19 students have been killed and many more wounded. one remarkable story, a three—year—old girl has been pulled from the rubble of a collapsed building almost three days after the earthquake. this year because my collection is the most consequential interoperation. what role american wa nt interoperation. what role american want their country to play in the world. you can even argue the idea of america will be shaped by the outcome. voting finishes on tuesday and president trump and joe biden

are continuing to push their focuses perhaps about less about winning people over and more about getting their own supporters to turn out, especially in those battle ground states that will decide who wins. president trump has five rallies today. he started in north carolina where he won in 2016i need to so again. his next stop is pennsylvania, where he won in 2016. thenifs pennsylvania, where he won in 2016. then it's on to wisconsin and michigan, two state the one in 25th 22016 but where joe michigan, two state the one in 25th 22016 but wherejoe biden has consistently been in the head in the polls this time. he'll need one more big swing state and he will be the winner. here is the president speaking earlier. we have a lot of people who say we don't want to talk to you and then they go vote for trump. they hidden voter or whatever they call, somebody said they're the shy voters. my people are not shy. joe biden has done fewer campaign

events that mr trump. today, he started in ohio. president trump where there —— one there in 2016. joe biden has three stops across pennsylvania, and that tells us a lot. if he takes pennsylvania, he's very likely to become president. he knows the race is looking very tight there. let's have a listen to what he said earlier on in ohio. it's time for donald trump to pack his bags and go home! we're done. we're done with the chaos, done with the tweets, the anger, hate, the failure, the irresponsibility. we got a whole lot of work to do. if i'm elected, i'm going to act on day one. let me show you some pictures coming in from pennsylvania. donald trump is about to arrive. you can see many supporters already have. he w011 see many supporters already have. he won pennsylvania in 2016 byjust over 114,000 voters, incredibly tight. it's looking tight this time

too. joe biden has been showing a slight lead in the polls. anthony zurcher is live from us in washington, dc. one of the two men trying to achieve in the last two 2a hours? it seems donald trump is trying to pull himself over the finish line. he has been keeping a blistering campaign schedule, going back over a week and a half now. for a 73—year—old man who is just recovered from coronavirus, i was following him around on the campaign trail and following him around on the campaign trailand i'm 25 following him around on the campaign trail and i'm 25 years younger than him. iwas trail and i'm 25 years younger than him. i was exhausted. he's been trying to nail down his position there, trying to get his supporters out, trying to pull him —— himself ahead in the polls. i think biden has seen a much more carefully calibrated in strategy, not the same

number of campaign events but where he's going is particularly interesting. pennsylvania is a key state, perhaps the key state. he's going to be there a lot today. but then, he's going to ohio too, which he doesn't need. he was in iowa in a few days —— a few days ago. he doesn't need that state. he is playing on a much bigger map and spending a lot of money and all of these different states. there are a lot of different paths to get to these votes, which of the winning number. i think you see him trying to pinch his bets where is donald trump is going all in and trying. the reason both men are focused on this small number of seats is because how the us elected president. the winner is not necessarily the person wins the most votes. hillary couldn't got close to 3 million more votes than donald trump last time and donald trump

became the president. that is because he got most votes in what is called the electoral college about me showing how this works. each state has a number of electors based on the state positive population, california has the most with the biggest pop tuition and in all but two of the states who wins gets all of the electors for that state. so in 2016 for example donald trump one more votes than higley queen in michigan by a very small margin but that still gave him all of michigan ‘s 16 electoral college votes. there we re ‘s 16 electoral college votes. there were 538 of them in total many tunic 70 is the magic number, reach that and each man can become president. -- 270. and each man can become president. —— 270. because each states. many for the same ways as a time, they don't pay often attention to the states because it doesn't matter if you win by one vote or when weighing votes, the candidates still get the same number of electoral college votes. so the focus is on the ones in play, the battle ground states. and these are the key ones. donald

trump andjoe and these are the key ones. donald trump and joe biden are spending all their time trying to win them. forward a is one of them, it has 29 electoral college votes so it is a big price. it also has a long track record of being won by the winner of the actual election overall. president trump one in florida by 1.296 in president trump one in florida by 1.2% in 2016 but in the latest point average mr biden is ahead in four by 1.496 average mr biden is ahead in four by 1.4% although that is in the margin of error and as in several swing states ofjoe biden wins, donald trump is in big trouble. donald trump is in big trouble. donald trump wins, it is a bufferjoe biden no doubt but he will have other options. we go to florida. at this point session there are donald trump supporters on one side and joe biden supporters on one side and joe biden supporters on one side and joe biden supporters on the other. with no one meeting in the middle and that sums up meeting in the middle and that sums up what it is like to be in a swing state. people love that guy. because they think he is like us a regular person, he is not a politician. he

