted his ex—wife amber heard, which he denies. our correpsondent helena wilkinson

gave this update from the royal courts of justice. it was a highly anticipated ruling. it has been about three and a half months since that dramatic hearing here at the high court, which saw both amber heard and johnny depp both give evidence in the hearing where amber heard said that there were more than 1a occasions where her former husband, johnny depp, had assaulted her, been violent towards her. she said at times she had feared for her life. the judge, in the last hour, handed down his judgment, mrjustice nicol, and he had said in thatjudgment that the claimant, that is johnny depp, had not succeeded in his libel case against the sun. and what the sun, the publisher of that article in 2018 which referred tojohnny depp as a wife beater... in the hearing, the burden of proof was on the sun to prove that what they had

published was truthful. and thejudge in his judgment had said that the words that were published by the publisher of the sun, news group newspapers, were substantially true. so, the sun newspaper had managed to prove that they were truthful in what they had published. but it was a trial here injuly, just after lockdown, which heard details, revelations, about the hollywood couple, the breakdown of their marriage and a difficult marriage that it was. very serious allegations, as i say, that amber heard had made against her former husband, johnny depp. that was helena wilkinson with the latest from the royal courts of justice. in the meantime, we have just received a statement from johnny depp's lawyer, which i am going to be dealt to you. i quote here, this decision is as perverse

as it is bewildering. most troubling is thejudge's as it is bewildering. most troubling is the judge's reliance on the testimony of amber heard and corresponding disregard of the mountain of counter evidence from police officers, medical practitioners, her own former assistant, other unchallenged witnesses and an array of documentary evidence which com pletely documentary evidence which completely undermined the allegations point by point. all of this was overlooked, says the statement from johnny depp's lawyer. thejudgment is statement from johnny depp's lawyer. the judgment is so flawed that it would be ridiculous that mr depp not to appeal this decision. joining me now is media law expert and consultant, david banks. perhaps we will come onto that statement and the decision to appeal ina statement and the decision to appeal in a moment, but first, what did you make of the ruling itself?” in a moment, but first, what did you make of the ruling itself? i think it was a fairly competitive indication of the actions of the sun publishing and the testimony given

by amber heard and others, which took thejudge's it by amber heard and others, which took the judge's it mind to prove to the truth of the allegations. truth isa the truth of the allegations. truth is a difficult offence for publishers, that the burden is on the publisher to prove the truth as helenjust said. that the publisher to prove the truth as helen just said. that means that the starting point for the court is that they do not believe, or they believe that the allegations made were untrue, so publishers have got a mountain to climb. to the really ha rd to mountain to climb. to the really hard to defence, but the sun have managed to mount that defence successfully. bringing the evidence which thejudge says successfully. bringing the evidence which the judge says has been substantially proven.” which the judge says has been substantially proven. i take your point that actually it is a big mountain to climb for the publisher. but none the less, johnny depp must have taken quite a risk here to try to prove that he wasn't not a wife beater. why would he take that risk, do you think? —— wasn't not a wife beater. what is it going through a

closed mind is difficult to discern. he would have been advised with the risks involved with going to high court with a libel action and we have seen countless libel actions like this where skeletons have come tumbling out of the closet when people give evidence and stand up in the high court. so he will have been aware and advised of this, but nevertheless has taken the decision to go to court. we can only assume that he felt the allegation made of abuse, of wife—beating, was sufficiently serious that he felt he had to clear his name and to leave it unchallenged would be more damaging. i think, it unchallenged would be more damaging. ithink, as it unchallenged would be more damaging. i think, as we have seen, in retrospect that might not have been the wisest decision, but clearly he was up for the fight, as we see from the statement that was issued today. absolutely. talking to david banks, media law expert and co nsulta nt david banks, media law expert and consultant about the news that

