to try to boost people's job prospects. who do you think would win out of a lion, a hippopotamus and a rhino? sir david attenborough takes questions from the children he says "hold the hope for the future in their hands". and coming up this hour. .. the water—saving toilets wasting billions of litres every week. more than a million people around the world are now known to have died with coronavirus since the start of the pandemic. the united nations secretary—general antonio guterres called it an "agonising milestone" and a "mind—numbing figure". johns hopkins university has recorded over 1.1 million lives have been lost to coronavirus. the us has the world's highest death toll with about 205,000 fatalities, followed by brazil on 1a1,700 and india with 95,500 deaths. and the total number of deaths from covid—19 in the uk is 42,001, according to department of health figures. 2 million people in large parts of north—east england are facing a legal ban — from tomorrow — on people mixing with other households anywhere indoors. the labour leader of newcastle city council, nick forbes, criticised the health secretary for not informing local authorities before announcing the measure, saying measures "being communicated in headlines without detail does nothing for public confidence." this report from john mcmanus. it's hard to believe that it's been been less than a year since the first cases of covid—19 emerged in wuhan in china. but in that time, the world has been changed forever. the entire city was put into lockdown, and the pictures of the measures adopted by the authorities to halt the virus‘s spread flew around the world. now the number of deaths globally has hit1 million, the number of confirmed infections is more than 33 million. the worst—hit country, the united states, followed by brazil and india. with more than 42,000 deaths, the uk is the fifth—most affected country, though each government calculates its figures differently. this is a sombre moment, when we realise notjust the scale of the tragedy, but the number of personal tragedies that are accompanying that number. it's... for everyone who's died, they've left a family, they've left a loved one, they've possibly destroyed people's. .. i mean, people have lost their livelihoods as a result. so, the scale of the tragedy is even bigger than that staggering number. the statistics are huge and it will be difficult for those who have endured so much human suffering to forget it. we can overcome this challenge, but we must learn from the mistakes. responsible leadership matters, science matters, cooperation matters, and misinformation kills. and as transmission rates continue to rise in some parts of the uk, there's been a further tightening of restrictions in parts of the north—east of england: in durham, gateshead, newcastle, north and south tyneside, northumberland and sunderland. households in those areas had already been advised not to mix, but from midnight tonight any meeting between different households in any indoor setting, such as pubs and restaurants, will be against the law. the ban will be enforced by fines, £200 for a first offence, the amount doubled for a second offence, and then rising for each subsequent infringement. the government says the measures are needed as there are now over 100 covid—19 cases per 100,000 people in the region. and it says many of the public are being infected in indoor settings outside the home. but the announcement appears to have come as a surprise to local council leaders. what has concerned me is that this announcement has been made without any notice whatsoever to us as local authorities or to the local police. it is deeply worrying when it comes to making sure we are all working together here. with the infection rates rising in other regions, including merseyside and london, whitehall will be watching closely to see if these new restrictions succeed in dampening down transmission rates. john mcmanus, bbc news. 0ur correspondent alison freeman in newcastle has this update on the situation in north—east england. well, it seems that the covid—19 cases here are still on the rise. you've got to remember that it was less than two weeks ago that the original tighter restrictions came in across the seven council areas here in the north—east, affecting 2 million people. it was here we first had the 10pm curfew for restaurants and bars and people were told they must not socialise with people who were not inside their social bubble or who lived in their household — that was in their own homes and gardens. then people were advised they mustn't socialise with people outside of those groups in pubs and restaurants, as well. it was yesterday that the health secretary, matt hancock, said that advice would now become law, so from midnight tonight people are not allowed to meet their mates at the pub for a drink without risking facing a fine. the leader of newcastle city council has described the move as unwelcome but necessary to stop this sharp rise in covid cases, and he has also questioned whether the police in this wide area have the time, money or resources to enforce these new restrictions. we know in the neighbouring area of the tees valley, council leaders got together there last night to discuss whether they would bring in tighter restrictions. they in some areas have covid testing rates of 100 per 100,000 in some parts of that area, but they had decided they do not want to bring in these extra restrictions until they've seen data from the area further north of where i am now, which suggests that there has been a positive result from bringing in these stricter measures. but people here in the north—east say they are confused by some of the new restrictions — they are not sure if it means they can beat in pub gardens or not, whether that counts as indoors, a social venue, but people here are starting to feel a little bit unsure about why these restrictions are being brought in across some areas that are more rural, where you don't have the population of places like gateshead and newcastle, where we are now. the number of deaths from coronavirus in the uk has risen for a second week in a row. a detailed analysis from the office for national statistics show 158 deaths involving covid—19 were recorded in the week of 18 september, 48 more than last week, but far less than the peak of the pandemic in april when nearly 9,500 people died in one week. donald trump and joe biden go head to head later in the first us presidential debate. it's taking place in cleveland, ohio and comes with the president on the back foot after revelations in the new york times about his business losses and tax avoidance. the democratic contender has maintained a consistent lead in the polls — butjoe biden will be aware that, for the president, attack is always the best form of defence. 0ur washington correspondent, gary 0'donoghe looks ahead. the stage is almost set, the actors soon to be in place and america about to get its first head—to—head show in this battle for the white house. the president has reportedly done little formal preparation, instead questioning his opponent's mental capacity, repeatedly calling him ‘sleepyjoe', and going further. ijoke that he is no winston churchill in debating but he was fine. and people say he was on performance enhancing drugs. and the former vice president's reaction to that. laughs. he's almost... no, i have no comment. so some people might think the stakes are higher for trump because he's behind in the polls. i think that the way he makes up ground, however, is by biden looking bad. so, in that sense, biden's performance is more important than trump's performance. unlike previous debates, the two contenders will not have a big audience to feed off — as few as 60 people are expected to be in the hall itself. gary 0'donoghue, bbc news, cleveland, ohio. borisjohnson will set out plans today that he hopes will transform the education and training available to adults in england, and boostjob prospects after the pandemic. in a speech later this morning, he'll say that, from next april, people without an a level or equivalent qualification will be offered a free, fully funded college course. the scheme will cost two and a half billion pounds. labour say it's not enough to reverse a decade of cuts. let's get more on this from our political correspondentjessica parker. first, tell us more about what the prime minister will say? and why now? the prime minister extending the provision of free couege extending the provision of free college courses to all adults who do not have an a level or equivalent qualification in england. they will also make higher