so, so long as we are making thosejudgements, so long as we are notjust bbc news but other broadcastersions, probing on behalf of audiences, i think we keep that constantly under review. what about nicola sturgeon‘s news c0 nfe re nces 7 no other scottish party leader got that amount of airtime. well, i think obviously if you're in government, you are in a different circumstance that you are making policy, you are leading policy in any one of the four nations. so, clearly, there is a slightly different level of scrutiny but it's not different in terms of the impartiality of how we cover that. so, we'll still be inviting other politicians on for interviews, still looking at their pronouncements and theirjudgements on what the government policies are. one very specific question that has been aggravating many viewers all summer about those news conferences is why bbc reporters don't sometimes just ask one, short simple question? "it would be so much more effective." i think the nature of this crisis, this pandemic, is it is incredibly complicated and it may well be tidy and neat to ask one

we hope to speak to a senior figure from bbc news.en't just speak to a senior figure from bbc news. and haven'tjust been the absence of some programmes which is caught the attention, some programmes have caught the attention, some programmes have stayed on air but looked rather different. now we are doing a very different programme tonight on question time for obvious regions. there is no studio audience for the first time. but we will be hearing from some prerecorded questions. sean k complained about the new format. but other viewers liked the change, including john. over the following weeks, bbc news bulletins attracted record audiences and plaudits from the lights of mick horner. the bbc‘s coverage of the coronavirus crisis in my mind has been the epitome of whatjournalism should be. but there were also rows, most notably over this introduction to an addition of newsnight in may, which generated tens of thousands of complaints, both for and against. dominic cummings broke the rules. the country can see that and it shocked the gove

daniel sandford, bbc news, croydon. nd where matt ratana was born. police there paid their tributes. commissioner andrew coster said: and prime ministerjacinda ardern has also issued a statement: while here in the uk, this is the east grinstead rugby club with their flag flying at half—mast in tribute to the life of their much—loved head coach. let's turn to paris, where two people have been wounded in a knife attack outside the former offices of the french satirical magazine charlie hebdo. the victims — a man and a woman who are staff members of a television company — were seriously wounded, although both are reportedly out of danger. two people have been ta ken into custody. our paris correspondent, lucy williamson reports. sirens wail in central paris today, the familiar scenes of a recurring nightmare — a knife attack that left two people seriously injured at a building once occupied by the satirical magazine charlie hebdo. the victims are employees of a television production company with offices there. translation:

nick bryant, bbc news, new york. that's all for me. stay with us on bbc news. hello.g of a north, south split. across much of england and wales we've got a fairly decent weekend ahead. it's looking largely dry, pretty warm as well with some sunshine on offer. but for scotland and northern ireland, a different story. here, things will be turning increasingly windy particularly through saturday and there'll be some rain at times. heaviest northwest of scotland on sunday. but here we've got this week weather front that's been slipping its way slowly south of the past 25 hours or so. a more active weather front waiting out in the atlantic. that is what will bring the rain to the northwest. 2a hours. saturday morning, we just got a band of cloud on this weak weather front pushing south could be the odd spot of drizzle for southern england first thing. much of the uk looking bright with some long spells of sunshine but there will be more of those blustery showers for scotland and northern ireland. more rain arriving by the weekend. temperatures on saturday will move to abou

aleem maqbool, bbc news, in kenosha, wisconsin. y's other news: authorities in germany have found the bodies of five children in a private apartment in the western city of solingen. police say they suspect the 27—year—old mother of killing them before trying to take her own life at a nearby train station. the cause of death is unkown. facebook says said it will block new political advertisements in the us during the week before the presidential election in november. the company says it will also act against posts that try to dissuade people from voting. the social network said that after the vote, it would also quash any attempts by candidates to claim false victories. the afghan government and the taliban say they've completed a controversial exchange of prisoners, paving the way for peace talks to start. the process had stalled for weeks because some of the detainees demanded by the taliban were described as serious criminals by the afghan government. the taliban is also thought to have freed afghan government captives, including

nick bryant, bbc news, new york. let's dig a little into the.desai is chief medical officer for the healthcare education platform 0smosis. doctor, i know you were previously an epidemic intelligence officer with the us centers for disease control, your backgreound is in public health. telling millions of people something you know is not true, evenif something you know is not true, even if your intentions are good, you want to avoid them panicking and keep them calm, it isa panicking and keep them calm, it is a risky strategy, isn't it? yes, i wouldn't even holiday strategy. i think it was basically a very dangerous thing he did and frankly i think it led to many, many more people dying and getting sick of covid. especially if you think about the fact that he knew about it, he knew it was very dangerous and deadly long before it was kind of widespread. that information was widespread. and then on the other hand, he was also advocating for less testing. you put those two things together, that you know it is dangerous and trying to get less testing