johnny depp has lost his libel case against the sun. the hollywood star had sued the newspaper's publisher and executive editor, dan wootton, if atan and executive editor, dan wootton, if at an article that claimed he had xs assaulted his ex—wife amber heard. you're watching bbc news. thanks for staying with us. i do wa nt thanks for staying with us. i do want asking about the news that has come into us the bbc, that statement from johnny depp's lawyer, that he intends... well, i'm saying he attends to appeal, the statement said thejudgment attends to appeal, the statement said the judgment is so flawed that it would be ridiculous for mr depp not to appeal this decision. has apprised would you be if he did or did not indeed? —— how surprised would you be? if a claimant once to spend money on an appeal and they feel that they have grounds, they can do that. i think that the

judgment is fairly comprehensive and if you look at the number of accou nts if you look at the number of accounts that mrjustice nicholl refers to, 12 of the 1a counts being brought saying that they have been proven. you have to wonder at the wisdom, but clearly mr depp and his legal team feel that the counter evidence that they brought is sufficient to outweigh that and go to appeal. you're talking about massive investment in legal fees again in any appeal here and so it isa again in any appeal here and so it is a very substantial step to take. sometimes announcements are made with intent to appeal in cases which in the fullness of time, once a careful consideration has been given and judgment, do not come to pass, so it may well be that things might change in due course, but we can

only look forward to the appeal hearing and more evidence or a recounting of the evidence before thejudges in the recounting of the evidence before the judges in the appeal court. really good to hear your thoughts and insights, thank you forjoining us on bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... boris johnson will urge mps to back his plan for a second national lockdown in england when he makes a statement in the house of commons later. the pm is expected to stress the government's intention to ease restrictions after a month. as business in england face more restrictions the cbi describes a second lockdown as a "real body blow" for firms. actorjohnny depp has lost his high court libel action against the sun newspaper over an article which labelled him a "wife beater".

the labour leader sir keir starmer has criticised what he called the government's ‘catalogue of mistakes‘ over the coronavirus crisis which he said have cost lives. but first, let's go and listen to mark drakeford. i said it would report back with the discussions we had over the weekend about the new set of national measures which would be put in place here in wales when the firebreak comes to an end a week from today, next monday. ministers have been meeting throughout the weekend to consider the final details of these measures. and white plans and our discussions have had to adapt to a the and its rated

announcement by the prime minister that england will start a month long lockdown on thursday for —— our plans. i want to be absolutely clear that our firebreak will end as planned and as promised on monday the 9th of november. but we do now have to consider the impact the english lockdown will have on the next steps we take in wales. we need to do this because we share a long and porous border between wales and england. every day, on a non—lockdown day, almost 150,000 people criss cross this border to work, to visit family, shop, do business and to travel. and everyday a huge volume of goods and services flow through wales to england and vice versa. the english lockdown

inevitably has an impact on people who live in wales but work in england. on companies operating in both england and wales and on businesses trading along the border. we will be coming out of our firebreakjust as we will be coming out of our firebreak just as england we will be coming out of our firebreakjust as england begins its months long lockdown. and it is really important that as we open up, wales does not become an escape for people seeking to circumvent the new tighter restrictions imposed by the prime minister. we want to keep wales safe and we want to keep the united kingdom safe as well. now, when the firebreak ends next monday, there will be a new set of national measures which will replace the previous local restrictions. but

more important than any rules, guidance or regulations which we put in place will be at the parts which each one of us plays in responding to the ongoing public health emergency we face in wales. we can introduce new laws, but these will only be successful if we all do everything we can to reduce our exposure to the virus, by keeping the contacts we have with other people to a minimum, at home, in work and when we go out. we need to do the minimum. not the maximum, which the rules allow. our real strength lies, as it has been throughout the pandemic, in the choices we make and the actions which we take together. now, when we came out of lockdown in the spring we took a cautious approach,

relaxing restrictions gradually to make sure that we did not lose all the gains we had worked so hard to achieve. we will once again take that approach. for the first two weeks after the firebreak ends, the national measures will be designed to maximise the impact of everything that we have done together during the firebreak period, to control the spread of the virus. and we will review the situation in a fortnight‘s time to see whether we can make any further changes. turn now to what all this means in practice. during the firebreak, it has only been possible to see the people you live with within your own home. now, as a result of the firebreak and all we have done it, we can do more. we all want our

