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In arizona where hes expected any moment. And the family who died when a boat carrying migrants sink in the English Channel have been named. Their is month old son is still missing. Welcome to our viewers around of the globe. Countries are scrambling to contain a second wave of coronavirus. In the past couple of hours, germany has announced a new lockdown. This was the chancellor earlier. Translation today has been a difficult day for us today has been a difficult day for us to make these political decisions. I want to stress that because we know what we are asking of the public. But we have find a way to ensure we avoid a national emergency. Heres jenny hill in berlin on what that now means. Angela merkel has left us in no doubt as to the gravity of the situation here in germany where the numbers remain low, but theyre rising very quickly indeed. As of monday, pubs, restaurants, leisure facilities, arts facilities, theatres, museums will all close for theatres, museums will all close for the month of november. Whats crucially different from the partial lockdown we saw here earlier in the year is that schools and nurseries are expected to stay open. Angela merkel has been passionate about that. Shops will also remain open, although we understand they may face more hygiene restrictions, perhaps limiting the numberof more hygiene restrictions, perhaps limiting the number of people going into the shops at any one time. At the moment, shes also suggesting that private gatherings will be limited, so youll only be allowed to meet up with a maximum of ten other people. But they can only be from one of their household. Shes appealed to germans and to try and not travel. Hotels will be shut for touristic purposes. This is a pretty far reaching touristic purposes. This is a pretty far reaching set of restrictions. Its what we know Angela Merkel wanted. Shes been very concerned about the situation for some weeks iiow. About the situation for some weeks now. The power to impose these restrictions does not lie with her, it lies with germanys we know that when she went to emergency talks with them this afternoon, she was very clear. She was urging them to implement this plan, and it looks as though shes got her way. That was germany. We are expecting france may be following suit. In the past 2a hours, it has recorded more than 36,000 new cases. Close to 3000 people have been omitted to hospital. There been another 244 deaths. More than 3000 people are in intensive care. Total cases in france now past 1. 2 million. There have been more than 35,000 deaths nationwide. Right now, a manual macron is speaking live on national television. Emmanuel macron. He is expected to announce a new two week lockdown. Within the past five minutes, he said france needs new measures to tackle covid. We will bring you more on that a little later in the programme. There only six days of election season left in the us, and the two candidates are in full flight. President trump is in arizona, a key state in this election. The Trump Campaign one arizona in 2016, but this year, polls show its leading towardsjoe biden. Later, mr trumps polls show its leading towardsjoe biden. Later, mrtrumps event. Before setting off in nevada, he had this to say. Had to were up in the poll, and it was one of the most accurate four years ago. Pennsylvania, we think we will do fa ntastically pennsylvania, we think we will do fantastically there. Theres Tremendous Energy and weve never seen Tremendous Energy and weve never seen enthusiasm like it. I think the borders will stay in the history of doing what youre doing, i dont think anybody has ever seen enthusiasm like this. Voters are going to vote early, but theyre really going to vote on tuesday. Thats what the tradition has been, at least a tradition with me, happened last time too. Im calling ita happened last time too. Im calling it a great red wave and i think youll see something thats got to be amazing. Lets go to larry, whos covering the 2020 election for us. I just wonder where the benefit is this last minute flurry of rallies when weve seen record numbers of people already casting their ballots by mail. Its so much to do, so little time for both campaigns. President trump is trying to show Tremendous Energy and that he can still turn this thing around when hes trailing and almost every poll. It consistency has given him a good rating. 7 Million People have already voted, a record for american history, and an overwhelming majority of them are democrat. So, that red wave he talks about might appear at election night, but as more ballots are counted, it might end up being a democratic whitewash. There is no telling what will happen at night. Larry, youre in pennsylvania, its one of those Battle Ground states those swing states that are said to be so crucial to the outcome of the election. Just explain for us why that is. The entire us election can be decided in one state in pennsylvania. President trump won in 2016 by a very tiny margin, less than 1 . And it was a big win for him because our republican had not w011 him because our republican had not won the state since george h w bush. He broke down the so called blue wall. However, his trailing in the polls, joe biden is leading with a very tiny margin, just about five points or so in a combination of different polls. And its got 20 different polls. And its got 20 different Electoral College votes, and its a very key impact for both campaigns. However, joe biden can still lead pennsylvania and still. If President Trump loses pennsylvania, hes only got a 2 chance of winning the Electoral College. So, they have put in a lot of energy here. President trump has been here repeatedly, joe biden has been here repeatedly, joe biden has been here, president obama has been here and even Melania Trump was here yesterday trying to put in that last clothing argument closing argument. Larry, stay with us. Will come back to you in just a moment. Argument. Larry, stay with us. Will come back to you injust a moment. I just want to take our viewers to the live pictures from Bullhead City, arizona. Weve just seen the president s plane touched down and you can see the number of people in the crowds who turned out for