this is bbc news with the latest headlines. the gunman killed by police during a deadly shooting in vienna was an islamist terrorist according to the authorities. police are searching for accomplices. gunmen opened fire yesterday evening at six different locations in the city centre — at least four people have died and more than a dozen have been wounded. we saw the policeman in the street next to our restaurant, we saw the ambulance lining up next to our restau ra nt, ambulance lining up next to our restaurant, with all victims who seems harmed. people living in liverpool are being offered the chance to be tested regularly for coronavirus from friday as part of a mass—testing pilot.

in half—an—hour we will be answering your questions about how your travel plans might be affected by thursday's lockdown in england and then the rest of the uk. if you want to get on touch with that, you can contact me on twitter or use a hashtag on—screen. this morning the first polls will open as president trump and joe biden spend their final hours campaigning in the us presidential election. wales football manager ryan giggs says he is cooperating with police after he was accused of assault. the former manchester united player denies the allegations. and coming up this hour... after being badly hit by bushfires, we check in on the health of australia's koala population.

the interior minister, karl nehammer has described one of the gunmen — who was shot dead by police — as an islamic state sympathiser. another attacker is still being hunted and a third has been arrested. people have been urged to avoid central vienna. leaders around the world have condemned the attack. this report from mark lobel. austrian police order people to take cover. news of an incident emerged just before eight last night, with reports of several gunmen armed with rifles opening

fire in six locations. one witness recalls what he saw. we didn't know what's going on, to be honest. the only thing we heard of was the firecrackers, the sound of firecrackers. and then we only saw what happened sort of afterwards. you know, we saw policemen in the street next to our restaurant. we saw the ambulance lining up next to our restaurant. we saw there were victims who seemed harmed, in a way. it unfolded in a vibrant district of vienna opposite a synagogue, which was closed at the time. it's not clear if that was a target. it comes a night before a new 8pm coronavirus curfew kicks in for cafes and restaurants there. austria's chancellor has called it a repulsive terror attack. translation: we are living here in austria and particularly in vienna through difficult hours.

we are victims of an appalling terrorist attack in our capital, which is still ongoing. i want to thank the emergency services. they are risking their lives to secure our safety. borisjohnson has tweeted that he is deeply shocked by the terrible attacks, telling the people of austria the uk stands united with them against terror. police are still searching for at least one suspect still at large. they're urging people to stay at home or avoid public transport if they're out on the streets. austria's interior minister described this as the hardest day for the country for several years. as the manhunt continues for at least one heavily armed and dangerous attacker, the special forces are also looking beyond the capital. mark lobel, bbc news. let's speak to eric frey, senior editor of der standard newspaper. he is in vienna.

thank you very much for your time this morning, are we any clear about the number of suspect police are looking for? we are not, but the came out last night, there may be six attackers, they were on. at the likely is that it was a single attacker during the shooting yesterday. weather and accomplish is on and at large is unclear. the interior ministry thinks it is just one person but they would like to find out more about his background. the person detained this morning seems to not have been directly involved but seems to have had contact with him and his business

background. the authorities clearly had some level of information about the gunman who was shot dead, given what they have said this morning. have they been able to search any properties or carry out any searches that have led them to make this statement? immediately they identified the person, they found his apartment in a working—class district of vienna, apparently they found signs of his sympathy for islamic state, radicalism is, he is 20 years old, he has a criminal record so he has been known to the police, but this is about all that we know. we don't know where he got his guns and weapons from and whether he has been involved in any kind of political activity before. tell us more about the area where this attack began last night? a p pa re ntly this attack began last night? apparently the first shooting happened right in front of the main

synagogue in vienna, it seems like this is actually the targets, but this is actually the targets, but this area is also one of the main party, club and cafe districts. last night it was full, this is the last evening before the curfew kicks in and the weather was nice, the weather was warm so and the weather was nice, the weather was warm so there were hundreds and thousands of people on the streets, in cafes and bars, and the streets, in cafes and bars, and the shooting happened right in this facility. he went from one place to the next, he was running or escaping, shooting at various places and it is a place where lots of people were on the street and a lot of activity. he did not get very far, basically 15, 20 minutes up to the first emergency call, the police we re the first emergency call, the police were there and they shot him dead. the police intervention came very fast and probably saved a lot of lives. thank you for your thoughts,

thatis lives. thank you for your thoughts, that is the senior editor of one newspaper in vienna. we hope to talk foran mep for newspaper in vienna. we hope to talk for an mep for the austrian people's party scene. regular coronavirus tests are going to be offered to everyone in liverpool from the end of this week, in the government's first mass—testing pilot involving a whole city. troops will help carry out rapid turn—around tests on about half a million people who live or work in liverpool, even if they don't have symptoms. our political correspondent nick eardley reports. many of us have taken tests like this in the last few months. the government thinks they are going to be crucial to controlling the virus in future. yesterday, they hit a target with half a million daily tests available. and, from friday, a new mass testing scheme is being rolled out here in liverpool, where the number of cases is among the highest in england. everyone, even those without symptoms, will be offered a regular test. they are going to be at sites in

