this is bbc world news. i'm rich preston. our top stories: president biden condemns an attack on the husband of the house speaker, nancy pelosi, saying there's too much hatred in us politics. this is despicable. there is no place in america, there is too much violence, political violence, too much hatred. a new wave of deadly clashes in iran with security forces firing on anti—government protestors. the candidates in brazil's presidential election run—off trade insults in a bad—tempered televised debate, ahead of sunday's election.

and the music industry pays tribute tojerry lee lewis — one of rock and roll�*s all—time greats, who's died aged 87. hello and welcome to bbc news. president biden has condemned an attack on the husband of the leading democrat, nancy pelosi, as despicable. police have charged a man with attempted murder in connection with the assault on paul pelosi at the couple's home in san francisco. mrs pelosi was in washington at the time. our north america editor, sarah smith, reports. police say the intruder used a hammer to smash glass doors and break into the pelosi home, shouting, "where's nancy?" this appears to be a targeted attack. he tried to tie up paul pelosi

to wait for his wife to come home. she was in washington at the time. police arrived as the attack was happening. our officers observed mr pelosi and the suspect both holding a hammer. the suspect pulled the hammer away from mr pelosi and violently assaulted him with it. 82—year—old paul pelosi is in hospital undergoing brain surgery. the suspect will be charged with attempted homicide. nancy! 0h, nancy! during the attack on the capitol on 6 january last year, rioters were specifically searching for nancy pelosi. she'd been evacuated from the building by police. later, she blamed donald trump for inciting the riot and putting politicians in danger. it shouldn't be that not only is the president of the united states inciting an insurrection, but keeps fanning the flame, endangering the security of members of congress.

president biden says he is praying for mr pelosi's recovery. republican leaders have also condemned the attack. violent political threats and attacks have increased alarmingly in america in the last few years. some senior politicians are now worried that it won't be long before one of them is killed. sarah smith, bbc news, washington. speaking at a rally ahead of next month's mid—term elections, mr biden said there was too much hatred and vitriol in us politics. it's reported that the same chant was used by this guy they have in custody that was used onjanuary 6 in the attacks on the us capitol. i'm not making this up, this is reporting, i can't guarantee it, i can tell you what's been reported. the chant was, "where is nancy?" this is despicable. there is no place in america, there is too much violence, political violence, too much hatred.

earlier i spoke to congressional correspondent for the new york times, catie edmondson. here's what she had to say. this attack, which everyone on capitol hill is absolutely horrified by, is really an encapsulation of what, for years now, has become a nightmare scenario for many lawmakers. over the past six, seven years, particularly since former president donald trump was elected to office in 2016, members of congress have seen really an unprecedented uptick of violent threats lodged against them and theirfamilies coming through their offices. in fact, in the last six years, capitol police said they have taken an increase of tenfold threats coming through that they are keeping track of. and so while i think everyone on capitol hill today is absolutely appalled, i think you would be pressed to find people who are truly surprised that something like this could happen to a member of congress or theirfamily.

how is this up tick in threats of aggression and violence being dealt with? are members of staff being offered increased police protection? one of the difficulties, one of the dynamics that currently at play is that afterjanuary 6 and the attack on the capitol, capitol police had a tough time keeping police officers, keeping the number of staff that they needed in order to be able to process those threats. a spokesman for the capitol police, the agency in charge of keeping members of congress safe, say they have been able to hire a number of people that they need in order to process all these threats, but i will also add that many of these violent messages are being processed by 18, 19—year—old interns working on capitol hill who are answering the phones for these congressional offices every day and there is a brunt

of work placed on them as well. there's been a new wave of deadly clashes in iran. activitsts say security forces fired on dozens of people as they left friday prayers in the southern city of zahedan. it follows a similar crackdown in the same city nearly a month ago, during protests over the death of mahsa amini. robin brant reports. six weeks in and these protests show no sign of abating. the opposite, in fact. this is zahedan, the scene of violent confrontation again. independent observers claiming the crackdown by security forces across iran has killed at least 160 people and the tactics continue to be unbearably indiscriminate. i saw footage of a teenager, a child, shot in the head who apparently has been killed and we haven't gotten exact figures for how many people have died, how many people have been injured today, but as you said, from the footage that we saw, we can say that certainly, they opened fire