this rally. Just a few moments ago, we saw them pointing up towards the sky in anticipation, and then as expected, the plane came into land. And there is this flurry of campaigning in these key states that, as we were hearing from larry a moment ago, could turn out to be so a moment ago, could turn out to be so crucial to the outcome of the election. Well go back to arizona and keep you up to date with the government there as President Trump attends that rally. Joe bidens running mate Kamala Harris is in arizona as well. She will head to phoenix city later. Joe biden is campaigning in his home state of delaware, while Donald Trumps running mate mike pence is campaigning in michigan. Donald trump won michigan in 2016, but polls show the state swinging towards joe polls show the state swinging towardsjoe biden. Polls show the state swinging towards joe biden. Before polls show the state swinging towardsjoe biden. Before casting his ballot in wilmington, joe biden had this to say about his rival. We lost more than 220,000 lives to this virus already. This administration has given up. Over the weekend, the white house chief of staff mark mellows white house chief of staff mark m e llows we nt white house chief of staff mark mellows went on television admitted that they wave the white flag and declared sorrento mark meadows. He said, we will not control the pandemic. He said, we will not control the pandemic. The american he said, we will not control the pandemic. The American People deserve so much better than this. Look at what happened last night in omaha after trumps rally ended. Hundreds of people are stranded in subzero freezing temperatures for hours. Several folks ended up in the hospital. He takes a lot of big pronouncements and he makes a lot of big pronouncements, but they dont hold up. He gets his photo op and he gets out. He leaves everyone else to suffer the consequences of his failure to make a responsible plan. Joe biden going after President Trumps record on the pandemic. The two men have very Different Campaign strategies, given the restrictions around covid 19. Wheresjoe biden was speaking tonight without an audience, Donald Trumps rallies with people attending are both keys features of his presidency and reelection campaign. And you can see that right there in his live pictures in Bullhead City, arizona. The numbers of people there gathered, waiting for President Trump to appear. Its often said that he devotes a lot of energy and hes at his happiest when hes among supporters. Its also a key opportunity for Party Officials to gather peoples details and maintain contact with them in the run up to election day. Lets bring larry back m, election day. Lets bring larry back in, whosjoining us from philadelphia and pennsylvania. Larry, the rallies have taken on very different approaches. Just explain how that plays to the strengths of each of the candidates. President trump likes a good crowd, he likes to kind of bounce off the energy of the crowd. So, hes been doing these outdoor rallies, mostly at airport hangers like the one you see in arizona. Its also an amazing visual with the background of air force one and they are, with people packed in small places, many of them not wearing masks. But it makes a Great Campaign video and gives him the kind of image you want to project, and hes been criticising president obama and joe biden for not going into big crowds. He tweeted just in the last day or so thatjoe biden has almost no crowds and obama has a small, tiny crowds. Even with obamas help, its not happening. Thats why you see these events like the one in arizona with all these people out there, because at the kind of visual that President Trump enjoys and thats what he wa nts to trump enjoys and thats what he wants to project. The energy that he talks about. Its really interesting that these rallies still gather so much attention, and the planning that goes into them, must feel it still worthwhile, even at a time where you hear a lot of the effort is online and its reaching people through social media. Thats whats happening, and theyre doing campaigns because twitter and facebook have said they would block ads, facebook will not accept ads. But for President Trump, being out there physically meeting his supporters, there is nothing he can compare to that. For instance, president obamas campaign, hes been doing this drive and rally where everyone stays in the car. If you like what hes saying, you honk, and that doesnt work the same way for President Trump. He doesnt like this socially distance set up, and so we can this socially distance set up, and so we can easily market because he wa nts to so we can easily market because he wants to be out there with the people he can easily. They take pictures and there is an Amazing Energy which he supporters appreciate. Weve just seen the door of air force one open and as with any kind of event like this, dozens of smartphones. Not dozens, hundreds of smartphones at the ready to capture the moment. I suppose pa rt to capture the moment. I suppose part of the draw of being at Something Like this is people feeling like theyre part of an historic moment and having a front iow historic moment and having a front row seat at what is a major moment in american politics. Absolutely, and to be honest, present it trump is an amazing performer. He knows how to work the crowd President Trump. He knows how to play the greatest hits. Lock her up, lock her up, they are still chanting that. He knows how to charge them to get them ready, and he thinks this is the one way to make sure to get the people to come out and see him. But also to make sure that on election day, they show up to vote. Thats why its so powerful for show up to vote. Thats why its so powerfulfor him to show up to vote. Thats why its so powerful for him to to be doing all these events, even if it means three events in one state on the same day. Were still watching the door to air force one. For anyone just joining us, what youre seeing is the scene live in Bullhead City in arizona, arizona being one of those key swing states that is really and focus the closer we get to election day. So, we will come back to that as and when the rally begins and we can hear President Trump speaking, but we have a lot of other news to get to. We will leave the scenes at the moment but we will come back to them as soon as there are any developments for you. Youre watching outside source. Bbc has established that for people who drowned while trying to cross the English Channel in a dinghy from france were kurdish iranian members of the same family. The family drowned with a broke they were travelling from the sink and roast conditions a boat. The couples 15 month old boy is still missing. 