hello. welcome to bbc news. the latest viewers for the viewers — regulators headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. talks held to try and avert a crisis. what about those who have already fled? we have a special report on refugees trying to reach turkey. this journey is full of risk but many feel this is their best hope. the uk government condemned for its handling of covid, described as an of the country was worst public health failures. and making a statement in the world of comic books.

the son of superman comes out as bisexual. welcome to the programme. the world's major economies are coming together to try to stave off a crisis in afghanistan. in a virtual summit hope that by italy, the current president of the 620 leaders will be trying to lay down strategies for humanitarian aid and to prevent afghanistan becoming a haven for militants. the un secretary general has urged the international community to find ways to get cash into the as can't economy to avert its total collapse.— can't economy to avert its total collapse. we need to find wa s to total collapse. we need to find ways to make _ total collapse. we need to find ways to make the _ total collapse. we need to find ways to make the economy - ways to make the economy breathe again. and this can be done without violating international laws or compromising principles. we must seek ways to create

conditions that would allow afghan professionals and civil servants to continue working to serve the afghan population. i urge the world to take action and inject liquidity into the afghan economy to avoid collapse. afghan economy to avoid collapse-— afghan economy to avoid collase. , , :: , afghan economy to avoid collase. , , ii , , collapse. this g20 summit comes as turkish authorities _ collapse. this g20 summit comes as turkish authorities with - as turkish authorities with security on the border with iran and warned they won't accept an influx of people fleeing the taliban in afghanistan. many afghans make the journey through iran to turkey, hoping to travel onwards to other european countries. turkey already has the world's largest refugee population of around 4 million people. our international correspondence has been to the turkish border and sent this report. turkey is cracking down on those who sneak across the border. even those in this smuggler�*s

safe house, who may have fled in fear from the taliban. while the operation here has taken just a few minutes, there are about a0 men inside, sitting down, looking tired, some looking quite scared. the conditions are pretty squalid and the police here are telling us they believe these men have come from afghanistan. we were flown across van province to turkey's remote eastern border where many try to enter. if they can get past this, turkey's border wall with iran. built three years ago and now being extended. since the fall of kabul, reinforcements have arrived. there's been an about—face in turkey on refugees and migrants. the country has already absorbed 3.6 million syrians. the local governor says there will be no influx

across this border. the watchtowers here were funded by the european union. it doesn't want a new wave of arrivals reaching its doors. take a look at the terrain here. this is a mountainous region. it's exposed, the ground is rough, and crossing iran to reach the turkish border here can take a month or more. the journey is full of risk, but some afghans still feel this is their best hope. like this group, who we found on turkish soil. police. among them, men who stood

against the taliban, including a police commander from kabul. we are concealing his identity. here he was, proudly serving his country. he told me in recent weeks the taliban have killed some of his brothers in arms despite promising an amnesty. soon, they were on the move and on the run, hoping to avoid capture by the turkish police. "0k, 0k, we're coming," he tells the waiting smuggler. since we filmed these pictures, some of the men have been detained. they can no longer go forward and they dare not go back.

0rla 6uerin, bbc news, on the turkish—iranian border. here in the uk, a cross—party group of mps has delivered a damning verdict of the british government's decision not to lockdown quickly in the early stages of the pandemic. the report says this was one of the worst public health failures the country has ever experienced. it praised the fast vaccine rollout but said many lives were lost because ministers were too slow to bring in stricter social distancing rules. 0ur health correspondentjim reed reports. we are still living through, says this report, the biggest health crisis of the last 100 years. millions have been infected, many thousands of lives have been lost to code. when we brought people from wuhan, injanuary... for when we brought people from wuhan, in january. . ._ when we brought people from wuhan, in january. .. for a year now, wuhan, in january. .. for a year now. two _ wuhan, in january. .. for a year now, two influential _ wuhan, in january. .. for a year now, two influential groups - wuhan, in january. .. for a year now, two influential groups of. now, two influential groups of mps have been taking evidence on the pandemic from people

involved in key decisions at the time. now in this report, they strongly criticised the early response instead of looking down hard and fast, like some other countries, they say ministers guided by their scientific advisers made a deliberate decision to introduce social distancing rules gradually until it was clear the nhs could be overwhelmed. the mps described that as a serious error which proved fatal to many. we were to slow in _ proved fatal to many. we were to slow in that _ proved fatal to many. we were to slow in that initial— to slow in that initial lockdown, we were operating in a fog of uncertainty, but even the government's advises, professor niall ferguson, in evidence to my committee, said if we had looked down a week earlier, you might even save half of the number of deaths in that initial wave. so everyone accepts that we locked down too late. �* . .,, , accepts that we locked down too late. a ' i:

