police make more arrests in austria following a series of shootings last night in vienna. four people died and many more were injured after gunmen shot people in bars and restaurants across the city. the austrian chancellor described the shootings as cold blooded and an islamist terror attack. translation: it was an attack of hatred — hatred of our basic values, hatred of our way of life, hatred of our democracy, where all people are equal in rights and dignity. translation: i saw the heavily-armed attacker with a rifle take aim and shoot at people outside bars and pubs last night. it was a warm evening and the night before the lockdown, so a lot of people wanted to go out. we'll be getting the latest live from vienna and getting reaction from our security correspondent. also this lunchtime: the city of liverpool becomes

the first place in england to undertake mass testing for coronavirus. the campaigning is over — it's finally election day in the united states. some polls have already opened as voters choose between donald trump and joe biden for president. criticism of the government's decision not to allow grassroots sports to continue through lockdown in england. going home — the koalas of kangaroo island are being returned to the bush after the devastating wildfires. and coming up on bbc news, england's cricketers prepare to enter another bio—bubble as their squads to turn south africa are announced, with captain eoin morgan warning of the mental toll it can take. good afternoon and welcome

to the bbc news at one. police in austria have made two further arrests following a suspected islamist terror attack in the capital vienna last night. at least four people were shot dead. the austrian chancellor sebastian kurz said the victims were "murdered in cold blood" — and called it "an attack born of hate". at least one gunman opened fire in the city centre at around 8pm local time. it happened near vienna's main synagogue, as people gathered in bars and restaurants hours before the start of new coronavirus restrictions. leaders from around the world, including borisjohnson and donald trump, have condemned the attack. some viewers may find some of the images in this report from our security correspondent frank gardner distressing. vienna under attack. armed police reacted swiftly to reports of gunmen rampaging through the centre of the city, shooting at people indiscriminately as they sat in cafes and bars. this mobile phone footage shows the moment one of the gunmen opened fire.

gunfire. police later shot dead one of the attackers and arrested another. the shooting took place close to the central synagogue. the rabbi saw what happened. translation: i saw the heavily armed attacker with a rifle take aim and shoot at people outside bars and pubs last night. it was a warm evening and the night before the lockdown, so a lot of people wanted to go out. police have identified the dead gunman as a 20—year—old resident of balkan origin. his home has been searched and material linked to isis recovered. today austria's chancellor made this announcement. translation: it has been confirmed it was an islamic terrorist attack.

it was an attack of hatred — hatred of our basic values, hatred of our way of life, hatred of our democracy where all people are equal in rights and dignity. austria's investigation is focusing on who else could have been behind this, the country's worst terrorist attack in 35 years. for residents of this normally tranquil city, it's been a brutal shock. translation: they need to be punished very harshly. that's not funny, it's unacceptable. translation: it's terrible what happened, but i guess it was foreseeable after everything that's happened in other countries in recent years. all this just days after france suffered its own terrorist attacks — at a church in nice, and before that when this teacher, samuel paty, was beheaded by a jihadist after showing his class cartoons of the prophet muhammad in a lesson about free speech. those cartoons, and the french government's subsequent crackdown on islamist extremists, triggered mass demonstrations

in some muslim majority countries. french goods are being boycotted in several places. today austria is in mourning, notjust for those killed in last night's attack but also for the end of a long period of relative calm. and yet, incredibly, as mayhem reigned last night, the vienna philharmonic were locked in by the police and they played on. classical music plays. a symbol, perhaps, of europe's determination to stand up to terrorism. frank gardner, bbc news. our correspondent bethany bell is in vienna. fears that the death toll could rise? indeed, a number of people in critical condition in hospitals and the city in a state of shock. in

recent yea rs, the city in a state of shock. in recent years, vienna had escaped the kind of large—scale attacks we have seenin kind of large—scale attacks we have seen in paris, berlin and in london. but now it has been the victim of what ansell‘s chancellor, sebastien kerr is called an islamist terrorist attack. the square behind me is where some of the shootings took place last night. if i stand aside, you can see police officials combing the area to look for signs of evidence. this city is really in a state of shock. people have been warned to stay at home and the police fear there could still be accomplices at large. they are still looking for people and the number of arrests have been made. we have heard a little bit more about the gunman who was killed, again, very close to where i am standing now. he is understood to be an austrian dual citizen of north macedonian origin as well. he had already served a

jail sentence for terrorist activity and was released early last year from jail because of his very young age. he was 20 years old. bethany, thank you very much. let's speak to our security correspondent frank gardner. do we know who is behind this attack? the jihadist in question was ona attack? the jihadist in question was on a european watchlist. he had reportedly tried to go to syria, was one of 90 austrians who were trying to travel to syria for extremist purposes. so uk and other authorities knew about him. the police did not think he was necessarily an imminent threat. the big question is, are there other people behind this? where these one, two, three people, they still don't know for certain, where they are operating on their own or where they directed by a group like isis or al-qaeda like the bataclan attacks