15 month old boy is still missing. 15 other migrants were rescued. The french coast guard says its unlikely any more survivors will be found. Just 15 months old. Baby artin was the youngest of those who drowned in the English Channel. A family friend took this photo last weeker before photo last week before the final fatal journey. Artins body has not been found. When you look at that photo now what goes through your mind . Very sad but maybe i cannot show my feel, i love him but inside i cry. Artin is seen here on the left. Being held by his father who also drowned yesterday, along side his mother, his nine year old sister anita, and six year old brother armin. The family were living in this bleak migrant camp in northern france after travelling from western iran. Today, a British Charity were offering hot drinks and warm clothes. But there was nothing that could be done for the grief that many people told us they felt. I am feeling frustrated, angry and heartbroken. My heart is really broken, because of this family. I mean i used to know the family. I played with the kids so, it is heartbreaking. This 20 year old man fearful of revealing his identity told us he came from the same city if iran where Kurdish People have been persecuted. Why did they want to get on a boat and try and get to the United Kingdom . They had to make, they really had to, they were frustrated here, they couldnt apply for asylum anywhere else, they had family, family in the uk. I think the father had a brother there. Today, a close relative spoke to the bbc. They paid a lot of money. I dont know exactly how much. Our family here is desperate. My father, mother, and sisters are crying their eyes out. These deaths have clearly had a big impact on the People Living in this community thats built up here. People living in such desperate conditions, the question is will they now be put off from attempting the perilous journey to the United Kingdom . Sisters have been staying here in dunkirk for less than a week. Their dad says he is shaken by the grim news. But it hasnt changed his mind. Translation there is no other way, i have to go there, take my daughters there. I have to risk their live, whether it is by boat or lorry, there is no other way. And so they battle the onset of winter, and the invisible threat of covid. For many, it has already been an exhausting journey but they are determined to take the final step to britain, no matter how dangerous that may be. Nick beake, bbc news, dunkirk. The french president has announced new National Lockdowns. Hugh schofield has been listening and joins us now. Just go through the details of what the lockdown will look like. We seem to have some problems with hugh, but we will come back as soon as we establish the problem. The latest government figures show that in the last 24 hours, 310 people are reported to have died of the disease with an overall total of 45,675 deaths across the uk from coronavirus so far. Hugh pym has been looking at the figures across the uk. A hospital at the heart of one of the virus hotspots. Case numbers in the local derry city and Strabane Council area relative to the population were among the highest in the uk. Sandra is one of 20 seriously ill patients in this covid ward. She was admitted as her condition worsened eight days after testing positive. I thought i was going to die. Thats how bad i was. The hospital, doctors and nurses, worked round the clock to try and save you. Thats what they done with me. But new daily infections in the area have dropped by nearly half. Doctors say the imposition of tough local restrictions three weeks ago was a major factor. We are all in this together. If all of us are not in together, there will be lives which will be lost, and you can see as soon as the lockdown happened the hospital admissions did come down. As Northern Ireland assesses its widespread restrictions, there is renewed debate about whether a further tightening of the rules in england is required, with expert government advisers warning that the uks covid numbers will get worse. Things do look serious indeed. I mean, i have been looking at the death, we had a very large number reported yesterday but they are going over 150 a day, and doubling every to to three weeks and that means that it is plausible and doubling every two to three weeks and that means that it is plausible that by the end of next month there would be 500 deaths a day. Deaths within 28 days of a positive death are reported daily, the previous peak back in april, when sometimes more than a thousand were reported on a single day. The solid line shows the rolling seven day average. There was a decline through until august. Since then, the total has picked up, but it is still well short of that april peak. Some argue we shouldntjust look at covid number, with more illness each winter, what matters is the overall number of excess deaths. In effect, watching the excess deaths give us a much understanding of whether the disease is having a Significant Impact notjust on covid but on all of the diseases, in fact, its generally worse this december and january. When we see most hospitalisation, and most deaths occur at that point. Further moves to curb the virus or protecting the economy, ministers are faced with some very tough decisions as winter approaches. Hugh pym, bbc news. The situation in the uk. Lets look at how the rest of the rest of europe is faring. Large numbers have turned up in barcelona to protest the were six trends on the hospitality sector the restrictions. Russia confirmed another 16,000 you cases. New cases. From today, it was mandatory to wear a face mask in all crowded areas. Hospital workers in switzerland say they are fatigued and frightened of the coming days. Health authorities reported more than eight