nick bryant, bbc news, new york. i've been speaking to dr rishi desai — chief medical officer for the healthcare education platform 0smosis and a former epidemic intelligence officer with the us centers for disease control. i asked him what he makes of the president's strategy to try and avoid mass panic. yes, i wouldn't even call it a strategy. i think that it was basically a very dangerous thing he did and frankly i think it led to many, many more people dying and getting sick of covid. especially if you think about the fact that he knew about it, he knew it was very dangerous and deadly long before it was kind of widespread — that information was widespread. and then on the other hand, he was also advocating for less testing. so if you put those two things together, that you know it is dangerous and you're trying to get less testing for it, then yes, it is a really dangerous strategy and that is what he did. it's how we got here. let's work that through. if the president said publicly, what we now know he was sayi

judith moritz, bbc news, manchester. are made in laboratories and it‘s hoped they will boost the effect of the antibodies that occur naturally in people infected with coronavirus. some 2,000 patients will be given the treatment, to see if it‘s effective at fighting the virus. our science correspondent, rebecca morelle, has more. antibodies are the warriors of the immune system, playing a vital role by attacking the coronavirus. now they are being harnessed in a promising new treatment. currently, there are very few medicines to help covid—19 patients. the most successful was discovered by the uk‘s recovery trial. now it will be testing antibodies made in the laboratory called monoclonal antibodies. they‘ll be given to thousands of patients in uk hospitals to see if they work. i think the reason that monoclonal antibodies are so exciting is that this is the first type of treatment that is targeted for this specific virus. there are lots of good reasons for thinking it might well be effective in stopping the virus from rep

gordon correra, bbc news.our moscow correspondent he explained how the kremlin has reacted to the accusations. the reaction from moscow is pretty much what we've come to expect from here, really — not guilty, you know, we heard from the russian foreign ministry which said that germany had provided no evidence, no facts that this was an information campaign against russia. the kremlin‘s reaction, "poison, what poison? "no poison was found in his body," the kremlin said before he was airlifted to germany. and we have this kind of thing time and time again here — whenever russia is accused by the west of doing something — undeeradimir putin, the default reaction here is to deny it, to try to confuse, to try to muddy the waters. we saw that in salisbury, we saw that with accusations of russian meddling in the us elections, accusations of russian intervention in ukraine. but a denial isn't going to convince chancellor merkel or president macron, but does russia care? increasingly, i get the impression that russia d

paul hawkins, bbc news. t's get some of the day's other news: rescuers in beirut have found no sign of life in the rubble of a building destroyed in last month's massive explosion. a sensor detected possible signs of life on thursday, but after clearing 95% of the rubble, workers have not found the source of the reading. about 50 volunteers, including a team from chile, have been at the scene. teachers and students have been demonstrating in madrid, demanding better measures to protect against coronavirus at schools and universities, before they re—open. amongst their demands are a call for all class sizes to be kept below twenty, to allow for social distancing. the protesters, many wearing green, kept apart from each other on the march. police in the us city of portland have arrested 27 people, after protesters marched through the streets and refused to disperse. the demonstrations, which began after the police killing of george floyd, in minneapolis, have been going on for almost 100 straight nights. hundre

hugh pym, bbc news. tish government is planning new legislation that will override key parts of the brexit withdrawal agreement, risking the collapse of trade negotiations with brussels. the financial times says it's been told that the move could undermine the agreement on northern ireland that boris johnson signed last october to avoid a return to a hard border in the region. so, how is the eu reacting? 0ur europe editor katya adler has been explaining. if you have this international treaty, which was only recently signed a few months ago, between the uk government and the eu now being undermined by uk domestic legislation, you can expect a very strong reaction, notjust here in brussels but in paris, berlin and elsewhere. we've heard time and again during the current trade negotiations, which we know aren't going well anyway, but we've heard from the eu's chief negotiator that implementing the withdrawal agreement, the northern ireland protocol, is a key trust issue between the eu and uk, and he said it'

rebecca bailey, bbc news. rt of a new school year. the pandemic has meant major changes, of course, to school procedures. all nurseries and schools in the chinese city of wuhan, where the pandemic began, have opened. children having to wear face coverings when travelling to and from school. they also have to wash their hands and disinfect shoes. in hungary, pupils queue to get into schools, which are disinfected daily. class sizes are being reduced to help with social distancing. where schools have opened in cuba, hands are sanitised and face masks worn on the property by both students and teachers. students are seated a safe distance from each other. in vietnam, children have their temperature checked as they arrive and hands sanitised. where social distancing can't be observed, masks are worn. in russia, schools and colleges have reopened, just as the number of confirmed cases there is expected to pass1 million. staff have been tested, contact between different year groups is being kept to a minimum, and the

