lucy manning, bbc news. in lancashire have been holding talks on whether tojoin the liverpool city region in the top alert level, and if so, what kind of government support they think they need. our special correspondent ed thomas has spent the day in burnley, which has seen one of the biggest surges of infection in the uk in recent weeks. the waiting, the uncertainty. what next for burnley? normally on thursday, i remember, we was very, very busy. completely we're going quiet, even i can see from outside the town is quiet. it is not doing them any favours. at the moment, business—wise, we are getting quiet. we're losing money. we've got a lot of bills to pay, we've got rent to pay. days like this we should have three or four staff working in here. me and my mate, we've been really quiet, literally we've been sat here doing nothing. council leaders in lancashire are in talks with the government. the most severe covid alert level is almost certainly coming, but as cases rise, so too the frustration. i am fed

lucy manning, bbc news. out of ten of the local authorities worst—affected for coronavirus infections are in the north of england. but only the liverpool city region is on very high alert. that means no mixing of households indoors or outdoors in private gardens and most other venues. pubs and bars will close, unless they provide what's called a "substa ntial meal". those restrictions are still not in place in lancashire but some think they should be. our special correspondent ed thomas has spent the day in burnley, which has seen one of the biggest surges in the uk in recent weeks. the waiting, the uncertainty. what next for burnley? on thursday, i remember, we were very, very busy. com pletely remember, we were very, very busy. completely we are going quiet, even ican completely we are going quiet, even i can see from outside, the town is quiet. it is not doing them any favours. at the moment, business—wise, we are getting quiet. we've got a lot of bills to pay, we've got round to pay. days like this we sh

our special correspondent, lucy manning has been talking to some of them.t has already been limited. theatres shut, night clubs closed, pubs finishing early. and now, 9 million londoners facing more restrictions. we have only got a small garden here. lauren owns a pub in hackney, in east london. her area has some of the capital's highest covid rates. she is now scared what direction her business will go in. we already had to reduce our capacity massively to allow for social distancing. and then the 10pm curfew has cut trade by about 25%. and now this, not allowing households to mix indoors, it is a triple whammy. we have got such restrictions on us now that no financial backing from the government, unless we are forced to close, but that will not happen until the next tier. nearby, this family can look out over london but they worry, like many in the city without gardens, how they will see relations now facing the same problems as many have in parts of the north for months. my eldest is autistic and partially sighted and he sees his nanna every weekend, so

our special correspondent lucy manning reports on what it will mean for the capital.st chance for some to meet together in homes, pubs, restaurants. whilst bookings are reasonable for tonight and people are using this almost as a last hurrah of going out, we have thousands of cancellations over the next few weeks in our business in central london. it is notjust the economic cost, but the personal one. at the school gate in north london, they want the restrictions to work, but don't really understand them. they want the restrictions to work, but don't really understand themm is very silly, very silly when they go to school to see everybody but at home they can't meet family and friends. they literally change it every two seconds. and you think, another rule, another law has come, so another rule, another law has come, so it is like how do you know these things? do you understand what is happening and what has changed? no. i'm captain fantastic! and the restrictions on indoor mixing will mean many cancelled parties. the children's entertainment industry wa nts to childr

our special correspondent lucy manning reports on what it will mean for the capital.ast chance for some to meet together at homes, pubs, restaurants. whilst bookings are reasonable for that i am people are reasonable for that i am people are using this as a last hurrah going out with that thousands of cancellations over the next few weeks in our business. in central london. it's not just weeks in our business. in central london. it's notjust the economic cost but the personal one. at the school gate in north london they wa nt school gate in north london they want the restrictions to work. but don't really understand them. it's very silly, it's very silly that they go to school they see everybody but at home they can't be with family and friends. they literally change things every two seconds. another rule has come. 0h, another law has come. it's like, how do you know these things? do you understand what's happening tonight and what's changing? know. i am captain fantastic. and the restrictions on intermixing will mean many cancelled parties. the children's entertainme

