john maguire has been to hear one former raf engineer's extraordinary story.s a reunion 80 years in the making thatjeff was determined not to miss. it is wonderful to see it, absolutely wonderful. it's unbelievable, it's unbelievable. as a young man, he served at raf croydon and remembers working on this hurricane fighter. as groundcrew, theirjob was to keep the planes flying, whatever it took. the main problem that we had was the fabrics, really, on the bodywork, where they would get all covered in bullet holes very often, and very often, the pilot didn't even know that they were hit. they were on the way up to flying again, and the paint was still wet. jeff is being treated to his own personal display here at the imperial war museum in duxford. still a teenager in 1940, he witnessed how the battle of britain took its toll. some of them told us that they had only flown four hours in training, and they come out for the first time in action and never come back again. young 19—year—olds, you know? it's absolutely shocking, it was. we admired them. we couldn't do

german losses had been twice that of the raf. the invasion would be cancelled.ll was luck, you had to be lucky. no matter how good you were, for instance my boss, dickie lee, was the best pilot i've ever seen. but he was shot down and killed. so he had no luck. i had bags of luck. i couldn't do that. but here i am. like so many events this year, battle of britain day will be a quiet affair, but this light show at the uk's first—ever radar station in norfolk is a reminder that we celebrate and remember a true team effort. robert hall, bbc news. time for a look at the weather — here's louise lear.

escorted by raf cadets, the battle of britain roll of honour, bearing the names of the 1,497 pilots ande seen as a turning point in the course of the war. last post plays as the service ended, a fly—past above london. the heroism of those who took to the skies 80 years ago remembered. sarah campbell, bbc news. that's it for now. the next news on bbc one is at 6:20pm. bye for now. good afternoon. hello. i'm holly hamilton at the bbc sports centre with your latest sports news. the first of four premier league games today is into the second half. southampton taking on a tottenham side without gareth bale, who re—signed yesterday. well, for a while in the first half it looked like spurs needed some bale magic as they went behind to a danny ings goal, before son heung—min turned things around with goals either side of half time. 2—1 to tottenham the latest score in the second half. later this afternoon, newcastle host brighton while the big game of the day is at az30pm as chelsea host champions liverpool at stamford bridge. it's the first meeting of the two sides since managers frank lampard

german losses had been twice that of the raf. the invasion would be cancelled. couldn't do that. but here i am. like so many of —— events this year, battle of britain day will be a quiet affair, but a slight show at the uk's first—ever radar station in norfolk is a reminder that we celebrate and remember the true team effort. robert hall, bbc news. the latest employment figures have just been released. nina can tell us more. in the last 20 mins we've learned 4.1% of people are unemployed up to the end ofjuly, that's compared to 3.9% to the end ofjune. it's driven by young people coming out of work. it is the highest percentage of unemployed people for two years. percentage of unemployed people for two yea rs. we percentage of unemployed people for two years. we have also seen 659,000 fewer people on the payroll compared to before the pandemic, a slight improvement on the month before but nothing really significant. it shows 2.7 million people registered as taking benefits, a rise of 1.5 million from march. a significant increase in people claiming benefits. we'v

would have been the longest mission ever undertaken by the raf. would have really pushed the bounds of possibility, and richard pierce says, look, it's -- it would be incredibly difficult to do it but it would potentially be a political symbol, and pierce is -- in a way wants someone like churchill to order it, but that idea is really interesting. the raf decided against bombing auschwitz in early 1941 for those reasons. but i came to feel during the research that had they tried, however doomed it would have been a political symbol, very powerful one, and in alerting the world to existence of all-witness which is a crazy thing is how long its name was hardly known among the allies, but it would also have created a precedent of trying to stop nazi atrocities and that is a crucial point because two years later, the americans were onboard, there was access then to heavy bombers, liberated lancasters that were more than capable of hitting auschwitz, but when the allies came again to debate this idea of bombing the camp, to stop the atrocities there, t