homes to be welcoming places, but we also want them to be safe places. one of the most common misconceptions about coronavirus is that we catch it from people that we do not know. in fact, we are more likely to catch it from and pass it on to the people we are in closest contact with every day. these are ourfamilies or loved contact with every day. these are our families or loved ones and the people we left with. —— we live with. to households in wales will be able tojoin with. to households in wales will be able to join together to form a bubble or extended household for —— two households. to help keep everybody as safe as possible at home, only people from your own household or extended household will be able to meet in your own home. now, the rules around meeting people are perhaps the most difficult that

we have to consider and that is why we have to consider and that is why we asked people to think about what they should do, rather than simply what they can do. and we know that changing the rules to allow two households to join together and to meet at home, which will be very valuable for many, many households in wales, does not reflect the family dynamics of many people and it does not enable friends and young people to meet. beyond november the 9th, there will be new arrangements to meet indoors in other settings such as pubs, bars, cafes and restau ra nts. such as pubs, bars, cafes and restaurants. but because all these places will now be closed in england, we are having to think further about how the hospitality sector in wales can operate in these new circumstances. and that consideration will continue into this afternoon. in relation to

organised activity, up to 15 people will be able to meet together to ta ke will be able to meet together to take part in an indoors activity and up take part in an indoors activity and up to 30 in outdoors activities provided of course, as ever, that all social distancing, hand hygiene and other covid safety measures are followed. as from the 9th of november, schools will reopen in full, working from home will become even more important. and all that business premises which have been shut since the 23rd of october will be able to reopen again on monday of next week. local authority services will resume, reflecting local circumstances and places of worship will be able to reopen. there will be no travel restrictions inside wales, but during the month long

lockdown in england, travel will not be permitted outside wales without a reasonable excuse. now, as i explained on friday, we continue to see large numbers of people falling ill with coronavirus in wales. we have over 1000 hospital beds occupied by people with coronavirus —related conditions and very sadly, again over this weekend, we had to report more families losing loved ones to this awful virus. we still have a week left of the firebreak period. it week to make a real difference to the course of this virus, to prevent our nhs from being overwhelmed and to save lives. as

ever, i want to thank everyone for everything that you have done so far. together we continue to keep wales safe. and as they tend to take questions from journalists, all the a nswe rs , questions from journalists, all the answers, as you know, will be broadcast live on our own social media channels. first, overto broadcast live on our own social media channels. first, over to dan from bbc wales. thank you, i would be really grateful if you could answer these in welsh. you said people would only do what is it really necessary, but you're permitting people to do what is perhaps not necessary after the firebreak, to go out to a pub for a meal. if you think people should only leave their homes when it is genuinely necessary, then society is

basically being asked to impose its own lockdown. what i'm saying to people in wales as this, we will have this new simple set of national rules beyond the firebreak period, but if people approach that period by asking themselves what is the maximum i can do? how many things cani maximum i can do? how many things can i now take part in? how many people can i meet? how far will i travel? that will lead us all back into the difficulties we have faced in this awesome. so what we have to haveis in this awesome. so what we have to have is a set of national rules together with the ongoing determination of people in wales to do the right thing, for every one of us to ask ourselves that question, what contribution can we make to keeping ourselves and others say? and that does not mean trying to stretch the rules to do even more.

it means taking that responsibility in ourown it means taking that responsibility in our own lives to do the things that keep us all safe. that is the message i was trying to convey this morning as i want to convey it again now. people in wales have made the most enormous effort. when the firebreak is over, i do not want that to be a signal to people that those efforts can come to an end. if we are to get the benefits of a firebreak period, we all need to behave in the weeks that follow by asking us not what can i do, but what should i do? and in that way, we will go on together helping to bring the coronavirus under control and to give a through to christmas and to give a through to christmas and beyond. he speaks in welsh