lucy. >> oh, man. hey, yeah, lucy wanted to say hi today on her lucy wednesday. janelle, she hears your voice and she just gets so excited. i brought her chair over here, yes, i did. for her to sit down. she couldn't wait to hop up and say hi to everybody today. i know like a lot of you, she has been sick of the hot weather and the wind lately. at this this weekend we get some cooler weather moving on in. we're going to go ahead and start off with our fire danger. i do want to focus in on that. we'll give lucy one of these small rabbit tweets with sweet potato wheel we get into the weather graphics. the wind in the south bay not that gusty. you can see at the higher elevations trees aren't blowing around right now. isolated fire danger 2,000 to 3,000 feet up. north bay best chance of that wind. lower elevation not adds gusty, only 5 to 15 miles per hour. let's give you a closer look at that wind and take a look up toward that red and magenta color. that's some of the gusts that will build in near the north bay around 10:00 tomorrow morning and a little bit for th

our correspondent, lucy manning, joins me now from central london.to bed for the contract to analyse to interpret the test to see whether they are positive or negative. a british company, diagnostics ai, lost that and claims in court papers it decided to sue the government over the decision, saying it was unfairand over the decision, saying it was unfair and unlawful. it said over the decision, saying it was unfairand unlawful. it said in court papers as rival i got some of it wrong, but they dispute that and that it wasn't a live trial using patients, there wasn't any public health risk. there were supposed to bea health risk. there were supposed to be a battle in court over this and it would mean that the accuracy of the testing at those labs was going to be made public. the government decided that they didn't want to have this court battle, potentially because they feel there are other things they need to do it. they've had to pay out a settlement, compensation, agree to settle this case and pay most of the legal costs. we understand that this bil

for 12 years and i met minister and i am me and all the oil ministers my i love lucy on the fracking the head but only man i knew it wasn't just fracking in the united states for the deadly confrontation between the gulf monarchies are ran down. between the gulf states and russia. on a downward fracture of the unity of all big states in the last cd you see so you only look at the deficit has overtaken libya and syria the geopolitical terrain has shifted africa and north africa and the mediterranean for before an oil is a key factor yeah i'm a little back i hear. the geo political terrain is shifting and in this new cold war. new countries are becoming a battleground for competing interests. the citizens of those countries are being left to fend for themselves millions of people will continue to find themselves displaced forced to flee for their survival. huddled. around. the heart of the really was not going to remember how many no. way they're going anywhere. i. mean i know you think i would ask him that he got us in the middle of the. safeway and. safeway. but. yes. the you'll see if. i see a fellow the

painful question, how values meant to protect the nation failed to protect the man who taught them and instead provoked his death. lucy paris. the pope has made his strongest statement yet in favour of civil partnership for same—sex couples. we were speaking in a new documentary. in the film, which has just been released new documentary. in the film, which hasjust been released in rome, he said same—sex couples have a right to legal protections when forming civil partnerships and also said that they had a right to a family. the film was made director says his film shows the pope to be very humble and capable of admitting his mistakes. it is beautiful to see a leader in his positionjust a humble being he 53; able . say, human being he was able to say, | i: am wrong. human being he was able to say, i. jig gm wrong. which, human being he was able to say, i i zé gm wrong. get ch, human being he was able to say, i i zé gm wrong. get c a ~$ 01’

lucy williamson. this is the moment police confronted the man who beheaded a teacher on a suburban street.out. the suspect shoots at them with a bb gun. the next sound you will hear is police firing back. shots fired today, france's counterterrorism prosecutor named the suspect as abdoulak abouyezidvitch a, an 18—year—old chechen man with refugee status in france. he lived an hour's drive away from conflans, the prosecutor said, and had to ask school pupils to point his target out. samuel paty was a 47—year—old teacher of history and geography who decided to use two cartoons of muhammed as part of a class on freedom of speech. investigators say it sparked a social media campaign by one outraged parent and that there had been threats against the school. translation: yesterday there was a state of shock and now the priority for us is to look after the children, because i think it was very hard for them and it still is. translation: memories are going to come back, he's going to say my teacher's not there. and apparently there are photographs going round of the scene. i hope they don't see th

