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After weeks of protests in belarus britain and canada oppose the eight imposed sanctions against all officials. And donald trump and joe biden get ready to go head to head in the first president ial debate. More thani more than 1 million more thani Million People have now died from covid 19 globally. While thatis died from covid 19 globally. While that is shocking we are told the true figure is much higher. We have updates across the globe but lets first hear from the un secondary. Our world has reached an agonising milestone. The loss of1 million lives from the cove delete not covid 19 pandemic. Its a mind numbing figure. Yet we must never lose sight of each and every individual lives they were wives and husbands brothers and sisters friends and colleagues. The pain has been multiplied by the savage and as of this disease for that we can ove ico m e of this disease for that we can overcome this challenge but we must learn from the mistakes. Responsible leadership matters. Science matters, cooperation matters and misinformation kills. We first learned of the virus nearly ten months ago in china. You remember those images of the Seafood Market in wuhan suspected to be at the centre of the outbreak. Wuhan recorded its first death they are on january the 11th. Three months later in the world marked its first major milestone when deaths pass 100,000. Less tha n milestone when deaths pass 100,000. Less than three months later that figure passed half a million. And here we are now, 1 million recorded deaths. Thats 3816 deaths a day. 159 every hour or 1 dying every 30 seconds. So, this pandemic is far from being under control. Something the who reminded of today. Here special envoy on covid 19 speaking to the bbc. Certainly it has picked up to the bbc. Certainly it has picked up in the last few weeks. We are seeing increasing numbers all over europe, we are seeing them in russia, canada as well. We are also seeing the fire is continuing to spread in latin america and south asia. We must not assume that this is anywhere near the end will stop if it was remarkably as though we are going back into the dark space again. Three countries account for nearly half of all deaths. They are brazil, india and in the us. Together they recorded more than 15 million cases of the 33 million worldwide. Daily cases across the globe are rising quickly. Heres the who on what governments should be doing to control it. One is to prevent the spread of the virus within clusters. We know the virus is spreading among the cluster of people. We need to detect those clusters quickly and tried to prevent. Secondly to reduce the mortality of this virus by protecting those who are the most vulnerable. Elderly people, people with underlying conditions, as well as front line workers. We also need to understand that we all have to, a role to play to protect ourselves and our loved ones. Taking those basic preventive measures such as avoiding close contact, wearing masks, coughing, basically trying to reduce the risk of the spread. There is some good news, we are told a test i can diagnose the virus in minutes could dramatically expand testing. Perhaps a game changer in countries where experts ate low testing is disguising the true spread of the outbreak. Here is David Navarro from the who speaking to the bbc again. We have been handicapped by the reality that we arejust handicapped by the reality that we are just not able to know where the viruses because we dont have enough tests a nd viruses because we dont have enough tests and we dont get the results from the task quickly enough. The arrival of these new tas, these are the first two, i think there will be more. Because theres a lot of research under way. The arrival of these tests will indeed change things. They are talking about 100 million doses, the world is going to need billions of these new tests. They are in strips and they are easy to do. So im very excited about this. Ijust to do. So im very excited about this. I just want to see more. To do. So im very excited about this. Ijust want to see more. We are 126,000 tests over six months thatis are 126,000 tests over six months that is not going to go far. Not going to go far. We need billions. We are going to look at latin america and europe. Lets start in the us which has the highest fatalities by fire. 205,000 deaths, 7 million cases. Looking at this for us as our 7 million cases. Looking at this for us as our Global Health correspondent. Although the United States did manage to get its daily infection rate down in the last month from the peaks we start in july at around 60,000 new infections a day, we are now seeing the virus search again in many states in the us. So for example, utah, north da kota, us. So for example, utah, north dakota, south dakota, also a very serious situation developing in wisconsin. 0nce serious situation developing in wisconsin. Once again we are seeing Health Systems across the world come under pressure. Next brazil and more sobering statistics. Its recorded more than 141,000 deaths. The highest in latin america. Cases are up highest in latin america. Cases are upfor. 7 highest in latin america. Cases are up for. 7 million. The third highest in the world. These stark images illustrate the crisis. Its row upon iow illustrate the crisis. Its row upon row of graves. This drone footage was captured in manaus the capital of Brazils Amazonas state. We are told that while daily cases are fluctuating, they are down from their peak of 69,000 a day. Here is how the rest of latin america is looking for some argentina which despite an early and Strict Lockdown is catching up with brazil with virus cases it now has more than 700,000 recorded cases. If you compare dust they are significantly lower. We talked a lot about columbia, peru and mexico which all had major outbreaks and deaths have been well into the thousands. We know Health Care Staff are increasingly under pressure. Heres a reminder of that. These pictures have come into the newsroom from the peruvian capital lima. Doctors are demanding better conditions and personal protection to carry out theirjobs. Lets talk to the bbc monitoring joining us from miami. First of all tell us about these very big numbers it in brazil, rio and brasilia the worst affected. Yes, Brazilian Health authorities are saying is that these two centres of populations are basically where the majority of the cases are. They are