fergus walsh, bbc news. 0 hundred eighth —— 687a new infections were recorded, 2a0 more than yesterday. it means the average number of new cases reported per day in the last week is 5329. daily hospital admissions have risen slightly with 291 being admitted on average each day over the last week. this number doesn't include scotland in the last 2a hours, 3a deaths were reported of people who died within 28 days of a positive coping 19 test for technical reasons that also doesnt‘ include scotland. it means on average in the past week, 29 deaths were announced every day, taking the total number, across the uk, to a1,936. two people have been —— two people have been wounded in a knife attack outside the former offices of the french satirical magazine, charlie hebdo. the victims, a man and a woman who are staff members of a television company, were seriously wounded, although both are reported out of danger. two people have been arrested. our paris correspondent, lucy williamson reports. in central paris today, t

this is bbc news. i'm lewis vaughan jones with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. as the who reports a record—one—day increase in global coronavirus cases of nearly 308,000, israel becomes the first country to re—imposed a nationwide lockdown. more than 20,000 firefighters are now tackling wildfires that have killed at least 30 people on the west coast of america. a heavy police response fails to deter anti—government protestors in belarus, who want the president to go. the ukjustice secretary defends the government potentially breaking international law, over changes to the brexit withdrawal agreement. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. israel has announced a new three—week nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of surging coronavirus infections. it will take effect on friday, making israel the first country to re—impose such blanket measure. it comes as the

jonah fisher, bbc news, minsk. ed in a new book by president trump's former lawyer, calling them lies peddled for cash by a disgraced felon. michael cohen claims the man who employed him as a fixer for more than ten years was an ardent admirer of president putin, made racist comments about his predecessor, barack obama, and was guilty of the same crimes for which he, cohen, was jailed. a short time ago, i spoke to paul farhi, media reporter with the washington post. i asked him if we should be sceptical of cohen's account because he's been convicted of lying under oath. yes, i think so. his credibility is damaged by the fact that he was convicted of lying to congress. he had a tax evasion issue, and he's spending three years in prison. on the other hand, he was an intimate of president trump's long before he even ran for president. he has seen some things, he knows some things. you can take it with a grain of salt, but he's not a person who's an outsider — he's quite an insider. let's widen it out. his book is part

fergus walsh, bbc news. coronavirus infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period. that means the average number of new cases reported per day in the last week is 5,770. 13 deaths were reported of people who died, within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. on average in the last week, 30 deaths were announced every day. that takes the total number, across the uk, to 42,001. let's talk to our health editor, hugh pym. we editor, hugh pym. were talking about the tough ne restrictions we were talking about the tough new restrictions coming in on wednesday in the north—east of england, how likely is it that those will be spread elsewhere? well, the government at westminster has made it very clear that the north west of england is now being looked at very closely. indeed, conversations have been had with council leaders in merseyside, that has been made very explicit. just to repeat, the significance of the announcement today for the north—east, there are existing legal bans on some parts in england for gatheri

sally nugent, bbc news, manchester. you are watching bbc news.y to survive the next heatwave. it's a sculpture made entirely out of butter. the work, entitled "nourishing our future", is on display at the new york state fair in sirra—cyoos — and has, as you might suspect, been sponsored by dairy producers. —— syracuse. it shows a family using a laptop for some distance learning — while serving up some butter—based meals. it's a strictly look—but—don‘t—touch attraction. although the team behind say they hope people who see it will — ahem — "spread the news". from me on the team. see you soon. hello there. the first day of september was dry for most of us, but the second day of the month looks a good deal wetter. we will see some outbreaks of pretty heavy rain moving eastward through the day and with that, it will be fairly windy. now, if we look at the recent satellite picture, we can see this area of cloud heading in our direction. this is a frontal system which is going to bring some outbreaks of rain. it's all tied in with an area of low pressu

welcome to bbc news. rnment has defended its decision to allow hundreds of thousands of students in england to return to university for the new term, despite several outbreaks of coronavirus on campuses. thousands of students have had to be confined to their rooms, but the culture secretary, oliver dowden, says it's important their studies aren't sacrificed because of the virus. but a member of the government's advisory body modelling the spread of the pandemic, says the consequences of allowing students back have been ‘entirely predictable‘. dan johnson reports now, from manchester. for the student in need, there's one emergency service that always delivers. parents have stepped in when supermarket slots ran out. it's just really rough at the moment, and we're really disheartened by the whole entire situation. these first year nursing student say they're already rationing food. people wanted to drop out, we're not getting the right uni experience. and we're not talking about going out and partying, we're