isa person, he is not a politician. he is a liar. he is a liar. he wants power. he doesn't care about the communities. and some say trump is trying to portray his riflejoe biden in a way that plays on the fears of many latino voters. the chump administration need something to grab onto because their record is terrible. so one of the biggest ways to scare cu bans terrible. so one of the biggest ways to scare cubans and venezuelans is by fear mongering them into talking about communism and socialists. my entire family is voted for trump. my entire family is voted for trump. my entire family is 40 forjim, i am one of the few people in my family thatis one of the few people in my family that is not for the for trend that is voting forjoe biden. early voting is a huge factor in this election. partly because of covid and changing voter habits and we are seeing some extraordinary figures. already in forward it has reached 93% of the number of votes cast in total in 2016 and that is before election day itself. the democrats have been particular he focus on

mail in ballots. here is mary ellen ci’oss mail in ballots. here is mary ellen cross from the miami herald. the election day turnout this time is probably not going to be as busy as it normally is because so many people have already voted. but it is very true that this cycle, republicans have turned out their reliable voters on election day. and that was the expectation for soft democrats but a heavy evidence on vote by mail. by by putting their eggs in one basket so by putting their eggs in one basket so to speak, they need to have an early turnout in photo to have a big turnout over democrats... florida and some of the state—supported start accounting mail in ballots because of that. we may know reasonably soon after polls close which way forward is going. but it is history significant that other states will take longer over this. pennsylvania is crucial, it will not

start accounting mail in ballots until election day post for that arrive any time until the end of the week will still be counted as long as they are postmarked on tuesday or before. bear in mind last week the supreme court denied a republican attempt to discount votes that arrive after election day and this is what the president thinks of that. i think it is terrible when we can't know the result of an election the knights of the election and a modern—day age of computers. i think it isa modern—day age of computers. i think it is a terrible thing and i happen to think it was a terrible decision for our country made by the supreme court. i think it was a terrible decision for our country, and i think it is a very decision they make her dangerous decision because you're going to have one or two or three sister bidding and how it ends up three sister bidding and how it ends up where they are tapping getting ballots a nd up where they are tapping getting ballots and the rest of the world is waiting to find out and i think there is... and i think there is a lot of fraud can take place. the president says it is dangerous. let's be absolutely clear, it is

com pletely let's be absolutely clear, it is completely normal for votes to be counted for several days after election day and that happens in number of american states. the texas supreme court rejected the bid by republicans to stop drive—through voting in one text and counting. another similar case over 127,000 votes had already been cast out. drive—through voting makes it easier to vote. and then there is a story reporting that president trump has said he would declare victory on tuesday if it looks like he is ahead and this comes back to the issue of mail in voting. more democrats are voting by mail and in some key states, it may take days for those ballots to be counted. that means it is quite likely that in states like pennsylvania or michigan, the initial voting may skew towards the republicans as early results come through. but that won't necessarily mean the president trump has run the —— one the safe was notjonathan swann from axios has a long record of accurate reporting but mr trump said this when asked about the

story. the night of, as soon as that election is over we are going in with our lawyers. here is the reaction to that statement from pennsylvania's attorney general. he says... anthony we bring you back in here. without getting to the politics it is simply extraordinary that on the eve of the final day of voting we are having to discuss whether the president may or may not accept the results however long that takes to come through. it is remarkable and one could envision another campaign where a more traditional republican president would actually be encouraging voters to vote early, to vote by mail to avoid exposure to this coronavirus pandemic that donald trump has decided to call into question what is by all accou nts into question what is by all accounts a safe method for americans to cast their ballots and question the speed at which states tablet the results even though you point out

states do mail and batting an absentee balloting that takes in time... ballots from overseas and military soldiers stationed overseas also take a long time to count but donald trump appears fixated on using this as a wedge to undermine confidence in elections in some of these key swing states. it is not these key swing states. it is not the first time he has done it, he has been doing it practically his entire presidency talking about illegal votes, uncounted votes that should not have been tabulated but he has been particularly focused on mailand bounding he has been particularly focused on mail and bounding for this year. one other thing to talk about and the fear of postelection violence is very much real in the us. and we will come back to you in a moment because i want to show people these pictures of washington, dc. shots are —— shops are being boarded up as you can see in these pictures was that this is from washington over the past couple of days just ahead ofan the past couple of days just ahead of an american election and shops and businesses are taking this decision because of their fear of

postelection violence. these are pictures of the empire state to the, a similar scene, the building being protected. and donald trump has not been doing much to calm people's concerns on this issue. we are going to be waiting, november three is going to come, and we are not going to know and you are going to have beckham in our country, and you're going to have this period of nine days or seven days or whatever it is and many bad things— oh wejust found 10,000 ballots. that is good. we just find another 10,000. this found 10,000 ballots. that is good. wejust find another 10,000. this is a horrible thing that the united states supreme court has done to our country. and i say it and i say it loud and i say proud. —— you're going to have bedlam. there has been a lot of reaction to this and this next story, and a binding campaign event outside of austin had to be cancelled after campaign stops at a convoy of trump supporters some of them armed harassed the campaign bus. later the same day, this