in paris were directed. that is one of the things they are focusing on them. this comes at a time of great tension if you look at what has happened in france, it is a time where tempers are high because there isa where tempers are high because there is a feeling that certainly in france the government is trying to defend its secular rest republic. the fact that teacher showed those cartoons of the prophet muhammad was very insulting to many people, who saw the demonstrations. this helps extremists win over other people to their cause. when things died down a bit, it is harderfor them to recruit. the one ray of hope is that we are seeing a lot of lockdown now over europe and if their aren't people out on the streets, people can people out on the streets, people ca n start people out on the streets, people can start planning, but there aren't many things they can do. frank, thank you very much. regular coronavirus tests are to be offered to everyone living and working in liverpool from the end of the week. it's the government's

first mass—testing trial involving a whole city. liverpool has one of the highest rates of coronavirus deaths in england. our health correspondent katharine da costa reports. it's estimated two thirds of us get the virus without showing any symptoms. liverpool's had the highest infection rate. it's hoped by testing the whole city, authorities will be able to monitor the spread of the virus and quickly drive infections down. we know that asymptomatic transmission is a key issue for us, so the more we can help people to understand their personal status, the more we can encourage people to act appropriately and accordingly. from friday, existing swabs and new rapid swab tests — which can provide results within 15 minutes — will be offered to people with or without symptoms every week or so at 30 testing sites around the city. they'll be outside some hospitals, they'll be outside the universities, outside our schools, going to have mobile units going to care homes as well and to other places where we see there is a spike or an increase

in covid—i9 activity. around one in 1000 people will get a false positive, meaning someone's told they've got the virus when they haven't, but scientists say rapid tests could be a game changer. you know, people get pretty irritated when they get told that they passed somebody in the shops and they now have to quarantine for ten or 14 days, and with these tests it should be possible, as we get the system in place, to be able to test those people every two days and they can go about their business, provided they remain negative. 2000 military personnel will be deployed from thursday to help plan the logistics and deliver some of the tests. if this is a success, and i obviously really hope it will be and people in liverpool will get behind it, then we'll be looking to roll this out in other towns and cities and make millions more of these rapid tests available before christmas. the latest weekly figures from national stats agencies shows deaths in the uk are more than 10% higher than expected in the week

to the 23rd of october. there were more than 12,000 deaths and almost all the excess, seen here in red, was linked to covid—i9. back in liverpool, the pilot will be closely monitored to see how many people come forward for testing and how many fully isolate when they are asked to. katharine da costa, bbc news. well liverpool's hospitals are continuing to face major challenges. the city's university hospitals foundation trust is currently treating around a50 people with covid — that's more than at the peak of the pandemic in april. our medical editor, fergus walsh, has been speaking to patients and staff. if you're wondering how the nhs might struggle this winter, look no further than liverpool. staff at the royal liverpool say they are under more pressure now than in the spring. and it's notjust this city. in the past week, around ten critically ill patients had to be

transferred between hospitals in the cheshire and mersey region because units run out of beds. it is extremely concerning, it is a symptom of the stress the system is under, it is a big warning to us all. we do not normally see these numbers of nonclinical transfers. the nation is no longer clapping for carers. that shared moment of solidarity is gone. now there is disagreement over whether restrictions are needed. i get why people are frustrated and i get why people are angry. we see it on a different level, being here in intensive care. we are seeing people who are sick, really sick. patients are dying of covid. not everybody in the community sees that, so i understand the disbelief. health service leaders were determined to keep all services going this winter, but liverpool university hospitals have cancelled nearly all nonurgent surgery such as joint replacements and hernia repairs.

half the operating theatres across liverpool university hospitals, like this one, are closed due to covid—i9, mostly so that staff can be redeployed to intensive care. so coronavirus is impacting on patients with a whole range of medical conditions. most cancer treatment is continuing as normal, but the shortage of intensive care beds has meant a few urgent cancer operations have had to be postponed. staff say it's devastating for patients and warn things will get worse unless the virus is kept in check. we are very close to the limit of what liverpool hospitals can cope with in terms of the number of patients with covid in the hospitals, and particularly what we can cope with without having to postpone more of those urgent surgical procedures. phone: how are you feeling? all right, not too bad.