again with live ammunition. what started out as a protest over the death of a young woman in custody, because of how she wore her hijab, is now a chaotic and increasingly deadly confrontation between some of iran's people and its religious leaders. any tactic that they had used in previous rounds of previous protests, including 2009 and 2017, to crack down and get people to go back home, those tactics are not working this time around. there is a wave of anger in these protests that is unlike anything i personally have ever seen. i have been reporting from iran about protests there for years and years and this is unique. iran's military claims that the us was conspiring with others to spark the riots. meanwhile, the united nations has raised a list of issues with iran that it's deeply worried about. of particular concern is information that authorities have been moving injured protesters from hospitals to detention facilities. refused to release the bodies

of those killed to their families. and delivered the deceased on the condition that their families do not hold a funeral or that theirfamilies do not speak to the media. in one protest video, verified by the news agency afp, people are seen shouting "death to the dictator" aimed at iran's supreme leader, ayatollah ali khamenei. as the protests continue in various cities, international human rights campaigners say there is now a serious risk of mass killings. robin brant, bbc news. a severe tropical storm has killed more than 70 people in the philippines, and left many more homeless. tropical storm nalgae made landfall in the central part of the country and is heading towards the capital manila, but most of the casualties were caused by floods where there was heavy rainfall.

the final televised debate of brazil's bitterly contested presidential campaign has been taking place in rio dejaneiro. here they are arriving at the debate, in an acrimonious clash, the far—right incumbent, jair bolsonaro, and the left—wing former leader, luis inacio lula da silva, repeatedly called each other liars. they also traded accusations of corruption. polls suggest lula has a narrow lead ahead of sunday's run—off vote. 0ur south america correspondent, katy watson, sent this report from sao paulo on the campaign so far. chanting in portuguese. cheering and applause. these past few weeks on the road have been noisy and relentless. both lula and bolsonaro are well aware this has become a tight race.

party shop ownerjanaina is hoping for celebrations bolsonaro will win it. translation: i don't believe in the polls. l i go to the demonstrations and they are peaceful. it's beautiful — the green and yellow colours, families, children, so, the streets say the exact opposite of the polls. if you just looked at the demonstrations across brazil, you'd see it's so different. in a campaign so prone to fake news, it's taken on even bigger dimensions these past few weeks. there have been accusations of satanism, even cannibalism. this second round has descended into a holy war as the candidates vie for

millions of religious votes. lula has traditionally had more support from catholic voters and bolsonaro, the ever—growing evangelical community. valdinei ferreira is one of the few evangelical pastors who thinks bolsonaro has gone too far. translation: faith has been seized upon as a political - identity and people end up validating the christian faith of someone based on the political choices they make. i'm choosing to vote for lula because he just wants to be president. bolsonaro is a candidate to be god. politics has never felt so heated. felipe's family owned this newspaper stand for three generations, but much has changed. no political chit—chat with his customers — it's all become too personal. translation: sunday will be a watershed moment i when we decide whether to continue with the same politics we have now or go back to one we knew in the past. people feel they are deciding between good and bad,

and that doesn't exist. i think the country deserves the politicians they elect. but will those politicians respect the results? jair bolsonaro has regularly attacked the voting system, offering up baseless allegations of fraud. there's concern that so—called �*tropical trump' could follow in the footsteps of his friend in the north. this weekend brings to an end what's often been a bitter and personal campaign, a battle between two huge populist politicians at either end of the political spectrum. whoever wins, though, will have a huge job on his hands trying to govern this deeply divided country. amid an intensifying economic crisis in brazil, the political drama is far from over. katy watson, bbc news, in sao paulo. northern ireland is facing the prospect of another election, after parties failed to reach agreement on a return to power sharing. the secretary of state, chris heaton harris, has said he will call an election, but has delayed setting a date. our ireland corespondent