the chief of the air staff now set in an interview today, talking about the raf, the role of the rafment that you agree with when you think about the capabilities of the polish air force ? capabilities of the polish air force? i fully agree with that. i am very proud of the polish air force and the cooperation with the raf, but also we think that this fight for polish freedom was not finished in 1945. we had the solidarity movement, which was the beginning of the end of the totalitarian regime in poland, but also in all of central europe. we are now trying to support with solidarity belarus and what happened in their election. thank you very much, the polish ambassador to the uk. thank you for your time. thank you. let's return now to one of our main stories. the uk unemployment rate has risen to its highest level for two years at 4.1% in the three months tojuly, compared with 3.9% previously. people aged between 16 and 24 have been particularly hard hit. sir keir starmer called on boris johnson to work with labour on a national plan to protectjobs. johnson to work with labour on a n

the number of operational bombers that the raf has is below 200.here is no immediate allies or help from the americans. britain is very much alone and in some ways as i came to uncover the discussion informer commands between men like the air marshal charles and his subordinate, richard pierce, i sort of came to appreciate some of their concerns. they debated whether or not to bomb auschwitz and took on board pilecki's request very seriously. but richard pierce said something that was quite interesting. he sort of recognize it would be impossible to reach with british warplanes all the way to auschwitz, which was true. there was no radar at that stage. it would've been the longest mission under -- ever undertaken by the raf. he would've really push the bounds of possibility. richard pierce said would be incredible difficult to do it, but it would potentially be a political symbol. in the way his passing the buck because you want ultimately someone like churchill to order it. but that idea is really interesting. the raf decided against -- bombing au

german losses had been twice that of the raf. the invasion would be cancelled. the best pilot i've ever seen. but he was shot down and killed. so he had no luck. i had bags of luck. i couldn't do that. but here i am. like so many events this year, battle of britain day will be a quiet affair, but this light show at the uk's first—ever radar station in norfolk is a reminder that we celebrate and remember a true team effort. robert hall, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather. good afternoon. it is a warm september story out there for many of us and in fact if you take a look at this picture, you could say it is picture postcard perfect out there. very nice indeed. the high pressure is going to stay with us for one more day before drifting to far east but it is allowing this warm air coming all the way out of africa. a very coming all the way out of africa. a very warm coming all the way out of africa. a very warm afternoon to come. there are weather fronts on the charts as you can see under has been some rain to come —— rain around. it has been pushing

he confirmed that raf typhoon jets would be based in qatar the 2022 football world cup.e but with president trump now pulling out thousands of us troops from iraq and afghanistan, mr wallace said the world still needed american involvement. we are very keen that the united states remains engaged, both in iraq and the region. the united states still plays an important role in enabling europe to protect its own citizens and a lot of the work we did together against isis and al-qaeda are enabled by the united states and that is really important for us. the integrated defence review is due to be completed in the autumn. despite concerns that it will lead to more cuts, the government insists it will properly equip the armed forces to meet the threats of the future. yesterday, america marked the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, remembering the lives lost on that day. in new york, two beams of light shone out over the city skyline, illuminating the space where the twin towers once stood. you are watching bbc news. let's get more now on the news that there is evidence that coron

in qatar, he also confirmed that raf typhoonjets would be based there for the 2022 football world cup but with president trump pulling out thousands of us troops from iraq and afghanistan, mr wallace said the world still needed american involvement. we are keen the united states remains engaged in both iraq and the region. the us still plays an important role in both enabling europe to protect its own citizensm and a lot of the work we do together against isis and al-qaeda are enabled by the us and that is important for us. the integrated defence review is due to be completed in the autumn. despite concerns that it will lead to more cuts, the government insists it will properly equip the armed forces to meet the threats of the future. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. big differences in the weather this weekend depending on exactly where in the uk you are spending it. for many places, it will be largely dry and will turn warmer particularly in the south. some are wet and blustery weather in the forecast. where you are weather in the forecast. where you a re closes