reporting one death per each 957 inhabitants in the capital and brasilia. And one that per every 963 inhabitants in rio dejaneiro. The situation we have been seeing across the re reporting in latin america particularly in brazil is that the authorities are saying that people are not following social distancing rules. In the use of masks is not as strict as it was a couple of months ago. Looking elsewhere on the continent, peru seems to be particularly badly hit economically speaking. Yes, the situation in peru and many other countries in latin america has to do with the informal job sector. A lot of people in these countries are self employed and have to go out on the streets to earn their living. So what this is created is a situation in which because people were in their homes and were not able to go out and not able to earn their living, create a financial storm that right now is being evidence in peru. The World Labour Organisation is saying that the situation in peru and other latin american countries could go well beyond 2022. Very briefly, those countries try to get back to some normality columbia not columbia starting International Flights last week. We saw columbia start International Flights. Week. We saw columbia start internationalflights. Mexico week. We saw columbia start International Flights. Mexico has started a colour coding system depending on the number of cases. And weve seen in argentina a case ofa and weve seen in argentina a case of a priest calling people going to mass to not wear face and being prosecuted for having risked the lives of people rafael, thank you very much. Raphaelwho is lives of people rafael, thank you very much. Raphael who is in lives of people rafael, thank you very much. Raphaelwho is in miami. Lets focus on europe now. We have seen lets focus on europe now. We have seen a resurgence of lets focus on europe now. We have seen a resurgence of infections and stricter social distancing guidelines and restrictions on businesses being brought into court doing that control a second way. The netherlands and germany but first spain which he has once again seen a steep rise in cases. Spain has been the european country with the highest number of total infections. Its now at around 750,000 cases registered since the pandemic began. And thats been a phenomenon weve seen and thats been a phenomenon weve seen growing sense the end of the national lockdown. At the end of june when restrictions were lifted. Ever since then weve seen a number of cases rising fairly steadily and more recently that trend has accelerated. The number of deaths and hospitalizations are still relatively small compared to the peak of the first way. Back in march and april. At the big concern at the moment is the number of infections. We are seeing outbreaks across the country for example today, the north of the country introduced restrictions to around 40,000 people in terms of movement. But the big focus of infections at the moment is madrid. The city of madrid in the region has also been introducing some new restrictions on movement and social activities. Well germinate next. New limits on gatherings to control infection rates which have been rising for weeks. Those who leave false Contact Information at restaurants will now face fines. Lots of concern. Germany is of course the country which was recognised around the world for having getting over its initial infection outbreak relatively well. The numbers are starting to go out. Although they still remain much lower than what were seeing in your pairing countries like france and spain in the uk and last week or so the number of new daily infections has exceeded 2000 several times. Again, they are saying this morning. Of course a lot of concern around scientists Angela Merkel who is reportedly told senior members of her party that by christmas germany could be experiencing more than 19,000 daily infections. If it continues along the current trajectory. A second lockdown doesnt look like its going to be on the card. Politically its not very popular here. Angela merkel saying its not good for the economy and at the moment there is a lot of emphasis on schools and making sure they stay through the autumn and winter. One more update from europe. Compared to its neighbours than they netherlands have avoided strict restrictions. Now we are seeing a rise in cases in tough measures to deal with that. Rise in cases in tough measures to dealwith that. Hannah is rise in cases in tough measures to deal with that. Hannah is in the head with this update. The dutch Prime Minister once described the countries approach to tackling covid 19 as an intelligent lockdown. But as the country is now entering its second wave with one of the most rapidly increasing infection rates in europe he has had to crack down. So from this evening here in the netherlands people are being advised to wear masks and shops for the First Time Since the start of the pandemic in the hague, amsterdam and rotterdam. Bars and restau ra nts amsterdam and rotterdam. Bars and restaurants will have to close at ten oclock. Bands arent allowed to go to sports matches any more and that includes places like this. Pa rents that includes places like this. Parents cant go and watch their Children Play sports and football fields any more for now. People are being advised to work from home when possible. Stay inside if they have coronavirus like symptoms. They are looking now at 20,000 new infections. Every week was up sense last week 20,000 new infections with up last week 20,000 new infections with up by last week 20,000 new infections with up by next week they are predicting 5000 a day. The press conference last night the dutch Health Minister said we are doing our best but the virus is doing better. Many challenges when we compare how well countries are doing for that we know some nations test more than others and count deaths in different ways. To digest this for us here is the bbcs head of data science. To digest this for us here is the bbcs head of data science. We know that the number of deaths that were seeing every day is probably surpassed if you look at the uk with a doctors thought that covid was involved but if you look at the daily figure, deaths within 28 days of positive test that number is much smaller. About 40,000 instead of 57. So if you are limited by testing for the daily figures as most definitions are around the world, the dessa can be driven by the number of test you do. And thats very very different in different countries. The uk i think is doing about for times as many tests per population compared to india. Nine times as many in the population compared to brazil. 