accepts that we locked down too late. a :: , accepts that we locked down too late, a i: late. across 150 pages of the re ort, late. across 150 pages of the report. there _ late. across 150 pages of the report, there is _ late. across 150 pages of the report, there is more - report, there is more criticism. it describes the rollout of the test and trace programme in england as slow and chaotic. he says the uk did not impose rigorous border controls, letting in high numbers of infections from france and spain. and it criticises the treatment of care homes are saying the risks were not nice soon enough, leading to devastating and preventable repercussions. the mantra around _ preventable repercussions. tue: mantra around the preventable repercussions. tte: mantra around the nhs preventable repercussions. tt2 mantra around the nhs about protecting the nhs is certainly solidified in this report, that was what was happening, social care was very much an afterthought. not even a team there that was developed through covid that could support us because they didn't have enough knowledge of social care. . , have enough knowledge of social care. ., , ., , ., , care. there was, though, praise or art care. there was, though, praise or part of _ care. there was, though, praise or part of the — care. there was, though, praise or part of the national _ or part of the national response. the vaccine programme was described as one of the most effect of initiatives in the history of uk science, and

treatments for covid were also singled out as well. one was widely used first in this country and has now saved more than a million lives around the world stop the government says throughout the pandemic, it has been guided by scientific experts and has not shied away from taking quick action, including on the downs. it said it is committed to learning lessons and will hold a full public enquiry in the spring. jim reed, bbc news. now to the us where the republican governor of texas hasissued republican governor of texas has issued an order private businesses. the move pits him against president biden who last month called on employers to require their workers to be vaccinated. 0ur not american correspondent peter bowes has the details. this is a sweeping ban in texas on covid—19 mandates, and it means that from now through an

executive order being brought in by a covenant gamut that private entities be they restaurants or gyms or stores, along with government agencies as well, will not be able to require that their employees have the covid—19 vaccination or indeed customers of businesses. previously, there was an order in the fact that essentially applied this ban on government agencies but it didn't apply to private agencies, so that is the change now, being brought in by executive order with a governor urging the state legislature to pass a law to the same effect. 6overnor abbott has been tweeting about this. he said the covid—19 a safe, effective, and our best defence against the virus, but should always remain a voluntary and never forced.

this seems at least, in part, in response to what president biden announced last month — at a national — a federal level, companies with more than 100 employees should indeed require those employees to have the vaccination or at least have regular tests. it prompted a couple of major airlines and southwest airlines to say they would go along with that mandate. in taxes, 6overnor abbott says it amounts to the bullying of companies and is, as he sees it, hampering those companies as they try to recoverfrom the pandemic. pregnant women are being urged to get the covid vaccine following concerns about the growing number with the virus needing the most serious treatment in critical care. new data shows one in six of the most critically ill patients in hospital in the uk are pregnant and unvaccinated. let's talk this through with

the professorjoining us from ally. welcome to the programme. that is data we have gathered here in the uk. what is the situation in america with regards to pregnant mums? pregnant women are certainly at higher risk here in the united states as well. there has been 127,000 cases, lab confirmed cases, 22,000 hospitalisations and 171 deaths. 0ne figure is that 97% of the women in hospitals have been unvaccinated are pregnant. truth? unvaccinated are pregnant. why the reluctance _ unvaccinated are pregnant. why the reluctance to _ unvaccinated are pregnant. why the reluctance to get the vaccine? t the reluctance to get the vaccine?— vaccine? i think at the beginning _ vaccine? i think at the beginning it _ vaccine? i think at the beginning it was - vaccine? i think at the beginning it was a - vaccine? i think at the beginning it was a bit | vaccine? i think at the - beginning it was a bit unknown, but as of august 11, the center for disease control protection here strongly recommended vaccination. there have been three safety monitoring systems looking at a vaccine in pregnant women, finally it is safe and that the

