president trump says he will leave the white house if the electoral college certifiesjoe biden's victory when it meets next month. the comment is the closest mr trump has come to acknowledging his election defeat, although he continues to insist on his unsubstantiated claims of massive fraud. the argentine football legend, diego maradona, has been buried on the outskirts of buenos aires, next to his parents. his cortege travelled through the streets after the 60 year old had been lying in state where thousands queued to file past his coffin. the ethiopian government says it is distributing aid to people displaced by the fighting in tigray, hours after it launched its final offensive against the dissident leadership there. it also said it had established a humanitarian corridor, although this hasn't been verified by the united nations. so england returns to the three—tier system

next wednesday but what people can and can't do within the tiers has changed. the government will review the restrictions in england every 1a days with the first review on 16 december. our north of england correspondent danny savage reports from yorkshire. this, it turns out, was aspirational thinking in hull. there was an infection rate of 776 per 100,000 people a couple of weeks ago. no surprise here, then, that they're going into the new tier 3. during the first lockdown, the only people that i knew were a friend of a friend's auntie who had it, really, in this area, but more so, i've got children at school, and they've got friends that have contracted it, friends‘ parents that have contracted it. people here say not enough locals have stuck to the rules, while some are sticklers for them. it's absolutely rife. my husband's been self—isolating since well before. he's on the extreme list,

so we have to be everything careful. and you're happy for that to go on for some months? i'm happy, because if it can save lives, then yeah. those living on this side of the humber were expecting tier 3, but over there in lincolnshire, the whole county is also going into the highest tier. that is a very large rural area, where even the conservative leader of the county council can't understand government thinking. huge areas of lincolnshire actually have lower rates than the national average, so it does seem very perverse to put the whole area into tier 3, and obviously that will mean businesses and families and individuals will be suffering far more restrictions than is really necessary. 70 miles away, harrogate has moved from tier1 pre—lockdown to tier 2, where one new concession is that up to 2,000 much—missed spectators are allowed at sports events. the crowd is coming along to see the goals and the trophies. it's like the horse and carriage, they have to go together.

next wednesday, all the shops can open again too. it's not fair, marks & spencer's in harrogate is open, and i can't sell, you know, my clothes, so very, very important, and i can't wait for wednesday. and in the highest tiers, there's many more weeks of sitting outside in the cold if you want to catch up with a friend. danny savage, bbc news. now on bbc news, our north america correspondent, michelle fleury, chronicles the story of her neighbourhood in brooklyn, new york, as the coronavirus pandemic first swept across the world. we are all dealing with the great unknown. we have seen nothing like it before. new york is on sunday were hardly new yorkers on sunday were hardly shocked over the cities first confirmed case of coronavirus. a second person has died from the virus. we have an invisible enemy. we have a ferocious enemy. the number of people killed went up to 99. the new york mayor

is holding its press conference and says new yorkers should be prepared for a shelter in place order. bright orange body bags are rolled out. new york remains the epicentre of this outbreak. new york is now reporting more than a thousand deaths. with the death toll now passing the 4000 mark the cities death toll has passed 10,000. each of those are a human being or a family represented. new york suffered the worst covid—19 outbreak in the united states. in the city that never sleeps neighbourhoods fell silent. the sense of fear, isolation and the threat of financial ruin grew as the virus spread. no neighbourhood was spared, including the one where i live, bay ridge brooklyn, home

to about 80,000 new yorkers. those who live here, like so many people around the globe, are grappling with realities brought on by the pandemic that were unimaginable just a few months ago. i haven't seen these in years. this one's pretty. look at that. i like that. i still have it, i kept it. salvatore is trying to hold onto the good memories. so we have my parent's wedding pictures. when the coronavirus hit new york in march, he closed his business and moved in with his parents to help them get through the pandemic. this is one of my favourite pictures of my parents. it's hard.

i thought i was protecting them. i was doing everything i needed to do. what i was supposed to do, what i was told to do, but itjust didn't help. he lost his father arthur to covid—19 on april the 2nd. he woke up shivering. i've never seen him like that. i called 911 and that was the last time i saw him. two days later, the virus claimed his mother helen. my mother was beautiful. she really was. it breaks my heart. it really does. my dad died on april 2nd and my mum died in april the 4th. and my aunt terri died in april the 6th. so that week was terrible.

memories, at this point, is all you have left. i don't know where my father is buried. i don't think i'll ever have closure. he is still sleeping on the couch of his parents' four—story home. four—storey home. i haven't gone to the bedrooms. tomorrow will be four weeks since they've been gone. i haven't gone into the bedrooms. i can't. i just cant. i just can't. his parents are some of more than the 7000 coronavirus victims in brooklyn. bay ridge is like a small town in a big city. for decades it has had a large italian and irish community.

today though it's more diverse, with growing arab, chinese and latino populations. it still retains that small town feeling. neighbours know each other, families have lived here for generations. but the coronavirus pandemic is making the future a lot more uncertain. with many in the neighbourhood in desperate need, charities have stepped up. he is picking up one more box for his friend. mohammad runs a volunteer group, muslims giving back. he turned his mosque into a food bank. times are very rough and a lot of these families are undocumented, so don't get the stimulus payments many of us enjoy.

