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Hello, and welcome. President trump has said he and his wife melania will begin the quarantine process after his close aide hope hicks tested positive for the coronavirus. She has been travelling with mr trump this week, both to cleveland in ohio for the president ial debate on tuesday and on through wednesday as they moved on to minnesota as part of their Election Campaign. She and a number of colleagues all flew on Board Air Force one along with mr trump and the first lady. Lets speak to our north america correspondent, peter bowes. As we started to pick through this, peter. Isuppose as we started to pick through this, peter. I suppose the first question, while we wait for results, will be just how close the contact was President Trump card with hope hicks in the past few days . I think we can assume very close contact. She is in his inner circle. She is one of his closest advisers. As you said, she travelled with him on at least a couple of occasions, to a rally in minnesota and of course to the debate, which was in cleveland, ohio. She was on the flight with the president , alongside many of his other close advisers. All of those people. Inaudible. Mass debate. Peter, iam going people. Inaudible. Mass debate. Peter, i am going to interrupt you there, sorry, we have had a problem with the picture. It looks like you have come good, actually, sorry to interrupt your flow. We will come back to you in a moment. Jordan fabian is also with us, the White House Correspondent for limburg news, which helped to break the story. Bloomberg. Good to see you, john, and quite a breaking story it is. Ijust wonder, finally enough, how it had to be broken, in a sense. It seems like a sort of thing one would have expected to be made public . One would think that, but this white house is not necessarily been so forthcoming when they have had covid i9 cases in their ranks. For example, in july, when cases in their ranks. For example, injuly, when the National Security advisor, robert obrien, tested positive, that is also a story we had to break. We heard from sources in and around the white house that he had in fact tested positive. This was a similar example today, when we had to find out from our sources that hope hicks had indeed tested positive for covid i9. This was not something that was proactively disclosed by the white house. She has been travelling on air force one. She has been in close proximity with the president , clearly. Iwonder, from a bloomberg perspective, do you also have a reporter travelling with the president s entourage at the moment . Yes, in fact, i was on air force one yesterday when hope hicks was on air force one yesterday. We are told there was no real, i was not in close contact with her, we are told there is no real issue there, but the white house official telling us that they have done contact tracing, they have done contact tracing, they have done contact tracing, they have determined who were close contact with her, and they are following up with those folks. But yes, bloomberg, we are travelling with the white house and the president every day that he is on the road. Do you have any idea, jordan, about him dutch tweed, mr trump says we are waiting for results, there is a process which produces a pretty quick results, i think, in the first instance. Do you know what sort of procedure we are expecting them to follow . can tell you a bit about how the white house Testing Process works, for us reported some staff members, we get tested every day. They use a rapid test which will usually produce results within 15 minutes. But when there is an instance that they think someone might actually be positive, they often follow up with what is called a pcr test, a test that goes out to a laboratory, it is considered a bit more accurate. It takes longer to process and get the results back. It is possible, we have not heard back yet, it is possible the president and first lady are undergoing an additional first testing step to determine whether or not they have the virus. Do we have any indication, if the first test is, lets say it is negative, what mr trump intends to do . Or can we assume that he will quarantine for 14 days now . That is also unclear, he said in dutch tweed that he is beginning the quarantine process , beginning the quarantine process, but the public schedule that the white house released, just an hour or so before that tweed had the president going to a political fundraiser in washington at his hotel tomorrow afternoon, before flying to florida to headline a political rally, and right now we are not being given any indication that schedule is changing. So while the president is saying he is quarantining, at least two different events will be putting him in front of hundreds if not thousands of people, and again on air force one. So we are still waiting to find out from the white house how they will be changing, if at all, the president s schedule. I feel like i am going to be asking you questions which you simply cant answer at this stage, but they are important questions nonetheless. Part of that is the tracing back to where hope hicks might have picked this up from, which brings into play possibly the Vice President , all of the top team, if you like. There is no limit at this stage as to who might have been caught up in this . Yeah, and does your report as mentioned earlier, hope hicks is maybe the closest aides to the president , somebody who has been with the president since his 2016 campaign. She is with him quite frequently. She said with him now, she is with maloney a lot. She is enclosed by 70 to many members of the presidency and the staff. Mike meadows, jared kushner, they we re meadows, jared kushner, they were among those who are travelling on air force one yesterday, and i cant say whether those were the folks