after the war, the then dean was involved with senior officers from the raf in creating an raf chapelas years gone by. no, it went. we have been opened for worship since earlyjuly so we are now pretty well practice and keeping people safe. —— no, it will not. if you go into the abbey now, what you will see its chess set are quite a —— chairs set at quite a distance from each other, perspex greens, we are sitting in distinct places. we will be up at the other side of the screen towards the east and the abbey and it looks very different indeed. we would normally have about 2000 people in the abbey for the service, today there will be about 200. the congregation will not be able to sing hymns. no, we have acquire that only a small number of acquire can sing so there will be six men on the boys will be singing. they will be set apart from the congregation. there will be quite a stark reminder early in the service of how different things are and that we will begin with the national anthem and, of course, only the choir will sing that and we are all used to in the abbeyjoining in with the n

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still to come on tonight's program, 80 years on, we remember the raf pilots who took to the skies in battle of britain. an estimated 730,000 british jobs have been lost since lockdown, and many of those affected our young people. the bbc has more. >> michael was a senior retail buyer for a big fashion brand. he was furloughed in march and then made redundant in july. >> you begin to question yourself. i've got a lot of passion for what i do, a lot of experienc but do i need to retrain? am i in the wrong industry? >> like many young people, isabella is struggling to find a cut.tality as hours are three jobs per day, just to hospitality websites. i might hear back from one or two of them. even then, they still can't guarantee the hours. there's nothing really there. >> since march, nearly 700,000 jobs have been cut. as the furlough scheme ones down, coming to an end -- winds down, coming to an end in september, more companies are putting out there plans for redundancy. -- their plans for redundancy. katty: we have dona lot of stories about students around the world as they go back to s

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to everyone involved in the campaign to keep their guard up as november 3rd draws closer >> that is raf joining us from london with the latest thank you so much. >>> let's turn now to the breaking news on the west coast. wildfires continue to burn out of control forcing hundreds of thousands of evacuations officials in california confirmed seven more deaths and search crews are looking for 16 more people who are unaccounted for. this fire season is being described as he is toric in ma ways a rare cloud formation grew and it could be th california where a record million three million acres have been destroyed. we're joined by steve patterson. >> reporter: this historic wildfire season in california is only now getting worse with six of the 20 largest wildfires in the history of this state in modern recorded history are now happening this year. the first one, the august complex fire now becoming the largest fire in modern california history surpassing the complex fire in 2018 these fires are still burning, many of them still burning out of control several of them still threatening homes.

escorted by raf cadets, the battle of britain roll of honour, bearing the names of the 1,497 pilots andt post plays as the service ended, a fly—past above london. the heroism of those who took to the skies 80 years ago remembered. sarah campbell, bbc news. opportunities to meet new people may have been hampered over recent months, but a return to old ways of communication has helped some people forge new friendships. among them, 93—year—old care—home resident, madge weatherhead, who began receiving letters during lockdown from six—year—old ella, who lives almost 200 miles away. emma baw has been hearing their story. bridging the gap across the miles and the generations. a unique friendship forged with pen and paper. i started writing because it's kind and it's obviously fun and it's obviously happy, cos when you get letters sent back to each other. well, a pen pal as lovely as ella, i think it's wonderful. it's wonderful. i look forward to her letters. and i look forward to writing to her. they got together through the friends of the elderly charity, which matches pen pals to make new f

escorted by raf cadets, the battle of britain roll of honour, bearing the names of the 1,497 pilots andas the service ended, a fly—past above london. the heroism of those who took to the skies 80 years ago remembered. sarah campbell, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather. this week it's the autumn equinox on tuesday and our weather is going to make it a magic switch through the course of the week from what has been a taste of late summer, most definitely into autumn midweek onwards. through the evening and overnight, a lot of the low cloud that has been bothering eastern scotla nd that has been bothering eastern scotland in the north—east of england through recent days pulls off into the north sea, so clearer skies here as we move into the new week but a chilly start actually to monday. further south the wait to see for monday is an indicator of fog risk across eastern wales, the midlands into parts of eastern england. that burns quickly, a lot of sunshine on monday, a bit more cloud towards the far north—west but much warmer next losing that cloud up much warmer next losing

