england and wales. but in the afternoon thick cloud will work their way in across the snow capped mountains in scotland and north—west england. indeed, a shower stream is set up in the north channel and will bring showers to the isle of man, north wales and the west of england, with the wettest area around the wirral. away from this it is a fine afternoon with plenty of sunshine. turning cloudy for scotland and northern ireland and in the far north of scotland we will see a band of rain moving. that is associated with a warm front, so damp weather pushes into scotland and slipped southwards overnight with the front weakening. hill fog patches across the north and potentially quite dense patches of fog in england and wales where it will be another cold night. eventually it turns milder later in the night in scotland and northern ireland as that mild air

works its way in. over the next few days high pressure will stay mainly with us over the uk. we are in the midst of a quiet autumnal spell of weather. but, that said, tomorrow could still be a few patches of drizzle and it may stay quite cloudy at times in north—western areas. once we have lost that fog, further south after a cold and frosty start again there should be quite a lot of sunshine. temperatures similar to today, but potentially quite mild in aberdeenshire, thanks to the fern effect. on friday it is a quiet picture with mist and fog patches and a cold start to the day. most areas will brighten up with sunshine coming through. on into the weekend and we are looking at some slightly milderair and we are looking at some slightly milder air moving its way up from the south. but it will take quite a time before it reaches northern part of the uk where it will continue to

feel on the cool side. in edinburgh quite a lot of clout, temperatures nine or ten, but there is rain at the weekend. but further south, look at the temperatures in london, they lived to about 60 degrees. it is set to turn quite a bit milder, but quite a bit cloudier. the message is get out and about and enjoy the sunshine whilst it lasts. good advice. that's all for now. i will leave you with some key moments from the campaign so far. this is a fraud on the american public. this is an embarrassment to

oui’ public. this is an embarrassment to our country. we were getting ready to win this election. frankly, we did win this election. leave the area! we are going to have to be patient until the hard work of tallying votes is finished. and it ain't over until every vote is counted, every ballot is counted. good afternoon. you are watching bbc news. now the latest from the bbc sport centre. chelsea and manchester united are in champions league action

tonight — and they'll be hard pressed to repeat the eight goals scored by the english sides last night. diogojota really can't do much more to make his case for a permanent place in liverpool's starting line—up. his run of incredible form continued with a hat—trick, in their 5—0 win away to atalanta. they've won all three of their group games without conceding a goal. jota has taken the place of an out—of—sorts roberto firmino, who still has the backing of manager jurgen klopp. for us it's important that we have more than 11. an tonight he played a super, super game. at that says nothing about bobby and it has absolutely nothing to do with me causing headaches. i'm more than happy that the boys play like they play tonight. manchester city are also top of their group with a 100 per cent record, after beating olympiakos 3—nil. gabrieljesus marked his return from injury by coming off the bench and scoring their second goal.

he hadn't played for over two months. the southampton and england striker danny ings is likely to be out of action for between four and six weeks. he suffered a knee injury in theirwin at aston villa on sunday and a scan revealed he needed surgery. his manager said it could be worse, but it wasn't good news. england cricket captain heather knight put on a great performance, as her side sydney thunder beat perth scorchers in the women's big bash league. she hit five boundaries in a quick—fire 57, as sydney made 144—4. and knight then took two wickets, as perth fell 2a runs short of their target. rio olympic medallists johnny brownlee and vicky holland, and world champion georgia taylor—brown, have been named in the squad for next year's delayed games in tokyo. olympic champion alistair brownlee will have to wait to see if he is selected. he moved onto ironman distances after winning back—to back olympic titles, and has only recently started his bid to qualify. for his brotherjohnny —