that she was a close contact with, but those with the ten people that she is around typically. So this could have a wide ranging impacts notjust the president but also for the whole west wing, the whole us government. We all knew the issue of the coronavirus was going to play a pretty. |j have going to play a pretty. have asked right here. Ill put a mask on when i think i tonight is an example. To bring into play a clip of President Trump, in that first president ial debate. He has had what some would call a cavalier attitude towards protecting against the coronavirus. Certainly a confident one. This is what he said in the debate with joe is what he said in the debate withjoe biden. Is what he said in the debate with joe biden. In is what he said in the debate withjoe biden. In fact, we do not have that at the moment. I think were getting out for you. Ok, that is not coming in at the moment. Nonetheless, jordan, there is a degree of recognising that sometimes, yes, i use a mask and i think it is appropriate, but i dont need to do a biden, to stand 200 yards away whatever he said, and hold it up as a big statement, in a way. I mean, thatis statement, in a way. I mean, that is an important part of his message, isnt it . A sort of sense of bravado and confidence in confronting this disease . Yes, the president has flouted his own governments guidelines on spreading the virus. He rarely wears masks in public. He doesnt really practice social distancing. He is doing these masked rallies. He is around staff all the time in close quarters. He has used this message, this cavalier attitude, as you said, to fire up attitude, as you said, to fire up his supporters. We are reopening the country, trying to get the economy open again. But there are real consequences do not following these guidelines and we are seeing this play out in real time, with one of the president s closest advisers getting the virus and possibly putting the president at risk. This is not just a health problem. This could be a National Security programme. That problem. If the president has to quarantine, does he have to step aside . These are all possible questions how the government could be confronting in the next days, depending on the results of that test. Exactly, is positive or if negative, the difference there is huge, isnt it . And the election is four weeks away. I know it is the wrong way around , weeks away. I know it is the wrong way around, jordan, but we have the clip now President Trump talking during the president ial debate about the importance of protecting against the coronavirus. importance of protecting against the coronavirus. I have against the coronavirus. I have a right here. I will put the mask on, you know, when i think i need it. Tonight is an example, everybody has had a test, you have had social distancing and all of the things that you have to, but i wear a mask when needed. I dont wear a mask like wear a mask when needed. I dont weara mask like him, every time you see him he has got a mask stop he could be speaking 200 feet away from you and he shows up with the biggest master never seen. And jordan, just the message that i am trying to work out about air force one, for example, my understanding is that the trump tea m understanding is that the trump team effectively do not wear masks on the flight, although the reporters do . Yes, thats correct. I send a press cabin, we tried to masks as much as possible, of course, not when were eating or drinking and whatnot, generally we are Wearing Masks on the plane. The staff, on the other hand, and the president , they typically do not wear masks. Their attitude is that if they have tested negative that day, then that sort of clears them and they dont really need to wear it. But again, as we see with this situation, things can change very fast. One moment he might feel good and the next moment you might feel set. That is why the cdc is recommending people wear masks to try to prevent the spread, in case you are asymptomatic at the time that you have it, you are not spreading those germs to others. And for some reason, one reason or another, the white house staff, the senior staff, dont typically observe that guidance. I am going to throw you a curveball, but you are bloomberg, after all. I wonder what effect this might have on the markets, on a sense of isnt a sound economic competence . I mean, of course, again, it all depends on the test. If the president is found to be ill, i imagine it would have a huge effect notjust on the state of the race here in the state of the race here in the United States, National Security, but also the markets and the economy. That could be and the economy. That could be a huge, seismic event. We will have to wait and see how it works out. But the markets have been reacting so much to what is happening in the us, and what is happening in the political sphere, that of course that could only be a major event. That is very big news, obviously, right in the middle of the Election Campaign as well. Jordan, thank you very much indeed. It wasjordan fabian of limburg, running us through the details as he has helped to break the news that donald trump has placed himself and his wife moloney in quarantine after hope hicks tested positive to the coronavirus, and clearly she has spent a lot of time in his company in the course of the last few days. Wife melania. To stay with us here on bbc news. Weve still got a lot to bring you, including eu leaders, who have just bring you, including eu leaders, who havejust imposed sanctions on the officials responsible for belarus troubled election, although president lukashenko is not on the list. In all russias turmoil, it has never quite come to this. President yeltsin said the day would decide the nations destiny. The nightmare that so many people have feared for so long is playing out its final act