Is a hoax is rising. They show how conspiracies if; catching hello, welcome to the programme. In exactly one week public time voters in america will be deciding who the next president of the United States will be. His election has already proved remarkable for the Record Number of postal votes a nd the Record Number of postal votes and early voting going on in many states. While the democratic candidate joe biden is currently leading President Trump in the National Polls, that does not guarantee victory of course. The race is still very much on and our north american editor is one of the states being watched very closely, georgia. One week to go, and joe biden has georgia of all places on his mind. No democrat has won here in decades, yet polls suggest this once rock solid republican state is there for the taking. Joe, go home though famous Southern Hospitality was markedly absent from the Trump Supporters who lined the roads leading to where he was speaking. And look at the difference between this and a trump rally, social distancing strictly maintained. Dont move out of your white circle, masks not an option. I am running to heal this nation, i have said that from the beginning, it is badly necessary. So where are we with the race between donald trump and joe biden . Lead across the country, latest average say he is as much as ten points up on donald trump, but in us elections, National Polls are slightly meaningless. Remember, in 2016, Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by three million and still lost the presidency to donald trump. The key to this election is what happens in the swing states. Joe biden has a steady lead in wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvania, the three Northern Industrial states that propelled donald trump to victory in 2016, but hes also level or ahead in iowa, georgia, North Carolina and arizona. And it is the same picture in florida and texas. And werejoe biden to win one of the last two states, its hard to see how donald trump can win. The remarkable phenomenon about this election is early voting. In 2016,135 million americans cast a ballot in the president ial election. With a week to go, so far more than 60 million americans have already voted, and that means if turnout remains the same, well, nearly half of americans have already voted. What is also astonishing is the number of young people who voted early. In 2016, in michigan, 7000 people aged between 18 and 29 went to the polls before polling day. This time round, it is over 140,000 so far. In other words, a 20 fold increase. And its a similar story in florida and North Carolina. And in georgia, that number is 31,000 in 2016. Its already 170,000 this year. These are numbers thought to favour the democrats massively, but donald trump says hes confident that next tuesday there will be a red wave of his supporters coming to vote that will propel him to victory. Hes doing multiple rallies per day. Today hes en route to michigan, wisconsin and nebraska. Ive got to say, im working my ass off here and there is a sophisticated data Mining Operation that takes place at these events, ensuring that everyone who attends is also registered to vote. This was his successful 2016 playbook. 0ur north american correspondent there in georgia. Joe biden has been campaigning there today. The president is camping in three midwest states today, here he is in wisconsin a short time ago. His election asa a short time ago. His election as a choice between a trump super recovery as a choice between a trump super recovery or a as a choice between a trump super recovery or a bite in depression. Thats what you will have a brazen taxes. Biggest tax increase in our history, its ridiculous. A choice between a trump boom or a biden lockdown. And we were at the donald trump rally in wisconsin. The latest step in a frantic dash around the midwest. She sent this report just after the president wrapped up up his speech. We are in the crucial Battle Ground state of wisconsin in the village of west to save them where President Trump was undressing his supporters. Several thousand people had gathered here to listen to the president. Really its the israelis that the president lives for. Being among his supporters in the final days of this campaign. They did not really feel like there was a Global Pandemic here, people we re Global Pandemic here, people were not socially distancing, many were not met Wearing Masks. 0f many were not met Wearing Masks. Of course wisconsin is by the states in the United States that the worst affected. The fatalities are going up, hospitalizations are going up, and several thousand cases on a daily basis. Things are quite bad in terms of covid 19 here in wisconsin but it is clearly a state that is crucial for donald trump and delivered him the victory in 2016, and propelled him to the white house. And really hoping for a wisconsin sequel that people will come out and vote for him again in the selection. In less than a weeks time. Next, a judge in michigan has ruled that voters can bring guns to polling stations. Christopher murray struck down a directive by the michigan secretary of state banning the open carrying of firearms on election day. The state attorney general has vowed to appeal against the ruling. Lets get some of the days of the news now. About 30 Police Officers have been injured and violent protests in philadelphia after the Fatal Shooting by police of a black man. They say two officers opened fire on 27 year old Walter Wallace and he refused their order to drop a knife he was holding. His father says his son, who has suffered from Mental Health problems, appear to have been shot ten times. They were escorted such as the leader of the nexium cult to 120 years in keith starved and Branded Women and force them to have sex with them. He was convicted of racketeering, sex trafficking and having possession of. Deposits in a bed of the arctic ocean or be released into the sea. Samples collected of the coast of siberia so surface levels of the putting Green House Gas is higher than normal. They state that the methane is probably being released because warmer water from the atlantic is decreasing sea temperatures. It would be