this is bbc news. which it says reveal chronic financial losses and years of tax avoidance. the newspaper reports that mr trump paid only $750 in federal income taxes in the year he won the presidency. the president has dismissed the claims as fake news. the united states hasjoined russia and the un in calling for an immediate ceasefire between armenia and azerbaijan in the disputed territory of nagorno—karabakh. sunday saw the worst clashes in the region for many years with deaths from both sides. police say they've detained around 200 people following a seventh consecutive week of anti—government protests in belarus. tens of thousands of opposition supporters took to the streets of capital in minsk to oppose the regime of president alexander lukashenko. now on bbc news, hardtalk.

jonah fisher, bbc news. enber is deputy director of europe and the central asia division for human rights watch. she's in new york. i know that you know this region very well. what do you think is going on, and what is your reaction to it? well, it's com pletely your reaction to it? well, it's completely outrageous about maria kalesnikava has been abducted, and unfortunately i can't say it is an aberration. it is something we have come to expect from this government. she is not the first person to be abducted in this way. and she is not the first person in the opposition co—ordination council who has been targeted. ivan krustev, the press secretary, has been abducted and is missing. other members have also been abducted. other members have been arrested and are currently serving short—term prison terms. another was basically forced to leave the country. the government has filed criminal charges against the co—ordination council as a group. it is not surprising, it is completely outrageous, and the authorities

mark lobel, bbc news. ing a press briefing on monday. the reporterfrom reuters news agency was trying to ask a question — he said he would speak up but did not remove his mask. here's the exchange. you are going to have to take that off, please. how many feet are you awake? if you do not ta ke are you awake? if you do not take it off, you are very muffled so if you would take it off it would be much easier. that's better, yes. better. the wearing of face coverings has become highly politicised in the us. the president has refused to order americans to wear them and mocked his presidential challenger, joe biden, for wearing one. the british prime minister has declared that if a trade deal with the european union is not reached by the 15th october, both sides should move on — that seems to mean the uk would go on to trade with european states on international trading terms. with the latest round of negotiations due to get under way, it's reported the government is planning a new law which could change parts o

this is bbc news.a peace deal with two arab countries. former british prime minister tony blair served as middle east peace envoy and he attended today's signing. he spoke to katty kay and james reynolds earlier. you're not sidelining the palestinians. look, you're not going to geta — i've studied this now for...best part of 20 years. i was heavily involved as prime minister, i was involved afterwards as the quartet envoy. i've spent the next five or six years working on the arab—israeli relationship. you're not going to solve it unless two things happen. you've got to get a palestinian politics that's unified and in favour of peace and you've what to bring the arab nations alongside the palestinians in that peace effort. and so when people say, and there are people of course on the palestinian side who say, no, you should have nothing to do with israel until the palestinians have resolved. they do say that. but the strategy they've had up to now has not worked and it won't work in the future. the righ

david willis, bbc news. this is bbc news. with record levels of infections being broken almost every day. experts are warning the pandemic in the country, could spin out of control. a minute's silence in beirut for the victims of the massive explosion, as rescuers search the rubble for a possible survivor, one month after the blast. it's the news that barcelona fans had been praying for — 10 days after saying he wanted to leave the club, lionel messi says he's now staying. arguably the world's greatest ever footballer, he told the website, goal.com, no—one could pay the 700 million euro release clause in his contract and he didn't want to take the club he loves to court. the president of the hotel association of the greek island of corfu has told the bbc that business will be badly affected if england imposes quarantine on people returning from greece. last year, around 40% of the 1.6 million tourists to visit the island were british. bethany bell reports from corfu. tourists are back on the sunbed of this corfu resort. many

imogen foulkes, bbc news, bayer. —— no final say. e news... india's president has signed three agriculture bills into law, despite large scale protests by farmers. the laws will open up the indian farming industry to the private sector, a move the government says is much needed. but many farmers say the reforms remove support and protection, such as minimum prices for their produce. firefighters are tackling a wildfire burning in a natural park on the spanish island of mallorca. a plane is also being used to drop retardant on the flames, which have been fanned by heavy winds. a number of homes are threatened. italian army disposal experts have safely removed a world war two bomb, discovered by construction workers in the centre of the northern city of bolzano. 4000 of the closest residents had to evacuate their homes for several hours. there's no cinema there, no venue to show case a film, but an international film festival has taken more than 50 films to an unusual place, a refugee camp in war torn syria. jiyar gol from bbc persian h

