This is bbc news, im Lewis Vaughan jones. Our top stories back on the campaign trail President Trump will make a public appearance on saturday with a speech from the white house. His opponent, joe biden, is also out looking for votes but the second debate between the two men is cancelled. Hurricane delta makes landfall on the us gulf coast, with winds of more than 100 miles per hour. And voices of the hong kong protests we speak to students shot by live rounds at point blank range who now face imprisonment. Hello and welcome. The commission on president ial debates has cancelled the second debate between President Trump and democratic nomineejoe biden, scheduled for 15 october. It comes ahead of President Trump preparing to appear on stage at a Campaign Rally in the key swing state of florida. He announced on twitter that hell be in sanford, florida, on monday, for what he says will be a very big rally. Before that, on saturday, mrtrump will take part in an event at the white house, his first in person appearance since he contracted the virus which has killed more than 213,000 americans. Lets speak to our washington correspondent nomia iqbal. Lets start with the cancellation of the debate just quickly, it has been off and on, there has been lots of controversy surrounding it, now it is definitely officially off, who do you think that helps more . Yes, it is off now,
but i have to say it was not a massive surprise that it was going to be cancelled, a bit like, you know, dumping your partner and then your partner a few days later saying actually iam dumping few days later saying actually i am dumping you. Both men had pulled out of this debate quite early on, they didnt want it to happen, donald trump certainly wanted it in person, but in terms of who it helps, i think donald trump wants these debates, probably more thanjoe biden, probably need them more than him, because if you look at the polls at the moment, especially in those key states which swing the presidency, they do favourjoe biden at the moment, and donald trump certainly wa nts moment, and donald trump certainly wants to get out there, he wants to get out there, he wants to get out there and change the narrative and speak to people directly. We believe the third debate will still happen, certainly the commission wanted to happen, which is due to happen in nashville on 22nd of october but i am sure things might change. Lets get onto to what events we do know i happening,
we saw events we do know i happening, we sanoe biden out and about, campaigning all the way through, and now the announcement that donald trump will be getting back out there too. Thats right, so tomorrow he is holding this event at the white house, he has said it is not a white house, he has said it is nota Campaign White house, he has said it is not a campaign event, it is a white house event, the theme is law and order which is Donald Trumps favourite issue, is the one he is strongest on and wa nts to one he is strongest on and wants to campaign on. Interestingly the white house has released some rules in which they say those attending have to wear a face mask, they have to wear a face mask, they have to wear a face mask, they have to have sanitiser and checked for covid, those same rules are enforced for this rally that donald trump says he is holding in florida on monday, it is all very ironic, given that the main event which is donald trump himself, still has covid i9 and i should add, at some point this evening, on fox news, he is due to have a medical evaluation live on tv, andi medical evaluation live on tv, and i think, you know, it is a
very choreographed event, it is a reality tv moment, he is the showman, he wants to reassure the American Public that he is healthy, and i imagine that we wont learn anything new and whatever we learn will be what the president wants us to know. Interesting stuff, all right, thanks for that. MeanWhilejoe Biden has been out campaigning in nevada. At a socially distanced event, he stuck to two issues that seem to be central to his campaign the president s record on dealing with the pandemic, and urging as Many Americans as possible to get out and vote. Mr biden said the us needed a landslide Democratic Victory to counter any phony challenges that donald trump might raise in the aftermath of the poll. Speaking in las vegas a short time ago, mr biden attacked what he sees as President Trumps inability to bring democrats and republicans together in order to break the impasse on a stimulus bill, to help the Worlds Largest economy recover from the damage done by the covid i9 pandemic. Ive served with a lot of president s. Never, no matter how good or bad you thought they were, did they fail to try to bring the parties together in the white house to reach a settlement. You know why . Hes spent so much time hiding in the bunker in the white house, or on the bunker of his golf course, playing hundreds of rounds of golf and then this tuesday, whatd he do . He said, end the discussions. He wasnt even starting them. No more negotiations, no more negotiations. And now, today, he says, well, im back. One thing for sure donald trump shows no urgency to deliver to ha rd working americans, like the family i grew up in, like all of you, what they need now desperately. There are just 25 days to go before the president ial election and you can keep up to date with all of the developments and get the background on the issues,
plus find out what our Reality Check Team make of what the candidates have been saying, on our website. Just log on to bbc. Com news lets bring you some breaking news now. Developments in the talks, the ongoing talks between armenia and azerbaijan over the ongoing conflict in nagorno karabakh. Over the ongoing conflict in nagorno kara bakh. These talks have been going on for ten hours, broken brokered by russia, and we have been hearing that there has been some progress, some agreement after those ten hours of talks. They have agreed a ceasefire, this according to the foreign minister lavrov of russia. They have agreed a ceasefire with two specific aims, to Exchange Prisoners on both sides and to exchange the bodies of those killed. This ceasefire is due to kick in at midnight on the 10th of october, and foreign minister lavrov also saying that the two sides have agreed