0f course youre going to get different figures. I would course youre going to get different figures. Iwould be course youre going to get different figures. I would be very wary of using the number of deaths to compare between countries but more to look at the trends of whats happening any given country or any given region. Its pretty clear that so given region. Its pretty clear that so far to date the most recent weeks the number of deaths wed seen and europe that has fallen away. And the rising cases weve been seeing in recent weeks hasnt yet translated into an equivalent in dos. Most of the guests were staying at the moment are coming from latin america, asia where we have been seeing rises in mexico and brazil and weve been seeing substantial rises in india as well. The uk and canada have imposed sanctions on belarussian president Alexander Lukashenko and a number of his officials because of Election Fraud and violence against protesters. Heres the uk foreign secretary. Time is in the absence because of that went narrow window of opportunity to what is playing out. We cant just have opportunity to what is playing out. We cantjust have a situation where they think the humanised abuses in they think the humanised abuses in the rigging of that election can just pass without them being held to account and without some kind of price. Account and without some kind of price. Britain and canada say they coordinated their sanctions in a bid to uphold Democratic Values and put pressure on those responsible for repression. The uks sanctions target president lukashenko, his son viktor and six officials, including his National Security advisor and chief of staff. Canada targets 11 with its sanctions also including the president. Mr lukashenko continues to hold onto power, in spite of mass protests and claims that the election in august that gave him 80 of the vote was rigged. The president denies Election Fraud. French president , emmanuel macron, has offered europes help in trying to start negotions between the president and opposition leaders. His comments came after he met with sviatla na tsikhanouskaya in lithuania, where she fled after coming second in last months vote. He told that time was very crucial because people are suffering because of this route gm. Too many people are injailand he of this route gm. Too many people are injail and he will do everything just to hurt release of the prisoners. A longtime ally russia continues to stand by. Today president pugin said developers have found itself in a difficult situation and conditions of unprecedented external pressure after the president ial election. The related mac deal relationship are stronger than timer economic circumstances and are based on a solid foundation. Im joined by bbc services yes absolutely. But your experts already discussed how effective they can be. Its not the first sanctions that he is facing. Moreover these sanctions, many target his son and various heads of Security Forces, heads of army. These people dont travel through canada or to the united kingdom. That often. I would say the sanctions are very seat significant. They matter more as a signal rather than a direct action which will influence anyway be a real push to bellerose. How significant were those scenes today of svetlana meeting world leader then president not from france . Of course this was a very symbolic meeting for other representatives of opposition. But here the trouble is the European Union hasnt introduced sanctions. There are talks about that but cyprus has been working that decision for a while. The main point of micron informing is whether to agree from sanctions of the European Union it should be introduced. Whether those sanctions should be just political or economic as well. The thing which does matter is his economy. He relies on the support of the Security Forces and also from people who work at the factories. As you rememberfrom people who work at the factories. As you remember from the people who work at the factories. As you rememberfrom the previous he only got really worried when factory workers started to protest. Olga, has the protest movement managed to maintain its momentum despite the effo rts maintain its momentum despite the efforts of the lukashenko regime to suppress it or extinguish a . Despite all the pressure people keep coming to the streets of belarus was up there trying to invent new methods women keep coming and despite the fa ct women keep coming and despite the fact that leaders and local leaders of opposition and the tremendous stress under tremendous pressure are put into jails, thats the unique and interesting thing about belarus its doesnt and it doesnt have leaders at the same time. So people keep coming, new leaders keep appearing. Thank you very much. Three underground lakes have been detected near the south pole of mars. Scientists also confirmed the existence of a fourth lake the presence of which was hinted at in 2018. This is the image the scientists came up with using data from a radar instrument on the European Space agencys mars express spacecraft. We will show you the images later. You can see a main lake there surrounded by at least three smaller bodies of water. Co author Elena Pettinelli from Roma Tre University in italy. Liquid water is vital for biology, so the finding will be of interest to researchers studying the potential for life elsewhere just tell us a little bit more about what you found. We acquired more data after the first papers in 2018 where we start to see something quite interesting that we eventually interpret as a body of water and it was based just on very few 29. We decided to enlarge the area, acquire more dater that took other years, actually. Because we collect data for other field four years. And we look at the results after processing the dater ina results after processing the dater in a different way. This time we are trying to process the dater like we do in antarctica and greenland. When we use the radar and we look for lea ks. At we use the radar and we look for leaks. At the end of this procedure of processing all this data we found out actually, the main body of water was there was quite visible in the data. We also find that three small bodies that was surrounding the main one this little bodies of water are separated by strips of since dried terrain from the main body of water. Just tell us why this is so significant in the vast scheme of things. For scientists who are looking for potential signs of life elsewhere in the solar system, how and horton is liquid water . Oh, this is extremely important. Because of course liquid water life and harbor. Of course, if there is water on the surface the microbes or the organisms that are developing can be safe from radiation or other bad conditions in the environment. Of course, for life as we know it water is extremely important for developing. In this water in particular however, is apparently very salty indeed. 