. so, we have been listening to a briefing from the first minister of wales, mark dra keford, briefing from the first minister of wales, mark drakeford, where he has announced a new nationwide measures which will take effect after the welsh firebreak lockdown ends next week. let's just run you through some of them. he said that from next monday, two households in wales would be able to join together to form a bubble or an extended household, but only people in that bubble or extended household can meet people inside their own home. plans for reopening hospitality, it sounded as if they have been put on hold or at least are subject to further discussion, that of course is in the light of the announcement that england will face a second lockdown for a month from thursday.

but in wales, up to 15 people will be able to meet indoors for activities, sports for example, and 30 outdoors, provided they abide by social distancing rules. let's listen back into that conference. summer may think that that insurance policy is not working and wales would be better off, its response to covid would be better, if it was an independent nation. if we were not part of the united kingdom, we would not be having a discussion about for at all the millions and millions of pounds that have been spent on supporting people who are unable to work during coronavirus would be here for us to use “— coronavirus would be here for us to use —— furlough. so of course, i think it strikes me and will strike people in wales as unfair that when we asked for flexibility, we were

told that none was possible. and when the uk government decided to move for england, suddenly that flexibility was found. at the treasury is the treasury for the whole of the united kingdom, not just one part of it. but without the uk treasury and without being pa rt the uk treasury and without being part of that great insurance policy, we would not be debating whether or not we were getting furlough unfair terms because we would not be getting help with furlough at all. and when independence is concerned, we have already an independent senedd here that are able to make decisions here for wales and throughout the coronavirus period i have used independently the powers we have is a welsh government to make decisions that are right for wales. so i sometimes think the debate, a sort of polarising debate between independence and what we have got, misses the point, really.

we have independent scope to act and use it all the time, but we do it under the umbrella that the united kingdom provides to us and one which we have drawn on the strength of that throughout this crisis. over to adrian masters of itv wales. he said that discussions continue this afternoon about the hospitality sector. you had promised all sectors that they would get a weak's notice to be able to prepare. can you tell them that they will get that decision today and can you confirm what sort of things you're looking at—is what sort of things you're looking at — is at keeping pubs and restaurants close altogether or different rules in border areas?” do not want to keep those places close, i want to see them reopen in wales. but any prime minister's decision over the weekend is

inevitably create a different context dash might be prime minister's decision. if pubs are close along the border in england, there is bound to be a risk that people will try to break the law, because the law in england will say to them that they should not travel into wales because pubs here will be open and serving alcohol. so i do not want our police forces to be diverted into having to police the border because we have a situation that we had not anticipated and we have not had a chance to think through. had that not happen, i would simply have been announcing today that everything would reopen on the same terms as they would have operated on the 22nd of october. but the context has changed, it is important that we talk to the sector. that we get a set of arrangements that work for them and that prevent unintended consequences from causing us difficulties beyond that sector and i want to get those

decisions as quickly as possible, but more than getting them quickly, wa nt to but more than getting them quickly, want to get them right and that means being prepared to talk to people, hear their views, and then come to the decisions that will need to make. thank you. and could you also tell me what your thinking is on to care homes. it is something thatis on to care homes. it is something that is important for the mental well— being of residents that is important for the mental well—being of residents as residents as well as families. will visits be allowed to take place cut care homes are a constant cause of concern to us all. because one the virus gets into a care home, we now have fast it can spread among the very vulnerable population and we know the devastation that can follow. we have tried our best to learn the lessons from the earlier part of the year. iam lessons from the earlier part of the year. i am care home visits are still happening in wales —— care home visits. while i do not want to say this in the sense of offering false hope to people, one of the

things that we do have some optimism that things will develop over the weeks ahead is that he new generation of tests may become available where people will be able to administer themselves and be able to administer themselves and be able to get the answer is very quickly within, let us say, half an hour, so i have asked our officials here to work with the care home sector to see, as does test become available, whether used for care home visiting would be a priority, one of the top things that we would use those tests for as they become available to us in wales. because if that were the case, someone could come to a care home, administer the tests themselves, while they were waiting in the car, and within half an hour, they would now that they had a test was positive and negative and if it was positive and negative and if it was positive, you could not visit it, but if it was negative a the visit could go ahead. that does