to start su bsta ntive that the two sides have agreed to start substantive talks, thatis to start substantive talks, that is coming from the reuters news agency, but the big news, the top line there after weeks of fighting in that region, they have agreed a ceasefire to Exchange Prisoners and exchange the bodies of those killed, and now it looks like they will be heading, if that ceasefire comes into force and holds, they will then head to more substantive talks on trying to resolve the conflict there in the region. Next, hurricane delta has made landfall as a category two storm in south west louisiana in the United States. Winds are blowing around 100 miles per hour, with concerns over a potentially life threatening storm surge. Delta is expected to produce heavy rainfall leading to significant flash flooding on saturday, hitting the same areas battered by hurricane laura in august. Mark lobel reports. Hurrican delta. Rushing past
the texas coast on its way to louisiana. An eye opener for some. You get to see exactly what can happen, what a hurricanes life. We are not evenin hurricanes life. We are not even in the major past. In louisiana, conditions are worsening. Residents brace themselves. Less than two months after the last defecating storm here made its own mark devastating storm here made its own mark. In this new 0 rlea ns here made its own mark. In this new 0rlea ns neighbourhood, flooding. Ahead of warnings of winds up to 175 kilometres an hour, ina winds up to 175 kilometres an hour, in a life threatening storm surge. There will be a window of time where Public Safety cannot respond to you. Though they may want to, and though it is in their dna to respond, there is going to be a period where it is just not safe to get out on the roads. New arrivals in san diego, as dog shelters are emptied in
louisiana to make space therefore any new casualties of therefore any new casualties of the storm. 0il facilities therefore any new casualties of the storm. 0ilfacilities have already shut across the coast, but limiting the damage onshore is now the priority. As the 10th named storm to make a us landfall this year he is up. Dears up. Gears up. Lets get some of the days other news. Four people have been killed and several more injured after a fuel tank exploded in the lebanese capital beirut. The explosion caused a large fire to break out in one of the citys densely populated districts. The immediate cause of the fire is still unknown. Last august, a devastating blast hit the city, killing at least 200 people and injuring around 5,000 others. The french aid worker Sophie Petronin has been reunited with her family on friday, a day after being freed by insurgents in mali who abducted her nearly four years ago. Meanwhile switzerland says its received information that a swiss woman held hostage
byjihadists in mali was killed a month ago. The name of the woman, who was captured almost four years ago, was not given. Two of the netherlands largest museums have agreed to return around 100,000 looted objects and works of art to previously colonised countries. It comes as the dutch government launched a report proposing that objects be returned to their countries of origin. The government announced plans to appoint an independent committee to review which works and objects are relevant. Hong kong has seen more than a thousand underage protestors arrested since Anti Government demonstrations began last year. Close to 700 of these young people have been charged with rioting. 0ur correspondent in hong kong, danny vincent, spoke to students shot by live rounds who now face imprisonment. A warning, viewers may find some of these images distressing. This is the moment patrick, year old student was shot by a Police Officer at point blank range. He was unarmed, arrested and is now facing trial for illegal assembly. The bullet pierced through his kidneys, his liver, and he survived. Translation during that time, ididnt translation during that time, i didnt think the police would fire anyone, or even fire up into the sky. We had no weapons. We didnt even have bottles in our hands. I thought they just wanted to scare bottles in our hands. I thought theyjust wanted to scare us or ta ke theyjust wanted to scare us or take us back to the police station. A year ago, these images of an unarmed protester shot with a live bullet plunged the city into the depths of violent division. On the same day, protesters set this man a light ina
day, protesters set this man a light in a dispute. It was violence like this that prompted beijing to react. This 19 year old student was shot in a Police Battle with the police. His shooting marked a new escalation in the cycle of violence that gripped the city. The police said he was the aggressor. He wears the stars of scars of that day on his chest. Translation i feel that hong kong has already become a battlefield. Its a war. The people fighting for freedom and equality are trying to compete with the authorities. The war was not initiated by the protesters, by the authorities, who tried to exploit the rights of the people. And now they even escalate their suppression and further restrict our freedom. So i think that its a war initiated by the government. These are just too of more than 10,000 protesters since last year. Authorities say young activist must face up to the consequences of violent