running shot is going to the 2013 and was later convicted for murder. The locking. Such as that found it may decline sooner sooner than had been previously thought. A study by imperial couege thought. A study by Imperial College london from the number of people with covid 19 antibodies have followed by a quarter between june and september. Antibodies the best against they block the virus from entering our cells, and stay around in case of reinfection, but the latest research has found they dont last long. It does suggest that immunity is likely to wane over time after youve been infected, and were now about six months past that first wave of infection. This is not particularly surprising because seasonal coronaviruses, which weve known about for a long time, do tend to produce some immunity, but it does wane after 6 12 months. This is one of the largest surveys of its kind, carried out across england on more than 350,000 people. In june, scientists found that 6 of adults who had been tested had detectible coronavirus antibodies. By september, though, that had fallen to 4. 4 . Thats a drop of more than a quarter in a matter of months, and the fastest decline was seen in people aged over 75, and in those whod had the virus with no symptoms. So does this mean you can get covid twice . There have now been a few confirmed cases of reinfection, but its not yet clear whether symptoms are less severe the Second Time Around because the bodys defences are already primed, and scientists are studying other parts of the immune system, like t cells, to see if they play a longer lasting role. All of this has implications for the vaccines in development around the world. If Natural Immunity doesnt last long, what does this mean for them . I think we should remain optimistic about the up and coming sars cov 2 vaccines. They will work in very different ways to drive the immune response. And so we can remain hopeful that they will indeuce a more robust and more long lasting immune response that will protect people for much longer than natural infection would. It may well be that future Covid Vaccines need to be administered more than once. Achieving herd immunity is unlikely without a vaccine, especially if antibodies to natural infection are shortlived. So for now, it means everyones sticking to the rules of hands, face and space, as theres still much we need to learn about coronavirus and immunity. Rebecca morelle, bbc news. Stay with us on bbc news, still to come how china is doing deals across asia and africa to supply a National Immunisation programmes. Indira gandhi, ruler of the Worlds Largest democracy, died today. 0nly yesterday shed spoken of dying in the service of her country and said, i would be proud if it. Every drop of my blood will contribute to the growth of this nation. After 46 years of unhappiness, and these two countries have concluded a chapter of history. No more suspicion, no more fear, no more uncertainty of what each day might bring. Boost to ignition and lift off of discovery with a crew of six astronaut heroes and one american legend. This is beautiful. A milestone in human history. Born today, this girl in india is the seven billionth a milestone in human history. Born today, this girl in india is the seven billionth person on the planet. This is bbc news, the latest headlines. With one week to go until the us election, campaigning intensifies for donald trump and his rivaljoe biden levels of covid 19 antibodies in people whove had the virus diminish quite rapidly, say scientists. New Research Shows significant numbers of people around the world believe conspiracy theories about covid 19 and the number is growing steadily. These include theories that the pandemic is a hoax or was started deliberately. The Public Opinion survey conducted by the Yougov Cambridge globalism project Shows Growing numbers of people believe that governments are deliberately and massively exaggerating the death rate. According to this survey, 38 percent of people in the United States believe the death rate from the pandemic has been greatly exaggerated. There are similar findings in many other countries in nigeria the number reaches 59 . Here in the uk that figure is 22 with more that one out of every five people believing they are being deliberately misled with an inflated death rate. The survey also found substantial numbers of people believe the pandemic is a complete myth. In poland, 20 agreed with that statement. The percentages were similar in several other countries while in the United States 13 think the pandemic is a myth. So why do many people believe in these conspiracy theories . Dan romer is the Research Director of Annenberg Public Policy Center at the university of pennsylvania. He recently conducted a similar survey in the us on coronavirus conspiracy theories. They are hard to prove to be false, part of the problem is. By nature of different kind of belief because they rely on sources that are not necessarily credible and information that cannot be fact checked. So its very difficult to refute them and at the same time you have people who are inclined for various reasons to believe that what they are told by elites in the government, journalist such as yourself, medical professionals with a distrust elites. Lets dig into that little bit. What youre suggesting there is the answer is quite deep and psychological, there must be reasons why people want to believe these conspiracy theories or is it just a lack of Critical Thinking abilities . Previous research has found that the people who are inclined to believe them are people who feel removed from power. They are powerless economically, politically, so in the us we see people like disadvantaged minority groups are more likely to believe them. And we also see people were supporters of the president in part because conservative media, which supports the president , have also suggested some of these is theories and members of administration have provided statements that also give people reason to believe that these conspiracies may be true. So whats the answer here . Is this something in schools, a better teaching of a basic understanding of critical reasoning and a probability, burden of proof, and