here. Russians are killing russians in front of a grandstand audience. It was his humility which produced affection from catholics throughout the world, but his departure is a tragedy for the catholic church. This man, israels right winger ariel sharon, visited the religious compound, and that started the trouble. He wants israel alone to have sovereignty over the holy sites, an idea that is unthinkable to palestinians. After 45 years of division, germany is one. In berlin, a million germans celebrate the rebirth of europes biggest and richest nation. This is bbc news, the latest headlines President Trump places himself in quarantine as one of his closest aides tests positive for the coronavirus. Hope hicks has travelled with mr trump to several recent events, including the first president ial debate. In the last few hours the European Union has agreed to immediately impose sanctions on belarusian leaders involved in the countrys hotly contested president ial election and the Police Crackdown that followed. Travel bans and asset freezes will affect forty members of president Alexander Lukashenkos regime but Mr Lukashenko himself is not on the list. Mark lobel reports. It has been many fractures days and nights sent augusts election. Protesters bundled away. The sick stomach president has been keeping up appearances with his military instep but now the eu is taking tougher action to get him to engage with the opposition. We will implement the sanctions on ella bruce. Belarus. We would like to consider the people have the right to determined there future. Sanctions that do not currently include the president but the eu says that threat remains. Another dispute between cyprus and turkey had a friend to get in the way. Threatened. The eu did not go as far as that but had a clear message for turkey which is looking to join the eu, stand back and you have lots to gain otherwise sanctions may be next. We want a positive and constructive relationship with turkey and this would also be very much in its interest but it will only work if the provocations and pressures stop. The sanctions also a warning to russia that the eu will not stand by as moscow supports president lukashenko. It is also support for protesters with eu sanctions adding on. The stand off intensifies. The final round of difficult dogs complicated by the eu beginning Legal Proceedings against the uk. Negotiations. Uk ministers have admitted they could be breaking International Law but they have not locked away and that has to be seen as a positive. not locked away and that has to be seen as a positive. I think it isa be seen as a positive. I think it is a very important to realise from the eus point of view what it did and did not do. It lodged Legal Proceedings but has not walked out the door and why not if it is so incensed . For three and why not if it is so incensed . For three reasons. First of all the blame game. The eu does not want to be the first one to walk out of negotiations. Two, the eu like the uk really want a deal. Three, if a deal it is found, it will go to reflect the internal market bell and that would make the difficult part of the deal obsolete. We will be speaking about precisely that later in the bulletin. Do state with us for that. Lets get some of the days other news. About 2,000 migrants from honduras have illegally crossed into guatemala en route for the United States. They say they will either apply for asylum there or cross the border illegally, and theyre set to possibly reach the frontier on the eve of the president ial election. But president Alejandro Giammattei said the migrants would be returned to their country of origin, as they posed a health risk. A 58 year old frenchmans facing a criminal investigation and fine after climbing a 32 storey building in the german city frankfurt. Wearing a silver suit and cowboy boots with no harness, alain robert, often called the french spiderman, said the feat was to urge people to comply with coronavirus rules. The new head of britains secret intelligence service, an organisation whose existence was kept secret until 1994, marked his first day in office by tweeting about his work and the agency. Richard moore said he was proud to become the new c, as the head of mi6 is known, and that he would not leave social media despite his new task. Now to spain where the Central Government has set a deadline of saturday for stringent new restrictions to be introduced in the capital madrid. The regional governemtn, the regional government, who initially rejected the move, will now implement them ahead of a legal challenge. The city has been struggling with a caseload twice as high as any other part of the country. Heres our europe correspondent, damien grammaticus. In spains capital, but every government and scientist has feared, covid 19 surging again. 10,000 new infections every day, a second wave breaking and are ready battered country. And already. It was too quick to let people back into bars and to let people back into bars a nd restau ra nts to let people back into bars and restaurants and to slow to build a system to test and identify new cases. Intensive ca re identify new cases. Intensive care units are overflowing. Extra icu beds being used. This is the worst thing. All the people here are afraid that the tsunami will come again. Spain, like many countries, has been trying to target infectious hotspots with local controls but it has not been working. In this district of madrid, 200,000 people restricted to essential movements only. This wave is not as bad as the height of the pandemic but one infour height of the pandemic but one in four test height of the pandemic but one infourtest in height of the pandemic but one in four test in madrid has been coming back positive. Like the uk, spain brought in its rule of six untold bars and restau ra nts of six untold bars and restaurants