who won bronze behind him in rio — it'd be a boost to have him in the team: if alistair could be on the team it would be absolutely amazing for both of us. firstly for him to go to an olympic games. and for me, i genuinely believe it increases my chances of winning a medal, having him on that team. people might find that strange, but we like to swim hard, get out on the bike and ride hard, get out on the bike and ride hard, getting to a small group and then the strongest man on the run wins. so i really want alistair to be on that team because it will help me medal. that is all the sport for now. much more on the bbc sport website. but for now, goodbye. thank you very much indeed. good afternoon. you are still watching bbc news, where we are continuing with, as you would expect, a very busy afternoon. there will be more from the us to come. but right now we will take a few

minutes to talk about the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown. there is not happening today around that as well. there is a lot of focus on parliament later this afternoon, because mps will be voting a bit later on today, i think perhaps after four o'clock, by these new measures due to come into force in england at midnight. so you will remember that those new measures kick in at midnight, but mps still have to have the process of voting on this. so we are very much keeping an eye on everything in their in the commons this afternoon. our political correspondent leila nathoo is going to be watching all of it. we know that the restrictions. we will talk more about them. lots more restrictions on people's freedoms across england. but the prime minister talking about all of this and saying that he wants to really stick to the end date, because there is one, it is december the 2nd?

yeah, interesting this has been one of the concerns raised on his own backbenchers about the fact, the possibility of endless cycles of lockdown. so we know the lockdown thatis lockdown. so we know the lockdown that is going to come into force tonight across england at midnight, we don't think there is any chance of it getting voted down in the house of commons this afternoon because labour have said they will back the plans even though there are some tories who say they will go vote against it. it will come into force. the four week period has been the subject of a lot of questions as to what exactly is going to be different at the end, the beginning of december, that will get us out of lockdown, but borisjohnson insistent that the measures he is bringing forward will automatically expire on the 2nd of december, and then he intends to return to the tiered system that has been in place until now across england, a three tier system. he says because of the automatic expiration of these measures, it will be up to parliament to decide and vote again on what should coming their place.

keir starmer has not got much faith in the tiered system because it has not proved effective so far. but certainly it is borisjohnson's intention to bring back the tears system at the beginning of december. the debate on these measures is currently under way. borisjohnson opened the debate. keir starmer has been responding. there is a lot of discontent on the tory backbenches. i mention some tory mps are thinking of voting against the measures, although they don't have the measures to make —— the numbers to make the impact. have a listen to huw merriman, the conservative mp, raising a question with boris johnson earlier. all of us in this place will be concerned about saving lives. what evidence has he received that we will save more lives by the lockdown that he proposes, that we will lose from public health, from lack of jobs, from mental health crises, because that is the evidence i see today in order to cast my vote his way? mr speaker, he raises a very

important point, and that is the crux of the debate. but alas, as leaders and as politicians, we have to look at the immediate peril that we face. i don't in any way minimise the risks to mental health, to physical health, that come from the measures we have two physical health, that come from the measures we have two apply. that is of course why we debate and we insist that we explore every other avenue before we go down that route. we have to look at the real risk of mortality and mortality on a grievous scale that would stem from doing nothing. to give him a picture of what it would mean, it would mean those who are suffering or in need of help could be turned away because there was no room, no room in our hospitals. this has been boris

johnson's central argument. the data is showing the nhs risks being overwhelmed in all parts of the country, so people will not be able to get treatment for other conditions if hospitals were full of covid patients. the labour leader keir starmer is reluctantly backing these measures. he says it should have been brought in weeks ago. there does need to be additional support during the lockdown. this is going to be incredibly hard for the british public. millions of people tonight are really anxious about what is going to happen over the coming weeks, anxious on the health front for themselves, their friends and theirfamily, front for themselves, their friends and their family, anxious about their jobs. and their family, anxious about theirjobs. and that's why we called some weeks ago for the restrictions to be put in place when there could have been a shorter period, which would have been better on the health front, less lives lost, and better on the economic front. so boris johnson unlikely to lose this vote with the backing of labour mps. the