event recognising this told that it event recognising this told thatitis event recognising this told that it is taking on pregnant women and their newborns by the way, really now strongly recommending pregnant women be vaccinated to protect themselves and their foetus and newborn. qt themselves and their foetus and newborn. . ., , ., themselves and their foetus and newborn. _, , ., , ., themselves and their foetus and newborn. , ., ., newborn. of course what you are sa in: is newborn. of course what you are saying is the _ newborn. of course what you are saying is the risk _ newborn. of course what you are saying is the risk is _ newborn. of course what you are saying is the risk is far _ saying is the risk is far greater of catching covid when pregnant than having the vaccine to prevent serious illness if you do get covid—19. exactly right. 50 illness if you do get covid-19. exactly right-_ exactly right. so what is a step forward _ exactly right. so what is a step forward on _ exactly right. so what is a step forward on this? - exactly right. so what is a - step forward on this? clearly, it is a real problem, and as you say, can have serious consequences for the baby. yes, ou are consequences for the baby. yes, you are right. — consequences for the baby. yes, you are right, sally. _ consequences for the baby. yes, you are right, sally. we - consequences for the baby. yes, you are right, sally. we are - you are right, sally. we are still struggling here in the united states. 0ne still struggling here in the united states. one of the lowest groups in fact for vaccination coverage has been pregnant women. 26% of pregnant women in the united states have received one or more doses of vaccine, so it is something we now have to do a bit of catch up now have to do a bit of catch up on, and i think they're in the uk as well, to this group

now recognise as a high priority because they suffer the problems of higher rate of hospitalisations, high rates of serious disease and even death. in terms of the difference of the vaccination programme has made in the us, where has it made in the us, where has it made a real difference, and where do you see some state us where do you see some state us where they are still reluctant to go ahead with vaccines? t to go ahead with vaccines? i think the real difference has been made especially in the elderly, which we knew early on were at most high risk of serious disease and death, so that group is was highly vaccinated at this time. i think the challenge for us has been the varied responses by state, where there has even been situations where we have had governors in some states issuing bands on mask use. completely the antithesis if you will of good public health control measures.— you will of good public health control measures. 0k, thank you for bein: control measures. 0k, thank you for being on _ control measures. 0k, thank you for being on the _ control measures. 0k, thank you for being on the programme. - control measures. 0k, thank you for being on the programme. my|

for being on the programme. my pleasure. stay with us here on bbc news. still to come, a comic book kiss that makes quite a statement. superman's sun comes out as bisexual. parts of san francisco least affected by the earthquake are returning to life, but in the marina area where most of the damage was done, they are more conscious than ever of how much has been destroyed. in the 19 years since he was last here, he has gone from being a little—known revolutionary to an experienced and successful diplomatic operator. it was a 20—pound bomb which exploded on the fifth floor of the grand hotel, . ripping a hole in the front of the building. _ this government will not weaken. democracy will prevail. it fills me with humility and gratitude to know that i have been chosen as the recipient of this foremost of earthly honours. this catholic nation held its breath - for the men they called the 33.

and then, bells tolled i nationwide to announce the first rescue and _ chile let out an almighty roar. this is bbc news. the top stories this hour: there will�*s major economies are coming togetherfor major economies are coming together for a major economies are coming togetherfor a virtual major economies are coming together for a virtual summit together for a virtual summit to try to stave off a crisis in afghanistan. let us unpack that story further. david is a former deputy assistant secretary of defence joining deputy assistant secretary of defencejoining us deputy assistant secretary of defence joining us from defencejoining us from washington. un secretary general warning of a crisis 6eneral warning of a crisis hitting afghanistan, yet when the taliban took control all

international aid pretty much stopped, assets were frozen, et cetera, what is the right way of bringing aid to afghanistan in the current circumstances? not only were those aid flows cut off, but the vast majority of those dispersing the aid inside the government and international organisations have fled afghanistan or are in the process of trying to do so. evenif the process of trying to do so. even if things were open and aid could come in, the ability of the taliban to distribute the aid in an effective way is highly questionable. the most likely way it would be distributed is through international organisations, the way was done from 1996 to 2001, the last time the taliban were in charge of aghanistan. international organisations were pretty clear that the role of women in their activities, including the distribution of aid has to be respected. the taliban have been pretty clear

that they are not going to allow the government to be part of that. so i think you are going to have a difficult system and if the aid spigots are open there will be the possibility of getting some aid to afghanistan but nowhere near enough to meet this humanitarian emergency. this is the dilemma _ humanitarian emergency. this is the dilemma the _ humanitarian emergency. this is the dilemma the g20 _ humanitarian emergency. this is the dilemma the g20 leaders . the dilemma the 620 leaders will be discussing today in their virtual summit, will be discussing today in theirvirtualsummit, how to their virtual summit, how to prevent theirvirtualsummit, how to prevent the crisis that the un secretary general says is coming, but with conditions attached, how to work with the taliban, essentially, isn't it? it is how to work with the taliban, but also how will the taliban, but also how will the taliban work with the rest of the world? i don't think it is the world? i don't think it is the responsibility of the rest of the world to come up with the answers here. the taliban are in charge of afghanistan, they have the responsibility to care of the afghan people and they are the ones that need to take decide what steps they need to take in order to move