this is bbc news.navirus pandemic. we report from inside yemen as the country struggles to cope with tragedy upon tragedy. reports emerge that the uk government is considering overturning part of the brexit withdrawal deal, jeopardising trade negotiations. at least 250 protesters have been arrested across belarus, after tens of thousands of anti—government demonstrators took to the streets for the fourth weekend in a row. they're calling for the resignation of president alexander lu kashenko, following his disputed re—election last month. in the past week the belarusian security forces have intensified efforts to detain or intimidate protesters. our correspondentjonah fisher spent the day among the crowds in the capital, minsk. for the fourth sunday in a row, the people of minsk defied their president. crowd chanting riot police have been deployed on every street corner. razor wire used to block off squares and monuments. but the people here are no longer scared of alexander lu kashenko, or the balacla

hugh pym, bbc news. es show there were 3,395 new coronavirus infections recorded in the latest 24 period. that means the average number of new cases reported per day in the last week is 3,354. 21 deaths were reported of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test, and that means, on average in the last week, 14 deaths were announced every day, taking the total number, across the uk, to 41,705. so, new local lockdowns, rising infection rates and more hospital admissions. what are we to make of it all? and is the uk doing worse than other countries in europe? 0ur medical editor fergus walsh has this assessment. let's start by looking at the areas of the uk which are subject to extra restrictions, marked here in blue. by the end of the week, it's thought around 9 million people in the uk will be subject to extra controls. that's around one in seven people. it's all because of the rise in cases across the uk. we are in a much better place than we were back in mid—april, when cases were peaking

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. t's have our nightly look at the latest government figures. they show there were 7,108 new coronavirus infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period. that means the average number of new cases reported per day in the last week, is 6,220. and, as new cases have climbed, so have daily hospital admissions, with 348 people being admitted on average each day over the past week. this number doesn't include scotland. 71 deaths were reported — that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. that means on average in the past week a0 deaths were announced every day, which takes the total number of deaths so far across the uk to 42,143. the nature and extent of restrictions vary around the uk depending on the specific set of circumstances. there are a number of local and regional outbreaks and ministers stress that people need to check what the position is where they live. at the same time, there are some measures which apply to everyone. there's the hands, face and space gu

daniel sandford, bbc news, croydon. e issued a statement. police where he was born have responded. commissioner andrew coster said that: "while sergeant ratana spent most of his career in the uk, anyone who serves here will always be a part of our new zealand police whanau." and prime ministerjacinda ardern has also issued a statement — saying that it was "incredibly sad to hear the news" and offered her condolences to sergeant rata na's whanau across the world. here in the uk, this is the east grinstead rugby club this evening. the club's flag is flying at half—mast in tribute to the life of their much—loved head coach. us media reports that president trump has decided to nominate federal judge amy coney barrett to the supreme court. i'm joined by ilya shapiro who is the director of the robert a levy center for constitutional studies at the cato institute. he also recently published a book about the supreme court — ‘supreme disorder‘. he is in washington. thank you very much for talking to us. i can see lots of copies o

now on bbc news... ir families played in the second world war. to come here today and to see where he spent a part of his life — a very difficult part of his life — is, i have to say, it's. . . it's quite overwhelming. this is one of the earliest pictures i've ever seen of him cos he would only have been about 20. this is where the miners would work. unbelievable. now, i remember when i joined the family, how pleased he was that i was from an indian family.

fergus walsh, bbc news. figures show, in the last 24 hours, 6,178 new coronavirus infections recorded across the uk. it means the average number of new cases reported per day in the last week is now 4,501. and 262 people being admitted on average each day to hospital over the last week. this number doesn't include scotland. in the past 24 hours, 37 deaths were reported of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. it means, on average in the past week, 25 deaths were announced every day, taking the total number across the uk to 41,862. fergusjoins me now. when you look at the start of september, we were just over 1,000 new cases, now it is 6,000, just over, it is a big rise, isn't it? it is and it is going to mean more patients admitted to hospital with covid—19. now, sadly, we are going to have to learn to live with coronavirus this winter. scientists accept that we can't suppress it com pletely accept that we can't suppress it completely and that means that more deaths, sadly, are inevitab