discontent on his tory backbenchers will be uncomfortable for him because it centres around a huge range of issues. some of his own mps sceptical about the data, some sceptical about the data, some sceptical about the judgment a balance between health and the economic impact of the lockdown, some questioning the pandemic more broadly. it won't bring —— make an impact in terms that micro honey lockdown is due to expire, they will be another vote in parliament where many of these issues will still be live. thank you very much. leila nathoo, a political correspondent following all those events for us later this afternoon. that vote coming up later. you can follow all of that over the course of the afternoon on our sister channel, bbc parliament, following all of that life for you. so the full vote in the commons on

the lockdown measures due to come into force in england at midnight, the closure of pubs, restaurants, nonessential businesses, with only education and essential work to continue. that is all available for you on bbc parliament. hello and a warm welcome to bbc news. i'm jane hill. hello and a warm welcome to bbc news. i'mjane hill. we are continuing to bring you all the latest from the us election campaign here throughout the afternoon. and there is no clear winner in the race for the white house after a traumatic night across the us. millions of votes have still to be counted and the turnout looks likely to be the highest in a century. after performing better than predicted, donald trump has already claimed victory and vowed to launch a supreme court challenge. claiming electoral fraud but without

presenting evidence of any. his rival, jill biden, described that threat as outrageous and unprecedented, and set every vote must be counted. with the nation on edge, the final result may not be known for days. let's look at the latest electoral couege college figures. joe biden is 224 electoral college votes, donald trump 213. the key figure is 270. that is what is required for victory. so the result is likely to hinge on what happens in the so—called rust belt states like pennsylvania, for example, which may not declare for some time. speaking to supporters at the white house earlier, donald trump made an unsubstantiated statement of victory. he also accused his opponents of trying to steal the election and says he'll go to the supreme court to dispute the count, calling the results

a fraud on the american public. we had such a big night. look at all of these states we have won tonight. then you take a look at the kind of margins we have won them by. and all ofa margins we have won them by. and all of a sudden it's not like we are up 12 votes and have 60% left. we won states. and all of a sudden, what happened to the election? it's off. we have these announcers saying, what happened ? we have these announcers saying, what happened? then they said, oh, because you know what happened? they knew they couldn't win. so they said, let's go to court. did i predict this? did i say this? i have been saying this from the day i heard they were going to send out tens of millions of ballots. i said that exactly, because either they we re that exactly, because either they were going to win, or if they didn't win, they would take us to court. so florida was a tremendous victory.

377,000. texas, as we saw. ohio, think of this... or higher, a tremendous state, big state, love or higher, we won by 8.1%, 460,000. almost 500,000. north carolina, big victory with north carolina. so we won there. we lead by 76,000 votes with almost nothing left. then all ofa with almost nothing left. then all of a sudden everything just stopped. this is a fraud on the american public. this is an embarrassment to our country. we were getting ready to win this election. frankly, we did win this election. cheering so our goal now is to ensure the

integrity for the good of this nation. this is a very big moment. this is a majorfraud on our nation. we wa nt this is a majorfraud on our nation. we want the law to be used in a proper manner. so we will be going to the us supreme court. we want all voting to stop. we don't want them to find any ballots at four o'clock in the morning and add them to the list, 0k? it's in the morning and add them to the list, ok? it's a very sad, it's a very sad moment. to me this is a very sad moment. to me this is a very sad moment. and we will win this and, as far as i'm concerned, we already have won it. so ijust wa nt to we already have won it. so ijust want to thank you. and i want to thank all of our support. i want to thank all of our support. i want to thank all of the people that work with us. that was donald trump speaking a few hours ago. earlier on, the democratic candidate joe biden gave a speech to his supporters in delaware as the results continue to come in.

he told them the election isn't over "until every ballot is counted", and insisted that he thinks they are "on track to win". good evening. your patience is commendable. we knew this was going to go on but who knew we would go into maybe tomorrow morning, may be longer? we feel good about where we are. we really do. i am here to tell you we believe we are on track to win this election. we knew, because of the unprecedented early vote, mail—in vote, it would take a while. we will have to be patient until the hard work of tallying votes is finished. it ain't over until every vote is counted, every ballot is counted.