have deep concerns that the government in recent weeks, through talking of deploying the navy and the rafsolution where lives are at risk. the government's approach to this whole issue has frankly been defined by a lack of compassion and a lack of competence. since 2010, 114,000 children have been offered protection by the united kingdom of one form or another. so, when he says our approach lacks compassion, i would point him to those figures. i would also remind him that in last year, 2019, this country received more applications from asylum—seeking children than any other european country, all of whom have been generously looked after while their claims are processed. many conservatives wanted the government to take tougher action. does he agree that what;s happening at the moment is essentially a form of asylum—shopping, where people claim asylum in the first country they reach and they move to another and claim asylum again, they keep claiming asylum instead of securing the first safe country, they keep coming to the uk where they believe we have a more favourable asylum system ? asyl

escorted by raf cadets, the battle of britain roll of honour, bearing the names of the 1,497 pilots andlast post plays as the service ended, a fly—past above london. the heroism of those who took to the skies 80 years ago remembered. sarah campbell, bbc news. a total of 27 sarcophagi buried more than 2500 years ago have been unearthed by archaeologists in an ancient egyptian burial ground. they we re ancient egyptian burial ground. they were found inside a newly discovered well in an area south of cairo. the discovery is being described as one of the largest of its kind, with colou rfully of the largest of its kind, with colourfully painted wooden coffins and other smaller artefacts. the location is a designated unesco world heritage site. now, the weather with susan powell. hello. this week it is the autumn equinox on tuesday and our weather is going to make a dramatic switch through the course of the week from what has been a taste of late summer most definitely into autumn from mid week onwards. through the evening and overnight, a lot of the low cloud that has been bothering eastern

escorted by raf cadets, the battle of britain roll of honour, bearing the names of the 1,497 pilots and aircrew killed in what would be seen as a turning point in the course of the war. last post plays as the service ended, a fly—past above london. the heroism of those who took to the skies 80 years ago remembered. sarah campbell, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willetts. a lot of sunshine this weekend and there is more to come monday and tuesday as well. feels like summer is lingering very nicely but don't be filled. by the end of the week it will look and feel very different. for the rest of the day a lot of fine weather across the day a lot of fine weather across the uk, just a slim chance of a shower close to the south coast, but overnight a fine story, less cloud gci’oss overnight a fine story, less cloud across eastern scotland at the north—east of england, clearer skies, chillier night i had, further south the weight you can see not an indicator of cloud but actually risk of fog across eastern wales, the midlands, into eastern england, first thing mon

escorted by raf cadets, the battle of britain roll of honour, bearing the names of the 1,497 pilots ande war. last post plays as the service ended, a fly—past above london. the heroism of those who took to the skies 80 years ago remembered. sarah campbell, bbc news. football and premier league champions liverpool have beaten chelsea 2—0. earlier, newcastle united lost to brighton and tottenham hotspur, without new signing gareth bale, beat southampton 5—2. andy swiss reports. if this morning's headlines were all about their new number nine, tomorrow's will be about their stunning number seven. who needs gareth bale when you have got son heung—min? with bale unavailable until october, tottenham had to find other inspiration, but at first, they struggled. southampton taking the lead through danny ings. 0n the brink of half—time, though, harry kane found son, and their dazzling double act was up and running. after the break, the pair ran riot. kane once again to son, and spurs were ahead, as southampton were swept away in increasingly familiar style. it is son and it is three for tottenham

but the raf pilots in their spitfires and hurricanes secured victory that day in what was a turning point stations that protected london. it was really something to see all of those aircraft up there, realising that people were going to get killed. a 17-year-old george don watched from battle of britain raged above him, inspired by the heroics, the heroics, he went on to join bomber command. compared to the pared down commemorations, now 97—year—old pilot was invited to watch a fly past which included a spitfire and hurricane, both of which played such a crucial role. to think that they were all young men and some of them only had about five or six weeks training, it was really something. knowing how important it was for the country. in september, 1940, britain was under sustained attack from the luftwaffe. the sta kes attack from the luftwaffe. the stakes could not have been higher. if the nazis won the battle in the skies, next would come the planned land invasion. the british people we re land invasion. the british people were fighting for their lives. on the 15th of september, 1940, t