protest. A new National Security law has upped the risks of taking to the streets, but the division here remains. Stay with us on bbc news, still to come, new york citys jazz scene moves outdoors how musicians are finding different ways to perform during the pandemic. This was a celebration by people who were relishing their freedom. They believe everythings going to be different from now on. They think their country will be respected in the world once more, as it used to be, before Slobodan Milosevic took power. The dalai lama, the exiled spiritual leader of tibet, has won this years nobel peace prize. As the parade was reaching its climax, two grenades exploded and a group of soldiersjumped from a military truck taking part in the parade, and ran towards the president , firing from kalashnikov
automatic rifles. After 437 years, the skeletal ribs of henry viiis tragic warship emerged. But even as divers worked to buoy her up, the mary rose went through another heart stopping drama. I want to be the peoples governor. I want to represent everybody. I believe in the people of california. This is bbc news. The latest headlines back on the campaign trail. President trump will make a public appearance on saturday with a speech from the white house. His opponentjoe biden is also out looking for votes, but the second debate between the two men is cancelled. New Coronavirus Infections in europe have passed 100,000 in a single day for the first time. More restrictions have been brought in in several countries in an attempt to control the spread. This graph shows the number of cases per 100,000 people. The uk, france and spain all have more than 100, while german and italy have fewer cases, but numbers there are also rising. In spain, there is disagreement over how to get the virus back under control. The government has imposed a two week state of emergency in madrid to try to contain the outbreak, overriding a Court Decision that previous restrictions were illegal. Guy hedgecoe reports from madrid. Its the beginning of a bank holiday weekend, but with the police stopping many people from leaving madrid, its not a typical one. The Central Government has announced a state of emergency in the madrid region, preventing all non essential travel in and out of the capital and eight nearby cities. These restrictions were already in place for several days until a court struck them down on thursday, saying they violated the rights of madrids inhabitants. The state of emergency overcomes that legal obstacle, but it has further inflamed the dispute between madrids regional authorities and the Central Government, which worry that the spread of the virus in the capital was out of control. Translation the president of the region of madrid has decided to do nothing. Look, last week, 63 people died from covid 19 in the madrid region. Right now, there are 3,361 people hospitalized in madrid. There are 490 people in the icu fighting between life and death, fighting for their lives. We can either cross our arms or we can stop the virus. The local government disagrees, insisting that existing measures had already started to improve the infection rate,
making the state of emergency unnecessary. Some locals take a similar view. Translation it seems that the measures are only intended to annoy madrid, because there are so many regions in spain which are going through the same thing as us and they havent done that. So, im not at all in favour of what the Central Government is doing. In recent weeks, madrid has been spains biggest concern, providing around a third of the entire countrys new infections and, the government says, spreading the virus to neighbouring regions. So far, during this second wave of coronavirus, Spains Health care system has managed to cope. Whether that continues to be the case could depend on how successful measures like this state of emergency are in stabilising the pandemic. Guy hedgecoe, bbc news, madrid. As we mentioned, notjust spain seeing a rise in those numbers. Check out the website for how the covid 19 figures are rising. China willjoin a Global Initiative to pay for and distribute a coronavirus vaccine. The plan, known as covax, would see two billion doses given to people around the world. The program is meant to discourage National Governments from hoarding covid 19 vaccines. Neither the us nor russia have joined the grouping. Fires are raging through forests in several neighbouring countries in the middle east. A combination of unusually high temperatures and strong winds have started multiple blazes in turkey, syria, lebanon, and israel. In lebanon, pine forests are ablaze, with fires getting perilously close to residential areas. Many lebanese are accusing the authorities of failing to take effective action after similarfires this time last year. In israel, thousands of people have been forced to evacuate their homes as more than 200 wildfires have broken out the Prime Minister is considering calling for International Assistance if the situation worsens. In syria, too, fires have broken out in the western Coastal Region with at least
two people dead and a number of others being treated in hospital. And in turkey, firefighters have been racing against time to extinguish a raging wildfire that threatened a residential neighbourhood in the Southern Province of hatay. Local authoroties said six areas were evacuated and at least three cars were burnt. Let us go back and look at the race to the white house now. And as donald trump looks to begin campaigning again, it all rides on whether he can hold on to closely contested states like arizona, which he won four years ago. From there, sophie long has been looking at how his handling of the pandemic has gone down with voters. This is what the Republican Campaign looks like. And this the democrat. In the same state, on the same day, two opposite visions
of america and what it should be. The pandemic has dominated this campaign. Four more years but will it change t