to close at nine p. M. The restaurants to close at nine p. M. The restrictions restaurants to close at nine p. M. The restrictions will be now extended. Translation we we re now extended. Translation we were crammed into trains, buses, the infections are back because they did not control it. This meant advised spain on its first lockdown but says it may be too little too late. It isa may be too little too late. It is a serious morning we could not relax in summer. A warning to london and new york and other cities . Yes. Is this what may come to madrids rescue . Are trials of a new rapid covid test which takes 15 minutes to get a result. We need it these tests sooner, he says, this neighbourhood has been abandoned. With a Health System heading towards saturation, spain may stand as an example of what happens when countries let things slip out of control. Damien grammaticus, bbc news. Meanwhile the French Health minister Olivier Veran have warned they may place paris on maximum virus alert as soon as monday, potentially requiring all bars to close, and drastic limitations on social interactions. Cases have surged in the capital and its closest suburbs, which comprises nearly seven million inhabitants. Similar restrictions have already been introduced in marseille. A ban on different households meeting will be introduced amid further restrictions for the north of england after a spike in coronavirus cases. It will be illegal to meet indoors in places such as pubs from saturday in several towns and cities across the region. The Health Secretary matt hancock told mps the new rules are necessary but the mayor of one of the cities affected middlesbrough has said he would defy the government and he does not accept the measures the love child of the former king of belgium has won a court battle that means she will now be entitled to be called a princess. King albert admitted he was the father of delphine bo el injanuary this year having fought her paternity claim for more than a decade. The bbcs tim allman has the story. Artist, mother, wife and now royalty. Delphine boel exhibiting her work earlier this year. The illegitimate daughter of a former king, now a legitimate princess in the eyes of the law. The art she produces telling the story of her life. This is another poem, its about shame, how i felt shameful ofjust my existence just to remind you that i didnt become famous because of my artistic talent. It was because i was the dirty laundry of albert ii. Delphine boel was born in 1968. Her mother was this woman, baroness sybille de selys longchamps, who claimed to have a long term relationship with prince albert, heir to the belgian throne. Delphine took legal action to try to prove he was her father, but by then he was king and enjoyed complete immunity. It was only after his abdication that a dna test could finally prove she was his biological daughter. As the courts confirmed her status, her half brother, king philippe, was swearing in his government. Belgium has a new Prime Minister, and a new princess. Tim allman, bbc news. A reminder of the main story that donald trump president of the United States has announced he is going into quarantine along with the first lady after one of his closest aides, hope hicks, tested positive to think coronavirus. Hope hicks and president have in Close Company both travelling to the president ial debate in clevela nd president ial debate in cleveland and then going on to minnesota on wednesday. We will keep track of that. Hello. September was a drier than average month across much of the uk, but as you know, its october now, and here comes the rain, initially from this area of low pressure, named storm alex by the Weather Service in france for impacts there, but nonetheless, parts of the uk are also going to see some very wet and windy weather from that during friday. Particularly in england and wales, where it starts very wet in southern england and south wales. The rain moves northwards across the rest of wales, the midlands and east anglia during the day. It clears from parts of southern england, though, to further showers, and its windy with those strong easterly winds gusting on the south coast, perhaps nearer 60 mph at times, especially the coast of South West England, nearer70 mph in the channel islands. Now, for scotland and Northern Ireland, well, there are a few showery bursts of rain in north west scotland to the west of Northern Ireland to start the day. That will slowly fade, staying damp in shetland, but much of scotland and Northern Ireland, sunny spells and a dry afternoon after a chilly start. A chilly start in northern england, a few fog patches around. Cloud increasing from the south. The further south you are in northern england, you could see some rain edging in during the afternoon. Highs of around 12 16 degrees that will make for a warmer day in northern scotland then we had on thursday. So, still some rain and brisk winds into england and wales overnight and into saturday morning. If anything, these north easterly winds will start to strengthen a bit further as the night goes on. Slightly chilly where we have some clear spells in scotland and Northern Ireland. So, as we go on through saturday, then, more rain to come, heavy at times in england and wales. It may clear from parts of south east england and east anglia into the afternoon. Rain heading from east to west across scotland, reaching in towards Northern Ireland saturday evening, saturday night. Still very windy, particularly across parts of South West England and into the channel islands. Similar temperatures to what we see on friday. Further rain overnight and into sunday, with low pressure sitting right across the uk on sunday. There will be outbreaks of rain or showers, some heavy, around. Still quite windy around this area of low pressure, and rain totals certainly mounting towards north east scotland and, over several days, mounting across South West England. That does bring the prospect of seeing some flooding where we are going to see the heaviest rain and some travel disruption as well. So, a difficult few days to come, weather wise. There are some met Office Weather warnings. Check out all of those details online. This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Deal, or no deal . Britain and the eu enter their last formal day of brexit talks, with businesses none the wiser as to their future trading relationship. The house of representatives passes a 2. 