things like that or is there a deeper emotional education that is needed . Well its difficult to say what kind of education would be needed, because its very easy to think that the people who believe these things are somehow deficient in their abilities to process information. I dont think thats the case. They are absorbing information left and right through social media, conservative media, its the source that matters. And if they dont avail themselves of information from other sources and believe it than they are going to be stuck with these beliefs. I think what we need is for people who are typically look to and who support these theories, will have to start saying maybe these theories are not true, and if that happens that might be a way out of this problem. Just very briefly, im afraid we have just ten seconds left, but do you think this is a growing problem or are we just more aware of it because we have more social media and more connected . Its a growing problem in terms of the pandemic because it gets in the way of people doing things that the Public Health communities as they should do like Wearing Masks and getting vaccinated. Its a huge problem in that respect. I dont think its any more of a problem in general that has been previously. 0ur our thanks to dan there. The president of the philippines says it took to strike a deal with beijing for access to a new Covid Vaccine by the end of the year. His countrys looking to join several others in asia and africa, intent on securing supplies for National Immunisation programmes. Chinas already vaccinated hundreds of thousands of people, despite none of the products having cleared the final stage of testing. Natasha kassam is a china expert whos been following all this. Shes based at the lowy institute, an International Affairs think tank based in sydney. What is behind then, this drive by china is a great question. I received theres been negotiations between china all around the world. In the middle east and in south america. In africa and in southeast asia. We have already seen quite a few deals come to fruition where china offers provincial access to the vaccine free doses, massive loans to pay for vaccines. This is happening without there being a vaccine being cleared for use yet. For china this is an opportunity to present itself as the leader of Global Public goods to see that they are in fact leading the world and global Public Health and perhaps repair some of the reputational damage that has been incurred by various aggressive behaviour from beijing over the past year, but also of course that countries blame china for the pandemic. But people say if this vaccine is proved to be effective this is and unadulterated good thing and the more people to have it the better. Its absolutely the as much as you might be worried about what countries will receive the vaccine from china, you might be very hawk is about their intentions but for many of these countries, a vaccine that works is a good thing. We have to remember that one of the reasons so many countries are looking to china for this vaccine is because the other world superpowers come the United States, has vacated the scene on this. The United States has not even joined the International Facility to prioritise manufacturing and sharing vaccines once they are available. Countries very much looking to china and the tickets in best interest particularly in tunisia or india where the pandemic is so severe. Gives a sense of how this is being viewed in china. In china i think there are a lot of questions. Of course people want china to have the vaccine first, they wanted to be shared as well. They see it is good for the chinese reputation and for china taking its place back of the world stage. At the same time a lot of trials are happening and of course there are concerns that these vaccines are not ready yet. The issue here is that in china the country is basically getting covid 19 under control entirely. You might disagree with the measures taken to do that but thats the facts now. We need for the vaccine is not as important there as perhaps it is in other countries. It is a lot of value seen by people in providing a public good. I know its only a best guess at the stage, but how widely the chinese will be exiting the world if it all goes according to plan, and if the tests come back and is proved to be effective . Its really hard to say. As 11 vaccines and last each of their trial at the moment. Four of those from chinese manufacturers. I think any of them have a good chance of getting them but we also have a very significant chance of not having a vaccine can weve never successfully created a vaccine for a coronavirus before. Its very hard to say but i think every country will be lining up to get those vaccines if they become available. Great to speak to you, thank you very much for coming on. An attempt by migrants to channel from frances an attempt by migrants to cross the channel from france has resulted in tragedy, after two adults and two children died when the boat carrying them sank. French Officials Say 15 others have been taken to hospital. A large search and rescue operation was launched after the vessel was seen in difficulty near dunkirk. More than 7,400 migrants have reached the uk in small boats this year, thats a significant rise from 2019 when 1,825 crossed successfully. From dunkirk, heres nick bea ke its a significant rise from 2019. The search for a better life in britain ended in this corner of france this morning. Of all the days to attempt the perilous crossing, this was not the one. Rough waters, high winds. Rescue teams responded after a small migrant vote was spotted in trouble. Two adults and a five year old and a eight year old, all from iran could not be saved. Translation at this stage, the appraisal of the situation is not yet complete. We think there are 19 20 people and one person is missing who possibly could be an infant. We are still trying to firm up the details with the help of an interpreter but there are people who we are scared to push too far but who are able to talk to us. Earlier this year, the scale of this problem became vividly clear, the desperation of those clinging to life, the