painful question, how values meant to protect the nation failed to protect the man who taught them and instead provoked his death. lucy than two weeks time. the democratic challenger, joe biden, has made nowhere near as many public appearances as the president. but more than a0 million americans have already cast their ballot in early voting, and it's thought to be helping the democrats. tomorrow night, joe biden and donald trump will hold their final debate in nashville, tennessee, from where our north america editor, jon sopel, reports. joe biden onstage in north carolina at the weekend. the last public event that he's done so that he can prep for tomorrow's final debate. the contrast cannot be more exaggerated with donald trump who since then has been in wisconsin, michigan, nevada, california, arizona and last night pennsylvania. although not very happily it seemed. i wasn't coming to erie. i have to be honest, there was no way i was coming. i didn't have to. i would've called you and said, "hey, erie! "if you had a chance, get out and vote." we had this thing won. being an embedded journalist on the biden campaig

lucy williamson. normal seems so alien here now. familiar school buildings transformed overnight into a shrine of remembrance. to a maneas. translation: yesterday it was a state of shock and the party now is to look after the children because it was very hard for them and it still is. samuel paty was a 47—year—old teacher of history and geography who decided to use two cartoons of prophet muhammad as part ofa cartoons of prophet muhammad as part of a class on freedom of speech. investigators say a social media campaign by one outraged parent had gathered steam over the previous week. he is now among nine people being questioned by police. today, france's counter—terrorism prosecutor gave chilling details about the attacker. an 18—year—old chechen man with refugee status in france, who travelled from normandy to attack the teacher and had to ask school pupils to point him out. flowers mark the places where lives we re flowers mark the places where lives were shattered. in france, that list has grown a little longer this week. this place now remembered alongside france, nice and other places where hatred of french value

a 2nd night of violent unrest after police had killed a black man on monday the protests that followed soon descended into writing in lucy. aerial shots the show shops being some people even turned up in cars to drive away from the stolen goods on top of the looting there were arson attacks including a reported wave of a.t.m. bombings the national guard has now been deployed clashes are left dozens of law enforcers injured with several arrests made. i think. we're. going to bring you that we're outside the 18th precinct here this is the closest police station to where walter wallace was killed protesters literally moments ago just clash with police they are going up in their faces yelling no justice no peace and also profanity in this post stemming from a suiting of a black man in broad daylight around 4 pm monday afternoon now we've seen across the city looting has happened as far as a mile and a half all the way to 5 miles away from the city i talked to business owners earlier today who say that they saw this months ago during the george floyd protest however they never imagined this in their city one business even say

man for two or three hours. >> reporter: to which sugiura says, "please, we're a sushi restaurant." lucys news, japan. >> yuccas: hey, i get it. being single in this pandemic, i would be ordering a lot of sushi if i lived in japan. it's tough out there. that's the "cbs weekend news" for this saturday. later on cbs, "48 hours." and don't forget "sunday morning" with jane pauley first thing tomorrow. i'm jamie yuccas in los angeles. have a great night. >>> live in the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. >>> the bay area city taking it unusual steps by asking people to leave ahead of what is expected to be the biggest wind event of the year. >>> if they try to get out through this road, it will be suicide. i mean, no other word for it. they got pretty good at preparing for them. we have that story coming up. >>> don't let this incredibly gorgeous fall day fool you, we are still on track for the significant wind event and i want to show you how this one will be felt differently than all the other ones we have seen so far this season. >>> that evening, thank you for joining us. i'm juli

lucy williamson. normal seems so alien in conflans 110w. normal seems so alien in conflans now. a manbol of france's secular, liberal ideas. translation: and other priority for us is to look after children because i think it was very hard for them, and it still is. samuel paty was at history teacher who decided to use two cartoons of mohammed as part of the class on freedom of speech —— mohammed. a social media buy one outright parent had gathered steam over the previous week. he's among nine people being questioned by police. today, france's counterterrorism prostitute —— prosecutor gave details of the attack. an 18—year—old chechen man who travelled from normandy to attack the teacher. and had to ask school pupils to point them out. flowers places where lies were showered. that list has grown a little longer this week. conflans 110w little longer this week. conflans now remembered alongside paris and all the other places where hatred of french values has left blood in the country's streets. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. the police officer who was poisoned in the salisbury novich