approach trump convoy took place nearby in san antonio. the fbi is now investigating the incident. and here is the reaction from donald trump to that happening, he says... here isjoe here is joe biden here isjoe biden on that incident. it was an interstate highway in texas and a bunch of trump trucks pick—up trucks with trump flags try to run it off the road. they were stopping in front of it. and the president saw it, took the video that someone had taken, and tweeted about how he loves texas. that someone had taken, and tweeted about how he loves texaslj that someone had taken, and tweeted about how he loves texas. i should also mention that gun sales in america have been going up, soaring infectious at this new york times podcast is point said that eight of the ten record—breaking weeks for gun sales in the us have happened

since march this year and this is an article in the washington post tied up article in the washington post tied up with election day looming and anxious nation here is an article in the washington post tied up with election day looming and anxious nation hears runways of violence and it was the left—wing —— a left—wing activist... later on it puts a nonprofit organisation that specialises in put violence warning... there is a number of elements to talk about their bullets just focus on the president's reaction to the convoy that surrounded the biden bus. again it is exterminated on the eve of the election we are talking about a president not condemning that kind of behaviour. it seems like the clear case of intimidation of the biden band —— fan being forced off the road. that would be

something that you would imagine politicians would want to tamp down on. i think what you see is you see republicans, trump supporters convinced that their man is going to win. they deny the reality of the polls, they deny that this is a nation that is sharply divided, there have been projections on conservative websites of donald trump winning in a landslide. meanwhile on the left, you have people very nervous about the outcome of the election. they are certainly not convinced they're going to win but they are afraid of what will happen if they lose. i think in both cases, it's a recipe for unrest think in both cases, it's a recipe for u nrest after think in both cases, it's a recipe for unrest after the election because there is going to be one side that is very disappointed, very angry about the result and you have politicians who are encouraging their voters their supporters to question whether the results are valid or not. anthony thank you very much indeed.

a lockdown will start in england on thursday — and today borisjohnson has been making the case. without action based these latest figures there is no choice but to take action at a national level... under the new measures, everyone in england must stay at home except for specific reasons, like education or work that can't be done at home. pubs, restaurants, gyms, non—essential shops and places of worship will all 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. (ani)unlike the first lockdown — schools, universities outside in a public place. unlike the first lockdown, schools, universities and colleges will stay open — and vulnerable people who were told to shield themselves last time — are not being asked to this time. the rules will run till at least december the 2nd. it remains to be seen what kind of christmas awaits, but already we know that diwali celebrations will have to be cancelled. here's the prime minister again.

mr speaker, i mrspeaker, iam mr speaker, i am truly sorry for the english these measures will impose particularly for businesses which have just got back on their feet. businesses across the country who have gone to such trouble to make themselves covid secure, to install perspex screens and do the right thing. each of these actions mr speaker has helped to bring the r down. the national lockdown replaces the current tier system that uses localised restrictions. and it sees borisjohnson peforming a huge shift in policy. this is the prime minister on october 14 when the opposition was already calling for a two week lockdown. the for a two week lockdown. whole point, mr speaker seize the whole point, mr speaker, is to seize this moment now to avoid the misery of another national lockdown into which he wants to go headlong by delivering a regional solution. we also know the prime minister's scientific advisors were arguing for a short lockdown too. but mrjohnson didn't agree with the scientists. he didn't agree with the opposition. unitl this weekend — when he told us in fact

a lockdown is the best plan. now this is certain to happen as the opposition labour party supports it — but its leader still went on the attack. at every stage the prime minister has been too slow. behind the curve. at every stage he has pushed away challenge, ignored advice, and put what he hoped would happen ahead of what he hoped would happen ahead of what is happening. at every stage, he has overpromise and under delivered. rejecting the advice of his own scientists for 40 days was a catastrophic failure of leadership and of judgement. the catastrophic failure of leadership and ofjudgement. the prime minster now needs to explain to the british people why he failed to act and to listen for so long. as we saw in the spring, delays have consequences in terms of the spread of the virus. professor andrew hayward is a member of the government's scientific advisory group — sage. he's one of those who advocated for an lockdown weeks ago. here is speaking to the bbc this morning.