escorted by raf cadets, the battle of britain roll of honour, bearing the names of the 1,497 pilots andourse of the war. last post plays as the service ended, a fly—past above london. the heroism of those who took to the skies 80 years ago remembered. sarah campbell, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willetts. a lot of sunshine this weekend and there is more to come monday and tuesday as well. feels like summer is lingering very nicely but don't be filled. by the end of the week it will look and feel very different. for the rest of the day

as david has simple pleasures, we are treated to a disgusting meal of raf catering cheese testing.ts, and not even as multilayered as geo. igo and not even as multilayered as geo. i go to bed, and he stays up geo. i go to bed, and he stays up with h to admire her nipples when she comes out of the fountain in attendance. to eat his favourite cameron and she also is george osborne. did you ever watch it? i wanted to spend lots of nights of checkers but it never happened. ijust think it is one view and, you know, iam ijust think it is one view and, you know, i am sorry. the different cameron i knew, yes, he was very indiscreet. you make lots of off—the—cuff comments was the boss was astonished that more of them didn't make their way out. what they can now. i would say he was a good prime minister. i'm not surprised. he loved tv. he was a relaxing pm that liked his box sets. i think he liked his box sets. i think he liked his box sets. is the second extra ct his box sets. is the second extract in the character of sasha. august the 24th, the day we leave, we go for a six mile walk with

similar reports from hong kong and some european countries so it seems to be possible but you're saying raf. what about other cases that haven't been uncovered and more studies that have to be done according to the world health organization i mean could this be the tip of the us but. probably not because from we know a little bit about the immunity against kuwait 19 man how people usually develop antibody responses which are protective people usually responses fight those which are protective but we do know that in some people these responses may be showed live so that would be a possibility to explain the fact that some people can become very infected after well most people should have protective immunity for some time after the infection was cool with 1000 reservists who have to but what about full i mean are they i mean does that exist when it comes to code 19. what do you mean by full immunity lead once infected you can never get infected again in your life is that what you mean exactly well that's true that's true really to say because we only know this infections it's a little bit mor

escorted by raf cadets, the battle of britain roll of honour, bearing the names of the 1,497 pilots andnt in the course of the war. last post plays as the service ended, a fly—past above london. the heroism of those who took to the skies 80 years ago remembered. sarah campbell, bbc news. a warning that the government will get tougher if people don't keep to the latest coronavirus restrictions. ministers and officials have been weighing up whether further measures are required, as thousands more cases are recorded. we of course have to be prepared to take action if that is what is necessary. i don't think a lockdown is inevitable. i think it is now more likely because of the near collapse of testing. we'll look at why the government believes we're at a tipping point in the pandemic. also this evening. leaked documents reveal how some uk banks have allowed criminals and money launderers to move billions of pounds around the world. and spitfires and a hurricane over london, as the battle of britain is remembered, 80 years on. good evening. the health secretary matt hancock says further nat

position to offer testimony were not given an opportunity i testified to the machine gunning of life raf's to the captain state of mind and it was that those 2 issues in particular totally admitted lloyd painter was not the only officer to have his testimony ignored i saw what looked like unburned vaseline and i scraped a little bit of it off and put it in the jar and sealed the cap on and i presented to the court of inquiry and that's the last i saw that jar there was no mention of napalm and i'm sure that's what it was they want to hear any of that i didn't know that at the time i did not tell many months later that night i had been recorded looking back on it it was a total sham the u.s. court of inquiry reported in just 20 days it was a rush job full of spelling mistakes much key evidence ignored no israelis interviewed and it exonerated them from blame. i read the court of inquiry and realized that my statements have been stricken from the record and never recorded so i knew then for certain that the cover up was this massive the israelis then rushed out their own report which conclud

