Hello and welcome. A delayed eu summit kicks off in just a few hours, and if the leaders didnt have enough to discuss with brexit and coronavirus, relations with troubled neighbours are moving higher up the agenda. The disputed region of Nagorno Karabakh has seen four days of deadly clashes between armenia and azerbaijan, which have been fighting over the enclave for decades. Its complicating already tricky ties with turkey as ankara embroils itself in the dispute. Frances Emmanuel Macron has called for an immediate end to hostilities after Turkish Forces were accused of shooting down an armenian aircraft. Jonah fisher sent this report from the armenian city yerevan. Nagorno karabakh is one of the worlds open sores. On the map, part of azerbaijan, but dominated and run by ethnic armenians. In the last four days, a decades old conflict has roared back to life as azerbaijan has gone on the offensive. Here, armenians are trying to shoot down drones that are targeting them. Were targeting
For furloughed workers. Theres one month left of the multibillion pound scheme. More than 10 of the whole workforce still relies on it. What has it meant . And what comes next . A total ban on Plastic Straws, stirrers and cotton buds comes into force in england. Good morning. Will Gareth Southgate give his misbehaving youngsters a Second Chance . Phil foden and Mason Greenwood find out today if theyve made the england squad, just a few weeks after being thrown out of the last one for breaking covid 19 rules. We meet the sniffer dogs being trained to detect whether someone has coronavirus in less than a second. Good morning. Today is going to be drier and brighter than it was yesterday when we lose this mornings ran, but this is the calm before the storm. Tomorrow and the weekend looking very wet and very windy. Ill have all of the details later in the programme. Good morning. Its thursday, october 1. Our top story. Residents in another densely populated area of england have been told t
Into place tonight in the north of england meaning a quarter of the uks population will be living under tight restrictions. Where there is marked, there is power. This farmers using manure to turn into biofuel. I will explain how it all works little later. Sam burgess is under investigation in australia after a newspaper article accuses him of domestic violence, and he says the allegations are false. Taking action against the impact of Motor Neurone Disease we join the family of Rugby League Star rob burrow on their latest challenge to raise funds to tackle the condition. The weather is going to bring some disruption of the next few days, storm alex bringing strong winds and heavy rain for southern england and wales. More parts of the uk to turn wet and windy tomorrow. Details through the morning. President trump has just tweeted to say that he and his wife have tested positive. We knew they were both in quarantine after having come into contact with one of his key aides but also teste
Protected when the countries in the developing world will also be able to vaccinate their citizens. Preisdents putin and macron call for an immediate ceasefire in the conflict between azerbaijan and Ethnic Armenian forces. We have a special report. The Us Commission on president ial debates says itll announce new measures to ensure a more orderly and structured discussion in the two remaining debates between donald trump and joe biden. The statement followed tuesdays ill tempered encounter, laced with insults. After the contest biden, called trumps conduct in the debate a National Embarrassment and condemned him for not clearly denouncing a White Supremacist Group, the proud boys. Mr trump now says he didnt know who the proud boys were, and right wing militias like them should stand down and let the police do their work. Our north america editor jon sopel reports. Coming out on stage and not hitting each other was more or less of the most dignified thing about last night. This was an e
On twitter, its Annita Mcveigh or bbcyourquestions. As more people reached the uk illegally by boat in september than in the whole of last year, the government is understood to be considering plans to house Asylum Seekers on disused ferries while their claims are assessed. And the impact of the pandemic on wildlife how a lack of funding for zoos could threaten the future survival of rare species. Good morning. The growth in cases of coronavirus may be slowing down, according to the largest study of its kind in england, in one of a series of developments this morning. The react study, at Imperial College london, analysed samples from 84,000 random people. It found that the r number appears to have fallen to around 1. 1 since the rule of six was introduced. In late august to early september, it was estimated to be as high as 1. 7. Merseyside could be the next area to face new local lockdown measures. Its expected new rules such as a ban on household mixing will be announced today. There