bethany bell, bbc news, lesbos. ominic thiem has won the us open trophy, he beat world number seven alexander zverev in a five set game. that is it from me. bye—bye. hello there. the weather is set to get quite a bit hotter across england and wales for the next day or two, but taking centre stage more recently has been this weather front stretching thousands of miles out into the atlantic. and that's been bringing some very heavy rain, some large rainfall totals building in across the highlands. we've had over 140mm of rain recorded, bringing reports of some localised flooding. and we've had this landslide effect at the a83, at the rest and be thankful. looks like that route is going to be out of action for a little while. now, looking at the weather picture at the moment, we've still got some of the rain coming down in the highlands. the rain eventually is going to turn a little bit lighter and patchier, but nevertheless some spots of rain still around for the highlands, the hebrides, orkney islands and shetland as

nick bryant, bbc news, new york.eachment proceedings against president martin vizcarra — who's accused of misusing public funds. 0pposition leaders have accused the president of paying a large sum of money to a singer, richard swing, to deliver pro— government motivational talks while peruvians faced economic hardship from the coronavirus crisis. mr vizcarra has denied any wrongdoing. britain's coronavirus epidemic is once more on the rise. for the first time since march — the r numberfor coronavirus infections has risen above the crucial level of one, meaning the virus is now spreading again. that appears to be backed up by the latest daily figures for the last 24 hours which show the highest number of new infections in almost 4 months. 0ur medical editor fergus walsh reports on the rising coronavirus levels. how do you ensure people have the freedom to socialise and spend money — as in london tonight — while keeping coronavirus in check? more and more evidence is showing the virus is on the rise, including a massiv

freya cole, bbc news. an oil of the sri lankan fire says the fire on an oil tanker of the sri lankan fire says the fire on an oil tanker has of the sri lankan fire says the fire on an oil tanker has been distinguished greatly reducing threats of an ecological disaster. the tanker is is carrying nearly a quarter million tons. in melbourne, a lockdown continues. has a been under lockdown for six weeks. the premier said measures will remain in place until the 28th of member. a typhoon battering in the southern highlands of japan with heavy rain and high winds. thousands of homes are without power and they have been mass evacuations. the weather agency wanting a potential butterflies, and the risk of rivers flooding. it is the second typhoon to hit the region within a week. tennis and the men's number one seed, novak djokovic, has been disqualied from the us open. it follows an incident where he accidentally hit a line—judge with a ball. tim allman reports. a moment of madness and a bid for glory comes to an i

this is bbc news. t cities have gone into lockdown tonight. the new measures affect both swansea and cardiff. neath port talbot, torfaen and vale of glamorgan will have tighter restrictions imposed from tomorrow. the first localised lockdown in wales, in the town of llanelli in carmarthenshire came into force yesterday. the measures mean that almost two million people in wales — or two—thirds of the population — will be under local lockdown rules by 6pm tomorrow. announcing the extension of tighter restrictions, the first minister of wales, mark drakeford, said figures in all three had deteriorated over the weekend. there is household transmission, people not being careful enough about observing simple things like social distancing, not behaving in ways that allows the virus to spread. there are some working patterns, people living in one local authority, working in another, and the virus being spread in that way also. there is nothing unique about these three areas. the numbers are being driven by the

lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. let's get some of the day's other news. of migrants crossed the english channel from france on wednesday according to the uk borderforce. authorities say they've dealt with 27 incidents so far, involving 409 people. the previous daily high was 235. anti—government protesters in bulgaria have clashed with police in front of the national assembly in the capital, sofia. police used pepper spray to disperse thousands of demonstrators, who in turn attacked officers and police vehicles. the protesters are demanding the resignation of the prime minister over allegations of corruption. truck drivers in chile have ended a 7—day strike that blocked roads and affected supply chains across the country. the government has promised to fast—track legislation to improve safety and punish those responsible for a recent wave of attacks on drivers. the us has imposed further sanctions on the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court, fatou bensouda. the secretary of state, mike pompeo, has described the icc as a kangaroo court, acc

and coming up on bbc news...ng his bags — gareth bale is set to fly to london tomorrow, to complete his move on loan from real madrid back to tottenham. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. almost two million people in the north east have had tougher coronavirus restrictions imposed, after a spike in local cases. people living in northumberland, newcastle, sunderland, north and south tyneside, gateshead and county durham will now not be able to socialise with other households outside their own homes or support bubbles. leisure and hospitality venues will have to close between the hours of 10pm and 5am. and restaurants and cafes will be required to provide table service only. the health secretary matt hancock told mps the government did not take these decisions lightly, but the data said they must act now. it comes as new figures show the uk has recorded its highest daily covid19 cases since may. our correspondent fiona trott reports. northeast night out. during the pandemic. like many towns and citi

tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. stay with us on bbc news. this is bbc news.eople in the us state of oregon are fleeing deadly wildfires that are raging across the pacific northwest. at least ten people are reported to have died and dozens more are missing. bahrain says it is normalising relations with israel, in a move that further erodes the arab world's boycott of the jewish state. migrants on the greek island of lesbos have been protesting on the streets, demanding the freedom to travel on to mainland europe. more than 10,000 people were left without shelter this week after europe's largest refugee camp was gutted by fire. protesters approached riot police cordoning off the road out of the moria camp. 400 unaccompanied children from the camp are to be taken in by eu countries. the european commission says the destroyed camp will be rebuilt — a plan strongly opposed by authorities on the island. our correspondent bethany bell is on lesbos. many, many migrants are sleeping and living rough after the moria camp burnt down. they‘ re camping out on the sides of

katy austin, bbc news. lly confirmation that gareth bale will indeed be rejoining tottenham. 0f course he is therefore a period from reality and he confirmed on his twitter page. there it is. to all the spurs fans after seven years i back. more on this of course in sports day at 6:30pm. in around 15 minutes' time. the headlines on bbc news... boris johnson considers tightening covid—i9 measures in england. latest figures show a further 4,422 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the uk, the highest daily rate since may. local lockdown restrictions have come into force in some parts of the uk, with bars and restaurants closing early in north—east england. tributes are paid as the pioneering us supreme court judge and champion of women's rights, ruth bader ginsburg, dies at the age of 87. a new cancer task force set up by nhs england will meet next week, to support the recovery of cancer services and to try and increase the number of referrals. figures from cancer research uk estimate there were 350,000 fewer urge

laura bicker, bbc news, seoul. stay with us on bbc news. mulan isn't released in cinemas. has the pandemic changed the way we'll watch films forever? she received the nobel peace prize for her work with the poor and the dying in india's slums. the head of the catholic church said mother teresa was a wonderful example of how to help people in need. we have to identify the bodies, then arrange the coffins and take them back home. parents are waiting and wives are waiting. hostages appeared. some carried, some running, trying to escape the nightmare behind them. britain lost a princess today, described by all to whom she reached out as irreplaceable. an early morning car crash in a paris underpass ended a life with more than its share of pain and courage, warmth and compassion. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: one month after the blast that claimed so many lives, rescuers in beirut think there may be somebody still alive under the rubble of this building. joe biden travels to kenosha to meet the family of jacob blake and spoke to

iain watson, bbc news.o been rising with governments introducing various measures to try to contain the virus. 0ur health correspondent catherine burns reports. the intensive care unit in marseille, one of the worst affected areas of france, a familiar sight across the world in spring and one becoming more common in parts of europe as winter approaches. in spain, this neighbourhood of madrid and many others will go back into lockdown tomorrow. people are concerned. i think there is an awareness or a realisation that we relaxed too much, as many other countries did. the question is, how do we compare to other countries across europe? well, over the last fortnight, if you look at cases for every 100,000 people, spain is on the highest at around 300. france is approaching 200, belgium and the netherlands are just over 100 and we're lower than that on 69 cases for every 100,000 people. but other countries are much lower still. italy, sweden and germany are allaround 30, and cyprus isjust under ten. so the uk is

vicki young, bbc news, westminster. committee which works with the home office says bricklayers, welders and butchers are in such short supply and that businesses should be able to recruit them from abroad. the committee says senior care workers and nursing assistants shoud also be added to the list of occupations under which migrants can work in britain more easily. it also wants those working in social care to be paid more. tonight, us president donald trump and his democratic challenger joe biden will face off in the first televised head to head debate of the us presidential electoral campaign. tens of millions of us voters will tune in to watch the event from cleveland, ohio, in what will be the first of three debates. 0ur north america editorjon sopel is in cleveland for us now. jon, a lot has happened in the past few days, do we have any sense of what the flashpoints in this debate will be? i thinkjoe biden would love the flashpoints to be the taxes of donald trump, how he only paid $750 in the whole year of his fi

guy hedgecoe, bbc news, madrid. sed focus on how to ensure that schools can remain open across the uk. now, two big new research projects have received funding, to investigate how the virus might be transmitted in schools. 0ur education editor, branwenjeffreys has more details. at the school front door, the first reminder of coronavirus, the risk their education will be disrupted again. but these pupils in bristol could help change that. taking a saliva test for the virus once a month, so cases without symptoms are spotted. if you do know that you have it, then you can stay at home for, like, two weeks and make sure that you've fully recovered. at such a critical time, learning obviously our gcses, so keeping school open for our year right now is probably the best thing that can happen. the benefits are of testing, like, you know you can take precautions, you can quickly isolate, and help others stay safe. for the first time since march, all pupils are back. cases are rising in towns and cities across england. unders