jay is just 44, a freelance writer. he had blood clots on his lungs due to covid. his breathing is still laboured. you can't take this as a joke or something that is not real. you could get something serious. all the doctors, nurses and patients i met had the same message — don't dismiss coronavirus, don't neglect hand hygiene and, above all, keep social distancing. these are the fundamentals behind controlling covid this winter. fergus walsh, bbc news, liverpool. well, at westminster there are continuing questions about the government's furlough scheme for workers. 0ur political correspondent jessica parkerjoins me. pressure to outline some form of long—term support for businesses? that is right, go back to the weekend when we learned england

would go into a further lockdown from thursday and we also learned the fellow scheme would be extended for that month. the government will fund up to 80% of people's wagers are where they cannot work because of covid restrictions. that has caused some anger because it was only extended further as england we re only extended further as england were about to go into lockdown. should wales or scotland to be on december decide they need to go into some form of lockdown, wilful furlough be forthcoming? boris johnson yesterday in the commons seem to suggest that would be the case, but we have had little detail this morning and nicola sturgeon has said she is seeking urgent clarity on the matter. we have heard from downing street in the last hour and they are saying if other parts of they are saying if other parts of the uk decide to go into measures that require direct economic support, it will be made available. but it is still not 100% what that means. is the treasury perhaps relu cta nt to means. is the treasury perhaps reluctant to write a blank check for future lockdowns that will have no

control over. regardless, there is pressure on ministers to clarify things and if they don't, i think they could face accusations they appear ready to splash the cash with england's lockdown but less so when it comes to making future guarantees for other parts of the united kingdom. thank you very much. our top story this lunchtime: police make more arrests in austria following a series of shootings last night in vienna. coming up: the race for the white house — we'll examine what impact today's us election could have on relations with the uk, especially during brexit. coming up on bbc news, hull kr end their super league campaign early, saying they are unable to field a team for their last three games after more positive coronavirus results in the latest round of testing, on top of a string of injuries. it's election day in the united states and polls have started to open for the presidential election. donald trump and his democratic challengerjoe biden spent the final hours of the campaign in the swing

states that could decide the result. national polls suggest a firm lead for mr biden, but the race is tighter in the key battlegrounds. more than 98 million people have already taken part in early voting. ben wright reports. across the united states, in person and by mail, americans have voted in vast numbers already. nearly 100 million people have cast their ballots early and more will have their say at 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 at a punishing pace. the president surprised the world by winning four years ago and believes he can do so again. so get your friends, get your family, 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. and you're 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. # i'm off the deep end. # watch as i dive in. # i'll never...#. lady gaga joined joe biden

at a drive—in 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. 0ur correspondent lebo diseko is at a polling station in arlington, virginia. what is the mood like today? what is the mood like today7m what is the mood like today? it has been a pretty slow but steady stream of voters at the polling station, i was lucky enough to speak to some of the first people in the queue, they told me they had seen the huge queues right around the country for early voting, they wanted to avoid that and that is why they came out so that and that is why they came out so early today. as ben said in his

package, we had seen record—breaking numbers of people voting early, more than 70% of the total number that voted in 2016. early voting traditionally tends to favour democrats and donald trump will really be wanting his voters to come out in full today, particularly as he has consistently undermined the safety of postal voting with no evidence that it is unsafe, and he has said that repeatedly. 0ne evidence that it is unsafe, and he has said that repeatedly. one thing i think it's pretty clear or certain is that it will be quite a while before we know what the results are. this stage, virginia, has until november six four postal vote to arrive, pennsylvania does not start processing postal ballots until today, they have quite a few of those to get through —— virginia has until november to sixth. it will be awhile before we know the results of what will be an extraordinary

election. thank you much, lebo diseko. how will the us election result affect the country's relationship with the uk, especially during brexit? 0ur reality check correspondent chris morris is here and has been finding out. thank you. there are some long—standing relationships between the united states and the uk on things like security, intelligence and defence, which are going to continue no matter who wins the presidential election. but politics matters. and it's worth asking what the election could mean for this country as it moves into a post—brexit world. officials in some european governments suspect borisjohnson is waiting to see the political outcome in the us before deciding whether to push for a trade deal with the eu this year, or settle for no deal. downing street has denied this, with the prime minister saying specifically, "the two things are entirely separate." but there's not much doubt that while mr trump might be enthusiastic about no deal, and a more radical uk split with the rest of europe. mr biden is not. he thinks brexit was a mistake. and his position will be much closer to the eu, and more specifically the irish view, of what brexit means.