offer us a different path through this a very difficult dilemma where we wa nt this a very difficult dilemma where we want to protect people who live in care homes, but of course, we wa nt in care homes, but of course, we want people to be able to have the comfort of knowing they can be seen by their loved ones as well. if those tests do come on stream, and it is some optimism that they will, then care home visiting is at the top of the list of things that we would want to explore for putting them to work here in wales. ageing, thank you. over to andy davies at channel 4. thank you. over to andy davies at channel4. thank thank you. over to andy davies at channel 4. thank you. you thank you. over to andy davies at channel4. thank you. you said thank you. over to andy davies at channel 4. thank you. you said there will be no travel permitted outside wales without a reasonable excuse. what does that mean in terms of people visiting wales from england? will welsh regulations prohibit that, regardless of what the english regulations say? no, it will be the same broad system on both sides of the border. people who live in wales, but work in england will have

a reasonable reason for travelling to work and people who live in england and work in wales will likely have a reasonable excuse for coming across the border to work here. it will be a restricted list of essential purposes, rather than the normal toing and froing across the normal toing and froing across the border that you would have seen ina less the border that you would have seen in a less fraught and difficult times. and what would your message be to those people in england who might be considering coming to wales to visit a pub or restaurant during the lock in period and include? my message to them is that they must obey the law in england. and at the law in england will not allow that to happen. it will not allow that to happen for a very good reasons. the measures that have been put in place in england are designed to turn back the scale of challenge that coronavirus has now caused to our

friends and neighbours across the border. those rules will have been put in place by the prime minister for very good reasons. and people in england need to follow them just as i always ask people in wales to follow the rules that we put in place for people here. andy, thank you. to will hayward at wales online. thank you, first minister. england are seeing more cases and deaths than the reasonable worst case scenario model predicted also as wales also permits projections and does that mean there is likely to be more deaths than the 6300 that we re to be more deaths than the 6300 that were previously feared? can you talk a study most up—to—date reasonable worst case scenario modelling for wales, please question mark thank you. before we took the decision to institute a fabric here in wales, we we re institute a fabric here in wales, we were tracking —— firebreak. we were tracking, but not exceeding it. we we re tracking, but not exceeding it. we were going along the pathway that

the swansea modelling suggested would be the worst case. that is why we instituted the firebreak. we have asked swansea to the modelling again for us to take into account the impact ofa for us to take into account the impact of a fire break period and we will have the results of that, i'm sure, shortly. but we were not exceeding it as they have reported in england, but we were tracking it. and that was a strong signal to us ofa and that was a strong signal to us of a need to act and act early here in wales. thank you. can you also talk because really plan for local nocturnes now. if there is a local outbreak, will you follow a similar model with the figure of 50 cases per 100,000 as model with the figure of 50 cases per100,000 asa model with the figure of 50 cases per 100,000 as a benchmark and were restrictions imposed by the same as before? and restrictions imposed by the same as before ? and could restrictions imposed by the same as before? and could ask for the confirmation, can you confirm people in wales are now able to book holidays in wales such as in bluestone after the firebrick? yes, on the final point i can confirm that people will be able to travel within the wheels. they will not be confined to the local authority area as was the case —— wales.

confined to the local authority area as was the case -- wales. we are going to leave that briefing note from the first minister of wales, mark drakeford from the first minister of wales, mark dra keford there from the first minister of wales, mark drakeford there in cardiff. announcing a new nationwide measures that will take effect after the welsh firebrick lockdown ends next week. it has work reiterating that these measures will not come into effect until next monday. the headlines, schools will reopen, businesses that have been shut since october 23 will be able to reopen as of next week, hospitality venues, discussions are ongoing as to whether they will be able to reopen in the light of the announcement from the prime minister boris johnson that england will be locked down for a month from thursday. there will be no travel restrictions from next monday inside wales, but travel will not be permitted outside wales without a reasonable excuse.