0ne particular however, is apparently very salty indeed. One of the chances of any microbes being able to thrive . We dont have any way to test the water. And see how salty it is. However, our idea that the water is. However, our idea that the water is salt comes from the fact that the base of the ice in these lakes are 1. 5 km of ice. At that depth the temperature is still very low and is lower than the temperature for liquid water like pure water can stay as a liquid form, and so we think that there is a certain amount of salt inside the water. And that can keep that bodies liquid. 0f course the salt in a certain quantity can help to develop life there microbes that live quite well and insulting legs and salt environment but not too much. Im fascinating but unfortunately we have to leave it there. Thank you so much about telling us about your discovery. If you were watching yesterday youll have seen our exclusive interview with Sir David Attenborough when he told us that his hopes for the future lie in the hands of children. So we thought we would find out what burning questions little attenborough fans would put to the man himself. Lets take a look. Hi, david. I would like to know whats your favourite places, and how theyve changed. My favourite place was a woodland in the middle of england, in lincolnshire. And it had rocks around it which were full of fossils. Wonderful things, shells, some of them big ones. And sometimes you could hit a rock sometimes they were sitting out there and you just turned over the rock and there it was. And it was you were the first person ever to see that. And it hadnt seen the sun for maybe 150 million years. Think about that hi, my names elliott and i am six years old and i have a question. What is your favourite dinosaur . Well, elliott, there was a huge animal that flew over the dinosaurs, as big as a small aeroplane, called quetzalcoatlus. And it had huge wings, just as big as an aeroplane. And it was the biggest animal that everflew, and none of us could work out how it got off the ground, because how do you beat the wings . Its a mystery. State with us on pvc will be looking ahead to two nights president ial debate. Hello. After a large swathe of the uk enjoying a dry and sunny afternoon, our weather picture is looking very different for tomorrow. Wet and windy pretty much across the board. The wind will start to pick up even through this evening towards the west of the uk. This little ridge of High Pressure has kept us fine today but this area of low pressure is whats coming into play for wednesday. And so in the next few hours, the wind will start to strengthen in the west. Through the evening, the cloud will move into Northern Ireland this followed by the rain just before midnight and then that rain will work its way into western scotland, cumbria, lancashire, wales, and the south west of england by the end of the night. Wednesday morning starts grey and wet in the west. In the east potentially a brighter start than we have for tuesday with that cloud lingered around on the afternoon will see some sharp showers breaking out ahead of the main band of rain andi out ahead of the main band of rain and i think that pulse of heavy rain will push to the south for the afternoon into the evening. Perhaps it little brighter through the afternoon for wells in Northern England and also through the evening for Northern Ireland and the northwest of scotland. This whole frontal system swings its way eastward. A little hail, a little bump if you like to the south of that area of low pressure for thursday. That is a very brief little ridge of High Pressure and it will just settle things little ridge of High Pressure and it willjust settle things down little ridge of High Pressure and it will just settle things down for thursday. We will have lighter winds, should be quite a lot of dry weather around some showers for eastern scotland heavy winds getting into the rest later in the day. Generally in contrast to wednesday a quieter day. On the chilly side highs ofjust 13 quieter day. On the chilly side highs of just 13 or 14 quieter day. On the chilly side highs ofjust 13 or 14 degrees. Very much the calm before the storm. This is the heir of low pressure thats a forecast headache at the moment. Friday could bring strong winds set to stay with us for the weekend but positioning exactly is proving it rather difficult as we move from model run to bond around because we have a series of areas of low pressure interacting with each other. Exactly where we get the worst of the weather is subject to some change. Certainly for the end of the week its working chilly and very, very unsettled for that wettest weather currently thoughts are at the moment across england and wales. The weekend will even things out. Its looking pretty unsettled across the board. Have, iam have, i am karen giannone a, this is 0utside source. More than a Million People have now died from coronavirus. The United Nations says countries need to work together. Responsible leadership matters. Science matters. Cooperation matters. And misinformation kills. Borisjohnson matters. And misinformation kills. Boris johnson apologises amid mounting confusion over new covid rules for northeast england even he did not seem to know sexy what they were. You should follow the guidance local authorities. But it is six in a home, six in hospitality but as i understand, not six outside. After weeks of protest in belarus, britain and canada impose sanctions against the president and other officials and donald trump and joe biden get ready to go head to head in a few hours time in the president ial debate. As you are hearing their donald trump andjoe as you are hearing their donald trump and joe biden preparing to face each other in the first us president ial debate