education loans more flexible. there will be talk about expanding apprenticeship opportunities. the labour party says these policies are reheated and there is concern about where the money will kick in expanding the provision of these college courses. the money will not arrive until april and if your court did not start until september and you were unlucky enough to, say, lose your job this autumn, labour is pointing out somebody could be out of work for a year, which brings serious implications for those individuals, because the longer somebody is out of work the harder it can be to re—enter the workplace. you ask why now? there is huge concern about the impact of coronavirus, whether educated really dried up unemployment rates over the coming months, particularly affecting young people. —— whether it could really drive up. and patented a levelling up drive up. and patented a levelling up agenda we heard about in the general election, trying to tackle regional inequality and make sure there arejob regional inequality and make sure there are job opportunities for young people across the country, but he will face questions as to whether this will be enough and whether it is coming too late. and new laws come into narrow in the north—east of england which will further impact people's lights, but they hope they will reduce the number of cases, which according to one local council leader is skyrocketing in that part of the country? we have been hearing about new laws in large parts of the new toyota notice, really toughening up new toyota notice, really toughening up restrictions. leaders in the north—east say it is necessary but there are complaints they were not told far enough in advance about what is happening —— we have been hearing about new laws in new parts of the north—east. skills minister gillian keegan was asked about the new rules this morning, whether two hassles could meet others in a pub garden, for example, "0utside table, and she said she did not know. can you clarify something which has been unclear, if you are in one of the southern parts of the north—east of england with new restrictions on hassles mingling, including ngos, can you still book an outside table ata can you still book an outside table at a restaurant or meet people from another household any pub garden? —— with restrictions on households mingling indoors. i do not know the answer, in other areas the restrictions are indoors, but i do not know the answer, i am sure they can find that out, but i do not have the details. if you cannot give us the details. if you cannot give us the answer, how do you expect people to keep up to date with the latest rules when even knew as a government minister cannot answer that question? i am sorry i can't, i am sure many people could, i do not represent the north—east. sure many people could, i do not represent the north-east. some people might think she is just being honest, better to be honest if you don't know than pretend that you do, but i think it will raise further questions as to whether things are confusing, whether that makes compliance more difficult, i and seeking clarification with the department of health as to exactly what the rules are in that respect in the north—east. what the rules are in that respect in the north-east. to come back to us in the north-east. to come back to us when you find out the answers. the uk government must decide between more austerity or increased government spending in the aftermath of the pandemic. that's the warning from the economic think—tank, the institute for fiscal studies. the uk chancellor rishi sunak has cancelled this autumn's budget, but will still publish a review of government spending. in its report, the ifs says public spending will increase this year to its highest level in a decade. ben zaranko is the author of that report. hello. just assess the government finances right now. the government finances right now. the government finances are clearly in quite a tricky place. the pandemic is wreaking havoc on the economy and thatis wreaking havoc on the economy and that is filtering through to tax revenues. as far as that the government has announced a major programme of spending support, to support hotels, things like the furlough scheme, to support businesses and a big package of support for public services —— spending support to support households. as a huge imagine spending has to last into future yea rs spending has to last into future years intensive nhs test centuries and higher procurement of personal protective equipment, that will set up protective equipment, that will set upa huge protective equipment, that will set up a huge amount of money and it could mean not much left for other public services. so what are the options use irs available to the government? in normaltimes the chancellor would be setting out three orfour chancellor would be setting out three or four years of plans to reset the government method policy agenda for the remainder of parliament, but in the current climate, given the huge amount of uncertainty about the future course of the virus, its impact on the economy and public finances but also we do not know the future demands on public services, now is not the time to conduct a comprehensive multi—year review of spending, he should focus on a single year, next year, then revisit the plans when things look more certain. which would seem really sensible. he is likely to do that? i hope so. in normal times there are clear advantages to setting multiple years of plans at a time, it helps public services to plan, think about staffing, investment projects which do not fit into one financial year, but in the current climate, rather than setting plants that have no credibility, which nobody expects him to stick to, he would be better revisiting things next year when some of the uncertainty has dissipated. the headlines on bbc news... the number of people who have died as a result of the coronavirus pandemic around the world passes one million. the north—east of england faces even tougher coronavirus restrictions — household mixing inside will be against the law. donald trump and joe biden pepare to go head to head — in the first televised debate of the presidential campaign. chancellor angela merkel is "deeply concerned" about sharply rising new coronavirus infections in germany, and has warned that daily cases could increase almost tenfold by christmas. the chancellor is due to hold a video conference with the premiers of germany's 16 states today on the next measures to take to keep infections down. 0ur correspondent in berlin isjenny hill with this update. there is great concern here. it's worth pointing out the numbers in germany are still significantly lower than what we are seen coming out of countries like france, spain, even the uk. but the number of new daily infections is exceeding 2000 frequently at the moment and that is of huge concern, notjust scientists here but to politicians and chief among them, of course, angela merkel, who has predicted that reportedly by christmas, germany could, on this current trajectory, see well over 19,000 new daily cases. so she is extremely concerned. this meeting today is going to involve a lot of conversations, because of course different parts of germany are affected to different extents. so the leaders of each of the 16 german states have very different ideas about what kind of measures they'd like to see. some who are in places where there aren't so many cases will resist any further measures, they are worried about the economy, they are worried about society. others, like here in berlin, for example, are arguing for stronger rules about having to wear masks in public, open public spaces. others are asking for a stricter set of controls across the whole country. so very difficult to predict at the moment what's likely to come out of what are expected to be very long and difficult talks. at the moment being kicked around and potentially among those which are considered the most likely options are perhaps a limit on the number of people allowed at functions, at a public function around 50 people and limiting private gatherings to 25 people if the infection rate in an area reaches a certain limit. other options being discussed will be trying to stop the sale of alcohol at a certain time of night. that's not really a popular option here. i think it's worth pointing out that here in germany, politically certainly, the idea of a second lockdown as such is not really on the cards at the moment. most senior politicians are rejecting the idea, they are very concerned about the economy and the effect of the so—called lockdown. angela