demonstrate a sense of normalcy as soon as possible in reality nothing is as it seems kept the business of raf the crisis that no longer functions like it once did. even though it's not as busy as it used to be this is still the center of capitalism you can look at all the tourists who are outside the building taking pictures they all still believe this is the center of capitalism it's a symbol of something it means something to that. 10 percent i'm sort of like the weatherman for the stock market i come in every day and try to figure out what's going on in the stock market i talk to trading desks i talk to analysts i talk to people who know a lot about the stock market and i go on the air and on the internet and explain what's going on. remember the s. and p. 500 is down one and a half percent this month you have very clear market leaders and the reason we've had it is because of better prospects for earnings in the 4th quarter remember what the market leaders have been energy tech events lagging today energy tax and banks that's interesting they're mixed. but it's you know if i may just chan

they took damon arnette in the first round of the past raf and added a few vets as well mullen said the addition should lead to more options for defensive coordinator paul gunther this season. >>see a lot of fast guys see a lot of guys that can move the world a lot of guys that can play in different positions. i feel like close paul will be able to just do a lot of things be looser well a lot of a man and just mets gaza just because of all the guys we brought in and we just have a good bond everything is coming together quickly. >>and this sunday tune in for a special encore presentation of the raiders last afc championship win 1002 1002 versus the titans catchy right here on kron force this sad sunday, i'm sorry at 01:00pm. finally serena williams cruised in straight sets in the second round of the u.s. open williams beat margarita gas burns 6, 2, 6, 4, to advance to play fellow american sloane stephens in round 3 that should be a good once the rain is still in pursuit of her record tying 24th, grand slam title. >>take a look at this video it shows first responders in new york polina s

but the raf pilots secured victory that day — in what was a turning point in the war. commemorations, the now 97—year—old pilot was invited to watch a fly past which included a spitfire and hurricane, both of which played such a crucial role. to think that they were all young men, and some of them only had about five or six weeks training, it was really something. watching it, knowing how important it was for the country. in september, 1940, britain was under sustained attack from the luftwaffe. the stakes could not have been higher. if the nazis won the battle in the skies, next would come the planned land invasion. the british people were fighting for their lives. on the 15th of september, 1940, the first two squadrons of spitfires to be tasked with taking on the luftwaffe took off from here, at biggin hill, and flew to canterbury and engaged in incredibly dangerous dog fights high in the sky and then came back to refuel the planes, the pilot had a cup of tea and a sandwich, and then they were right back out again. their bravery and ultimately their success is rememb

base in scotla nd during the night, to the raf base in scotland and the alert went out and they werewar ii —— reckless the horse. that‘s all from us this morning. dan and louise will be here from six tomorrow. have a good rest of your weekend. this is bbc news. i‘m ben brown. our top stories... thousands of students across the uk are forced to self—isolate due to coronavirus outbreaks. the labour party calls on the government to promise students will be able to go home for christmas. it would be a really desperately sad situation if these young people cannot be with family and friends at christmas. i urge the government to make sure that testing capacity is in place. president trump nominates the conservative judge, amy coney barrett, to fill the vacant seat on the us supreme court. she is a woman of unparalleled achievement, towering intellect, sterling credentials and unyielding loyalty to the constitution.

ewan mcgregor and's brother was then the raf and he was voicing this documentary.. a fair amount of cloud. patchy cloud in northern ireland and a much cooler day for northern england. some drizzle making it as far south as the north midlands but across much of southern england, south wales, the channel islands, it is going to be another warm one, anywhere between 22 and 28 celsius. we will see the fresher air move into these areas tonight. the cloud and wind is continuing to push southwards and westwards. making it an off night across the channel islands and south west. temperatures in single figures in the north. if fresh start tomorrow but over the coming days some rain through the english channel on sunday, most places staying dry and sunny. ellie gould's life was tragically cut short last year as she was murdered by her ex—boyfriend when she was just 17 years old. before she died, she had dreams of going to university. now, her classmates are preparing to take that next step themselves. our reporter fi lamdin has been talking to ellie's mum and her best friends