ahead of novembers election. The debate will be divided into six segments with topics including the supreme court, covid, race and violence and the integrity of the election. It will be moderated by Chris Wallace from fox news. Tens of note unions of americans will be tuning in. Heres what to expect from a conscious likely to get personal. Never bite, that is the biggest difference between Abraham Lincoln and you. There is enormous opportunities once we get rid of donald trump. When donald trump took the debate stage in 2016, he was a political neophyte but we knew about how he was going to go about debating, he was going to go about debating, he was going to be unpredictable, uncouth, he was going to try to rattle his opponents cages. You have called women you dont like fat pigs, dogs, sobs, and disgusting animals. Your twitter account. Only rosie odonnell. It is going to bea only rosie odonnell. It is going to be a stark contrast to joe only rosie odonnell. It is going to be a stark contrast tojoe biden who has only been in politics for nearly half a century. He has been in a lot of debates, none quite as important as this, his sow is much more affable, much more casual stop with you know me, you know my heart, you know my story. He chest but his opponents off balance by seemingly the everyman. Whopper with me in my neighbourhood, go back to my old neighbourhood, go back to my old neighbourhood in claremont in an old steel town or go up to scranton with me. Ja no trump is going forjoe bidens competency questioning his age and mental acuity. Did you ever see sleepyjoe age and mental acuity. Did you ever see sleepy joe with age and mental acuity. Did you ever see sleepyjoe with the little circles . Is it sleepy joe urso joe . Joe binder will attack donald trump osma character and fitness to serve as president of the United States any time of turmoil. The simple truth is donald trump failed to protect america. So now, he is trying to scare america. It could get ugly quickly. There is a risk for both candidates if it does though. Donald trump and joe biden definitely have different debating styles, they have a similar weakness when they get pushed by their opponents, they tend to get defensive. Have you taken a Cognitive Task . No, why the hell would i take a test . That would be like saying to you which you take a test for if youre taking cocaine or not. You know you are a fake, you know that, your whole network that we cover it is fake. Both candidates do not like being attacked and that is when they are at times their most unpredictable and most vulnerable. Anthony zurcher looking ahead. Joe biden has been ahead of donald trump in most national polls. On average, hes sitting at 50 while donald trump has 43 per cent of the vote. This graph shows the trends across hundreds of individual polls since the start of the year. It showsjoe biden has hovered around 50 in recent months and has had a ten point lead on occasions. National polls tell us how popular a candidate is across the country as a whole, but its important to remember there are limitations as we saw in 2016 when Hillary Clinton led in the polls and won nearly three million more votes than donald trump, but she lost the election because the us uses an Electoral College system. Joining me now from charlottesville is larry sabato who is the director for the centre of politics at the university of virginia. Before we come to the debate tonight can you briefly remind us about the Electoral College system and how you can win an election with fewer votes than your opponent . It is an archaic system that was designed in the 1790s system that was designed in the 17905 and it certainly does not fit the 21st century but we are stuck with it. It almost certainly will not be revised or abolished because of the difficult provisions for constitutional amending. A5 of the difficult provisions for constitutional amending. As far as the Electoral College is concerned, it has a republican tilt. Why . Because most of the smaller states tilts republican and if you win a number of larger states by for everything margins, you get 100 of the Electoral College votes from tho5e the Electoral College votes from those states. If you win california by 30 points, you get all of the electoral votes but you dont get any credit for having won it in a massive landslide. So the important thing to remember is in orderfor joe biden to win, he must defeat donald trump in the popular vote by at least three Percentage Points. Clinton defeated trump by two Percentage Points and she lost heavily in the Electoral College. While you are speaking larry we are looking at pictures of donald trump departing the white house to head to the debate tonight, sojoe biden based on what you are saying despite this elite he has had in those poles would be very unwise to be complacent. Absolutely and he is in and his people arent. They learned from Hillary Clinton in 2016. Her campaign was complacent. Biden is doing better than Hillary Clinton did in 2016 in the polling averages overall but again what is critical is not the overall polling average for the country. We are looking at a maximum of ten or 11 states that are swing states out of the 50 states and in those states as a whole and also individually, in general, biden is not as far ahead of trump as he is not as far ahead of trump as he is nationally. So he gets a 7 of lead nationally but in those critical key states, he is up three orfour critical key states, he is up three or four which critical key states, he is up three orfour which makes critical key states, he is up three or four which makes a critical key states, he is up three orfour which makes a big difference meaning trump can still capture some of those states. Lets talk about how the two characters are going to square up to one another. Who has the most to lose and how important is tonight . Its important in the sense that the audience will be massive. The first debate always a tt ra cts massive. The first debate always attracts the most people of the three president ial and one Vice President ial debate, i think it will be something between 80 and 100 Million People, may be more once you add those watching online. That is nothing to play around with, you have to have a strategy. But if you are asking me will this really change anything, only if there is a gaffe so massive we cant even imagine it right now. One study very recently showed up about 3 , 3 said they are waiting for