tim allman, bbc news.y kenosha, wisconsin following notes of what he called domestic terror. joe biden has stayed away. there is much more on all the news, national and international, on our website. and on our twitter feeds as well. thank you for watching. hello there. the first day of september was dry for most of us, but the second day of the month looks a good deal wetter. we will see some outbreaks of pretty heavy rain moving eastward through the day and with that, it will be fairly windy. now, if we look at the recent satellite picture, we can see this area of cloud heading in our direction. this is a frontal system which is going to bring some outbreaks of rain. it's all tied in with an area of low pressure drifting to the north—west the british isles. you can see quite a few white lines, quite a few isobars squashing together on the chart, that it will be fairly windy, and we will see a break of rain pushing from the west toward the east. now, the rain will be moving quite erratically eastwards. it

fergus walsh, bbc news. coronavirus are among young people. and that includes students preparing to start the autumn term. today, the five universities in greater manchester have written to students with an official reminder of their responsibility to the local community and a warning that they could face sanctions if they fail to stick to safety guidance. 0ur education editor bra nwen jeffreys reports. across manchester, students are returning — 100,000 in this city. i think campus will feel completely different. some new, others like rhys staying on, the start of term is normally party time, when students meet up with friends. it's very easy to do that and to make plans like that, and actually not think what we are doing, "oh my goodness, it's completely out of order." you start university and you meet new people and you are excited. and of course people are silly, they are badly behaved when they're in that mind set, so it will be really, really difficult. in term time, this canteen would be humming with

that is in half an hour here on bbc news. hello and welcome to bbc news.eaked documents have revealed how some uk banks have helped criminals, money launderers and russians under sanctions — and have also failed to stop crime when they suspected it. the documents 7 known as the fincen files 7 were leaked to buzzfeed news and shared with the bbc by the international consortium of investigativejournalists. they indicate that london is a hub for money laundering 7 with billions of pounds worth of suspected dirty money moving through the system. richard bilton reports. most of his body was submerged under water. the files show the reality of fraud. it can be a messy business. he was bound. he had coverings over his face. you knew that he was deceased. raymond's body was found in a vineyard, and this is the dream that cost him his life. world capital market is managed by a team of experts... he was taken in by a scam. to make money, he needed to recruit other investors. when they lost money, he was murdered. ..asia and europe... he was a victim in a scheme. he

jon kay, bbc news, bristol. ent figures show there were 2,621 new coronavirus infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period. that means the average number of new cases reported per day in the last week is 3,004. nine deaths were reported, of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—i9 test, and that means on average in the last week, 12 deaths were announced every day, taking the total number across the uk to 41,637. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, has said she has serious concerns about a backlog in processing coronavirus tests. the health secretary, matt hancock, insists the vast majority of people are getting tests quickly and says the government is trying to resolve the issue of those who are having to travel too far. but there are claims that a shortage of staff in government laboratories is making the situation much worse. 0ur health editor, hugh pym, reports. another week begins with reports of struggles to get bookings for coronavirus struggles to get bookings for coro navi rus te

richard bilton, bbc news. finance and trade association for british banking has given us this statement. anthony cormier is an investigative reporter at buzzfeed news, which received the leaked documents. explained what buzzfeed did to verify them. we spent quite a bit of time reporting them out, both at buzzfeed news and among our partners and you guys at the bbc, we looked far and wide for folks who could not only verify these but give us some insight about what's happening inside the west's biggest bank. what have you done to follow—up on the information? well, we've interviewed hundreds of people, we've received thousands of other government records, inside bank records. we've made multiple freedom of information requests, we've actually gone to court in a number of cases do unearth or unseal some documents that banks and the governments would like to keep secret. this was a wide effort among 400 journalists around the world. we've seen in that extract there, richard bilton‘s report for the bbc, but what is

peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. kong can now get a free coronavirus test under a new scheme backed by the chinese government. but a number of pro—democracy leaders, and some healthcare workers, are calling for a boycott. rebecca bailey reports. early morning in hong kong. a sleepy start of the first day of mass testing. over half a million people have signed up in advance to take free tests, but there's opposition to the scheme, too. "boycott the coronavirus testing," chant some familiar faces. joshua wong and lester shum, prominent pro—democracy activists. the involvement of the chinese central government in the testing has turned what's on the surface, a public health scheme, into a political row. activists have suggested people's dna will be collected and abused under the cover of testing. the hong kong government says no dna will be taken and no tests will go to mainland labs. there are different objections from medical experts. for me, the concern about mass testing is the concern about why we are spending so mu