The democratic contender for the white house, joe biden, who shared a debate stage with donald trump this week, has tested negative and is continuing campaigning. So, with the virus springing an october surprise like no other, how will it affect this years closely fought election contest . Hello, im katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. We should begin our coverage this evening with a reminder that the odds of a full recovery are overwhelmingly on Donald Trumps side. But it is sobering, nonetheless, that the leader of the free world, a 74 year old man, is now suffering the mild symptoms of coronavirus. We know the risks, more than 200,000 people have already died in the United States from this virus. And tonight 32 days before an election, behind in the polls, the president is locked in the white house under the watchful eye of his physicians. There have been global messages of support today as well as the schadenfreude expressed on social media. For months donald tru
A new covid 19 alert system. Hello and welcome. Today the us senate is moving ahead with confirmation hearings for President Trumps pick to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court amy Coney Barrett, an Appeals Court judge. Her appointment would cement a conservative majority on the influential body, with enormous implications for the nation. The push is like nothing seen in us history, so close to a president ial election. Barbara plett usher reports. An already contentious candidate walking straight into pandemic politics. Today it is my honour to nominate one of oui my honour to nominate one of our nations most brilliant and gifted legal minds. Amy Coney Barrett is a dream nominee for those on the right. She is of formidable intellect, a devout catholic, a super mother and staunchly conservative. Although he she tried to distance herself from partisan divides. If confirmed, iwould not assume that role for the sake of those may encircle, and certainly not for my own sake. I would assume t
Now on bbc news hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. When ukrainians voted to make a comedian their president , the rest of the world wondered what the punch line might be. Volodymyr zelensky who played the role of president on tv before he got thejob in real life has now had a year and a half the point is, though, to make good on his promises you are going to bejudged, of rooting out corruption and you came to power with 73 of the vote in the president ial and ending the conflict runoff against mr poroshenko. In the east of his country. Your opinion poll ratings hows he doing . Now are around 35 . Well, hes on a state visit you have lost an awful lot of support in a year to london, so its time and a half. To find out. Laughing. You came to politics saying, ive had a life of making people laugh, now i want to stop them crying about the politics in ukraine. Theyre still crying. President volodymyr zelensky, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you so much. You came to power as the an
To step up its battle against coronavirus as some hospitals in belgium ask infected staff without symptoms to carry on working. And why patches of hidden water could boost plans to build a Permanent Base on the moon. The newest member of the us Supreme Court, Justice Amy Coney barrett, has been sworn into office at a white house ceremony. She is President Trumps third appointment to the nations top court, and cements a conservative majority on the bench. The Republican Majority Senate voted largely along party lines, as expected, to confirm her to the lifetime post. She is 48. The democrats had accused the republicans of hypocrisy for confirming a newjustice so close to an election, when they had refused to consider president obamas nominee back in 2016. This is the moment judge barretts appointment was confirmed by the senate. On this vote, the ays are 52, the nays are 48. The nomination of Amy Coney Barrett of indiana to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United Stat
The 50th anniversary of his clothing label. From opening his first small shop in nottingham in 1970 to trading in 70 countries hes a stalwart of the fashion scene. But like the rest of the industry his business has been hit hard by the pandemic. He met our arts editor Will Gompertz at a paul smith store that was closed at the time and talked about the challenges ahead. You can wear it, but theres always something, a little secret. I love that. Were sitting in the size of the original shop, which was three metres by three metres, only open fridays and saturdays, and the idea was just to earn a living. There was almost no fashion, really, in nottingham. Slowly, people from leicester and sheffield and derby, and then eventually even further afield. Oh, there little shop thats got really interesting things, you know. From a tiny backroom in nottingham to the fashion catwalks of the world, paul smith turned his small enterprise into a global brand. Its been profitable for every one of its 5