they don't get unemployment benefits that many of us take for granted. even before the crisis he saw the need to help working—class immigrant families in his community. have a good day. but he wasn't prepared for what happened when things closed overnight to combat the virus. once the lockdown was announced, there was a surge, a spike with numerous families coming out saying hey, we are going to need your help in the next few weeks because it's going to get bad for us. families across the neighbourhood are struggling and his food pantry is feeding 125 families a week, that's nearly triple the number before the pandemic.

clearly this coronavirus has caused a lot of pain. you've heard a lot of stories. what is the most heartbreaking thing you've heard. the worst ones, the numerous widows that all of a sudden exist in our communities. the breadwinner of the family has passed away because of coronavirus, leaving behind children. nine out of ten, these families were not financially secure to begin with. it's may, and the virus is still raging in the city. nearly 20,000 new yorkers have died due to covid—19. lockdown measures still remain in place. it's also the holy month of ramadan, but social distancing has made it different from past years. this is the month where you are supposed to feed your spirituality, regain that

strength and increase your faith, so it's a very important month. if we could we would start packing, every day. we make about 300 meals every day. to help, muhammad and his crew are handing out free food. the meal used to break the fast during ramadan. its one for the memories. i am going to remember this ramadan for the rest of my life. this neighbourhood is the most populous arab area in new york city. if the community cannot come to us we will go to them. do you want to see a plate of the food? we have giro, chicken and a beautiful salad with chickpeas and cucumbers. many muslim families rely on the free meals they receive at the mosque, but with mosques closed due to the virus,

that help has gone. it became very difficult in our community. 0ur mosque is closed, and for a lot of the recent immigrants and refugees in our community, the undocumented, the mosque is the refuge. for sal, who is grieving the loss of both his parents to covid—19, his refuge is work. he owns hom with his partner damien, and it's been a staple on the bay ridge high street for 19 years. but when the pandemic hit the pair were forced to close up shop. in may they decided it was time to reopen.

me being here, it's keeping me busy, so it's keeping me focused, which helps me with my pain with my family. i try to keep it together, when inside i'm really hurting. sometimes you've gotta let it out. it's tough. but the decision was bittersweet. hom reopened on mother's day in america. somebody told me that particular day that my parents want me to do what i'm doing, and it brought a smile to my face because they do. i have to push through. the support of the community has been a real help. we will be here till six. neighbours even set out to go fund me page to assist

with the mounting bills. bay ridge is a very tight—knit community. we all support each other. the reopening isn't the only change for sal and damien. the couple have decided to move out of their bay ridge apartment back into sal's parents house. welcome. come in. how are you? it's been ages. it's been a while. i just started cleaning out my parents' bedroom, and it's only clothes and material things but if i would pick up a shirt i knew my mum would wear or a jacket my dad would wear it was just, it really affected me. it's hard. i try to keep it

together at work. muslims meet up to pray before heading into manhattan. the volunteers have been feeding the homeless since the charity started six years ago. they recently scaled up their operation. we've found a replacement for that spirituality or that worship that we lost. now it's going out all night and feeding the homeless. here you go, brother.

this is what praying looks like. this is praying through action. he realised during this crisis the city's homeless were being forgotten. enjoy, man. get some fruit punch. churches and places of worship that had soup kitchens, they're closed.. just look at the amount of people, even though it's raining. i made that kool—aid! that hurts! you need more sugar, man. my wife was like, "you are going to kill us and you are going to bring the virus home," but i'm like, "am i going to risk my family to help others? what's my responsibilities? " day 100 of the coronavirus crisis and it is the day that we started to liberate ourselves from this disease, the day we move forward. a lifeline for people out of work and businesses that have been closed for months.

after three months of lockdown, new york hs finally entered phase one reopening and it's a huge landmark for the city as it continues to recover from the peak of the coronavirus pandemic. it means that retailers can finally open their doors, even if it is just for kerb—side and in—store pick—up. sal and damien are trying to adjust to the new realities of running their business. you know, it's scary about... normally on a saturday and sunday, we are crazy busy. and, as you can see, this is the new norm. and i'm not sure how we're going to survive an 80% drop in sales when we're paying 100% on everything else. hi, how are you? how's it going?

be safe. i have two mortgages and the rent, i have three electric bills, three phone bills, three cable bills. i have three of everything. christine can take care of it, absolutely. we can't survive on masks, it's impossible. i have always paid my bills. i pay everybody before i pay myself. that was notjust that was not just the way that was notjust the way i've been brought up. —— that is just the way i've been brought up. but when there is no money coming in, there is nothing you can do. i don't think they are understanding that and there is not much help. sal is worried his business may be the next thing to be taken away from him because of the coronavirus. according to the partnership for new york city, one—third of all small businesses in new york could go bust because of the pandemic.