we can't turn back the clock, but i think if we had chosen a two week circuit break at that time, we would definitely have saved thousands of lives and we would clearly have inflicted substantially lives and we would clearly have inflicted su bsta ntially less lives and we would clearly have inflicted substantially less damage on our economy than the proposed four week lockdown will do. then there's this from bbc newsnight‘s lewis goodall... and lewis alludes to the fact that some conservative mps are not convinced of the government's policy. this is the senior backbencher sir graham brady. lam very likely i am very likely to vote against it, lam very i am very likely to vote against it, i am very concerned indeed about a repetitive cycle of lockdowns that is dimensionally damaging to people's livelihoods, deeply depressing, it is causing huge toll in terms of people's mental health

and theirfamily in terms of people's mental health and their family relationships. there's also pressure from business leaders for the government to offer support to all those affected. this is head of the confederation of british industry speaking today. for actual support. it needs to be there, he needs to be strong, and it needs to be there for the duration. the trouble is the fergus scheme ending infour the trouble is the fergus scheme ending in four weeks is tomorrow for so many businesses. —— the furlough scheme. we need more clarity on timing. and more it's going to be needed for some sectors, i look at aviation and enabler of our economy. we are an open economy, we are going to need to be able to fly again for our global trade, for our recovery. we cannot let our aviation sector down. speaking at the same conference — business secretary alok sharma defended the government's lockdown decision. in the face of the evidence, you have to act and of course it is regrettable that we are having to ta ke 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. but maccabee bring you up—to—date on the covid—19 numbers. maccabee bring you up—to—date on the covid-19 numbers. a further125 people have died. rob watson. so much to talk about here but the government has itself in a tangle in this policy. it has. i was watching the debate all afternoon in london a bit earlier and watching and absolutely it is hard not to see this as a serious low point for borisjohnson this as a serious low point for boris johnson and his this as a serious low point for borisjohnson and his premiership. a serious moment and in many ways that sort of flavour for the bait that you got that from all those voices sort of shows you exactly why because as you pointed out at the start essentially he was having to admit the previous government policy was a failure, the idea of having local and regional lockdowns and then he found himself having to try and sell a policy which only a few

days ago he'd been calling absurd and a disaster. and so he found himself attacked by both sides of the argument, from those who think he has once again delayed, did third, and therefore is causing death rates to go up unnecessary deaths and those on the other side of the argument, primarily in his own governing conservative party who say i walked on because too far and it threatens the economy and that it threatens liberty. —— a lockdown. a horrible place for the prime minister to become a real mauling i saw this afternoon. just briefly if you could, who is guiding his decision—making here? who would have been involved in this change of tack? the key players are the prime minister, his closest adviser dominic cummings, the health minister matt hancock, and the chancellor rishi sunak and other senior politician called michael gove. so it is those people who are

behind it. ishould gove. so it is those people who are behind it. i should say since time is limited it is not all bad news for the prime minister for the is limited it is not all bad news for the prime ministerfor the guess his ratings are going down but actually the public polling suggests the public blame other members of the public blame other members of the public blame other members of the public for the rise in the virus more than they do the government. rob, thank you very much indeed. let's switch from oxford to scranton pennsylvania because here we have a huge crowd turning out for donald trump, he is doing five rallies today moving through a number of states which she needs to win. bear in mind last time he once —— once serious estates by narrow margins, pennsylvania one of them, just 44,000 votes separated him from hillary clinton and the postadjusted will be tight again. most analysts would say while joe will be tight again. most analysts would say whilejoe biden has a number of different routes to the 270 electoral college votes that will make an president if donald trump is to stay in the white house, barely there are certain states he needs to win in pennsylvania would fall into that category which is why he is spending so much time in at

the moment. i will be back with you inaof the moment. i will be back with you in a of minutes. good evening. we will be replacing the autumn gales and rain with frost and fined by the midweek but following the stormy weather and the relentless showers today, there are still reports of the fighting, and flood warnings in force. but we are already into the chilly air, this was the mount air swept away by the cold front earlier on in the day and behind we see a rash or showers coming in. 40—50 mm of rain across parts of northern england. that is pushing to scotland coming into cold air could be some snow here. either side of that, showers, and as it moves in to scotland there could be a scattering of snow for the highlands.

band of rain over the southern half of england and wales and that could give a smattering of sleet over the welsh mountains and moors, so it will be significantly colder tonight, compared with the night just gone, and that is the theme for the coming week. the rain is with us for the first half of the day in eastern england that will turn the shari through the day and but it is chilly, that when coming down from the northwest. for the most fun is there will be sunshine in between the showers but they could between the showers but they could be heavy with hail and thunder in there and as we saw the tops of the mountains even the more mountains... a little bit of sleet and snow. 7—11 are our highest through the day tomorrow. come wednesday and we are welcoming the azores high for a few days which is transient which means he will have a 42—3 days before it moves away but it will bring some drier weather and less windy winter with of —— windy weather... missing fog

and sunshine will keep things fine. still rather unsettled in the far north—west of scotland, more public medicalfog on north—west of scotland, more public medical fog on thursday and then doesn't clear until late morning which means a hazard on the fast routes through the morning rush in particular. once it clears 11 and 12, with light sunshine. early morning fossen fergus we get through the high—pressure westing into friday possibly saturday as well. after it could turn... the weather warnings are all on the website.