hospitals, universities, schools, mobile units going into care homes and other places where we see there isa and other places where we see there is a spike or an increase in covid—i9 activity. 2000 armed forces personnel have been deployed to help. in what the prime minister hopes will be a new weapon against the virus. borisjohnson was in parliament yesterday to explain his plans for a new england wide lockdown coming into force for a month from thursday. the modelling presented by our scientists suggests that without action, we could see up to twice as many deaths over the winter as we saw in the first wave. faced with these latest figures, there is no alternative but to take further action at a national level. he said the measures would end in four weeks, and it would be up to mps what would happen next. leader of the opposition, keir starmer. but he has faced claims that he waited too long to act. as a result, this lockdown will be longer than it needed to be, at least four weeks.

it will be harder. we havejust missed half—term. and the human cost will be higher. labour will, though, back the measures in a vote tomorrow, so they will almost certainly pass. england is heading for another lockdown but there remain questions over the cost and the longer term exit strategy. nick eardley, bbc news, westminster. let's get more from our political correspondent jessica parker who's at downing street. good morning. cabinet meeting this morning, what can we expect from that? yeah, we have recently seen the chief whip go in at this morning to the cabinet meeting. of course he is dealing with a restless conservative party on the back benches at the moment, some of whom are unhappy about the new lockdown for england. some are also pretty unhappy about the way it has all been communicated. i think one of the big questions that may or may not be answered today, let's see what happens, is around furlough

after the prime minister suggested last night that different parts of the uk in the future go into lockdown restrictions that they would get full furlough payments. that is where businesses are forced to close. we have not had any details yet from the treasury as to how that might work, or indeed any kind of confirmation. it will be interesting later on to see in the house of commons, anneliese dodds, the shadow chancellor, will put an edgein the shadow chancellor, will put an edge in question to the government. not rishi sunak responded, it will be steve barclay, chief secretary to the treasury. meanwhile as there lockdown restrictions come into force in england on thursday, a bit of confusion from cabinet ministers as to how the rules are going to work. here is the communities secretary robertjenrick work. here is the communities secretary robert jenrick speaking work. here is the communities secretary robertjenrick speaking to the bbc earlier. you can go out with your own household and with your own household plus one other person and walk the dog, go for a run, go for a walk around the town

or city where you live. i think i heard you say you that outside you could be one household plus one other person? is that what you meant and is that right? yes, that's right. ok, so a family could go for a walk with for example a friend? yes. so for people and one person? so four people and one person? that's right? yes, so you can go out in your own household or with one other person. so it seemed as though it robert jenrick was getting up slightly wrong at the beginning. my understanding having checked in this morning is that a household can go out as a household work one person can go outside and meet one of the person. the only time a household could meet up with somebody else is if they were in a support bubble. another cabinet minister who seemed to get things a bit wrong overnight, michael gove. he suggested that singles tennis and golf between two people would be possible. however, he got that wrong and has tweeted

this morning saying, my apologies, i got this wrong, outdoor leisure facilities including tennis courts and golf courses will be closed from thursday. and he goes on to link to the guidance. a bit of confusion as to how these rules will work but we expect to hear more about how they will work later today. things are confusing enough, and they? thank you very much for that. let's return to the situation in vienna, following that shooting last night. a manhunt under way after four people were killed and a number of others, another 17 people wounded in the attack. the authorities say the gunman who was shot as an islamic state sympathiser. let's stop to lukas mendl, an austrian mep from the ruling austrian people's party. thank you for your time. bring us right up to day, we spoke to a

journalist a few minutes ago from government perspective on the status of the manhunt. do the authorities think they are looking for sure for more than one person? my view, and i speak as an elective official, but i really appreciate the ambulance and hospitals have been doing since last night in vienna. what they do is seek out each and every thing that can be found about islamic state terrorists and due to the effect of this in the heart of vienna, which i know very well, i cannot imagine that there was more than one terrorist but it is theirjob to seek out everything that is

connected, but the terrorist, the islamists can be assured we will not stand back and we will fight this sick ideology as much as we can in austria, in europe, and all over the world, because we defend democracy, rule of law, it is our european way of life. investigations are ongoing and terrorists will be found. of life. investigations are ongoing and terrorists will be foundm of life. investigations are ongoing and terrorists will be found. it is all the more shocking for us, isn't it? —— for austria. there hasn't been an attack of this kind for a long time, has there? that is actually true. i myself was reminded in the very first minutes of the attempt on the european parliament nearly two years ago, i was there as well as in vienna yesterday. things in vienna