emma vardy has this report. government at stormont is always fragile. now it has returned to deadlock. ministers are no longer in charge and civil servants are keeping the lights on instead. the secretary of state for northern ireland has said he will call an election held back from setting the expected date. i have limited options ahead of me. i am under a legal duty to call an election within 12 weeks. i have had lots and lots of talks with all the parties and will continue to do so. there was the option to legislate and delay this moment. how does calling an election help solve any of the problems for northern ireland? nearly all the parties have been saying this will not help the situation signed up to the rules that make the situation happen. i call it now? i rules that make the situation happen. i call it now?- happen. i call it now? i am leaall happen. i call it now? i am legally bound _ happen. i call it now? i am legally bound to _ happen. i call it now? i am

legally bound to do - happen. i call it now? i am legally bound to do so. - happen. i call it now? i am| legally bound to do so. the happen. i call it now? i am - legally bound to do so. the dpp has refused to go back into power sharing because of its opposition to the brexit arrangements and it believes it has support from voters for holding firm. the irish sea border, created by the deal that boris johnson border, created by the deal that borisjohnson agreed with the eu means that there are checks on goods coming from britain which the dup sees as weakening northern ireland's place in the uk. if weakening northern ireland's place in the uk.— place in the uk. if the secretary _ place in the uk. if the secretary of _ place in the uk. if the secretary of state - place in the uk. if the i secretary of state wants place in the uk. if the - secretary of state wants to hold an election than he should tell us and we will prepare for that election. if not then let's focus on what really needs to be done which is to find a solution that restores northern ireland's place within the united kingdom and removes the united kingdom and removes the protocol and the harm it is doing to our relationship with the rest of the uk.— doing to our relationship with the rest of the uk. sinn fein, the rest of the uk. sinn fein, the largest— the rest of the uk. sinn fein, the largest nationalist - the rest of the uk. sinn fein, the largest nationalist party, | the largest nationalist party, themselves pulled out of power sharing back in 2017. so the crisis facing voters is one many feel has been seen too many feel has been seen too many times before. sinn fein has been critical of the dup�*s

decision. has been critical of the dup's decision. ~ ., . decision. we need an executive u n decision. we need an executive u- and decision. we need an executive up and running. _ decision. we need an executive up and running. we _ decision. we need an executive up and running. we need - decision. we need an executive up and running. we need a - up and running. we need a functioning to serve the people but this evening were all left wondering what will happen next and what is the motivation behind what happened today. under the current legislation, an election must happen within 12 weeks. for now, the parties remain in limbo, waiting to see if the previous talked about date of december 15 will be set. but even after another polling day here, many believe the same problems and divisions will remain. this is bbc news. a reminder of our headlines: president biden has condemned an attack on the husband of the house speaker, nancy pelosi, saying there's too much hatred in us politics. there's been a new wave of violence in iran — with security forces firing on anti—government protestors — and reports of injuries and deaths. arsenal's pablo mari faces at least two to three months out of football after being stabbed on thursday

in a supermarket in the northern italian city of milan. the footballer is on loan from arsenal to the club ac monza. one person died and five were wounded in the attack. italian police have detained a 46—year—old man with mental health issues. aruna iyengar has this report. it could have been much worse — spanish footballer pablo mari says he feels lucky because he saw a person die in front of him. he escaped life—threatening injuries after being stabbed while shopping with his family in a milan branch of carrefour. translation: it is incredible. he had his child in a cart and his wife next to him. he didn't realise what was happening. he felt this cramp on his back, it was the knife of this person. probably his height saved him because he was stabbed here. he unfortunately saw this criminal stabbing a person in the throat. i don't know if it was the one who died. he saw everything happening, it was devastating. a 47—year—old bolivian man who worked at the store died after a man grabbed a knife from the supermarket shelf and started stabbing.