hello, i'm ros atkins. this is outside source. donald trump and joe biden are on the final stretch. the last day of voting is tomorrow. joe biden is in pennsylvania and the race is tight. it's actually crucial to both men and they win this. it's time for donald trump to pack his bags and go home! we have a lot of people that say we don't want to talk to you and then they vote for trump. the hidden voter or whatever they call them, somebody said there are the shy voters. my people are not shy. european countries are tightening their restrictions and borisjohnson has been putting his plans for new lock the parliament. i'm truly sorry

for the anguish these measures will impose, particularly for businesses which have just got back on their feet. this is the aftermath of another tragedy in afghanistan were 19 students have been killed after militants stormed kabul university. this remarkable little girl has survived almost three days in the rubble but pulled alive after friday's earthquake. we thought she was dead. i asked my team for a bag or blanket and after we cut away some iron, i wiped rubble from her face. i held my hand out and suddenly, shejust face. i held my hand out and suddenly, she just grabbed face. i held my hand out and suddenly, shejust grabbed my face. i held my hand out and suddenly, she just grabbed my thumb. approaching the end of voting in the us election, and, as you'll know, covid is the single biggest issue for voters, which makes donald trump's decision

to once again undermine his his top infectious disease expert anthony fauci an interesting tactic. this was at a rally in florida on sunday. chanting fire fauci! don't tell everybody but let me wait till a little bit after the election. cheering i appreciate the advice. he's been wrong but he's a nice man. do not underany wrong but he's a nice man. do not under any circumstances wear a mask, he said. do not close up to china, he said. do not close up to china, he said. do not close up to china, he said. but he said later on that president trump saved tens of thousands of lives because i close

early. new york times' maggie haberman, "the president, two days before the election as he's delivering his closing message, suggests he'll fire fauci — a career appointee who doesn't work directly for him and who is massively popular — after november 3." and here's joe biden. the context here is this. anthony fauci is one of the world's leading infectious disease experts who has served under six presidents. as you'd expect he's based his analysis on science throughout, and that has at times put him at odds with donald trump who's taken a more freeform approach. over the weekend, the white house accused mr fauci over playing politics over this interview in the washington post. in it, mr fauci warns that the us should prepare itself for a "a whole lot of hurt." already, the us has recorded more covid deaths and cases than any other country. over 230,000 have died, and there have been over 9m recorded cases. in the state of wisconsin, cases are soaring,

all while biden and trump battle for what is a battleground state. the bbc‘s yalda hakim has been speaking to a doctor at a testing facility there. we've been seeing a dramatic rise in cases, a rise in hospitalizations and unfortunately, a rise in deaths. that's been ongoing for several weeks with no end in sight. could you tell me why you think that's happening in particular here in wisconsin? the question. it's been really ha rd to wisconsin? the question. it's been really hard to tease out why certain states at certain times. we seen the cycle of covid where the cases rise, tighten down, get more vigilant and then cases go down and we have a loosening up. we see that cycle will continue to recipient —— repeat. at the same time, where you can feel it right now, it's cold outside and people are gathering indoors closer together. the virus is easier to

transmit. some live pictures from pennsylvania where joe some live pictures from pennsylvania wherejoe biden some live pictures from pennsylvania where joe biden has just some live pictures from pennsylvania wherejoe biden hasjust arrived. he has three stops across the state. he knows if he takes pennsylvania, he's very likely to become president. he also knows the races are very tight. let's listen to what he said. we can't stay where we are. he took us over to my grandpa's house and what happened was, he said he was going down to delaware because there were jobs down there. i can bring everybody down. so, that's exactly what happened. from that point on, i went down to talk aboutjobs. he said, "joe, jobs are about a lot more than a paycheque. it's about dignity, respect, your place in the community. it's about being able to look at your kid in the eye and say it's going to be ok." not many people are saying that these days.