really got a very, very severe and serious and that is why it is so important we stick together. it's why am so grateful for many from all over the world, all parts of the world, and especially within europe where we stand strongly together and fight this ideology in order to defend for us and future generations, for our children, our european way of life. in a very broad sense, given we have had the two recent attacks in france, do you think there may be either individuals or groups of people who have looked at that and thought, we will launch an attack now as well? do you think it works like that in terms of where these people take their inspiration from, if i can use that word? i don't want to speculate, but what we can say as of now is that there is a connection to

this sick ideology of islamism, of political islam, and this is true for france and i felt a lot of sympathy with france last week. we also experience in the last days before yesterday's attack, right in the evening before the lockdown had started due to the coronavirus, the pandemic, before that, ahead of yesterday's attack, we have seen vandalism in churches in vienna, we have seen a catholic nun attacked in another part of austria. everything within three orfour another part of austria. everything within three or four days. so may be due to the pandemic, maybe our societies are more vulnerable and thatis societies are more vulnerable and that is why it is even more important to speak together than to fight against is the miz and terrorism. 0k, lukas mendl, austrian

mep, thank you very much forjoining us mep, thank you very much forjoining us this morning to react to what happened in vienna yesterday. after weeks of intense, and at times bitter campaigning, it is now presidential election day in the united states. in line with tradition, at the stroke of midnight, votes began to be cast in the new hampshire hamlet of dixville notch. in a final push on monday, bothjoe biden and donald trump encouraged supporters in key battle ground states to get out and vote. president trump, with vice president mike pence by his side, delivered his closing pitch to voters in grand rapids in michigan. he promised to prove the pollsters wrong by winning the election, in a similar manner to four years ago. meanwhile, businesses in the nation's capital, washington dc, and in new york city have been seen boarding up their premises due to concerns about unrest after the vote. our washington correspondent ben wright has more. across the united states, in person and by mail, americans have voted in

vast numbers already. nearly 100 million people to have cast their ballots early and one dilemma, will have their say a polling stations today. for both candidates, monday saw a final sprint for votes around key swing states and both made campaign stops in pennsylvania. lagging in the polls, donald trump has been rallying his supporters. he surprised the world by winning four yea rs surprised the world by winning four years ago and believes he can do so again are. so get your friends, get yourfamily, get again are. so get your friends, get your family, get your again are. so get your friends, get yourfamily, get your neighbours, get your co—workers, grab your boss by the tie and say, come on, boss. we've got to get out and vote, get out and vote. you are going to have a day tomorrow the likes of which i think people haven't seen in a long time. his democratic rivaljoe biden has also been campaigning intensely in pennsylvania, arguing america must come together and get a grip on the pandemic. the first step to beating the virus is defeating donald trump.

car horns blaring. it always matters who sits in the white house, but the choice facing americans today is stark. this feels like the most pivotal presidential election in decades and the huge early voting turnout reflects that. it is also a big test for america's democracy and whether it can peacefully steer this nation through a deeply polarised moment. singing. tonight, lady gaga joined joe biden at a driving campaign event in pittsburgh. after decades in public life, mr biden could be on the cusp of the presidency. donald trump is in the fight of his life, still thrilling his crowds, still predicting possible bedlam after the election. this evening he stopped in wisconsin before wrapping up his travels in michigan. a campaign going to the wire. ben wright, bbc news, washington.

many americans living around the world have also already cast their vote. there are 200,000 us—born residents living in the uk, and we can speak to two of them now. morgan schondelmeier is one and she comes from north carolina and is a registered democrat. and greg swenson is from illinois and is a registered republican. both now live in london and have already voted. greg and morgan, good to have you with us today. an exciting day for you, an exciting day for americans. how tight do you think it will be? obviouslyjoe biden has been establishing a solid lead in the polls for a while now, but in those crucial swing states it has been getting tighter in recent days, hasn't it? morgan, what do you think it will be? where we have to wait a while to see who is actually the winner? it is possible we might. with the influx of mail in votes and

early votes, those take a while to count. in some states you can't start counting them until election day so it may be that we have a few days to wait. greg, do you think we will get a clear—cut result or could this be a contested election where we have to wait for a few days to find out who the eventual when it is, as some commentators have suggested? it's a great question and i think it depends on what the outcome is firstly in florida because florida is very well organised for the increase in male in voting so they have been counting ballots from the get go —— mail—in voting. after the debacle in 2000 they have tightened up their process for a vote counting. i expect to see florida and if president trump winds florida and if president trump winds florida then he has to win one of the key, probably pennsylvania or some compilation of michigan and another upper midwestern state. that could take a while longer, especially pennsylvania. this election very well could come down

to that state because they don't start counting until election day, as morgan pointed out. the pennsylvania supreme court recently changed the election law, in spite of the legislator, supposedly doing that, they changed it to allow the male in votes to be counted until november six and don't necessarily have to have stamps on them, indicating they were in by election day. i think there will be some confusion in pennsylvania. you could have some litigation but again if either candidate winds come to play and takes florida and several other states early on, and it makes pennsylvania less critical, then you might have a decision early on novemberfour. might have a decision early on november four. morgan, as we work reporting in the introduction to our reporting in the introduction to our report a moment ago, in some areas businesses have been boarding up their premises because they are worried about unrest in the wake of this election, as the results emerge. how big a concern do you think that is across the states?