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a man who stood for the values of the nation, remembered today by a nation standing with him. lucy news, paris. thousands of protesters in belarus have taken to the streets for the tenth consecutive sunday after a disputed presidential election in august. they are demanding the resignation of long—term leader alexander lukashenko. authorities say more than 100 people have been arrested. the opposition has threatened to call a nationwide strike soon if mr lukashenko refuses to step down. the un secretary—general, antonio guterres, has urged armenia and azerbaijan to observe their latest ceasefire, saying indiscriminate attacks on civilians are totally u na cce pta ble. both countries have accused each other of violating a humanitarian ceasefire in the disputed region of nagorno—karabakh. they'd agreed to a russian—brokered truce starting at midnight local time. but clashes continue, as rayhan demytrie reports from tbilisi in neighbouring georgia. an azeri officer announces to his country's president the liberation of another piece of territory, which for the past 26 years had been u

a man who stood for the values of the nation, remembered today by a nation standing with him. lucyased its economic growth figures for the july to september period, showing a continued recovery from the pandemic with gdp growing by 4.9% on a year earlier. our correspondent in shanghai robin brant has more details. it's the world's second biggest economy and in the past, ——what we've seen from the country's national statistics authority are figures that show growth at around 4.9% for the three months ofjuly, august and september, that's compared to figures in 2019, and the trend certainly is an upwards of one. so we had that calamitous first three months of the year when covid first struck, when the economy here contracted by 6.8%. it grew byjust over 3% in the following three months and now, according the statistics authority, it's grown by a further 4.9%. that is coming in slightly below what expectations were and the government authority releasing the figures this morning, talking of the economy still be in a process of recovery, and huge uncertainty globally. of course, remember

a man who stood for the values of the nation, remembered today by a nation standing with him. lucy paris. let's get some of the day's other news. italy has announced a new raft of measures to tighten restrictions amid a surge in coronavirus cases. mayors will get powers to close public areas after 9pm and the opening times of restaurants and the size of groups allowed will tighten. the moves come as italy recorded over 11,000 seven hundred new cases — its highest daily infection rate for the second day in a row. czech police have used tear gas and water cannon against demonstrators protesting against coronavirus restrictions imposed by the government in prague. the rally turned violent after the authorities began trying to disperse the crowd, with the police chief claiming it contained "radical" football fans. the czech republic on friday set a new record for daily infections with more than 11,000 cases. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, has urged armenia and azerbaijan to observe their latest ceasefire, saying indiscriminate attacks on civilians are totally u na cce pta

a man who stood for the values of the nation, remembered today by a nation standing with him. lucytonio guterres, has urged armenia and azerbaijan to observe their latest ceasefire, saying indiscriminate attacks on civilians are totally u na cce pta ble. both countries have accused each other of violating a humanitarian ceasefire in the disputed region of nagorno—karabakh. but clashes continue, as rayhan demytrie reports from tbilisi in neighbouring georgia. an azeri officer announces to his country's president the liberation of another piece of territory, which for the past 26 years had been under armenian control. the ancient bridge leads to the border with iran. kara bakh is azerbaijan, he declares. the armenian defence ministry released this footage, which it claims shows the azeri forces advancing on armenian positions early on sunday, in violation of a ceasefire agreed the day before. but things were quieter on sunday in civilian areas in the disputed nagorno—karabakh region. they have been under constant bombardment from azerbaijan in recent days. dozens of civilians and mor

a man who stood for the values of the nation, remembered today by a nation standing with him. lucyo churches have been burnt and several people injured in the chilean capital, santiago, as a day of largely peaceful protests against economic inequality turned violent. a police headquarters was firebombed and shops were looted. gail maclellan reports. a year ayearon and a year on and once again define and spread quickly as protesters and police faced off. the demonstrators had come to mark the first anniversary of the protest movement that demanded greater equality in chile. the unrest last of the military take to the streets for the first time since the rule of dictator augusto pinochet and resulted in a 30 deaths. sunday's anniversary had begun very differently. there was an atmosphere of fiesta is demonstrators, including whole families, demanded better public services and pensions. many were wearing masks against covid, as they sang and danced, with a sense of optimism in the crowd. translation: it is something wonderful, the feeling ofjoy for the possibility of advancing and ach