and a half thousand new cases today while announcing stricter measures. Global stocks have taken a deep dive in response to fears around the virus. Germanys stock market is on track for its biggest one day loss since mid march. Berlin based finance reporter tweeted. Lets take a march. Berlin based finance reporter tweeted. Lets take a closer look. As you can see, stocks are down across the americas, europe and the asia pacific. Germanys tax has fallen by 4 . There is however some good news. The head of the European Commission says the delivery of a potential virus vaccine to eu countries could start in april. Heres ursula von der leyen speaking earlier. In base case scenarios, we could see deliveries of about 20 to 15 million doses of vaccines. The moment the First Companies start to signal that they are on the road. Lets go back to france, where the french president has Just Announced a new National Lockdown for at least the whole of november. From friday, he said people will need to fill in a form to justify going out either for work, shopping, essentials or emergencies. Restaurants and bars we re emergencies. Restaurants and bars were closed will close, social gatherings will be banned and people work from home where possible. Schools and factories will remain open. He said otherwise, hospitals will be overwhelmed with coronavirus cases. Lets take you across the atla ntic cases. Lets take you across the atlantic into the live pictures from Donald Trumps rally in arizona. His plane touched down within the last five or ten minutes and the door opened, raising expectations as people waited for President Trump to appear. When we crossed to the picture earlier, they all had their smartphones up but they dont seem to have them at the ready now. Perhaps they know there might be us slightly longer wait than they expected, but this is part of the tourin expected, but this is part of the tour in the last days running up to the election day. In the key swing states trying to win the crucial votes. Good evening. Its been a day of rough seas, sunny spells and squally showers across much of the country. Just look at this stunning weather watcher picture. Really quite dramatic, but it shows you the fierceness of the winds whipping the sea into action. Low pressure will gradually drift away but its only going to be replaced by another, bringing yet more wet weather across the country as we go through tomorrow. For the next few hours, though, todays showers will slowly fade away. Well see rain gathering into Northern Ireland and western fringes of wales and South West England by the end of the night. Ahead of it, with some clear skies, we could see low single figures across much of the eastern half of the uk. But some of that rain will really be quite heavy and it will be with some of us for much of the day on thursday, so starting off with a spell of wet weather sweeping its way steadily north and east. By the middle of the afternoon, taking a snapshot from three oclock, the heaviest of the rain will be across south west scotland, northwest england and north wales with gusts of wind on exposed coasts potentially up to 50 mph in places. The rain will have eased in the bulk of england and wales, so by the middle of the afternoon, still going to be a windy affair, particularly on exposed coasts. A lot of cloud around, but a slightly drier, quieter story. And with the wind direction coming from a south westerly, were starting to drag in slightly milder air, temperatures may well peek at highs of 60 degrees through the middle of the afternoon. Rain will ease away and friday will be a little bit quieter, a little bit warmer as well with 18 degrees, the potentialfor some wet weather lingering into wales, but its low pressure thats going to sit in the driving seat for the start of the weekend. Theres more wet and windy weather to close out the month of october, unfortunately, with Gale Force Gusts of wind on exposed coasts continuing. So, again, some of that rain really quite heavy the further west you are, it sweeps its way steadily eastwards. Winds still likely to gust in excess of 40 50 mph on exposed coasts, but the wind directions still coming from a southerly, so those temperatures a little warmer than they have been of late. We should see 17, possibly 18 degrees in one or two spots despite the rain around on saturday. More wet and windy weather to come on sunday, but there are indications that as we move in to the start of next week, things will quieten downjust a touch. The staff of the weekend with heavy rain and gales for all. Hello and welcome to outside source. France has Just Announced a new National Lockdown following germany as covid 19 cases in europe continue to arrive. With over 71 million ballots already cast, the us election could see a record turnout in six days time and the candidates are pushing for key swing states. We can do this, i promise you. And im going to go do what i hope all of you do. Im going to walk out of this building and im going to go vote. And donald trump hasjust arrived for his rally in arizona. Turkey threatens france with legal and diplomatic action after a fence magazine publishes cartoons mocking president ed joanne. French magazine. I believe that the enemies of turkey and islam have gone to drown ina of turkey and islam have gone to drown in a swamp of hatred and animosity. Hello and a very warm welcome to the programme. In breaking news, france will enter a second National Lockdown, with nonessential shops to close but should schools and factories to stay open. President macron says the measures are needed to prevent a disaster. Our paris correspondence you scofield has been listening and joins me now. So, if you, how exactly will this work in practice then . Well, it will be similarto practice then . Well, it will be similar to the lockdown that we went into back in march, april, may with some differences but the big differences we will be required to be in our homes and will have to produce a pill or piece of paper for police if we leave our homes. There will be the possibility of leaving your homes with valid reason end with this piece of paper, the reasons being things like shopping, medical visits, work and School Visits this time but that was not going to be the