so mark dra keford wales without a reasonable excuse. so mark drakeford they're announcing there was a new nationwide measures that will take effect from next monday. the labour leader sir keir starmer has criticised what he called the government's "catalogue of mistakes" over the coronavirus crisis, which he said "have cost lives and livelihoods". he was speaking to business leaders at the annual cbi conference, which is being held online. earlier, at the same event, the business secretary, alok sharma, defended the government's decision to implement a month—long lockdown in england, telling business leaders and media "the cost of inaction would be greater than the action". our business correspondent vivienne nunis is here. this was interesting, he

differentiate the relationship with the business community from what it was under corbyn. saying the party wa nted was under corbyn. saying the party wanted to build a new relationship, new partnership with the business community and that they really value the contribution business makes to society, but as you said, he also took the opportunity to really heavily criticise the government and its management so far of the coronavirus pandemic. he talked about the chancellor rishi sunak having three economic plans and about four weeks. let's have a listen to what sir keir starmer had to say that conference this morning. the central lesson of the first ways scratch make was ignored that if you are to control this virus, you have to act early and decisively. and that if you don't, the cost to people's health and at the health of the economy is much, much worse. one of the things i've learned from this

crisis is that it take exposes leadership like nothing else. —— exposes leadership. on that count, the prime minister and have failed. the leader of the opposition addressing the conference this morning. we would normally be hearing from the prime minister on at the opening morning of the cbi conference, wouldn't we? he was not there. how did that go down with delegates? that they regarded as a bit of a snob or was it well, he has a lwa ys bit of a snob or was it well, he has always got a lot on his plate?” think there was a sense of disappointment that the prime minister could not be there this morning. i remember, it isjust the second time in all the years that the cbi has been hosting this annual event that the prime minister of the day could not make an appearance. borisjohnson, of course, is going to be speaking in the commons later today about the new lockdown coming on in england on thursday. i really, that new lockdown was at the bigger focus of this morning's discussions, our business is going to cope with a

second lap time? he quite severe locked in. dame caroline for revenge, the director—general of the cbi said businesses are better prepared than they were the first time around —— fairbench. businesses may have been able to adapt. but in other ways businesses are worse off, they would any much healthier position financially at the beginning of the year because they have now been dealing with the financial impact of a pandemic for several months. hear what dame caroline fairbairn had to say this morning. we need to recognise the covid safety of so many workplaces and keep as much of the economy open as we can. financial support — it needs to be there, it needs to be strong, and it needs to be there for the duration. the trouble is, the furlough scheme ending in four weeks is tomorrow for so many businesses. we need more clarity on timing. and more is going to be needed for some sectors. i look at aviation — an enabler of our economy. we are an open economy, we're going to need to be able to fly again for our trade —

for our global trade — for our recovery. we cannot let our aviation sector die. dame caroline fairbairn there. the other big topic was a brexit. the transition period ends on the 1st of january. she urged government to come up with a deal soon. sir keir starmer also urged the committee come up with the deal. dame caroline fairbairn said it would be unconscionable to unleash a no—deal brexit on the uk and europe are now dealing with the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. thank you very much. our business corresponded, vivian. as that briefing was taking place in wales, so nicola sturgeon was also giving one to the people of scotland. today scotland has been placed under a new tier system

across its council areas, restricting certain areas to harsher lockdown measures than others. but, she says the country has a decision to face, as the uk government's furlough scheme funding is only available during the month that england is in lockdown. the position, as it has in so many countries across the world, remains very fragile and we remain very concerned about the rise in hospital and intensive care commissions. we still there's a lot of uncertainty as lots of countries do. that is why it clear last week that when i set out the levels that would apply initially that we might yet have to go further and that we cannot rule out a move to level four for all the parts of the country. while that decision would never be easy, there

is no doubt that the availability of a more extensive unfurlough scheme of the kind that the prime minister announced on saturday would make it slightly less difficult —— furlough scheme. it would make it light slightly less difficult because workers would have more of their wages paid. what we have to be up and coming days as there is, should we ta ke and coming days as there is, should we take the opportunity of more generous financial support to step harder on the brakes now to try to drive infection rates down faster and more firmly? the potential benefit of that would be suppressing the bite is a further and faster at a time when financial support is available. —— suppressing the virus. but possibly opening up a bit more breathing space over the christmas period. ideally, we would assess the impact of the current restrictions for a bit longer before making that decision and, at the very least, wait until our next scheduled review point which is during lectures, a week tomorrow. but he has a dilemma week tomorrow. but he has a dilemma we face and it is important i am open with you about it. at this