2 trillion stimulus package for the us economy. But objections from the white house and republicans could mean it never gets past the senate. We start in brussels, where the final round of brexit talks between the uk and eu is due to end later. Time to reach a deal on future trade is running out. The transition period, which has kept the uk and eu on existing trading terms, ends on 31 december. Uk Prime Minister borisjohnson has said any trade deal needs to be agreed by the european summit on 15th october if its going to be ready for the start of 2021. With three months to go, businesses still dont know what they are preparing for no deal, or a deal whose terms have yet to be spelled out. Lets get some reaction from the business world. Allie renison is head of europe and trade policy at the institute of directors, the uk bosses lobby group. Shes in dundee, scotland. Thanks forjoining us. It was a lwa ys thanks forjoining us. It was always going to go to the wire, come what may, i suppose. But how do you feel about the prospects of a workable deal at this stage . I think to some extent it appears on how much that deadline hardens as we approach october 15 and also how much progress is done between now and then. I think weve seen so far that there is not going to bea far that there is not going to be a normal press conference scheduled out of this round of talks. That is what the news was yesterday. So maybe things are looking up, i dont know if we are at that tunnel stage yet, where negotiators tend to get into the landing zone. But were certainly hearing more positive voices than previously. One thing seems clear, there are one or two sectors who are getting increasingly upset, the car industry for example, discovering that some of their car parts mean i will not effectively be qualified as british made cars. I dont know if you would look at that as a negative, or an indicated that yes, deals are being done now . It is potentially an indicator were getting into final landing zone. I dont think we can face value that the car industry does not have it have what it wants. We dont see the details yet. But outside of a customs union, which the uk government doesnt wa nt to which the uk government doesnt want to be in, you have to prove that you can justify having continued tariff treatment. But its a com pletely treatment. But its a completely different situation for a lot of manufacturers in the auto industry, a lot of their cars are actually built with parts from the rest of the world and that makes it much more difficult to actually get the tariff free trade they want. The eu, as expected, is taking legal action against the uk over the breaking of the brexit deal, or at least one or two likely elements of it stop does that bother you at all . If not an academic exercise, it is clearly one which is going to go on way beyond a deal being done or not . Yes, it is bringing us into more of the litigation phase, so to speak. I think it depends on what happens with a trade deal. It is important to know that the infringement proceedings that the European Commission started against the uk, that happens fairly regularly, even against eu states, which is and still bound by eu law. The question is whether the trade deal becomes distinct from that kind of pursued by the European Commission, by the eu, doesnt become linked, or is it treated separately . That will be an interesting question in the months ahead. While we do not yet know what the final picture looks like, one message which seems clear, and our Business Editor simonjackson has seems clear, and our Business Editor Simon Jackson has been looking at this, is that businesses are going to have to have a base in the eu if they wa nt to have a base in the eu if they want to carry on working effectively across the channel. Imean, effectively across the channel. I mean, that is obviously extra cost, extra bureaucracy, and perhaps the sort of red tape that we all thought might be removed if the uk left the eu . That is certainly the easiest way of dealing with clients requirements, and that is the difference between Free Trade Agreement on something more integrated like for example the Single Market or customs union. At the end of the day, those are the key differences. And we have to deal with those. Thank you very much indeed, thanks for joining you very much indeed, thanks forjoining us. That was ali rennison, slightly spooky backdrop to her there. I have to say, have to work on the lights are bit there. Lets go over to washington now, when the last few hours, the house of representatives has passed a 2. 2 trillion stimulus package for the us economy. Its 1 trillion smaller than the one democrats had been pushing for. But the scale of the spending could still be far too much for the white house and republicans, who control the senate. And that could mean the package has little chance of becoming law before the president ial election next month. Is that a fair assessment, you would say . A deal but one not one that is not going to stick . With 33 days to go until the election i think it is still very much down partisan lines. There is a real risk that the numbers you reference, the Senate Republicans looking for a bill ofjust 600 billion, and the House Democrats going to 2. 