reality. Bars and restau ra nts com pletely going to be the reality. Bars and restaurants completely shut down across the country, this is not a region by region affair, this is nationwide, so we really feel like we are moving back in time in the face of this worrying acceleration of the virus with this difference, well, the key difference is that schools will remain open. I mean, thatis schools will remain open. I mean, that is a visually going to make life a lot easier for families and also make it a lot easierfor people to work so thats part of the measures that are intended to keep the economy moving and, more generally, although it didnt go into detail, it looks like there will be greater scope for businesses to keep going, home working obviously english but, as you are saying there, factories and college in parts of the Civil Service which have shut down before i think are going to stay open. Home working obviously encouraged. I think in their day to day lives people are going to feel very much like it is a step backwards. Was there any indication of how long this lockdown could last can assume . It will last until december the 1st but i dont think that is necessarily definitive date but that is what he hopes will be the deadline and by then he hopes there will be sufficiently good news out there for it to be lifted in time for christmas. He held out towards his end of his address a sort of vague hope that over next month things will improve, it will be mass testing, new types of tests coming in and that therefore once the speakers been passed, which he saysis the speakers been passed, which he says is approaching now, we will then be on a kind of downhill run towards spring, summer, where the vaccine will eventually arrive. That is supposed to make people feel better although i dont think anybody is particularly in the move to start looking forward optimistically to that right now. 0k, optimistically to that right now. Ok, thank you very much the update. You schofield in paris. The heads of facebook, twitter and google have staunchly defended their approach to free speech focused on a law that prevents them from being liable for content posted by users. Section 230 is the most important law protecting internet speech and removing section 230 will remove his bench from the internet. So if you dont trust we are acting in good faith. Best of the problem we want to focus on solving. How do Services Like twitter earn your trust . How do we ensure more choice and the market if we dont . Let me be clear, we approach our work with political bias,. To do otherwise would be contrary to both our business interests and our mission, which asks us to make Information Available to every type of person, no matter where they live or what they believe. Of course, our ability to provide access to a wide range of information is only possible because of existing legal frameworks like section 230. Facebook boss matt look zuckerberg also stood up for his companys zuckerberg also stood up for his compa nys record button zuckerberg also stood up for his companys record button changing section 230 takes a different stance. He has long called for the Us Government to make more rules about how companies handle online content. Setting the rules for online discourse is an important challenge for our society and that the principles is steak that go beyond any one platform. How do we balance Free Expression and safety . How do we decide what is dangerous . Who should decide . I dont believe that by the company should be making summative do make decisions about theseissues summative do make decisions about these issues because of themselves. Democrats often say that we dont remove enough content and republicans are full say that we remove too much. I expect we will hear some of those criticisms today. What is section 230 . It is part of the Communications Decency act for 1996 way before anyone had ever dreams of the social media that we know and use today. It gives Online Platforms Legal Protection against being held liable for the things that they users post. This dates from 1996. Section 230 of this act says that social Media Companies like facebook or twitter app platform is not publishers, and that means that they cant be held responsible the way that a newspaper could, for instance, for the content thatis could, for instance, for the content that is posted on the site. The public and spent a lot of the hearing criticising tech providers for their censorship of conservative sources during the campaign, particularly pointing to facebook and twitters censorship of this article from the New York Post which contains screenshots of e mails allegedly sent and received by hunter biden, bidens son, in connection with the energy company. The public and say that censorship of this article and others as part of this article and others as part of the political bias against republicans from the tech giants. Here is republican senator ted cruz questioning it. The New York Post isnt just questioning it. The New York Post isntjust some questioning it. The New York Post isnt just some random questioning it. The New York Post isntjust some random guy. It has the fourth highest circulation of any newspaper in america, 200 years old, founded by Alexander Hamilton and your position is that you can sit in Silicon Valley and demand of the media that you can tell them what stories they can publish and you can tell the American People what reporting they can hear, is that my . No. This was, you know, every person, every account, every organisation that signs up to twitter agrees to of service. In terms of service is published. So the media must genuflect in the bay dictates of their aim was to be able to communicate with readers, is that my . To communicate with readers, is that no, to communicate with readers, is that my . No, not at all. We recognise neverin my . No, not at all. We recognise never in this policy and specifically the enforcement. We recognised an error in this policy. The most part much less critical but there were some points of contention. We design our systems to show people the content thats going to be the most meaningful to them, which is not trying to be as divisive as possible. Most of the content on the systems is not