stage, the indication is that the more generous unfurlough scheme is only going to be available for the month —— furlough's scheme during the period of england's lockdown. it should be available to devolved administrations whenever it is needed and most reasonable people would think that has the fair possession and i, with colleagues in the welsh and northern irish governments have pressed that point very firmly at the cobra meeting which has just concluded. very firmly at the cobra meeting which hasjust concluded. but very firmly at the cobra meeting which has just concluded. but we cannot put of vital decisions while we have a debate with the treasury because at the virus does not stop spreading while we do that. that is why i hope we get absolute clarity on that point from the treasury today. because it matters to our decision—making here in scotland. nicola sturgeon. the us presidential election enters its final day of campaigning, with both president trump and joe biden appealing to voters in crucial battleground states.

the scale of early voting has been unprecedented with more than 93 million americans having cast their ballots already. our correspondent nomia iqbal reports from florida. this is the most important election of our lifetime. it is crunch time. president trump and joe biden have been making a push in the midwestern states and if those swing states are crucial, then florida is critical. music plays. donald trump needs more than their love. he needs their votes. to become president it requires 270 points from the electoral college system and florida has 29 upforgrabs. without this state, mr trump's path back to the white house looks near impossible. more than eight million residents here have already voted. this is the last day of in—person early voting here in florida and at this polling station

there are donald trump supporters on one side and joe biden supporters on the other, with no—one meeting in the middle. and that sums up what it is like to be in a swing state. people love the guy because they think he is like us, a regular person and not a politician. he is a liar, he is a liar. he wants his ego, power, that is it. he does not care about the communities. and some say donald trump is trying to portray his rival, joe biden, in a way that plays on the fears of many latino voters. the trump administration needs something to grab onto because their record is terrible. so one of the biggest ways to scare cubans and venezuelans is by fear mongering them into talking about communism and socialism. my entire family is voting for donald trump. my entire family. i am one of the few in my family who is not voting for trump, who is voting forjoe biden.

florida has been problematic in delivering election results. but officials tell us they are ready this time. if that is true, then on election night florida will give us an early sense of which man is on track to become the next president. nomia iqbal, bbc news, florida. you can join us tomorrow night from 11.30pm for our us election special results programme on bbc one and the bbc news channel and you can follow all the expert analysis online as the results come in at bbc.co.uk/news and on the bbc news app. borisjohnson is due to address mps later this afternoon about his plan for a new four—week lockdown across england from thursday. he's expected to warn that covid—19 deaths could be twice as high over the winter as they were in the first wave of the pandemic without action,

citing models from his scientific advisers. but some other scientists insist there is still a better way to beat the virus. i've been speaking to dr tom jefferson, an epidemiologist at oxford university, who says there is no modelling on the impact of a lockdown. as we explained several times, the data which is referred to as black and white is anything but black and white. we do not really understand how cases are calculated and projections we have seen, are forecast we have seen of cases and deaths are actually really quite exaggerated. we have shown that in our trackers, and our website, and anybody can go on and check

predictions versus the actual evidence that is coming out. i must say, however, that this is very, very difficult to untangle because there is quite a number of different surveys and data sources. which give different estimates and no report methods and most often do not report the assumptions that are behind these models. isn't one thing certain, though, that a lockdown does definitely reduce the spread of infections and, therefore, the number of deaths? well, the u nfortu nately, number of deaths? well, the unfortunately, the patchwork of restrictions that have been applied throughout europe actually make that statement very problematic to check, to assess. because what you would have to do is you would have to have a state or nation or an area with some kind of restrictions and one without restrictions and then compare them. well, this has not