another worker and four customers including mari were injured. police have ruled out a terrorist motive and detained the attacker in a psychiatric ward. mari underwent surgery on friday to repair two muscles in his back. it will be two to three months before he returns to the pitch. translation: his muscular mass is such that the length _ of the knife used couldn't pass through the ribcage and hit his lung. the 29—year—old centre—back is on loan from arsenal to newly promoted ac monza, which is owned by former italian prime minister silvio berlusconi. carrefour says knives would be removed from store displays. further safety measures may follow. all 12 of the company's stores in italy held a minute's silence on friday to honour their colleague who died. aruna iyengar, bbc news.

the former prime minister of pakistan, imran khan, has begun leading a week—long procession of his supporters demanding early elections. thousands of supporters of the former prime minister are expected to join along the 260km route from lahore to the capital islamabad. emb hashmi reports. six months after being forced from office in a no confidence vote, former cricketer turned politician imran khan is leading a protest from lahore to islamabad to demand early elections. addressing supporters before the departure, mr khan described the week—long protests as a "peaceful march" and said his political struggle against the government would continue until it agrees to bring elections forward. but prime minister shehbaz sharif�*s government has repeatedly said the elections will be held as scheduled in 2023.

the motorised caravan is made up of 10,000 demonstrators, many of them piled into hundreds of trucks and cars, starting in the eastern city of lahore and slowly heading northwards up the grand trunk road to islamabad, drawing more support long way before entering the capital next week. mr khan said he expects to have hundreds of thousands of people with him by the time the rally reaches the capital. and his pakistan tehreek—e—insaf party has asked authorities in the capital to allow a sit—in. the timing is also very, very significant because this long march comes just before the new army chief is meant to be appointed and named and due to take command as army chief. while imran khan's demand for a long march has been has been continuing for the last five, six months, the significance of the timing is related to the corridors

of real power in pakistan, which is the military establishment. people taking part in the long march have said they are doing this for their country and their captain, imran khan. translation: we are marching for the future of our children - and the future of this country. we have to save this country from thieves and usurpers who use their power. we have to tell them that they should return looted money to the country. translation: i came here with my family. | we will go to islamabad or wherever khan says. we are standing with him. mr khan has used this tactic before — most recently in may, weeks after he lost power — but that time, supporters clashed with police as they approached islamabad's government quarter. there were many deaths and the rally quickly dispersed. mr khan has called on protesters to stay peaceful but the government says it will not allow the procession to enter islamabad. large numbers of police have been deployed along the route and there are fears the protest could turn violent again.

emb hashmi, bbc news. the music industry has been paying tribute tojerry lee lewis, the rock and roll pioneer who's died at the age of 87. sir eltonjohn described him as a "trailblazing inspiration". david sillito reports. # whole lotta shakin' goin' on... # come on, baby, baby you can't go wrong...# if you ever wondered why rock �*n' roll was called "the devil's music", jerry lee lewis is your answer. it was his piano—playing that got him expelled from bible college. rock �*n' roll was his escape

his parents had mortgaged their home to buy young jerry a piano. on shows at gas stations. however, the record companies in nashville turned him down, # goodness, gracious, great balls of fire...# but it all came crashing down. were you there, mrs lewis? i was there, but i. wasn't at the shows. on tour in he introduced his new wife, myra gale. his life, with seven marriages,

was». believable his life, with seven marriages, �*aé—iiae believable catalogue his life, with seven marriages, ae— death, believable catalogue cadillac. and i said, "man, i really can't be what i am and live up to what i'm doing, there's too many good—looking women out there," you know? i mean, i had to do my rock �*n' roll thing and i'm still doing it. "what's your problem?" his roots were garden gospel but after a life like this, he probably had a good idea where he was going. earlier i spoke tojem aswad, the deputy music editor at variety. i asked him about the impact thatjerry lee lewis had on the music industry. his mark was enormous. he was one of the 06s — original gangsters of rock �*n' roll. you know, chuck berry, little richard, elvis, going way back, ike turner. he was one of them. and also, like them, he kind of made his mark early. after the �*50s, he had hits, but not as influential or explosive as his earlier ones but he kept going,

you know, kept playing his hits for 60, 65 years. talk about him musically. this was, you know, from the building blocks, the foundations of rock �*n' roll. how did his musical influence shape the genre that would grow over the next couple of decades? well, to give just one example, any rock �*n' roll piano player bears a huge influence from bothjerry lee lewis and little richard. they are two of the greatest piano players in rock �*n' roll history and it was a very physical, visceral way of playing piano. everybody knows his hits — great balls of fire and all those songs — but i listened to something today that i hadn't heard in years that really, really shows that, and it's a live album recorded in hamburg, germany, at the star club — the place that incubated the beatles.