so many people are worried. i never. . . so many people are worried. i never... the lesson donald trump has never... the lesson donald trump has never learned because he can only see the world from park avenue. he can't see what families like yours and mine have gone through. he refuses to do the work to get this virus under control. he refuses to do the work to get our schools and our small businesses, the resources they need to stay open. firefighters, teachers cops, a whole lot of hard—working folks. firefighters, teachers cops, a whole lot of hard-working folks. what we are hearing is joe lot of hard-working folks. what we are hearing isjoe biden referencing his personal connection. somebody who grew up in scranton, he talks about it being his hometown. he's emphasising again and again that this is the man he is coming from pennsylvania. donald trump, of course, is also pulling very well in the state. they are running pretty much neck and neck and had these are live pictures from pennsylvania,

where we are expecting the president to emerge any time. he's got a large crowd waiting to hear from him. let's listen out for when he appears. to afghanistan, 19 students have been killed and at least 22 injured in kabul after gunmen stormed kabul university, reportedly dressed in military uniforms. it happened just as senior afghanistan officials were due to arrive on campus for the opening of an iranian book fair. here's secunder kermani from islamabad. nowhere is safe. they came here to learn and left in fear of their lives. climbing the university's walls to escape. translation: we saw the attackers when they enter the university. they were shooting at every student they saw. they even

shot at the ones who are running away. my friends and i left through the other gate of the campus. the attack began this morning when three gunmen wearing military uniforms enter the campus. an iranian book they are attended by afghan politicians was just starting. translation: we we re translation: we were on the verge of cutting the ribbon of the exhibition when isis forces and terrorist attacks the university from the north entrance. our programme was disrupted and it is with great regret that a large numberof afghan is with great regret that a large number of afghan citizens were killed inhumanely. i condemn this barbaric, cowardly and humanistic attack. security forces battled the militants for hours before finally managing to kill them. is the second time in under days that a place of learning has been targeted in the city. just over a week ago, more than 20 people died in this suicide bombing outside a tuition centre by

the islamic state group. has also claimed responsibility for today's attack. the taliban have to bend it but it's raising us more talks about... every day seems to bring a fresh tragedy. back to, bbc news. —— secunder kermani. more european countries are tightening their coronavirus restrictions, as they grapple with sharply rising infections. we'll have updates across the continent in germany, portugal and switzerland. first italy, which is once again bringing in extra restrictions to deal with a second wave of infections. this was the prime minister in parliament earlier. unfortunately, museums and exhibitions will close. we are also expecting to reduce by 50% the capacity of public transportation and we are planning to reduce the mobility from and to the regions with an high level of infections, except if travelling for work, study, health or situation of necessity.

the plans still need to be debated by parliament before they come into force. we're told that could be later this week. italians are already facing strict restrictions. last week, new virus controls were brought in, so bars and restaurants must close at 6pm and gyms, cinemas and theatres are all shut. there have been protests against the move. this was rome earlier. about 100 restaurant workers rallied against the restrictions, demanding more financial support from the government. next, portugal. the prime minister has asked the president to declare a state of emergency, a measure last used there in spring. that clears the way for restrictions on the movement of people, a suspension of the right to strike and curbs on public gatherings. this was lisbon earlier. portugal marked a day of national mourning for its virus victims. 2,544 have died in the pandemic. portugal has recorded just over 144,000 infections, which is much lower than its european neighbours. however, daily cases passed 4,500 on friday,

its highest recorded so far. let's look at switzerland, where more restrictions are coming into effect in geneva later. these bars, restaurants and other non—essential shops will all close in the next few hours as cases spike. we're told book shops can stay open. the situation in swiss hospitals is grim. staff are warning a surge in emergency cases may force them to decide to admit one covid—19 patient over another if their chances of survival are better. a partial lockdown is now in force in germany. bars, restaurants, fitness centres and arts facilities have shut for the month. however, schools, nurseries, and hairdressers can stay open. here's the chancellor earlier. translation: this means it's in everyone's own hands to make this november a joint success, a turnaround, to go back to having traceability. and if we manage to slow down the circulation of the virus over the next four weeks, then we will have the conditions for a manageable december,

with of course the need to still follow the coronavirus rules, that we have known for several months now, but with more freedom again. the restrictions are being called a "lockdown light". our berlin correspondent damien mcguinness explains what that means. measures are a lot less onerous than in other countries, so people are allowed to go out as much as they wa nt allowed to go out as much as they want to, shops will remain open in schools in most workplaces also keep going. but it's different. cafes, restaurants, leisure facilities, sports facilities and cultural activities will all close. the idea is if anything where people would socialised will be restricted, but the economy and work can keep going. in that way, the economic damage of the pandemic will hopefully be minimal. the question is, will this work? because we seen a sharp rise in daily infection rates in germany over the past few weeks, really.