forward with distribution of aid. unfortunately, the taliban have shown in the past, the last time they ruled afghanistan, that they didn't care about the afghan people and were willing to sacrifice aid on the altar of their political correctness that they want to force on the country. so i think it is very unlikely that you are going to find an easy solution to this problem. 0k, we have got to leave it there. we appreciate your expertise. thanks for being on the programme. so much more on the programme. so much more on the story on our website. but now let's bring you the latest sports news. hello there, i'm tulsen tollett, this is your sports news. we start with football and germany have qualified for next year's world cup with two games to spare. there were winners over north macedonia. without they become the first team to qualify for next year's finals beside the host country, qatar. scoring open five after halftime before his chelsea teammate added two more to seal the win. they kept

their hopes for qualifying for a first world cup since 1958 alive after kieffer moore's first half called them to victory. robert page's side remain third on goal difference between —— behind the czech republic. the whales have the game in hand. world cup nullifying begins —— continues late on tuesday. 6areth southgate is looking for consistency for his team. england me too wins in the three remaining qualifiers to have a spot in qatar. the manager wants everyone providing competition for places. providing competition for laces. ~ �* providing competition for laces. �* , providing competition for laces. , ., ., ., places. we can't be a team that has a day _ places. we can't be a team that has a day off — places. we can't be a team that has a day off and _ places. we can't be a team that has a day off and we _ places. we can't be a team that has a day off and we want - places. we can't be a team that has a day off and we want to . has a day off and we want to keep the consistency of performances. we have had that definitely throughout this calendar year. everybody knows it is the competition for places, everybody knows they cannot afford a day off stop and they have got pride in putting the shirt on every time they play and they want to show what they are capable of as a

team. . ., , ., , team. the defending champion is out of the indian _ team. the defending champion is out of the indian wells _ out of the indian wells tournament in california after she went down a straight is to estonia's anett kontaveit. the opening southwood road to the way with the power game are both players coming to the fore. the estonian eventually winning on herfit set point in the tie—break before a second set that saw the 18 seed real off four consecutive games on her way to a 7—6, 6—3 win and a place in the fourth round. later on tuesday, alexander zverev will face andy murray who is a finalist at this event backin who is a finalist at this event back in 2000 —— was. amy hunter made history on monday when she marked her 16th birthday by becoming the youngest player, mail or female, becoming the youngest player, mail orfemale, to becoming the youngest player, mail or female, to score a century in a one—day international. she is an unbeaten 121. she helped ireland to an 85 run victory over zimbabwe. the fourth one—day international in

harare. she breaks the india held —— the record when she made her century against ireland in 1999. obviously it feels really _ ireland in 1999. obviously it feels really good. _ ireland in1999. obviously it feels really good. i - ireland in 1999. obviously it feels really good. i don't - feels really good. i don't really know what to think, to be honest. when it was coming up my be honest. when it was coming up my 50, and then a canter may hundred i had no idea. it didn't know whether to take the helmet off or keep it on full a lot more nervous for the 50. honestly, didn't do so well in the first three games so why was delighted to be out there and get the first four way and from there it kind of flowed. from 50 to 100 it went quicker than from zero to 50.— than from zero to 50. now it is aood. than from zero to 50. now it is good- to _ than from zero to 50. now it is good. to majorly _ than from zero to 50. now it is good. to majorly baseball- than from zero to 50. now it is good. to majorly baseball and| good. to majorly baseball and john peterson hit his second pension homerun of the national league divisional series on monday as the braves with the milwaukee brewers 3—0 to take a 2-1 milwaukee brewers 3—0 to take a 2—1 leave in the best—of—5 series. it took to the plate in the fifth inning, replacing iain anderson and made a three run homer which turned out to be enough. 6ame four is also in

atlanta on tuesday. you can get all the latest sports news on our website. all the latest sports news on ourwebsite. but all the latest sports news on our website. but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the team, that is your sports news for now. not quite. they will squeeze in one more. the head coach of the las vegas readers football team has resigned following the publication of racist, misogynistic, and e—mails, has apologised for the language he used to describe the black executive director of the players' association in 2011, saying he did not remember writing it and had no racist intentions. john kent is the most recent superhero to come out following versions of captain america and batman's sidekick robin. courtney bembridge reports.