but we are feeling good. we are feeling good about where we are. we believe we have already won arizona. we are confident about arizona. that isa we are confident about arizona. that is a turnaround. we also just called for minnesota. and we are still in the game in georgia, although that is not what we expected. and we are feeling real good about wisconsin and michigan. and by the way, it's going to take time to count the votes, we a re going to take time to count the votes, we are going to win pennsylvania. i've been talking to folks in philly and they are really encouraged by the turnout and what they see. look, we can know the results as early as tomorrow morning. but it may take a little longer, as i have said all along. it is not my place or donald trump is

my place to declare who has won this election. that is the decision of the american people. but i am optimistic about this outcome. i wa nt to optimistic about this outcome. i want to thank everyone of you who came out and voted this election. by the way, chris coons, congratulations here in delaware. john, the gulf, the whole team, man. you've done a greatjob. i'm grateful to the poll workers, volunteers, ca nvassers, everyone grateful to the poll workers, volunteers, canvassers, everyone who participated in this democratic process. i am grateful to all of my supporters here in delaware and across the nation. thank you, thank you, thank you. and folks, you heard me say it before. every time i walk out of my grandpa's house he would yell, joey, keep the faith. and my grandma, she would say, no, joey, spread it. keep the faith, guys. we are going to win this. thank you,

thank you, thank you. joe biden speaking in delaware. let's take a few minutes to try to assess exactly where we are. we're joined now by our washington correspondent, will grant. i will put the impossible to you first. in terms of timings, i think people in this country are trying to get their head around how many more votes are still to be counted, you've got different time zones involved. what is your sense they are? we heard the two candidates refer to quite a lot of different states there, but i think there are five, maybe six that really matter at this stage, and they are georgia, michigan, north carolina, pennsylvania and wisconsin, and perhaps to a lesser extent, nevada. one of those, wisconsin, is an absolute knife edge. that could go either way. if the camp take said it would be by a very small margin. almost certainly likely to lead to a legal challenge, a recount of some

description brought by the trump campaign. and in terms of the other numbers, all eyes are really at this stage turned to pennsylvania. that is the one that of course had all of these postal ballots. they didn't start counting until the polls had closed, which is why they are potentially behind everybody else. and really the 20 electoral college votes that state represents crucially important we to deciding who is the next president of the united states. and the notion that the president is already talking about supreme court challenges, give usa about supreme court challenges, give us a sense of the response to that in the states right now? as you can imagine, it goes along party lines, doesn't it? donald trump has been such a divisive president either way. he splits opinion straight down the line. those who absolutely adore him continue to adore him. nothing but a fulsome victory would be true

or real. on the other side, the biden supporters are horrified, i would say, at the idea that it has led to this. they were hopeful of a strong victory, not just led to this. they were hopeful of a strong victory, notjust in the presidential race but in the senate and the house. they haven't managed to achieve that in the senate. so talk of a legal challenge was always going to be a very likely part of the outcome of this. a difficult election period. all of that happening, of course, lest we forget, on the background of the coronavirus pandemic. 230,000 american lives have been lost during this time. so a really difficult time here. it's not worth exaggerating, over exaggerating rather, it's difficult to over exaggerate just how exhausted, strained, nervous a lot of people are feeling here at the moment. well, for you —— for now, thank you very much indeed. will grant at the white house. much more from him over the course of the afternoon.