political, its things like making sure that you can see when your cousin had her baby or. 0k, sure that you can see when your cousin had her baby or. Ok, im going to move on to google here and mr. But im telling you right now that that is not what im talking about, the cousins and the baby is here. Im talking about conspiracy theories and all the other things that i think the senators on both sides of the aisle know what im talking about and i think it has been corrosive. Joining me now is our Technology Correspondent rory. These exchanges, never the warmest of sessions, but how did you feel this one compared to previous ones that weve seen . Well, if these three tech leaders came to this hearing virtually of course expecting a reasoned debate about section 230 and how it might be changed, they were feeling themselves and theyd have been very disappointed. This was more than three hours of bitterly partisan interrogation. On the one hand, you had republicans, who came forth time and again with this allegation that these platforms were biased against conservatives. On the other hand, you had the democrats, many of him didnt actually ask any questions but just didnt actually ask any questions butjust made statements, and many of them felt that the whole reasoning behind the session was flawed, the whole point of it was to give President Trump a boost before the election and to put the frighteners on these companies to bend there will more in the republican direction so it was definitely not a meeting of minds and im not entirely sure that was achieved. And, i suppose, in the run up to an election, there is. Naturally, going to be much more of a focus on how proactive these Online Platforms are at making decisions about what should be shareable and what should be hidden and what should have warnings attached. How much of an appetite to think there will be after the election to come back to this issue of whether they are liable and how much action they should take for what they users post . Well, despite the source of partisan jousting today, there is actually quite some agreement across the political section that section 230 isnt really working right, but how to change it i dont think there is much achievement at all about that. Of course, it will depend very much on whether we get a second term for President Trump we get a president biden. If President Trump comes back, he has made it very clear he wa nts back, he has made it very clear he wants the of section 230. What it will be replaced with is not at all clear. If the democrats come in, they may be more interested in taking on the tech giants in terms of competition rather than content. There is a lot of grumbling about content but the sheer power of the tech giants is more of their focus and they will want more regulation in that area. 0k, good to see. Technology correspondent there. Turkey has vowed to take legal action over a cartoon of its president in satirical magazine charlie abdo. It depends, it depicts the president lifting the dress of the president lifting the dress of the veiled woman. Today he fired back with his comments. Translation i believe that the enemies of turkey and islam have gone to drown in a swamp of hatred and is lan in the name of freedom. Hatred of islam in the name of freedom. The argument has been going back and forth over president macrons stance on islam. This is the context. Emmanuel macron has been leading the defence of french teacher he was beheaded in paris by a radical islamist nine days ago. He had shown cuttings of the Prophet Muhammad in a school class, which is offensive to muslims and considered blasphemous. The vow goes further back than that. Before the attack, mr mccrone had pledged to stamp out radical islam and caused cant traverse it when he called islam a religion which is expensing a crisis. The row goes back further than that mr macron. The back further than that mr macron. The backlash is reverberated right across the world. There have been boycotts of french goods in the middle east. We showed you these pictures of a supermarket in qatar that they may front projects from its shell. We know the supermarkets injordan and its shell. We know the supermarkets in jordan and cueto followed its shell. We know the supermarkets injordan and cueto followed suit. There have been big protests too. This was back earlier, more than 1000 people took part in this anti france valley. 1000 people took part in this a nti fra nce valley. Protesters burned a picture of emmanuel macron. Protests in tehran were much more peaceful. This one was held outside the French Embassy there. Protesters held up signs saying it shame on you mccrone. In the last couple of hours, turkey has summoned the french charge eight d affair. Here is our international correspondent. The issue has been simmering for some time in the background and are certainly a good deal of anger on behalf of the president , his aides and the ruling akp party. We saw a very quick and angry response last night to the president s official spokesman to the front page publication of a mocking karting, a caricature of the turkish leader which is published by charlie abdo. There was a long string of tweets which came from the president ial spokesman saying that this was a primitive cultural racism, an attempt to spread hatred, but it was pa rt attempt to spread hatred, but it was part of a racist, xenophobic, Islamic Culture and environment in france and then today we had the legal development, president duran saying that he had filed a case in the courts in ankara saying that he what had been said amounts to criminal libel which is not protected by freedom of speech. President began. This whole issue touches an appointment for muslim believers and nonbelievers. In france it is a question of freedom of speech and for many in the muslim world it is a question of faith. I think certainly the cartoon that appeared to dave president erdogan isa appeared to dave president erdogan is a event or intentionally offensive. It shows the turkish leader partially dressed holding a beer can in his hands lifting up the clothing being won by the veiled woman. Clearly for a pious and very conservative muslim this is a very offensive depiction. I think therell be anger and concern