a superman as we have never seen him before. dc comics say the son of clark kent and lois lane, john kent, is coming out as bisexual. the creators say the man of steel has always stood for hope, truth and justice and now presents something more. when i was offered this job, i thought, well, if we're going to have a new superman for the dc universe, it feels like a missed opportunity to have another straight white saviour. dc comics publisherjim lee said in a statement: we have seen a lot of dc superheroes in the last couple of decades. when you can attack something like this to the name superman, was known around the world, people pay attention. the comic isn't due to be released until november, but there has been plenty of reaction online already. look, the reactions have been — honestly, they have been overwhelmingly positive, which i wasn't quite expecting. yes, there is a lot of trolling online, but there are so many people reaching out

in so many different languages, saying what this means to them. i'm seeing tweets of people saying that they burst into tears when they read the news, that they wished that superman was this when they were growing up, that they could see themselves, and people saying for the first time ever they are seeing themselves in superman something they never thought was possible. his sexuality isn't the only way the character has been updated. in recent editions, he's been advocating for refugees and fighting the climate crisis. is ita bird, is ita plane or is it social change? courtney bembridge, bbc news. we are continuing to see extraordinary images from the volcano on the spanish island of le palamo. this is the scene. a series of tremors have shaken the ground. the volcano began erupting on 19 september,

it has forced 6000 people to move from their homes so far —— la palma. that is the scene there. in a moment we will have there. in a moment we will have the top business stories. will see you a moment. hello. it was a chilly start to monday for many a morning commuter, and it will be again on tuesday morning for one or two, particularly across some southern counties of england and south wales, as well as the far north—east of scotland. it's these areas where you'll have the clearest of the skies to begin with. in between, temperatures much higher than they were on monday, and that's because of this weather front and the cloud from it stretching across scotland into eastern england. and that's going to be inching a little bit further westwards as we go through tuesday. high pressure still, though, in the far west, keeping things dry. only an isolated shower possible, still some sunny spells. but a lot of cloud across scotland and northern and eastern england. that could produce some light rain or drizzle here and there, maybe as far west as the home counties as we go through into the afternoon. to the west of it, we'll keep temperatures on the high side for this stage in october, maybe up to around 16—17 degrees.

but notice down these eastern coasts of scotland and north—east england, where they're getting on the other side of that weatherfront, more of a northerly wind, temperatures only around 10—13 celsius. whereas by wednesday, these same areas should warm up a little bit because the wind is going to shift direction. we're going to see our area of high pressure drift a bit further southwards. in doing so, atlantic winds will start to dominate, pushing away that weather front back eastwards in towards the north sea. but it'll reactivate across the farther north of scotland. this is where we'll see outbreaks of rain through the night into wednesday morning. and whilst there will be some pockets of chillier conditions on wednesday morning, for many, it won't be quite as chilly as tuesday. so, here's the details for wednesday. that weather front continuing to march away. there could be some light rain or drizzle close to some western parts of scotland, but most of you will have a dry day, varying amounts of cloud, some sunny spells. temperatures drop a little bit in western scotland �*cause of the breeze off the sea, but warm, as i said, down those eastern coasts, and most places still around 2—3 degrees above average. but a big drop in temperature is on the way to the north of this weather front, which will be pushing in as we go through into thursday, with some strong and gusty winds around it. notice those blue colours pushing southwards.

that will be making inroads across scotland on thursday. along with those gusty winds, outbreaks of rain which could be heavy at times too, making it towards northern ireland, maybe to the borders of england late in the day. but much of england and wales will have a dry day, a bright day, still in the milder air with highs around 16 or 17. but as that weather front works its way southwards and eastwards, we'll all get a bit chillier for the end of the week into the weekend. colder still across some parts of eastern scotland, but even further south, we could see temperatures this weekend in the mid—teens. bye for now.

hello again. this is bbc news. time for the top business stories. keeping the lights on. the uk government is considering financial support to industries hit by soaring gas prices. the covid—19 recovery, the imf is set to revise downwards its global growth citing vaccine inequality a key reason. and ensuring a greenerfuture, a new climate report finds the uk public what the government to act now to speed up the fight against global warming.