merkel herself has talked about wanting to keep schools open through the autumn. so i think what you can expect from germany today will be a number of measures, they may not go as far as what we are seeing happening in other countries for the time being. that is of course, as i say, the numbers are quite low, relatively speaking and the scientists and politicians are determined they are not going to get any higher. the world health organization has announced plans to roll out a rapid new covid test. the kit will give results in 15 to 30 minutes and costs less than £4. a deal with manufacturers will provide 120 million tests to 133 countries over six months. the who says it will transform testing in less wealthy countries with shortages of health care workers and laboratories. these tests provide reliable results in approximately 15 to 30 minutes, rather than hours or days at a lower price with less sophisticated equipment. this will enable the expansion of testing, particularly in hard to reach areas that do not have lab facilities or enough trained health workers to carry out tests. this is a vital addition to the testing capacity, and especially important in areas of high transmission. more now on the tightening of coronavirus restrictions across the north—east of england. from tomorrow, it will be illegal for people to mix socially with anyone from outside their household. mike gannon is the labour leader of gateshead council, he told me why it is essential that everyone sticks to the rules to bring the virus under control. the fact is that infection rates are escalating in the north—east of england and virus needs to be brought into control. but they should not have been necessary, we had a national lockdown across the country in march and we got the virus under control, and ever since then we have been begging the government to release the capacity for local test, track and trace to the local authorities in the north—east of england, and when the numbers were low, we could have controlled it, we have the expertise here, we have the pathology labs and the technology, we have the resources, we have the people to be able to do the work, all we needed was the kit supplied to us rather than being sent to national contractors, god only knows what they are doing with them. it has been the government's failure in test, track and trace which has got us to this point where we are back in a situation where the virus is back under control, and frankly it makes me absolutely furious. so have you asked again for the activities this capacity so you can do that testing, tracking and tracing locally? —— asked again for the government to release this capacity? i have been in national newspapers, on the bbc, as have all of the leaders in the north—east of england, and our public health partners, we have repeatedly demanded, pleaded, to give us the ability to be able to carry out test, track and trace locally. if had been done, if it had been done, this would not be happening. how do you know? because two weeks ago, three weeks ago, when this began to happen in gateshead, i was being inundated —— inundated with calls from people saying, i can't get a test. i think ithinki i think i have spoken in person in the last three weeks that was able to get a test. they sent a national mobile testing centre to gateshead, to a car park. it was meant to arrive on the saturday, it arrived on the sunday, itjust did not turn up on the saturday, right? when it arrived it had capacity to do full hundred tests a day, i then discovered it was doing 60, because once they send the tests off it's getting to bottlenecks in the system, so although staff had tickets, they were instructed not to put them into the system because the system could not handle it. we had a regional pathology centre a mile away. you are saying they were told to limit testing so it would not add to the congestion in the national testing, but they could have sent them to your local pathology labs? yes. right. the implication of the fact that not enough tests are being done, which is what you are telling me, in your region, means asymptomatic and symptomatic people are potentially going round infecting others? absolutely right. the official figures show 116 new cases per 100,000 over the last seven days, but given that practically nobody can get a test, of course the cases are much higher. but it is notjust testing, once you get to that level of infection you have literally hundreds of contracts to trace and it becomes incredibly difficult, when you have one or two cases for much more detail on the way the covid—19 outbreak is spreading across the world, log on to our website, where you can find this special section, made by our visualjournalism team. you can compare how the virus has affected different regions, and how the rates of infection are slowing or gathering pace, depending on where you might be in the world. just log on to the bbc news website. the health service in england is dealing with a surge of coronavirus cases, while tackling a "huge backlog" of people needing care, with exhausted staff. that's according to the nhs confederation, which represents trusts and other health care providers. they're warning it could be difficult to deliver safe and effective services with the current level of funding. here's our health correspondent dominic hughes. the response of the health service to the first wave of the pandemic, quickly reshaping services to cope with a huge number of very ill patients, has been widely praised. but health service leaders are now warning heading into winter, and with a second surge building, the nhs is being challenged on all sides. so the nhs, firstly, is preparing to deal with outbreaks and a second surge of the virus. the second is that it's straining everything new to deal with the backlog of activity that mounted during the first phase of the pandemic, as well as respond to new pressures on our services. —— straining every sinew. and the third thing is that there are clearly restrictions we're working within because of infection control measures and other things to make sure that our teams and above all, our patients are as safe as possible. the nhs confederation surveyed more than 250 senior health service leaders in england on the challenges ahead. fewer than one in ten felt their current level of funding allowed them to deliver safe and effective services. nearly three quarters said they might miss targets on restoring routine operation to near—normal levels. and after a tough six months, nine in ten leaders said they were concerned about the long—term impact the pandemic was having on front—line staff. the department of health and social care in england says it's announced more than £48 billion in additional funding to help tackle the pandemic. but this report calls for a more fundamental reassessment of what the nhs can realistically be expected to deliver, as well as understanding from the public, as work begins on reducing that long backlog of patients needing care. dominic hughes, bbc news. thousands of california residents are being forced to leave their homes as new wildfires take hold. there's been an extreme rate of growth for the blaze in napa county. home and business have been destroyed, as tanya dendrinos reports. a scene of sheer devastation — homes flattened by a wildfire that more than quadrupled in size overnight. residents across northern california reliving a recurring nightmare. a lot of consternation injapan that region, that has been hit over and over and over over the last number of years. —— a lot of consternation and concern in the region. familiar territory, literally, notjust equitably, 7000 acres have burned, into thousand 17, dated energy rentals areas. thousands have been forced to evacuate. a terrifying escape for some, but there was nothing to match the ferocity of the inferno tearing through wine country — homes and livelihoods swallowed by the flames. conditions did anything but favour crews throughout monday, working desperately on the ground and from the air. we have an increase in the winds along with an increase in temperature and lowering relative humidities, which has increased the fire behaviour, and the fire hasjumped and it is working its way towards those more populated areas. an anxious wait for many at the will of mother nature. so this is our property, right here. we have a little sliver of ground between here and the napa river, a couple of acres. and it's just completely covered with forestation. if anything gets into the yard, it will all be gone, everything. so we're wetting this all down as best we can and we've got a couple of sprinklers on the roof of the house and we're hoping for the best. multiple fires continue to burn across the state in what has been california's worst fire season on record. crews waiting for any opportunity to begin to gain control. tanya dendrinos, bbc news. violence against women is in the spotlight in pakistan after a woman was dragged out of her car and raped on the side of the road in front of her children. the prime minister has called for the two men who carried out the attack to be castrated. saher baloch reports from lahore. the man in the blockage of —— is one of pakistan's most wanted, accused of pakistan's most wanted, accused ofa of pakistan's most wanted, accused of a brutal rate which has shocked the nation and raised uncomfortable questions about the justice system. 