over the past few days, infection rates every day, new infection rates have gone up by almost 20,000. this is the highest germany has seen since the beginning of the pandemic. it has to be remembered that overall, germany is still faring better than other european countries. the overall death toll here isjust over 10,000, which is much less per head of population than in other large european countries. in the last hour, spain and france have given an update on their infections. the numbers are staggering. in the past 24 hours france reported more than 52 thousand new cases, 6000 more than on sunday. and spain has confirmed 55 thousand new cases since last friday. both countries have some form of lockdown in place. in turkey to turkey — where there have been some remarkable rescues are friday's earthquake. a 14—year—old girl was pulled from the rubble 58 hours

after the building collapsed. then a few hours later, this happened. a three—year—old girl was pulled from the rubble. she'd been trapped for 65 hours. president erdogan tweeted a video of the girl waving from her hospital bed with the caption... next, let's hearfrom one of the firemen who rescued the little girl. she was lying on her back, and we thought she was dead. i asked my tea m thought she was dead. i asked my team and after we cut away some iron, iwiped team and after we cut away some iron, i wiped some dust from the rubble. i had my hand out and as i held my hand out, she suddenly grabbed my thumb. when she grabbed my thumb, and that moment, we froze. we started crying with joy. we didn't know what to do. at least 87 people were killed and thousands have been made homeless. its epicentre was just off turkey's aegean coast. most of the damage is in the turkish city of izmir,

though the greek island of samos has also been affected. orla guerin is in izmir. this is the location where that extraordinary rescue took place. behind me is the mound of rubble which was the apartment buildings. it was eight stories high. this is where three—year—old ellis was found and she had spent 65 hours underneath all of that concrete could. she is the fourth child from the same family to be found. originally, her mother and three of her siblings were recovered after about 23 hours. sadly, one of those siblings has since it died. this was an extraordinary moment for the rescuers who had been working for so long, looking for her, and there was great emotion here at the site when she was brought out. this rescue has of course brought hope for others who are still waiting for news of

their loved ones, and there are certain operations continuing at eight sites here in his —— and izmir. with every day that passes, the death toll is increasing. we'll be live in south carolina where the senate race is being watched closely. lindsey graham, a staunch trump ally, is leading his democrat challenger byjust two points. a new five—tier system of coronavirus restrictions has come into effect in scotland. no part of scotland has been placed in the highest tier, but the central belt, including glasgow and edinburgh, will be in level three. that means pubs and restaurants closing at 6pm, and no alcohol being sold. here's our scotland editor sarah smith.

the wok is hot for the first time in weeks. this glasgow restaurant reopened today, as even under level three restrictions, they can serve food before 6, but no alcohol. on balance i think i would rather be open than closed. we make most of our revenue in the evenings, and a significant proportion of it from drinks sales. so to be open until 6pm with no drinks sales is still going to be a struggle. they probably won't turn a profit, but want to try to save jobs. unsure exactly what support scottish businesses will get from the government in future. as the furlough scheme has now been extended through november across the whole of the uk, the big question here is what happens if scotland goes into a tighter lockdown at a later date? will the chancellor pay for scottish workers to be furloughed then? nicola sturgeon says it is a dilemma. should she lock down scotland now, just because treasury funding is currently available? if we know that furlough is available without limit of time,

we might still ultimately have to act. but we could give ourselves a bit more time to assess the situation and so not take decisions too quickly that will involve more restrictions on people before we've had the opportunity to assess the current situation. in the last hour the prime minister appeared to tell the scottish tory discussions are taking place between the scottish government and the treasury. sarah smith, bbc news, glasgow. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story? donald trump and joe biden are making a dash around battleground states in the last stretch of campaigning before tuesday's presidential election.

voting finishes tomorrow. here are some live pictures coming in from scranton. donald trump won pennsylvania in 2016. if he is to become state president in the next four years, he needs to take pennsylvania, as he knows. all elizabeth pocahontas war and had to do was leave two days early and it would've been crazy bernie instead of sleepyjoe. a crazy guy instead of sleepyjoe. a crazy guy instead ofa of sleepyjoe. a crazy guy instead of a sleepy guy. but he came in after going for one year, he still can't say it. but he said we will be on fracking. that's what he said —— band fracking. once he got the nomination, he came to pennsylvania.

they said you have to do something because you have a million jobs and it's a massive part of your wealth, so he walked in and went from we will band fracking to... what's the problem? studio: there is donald trump not giving an accurate representation of joe biden's position on fracking. we don't need to go into full detail, but that is not an accurate description. they are both in pennsylvania. all are very much focus on the battle ground states because in the end, who gets to be president from january onwards very much hinges on how those relatively small numbers of states go in the next few days. it's notjust a presidential election. members of the house of representatives are up to her election and a third of the senate seats are up for election. in south carolina — the incumbent — key republican senator and staunch

trump ally lindsey graham is leading democrat challengerjaime harrison byjust two points in a state trump won by 15 points in 2016, and voters are still behind him. let's hear more about it from greenville, south carolina. joining me now from greenville south carolina is larry madowo. it is the most expensive. jamie harrison reigned in $100 million, which wasn't hard for him, and now it's something that has become commonplace. it's a stunning reversal for this because this is trump country. he won the state by 14 points and is leading now by about nine points, so how is it possible the president can be so popular here and yet a democrat is likely to beat one of his staunchest allies? this rebalancing in places