british navy has been patrolling these waters as part of the fight against what Boris Johnson tonight called the ruthless criminal gangs exploiting vulnerable people. Officials say they have stopped 650 crossings in the past week alone. There have been crossings in the winter months every year since this phenomenon started in 2018 but clearly the numbers have been extremely high this year, unacceptably high and that has been driven by a number of factors, including covid and the switch and travel patterns. We are responding to that with the french in order to reduce the number of crossings and in the viability of this route. The migrant votes seized in British Ports tell their own story, but the government has said that france needs to do more to hold the crossings and the home secretary says she wants the route to the uk to be unviable, a stance which has been praised and criticised. None of the people here want to get into boats and they do not want to put their children through the risks. If they have an alternative, im sure they would take it. What we need to do is give them an alternative that they can take and it is not right, these are ordinary people and the children are just like others, they play, laugh and do not want to get into boats. As local French Hospital care for the people who were plucked from the water today, investigators continue their work. The people smugglers of calais and dunkirk are said to have warned migrants living nearby that tougher British Action is imminent and that may force the hand of those who feel they have nothing to lose. Nick beake, bbc news, dunkirk. Thats nearly hit from meat for this hour, but just thats nearly hit from meat for this hour, butjust before i go. Finally halloween is fast approaching and if you were wondering how to achieve socially distanced trick or treating, heres one solution a mother in the us state of arkansas has come up with a candy chute, to ensure that the sweets craved by the Younger Generation on 31st of october can be delivered safely. Its made of pvc pipes, spray paint and connectors. Add to that a Remote Control doorbell and bucket on and the transaction is entirely contactless. A reminder of our top story, with a week to go before the us president ial election donald trump has accuses opponents of misleading americans about the pandemic in order to discredit him. He accused the media of exaggerating the impact of coronavirus and told voters that a choice between the trump boom or a biden lockdown. Thats it from me. You can reach me on twitter im lvaughanjones. This is bbc news, bye bye. Hello there, its going to remain very unsettled for the rest of this week thanks to areas of low pressure which will bring spells of rain and gales at times. Today also very unsettled. Weve got sunshine and blustery showers, these heavy and thundery across western and southern areas. All tied in with this area of low pressure which actually contains the remnants of what was hurricane epsilon. Some extremely strong winds on its southern flank racing across the north atlantic and that is generating some very big waves today across some western coastlines. You could even see some disruption to the Ferry Services for western scotland at times. And if you are walking out near the coastline in the west, just take extra care. Now, lots of showers will be affecting many western portions of the uk. Some merging together to produce longer spells of rain for parts of wales, central and southern england though some brighter echoes indicating some hail and thunder mixed into some of the heaviest of the showers. The best chance of seeing the lengthier sunny spells will be across the eastern parts of england but it will be a cooler day today than we what had yesterday, 10 13 celsius. The showers continue on for a while during wednesday night but then they begin to fade away. The skies clear and it turns a bit chilly in the far north and east but further west, temperatures begin to rise with the next weather system arriving, bringing more wet and windy weather. You can see it here on the pressure chart racing up from the south west, lots of isobars on the chart. So, its going to turn very windy once again. So, wet for southern and Western Areas to start thursday, dry and bright in the north. The rain will eventually reach much of scotland, all but the northern isles. Behind it, it will tend to turn a little bit drier, perhaps a little bit brighter but it will be windy. You will notice milder airgetting in the mid teens celsius here. 11 degrees across the north of scotland. Thursday night will remain very windy and mild, and it will stay wet across northern and Western Areas. In fact, rainfall totals really starting to mount up across parts of western scotland, northern and western england, and wales where we could see some minorflooding by the end of friday. It starts to brighten up for scotland and Northern Ireland into the afternoon, and we could see some brighter spells across the south east. And given that very mild air mass, we could see 18 or 19 degrees across the south and east. As we head on into the weekend, more low pressure systems racing off the atlantic, some very deep ones here which could bring a spell of gales or even severe gales in places. This is bbc world news, the headlines. With a week to go before the us president ial election, donald trump has accused his opponents of misleading americans about the pandemic in order to discredit him. He accused the media of exaggerating the impact of coronavirus. And told voters they had a choice between a trump boom or a bite on lockdown. Joe biden has made a scathing attack on Donald Trumps handling of the pandemic. He said the president had failed the people by refusing to endorse social distancing or encourage people to wear masks. He campaigned in georgia, estate not won by Democratic Party candidate in decades. Scientists say levels of protective antibodies in people drop quite rapidly after covid 19 infection. Research by Imperial College london suggests immunity could only last a few months and many people could get reinfected. The drop was most noticeable in people over 65 and people who had not shown symptoms. Now on bbc news, its hardtalk