0n questions about the justice system. on september the 9th, a woman in her early 30s was writing in her car with her children when it won out tough deal and she had to park yet tough deal and she had to park yet to make an assistance close to the police. —— 181 how to feel. two men broke her car window, tractor women and children out of the car, took her to the field raped her right in front of her children. news of the raped spread on social media. it was then picked up by local newspapers. the newly appointed police chief of lahore said the mother of two should not have been out so late at night. now women across the country are taking to the streets in anger. we cannot blame the victim for getting raped. rape is the responsibility on the rapist, not on the victim. there is growing public pressure to hang the two rapists. the prime minister has suggested chemical castration. but opinion is divided. we know that gang—rape and drug dealing, murder and recently rape of minors as well is punishable by death in pakistan. have the numbers gone down? they haven't. ten rapes are reported every day in punjab, according to the police. the actual number of cases is believed to be much higher as the province is home to 110 million people. and it's hard to getjustice, as this woman's story shows. her daughter was raped six months ago and the police are putting pressure on her to drop the case. translation: the police phoned my daughter and i and asked us to pardon the rapist. they kept telling me that you have a weak case. i only wantjustice for my daughter. everyone here knows they could be told something similar if they go to the police after being raped. it is no surprise that some people now believe you should report a rape on social media first, the only way of being heard. saher baloch, bbc news, lahore. hello this is bbc news, i've victoria derbyshire. the headlines: the number of people who have died as a result of the coronavirus pandemic around the world passes one million. the whole world has reached an agonising milestone. the loss of1 million lives from the covid—19 pandemic. it's a mind—numbing figure. the north—east of england faces even tougher coronavirus restrictions — households mixing inside will be against the law. donald trump and joe biden pepare to go head to head — in the first televised debate of the presidential campaign. a free college course for all adults in england who don't have a—levels — the prime minister announces plans to try to boost people's job prospects. two million people in the north—east of england are facing a legal ban from tomorrow on people mixing with other households anywhere indoors. the leader of gatesehad council said cases were skyrocketing — the council reported 255 coronavirus cases yesterday — a rise from 170 cases reported on the same day of the previous week. alisha henry is the general manager of gateshead football club, a national league north team, which has a first team, ladies team and acadamy. which has a first team, shejoins me now. which has a first team, thank which has a first team, you very much for talking t: us. thank you very much for talking to us. how do you react to these tighter restrictions?” us. how do you react to these tighter restrictions? i am a bit confused. 0bviously tighter restrictions? i am a bit confused. obviously we are getting restrictions every single week, so it is hard to follow. they need to be more plain and simple. it is tough because you are telling people tough because you are telling people to go to work but they cannot see theirfamilies, so to go to work but they cannot see their families, so it to go to work but they cannot see theirfamilies, so it is tough at theirfamilies, so it is tough at the moment. households cannot mix and from tomorrow, you won't be able to meet other households in the pub? but the cases are going up, so what else would you expect to happen?” don't know at this point. as you say, cases are going up but i cannot see how that's going to help people. i think it will affect people's mental health, it could cause more harm than good at the moment. but if thatis harm than good at the moment. but if that is what needs to be done to get cases down, then that is what needs to happen. how is your club doing financially, what is going on there? i think we are in the same boat as eve ryo ne i think we are in the same boat as everyone else at the moment. we closed our gates in march and we we re closed our gates in march and we were told we could have fans from 0ctober were told we could have fans from october the 3rd, but that has been reversed now. we are in the same boat as a lot of other clubs and it could have disastrous effects across the whole of the non—league. there is 67 clubs in the national league system and everyone is struggling and looking for guidance from the government and the governing body. do you think you could safely welcome fans back, socially distanced and covid secure? definitely, we have been working on a plan all summer, we were ready to allow fa ns a plan all summer, we were ready to allow fans back on the first home game on october the 10th. we have been working round—the—clock to make it happen but the government has said, no. we understand the health and safety of fans is the main priority, but we believe with the stadium we have, he could have coped with that and encouraged social distancing and made a safe environment for the fans to return. i haven't been to gateshead's ground, but around you are there cafes, pubs and a local community that are also struggling right now? yes, we are based in the heart of gateshead, to be honest. there's lots of clubs, cafes, schools around us. we have a foundation at the moment so we are trying to get out into the community and help those that are struggling. more and more people are struggling so we are trying to reach out even more. gateshead is a close community and you walk down the street and you know peoples. to see the community struggling like this is a shame. thank you very much joining us and thank you forjoining us. good luck. one of the world's leading human rights organisations, amnesty international has announced it is halting its work in india because of what it describes as an "incessant witch—hunt" by the indian government. it says in october 2018, it was subjected to a 10—hour raid on its office and residence. in november last year, amnesty‘s offices and a residence of one of its directors were raided again. the organisation says the freezing of its bank accounts on the 10th of september brings its work to a standstill. i'm joined by david griffiths, director of the office of the secretary general of amnesty international. hello, what is going on? this is a culmination of harassment, legal harassment, raids and attacks the indian authorities have carried out to stymie and stop the operations of amnesty international, the work we are doing to bring the abuses and human rights crisis in the country to light. and showing the government's role in that. this is reprisal, pure and simple. it is consistent with the kind of attacks and harassment that many organisations who stand up for human rights have been subjected to in india. it is a pattern that has only gotten worse and it has reached a stage where it isn't viable for us to continue the institutional operations of amnesty india. what does that mean for the human rights of people that live there? this is a very sad day for the human rights of people in india, of course. but let's be clear that what is happening to amnesty international todayis happening to amnesty international today is part of a long—running story of harassment, of attacks on civil society, on critical voices. this is the government really seeking to double down on anti—silence dissent and criticism and anyone who wants to expose human rights abuses in india. but