with me now is our world sffairs editorjohn simpson. it might be inelegant to ask, how many us elections have you covered? i would quite like to know. the first one was 1964, i'm afraid. i was a student. i wasn't a journalist. i was there. your thoughts about what we are witnessing so far before we move on to talk about international reaction and what this means in the grander scheme of things? as someone who has covered a lot of them, your thoughts about today's events are what everybody has woken up to? you've got to start off from the point that this has been a serious failure for the democratic party. i mean, really they should walk this. they thought they should walk this. they thought they were going to. a lot of people around the world expected them to. but with a president who has done so many things to weaken his own position, to cause such damage to

the policies that he has pursued and so the policies that he has pursued and so forth, for him now to be neck and neckis so forth, for him now to be neck and neck is a serious failure for the democrats. and i would expect that it would affect them for the next four years, even if they do win. if biden wins, i think all of this will wea ken biden wins, i think all of this will weaken his presidency quite seriously. sometimes at this stage ina campaign seriously. sometimes at this stage in a campaign you and i would be reflecting on international reaction and very striking, we have seen the british foreign secretary asked for his reaction and quite rightly he said, the votes are still being counted, we are keeping our powder dry. what will be going through the minds of key international leaders as they watch all of this unfold in as they watch all of this unfold in a way that we are? well, i spoke to a way that we are? well, i spoke to a senior british cabinet minister, ex cabinet minister, i should say,

famous for his support of nato. that was this morning. just a private call. he said he was holding his head in his hands in despair. because it weakens america's authority really badly. it weakens america's friends, who depend on strong american leadership. and it strengthens the hands of countries like china and russia, which are essentially hostile to the notion of liberal democracy. in china, for instance, the president has been conducting a campaign in schools and universities, in particular in the past few months, to say china's way of doing things is so much more effective than the west‘s. look at covid. look at how well we have done

in china, look how badly they are doing. and now they will be able to say, either openly or quietly, this western democracy stuff, young people in hong kong and so on seem to wa nt people in hong kong and so on seem to want it so badly, but look what it does, it is hopeless. there is no strength in it, there is no prosperity in it. the people who say that, they're saying that irrespective of who ends up being winner? yes, i think so, because this goes back to that issue of the lack of a clear—cut result. it looks like weakness and a a process continually produces weakness, and it certainly does from time to time, then its critics will say, it doesn't really work terribly well, doesn't really work terribly well, does it? and whether it ends up being a republican or democrat in the white house, you have mentioned some of the challenges coming down

the track. nato and the rise of china? yes. america is on a kind of downward path. it depends how steeply downward it goes. china is clearly really feeling it's strength. whether that will continue, we can't say, but what we can say is that for the next four yea rs, can say is that for the next four years, america is not going to have the kind of strength that it used to. what are your private thoughts as we go into the coming hours and perhaps days, goodness, as we wait for a result? i suspect that biden will just for a result? i suspect that biden willjust injured for a result? i suspect that biden will just injured it. for a result? i suspect that biden willjust injured it. why change the habits of a lifetime? i may be wrong. but it looks to me as though the possibility at least is there for him to get into it. hugely

important for britain whether biden ortrump is important for britain whether biden or trump is going to be president. i mean, a post brexit trade deal with america is i think only going to be seriously possible with trump. i think under biden it will be much, much harder to get. and i think biden, no fan of brexit at all. he made it absolutely clear, he doesn't want, he didn't want britain to vote to leave. he thinks it's a bad thing. that will be difficult. trump has other difficulties for britain and others. john simpson, good to see you. thank you very much indeed. as you would expect, we will continue with our coverage of the us campaign 2020. we will have much more from washington and from across the united states throughout the

afternoon on bbc one and the bbc news channel. americans are waking up this morning to uncertainty with no clear indication of who will be the next president of the united states. both donald trump and joe biden are predicting victory but there are still crucial battle ground states yet to declare the results. with millions of ballots left to count, donald trump has already claimed, without evidence, that he has won, telling his reporters —— where supporters, don't let them steal the election. we will be going to the us supreme court. we want all voting to stop. we don't want them to find any ballots at four o'clock in the morning and add them to the list. 0k? morning and add them to the list. ok? joe biden's team has called

effo rts ok? joe biden's team has called efforts to stop the count