1964, 22 minutes long, eight songs. it's the most explosive rock �*n' roll record you'll ever hear. it's just incredible. it's easy to talk about his successes and his influences on the industry but, of course, he wasn't perfect — some people would even describe him as "notorious". would you describe him that way? laughs. yes, he was nuts! he was — he wasjust, you know, he was married seven times. he shot his bass player in the chest, who didn't even press charges. he trashed his rolls—royce drunk—driving. i mean, it was just one thing after another with him. in a way that, you know, his cousin was the televangelist jimmy swaggart, and i think that, you know, he had the angel and the demon on his shoulder and he listened to the demon. and he was one of these characters who — a very conflicted christian, in that he just said "all right, i have given myself over to the devil", and he lived up to it.

that's it from us. take care. hello. the weekend weather delivers more of the same of what we've had over the past week — couple of weeks, actually. it'll be very mild, actually. it will feel quite warm when we get see some sunshine. there will be rain at times, too. we have low pressure anchored to the west of the uk at the moment throwing across us at times these rain—bearing weather fronts and even when they're not moving in, there are showers around. but all the while, with some changing for now is the air coming up from the south, keeping temperatures well above the average for this stage of october. another spell of rain moving in overnight and into the mornings through wales and parts of england and actually, a little bit cooler first thing

compared with friday morning. some spots in single figures. through the day, this rain is moving its way northwards, so through the morning, northern england, eventually reaching northern ireland and then, through the afternoon spreading north through scotland, not reaching the far north until the evening where some sunshine hangs on for longest. behind it, further heavy showers from northern ireland, northern england, wales and the south—west. much of the midlands, though, especially to east anglia and the south—east, having a fine afternoon and this is where there'll be some hazy sunshine in the south—east, lifting temperatures into the low 20s — 22 degrees celsius in london, compared with an average of 1a. rain to northern scotland, then, into the evening. some showers pushing further eastwards we go through saturday night and into sunday morning. a night, of course, where you'll remember to push the clocks back to mark the end of british summer time. and as for temperatures, a little bit higher again as we start off on sunday. there's a lingering weather front east anglia and the south—east during sunday. that will make for a cloudier, cooler day and there'll be some spells of rain hanging on on those weather fronts at times. elsewhere, it's sunny spells and there will be showers. and if you catch these, they're likely to be heavy, could come with a rumble

of thunder, perhaps some hail as well and gusty winds. it's a windier day on sunday and especially around western coastal areas — there may be some gusts of 50 miles an hour or so — so some coastal gales around here and temperatures into the mostly mid to upper teens. there are weather changes on the way next week. we will still have areas of low pressure, more weather fronts coming our way and, indeed, into monday as it gradually turns wetter toward the end of the day across the south and west of the uk initially. so, more of the same in regards to windy weather next week with rain at times but this is going to be significant — temperatures gradually heading downwards. closer to the average for early november, just the average, but it'll feel very different compared with what we've had.

this is bbc news, the headlines: president biden has condemned an attack on the husband of the leading democrat, nancy pelosi, as despicable. mr biden said there was too much hatred in us politics. police have charged a man with attempted murder, after paul pelosi was beaten with a hammer at his home in san francisco. a new wave of violence has broken out in iran — with security forces firing on anti—government protestors. iranian state media says one person has been shot dead in the south—eastern city of zahedan — while14 people, including members of the security forces, were wounded. the final televised debate of brazil's bitterly contested presidential campaign has been taking place in rio dejaneiro. this is the last chance

for the candidates — jair bolsonaro and luiz inacio lula da silva, to reach millions of brazilians before sunday's