ironically, this kind of tactic simply doesn't work, it only strengthens the resolve of those who speak up for human rights. although this is a very sad moment for amnesty international, institutionally, there are thousands of members that we have across india and there are many, many more across the country he want to speak out for human rights and we want the human rights to be protected. actions like this carried out by the government will only strengthen the resolve of people to stand up for their rights. it may strengthen the resolve, but you cannot do any work there now, so what the government is doing is working? this has made the operations of amnesty institutionally unviable now. that is absolutely true. so it has worked? the government has also attacked many other organisations in attacked many other organisations in a similar way. yes, this is their tactic which is seeking to silence and to crush the operations of organisations. but what i am saying is, it doesn't work in crushing the resolve of people who want to stand up resolve of people who want to stand upfor resolve of people who want to stand up for their rights. we see great determination, great bravery from our colleagues and from many others who stand up for human rights. they are doing so in extremely adverse circumstances. circumstances which are getting worse and worse. but this may lead to the closing down of our institutions. it certainly doesn't crush our resolve to stand up doesn't crush our resolve to stand upfor human doesn't crush our resolve to stand up for human rights in india. thank you very much, david. david griffiths, from amnesty international. let's get some of the day's other news. fighting has continued for a third night between armenian and azerbaijani forces in the disputed region of nagorno—karabakh. these pictures are from the azerbaijan defence ministry. nearly 100 people are now known to have been killed, 11 of whom are understood to be civilians. the un security council is expected to hold emergency talks on the situation on tuesday. hundreds of abortion rights demonstrators have clashed with riot police in mexico city. the protesters threw petrol bombs and bottles and attacked officers with hammers and baseball bats. the police responded with tear gas. the protesters want abortion to be legalised across the country. a former us police officer involved in the fatal shooting of a black woman, breonna taylor, has pleaded not guilty to wanton endangerment. brett hankison is charged with recklessly firing shots into neighbouring apartments during a raid on breonna taylor's home in louisville, but not with her killing. let's return to the news that the world has reached a grim milestone — one million deaths from coronavirus. moments ago the secretary general of the united nations delivered a recorded statement. he said that world leaders could still overcome the spread of the virus. the whole world has reached an agonising milestone, the loss of1 million live from the covid—19 pandemic. it is a mind—numbing vigour. but we must not lose sight of every each and individual life. they were fathers and mothers, wives and husbands, brothers and sisters, friends and colleagues. we can ove rco m e friends and colleagues. we can overcome this challenge, but we must learn from the mistakes. responsible leadership matters, science matters. cooperation matters and misinformation kills. as the relentless hunt for a vaccine continues, a vaccine that must be available and affordable to all, works to saving lives. keeping physical distance, wearing a mask, washing hands. with so many lives lost, a future of sub—dollar parity as people unite and unite as united nations. the headlines on bbc news... the number of people who have died as a result of the coronavirus pandemic around the world passes a million. the north—east of england faces even tougher coronavirus restrictions — household mixing inside will be against the law from tomorrow. donald trump and joe biden pepare to go head to head — in the first televised debate of the presidential campaign. sir david attenborough said yesterday his hopes for the future lie in the hands of children. so we've asked some young attenborough fans to put their best questions to the man himself. let's take a look. hi, david. i would like to know what's your favourite place is, and has it 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. wonderfulthings, 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 hadn't seen the sun for maybe 150 million years. think about that! hi, my name's 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 ever flew, and none of us could work out how it got off the ground, because how do you beat the wings? it's a mystery. hello, david. my name is anais and i'm three years old. what's your favourite animal? i don't really have a favourite animal, to be truthful. but there is a fish i am very fond of called — um, what's it called now? it's called the weedy sea dragon, and it lives in the seas off south australia and its fins look exactly like bits of seaweed. hi, my name is harry and i'm 11 years old and i want to work in zoology, but with the current climate crisis, i would like to know if there will be any animals left in the world to study. there will certainly be enough animals individually. there won't be as many different animals as we have now. i can be pretty sure of that. but we need to study them, we need to know all we can about them in order to protect them and help them, so i hope you do go to university and you do study zoology and you do help in the struggle to care for nature. i am william and i'm four years old. who do you think would win out of a lion, hippopotamus and a rhino? well, it would depend whether they were in the river or not, wouldn't they? if they were in the river it would be the hippopotamus. if they were on land, i think it would be the lion. but i'm not sure, actually, because a hippopotamus is very big, you know, it weighs much more than a lion. so if it rolled over, and it got the wild lion underneath it, the lion wouldn't like that very much. hi, david. my name is called evie, and i'm four years old. what's the biggest spider ever in the whole wide world? and my mummy doesn't like spiders. well, i can see why your mummy doesn't like spiders, though there are none in this country that bite you. there's one, certainly in south america, which is as big as your hand, really. and very hairy legs. and you don't want to mess with that, because that one does have a nasty bite. breaking news from northern ireland, arlene foster has introduced an 11 o'clock curfew for the hospitality sector in northern ireland. i'm not sure whether that is from tonight or tomorrow other day but an 11 o'clock cu rfew tomorrow other day but an 11 o'clock curfew will be brought in for the hospitality sector, an announcement just made by the first minister, arlene foster. billions of litres of water are being wasted every week because of an innovation intended to cut water use. about 400 million litres of water are estimated to leak from uk toilets every day. but much of this can be blamed on dual—flush toilets, designed to save water. andrew tucker is water efficiency manager at thames water, the uk's largest water and sewerage company. hello, andrew. this was not supposed to happen was it? we are seeing a particular new type of toilet with a jewel flush. whilst they are designed to save water there are issues around... andrew, we are only getting every third word and that is as frustrating for you as it is for our audience. i do apologise and i am so sorry about that. let's return to the news that we have seen more than a million deaths from the pandemic. jennifer dowd is associate professor of demography and population health at the university of oxford. she said it was a big moment for the pandemic. it isa it is a sobering milestone and i don't think any of us would have expected this back in february if we we re expected this back in february if we were to make projections. there is a saying that one death is a tragedy but a million are a statistic. i hope we cannot become numb to such huge numbers and remember all of these deaths represent a family member or a friend. the grief of these deaths is multiplied many times over. initially when we look back, there were many comparisons made with the flu at the time, how do you reflect on that knowing what we know now? we have already seen many more global deaths than we typically expect in a bad flu season. so there is no doubt that covid is worse than the flu. we did hope early on that we might learn this was not as severe as we feared. but we have one method of trying to calculate the real death toll is looking at excess mortality. instead of counting official covid that we look at the overall deaths and compare that to a baseline from previous years. this is trying to do that, what would the world look like if 2020 had not seen covid. from the excess mortality receive the actual deaths have been, in many countries, 20 to 40% higher than official covid deaths and much higher than typical yea rs. u nfortu nately we deaths and much higher than typical years. unfortunately we have actually pass this 1 million milestone, even many weeks ago. can i ask why if we believe the mortality figures, that countries in parts of africa, for example, lower income families, our fairing relatively well? i think it is a very complex question with not one easy answer. 