After weeks of protests in belarus britain and canada oppose the eight imposed sanctions against all officials. And donald trump and joe biden get ready to go head to head in the first president ial debate. More thani more than 1 million more thani Million People have now died from covid 19 globally. While thatis died from covid 19 globally. While that is shocking we are told the true figure is much higher. We have updates across the globe but lets first hear from the un secondary. Our world has reached an agonising milestone. The loss of1 million lives from the cove delete not covid 19 pandemic. Its a mind numbing figure. Yet we must never lose sight of each and every individual lives they were wives and husbands brothers and sisters friends and colleagues. The pain has been multiplied by the savage and as of this disease for that we can ove ico m e of this disease for that we can overcome this challenge but we must learn from the mistakes. Responsible leadership matters. Science matters, cooperation matters and misinformation kills. We first learned of the virus nearly ten months ago in china. You remember those images of the Seafood Market in wuhan suspected to be at the centre of the outbreak. Wuhan recorded its first death they are on january the 11th. Three months later in the world marked its first major milestone when deaths pass 100,000. Less tha n milestone when deaths pass 100,000. Less than three months later that figure passed half a million. And here we are now, 1 million recorded deaths. Thats 3816 deaths a day. 159 every hour or 1 dying every 30 seconds. So, this pandemic is far from being under control. Something the who reminded of today. Here special envoy on covid 19 speaking to the bbc. Certainly it has picked up to the bbc. Certainly it has picked up in the last few weeks. We are seeing increasing numbers all over europe, we are seeing them in russia, canada as well. We are also seeing the fire is continuing to spread in latin america and south asia. We must not assume that this is anywhere near the end will stop if it was remarkably as though we are going back into the dark space again. Three countries account for nearly half of all deaths. They are brazil, india and in the us. Together they recorded more than 15 million cases of the 33 million worldwide. Daily cases across the globe are rising quickly. Heres the who on what governments should be doing to control it. One is to prevent the spread of the virus within clusters. We know the virus is spreading among the cluster of people. We need to detect those clusters quickly and tried to prevent. Secondly to reduce the mortality of this virus by protecting those who are the most vulnerable. Elderly people, people with underlying conditions, as well as front line workers. We also need to understand that we all have to, a role to play to protect ourselves and our loved ones. Taking those basic preventive measures such as avoiding close contact, wearing masks, coughing, basically trying to reduce the risk of the spread. There is some good news, we are told a test i can diagnose the virus in minutes could dramatically expand testing. Perhaps a game changer in countries where experts ate low testing is disguising the true spread of the outbreak. Here is David Navarro from the who speaking to the bbc again. We have been handicapped by the reality that we arejust handicapped by the reality that we are just not able to know where the viruses because we dont have enough tests a nd viruses because we dont have enough tests and we dont get the results from the task quickly enough. The arrival of these new tas, these are the first two, i think there will be more. Because theres a lot of research under way. The arrival of these tests will indeed change things. They are talking about 100 million doses, the world is going to need billions of these new tests. They are in strips and they are easy to do. So im very excited about this. Ijust to do. So im very excited about this. I just want to see more. To do. So im very excited about this. Ijust want to see more. We are 126,000 tests over six months thatis are 126,000 tests over six months that is not going to go far. Not going to go far. We need billions. We are going to look at latin america and europe. Lets start in the us which has the highest fatalities by fire. 205,000 deaths, 7 million cases. Looking at this for us as our 7 million cases. Looking at this for us as our Global Health correspondent. Although the United States did manage to get its daily infection rate down in the last month from the peaks we start in july at around 60,000 new infections a day, we are now seeing the virus search again in many states in the us. So for example, utah, north da kota, us. So for example, utah, north dakota, south dakota, also a very serious situation developing in wisconsin. 0nce serious situation developing in wisconsin. Once again we are seeing Health Systems across the world come under pressure. Next brazil and more sobering statistics. Its recorded more than 141,000 deaths. The highest in latin america. Cases are up highest in latin america. Cases are upfor. 7 highest in latin america. Cases are up for. 7 million. The third highest in the world. These stark images illustrate the crisis. Its row upon iow illustrate the crisis. Its row upon row of graves. This drone footage was captured in manaus the capital of Brazils Amazonas state. We are told that while daily cases are fluctuating, they are down from their peak of 69,000 a day. Here is how the rest of latin america is looking for some argentina which despite an early and Strict Lockdown is catching up with brazil with virus cases it now has more than 700,000 recorded cases. If you compare dust they are significantly lower. We talked a lot about columbia, peru and mexico which all had major outbreaks and deaths have been well into the thousands. We know Health Care Staff are increasingly under pressure. Heres a reminder of that. These pictures have come into the newsroom from the peruvian capital lima. Doctors are