the debates to determine how they vote. At most, 10 of the American People say they are undecided, its not true. Probably it is 5 and half of them wa nt to probably it is 5 and half of them want to vote. This is a great show, i would not miss a minute of it. Most americans who vote will be watching but in terms of impact on the race, i would bet other things having a much greater impact including the economy and especially what happens with covid 19 in america. Just looking at their experience of this sort of form, joe biden a veteran in the conventional sense of this sort of politics and how difficult is it for him to stand up how difficult is it for him to stand up to somebody who doesnt stick to the rules, isnt concerned about being president ial or unconventional in the sense that he is liberated in a way by that . Yes, he can be and im sure his advisers have been telling him dont lose your temper, you can be tough with donald trump but dont lose your temper. But what do you do with an opponent who is president of the United States and is not tethered to facts, believes that misrepresentations are fine, and thinks anything he says is accurate . How do you deal with that . And the answer is you tell your story, you give your side, you take your policy positions and hope that the audience will evaluate accordingly. You mentioned facts there, is there going to be any kind of fa ct there, is there going to be any kind of Fact Checking . That would be very difficult task to put on a moderator even Chris Wallace who is respected. It cant be done, the moderator is focusing on the questions that he has to ask and how the candidates are answering or not answering them. Chris wallace will follow up with both candidates and say you did not a nswer both candidates and say you did not answer my question but a fact check will come later and the usual two or 396 will come later and the usual two or 3 of americans who are best informed and already know how they are going to vote will actually read it. Very interesting to talk to you, larry sabato it. Very interesting to talk to you, larry sa bato thank it. Very interesting to talk to you, larry sabato thank you very much joining us from charlottesville, virginia. Appreciate your time. We will have live coverage of that president ial debate here on bbc world news and the first one starting in cleveland, ohio in a few hours time to see evening us time, there would be to for the debates in october, we will have comprehensive special coverage from a 100 gmt on wednesday, 2am uk time if you want to stay up. Also in the us an update on the killing of Breonna Taylor a black woman shot dead ina Police Operation at her home in kentucky. Last week, a grand jury decided no officers should be charged over her death. Normally, the tapes ofjury deliberations are kept secret, but onejuror sued for their release and now they will now be made public. Kentuckys attorney general said he was confident the recordings would show his team had presented a thorough case. To the uk now, where even tougher lockdown measures will be coming into force for around two Million People in the north east of england on wednesday. The government has been accused of creating uncertainty over the restrictions more on that shortly. First, lets take a look at what the new rules are theyre focussed on households mixing. Focused on households mixing. In the north east its already illegal to mix with other households in homes or gardens. From tomorrow that will include indoor public venues, including pubs and restaurants. Meeting outdoors in groups of up to six outdoors wont be illegal, but it is against advice. So meeting a friend for a drink or a meal will be breaching the law, and theres a £200 fine for the first offence. These new restrictions apply in seven areas. Newcastle, northumberland, gateshead, north tyneside, south tyneside, sunderland and the county durham. The restrictions are being brought in as the uk sees its highest ever recorded daily total. With 7,143 cases confirmed. Nowjust a reminder there was no mass testing in the community at the height of the outbreak in march and april, so the number of cases then were likely to have been much higher. 71 new deaths have also been recorded. The new restrictions are coming into force in the north east because it remains a hotspot for the virus. The government says cases in the region have risen sharply and the rate of infections is now more than 100 cases per 100,000. You can see that here on this map the darkest areas have the highest number of new cases. Household mixing is being targeted because that seems to be where the virus is spreading the most. Heres the gateshead director of Public Health alice wiseman. Test on the moment based on our data. Those identified as a close contact data. Those identified as a close co nta ct of data. Those identified as a close contact of a covert positive case have come from household mixing weather in the household, in the back gardens are also in the hospitality sector as well. We have a small number of young people who are testing positive but actually more than 80 of our cases in gateshead at the moment are in working age population. What we are wanting to do is target the place where at the moment we are seeing the most likeliest of the transmission being. Local leaders have welcomed the changes, saying theyre necessary to stop transmission of the virus but theyre critical of the way the government has gone about it. This is the Newscastle City Council leader. My my worry is the way that the government is doing this in a pretty shambolic way i am sorry to say and i take no kind of pride and taking a kind of shot at the government on this, its not something i want to do. We have got to be working together because by not doing so we are undermining the very thing we are undermining the very thing we are trying to achieve which is keeping people safe. Heres the bbcs north of england correspondent fiona trott explaining the source of some of the confusion. From tomorrow if i met friends here idid not from tomorrow if i met friends here i did not live with or were not in my support bubble, i would be breaking the law. Now, if i came outside and socialised within a group of six, i wouldnt be but it would be against government advice. It would be illegal to go to a private garden and socialise with other households but up to six of us could go for a socially distance walk. Even members of the government are