it's a pretty terrible situation for the us to be in, isn't it? it is, andi the us to be in, isn't it? it is, and i think this is kind of indicative of the summer we have had. we have had a summer of unrest around the black lives matter movement and i think a lot of people ijust movement and i think a lot of people i just anticipating that tensions like that might continue and, again, if we do have a delayed result that will be when tensions will rise in pressure will build and businesses are looking out for their own interests. greg, i just are looking out for their own interests. greg, ijust wonder, how much do you think donald trump, if this is close, will fight this? he said ata this is close, will fight this? he said at a rally in pennsylvania, if we win on tuesday or, thank you very much, supreme court, shortly thereafter, to quote the phrase... this is the president, supposed to defend the constitution, not miller collated for his own ends. do you think he will literally try to fight until the very last, if it is a

close vote ? until the very last, if it is a close vote? as long as it's free and fairand close vote? as long as it's free and fair and that is what the president is insisting on and he is not threatening democracy by any means. in fact the courts will opine if they need to, like they did in 2000 with the disputed election in florida. that turned out to be a very good move because as it turns out, bush one more consulate than the original indications. —— he won more. if the original indications. —— he won ifjoe biden winds fair and square, great, but if not he might contest it in the courts. thejoe biden campaign hasa it in the courts. thejoe biden campaign has a high of 600 lawyers andi campaign has a high of 600 lawyers and i imagine the trump campaign has done the same. that is different than violence in the streets. he has continued to make unproven allegations about manipulation of the postal voting system, hasn't he? do you think that is just simply setting up a rationale in his mind, if he loses, an explanation? it's very clear that because of the

increase in mail—in voting and the lack of infrastructure in certain states... in the western states they have been doing mail—in voting four yea rs have been doing mail—in voting four years and have the infrastructure in place. at what you saw in the summer in democrat primaries in new york and newjersey was outcomes not decided for three orfour and newjersey was outcomes not decided for three or four weeks. in one case, six weeks. the rate at which ballots were tossed, 20% in new york and 28% in paterson, new jersey. i think it is quite realistic to assume that there is room forfraud but realistic to assume that there is room for fraud but more likely than outright fraud. we have seen that in philadelphia before, we have seen it in milwaukee. i think you have to anticipate that there will be problems counting the votes. there will be a lot of disputes about the votes a nd will be a lot of disputes about the votes and if that means lawyers have to get involved from thejoe biden campaign orthe trump to get involved from thejoe biden campaign or the trump campaign, so be it. i don't think that is unique to the president. the vice president

is building up quite a legal team. let me flip that around. morgan, i read that hillary clinton had advised the joe biden, read that hillary clinton had advised thejoe biden, and just to remind everyone, last time around hillary clinton won the popular vote but clearly donald trump won the electoral college so we ended up with the keys to the white house. i read that hillary clinton has advised joe biden this time to absolutely not concede. if it is close, do not concede until the absolute end. obviously hoping from your perspective that it is a clear win forjoe biden. do you expect it to be that kind of fight? if he winds, do you think it will be a difficultjob for him to bring on board all the people who have the sorts of concerns that, you know, that made them vote for donald trump? i think it will be an interesting night. again, we have to think about florida, which goes early, if it goes forjoe biden it

might not be an exciting election night. in terms of not giving up until the last moment, the problem with hilary's campaign if wasn't strategic about wet campaign. the electoral college is factored in. you know you need to win enough electoral college votes and she didn't. i don't thinkjoe biden will make the same mistake so i don't think it will be that he will have to hold out and challenge the results. what i am worried about is that we are going to see a trump victory early in the night because of the in—person votes and then as we get to counting mail—in votes, joe biden might come ahead. in that case people feel like they have something taken away from them. that will be difficult forjoe biden to square if he eventually winds and that animosity might carry on for weeks to come. it will be interesting to see, undoubtedly both sides trying to set the tone for how the voting is shaping up. and the counting of those votes shaping up. thank you both very much. greg

swenson, morgan schondelmeier, for your thoughts on this us presidential election day. let me tell you more about our coverage. you canjoin us tonight from 11.30pm for our us election special results programme on bbc one and the bbc news channel. you can follow all the expert analysis online as the results come in at bbc.co. uk/news and on the bbc news app. there'll also be coverage across bbc radio 4 and the world service from 10pm, and five live from midnight here at the bbc we have got you really well covered. with just two days left of trading in stores before england enters another lockdown, many retailers are worried — the outlook for their key christmas shopping period is bleak. meanwhile, the business body, the confederation of british industry continues its annual conference today. the head of the cbi, dame carolyn fairbairn, said yesterday the new lockdown comes as many businesses find themselves struggling from what's already been a very difficult year. our business correspondent vivienne nunis has more on this. vivienne nunisjoins me now.