happened and the increasing number of restrictions, all patchwork, all doubling and sometimes very unclear and progressive, makes that kind of interpretation very difficult. what is certain is that restrictions have an impact, human toll and they have an impact, human toll and they have an economic toll. a societal toll. and that toll is never modelled. the forecasts that we see and that we are shown in now that the projected benefits on restrictions, but none of the harms. you may have heard the chancellor lashes a neck saying that nonetheless, we must be handling the face of nature —— rishi sunak. there may be some people who are lessening jose us eventually putting livelihoods ahead of lives, —— essentially saying that you are putting livelihoods ahead of lives. all deaths are regrettable. u nfortu nately, we all deaths are regrettable. unfortunately, we are allowed to die at the end of our life. the question

becomes wider, if you want to wed in the question and it becomes as follows — a re the question and it becomes as follows — are we going to use restrictions every winter? if we have a very bad acute respiratory infection season, are we going to start using restrictions there? because this is the logic that is behind applying restrictions and progressive restrictions. whyjust for covid? why progressive restrictions. whyjust for covid ? why not progressive restrictions. whyjust for covid? why not for the other bugs? which are going to start moving around very soon? if they have not already done so. doctor jefferson, i want to go right back to the beginning of our conversation. you said you have explained your position several times. i know you have presented a plan to the prime minister. what is your reaction been from him? what are you hearing from government to the ideas and arguments that you're putting forward? nothing. nothing at

all? nothing at all. why do you think that i think that is a question of government will stop i do not think that... question of government will stop i do not think that. .. there does not appear that they're open for debate. any governments are open to debate. and this is, i think regrettable. i personally think it is regrettable, simply because of the measures that are taking impact on everybody. doctor tom jefferson. are taking impact on everybody. doctortom jefferson. simon are taking impact on everybody. doctor tom jefferson. simon mccoy will be here with the news that 1pm. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen. behind it a chilly west wind. equally quite a number of showers as well. it is looking pretty placid

out there, particularly for england and wales, driving in the showers. a rather wet weather highlighted for natwest in england where we could see another 40 or 50 millimetres of rain throughout the rest of today. potential further flooding and a hazard on the roads. it looks quite wet to end the day for parts of northern ireland and that will all move northwards as well. either side of that, showers. moving northwards into scotland overnight, possibly a smattering of snow for argyll and the islands and a band of rain potentially running and across the southern half of england and wales and could have a smattering of sleet over the welsh mountains and moors. it will be significantly chillier tonight compared with the welsh mountains and moors. it will be significantly chillier tonight compared with teenagers gone. that is really a theme for the coming week. rain is with is eastern england for the first half of the day and clears away, sunny spells and scattered showers follow. mostly in the north and west. they could be heavy here with some hail and thunder and temperature is about time to where they should be for this time of year, but clearly today it has felt chillier because they went, the wind is a notch down tomorrow. that wind continues to

ease through wednesday as high—pressure dressing of the atlantic, but it will meander its way eastward so that by the weekend it will be starting to have a way once again. for two or three days, the weather doesn't look a little quieter. there will still be a few showers around wednesday and a bit ofa showers around wednesday and a bit of a breeze, but gradually that peace eases off and when events become confined to the north. after a frosty site, temperatures get back to where they should be for this time of year between ten and 11 celsius stop into thursday, we are going to have some potentialfault problems. they are stagnating at this time of year it takes a while for that fog to clear away. once it does so, again some sand and coming through, but probably some low cloud too. that is something we will inherit later this week as well is early morning fog and frost, but at least they wind and rain for a time is eating away, but as i say, it is just a fleeting glimpse of high—pressure for two or three days before it gets away and low pressure once again returns. warnings on the website.

borisjohnson prepares to ask mps to support his plan for a month—long national coronavirus lockdown in england. there'll be a commons vote on the move on wednesday. the new restrictions are due to come into force the day after we'll be getting the latest from westminster, where some tory mps say they will vote against the government. also this lunchtime: facing another lockdown — businesses across england say the potential damage is immense. we're nervous, we don't know where it's going to end, and i think that's our biggest problem. his hollywood reputation in tatters: johnny depp loses his libel action against the sun newspaper over an article which labelled him a "wife—beater". the presidential candidates spend the last day of campaigning crisscrossing the key battle ground states. prince william had covid at the same time as his father