more boldly in the muslim world about the kind of statements that have been coming from france. Still to come. We will speak speaking to a protest in poland where due photos have been held over a court ruling to ban all abortions. First weeks of the pandemic 70 patients were transferred from scottish hospitals to care homes by having tested positive or not having been tested for covid 19. Helen mcmillan enjoyed life in her care home just outside glasgow. She died there, days before her 85th birthday, showing symptoms of coronavirus, her family unable to visit in her last days. Helens daughter is convinced another resident, who had been discharged from hospital, unwittingly brought the virus into the home. The way i see it is there wasnt enough tests at the time, so the elderly were not being tested, and to make space in hospitals they were sent back, and really, the most vulnerable were, you know, presented into the most vulnerable scenario of being all together. From the beginning of march, to 21st april most patients released into care homes were not tested for coronavirus. 78 are known to have tested positive. Between the 22nd april and the end of may, nearly all patients were tested. 45 who had previously tested positive were released into a care home without having had a negative test. Over 2,000 care home residents across scotland have so far died of coronavirus. Some bereaved families are taking legal action, and there are calls for a full judicial career inquiry. Over 100 patients it was known had the disease were being sent into care homes, but the care homes werent being told. You know, the risks that are involved in that are astronomical. If i was a Family Member of someone who ended up dying in a care home i would want more answers than todays report gave me. Hospital patients in scotland are now required to have two negative coronavirus tests before they are discharged, and the Scottish Government say they will take forward further recommendations from todays report. Sarah smith, bbc news, glasgow. Hello, this is outside source light from the bbc. Our lead story, france has announced a new lack National Lockdown from almost the whole of november. From friday restaurant and bars will close and social gatherings will also be banned. In poland, demonstrations our continuing over a court ruling to ban almost all abortions. Large protests are being held right across the country. These are some of the latest pictures from warsaw. Thousands of people took part in this protest. This is the seventh day of continuous demonstrations. This woman is one of the organisers of the protests and joins me now from warsaw. Marseille, just explain what to the next step would be in your view . You know, what are these protests calling for . We actually collected postulates and we presented them yesterday. They start with. Announcement, presented them yesterday. They start with. Announcement, though presented them yesterday. They start with. Announcement, though the person who pretends to be head of the Constitutional Court in poland about abortion but it ends basically with the government stepping down, because thats what people want now. And in terms of the strike that took place, explain what happened there. We are the Biggest Movement that is supporting the protests, supporting the revolutionaries as we now say. So we proposed different activities, different kinds of protests. For monday we proposed blockades and they happened. We blocked the whole country and there was a quarter of the Million People blocking the streets of warsaw. For wednesday, for today, we propose the strike, so not going to work. Not as in the classical strike but basically staying at home are going to the protest. And on friday, we have this big gathering in warsaw, people coming from all over poland, and then we will do, yeah, we will do whatever it takes and we do another protest a nd whatever it takes and we do another protest and we do another thing because apart from this free major events this week, there are also thousands and thousands of people doing their own initiatives, there we re doing their own initiatives, there were thousands of protests in hundreds of cities in poland. People are walking the streets and people are walking the streets and people are organising matches and people are organising matches and people are blocking. This is basically the whole country it is easy to conclude from the pictures that a lot of people against the change in the law but there will be a substantial proportion of people that will support it, and there . No, its a lie. People who want the restrictions to go further is 11 while people who want abortion to be legally 69 so this is the right wing church life, basically. The political lie and, as i said, people are not only about abortion, people are not only about abortion, people are there on the streets about human rights, about the rule of law, like democracy, about freedom, about the country that we want to be free again because its not any more. 0k, again because its not any more. Ok, thank you very much. Matter theyre joining ok, thank you very much. Matter theyrejoining us from ok, thank you very much. Matter theyre joining us from warsaw. To tanzania where polls have closed and the general election. The president is seeking a second term in all office. He claims there has been shameless to widespread vote rigging but the National Electoral Commission Says the accusations are unfounded. I will correspond and is in the capital. It is a Public Holiday and no incident was reported almost in nowhere, especially nowhere in tanzania, i will say. However, as i was moving around, you know, if you places there than there, i observed that some people we re there, i observed that some people were coming out. Others were also complaining that their names, you know, they could not find their names in the lists of their demonstration book books, however, i believe some officials of the polling station, they told me that there are ways of helping those people who could not find their names at the polling station so, basically, i mean, polls ended at four oclock today and at the moment, as i speak up now, the counting is ongoing. |j moment, as i speak up now, the counting is ongoing. I will correspond