i'm about to pass kimchi, a korean restaurant in the neighbourhood and it has been here for well over a decade but it is one of the casualties. the company has announced it's going out of business. it's august and the infection rate in new york city has dropped below 1%. i hope you guys like painting. i hate painting. we've got a professional painter here! for mohammed and muslims giving back the demand for help is slowing.

the less she sees the better of a surprise. but there are still plenty need. today he's doing a home makeover. look at the mattress, see what i told you? look, it's horrible. redoing the apartment of a single pregnant mother with two young girls who was abandoned by her husband. people like her are always praying to help. always praying for help. and for us to be the people chosen to answer the prayers, that's a priceless feeling. this is the disinfectant spray. get that corona out of here. it's one of the best safety nets you can give to families. kind of give them that hope that we are here and we will do

as much as we can do. now for the hardestjob. putting up all these decorations. the fact the cases are down, does that mean you can catch your breath? last time we saw you, you were working flat out. maybe the infection rate has gone down and people are less sick, but theirjobs are still closed, their bank accounts are still dry, so the problem really didn't go away. it brings peace. mohammed is bracing himself for a second wave of the virus. still, it's the ongoing economic crisis not the health crisis he fears most. the evictions are going to start to roll back in. so, i think for me, that's the true second wave that's coming in. i'm not really worried about the covid—19 second wave, i think the evictions will probably be

the deadliest second wave we'll have in our communities. ijust miss my mom, i miss my mommy. waves of grief continue to wash over salfour months after his parents arthur and helen died of covid—19. i still cry myself to sleep at night, i do. i cry myself to sleep at night. it's hard, it's hard. he now feels strong enough to move into his parents' bedroom. and so this is your room now? yeah, yeah. that must have been tough. yeah. i lived downstairs, i slept downstairs. i just moved up here a month ago. so four, five months, i slept on the couch. i needed a bed. i needed some sense of normalcy.

i love you. sal now has four dogs, the two he owned and and the two he inherited from his parents. four as little much but it's ok. i'm getting to it, kind of. heavy. this is the dress she wore to my brother's wedding. if i probably had the opportunity, i might have buried her in it. i might have done that. my mommy. that's my mommy. the start of the outbreak feels like a lifetime ago

and yet bay ridge, like much of america, and indeed much of the globe, is still lost in this pandemic. from the immeasurable heartache to the goodbyes that were never said, to the economic devastation, the coronavirus has taken memories we thought we would make and left us all struggling to adapt. for mohammed, the work of helping his community is only getting started. shepherd's pie, yes... has your faith changed throughout this pandemic? i think it definitely strengthened my faith but as as well as my humanity because it kind of forced me to translate my faith to action. no matter what class you're in,

doesn't matter if you're poor or rich, you live in the west side or the south, you are vulnerable like anybody else. i think a lot of people kind of bonded and came together and i saw that, especially the support for social workers. you just see strangers putting signs outside their window, "thank you for saving lives." it was just really a beautiful thing to see, to be honest, that one of the most diverse cities in the world could just really unite and came together during this time of need. i mean, that's humanity right there, man. that's humanity.

hello there. if you need to head out on the roads on friday morning, fog could cause one or two problems, certainly some poor visibility in places particularly across parts of england and wales. the fog slow to clear through the day and it will feel cold out there. two weather fronts,

one to the northwest, one to the south bringing some cloud and patchy rain. but in between, very light winds, temperatures have been dropping, it's going to be a very cold start to friday morning. widely around freezing, some spots below and we will also see some fog. indeed, some freezing fog across parts of england into east wales as well. these are the areas most likely to be affected. slightly different across the far southeast, here it's more likely cloud bringing the odd spot of rain. some early sunshine through wales, parts of northern england, and then for northern ireland and scotland, it's a slightly different story again. this band of cloud and weather front bringing some outbreaks of very patchy rain, and that band of cloud with those bits and pieces of rain not moving far at all through the day. the fog struggling to shift as well across those parts of england and wales starting off so murky. i think in many places, it willjust linger as low cloud all day long. a bit of rain creeping in towards the english channel coasts. temperatures, if you stick with fog all day long, maybe just 3—4 degrees.

even in some brightness, 8—9 the best we can expect. and then through friday night, the fog will once again reform with a lot of low cloud and some spots of rain and drizzle working northwards across england and wales. lowest temperatures likely to be across the far north of england, also southeast scotland — some spots here will see a frost because of clear skies overhead. and there will be a slice of sunshine for some on saturday. particularly across scotland, perhaps northern ireland as well. but for england and wales a lot of cloud, some misty, murky conditions. temperatures just a little bit higher, though, down towards the south, 11—12, possibly 13 degrees. the milder airjust trying to sneak its way in. now for the second half of the weekend, high pressure remains in charge — this frontal system up to the far north—west might just bring a little bit of rain in northern and northwestern scotland. otherwise a lot of drier weather, but again a lot of cloudy weather and any fog for the morning will struggle to clear during the day, and those temperatures for most of us in single digits, at best around ten degrees.

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