where now, the democrats are competitive where just four years ago, they were not even considered. in terms of the issues that decide this, is it still dominated by donald trump or is it in fact more driven by local issues around the two candidates? it is a mixture of both. people we've been speaking to say they like president trump because he's not a politician, he somebody who says what he means and does that. promises made, promises kept. this is fox news talking points. the president says something and ends up on fox news, it goes all the way around. conservative judges like that he is a fighter. some of them say he's a bully but like what he's done. it's interesting that that's happening here because south carolina is also wherejoe biden's campaign was rescued before the primary elections here. he was

losing to elizabeth warren, pete buttigieg, bernie sanders. they have he had not been enforced —— endorse here, he would not be running for president. larry, i appreciate the update. we will be watching that race update. we will be watching that ra ce very update. we will be watching that race very closely and larry will be helping us. the hollywood actorjohnny depp has lost his libel case with the uk's sun newspaper which labelled him a "wife—beater" during his marriage to amber heard. the judge ruled an article which made the allegation published two years ago was "substa ntially true". during the case at the high court in london, ms heard said the star hit her on 14 separate occasions, before they divorced. our arts correspondent david sillito reports. one time, johnny was hitting me, and he was hitting me hard and repeatedly. 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 accused of assaulting his wife on more than 14 occasions, who left her fearing for her life. amber heard had photographs. she also had video. bleep. this judgment on the sun article could hardly be clearer. after 14 allegations, thejudge said 12 had been proved. he said amber heard was no golddigger, that there was no hoax. this case was prompted by questions over his casting in the fantastic beasts franchise. johnny depp hoped he could restore his reputation. justice forjohnny! each day at court, he arrived surrounded by fans, convinced that he was the victim. his gambit has failed. his reputation is destroyed. i didn't think this was a case that needed to be brought. i think it was ill—advised and certainly unhelpful.

you have given me so much strength. and for amber heard, who has in recent years taken on a public role speaking at about domestic violence, this is a judgment that goes beyond hollywood. thank you. to have this result, particularly now just as we are about to go into another lockdown, i think sends a clear message to victims that actually, do come forward you will be believed. and for me, that's the most important thing. johnny depp's lawyers have described thejudgment as perverse and bewildering. he had hoped to restore his reputation. this judgment has torn it apart. david sillito, bbc news. before i finish this hour, austrian media is reporting there have been shots fired in parts of central vienna. a large security operation is under way in the centre. one unconfirmed newspaper report indicates the shooting took place on

the street near a jewish synagogue. we will bring you more on that in the coming minutes. good evening. we will be replacing the autumn gales with frost and fogs by mid week, following but following on from the weekend, some stormy weather. there are still reports of flooding but we are already into the chilly air. this was a mild air that got swept away by that cold front earlier on in the day. we see a real rash of showers coming in, 40 to 50 millimetres of rain. as we head towards mid week we will replace the autumnal wind and rain with fog and frost, and the feel has already changed. turning and the feel has already changed. more shower he after and the feel has already changed. the wet weather northern after the wet weather across northern ireland, but potentially more extensive rain coming in across the southern half of england and

wales and the smattering sleet over the tops of the hills because it's colder air and it will be a colder night and therefore a colder start to our tuesday morning. quite a wet one across central and eastern areas of that rain then continues its progress eastwards. then it's sunny spells and showers, but we got that more extensive rain and hail snow further north for parts of the highlands. that will turn more showery threw the day and there'll be some brightness in between, but it's chilly. that when coming down from the northwest. there will be some sunshine between the showers, but the showers could well be heavy with hail and thunder. even the more mountains... a little bit of sleet and snow. seven to 11, our highs through the day tomorrow. come wednesday, welcoming the azores high for the few days. a transient, we will have it for two or three days before it starts to move away but it will bring some drier weather and less windy weather with it. it will bea less windy weather with it. it will

be a crisp and frosty start wednesday morning, a little bit of mist and fog here and there, but the lighter winds, more sunshine keeps things fine. still rather unsettled to the far northwest of scotland. on thursday, more problematic. it doesn't clear until the late morning so that's a real issue on the... once it's cleared, 11th and 12, light wind and sunshine. the early morning frost and fog as we get under the high pressure. thereafter, it may well turn unsettled again. the weather warnings are on the website.

this is bbc news. i'm james reynolds. the headlines at 8pm... the prime minister defends his plans to impose a month—long lockdown on england saying it is the only way to prevent a medical and moral disaster. that would not only be a disaster for thousands of covid patients because their survival rates would fall. we would also reach a point where the nhs was no longer there for everyone. this lockdown will be longer than it needed to be, at least four weeks. it will be harder. we've just missed half—term, and the human cost will be higher. we report from liverpool — which has more covid patients in hospital than anywhere else in the uk.

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