a man who stood for the values of the nation, remembered today by a nation standing with him. lucys take a look at some of today's other news. a convicted killer who helped to stop a terror attack near london bridge last november is to be considered for parole ten months early. steven gallant, who knew the victims jack merritt and saskia jones, was on day release when he intervened to end the attack. michael gove has insisted the door remains "ajar" for the eu, if it changes its position in talks aimed at striking a post—brexit trade deal. the prime minister has said that the uk is getting ready to end the brexit transition period without a deal. but business groups have urged both sides to compromise, saying an agreement is needed to savejobs. the hay literary festival has accused a senior royal in uae — sheikh nahyan bin mubarak al nahyan — of an "appalling violation" after he allegedly sexually assaulted one of their employees. caitlin mcnamara claims the senior sheikh — who is also minister for tolerance — attacked her earlier this year, and she is seeking legal redress. sheikh

a man who stood for the values of the nation, remembered today by a nation standing with him. lucyws. the headlines... the mayor of greater manchester accuses boris johnson of exaggerating the spread of coronavirus in the area to try to persuade local leaders to accept tougher restriction as he calls for increased financial support. the government says there have been nearly 17,000 more cases of coronavirus in the uk reported in the last 2a hours, and a further 67 people have died. vigils and rallies are held across france after a teacher was beheaded in an islamist attack close to his school in a paris suburb on friday. a record number of shops have closed on britain's high streets during the first six months of this year as the coronarivus lockdown hit many stores. according to research, more than 11,000 chain store outlets have closed their doors, as katy austin reports. the way we shop was already changing before the pandemic. 0nline sales rising, many physical stores struggling. those trends have accelerated. researchers who track retail and leisure sites, and services like ba

a man who stood for the values of the nation, remembered today by a nation standing with him. lucys, paris. here in the uk, the opposition labour mayor of greater manchester has continued to clash with the government over lockdown restrictions for the region. andy burnham wants greater financial support if the strictest measures are imposed — and he's accused the prime minister borisjohnson of exaggerating the severity of coronavirus in the area. the cabinet office minister michael gove accused mr burnham of inconsistency in his approach. here's our deputy political editor vicki young. waiting for work and waiting to find out what's coming next for greater manchester. taxi driverjohn says for months the tighter rules here compared to many other parts of the country have meant fewer passengers. he's worried about the possibility of even more restrictions. we need help up in the north. if you want to bring these things in, you know, we need financial backing, because otherwise it's going to be even worse again. this has been going on for a long time now and nothing seems to be resolv

man, being closely scrutinised. the french parliament has denounced the killing as an "atrocious terror attack". gareth barlow, bbc news. our correspondent lucyis update from the scene in northern paris. the horror of this attack is really at odds with this quiet, sleepy, small suburb. the victim was a teacher at the local middle school behind me. he was attacked this afternoon by a man with a large knife who decapitated him and then posted an image on social media, before being confronted and shot dead by police. now, police sources have confirmed to us tonight that they believe the attacker may have been an 18—year—old chechen man and that the motive may have been a lesson given by the victim to pupils at his school here — it was reportedly a lesson on freedom of speech, and he showed them cartoons of the prophet muhammad, the same cartoons we think that were reprinted by the satirical magazine, charlie hebdo. now, the police said they are searching the house of the presumed attacker, the suspect that they shot dead earlier today. and president macron has been here at this site this evening, calling it an act of islamist terrorism. "somebod

lucy williamson, upsetting. this is the moment police confronted the man who beheaded a teacher on a suburban street.ct shoots at them with a bb gun. the next sound you will hear is police firing back. gunfire france's counterterrorism prosecutor named the suspect as abdoullakh abouyezidvitch a, an 18—year—old chechen man with refugee status in france. he lived an hour's drive away from conflans, the prosecutor said, and had to ask school pupils to point his target out. samuel paty was a 47—year—old teacher of history and geography who decided to use two cartoons of muhammed as part of a class on freedom of speech. investigators say it sparked a social media campaign by one outraged parent and that there had been threats against the school. translation: yesterday there was a state of shock and now the priority for us is to look after the children, because i think it was very hard for them and it still is. translation: memories are going to come back, he's going to say my teacher's not there. and apparently there are photographs going round of the scene. i hope they don't see those, because i think th