demanding better conditions and personal protection to carry out theirjobs. Lets talk to the bbc monitoring joining us from miami. First of all tell us about these very big numbers it in brazil, rio and brasilia the worst affected. Yes, Brazilian Health authorities are saying is that these two centres of populations are basically where the majority of the cases are. They are reporting one death per each 957 inhabitants in the capital and brasilia. And one that per every 963 inhabitants in rio dejaneiro. The situation we have been seeing across the re reporting in latin america particularly in brazil is that the authorities are saying that people are not following social distancing rules. In the use of masks is not as strict as it was a couple of months ago. Looking elsewhere on the continent, peru seems to be particularly badly hit economically speaking. Yes, the situation in peru and many other countries in latin america has to do with the informal job sector. A lot of people in these countries are self employed and have to go out on the streets to earn their living. So what this is created is a situation in which because people were in their homes and were not able to go out and not able to earn their living, create a financial storm that right now is being evidence in peru. The World Labour Organisation is saying that the situation in peru and other latin american countries could go well beyond 2022. Very briefly, those countries try to get back to some normality columbia not columbia starting International Flights last week. We saw columbia start International Flights. Week. We saw columbia start internationalflights. Mexico week. We saw columbia start International Flights. Mexico has started a colour coding system depending on the number of cases. And weve seen in argentina a case ofa and weve seen in argentina a case of a priest calling people going to mass to not wear face and being prosecuted for having risked the lives of people rafael, thank you very much. Raphaelwho is lives of people rafael, thank you very much. Raphael who is in lives of people rafael, thank you very much. Raphaelwho is in miami. Lets focus on europe now. We have seen lets focus on europe now. We have seen a resurgence of lets focus on europe now. We have seen a resurgence of infections and stricter social distancing guidelines and restrictions on businesses being brought into court doing that control a second way. The netherlands and germany but first spain which he has once again seen a steep rise in cases. Spain has been the european country with the highest number of total infections. Its now at around 750,000 cases registered since the pandemic began. And thats been a phenomenon weve seen and thats been a phenomenon weve seen growing sense the end of the national lockdown. At the end of june when restrictions were lifted. Ever since then weve seen a number of cases rising fairly steadily and more recently that trend has accelerated. The number of deaths and hospitalizations are still relatively small compared to the peak of the first way. Back in march and april. At the big concern at the moment is the number of infections. We are seeing outbreaks across the country for example today, the north of the country introduced restrictions to around 40,000 people in terms of movement. But the big focus of infections at the moment is madrid. The city of madrid in the region has also been introducing some new restrictions on movement and social activities. Well germinate next. New limits on gatherings to control infection rates which have been rising for weeks. Those who leave false Contact Information at restaurants will now face fines. Lots of concern. Germany is of course the country which was recognised around the world for having getting over its initial infection outbreak relatively well. The numbers are starting to go out. Although they still remain much lower than what were seeing in your pairing countries like france and spain in the uk and last week or so the number of new daily infections has exceeded 2000 several times. Again, they are saying this morning. Of course a lot of concern around scientists Angela Merkel who is reportedly told senior members of her party that by christmas germany could be experiencing more than 19,000 daily infections. If it continues along the current trajectory. A second lockdown doesnt look like its going to be on the card. Politically its not very popular here. Angela merkel saying its not good for the economy and at the moment there is a lot of emphasis on schools and making sure they stay through the autumn and winter. One more update from europe. Compared to its neighbours than they netherlands have avoided strict restrictions. Now we are seeing a rise in cases in tough measures to deal with that. Rise in cases in tough measures to dealwith that. Hannah is rise in cases in tough measures to deal with that. Hannah is in the head with this update. The dutch Prime Minister once described the countries approach to tackling covid 19 as an intelligent lockdown. But as the country is now entering its second wave with one of the most rapidly increasing infection rates in europe he has had to crack down. So from this evening here in the netherlands people are being advised to wear masks and shops for the First Time Since the start of the pandemic in the hague, amsterdam and rotterdam. Bars and restau ra nts amsterdam and rotterdam. Bars and restaurants will have to close at ten oclock. Bands arent allowed to go to sports matches any more and that includes places like this. Pa rents that includes places like this. Parents cant go and watch their Children Play sports and football fields any more for now. People are being advised to work from home when possible. Stay inside if they have coronavirus like symptoms. They are looking now at 20,000 new infections. Every week was up sense last week 20,000 new infections with up last week 20,000 new infections with up by last week 20,000 new infections with up by next week they are predicting 5000 a day. The press