mr biden is aligned with the powerful irish lobby in congress, which would take a very dim view of any attempt to roll back the terms of the northern ireland protocol, in the brexit withdrawal agreement. and that matters for the uk's separate trade negotiations with washington. last year the us accounted for 20% of uk exports and 13% of uk imports. but congressional democrats have said there'd be little hope of an early free trade deal with the uk, if the brexit agreement on ireland isn't respected. donald trump has been pushing to get a deal done, but whether it's a republican or a democrat in the white house, any president is going to strike a hard bargain. and that's one of the reasons why personal relationships matter. donald trump has repeatedly boosted boris johnson and called him "britain trump." joe biden seems to agree with the description, but in a less flattering way. after the prime minister won last

year's general election, mr biden called him "a physical and emotional clone" of the president. and plenty of influential democrats still feel the same. ben rhodes, who was barack 0bama's deputy national security advisor when mr biden was vice—president, recently wrote on twitter, "i'm old enough to remember when borisjohnson said 0bama opposed brexit because he was kenyan." so if mr biden wins, some bridge—building might be needed. but next year the uk will play a big global role, chairing both the g7 group of industrialised nations and the big un climate summit, cop—26. a starring role in restoring cooperation between western allies, and joint leadership on climate change, could mean past disagreements are quickly forgotten. donald trump's views on climate change, on the other hand, might be far more difficult for the uk to manage. so you can find pluses and minuses whoever wins, but under president trump, thejohnson government has been america's best friend in europe.

if it's to be a biden presidency, though, the uk would be heading into a new relationship with europe with a very different administration in washington as well. chris, thank you very much. you can join us tonight from 11.30pm for our us election special results programme on bbc one and the bbc news channel, and you can follow all the expert analysis online as the results come in at bbc.co.uk/news and on the bbc news app. there'll also be coverage across bbc radio 4 and the world service from 10pm, and 5 live from midnight. the wales manager ryan giggs has denied an allegation of assault and says he's cooperating with police enquiries after he was arrested on suspicion of assaulting his girlfriend. and in the past few minutes it's been announced giggs won't be involved in the upcoming international camp for the wales team. let's speak to our sports news

reporter laura scott. what do we know at this stage? it emerged that shortly after 10pm on sunday night, police were called to reports of a disturbance at ryan giggs' home in salford. the former manchester united player was arrested on suspicion of actual bodily harm and assault, he has been reached on bail pending further inquiries. according to greater manchester police, a woman in her 30s, believed to be giggs' girlfriend, sustained injuries but did not require further treatment. a statement on behalf of giggs' representative says that ryan giggs is cooperating with the police and will assist them in their ongoing investigation. a football association of wales postponed a squad announcement this moment and in the lasky minutes they had said that for the next three games, against the united states, finland and the republic of ireland, wales

will be without ryan giggs, saying that the priority is preparing the tea m that the priority is preparing the team for the upcoming international matches. thank you, laura. sports coaches have criticised the government's decision to suspend all children's grassroots sport outside of school during england's coronavirus lockdown. they say the measures could leave a generation of youngsters inactive. elite sport, though, will continue behind closed doors during the lockdown. 0ur sports editor dan roan reports. the man in form, jamie vardy... elite sport like premier league football will not be affected by england's second national lockdown, leicester city beating leeds united last night at the start of another full month of fixtures. at the government has confirmed all community sport. under new restrictions. unfortunately, if we are going to make a success of these national measures, we need to restrict interaction with others, and that does mean ensuring that we restrict the amount of competitive all teams sport going on. here at

macclesfield fca host of local kids' teams have been allowed to train on the pitch this week. pundit and former wales player robbie savage, who also coaches a junior side, said use post should be —— youth sport should be exempt. it is education, mental health, physical well—being. for this to be taken away from them can be so damaging. the government insists stopping grassroots sport is needed to reduce transmission and mixing of hassles but doesn't involved in said social distancing by pa rents involved in said social distancing by parents means minimal risk. we do it forfun, we by parents means minimal risk. we do it for fun, we do it to win, we do it for fun, we do it to win, we do it to play with our team, we make new friends, it is animating part of out new friends, it is animating part of our life and everybody will be really upset if it goes. scenes like this are to be put on hold on grassroots pitches throughout england for the next month at least, and the fear is that the suspension

of youth sport will have a detrimental effect on the physical and mental health of youngsters at a time when the motor of pe and sport in schools has been reduced. —— when mantell. after suggesting golf and tennis may be exempt, the government today suggested there would be no repeat. embarrassment and anger from other sports at the impact of another shutdown. we will lose so many community facilities, we have already lost 200 pools that will never reopen and i fear every time we go into lockdown we will end up with facilities disappearing forever. ministers say exemption risk undermining adherence to the rules and it is only for a month, but the pausing of grassroots sport is an especially controversial element of this second lockdown. this time last year bushfires were raging across australia — causing 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 near adelaide

have been doing their best to help them recover. from there, 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, 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. ready? are you watching? here goes the koala. 0h, 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 treatment, 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