man who, just before the attack, had wished his pupils a happy half—term, with a joke. one parent said his daughter was devastated, asking, "how can i explain to her the unspeakable?" lucylier, the french prosecutor gave a news conference — our paris correspondent hugh schofield told me what we learned from that. we have heard a bit of detail about the events leading up to the killing in the school. the class, the controversial class in which he produced the cartoons of muhammad and so on, that took place on october the 5th and it was a civics lesson and this teacher produced, as he had done in previous years during the same course, a or maybe more than one cartoons to raise the issue of freedom of expression of the class. prior to doing that, he said to the class of some of you are muslim and may be offended, either look away or leave the room. he did not say to all muslims that they must leave. he gave them the option of turning away in order not to be offended. and most of them it is clear did what he asked and were not offended. however, there was a girl in the class who complained to her father and the father then led a campaign over the last ten days or so campaig

man at around 5pm this afternoon in a suberb north of paris. the french president, emanuel macron, visited the scene tonight and called it an islamist terrorist attack. lucyan you tell us about what happened this afternoon? the victim was a teacher at this local middle school behind me. as you say, he was attacked this afternoon by a man with a large knife who decapitated him and posted an image on social media, we are told, before being confronted and shot dead by the police. a police source has told us they are working on a theory the attacker was an 18—year—old chechen man and the motive was that lesson you mention, the victim had given a class to his people is where he had shown them cartoons of prophet muhammad, the same ones printed by charlie hebdo. president macron has been speaking at the site in the past hour and said it was an act of islamist terrorism. somebody wanted to destroy the republic, he said. they will not succeed, we will stick together. but tonight there is a pa rt together. but tonight there is a part of france that is coping as the new focus of presidential solidarity, national outrage and local grief. lucy williamson, thank you.

man who, just before the attack, had wished his pupils a happy half—term, with a joke. one parent said his daughter was devastated, asking, "how can i explain to her the unspeakable?" lucye. the prime minister of new zealand, jacinda ardern, has won a second term in office after a landslide general election victory. in office after a landslide with most of the votes counted, her labour party is projected to win an outright majority. its campaign focused on her handling of the pandemic. we've been attempting to tackle your questions on the new coronavirus restrictions, in bbc your questions answered, and we can listen back to that now. now on bbc news, it's time for your questions answered and you have been sending in your questions about the title rules that come into effect for many people across england. and i'm delighted to say that we are joined by doctor chris smith, of the university of cambridge and also senior clinical lecturer at university of exeter medical school. a very warm welcome to your both. good to have you with us on this saturday afternoon. we got a lot of questions, so i'll get straight to it. chris, ifi questions, so i'll get straight to it. chris,

man who, just before the attack, had wished his pupils a happy half—term, with a joke. one parent said his daughter was devastated, asking, "how can i explain to her the unspeakable?" lucys—sainte—honorine. the education ministerjean—michel blanquer is speaking to journalists now. he is talking to journalists there in paris. the important thing he has announced in the last few minutes is the name of the teacher. this gentleman's family have presumably now been informed of the terrible circumstances of his death, and will have agreed to his name being released. he is samuel paty, he was 47 and a history teacher at the school were he was killed. what is interesting about the timing of this is thatjean—michel blanquer, only a few days, was making next was a commitment to back teachers, children and parents who had exposed breaches of the law on secularism in schools, saying that no one, either a teacher, headmaster, student or a pa rent a teacher, headmaster, student or a parent should feel isolated when a violation of secularism occurs. the french state was based from 1789 onwards on the concept of separating church and state. as new religions have come into france, islam