conference last night the dutch Health Minister said we are doing our best but the virus is doing better. Many challenges when we compare how well countries are doing for that we know some nations test more than others and count deaths in different ways. To digest this for us here is the bbcs head of data science. To digest this for us here is the bbcs head of data science. We know that the number of deaths that were seeing every day is probably surpassed if you look at the uk with a doctors thought that covid was involved but if you look at the daily figure, deaths within 28 days of positive test that number is much smaller. About 40,000 instead of 57. So if you are limited by testing for the daily figures as most definitions are around the world, the dessa can be driven by the number of test you do. And thats very very different in different countries. The uk i think is doing about for times as many tests per population compared to india. Nine times as many in the population compared to brazil. 0f course youre going to get different figures. I would course youre going to get different figures. Iwould be course youre going to get different figures. I would be very wary of using the number of deaths to compare between countries but more to look at the trends of whats happening any given country or any given region. Its pretty clear that so given region. Its pretty clear that so far to date the most recent weeks the number of deaths wed seen and europe that has fallen away. And the rising cases weve been seeing in recent weeks hasnt yet translated into an equivalent in dos. Most of the guests were staying at the moment are coming from latin america, asia where we have been seeing rises in mexico and brazil and weve been seeing substantial rises in india as well. The uk and canada have imposed sanctions on belarussian president Alexander Lukashenko and a number of his officials because of Election Fraud and violence against protesters. Heres the uk foreign secretary. Time is in the absence because of that went narrow window of opportunity to what is playing out. We cant just have opportunity to what is playing out. We cantjust have a situation where they think the humanised abuses in they think the humanised abuses in the rigging of that election can just pass without them being held to account and without some kind of price. Account and without some kind of price. Britain and canada say they coordinated their sanctions in a bid to uphold Democratic Values and put pressure on those responsible for repression. The uks sanctions target president lukashenko, his son viktor and six officials, including his National Security advisor and chief of staff. Canada targets 11 with its sanctions also including the president. Mr lukashenko continues to hold onto power, in spite of mass protests and claims that the election in august that gave him 80 of the vote was rigged. The president denies Election Fraud. French president , emmanuel macron, has offered europes help in trying to start negotions between the president and opposition leaders. His comments came after he met with sviatla na tsikhanouskaya in lithuania, where she fled after coming second in last months vote. He told that time was very crucial because people are suffering because of this route gm. Too many people are injailand he of this route gm. Too many people are injail and he will do everything just to hurt release of the prisoners. A longtime ally russia continues to stand by. Today president pugin said developers have found itself in a difficult situation and conditions of unprecedented external pressure after the president ial election. The related mac deal relationship are stronger than timer economic circumstances and are based on a solid foundation. Im joined by bbc services yes absolutely. But your experts already discussed how effective they can be. Its not the first sanctions that he is facing. Moreover these sanctions, many target his son and various heads of Security Forces, heads of army. These people dont travel through canada or to the united kingdom. That often. I would say the sanctions are very seat significant. They matter more as a signal rather than a direct action which will influence anyway be a real push to bellerose. How significant were those scenes today of svetlana meeting world leader then president not from france . Of course this was a very symbolic meeting for other representatives of opposition. But here the trouble is the European Union hasnt introduced sanctions. There are talks about that but cyprus has been working that decision for a while. The main point of micron informing is whether to agree from sanctions of the European Union it should be introduced. Whether those sanctions should be just political or economic as well. The thing which does matter is his economy. He relies on the support of the Security Forces and also from people who work at the factories. As you rememberfrom people who work at the factories. As you remember from the people who work at the factories. As you rememberfrom the previous he only got really worried when factory workers started to protest. Olga, has the protest movement managed to maintain its momentum despite the effo rts maintain its momentum despite the efforts of the lukashenko regime to suppress it or extinguish a . Despite all the pressure people keep coming to the streets of belarus was up there trying to invent new methods women keep coming and despite the fa ct women keep coming and despite the fact that leaders and local leaders of opposition and the tremendous stress under tremendous pressure are put into jails, thats the unique and interesting thing about belarus its doesnt and it doesnt have leaders at the same time. So people keep coming, new leaders keep appearing. Thank you very much. Three underground lakes have been detected near the south pole of mars. Scientists also confirmed the existence of a fourth lake the presence of which was hinted at in 2018. This is the image the scientists came up with using data from a radar instrument on the