being caught out by the complexity of the rules. I know in the rest of the country generally you can meet in a pub and you can book a table and the restrictions are indoors in terms of. You dont know the answer to that. No i do not know the answer to that. No i do not know the answer to that question but i am sure they can find out the answer to that question, ijust dont have the details. If you cant give us the answers to that, how do you excite people to keep up to date with the latest rules when even you as a government minister cant answer the question . Im sorry i cant answer that question, i am sure there are many that could, i do not represent the northeast. So that was the Education Minister Gillian Keegan speaking to the bbc this morning now take a look this, its Prime Minister Boris Johnson being quizzed on the rules earlier today. It is six in a home or section hospitality but as i understand, six outside. Thats wrong gatherings of more than six people are banned both indoors and outdoors across england, with even tighter restrictions about to come into force in the north east. That prompted this tweet from the Prime Minister. The Opposition Labour Party has said the Prime Minister is grossly incompetent for not knowing the rules. Lets start to our correspondent in westminster. After the confucian has the fog cleared and clarity descended at last . I think we know the answer but it does not come from government. After the confusion. It is been a tough day for the government the fact that two ministers have not been able to explain what those restrictions in the northeast of england mean is frankly not a good look and it matters because things are becoming far more complicated in the uk, there are big differences between what the restrictions are in one pa rt what the restrictions are in one part of england compared to another and it is really important that ministers can explain both the rationale and the rules and today, they have not been able to do it. We heard this from so many quarters if the government is so confused what hope for the rest of us . Tell us about the criticism the government is getting. There is a lot of concern in parliament in the uk that ministers are able to make decisions without much scrutiny. We know that the labour party are worried about that saying the government is on top of this and needs to be talking to mpsa of this and needs to be talking to mps a lot more but perhaps more significantly there are a number of growing numbers of mps in Boris Johnsons own party are are putting pressure on him to give them more of a vote and a say on when the government wants to bring in more restrictions but today went not of help because their concern for say that some of the measures being brought in coutu far and secondly that they do not make sense and if the Prime Minister cant explain with the measures are and why they are in place, i think that will only add to their argument. Parliamentary scrutiny is one side of it. The second is as this pandemic becomes more complicated and the rules become a bit more nuanced, it is really important that politicians can take the public with them and persuade them of the need of some of these restrictions and i think at these restrictions and i think at the moment there is a bit of a question over how well that is working. Over the next few weeks i expect to hear more from Boris Johnson trying to emphasise why some of those rules are in place and he would help anyway and explaining exactly what they are. , would help anyway and explaining exactly what they are. , thank you very much. Nick eardley reporting wife therefrom westminster. Amnesty international hasnt stopped its work in india and how they are claiming that their acting illegally. It looks like something out of james bond but if you are trapped at the top of a c pill with a severe injury or having just had a heart but if youre trapped at the top of a steep hill with a severe injury or having just had a heart attack this jet pack paramedic could be the difference between life and death. Sharon barbour has the story. It was one mans dream to fly and an Emergency Services desperation to reach critically ill patients much earlier that has led to this. We are not talking about big distances but we are talking about steep gradients and that is the difference. A personal expense of carrying medical kit upside a mountain in the lakes to get to someone having a heart attack is so difficult. We are fairly confident that with a Rapid Response car nhs suit, that we will really reduce response times in the area. really reduce response times in the area. Car in a chat suit. Really reduce response times in the area. Car in a chat suit. The jetpack and pfeiffer run five minutes but this flight in the Langdale Pikes tookjust 90 seconds to reach a vocation, a journey that would have taken normally 25 minutes on foot. If someone had had a cardiac arrest on top of the hill and deployed the jet suit, cardiac arrest on top of the hill and deployed thejet suit, i am confident we would have that defib on that patient within eight minutes. Richard browning was wearing the catsuit he invented to show the ambulance servants how it worked. The catsuit, you have a couple sitting behind here, its works with micro engines so the same things you have on a jetliner, two on the arm one on the back and the way they possibly downwards allows you to than lift off the ground. All the maneuverability is found using a natural coordination and balance. And as he for the mac you come down again. The Great North Air Ambulance Service is now in talks to make modifications to the jet suits with the hope of sending a paramedic up to reach the first patients by next summer. Sharon barbour, bbc news. This is outside source life from the bbc news room with me Karin Giannone oni. More than a Million People have now died from coronavirus. Deaths in the us, brazil and india make up nearly half that total. Indias government has accused the Human Rights Group Amnesty International of being in violation of indian financial laws. Amnesty said repeated harassment by the state has forced them to Halt Operations in the country. It follows a string of allegations that the government is cracking down on the freedom of speech, and the right to protest, in a country known for being the Worlds Largest democracy. From mumbai, the bbcs india correspondent Yogita Limaye reports. In 1930, india was still the jewel in britains imperial