2 billion, that is still a big gap on both notjust numbers, but also as House Speaker nancy pelosi was talking about, on values. This comes at a crucial time because the us economy, having rebounded pretty strongly over the summer, is just starting to taper off and show signs of running out of speed. I wonder what the markets will make of this . Steven mnuchin seem to be talking up the chances of an arrangement. Well, there has been a lot of talking up of an arrangement for the past three months, and i would say that the equity markets, if not beholden to the prospects of a second stimulus package, certainly have traded quite aggressively on briefing, counter briefing the white house and others on capitol hill. And look, in order to maintaina hill. And look, in order to maintain a positive rebound that has taken place in the equity markets, not just that has taken place in the equity markets, notjust in the us but around the world, i think with 27 million Americans Still claiming some form of unemployment assistance, another package has to be passed for that to continue . You talk about positives. We have the usjob you talk about positives. We have the us job figures coming out again, and they are expected to be pretty good . We are still going to see momentum, still going to see the best part of a million, may bea the best part of a million, may be a few more jobs added, over the past month. The issue is that we still have about 12 million fewer americans in work and before the pandemic hits. The problem is that what employers need is some idea of what demand looks like in the economy, the us economy after covid. The problem is there is still far too much disruption, far too many lockdowns, far too Many Companies cannot bring their walk for sparkle create newjobs. Their walk for sparkle create new jobs. Markets like certainty, as we are told a hundred times a day. Donald trump has just gone hundred times a day. Donald trump hasjust gone into quarantine. What does that mean . I think the markets were brushed at one. I all eyes are on the polling between donald trump andjoe on the polling between donald trump and joe biden. I dont think the fact that one of his key aides has coronavirus and he and first lady are in quarantine is really going to affect equity markets this thank you very much indeed. To see you. Good to see you. Lets go to asia now, and singaporean backed firm Bellagraph Nova says it is pushing ahead with its bid for Newcastle United Football Club. One of the firms co founders Evangeline Shen has been talking to our bbc team in singapore. Sharanjit leyl is following this for us in singapore. An interesting bunch, this lot . Yeah, really interesting. Before i reveal what she has been telling us, it is really a group that has been mired in controversy year since their bid for the club was made public back in august. Has been of questions being asked by the media here, by many observers, about their credibility. They have been criticised particularly for photo shopping their logo in a photo of the three founders of the group, meeting with former president obama. There have been inconsistencies about the companys inconsistencies about the compa nys assets that inconsistencies about the companys assets that have emerged, and they have also had to retract press statements. But as you mention, one of those cofounders, Evangeline Shen, has been speaking exclusively to one of our online team here, and she says they are in regular contact with premier league club, and they are really pushing ahead with the bid for Newcastle United Football Club. She is one of the founders of the company. It is based in paris, actually. But she runs alongside business and cousins nelson and terrance lo. Shen said that bidding for newcastle is really pa rt said that bidding for newcastle is really part of the firms strategy and they had already started planning in terms of who to hire as a trainer, who designed for players, does you know, the 128 year old football clu b know, the 128 year old Football Club is owned by billionaire retailer mike ashley, who put it upfor retailer mike ashley, who put it up for sale back in 2017. There was a £300 million bid forward by a saudi fund that fell apart in august, and Bellagraph Nova then stepped in with a £218 million offer. Ms shen has said that her team had met with mike ashleys representatives just last week, in paris, and on the companys corporate website, Bellagraph Nova says it has got 23,000 employees, its revenues from 2019 were about 12 william dollars. Now, experts say that is really ha rd dollars. Now, experts say that is really hard to verify, as its entities are not publicly listed on any stock exchanges apart from one link company. But of course we know all of this comes, it is no big surprise, there has been recent yea rs surprise, there has been recent years a surprise, there has been recent yea rs a lot surprise, there has been recent years a lot of interest in english Football Clubs from asian investors. You have got all sported by a chinese group, mr city is course owned by thailands king power travel retail group, newcastle have declined to comment yet on this bid. Sharanjit leyl, i know what the fans will be saying, we will believe it when we see it, they have had a long wait for a change of fancier stop last year, the Global Market for diamond jewellery was worth about 80 billion. The pandemic did so much take the sparkle of that industry, it all but ground to a halt, and the boss of mining giant anglo american, which controls the biggest name in diamonds, de beers so things are beginning to recover. For about three or four months we cannot sign a dime cellar diamond anywhere. China was zero and the rest of the world followed. But in the last three orfour months we followed. But in the last three or four months we have seen better sales in china