and raf dropped 10 bombs on german cities. by the end of the war, they had but 600,000 1000, german civilians. including firestorms that they were trying to do every time. dresden.g and they were trying to create a firestorm in berlin but could not get it started because they did not have -- they were brick and masonry and they killed 25,000 people in one night. , was put in charge in the pacific, with a purpose from his bosses, the trustee, addressing about the vietnam war and help create the rand of thetion later and one first sponsors of the rand corporation. bombers on low altitude 7000 feet instead of o. load of have more bomb incendiaries, napalm, white phosphorous, some others. inill come back to this, but vietnam i saw children in hospitals who had been burned by our napalm. the napalm creates peculiar scars on people and on the children. the white phosphorous burns through the skin to the bone. you see white bone from the children in there. it is outlawed under chemical warfare conventions against civilians. it is sup

lot of money but we spent trillions of dollars right now trying to protect people from the economic rafg as the economy does not full i had more dollars in last economic output as long as the economy does not fully recover compared to the trillions of dollars of cost, the $275 billion, to me, is a bargain >> it's an interesting idea. greg mancue jumped on this as well, notable conservative economist writing for the "new york times." he was in support of this. why spend all that money when you can just have employers mandate to come back to work you need to be vaccinated or schools, like some already do make sure their kids have to be vaccinated or summer camps why dig a deeper hole into the deficit when we're already trillions in debt? >> there are some school districts that mandate kids to take the flu shot, but you've got resistance in large pockets of the country even to have mandated shots for kids. i think if employers did it, you'd have resistance, workers refusing to take it. in other words, i don't think we live in a world back in the 1950s when we had the polio shot and it was

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>>and we're now more than 38 raf 38 days away from the presidential election and the race is heating up. >>president trump was at a rally in atlanta last night he appeared to mock news coverage of his refusal to commit to a peaceful transition of power should he lose the november election. the president also suggested he was being sarcastic at the time. >>i tell you he's dictator we've been seeing. and in no circumstances will he give up power. he intends to serve at least 2 more terms. a big sur. you know you can joe because you joke they take it away. >>well the president's apparent refusal to commit to a peaceful transfer of power juice with pushback from both parties in congress. lawmakers pledging to turn to unprecedented steps to ensure he cannot ignore the vote of the people. president trump also expected to choose judge amy coney barrett to replace justice ginsburg on the high court is expected to make that announcement later today. she currently serves on the eu on the 7th us court of appeals in chicago. she was a clerk for the late supreme court justice antonin scalia and i

andrew phillips served in the raf and suffered a spinal cord injury in the run up to the gulf war.ical issues you have to contend with. andrew, how are you feeling about this? there is a definite sense of trepidation towards the whole expedition, but the main one really isiam expedition, but the main one really is i am looking forward to the challenge and getting out to cover those miles and get to the end. it's 400 kilometres in very high temperatures, 32 to 35 degrees heat. i think you will be carrying a lot of wait as well, taking your supplies with you. what will the particular challenges before you? 0bviously particular challenges before you? obviously the physical challenges with the spinal injury, we will be telling a trolley which hopefully will be carrying a lot of our equipment, but that will be hard work as well, but we will take it in turns. i think the main one, a lot of it will be psychological. we are walking to a never ending horizon that goes on and on, so being part ofa that goes on and on, so being part of a tight—knit team i hope we will all pull each other alon

the raf is continuing to target the group calling itself islamic state but with president trump pullingdefence review is due to be completed in the autumn. despite concerns it will lead to more cuts, the government insists it will properly equip the armed forces to meet the threats of the future. birmingham is the latest city to face tougher restrictions, after a rise in the number of coronavirus cases. the news has been met with a mixed reaction. we can find out more from our reporter kathryn stanczyszyn. the statistics show clearly the real problems in and around birmingham and that now will require next week major changes to the way people lead their lives. yes, numbers of cases have been going up in birmingham for the last month or so and public health officials say they have gone across the board in different age groups. they say it looks like transmission is happening within households, and that is translating already into hospital admissions and admissions into intensive care. quite low numbers at the moment but actually there is normally a 2—3 week lag. the numbers are 90 per 10