good morning. the business world has been, if i could pick one word to sum up what they have been saying for a long time, is clarity. they don't have that yet do they? they don't have that yet do they? they don't have that yet do they? they don't have clarity on how the furlough scheme will end. they welcomed the news over the weekend that there will be an extension to the furlough scheme but there have been culled from the cbi to make it clear what happens after that. what we have been hearing from businesses around the country looking to the short time they are facing a crisis, particularly retailers. we know how important this preach christmas trading is. especially smaller businesses, they rely on those profits to carry them through for the rest of the year. now we have the rest of the year. now we have the director—general of the cbi, thank you for making time for speaking to us this morning. what

are the challenges facing businesses, where do you see the pinch points coming? we know some retailers in particular are facing a pretty tough time? good morning. this is incredibly tough news for businesses, and particularly those who count on the christmas season. i spoke to one brewer yesterday who said a third of their sales come at christmas time. what they are really looking for, first of all, yes, support. immediate extension of the furlough scheme is welcome. but they are looking to find what the way out is. we talked about this ending at the beginning of december. we have a happen? what are the plans for how we come out of it? what will the support be on that date? businesses are resilient, they are planning and they can plan if they know what is happening but the pathway out is as yet, unclear. a number of businesses you said yesterday will be in a

better position than going into the first lockdown because they have had more time to prepare and shift more of their business online. we know a lot of businesses invested heavily in covid safe procedures, so how will they be helped through this difficult period? it is frustrating, there is the investment in perspex, there is the investment in perspex, the investment in one—way systems. retail and workplaces are covid safe. the move to online, we saw a 30% increase in online shopping, so that will help. but it won't help everyone. the way that we come out of this, the plan for the exit is hugely important. i think it is worth remembering on the upside, there are some things that are better about this lockdown for business. we have schools back, hugely important for children's

education, but hugely important for people going to work. about 90% of the economy is still open, we must still remember that. if we can have that pathway out, we also have good news today about a programme about mass testing for business and ordinary individuals being launched in liverpool. we think that could be a game changerand in liverpool. we think that could be a game changer and it is about how we use these for weeks to plan a good root out and hopefully in time for christmas. 0k, thank you very much for stepping away from the second day of your conference today. thank you very much for that. now it's time for a look at the weather. lots of rain on my drive to work this morning, i guess it has been wet in lots of places, how are we shaping up? the good news is, things are turning dry over the next few days and we need that at that moment. if few downpours are present, heavy rain across eastern england taking till after lunch to clear from east anglia. rain easing away from

eastern scotland. a few showers around here and there. we could not rule out the odd rumble of the thunder. up to 11 degrees in the south. still a few showers to begin with this evening and they will continue in the north of scotland with a breeze. one or two isolated ones in the west. but more having a dry and clear night and it is going to be the first widespread frost of the season for england and wales. but whilst it is frosty, lovely, sunny start. showers in eastern ireland, isle of man and liverpool bay and north wales. much of england and wales have blue skies throughout the day. clouding over in northern scotla nd the day. clouding over in northern scotland later with rain for the highlands and islands. over the next few days, whilst many will be dry there will be overnight fog patches that linger. goodbye for now. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's sally.

talking about golf and michael gove. but there has been confusion? hopefully we can clarify a little bit for you. michael gove has apologised after saying golf and tennis may be allowed to continue during the lockdown. prime minister borisjohnson stated yesterday that they would not be exempt from the rules but during a live q&a facebook session in his surrey constituency last night, gove suggested otherwise. he tweeted this morning. campaign groups are obviously not happy with that, or the government's decision that all children's sport outside school must stop for the four—week lockdown period in england. former premier league and wales footballer robbie savage, has launched a petition, calling on the government to allow supervised youth team sport to continue. i spoke to him earlier and he was really passionate about what he described

as the "nonsensical" rules. if schools were to close and grassroots was to stop, i totally get it. but the inconsistency about the tweet last night to stop households mixing. and the parents, what we have been doing as official grassroots club, every time a player enters they have their temperature check, everything is sanitised and there is track and trace. every game we have participated in, there has not been one case of covid because we do it right and the proper way. pa rents, we do it right and the proper way. parents, one parent to child on the sidelines, social distancing. they can pick up or drop off, if that was the case. we all have our safeguarding certificates, we are dbs checked and have our coaching licenses. tell me why allowing school to continue but thousands of youngsters, for their mental and physical well—being cannot participate. it is their out, kids