0ne very complex question with not one easy answer. one thing is, international seating and travel where important during the early pa rt where important during the early part of the pandemic. there is not as much international travel to those countries. they have excellent public health infrastructure to deal with infectious diseases because of things like tuberculosis and ebola so they are well practised in dealing with the pandemics and infrastructure. we know democratically mortality is concentrated at older ages and countries like africa are younger in the age demographic. the world food programme says humanitarian conditions in south sudan are rapidly deteriorating. torrential rains have caused the nile to burst its banks and thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes. it comes at a time when the country is still trying to find stability after a five year civil war and hold together a fragile peace deal signed in 2018. this report from aruna iyengar. heavy rains have caused rivers to overflow causing vast areas and settle m e nts overflow causing vast areas and settlements along the nile and killing livestock in unity states. here, people come together to help repaira here, people come together to help repair a broken levy. this water is going straight into the city and is displacing thousands of people. there is more than 50,000 people that have come from this region just to stay in this town and seek shelter in this town. the world food programme says it will have to support more than half a million people this harvest season in a country struggling to recover from a five year civil war. the coronavirus pandemic is complicating the response. costs for delivering aid have risen with the need to protect aid workers. families are forced to squeeze together and there's not enough land to establish clinics and schools. translation: we have been here for almost a month and we have not received any assistance. we are dying of hunger. we need food. we know we have the tools for the job and we know we have the people and the partners in the field, but we desperately need 58 million us dollars to provide immediately, relief to communities. it also, to set them back on their feet as soon as they are able to return home. the un has pledged $10 million to help these flood victims, but much more will be needed by the end of the year. the north west of england has seen a sharp rise in liverpool. now, there are over 1300 cases per week. the mayor of liverpool, joe anderson joins us now. hello, what is going on? yes, a frightening spread of the coronavirus is what is going on. it is really difficult to manage. we are trying to arrest, contained this virus spreading. it is increasing, doubling every six or seven days, as he rightly said in the last week. just under 1300 new cases. we have 9000 children now self isolating and about 500 teachers. really worrying time for us here and the virus is continuing to spread. what else do you need to be brought in in terms of restrictions in order to bring that number down? i think it is very, very clear, isn't it that the situation now is as bad as it was here in the city of liverpool, as it was in april. and clearly, a strict lockdown measures were the things that helped bring the virus under control, not just here that helped bring the virus under control, notjust here but in other cities across the country. we expect stricter conditions to be placed on liverpool in order to actually try and arrest and bring the virus down. we've had lots of public messages for people to act responsibly, take responsibility for their own actions. but unfortunately, the virus is spreading. what are you calling for? we are calling for a number of things. i accept this is a conundrum and difficult one for the government to solve in terms of how it reduces the spread of the virus, but protects businesses. we get back, we understand that, we want to work with the government as the city of liverpool, leeds and manchester who signed a letter to the government today. we want the government today. we want the government too, if they need to, and i believe they do, i certainly do, impose stricter conditions to stop the spread of the virus, but they also look at businesses and they are fully supported and compensated. we are dependent here on the hospitality centre as is leeds and manchester and other cities. we have to protect both. if we don't and we tried this halfway house measure, then you know, the virus will continue to spread and that is a real worry for us. you see the ten o'clock closure of pubs and restau ra nts, o'clock closure of pubs and restaurants, we believe government should listen to local authorities. every clu b should listen to local authorities. every club and every restaurant isn't behaving in a note covid safeway, most of them are. so we believe if they are given support, but equally measures should be taken to stop the virus. we are going to have to leave it there. thank you. and now the weather with ben rich. hello there. today got off to a bit of a slow start for some with some areas of fog, quite a bit of cloud and drizzle down towards the south east, but for the majority, actually it's looking like one of the driest, brightest days of the week with plenty of sunshine. we are between weather systems, one clearing away from the east. this area of cloud likely to hang on across parts of eastern england for a good part of today. there is another system out west but in between, you can see a slice of clear skies, a slice of sunshine for most of us through the rest of the day. one or two showers across western fringes, some of the cloud i spoke about really lingering through the afternoon across east anglia, particularly in norfolk and in suffolk and at the same time, cloud will thicken into western counties of northern ireland and they will be some rain and there will be some rain here very late in the day and strengthening wind. temperatures of 14 to 18 degrees. now through this evening and tonight, that wet weather in the west will push its way eastwards across northern ireland, getting into western scotland, wales, the western side of england. strengthening winds as well. further east, largely dry with clear skies, one or two fog patches, quite a chilly night in the east. a milder one further west where we have those stronger winds. outbreaks of rain all courtesy of an area of low pressure and a frontal system which will be driving its way eastwards through the day tomorrow. in association with that weather system, some very brisk winds, gusts of 40, may be 45 mph in exposed spots in the west. these outbreaks of rain pushing eastward through the day. some of the rain will be quite heavy. taking a while to get into eastern england and at the same time it will brighten up to some extent across northern ireland through the day. still with some showers though. temperatures between 14 and 18 degrees. now thursday is another slice of quieter weather, rain clearing away north eastwards. more rain returning from the south west later, but in between there will be some spells of sunshine. it's going to feel cooler on thursday, top temperatures between 11 and 15 degrees. we take that cooler feel with us as we head towards the weekend and it also looks very unsettled. if you are hoping for a dry, fine weekend this chart isn't going to please you. low pressure firmly in charge. uncertainty about the detail of where the very wettest and windiest weather will be but certainly it's going to be cool, it will often be windy and there will be some spells of heavy rain at times. this is bbc news withjoanna gosling, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the number of people who have died as a result of the coronavirus pandemic around the world passes1 million. our world has reached an agonising milestone — the loss of1 million lives from the covid—19 pandemic. it's a mind—numbing figure. the north—east of england faces even tougher coronavirus restrictions, different households meeting indoors will now be banned. an 11pm curfew is being introduced for the hospitality sector in northern ireland. in the rest of the uk, pubs and restaurants must close at ten. donald trump and joe biden pepare to go head to head in the first televised debate of the us presidential campaign. and a free college course for all adults in england who don't have a levels — the prime minister will set out his plans to boost people's job prospects in a speech soon. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. more than a million people around the world are now known to have died with coronavirus since the start of the pandemic. the united nations secretary—general antonio guterres called it an "agonising milestone" and a "mind—numbing figure". johns hopkins university has recorded over1 million, 1,000 and 600 lives have been lost to coronavirus. the us has the world's highest death toll with about 205,000 fatalities followed by brazil on 141,700 and india with 95,500 deaths. and the total number of deaths from covid—19 in the uk is 42,001, according to department of health figures. 2 million people in large parts of north—east england are facing a legal ban — from tomorrow — on people mixing with other households anywhere indoors. the labour leader of newcastle city council, nick forbes, criticised the health secretary for not informing local authorities before announcing the measure, saying measures "being communicated in headlines. without detail does nothing for public confidence." this report from john mcmanus. it's hard to believe that it's been been less than a year since the first cases of covid—19 emerged in wuhan in china. but in that time, the world has been changed forever. the entire city was put into lockdown, and the pictures of the measures adopted by the authorities to halt the virus‘s spread flew around the world. now the number of deaths globally has hit1 million, the number of confirmed infections is more than 33 million. the worst—hit country, the united states, followed by brazil and india. with more than 42,000 deaths, the uk is the fifth—most affected country, though each government calculates its figures differently. this is a sombre moment, when we realise notjust the scale of the tragedy, but the number of personal tragedies that are accompanying that number. it's... for everyone who's died, they've left a family, they've left a loved one, they've possibly destroyed people's. .. i mean, people have lost their livelihoods as a result. so, the scale of the tragedy is even bigger than that staggering number. the statistics are huge and it will be difficult for those who have endured so much human suffering to forget it. we can overcome this challenge, but we must learn from the mistakes. responsible leadership matters, science matters, cooperation matters, and misinformation kills. and as transmission rates continue to rise in some parts of the uk, there's been a further tightening of restrictions in parts of the north—east of england: in durham, gateshead, newcastle, north and south tyneside, northumberland and sunderland. households in those areas had already been advised not to mix, but from midnight tonight any meeting between different households in any indoor setting, such as pubs and restaurants, will be against the law. the ban will be enforced by fines, £200 for a first offence, the amount doubled for a second offence, and then rising for each subsequent infringement. the government says the measures are needed as there are now over 100 covid—19 cases per 100,000 people in the region. and it says many of the public are being infected in indoor settings outside the home. but the announcement appears to have come as a surprise to local council leaders. what has concerned me is that this announcement has been made without any notice whatsoever to us as local authorities or to the local police. it is deeply worrying when it comes to making sure we are all working together here. with the infection rates rising in other regions, including merseyside and london, whitehall will be watching closely to see if these new restrictions succeed in dampening down transmission rates. john mcmanus, bbc news. let us stay with the tighter lockdown restrictions. the town of gateshead reported 255 coronavirus cases yesterday, a rise from 170 cases yesterday, a rise from 170 cases reported on the same day of the previous week. we can talk to the previous week. we can talk to the director of public health in gateshead. thank you very much for joining us. there is a lot of controversy around these regulations. what is your view of the new regulations backed by law and the likely impact in terms of bringing down the virus?” and the likely impact in terms of bringing down the virus? i think we are in the position in gateshead at the moment and across neighbouring authorities that we absolutely have to do something. we cannot continue to do something. we cannot continue to see cases rise in the way we have, and the other thing that is worrying for us as we have seen an increase in hospital admissions. as of yesterday, we had 21 people in our local hospital who were confirmed positive for covid—19 and they had to open a second word already. we feel like if we don't do something to slow the spread down, then we are actually facing real challenges of the coming months. can you be sure that these restrictions will target exactly what is needed? when you look for incidents at the latest report from public health england, across england and obviously it is not the regional breakdown here for you, but only 3.2% of england's reported covid—19 clusters happened in the hospitality sector while 40% were happening in the schools and universities. at the moment, based on our test and trace data, 80% of our close contact, so those identified as close contacts ofa those identified as close contacts of a covid—19 positive case came from household mixing, whether in the household, in back gardens and also into the hospitality sector as well. we have a very small number of young people who were testing positive, but actually more than 80% of our cases in gateshead at the moment are in the working age population. what we are wanting to do is target the place where we are seeing the most likely routes for transmission. the leader for gateshead council said that if test, track and trace had been done properly that this would not be happening. do you agree?” properly that this would not be happening. do you agree? i think regulation cannot be taken on its own, so it is only one tool in the tool box. we do need really robust testing. sorry to interrupt but you are talking about looking forward now, but he is looking back and say —— saying this wouldn't have happened if it was going on until now. do you agree? yes, i do agree. i agree if we had a more robust test and trace arrangement in gateshead we would have identified cases more quickly and we would have been able to prevent onward transmission. it just makes absolute sense that we have all of those things in place, both rapid access to testing, and we know many of our communities are struggling to get access to testing. this is despite the work we're doing locally to try and improve and increase access. without adequate track and trace, how long could these measures be in place? track and trace, how long could these measures be in place7m track and trace, how long could these measures be in place? it will be just based on whether we see the slowing down of cases coming through, so it is impossible to put an actual date on it. we will review them every two weeks as in everywhere else in the country, but we have also put in a whole range of other asks into government, for example local control over testing and contact tracing. we have the solution to those issues at a local level if we can be given the resources . level if we can be given the resources. we have also acted for support for businesses and our local communities. we know the things we are asking our local communities to do our very difficult, and we want to make sure we have robust support to make sure we have robust support to enable them to do the right thing and also to be able to understand the messages and the advice we are giving. thank you very much forjoining us. borisjohnson will set out plans today that he hopes will transform the education and training available to adults in england, and boostjob prospects after the pandemic. in a speech later this morning, he'll say that, from next