crown. A country borne out of protests. The right to dissent has, through the decades, been fiercely upheld, treasured, defended. But continued crackdowns on basic freedoms by indias current government have led to questions about the health of the countrys democracy. Now, Global Rights Organisation Amnesty International have told the bbc that repeated harassment by the government has forced them to close all operations in india. Reprisals, they say, for their reports into human rights abuses. The government has previously said the group is being investigated for violating funding laws i spoke to rajat khosla, amnestys senior director, in london. I think this is something that everybody should be very, very worried about. The kind of systematic stifling of dissent are crumbling of institutions that has taken place, lack of any kind of independent accountability of any kind in the country is extremely worrying. India does not stand a good company with these good moves they are making, the only other country previously that had been forced to shut operations was russia in 2016. Amnesty has been speaking up for dozens of activists like umar khalid here, whove been jailed on serious charges retribution, many believe, for their strong criticism of the government. Its notjust activists. People from the world of business, entertainment, even the media privately say that they fear speaking out against Government Policies or actions. An indication that the space for debate and disagreement that has been at the very heart of this chaotic, noisy democracy is rapidly shrinking. Mahua moitra is an opposition mp. We have elections, but thats about as far as the democratic process goes. As all the other features of a democracy are concerned whether its dissent, whether its right of free speech, right to hold any opinions, the right to be Anti Government and yet not be anti national, that is an inherent right of every indian, and i think that is seriously under threat today. None of this has affected the Prime Ministers popularity. He continues to enjoy strong support from large swathes of india, because of his ability to connect with ordinary people. His party, the bjp, didnt want to speak to the bbc, but i spoke to a pro government analyst. Is that space for dissent in india today shrinking . I dont buy into that at all. I do not, i personally do not buy into that at all. If you look at every days newspapers, if you look at the news channels, not everybody is rooting for the government or the Prime Minister or the party in power. This is a country where you can squat in the middle of the road and stop traffic for months, and then you say that there is no right to dissent. In a vast, diverse country like india, the thriving of democracy has long been seen as a real achievement now seen taking a worrying turn. Yogita limaye, bbc news, mumbai. And just before we go let me show you these pictures of giant galapagos tortoises. Being released on San Cristobal island, off the coast of ecuador as part of a captive breeding programme. 36 tortoises willjoin the existing tortoise population on the north west of the island. Authorities say the tortoises are between six and eight years old. There they go starting a new life. Before we go a reminder we will have live coverage of the us president ial debates here on bbc news. The first debates here on bbc news. The first debate starts in cleveland, ohio a little bit later, tuesday evening us time, there will be to further debates in october and we will have comprehensive special coverage from 0100 on wednesday, two and uk time if you want to stay up. See you in a few minutes. 2am uk time. Hello. After a large swathe of the uk enjoying a dry and sunny afternoon, our weather picture is looking very different for tomorrow. Wet and windy pretty much across the board. The wind will start to pick up even through this evening is dramatically different, is a big area of low pressure roll sent from the atlantic edible turned very wet and windy. This evening, wind strengthening in the west, rain moving into Northern Ireland before midnight, western scotland, wales and the south west by the end of the night. A milder night because of the strengthening south westerly wind, that notice board throughout wednesday, rain particularly heavy and persistent through the morning in the west, it may be a better looking morning across eastern england, but we will see heavy showers in the afternoon from the south. Will see some sharp showers breaking out ahead of the main band of rain and i think that pulse of heavy rain will push to the south for the afternoon into the evening. Perhaps a little brighter through the afternoon for wales in Northern England and also through the evening for Northern Ireland and the northwest of scotland. This whole frontal system swings its way eastward. A little hail, a little bump if you like to the south of that area of low pressure for thursday. That is a very brief little ridge of High Pressure and it will just settle things down for thursday. We will have lighter winds, should be quite a lot of dry weather around some showers for eastern scotland heavy winds getting into the rest later in the day. Generally in contrast to wednesday a quieter day. On the chilly side highs ofjust 13 or 14 degrees. Very much the calm before the storm. This is the heir of low pressure thats a forecast headache at the moment. Friday could bring strong winds set to stay with us for the weekend but positioning exactly is proving rather difficult as we move from model run to bond around because we have a series of areas of low pressure interacting with each other. Exactly where we get the worst of the weather is subject to some change. Certainly for the end of the week its working chilly and very, very unsettled for that wettest weather currently thoughts are at the moment across england and wales. The weekend will even things out. Its looking pretty unsettled across the board. Hello, im Karin Giannone, this is outside source. More than a Million People have now died from coronavirus. The United Nations says countries need to work together. Responsible leadership matters. Science matters. Cooperation matters. And misinformation kills. Here in the, uk borisjohnson apologises amid mounting confusion over new covid rules for north east england, even he didnt seem to know exactly what they were. You should follow the guidance of local authorities. But it is six in a home, or six in hospitality