can choose different pathways. these kids need a mental and physical activity to stimulate themselves on activity to stimulate themselves on a weekend. it is ridiculous. obviously some strong feelings out there and i imagine the calls for a government rething are only going to grow. back to you. sally, thank you very much. the wales football manager ryan giggs has strenuously denied allegations of assault, after the sun newspaper reported he'd been arrested following an incident involving his girlfriend at his home in greater manchester. the wales team have cancelled a scheduled news conference today. a spokesman said he's cooperating fully with the police and their investigations. our correspondent andy moore is here. what more can you tell us about this? began with a story in the sun newspaper alleging ryan giggs had been arrested at his home following an alleged assault of his girlfriend. we have a brief

statement. greater manchester police does not name ryan giggs, but it does not name ryan giggs, but it does say the police were called at 10.05 on sunday evening to reports of the disturbance in worsley. they say a woman in her 30s sustained minor injuries but did not sustain any injuries. 46—year—old man was arrested on section 47 assault on section 39 common assault and has been bailed pending further enquiries. we have had a statement from ryan giggs' personal representative and it simply says, he denies all allegations of assault made against him. he is cooperating with the police and will continue to assist them with their ongoing investigations. and finally, a comment from the welsh fa. they say they are aware of an incident involving the men's national team

member, ryan giggs. he was due to announce the squad for an up—and—coming round of friendlies this morning, but that press conference has been cancelled. like you very much for that. time is 9.38. and now on the bbc news channel, it's time for your questions answered, and you've been sending in plenty of questions about travel. with me is paul charles, aviation analyst and ceo of the travel consultancy. and also i'm joined by felicity hannah, personal finance and consumer expert. very good morning to both of you. we have had so many questions about this because people are hopeful that they will be able to get away

somewhere. but there are lots of things to work out before that can happen. let's get this question from gale. does the no foreign travel rule apply to england? what about flight rule apply to england? what about flight from belfast? she is supposed to be flying to the canaries at the end of november for easyjet, to be flying to the canaries at the end of novemberfor easyjet, flight only and not a package? the foreign office advice applies to british nationals and to all but essential travel. wherever you are going to from the uk, you should not be travelling unless it is vital. some regions have different rules, but any leisure travel is not allowed. more worryingly looking at the easyj et more worryingly looking at the easyjet website this morning, because easyjet have been cancelling lots of flights and flights to the ca nary islands from lots of flights and flights to the canary islands from belfast are not listed for pretty well all of november. easyjet have been cancelling flights, you need to

check with them whether it will still be operating. if they cancel than you are entitled to a refund or to change your booking to a later date. my advice would be to change your booking to a later date if they have cancelled the flight and then have cancelled the flight and then have something to look forward to later next year. that is a good way to look at it, don't cancel but postponed. check with the airline is the message. felicity, it is asked, where can you go to from december the 3rd onwards, the period at which the 3rd onwards, the period at which the lockdown in england is due to end, to get a bit of winter sunshine without needing to have a negative test result prior to departure or on arrival. or you don't have to quarantine for two weeks upon your return to the uk? some winter sun to look forward to, but... apologies, we are having problems with the line

to felicity. i wonder if you can pick up on that question? there is some good news, you can go to mainland greece, which has a travel corridor and some of the greek islands do as well. they are not looking for any test or proof on arrival. you could go to gibraltar, the same applies there where there is no proof needed on arrival of you having had a test. you don't have to quarantine on your return. those are about the only two, or you could go to sweden, which still has a travel corridor but you won't get much of winter sunshine. the key thing is, wherever you are planning to go to, there are so many rules and restrictions we are talking about at the moment, you need to find out what test, if they do need a test of proof on arrival, they are prepared to accept. there are various different types of tests, but the most common one is different types of tests, but the most common one is the tcr swab test. there are lots of places that

will come onto that will do that now. “— will come onto that will do that now. —— pcr. a very slim pickings on this one but i would opt for mainland greece. you can get 20 degrees at the end of the year, so not too bad. gibraltar can be a bit cold in the evenings. take a couple ofjumpers. everything is subject to change, keep a close eye on how the situation is evolving in various countries. a couple of questions, andi countries. a couple of questions, and i should say be seen u nfortu nately to have and i should say be seen unfortunately to have lost are lying to felicity. if we can get her back, we will. but paul, it is all on you. the next couple are on a similar theme will stop it is asked, if you go to the airport during the lockdown when you have to show evidence of get questions about whether you should be travelling? elaine says she hopes to go to tenerife on the 27th of december from birmingham. how can i get a

test before i travel if it is implemented you have to show you our negative before you travel? first, from showing evidence on whether you should be travelling? from showing evidence on whether you should be travelling ?|j from showing evidence on whether you should be travelling? i have been asked this question so often in the last 48 hours, it is clearly on the minds of everybody. actually, how will anybody know why you are travelling? can you prove why you are travelling? from thursday, border force officials at the port of entry or ports of departure, whether it is eurostar, the airport, they will be asking why you are travelling. so you will have to show that you are travelling for an essential reason. we are waiting for the list of exemptions to be published, but essentially if you are travelling for business and you can are travelling for business and you ca n prove are travelling for business and you can prove that, then you can travel. if you are travelling for any major, essential reason that you have to go somewhere then if you can prove it,