man who, just before the attack, had wished his pupils are happy half—term, with a joke. one parent said his daughter was devastated, asking, "how can i explain to her the unspeakable?" lucy news, conflans—sainte—honorine. our correspondent hugh schofield in paris explained how this is another devastating crime to happen around publication of caricatures of prophet mohamed. it is the latest in an assortment, ina it is the latest in an assortment, in a story that goes back 15 years now to when they were first published in a danish newspaper in 2006 or whenever it was. then there was the charlie hebdo attack in 2015, the massacre of its staff because it had republish the cartoons. then we have the trial going on now, the new trigger of accomplices alleged in that attack. that sparked three weeks ago a pakistani man to wield a machete or some kind of large knife and nearly killed two people outside charlie hebdo, the old offices. and now this. it is the same coast of the story, a nightmare of a story coming back again to france because it is quite clear now that the attack on this history teacher, this civics teacher, a man teaching about freedom of expression and the values

man who, just before the attack, had wished his pupils a happy half—term, with a joke. one parent said his daughter was devastated, asking, "how can i explain to her the unspeakable?" lucyte—honorine. i want to bring you a quick covert update. you remember we were telling you at the top of the hour of stalemate between local politicians in greater manchester and the government. and it was over the stricter introductions of coronavirus measures. downing street, has we have been reporting has said that they have arranged a call with the mayor of greater manchester tomorrow morning. our political correspondent is now saying that a spokesperson for the mayor of greater manchester has said that and i quote nothing has yet been arranged in response to downing street's call. our political correspondent goes on to say the mayors unlikely to respond today. some confusion as to whether there will be a meeting tomorrow between the government and the mayor of greater manchester. we will obviously try and get to the bottom of that for you. new zealand's prime minister, jacinda ardern, has won a resounding general election victory. with nearly all of the votes counted, her centre—lef

man who, just before the attack, had wished his pupils a happy half—term, with a joke. one parent said his daughter was devastated, asking, "how can i explain to her the unspeakable?" lucyans—sainte—honorine. david chazan is a reporter for the telegraph in paris. david, thank you for being with us on bbc news. you know the city well, you know, more importantly, france's political culture. this whole debate about freedom of expression really highlighted by this terrible killing. absolutely. and so politicians from across the spectrum left, centre, and wright have been condemning this brutal attack, this brutal killing, and defending the right to freedom of expression and making the point that in france, when we disagree with each other, we don't fight about it, we discuss it. now, as we heard in lucy williamson's reportjust now, as we heard in lucy williamson's report just now, now, as we heard in lucy williamson's reportjust now, the teacher who was killed had shown his pupils controversial cartoons of the prophet muhammad. now, of course, to muslims any depiction at all of the profit is —— prophet muhammad. profit is —— prophet he muslims any depiction at all of the pr

man who, just before the attack, had wished his pupils are happy half term, with a joke. one parent said his daughter was devastated. asking, "how can i explain to her the unspeakable?" lucys—sainte—honorine. the law on using a mobile phone while driving is being tightened up to banish a loophole which has allowed some motorists to avoid prosecution. ministers want to update the legislation, which was imposed before the advent of smartphones, so that it bans any driver from picking up and using their device while at the wheel. our transport correspondent tom burridge reports. it is dangerous, but a lot of drivers do it. in fact, new research found that on 765journeys, phones we re found that on 765journeys, phones were used 662 times. only 38 of those were on hands—free stop but the law right now means that only phoning or texting at the wheel is illegal. someone taking a photo or browsing the internet can avoid a fine. next year, that will change. it will mean any driver who touches their phone could face a £200 fine and six points on their license. however, ministers have decided not to make it illegal to use your phone at the wheel if it is on hands—free. tom burridge,

man, suspected of carrying out a knife attack in nice yesterday. three people attending a church service were killed. our paris correspondent, lucyandably wasn't numb to the police. the prosecutors say they now knew the details of what this man supposedly did just before arriving at the church behind me. he went to the station in nice to change his clothes, change his shoes. then he made his way here to the church carrying three knives and a koran. after he had carried out the attack the prosecutors said he confronted police. police shot him up to 11! times, we believe, and he is now fighting for his life in hospital. thank you very much. president trump and his democratic rival, joe biden, have hosted rallies in the swing state of florida ahead of next week's election. donald trump narrowly won florida in 2016, which played a crucial role in securing his position in the white house. opinion polls show mr biden currently has a narrow lead in the state. over 80 million americans have already cast their ballot. the consumer organisation, which, has warned there are big differences in the effectiveness of reusable face coverings. te