and we saw this time last year stop and ifi saw this time last year stop and if i look across the globe, our gas, and if i look across the globe, ourgas, and it and if i look across the globe, our gas, and it is a guess, is that rough demand is about 70 . We are still seeing less demand at the front and, because we think that jewellers are reducing their stocks and liquidating the Balance Sheets, but from our point, making the Balance Sheet liquid, but from our point of view, the pullman demand was about 70 and it continues to improve. And viewers on bbc world news can see that interview in full with mark cutifani, chief executive of the mining giant anglo american, on talking business with Aaron Heslehurst this weekend. The times are on your screen now with the first airing at 23 30 gmt on saturday. Stay with us on bbc news. Coming up in a moment, pandemic listening habits. On the podcast beam survive without the daily commute . In all russias turmoil, it has never quite come to this. President yeltsin said the day would decide the nations destiny. The nightmare that so many people have feared for so long is playing out its final act here. Russians are killing russians in front of a grandstand audience. 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Downloads of podcasts did see a dip in march and april, as lockdowns around the world meant people were not commuting a popular time to immerse yourself in the spoken word. But will the pandemic have a long term effect on listening habits . Zibby owens is host of the literary podcast moms dont have time to read books. She is in new york. Very good to see you. You are in the right place as far as the coronavirus has hit the city and never has been ahead on your industry and it has probably been a challenging few months . I feel the coronavirus has opened up or opportunity for podcast. People are craving the intimacy that listening provides. Although there is not much commuting there is opportunity for walks and listening around the house. The march april hiatus, which we cannot understand, you think thatis cannot understand, you think that is done and dusted . think so. People are craving content information, and escape from bad news sometimes, and they trust people who they listen to. You are doing very well. Getting into the market i presume is increasingly challenging . There are a lot of shows out there and it is a tough and it would be tough with more and more shows every day but for standout shows there is always an opportunity. In terms of your listeners, has there been a bit of a fall off . No, i actually sold a lot of growth. Explosive growth during the pandemic. I thought of other ways to boost the listenership. A virtual book club, instagram live, i had to be creative. For my show, where i interview authors, books continued to come out and authors need help to publicise their books. I really tried to get to the heart about what people are talking about in their books and the emotional connection and that is something people really want. We should have fed you on with a failed podcast. To keep it going is critically important. I presume there must be a peak podcast point at the same time. It has been a boom over the last few years but somewhere it has to flatline . I agree. At some point there is going to be too much. There is only so much listening power people have. At some point it will stabilise. When you say you focus on books in particular, that is the industry for you, effectively . It is. 100 . Can that continue to grow . Again, book reading was up to grow . Again, book reading was up as to grow . Again, book reading was up as well. There was a drop and fora was up as well. There was a drop and for a while that was operational constrain but now theres not enough factories to meet the demand. People are craving stories and that is something that has been from the beginning of time and i think that books that connect with people, there is always room for them. Not much room in your library now a couple of spaces on your top shelf. Very good to see you. Thank you. Taxi drivers will soon go the way of typists as a job consigned to history. Thats the view of technology bosses in china where they are hoping to make driverless taxis an everyday reality within the next few years. Or even sooner if you live in shanghai where robotaxis are now available to the public as part of a trial backed by tech and retail giant alibaba. Our correspondent robin brant took a ride this is the car. Lets talk to the driver, not you. The driver is and you, all the tech is in the back which is what controls, analyses and processes but of course, it is top secret. The driver who is not driving, thejob is the driver who is not driving, the job is about safety, intervening if there is any problem. His feet are above the panel but as far as i can see he does not do anything unless he does not do anything unless he feels something dangerous is about to happen. While we are being driven along by a driver who is not the driver, we can see on the device and so can he, a rendering of the environment outside being co nsta ntly environment outside being constantly produced and analysed by the computer. It shows the car, buildings, it shows the car, buildings, it shows everything. This is definitely the most cautious approach to an intersection i have ever seen in my life. 82nd left on a green light and it does not want to go. Now it is going, i suppose it is checking if it is safe. Hovering a bit, senses there is a truck coming. Cautious but fine. The truth is, it feels quite safe because you know he is that with hands and feet ready so it is not the ultimate test of autonomous driving. We know we have a safety net here. I feel like im in a car with someone feel like im in a car with someone who has learned to drive a bit but has not passed the test yet. We are going