you may be allowed to go. but it is going to be difficult. i think there will be some arguments at the airport of people trying to get away and they cannot prove why they are going. again, it is only essential travel. is that across the case across the uk? across northern ireland, scotland and wales as well? slightly different rules in scotland, but essentially because the foreign office is saying we advise all british nationals against overseas travel unless it is to corridor, then you should not be travelling. most insurance companies will not cover you. if it is for business, you can travel. essentially out of northern ireland it will be the same. for wales and scotland, they don't want you to be travelling. that is where most of the rules are coming from. the other thing that is different this time round from the first lockdown, it is

likely these will be in law rather than necessarily advice. so i think from thursday, you will be breaking the law if you try to travel for leisure reasons or non—business reasons. 0k, it looks like we have got felicity back. felicity, i will put a lane's question to you about going to tenerife on the 27th of december from birmingham. she going to tenerife on the 27th of decemberfrom birmingham. she asks how to get a test before she travels if it is implemented to prove you are negative, you don't have coronavirus? this has become a lot easier in the last few weeks as more countries... a lot of airports have private companies offering testing facilities. felicity, i am so sorry we are having some break—up in the line so we cannot get your answer. we will go back to full, because you

we re we will go back to full, because you were mentioning testing briefly earlier? yes, testing is becoming more widespread, the technology is getting better. there are things called lamp tests which are more accurate and quick. 30 minute results. you can find, go online to find a lot of private gp practices of private testing facilities offering these services now. there area offering these services now. there are a few operating in birmingham, leicester and the midlands as a whole. the issue is the price. still quite pricey to pay for a test, anywhere between, depending on quickly you need your result, 125 and £300. there are those you can pay £295 for pretty instant results within an hour. otherwise if you can wait 24 hours it will be much cheaper. the good news is, the price will start to come down, these lamp tests are getting cheaper, the cost

will come down to maybe £40, £50 which is much more palatable if there is a few of you going away. let's get through some more of these questions. nicky asked, booked a package holiday in february, due to fly in late december not country in travel corridor, what are my options for a refund given the climate and the fsc advice. nicky is asking about their rights in this situation. this is later in december for travel. the best advice is to wait. wait and see. the rules and restrictions are changing so rapidly at the moment, as is the coronavirus itself, it is difficult to predict what will happen at the end of december. we don't even know, certainly in england, what will be happening after the 2nd of december. my happening after the 2nd of december. my advice is to wait. if you have a flight my advice is to wait. if you have a flight booked, wait for the airline to ta ke flight booked, wait for the airline to take action first. wait for them

to take action first. wait for them to see if they will cancel the flight. to see if they will cancel the flight. then you will be eligible for a refund or for changing flight. then you will be eligible for a refund orfor changing your booking to a later date. if you cancel in advance of the airline cancelling, then you lose your rights, you forfeit your right to do that. so i would wait at the moment, you might have to make a last—minute decision but by the middle of december, maybe be a few days before you are due to travel, you will know what the situation is. it could be the lockdown has ended, coronavirus is on the march, we could live in hope and we will be able to travel overseas and across the uk. we must live in hope, frankly. sarah is due to travel for surgery to lithuania on the 9th of november, so very soon. on the 9th of november, so very soon. she is asking, because this is medical, will she still be able to travel for this? first of all,

lithuania was added to the quarantine list last week. if you we re quarantine list last week. if you were able to go, when you come back you would have to quarantine and not leave your house or apartment, flat for 14 days. that is the first thing to bear in mind if you could travel. the key question is, what sort of medical treatment are you going for? is it really urgent? is it highly necessary? is it life—saving treatment? then you would be allowed to travel. if it is nonurgent, i think you would find the government would say you don't need to travel and you can postpone it for a later date. again, you will need to take advice from the facility and you will know if it is urgent or not, but my guess is you would not be allowed to travel for health reasons that are not urgent. sarah, i hope that are not urgent. sarah, i hope that provides you with the kind of guidance you need. alessia has asked a question and a few questions have come in like this, is there a plan

to allow people, a family abroad to go there for christmas. even with quarantine on the return to the uk. we are looking a bit into the future, there is a bit of a crystal ball element. broadly speaking, what is your response to that? so many people are asking this, they want to know will they be able to travel, even know will they be able to travel, eve n a cross know will they be able to travel, even across the uk, let alone overseas for christmas and see people. the government's medical advisers would be saying, don't bank on it. they don't want to encourage people to travel at all. so the starting point for the medical advisers and public health england for example is don't bank on travelling at christmas at this stage. obviously, the hope is that with lockdowns across the uk, the r