injoining is a little earlier there. With facebook and twitter tracking down and campaigning advertising and traditional door to door campaigning blocked by the pandemic, they are resorting to Text Messages. According to a spam texan coal company they had sent the number of attacks on the screen including donation request. Here is one example from the Trump Campaign. Heres one from the biden campaign. By by election day, robo killer predicts more than 3 billion political texts will have been sent in the month up to the election. Thats more than 12 texts per eligible us voter. Professorjennie is the author of president ial campaigning in the internet age and joins me from syracuse in new york. With that many messages and that sort of pressure, dont they risk alienating voters and simply annoying them rather than getting them to donate . Yes, and i think thatis them to donate . Yes, and i think that is very much a risk for the campaigns. Those messages that you head out to your audience, i have received those messages and they are very overwhelming. Just today, i received ten. Two were from the democrats, the remainder were from the republicans. Most are trump all biden and they inundate my ability to find my friends are my Family Members who are sending me Text Messages because i am swamped with all of these requests for money, tennis matches from the Trump Campaign, for example. Tennis matches from the Trump Campaign, for examplelj tennis matches from the Trump Campaign, for example. I would say, ten or 12 messages a day is more than some people would get from the pattern of all their family and i just wonder why do people ignore that . Is evidence that people would just disregard them . The challenges, it is hard to determine how you get out of these messages, so, for example, theres no instructions for how you stop getting on and so i do think people try to just ignore them, delete them. I have been experimenting with sending stop as a response back to see if i can get out of some of the messages, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesnt. Is there any evidence that people actually donate as a result of these because presumably its easier to get big donations from the view key donors rather than, you know, getting it lots of these small donations . Big donations from each view he donors. The sewer. So backin each view he donors. The sewer. So back in the 2016 election in 2012 there were experiments with sms text m essa g es there were experiments with sms Text Messages and what the campaigns reported then that the contributions that would come from those text m essa g es we re that would come from those Text Messages were regular and fairly substantial so the campaigns discovered that this was an effective fundraising tool in prior elections. Now with covertly and pick that up. Ok, jenny, thank you that up. We can show you some live pictures from arizona because they are still doing the Old Fashioned valley approach as well alongside the Text Messages. President trump drumming up support in those key Battle Ground states in the last few days of campaigning. This is outside source. For watching. Good evening. Its been a day of rough seas, sunny spells and squally showers across much of the country. Just look at this stunning weather watcher picture. Really quite dramatic, but it shows you the fierceness of the winds whipping the sea into action. Low pressure will gradually drift away but its only going to be replaced by another, bringing yet more wet weather across the country as we go through tomorrow. For the next few hours, though, todays showers will slowly fade away. Well see rain gathering into Northern Ireland and western fringes of wales and South West England by the end of the night. Ahead of it, with some clear skies, we could see low single figures across much of the eastern half of the uk. But some of that rain will really be quite heavy and it will be with some of us for much of the day on thursday, so starting off with a spell of wet weather sweeping its way steadily north and east. By the middle of the afternoon, taking a snapshot from three oclock, the heaviest of the rain will be across south west scotland, northwest england and north wales with gusts of wind on exposed coasts potentially up to 50 mph in places. The rain will have eased in the bulk of england and wales, so by the middle of the afternoon, still going to be a windy affair, particularly on exposed coasts. A lot of cloud around, but a slightly drier, quieter story. And with the wind direction coming from a south westerly, were starting to drag in slightly milder air, temperatures may well peak at highs of 60 degrees through the middle of the afternoon. Rain will ease away and friday will be a little bit quieter, a little bit warmer as well with 18 degrees, the potentialfor some wet weather lingering into wales, but its low pressure thats going to sit in the driving seat for the start of the weekend. Theres more wet and windy weather to close out the month of october, unfortunately, with Gale Force Gusts of wind on exposed coasts continuing. So, again, some of that rain really quite heavy the further west you are, it sweeps its way steadily eastwards. Winds still likely to gust in excess of 40 50 mph on exposed coasts, but the wind directions still coming from a southerly, so those temperatures a little warmer than they have been of late. We should see 17, possibly 18 degrees in one or two spots despite the rain around on saturday. More wet and windy weather to come on sunday, but there are indications that as we move in to the start of next week, things will quieten downjust a touch. This is bbc news. The headlines. As hospital beds in some areas start to come under pressure from covid 19 experts call for tougher action to prevent more deaths a 24 hour delay in nottinghamshire going into tier 3 restrictions and now theyll apply to the whole county four people who drowned in the English Channel yesterday trying to cross from france have been named as members of the same family a fifth person, their baby artin, has not been found. The family were at a camp in dunkirk while waiting to cross people there knew them and are in shock very sad but i cannot show, inside i cried. It was very sad. But what can