april, people without an a level or equivalent qualification will be offered a free, fully funded college course. the scheme will cost two and a half billion pounds. labour say it's not enough to reverse a decade of cuts. let's get more on this from our political correspondentjessica parker. first — tell us more about what the prime minister will say? borisjohnson will be announcing later this morning about extending the idea of free college courses to those adults who don't currently have an a level or equivalent qualification in england. they are also looking to make funding for h e loa n also looking to make funding for h e loan is more flexible and run that camps to try and boost people's skills. i think it's worth pointing out there was money talked about by this government in of funding the skills gap, £3 billion talked about in the conservative party's ma nifesto, in the conservative party's manifesto, but they are framing this now around these concerns about what the rates of unemployment going forward , the rates of unemployment going forward, the impact of coronavirus and trying to use that money to meet possible demand for people who will need to retrain over the coming months. one thing the labour party is pointing out and the critics of the scheme are pointing out is the funding in terms of access to those couege funding in terms of access to those college courses will not come until april, so if your course wouldn't start until september and if someone lost theirjob this autumn, they could potentially be out of work for a year. boris johnson could potentially be out of work for a year. borisjohnson will try and sell this policy today as a potential boost for the economy going forward, trying to suggest they are not going to leave people who are left unemployed, neglected, that they will try to help them scale up going forward. it plays back to the levelling up an agenda that he talked about in the general election last year, tackling regional inequality and making sure employment opportunities are there across the country. going back to those new lockdown restrictions in the north—east of england, some controversy around them. some local council leaders unhappy about the way they have been brought in. a government minister this morning went on the radio to talk about them, she was not completely clear about what their restrictions will mean. it has been a frequent discussion around whether new coronavirus had been brought in and whether they are confusing. the complaint from some leaders as they are not necessarily against the tighter restrictions, that they are necessary , tighter restrictions, that they are necessary, but they would have liked to be informed of them in advance. when questions come in as to exactly how they work, they will feel better informed to talk to their local communities. julien keegan's —— keegan was asked today about whether it would be illegalfor keegan was asked today about whether it would be illegal for household to mix in outdoor pubs and restaurant. she did not know. here was the interview this morning. can you just clarify something that has been unclear throughout the programme, which is that if you are in one of the seven parts of the north—east of england where there are new restrictions on households mingling, including indoors, can you still book an outside table at a restaurant or meet people from another household in a pub garden? sorry, i cannot clarify that. 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... but you don't know the answer to that question. no, but i'm sure they can find out the answer to that question. ijust don't have the details. if you can't give us the answer to that, how do you expect people to keep up—to—date with the latest rules when even do as a government minister cannot answer that question? i'm sorry, i can't answer that question. i'm sure there are many people who could. you know, i don't represent the north—east... some people might say if you don't know the answer is a minister it is better to just know the answer is a minister it is better tojust admit know the answer is a minister it is better to just admit it and pretend you do, but it will play into the idea that things have got confusing and makes compliance more difficult. i have checked with the department of health and social care. the situation with pub gardens and outdoor restaurant spaces is that it is not illegal for households to mix in those settings but it is against advice. thank you very much. the number of deaths from coronavirus in the uk has risen for a second week in a row. figures from the office for national statistics show 158 deaths involving covid—19 were recorded in the week of 18 september, 48 more than last week, but far less than the peak of the pandemic in april when nearly 9,500 people died in one week. the two men who want to be the next president of the united states, donald trump and joe biden, go head to head later in the first us presidential tv debate tonight. it's taking place in cleveland, ohio, and comes with president trump on the back foot after revelations in the new york times about his business losses and tax affairs. the election takes place in early november. our washington correspondent, gary o'donoghue reports. the stage is almost set, the actors soon to be in place and america about to get its first head—to—head show in this battle for the white house. the president has reportedly done little formal preparation, instead questioning his opponent's mental capacity, repeatedly calling him ‘sleepyjoe', and going further. ijoke that he is no winston churchill in debating but he was fine. and people say he was on performance enhancing drugs. and the former vice president's reaction to that. laughs. he's almost... no, i have no comment. so some people might think the stakes are higher for trump because he's behind in the polls. i think that the way he makes up ground, however, is by biden looking bad. so, in that sense, biden's performance is more important than trump's performance. unlike previous debates, the two contenders will not have a big audience to feed off — as few as 60 people are expected to be in the hall itself. gary o'donoghue, bbc news, cleveland, ohio. the headlines on bbc news... the number of people who have died as a result of the coronavirus pandemic around the world passes one million. the north—east of england faces even tougher coronavirus restrictions with household mixing inside will be against the law donald trump and joe biden pepare to go head to head — in the first televised debate of the presidential campaign. pubs, hotel bars and restaurants will have to close at 11 in northern ireland under a new curfew for the hospitality sector. the new rules will take effect from midnight on wednesday. last orders will be at 10.30 and all customers must leave by 11. the first minister, arlene foster, said there would be "no exceptions" and the restriction will also apply to weddings. our ireland correspondent chris page is in belfast. tell us what they have said about why a leaven, because it differs from elsewhere where it is ten. yes, thatis from elsewhere where it is ten. yes, that is right. the decision on a per fee coming later than the rest of the uk and also the time of that cu rfew the uk and also the time of that curfew is being set a little later as well, 11 o'clock as opposed to ten o'clock. at half past ten, pubs and ten o'clock. at half past ten, pubs a nd restau ra nts ten o'clock. at half past ten, pubs and restaurants and cafe is have to stop serving food, so basically customers have half an hour to get out of the premises, the doors shut at 11 o'clock. outlining the reasoning for that in the stormont assembly, the first minister said they wanted the closing time to be they wanted the closing time to be the same as in supermarkets. basically supermarkets cannot sell alcohol after 11 o'clock on most days of the week. that was one reason. also they were bearing in mind that over the border in the irish republic, the curfew set there is at half past 11, so the thinking was perhaps if the curfew was earlier in northern ireland, ten o'clock for example as the rest of the uk, then those in border areas could go across the border to continue their night out in a pub there, but they thought that by closing the doors at 11 there would not be enough time for people to do that and it would not be worth their while going across the border for an extra half or a shorter length than that in the pub. anotherfactor, the hospitality industry had said that if the closing time was ten, that would have meant restaurants in particular wouldn't have been able