rate will come down substantially so we will all be able to travel in some form for a few days over christmas and new year period. but don't plan on travelling until nearer the time before you make the decision. if you are going over the seas, you don't know what the situation is going to be in the country you are going to. they may be in country you are going to. they may beina country you are going to. they may be in a different stage in the coronavirus cycle and you could find yourself in a position where you are stuck in the country. this is what is putting a lot of people from booking holidays and other trips at the moment. they don't know what the position is abroad. i will ask you to give a brief answer to this one, sorry to everyone his questions we have not been able to squeeze in but ben is on pre—lockdown holiday in the uk, we are due to stay till saturday i'll be able to finish a holiday but do we have to get back before lockdown begins on thursday? the government advice is you can finish your trip in the uk. if you are due to come back on saturday,

you are allowed. the only difficulty is where you are staying, if it is ina is where you are staying, if it is in a hotel, will they stay open after thursday? if you are in provided accommodation, you need to ask them if you can carry on. but yes, you are allowed to stay and continue your holiday. full, thank you for answering all of those questions. shame we had the problems with felicity, the technical problems. paul charles, from the pc agency, thank you so much and thank you for sending in your questions and i'm sorry if we didn't manage to get all of them answered but they covered quite a few themes and topics for you. the bushfires that raged across australia this time last year caused devastation. as well as claiming more than 30 lives, the country's wildlife was also badly hit. the koala population was decimated —

and ever since volunteers on kanagaroo island have been doing their best to help them recover. our australia correspondent shaimaa khalil reports. they survived australia's fires. now these koalas are ready to go back where they belong. it's a very different scene from nearly a year ago. pictures of the badly burned animals shocked the world. hundreds were brought to this wildlife park when the flames tore through the island. as well as being faced with the burns and the starvation and the dehydration, they were also very mentally affected as well. a lot of them were just feeling so terrible that they were just kind of cuddled in a ball that they didn't have that fight response, which a wild animal should. of the 50,000 koalas living on kangaroo island before the bushfire, it's feared most of them were killed. images of the destruction and the loss of wildlife were seen across the globe, prompting millions of dollars in donations. it was just incredible to see how

many people from pretty much every country in the world jumped on board to donate to looking after and saving as much wildlife on kangaroo island here as we could. helping koalas survive here is vital for australia's ecology. it's the one place where the animals are disease free. for months now, hundreds of koalas have been looked after in the wildlife park, and it's been a long and tough journey for many of them. the aim is to get them strong enough to survive on their own here in the wild. and today, one of them is being released. after ten months of care, it's time for merton's big move today. ready? are you watching? here goes the koala. oh, here he goes! for dana, it's a bittersweet separation. there's no better feeling watching someone that you've helped either raise from a joey, or get through all of that treatments, and then get them back out to the wild, watching them climb back out of a tree where they're meant to be. it'll take years for the island

to recover, but it's hoped koalas like merton can still thrive in a much changed habitat. bye — bye. bye—bye, koala. bye — bye, koala. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, kangaroo island. now it's time for a look at the weather. things turning drier now but showers dotted around and equally dry and sunny weather. high pressure down towards the south—west with a cap on the atmosphere. that means the rain clouds don't pop up. keeping things drier through thursday and friday but with the return of frost and mist and fog. into the afternoon, rain across eastern areas gradually

clearing away. an afternoon of sunshine and one or two downpours. downpours most frequent in the west and some on the heavy side. after the gusty winds of this morning, the wind is much lighter. even in the sunshine it is going to be a cold day, eight or 9 degrees, down from where we should be this time of year. i have 11 around southern counties of england and wales. the nights will be chilly, showers around to begin with and will continue in other parts of scotland. one or two towards western part of the uk, but most become dry, clear and tonight across england and wales especially, there will be the first widespread frost of the season. whilst it frosty tomorrow morning, it will be a crisp, sunny one for many and it will stay like that for england and wales. he showers anise denial and, isle of man and west midlands first thing. more cloud across scotland and northern ireland

and in the highlands and islands it turns increasingly wet. temperatures up turns increasingly wet. temperatures upa bit turns increasingly wet. temperatures up a bit on today's valleys. mist and fog becoming more of an issue for counties of england and wales. south—westerly breeze for scotland and northern ireland and introduces more cloud. drizzle around western hills, most will be dry and with sonny breaks in eastern scotland 15 or16 sonny breaks in eastern scotland 15 or 16 here. where the fog lingers around central england, six or seven. fog will become more of energy by the end of the week, across parts of scotland and northern ireland and it stays cold. most northern ireland and it stays cold. m ost pla ces northern ireland and it stays cold. most places dry through friday into the start of the weekend. but in saturday and through to sunday temperatures are on the rise but we will see the return of some rain.

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