to talk via now. The brewing history has taken a hit because of the pandemic, restrictions on bars, festival, sporting events and that has rained away many of the usual streams. It seems there is now a new challenge, a shortage of ca ns to a new challenge, a shortage of cans to put the beer in. Demand has been soaring as consumers have been stocking up and it is making life singly difficult for brewers in the us in particular. Lesterjonesjoins us. Particular. Lesterjonesjoins us. He is from the trade association for usb distributors. It is bad news coming from the good news of a boost in demand . Hello, how are you. I hope you can hear me. I can hear you, there seems to be some sound coming over the other feed but i will do my best. It seems like there is bad news coming out of the good news of a spike in demand for hand drinks . Yes, what we have seen hand drinks . Yes, what we have seenin hand drinks . Yes, what we have seen in the early part of the covid crisis is loads of people filled up there pantry and it shifted a lot of supply around the marketplace in the us. How is it, knowing there is an increase in demand for beer in a cans, that you run out of aluminium. Surely that is a simple enough process to work out . Most people do not realise that the Beer Industry is planned well in advance and what happened during the early days of the covid prices establishments were shut down and when the date shut down, it took away our draft beer and put out keg flow out of commission and brought the packaging forward in the year so we packaging forward in the year so we found ourselves short of basic canned supplies. Is there a simple answer to that . Go to bottles . A simple answer to that . Go to bottles . Once again, brewing is a very well planned out process. We spent time planning well ahead. We are trying to figure out where all the beer needs to go to get to the consumer so when needs to go to get to the consumer so when things happen so consumer so when things happen so dramatically and suddenly, the whole supply chain, from the whole supply chain, from the can manufacture, bottle manufacturer right through to the broader gets turned on its head and it takes a long time to readjust and get back to some kind of normal supply chain. Dont get me wrong, we are not out of here in this country but you do not necessarily get all the beer in the right places at the right time and that is what we are experiencing now. Running out of cad is a problem, running out of beer is a crisis. Cans. Lesterjones, thank you for joining cans. Lesterjones, thank you forjoining us. You are watching bbc news, more coverage throughout the day, not least on donald trump going into quarantine over fears about the coronavirus. Thank you for watching. Hello. September was a drier than average month across much of the uk, but as you know, its october now, and here comes the rain, initially from this area of low pressure, named storm alex by the Weather Service in france for impacts there, but nonetheless, parts of the uk are also going to see some very wet and windy weather from that during friday. Particularly in england and wales, where it starts very wet in southern england and south wales. The rain moves northwards across the rest of wales, the midlands and east anglia during the day. It clears from parts of southern england, though, to further showers, and its windy with those strong easterly winds gusting on the south coast, perhaps nearer 60 mph at times, especially the coast of South West England, nearer70 mph in the channel islands. Now, for scotland and Northern Ireland, well, there are a few showery bursts of rain in north west scotland to the west of Northern Ireland to start the day. That will slowly fade, staying damp in shetland, but much of scotland and Northern Ireland, sunny spells and a dry afternoon after a chilly start. A chilly start in northern england, a few fog patches around. Cloud increasing from the south. The further south you are in northern england, you could see some rain edging in during the afternoon. Highs of around 12 16 degrees that will make for a warmer day in northern scotland then we had on thursday. So, still some rain and brisk winds into england and wales overnight and into saturday morning. If anything, these north easterly winds will start to strengthen a bit further as the night goes on. Slightly chilly where we have some clear spells in scotland and Northern Ireland. So, as we go on through saturday, then, more rain to come, heavy at times in england and wales. It may clear from parts of south east england and east anglia into the afternoon. Rain heading from east to west across scotland, reaching in towards Northern Ireland saturday evening, saturday night. Still very windy, particularly across parts of South West England and into the channel islands. Similar temperatures to what we see on friday. Further rain overnight and into sunday, with low pressure sitting right across the uk on sunday. There will be outbreaks of rain or showers, some heavy, around. Still quite windy around this area of low pressure, and rain totals certainly mounting towards north east scotland and, over several days, mounting across South West England. That does bring the prospect of seeing some flooding where we are going to see the heaviest rain and some travel disruption as well. So, a difficult few days to come, weather wise. There are some met Office Weather warnings. Check out all of those details online. Good morning welcome to breakfast with Charlie Stayt and naga munchetty. Our headlines today the mp who travelled from london to scotland despite knowing she had covid 19, faces mounting pressure to resign sturgeon. President donald trump and the first lady go into quarantine after one of his closest aides tests positive for coronavirus. New coronavirus measures come into place tonight in the north