why a cot in north america was among the most valuable assets of the defunct german payments company. of whom want to bring in our financial correspondent jessica lange in trying to chelsea what more do we know about that company sinking and its plans for why a car north america. well as you said where current north america was seen as one of the best subsidiaries of the of the wire card family so there was a lot of interest and the in the subsidiary itself it was bought by wire card from citi group back in 2017 and what this business does it is really issue a lot of prepaid credit cards the kind of car you could get from for example a starbucks or a gas station and this is really a booming business right now in part because of the coronavirus many people don't want to pay with cash right now so they're increasingly going to these prepaid cards so seem to pay is really trying to build up. some dominance in that area they've gone through a wave of acquisitions recently and this is just the latest for them so why good north america is in good hands so what's happening to the rest of the

jon sopel, our north america editor. borisjohnson will hold talks tomorrow with the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, as the two sides seek a breakthrough in post—brexit trade negotiations. the uk and eu completed the last round of formal talks in brussels today. let's talk now to our europe editor, katya adler. katia, how significant is this meeting? well, clive, to be honest, i'm sure there are many viewers tonight who are watching us and thinking, do i really need to pay attention to this video conference call tomorrow? the last time that there was a call between ursula von der leyen and the prime minister backin der leyen and the prime minister back injune, der leyen and the prime minister back in june, the der leyen and the prime minister back injune, the prime minister promised to put a tiger in the tank back of negotiations, and here we are with the same sticking points between the sides on each side still pointing the finger of blame at the other. on top of that, we heard today from th

let's go live to to our north america correspondent david willis. let's just start with what happened with that drive—by, because we were on air when it was happening and it was quite extraordinary to see all of that take place. really astonishing. asjohn that take place. really astonishing. as john made that take place. really astonishing. asjohn made the point, this is a man who loves an audience. he is, after all, an audience. he is, after all, a showman he telegraphed her he was intending to do with this drive—by on twitter in a video. it's good saying that his fans have been out there a long time and i'm about to pay them a surprise visit he said, whereupon the presidential motorcade came out at the walter reed hospital and went past the crowd for about half a mile and then took a u—turn back into the medical centre. the president wearing a cloth mask over his face, secret service agents wearing and 95 ventilators, but i have to say that a lot of people in the crowd of course with those trump supporters were not wearing any sort of face c

bark beetles kill more trees than any other kind of insect or disease in north america then you just look across the landscape and you see this kind of patchwork of dead trees mortality is quite dramatic this tree here is full of thousands of bark beetles does that mean that all the trees around here are now susceptible right. from what i've seen it's just basically across the entire landscape have you ever seen this but not here in california. so just 10 minutes where we're looking at the devastation caused by the pine beetles and now we are here and you can see the damage done by forest fires and there's a lot going on here so even though the wildfires actually gone through an area and cause major mortality it will still see bark beetles coming in afterwards scientists studying our forest are concerned about the impacts from drought not just in california but also around the world now what we're starting to worry about is whether these droughts are somehow all interrelated in length at a global scale to suit a lot of force of the world or in trouble droughts putting pressure we don

the bbc‘s north america editor, jon sopel, was right there and witnessed the moment. he was leaving the hospital but i don't think he's going back to the white house. it was the most extraordinary scene and you can hear the noise now. they have closed the road. police suddenly found out in clear this huge highway behind us. clear this huge highway behind us. i'm thinking, who would you clear the highway for. there is the president plasma convoy driving incredibly slowly. it's obvious it's the president and then he goes down about half a mile, does a u—turn, and the convoy, six feet away from me, the president is waving. and waving again. and goes down the line very slowly. it was the most unbelievable thing i've seen. ron and all the cars were wearing masks but the president, who was diagnosed positive with coronavirus, 36 hours ago, has done a drive past. who would have thought that? quite extraordinary, quite the most unbelievable thing. it has now been confirmed that president trump is back in hospital after that brief drive to salute supporters. in a new video m

we're almost wiped out from north america all there's a baby there's a little one 0 a couple of. bison have been part of the vision for the project since the very beginning but it's taken us close to 30 years to be able to put together enough of a landscape where it was a practical consideration for us. these iconic bison were the missing link for a massive restoration of this endangered tall grass prairie run by the nature conservancy. would you say that they have been a game changing factor here. in these animals are going to make a difference on this prairie. i hitched a ride with misuse of project director bill kleiman and restoration ecologist cody considine to track down the bison in their 500 acre grazing area. the wire the bison so important to the restoration process bison 8 grass and there the disturbances they're creating puts diversity on the landscape as they graze the nutrients are going in one of them is coming out the back and they are getting a very quick nutrient cycling on the prairie and those bison patties are spreading seeds and fertilizing the soil what's t

our north america editor, jon sopel, is at the white house for us now. in some ways there is astonishment, that the president, someone who is tested daily, could have contracted coronavirus, and on another level no surprise whatsoever given the lax attitude there has been in this white house over the wearing of facemasks. it feels today that that is changing. a good piece of news for the democrat has just emerged, it has just been reported thatjoe biden has tested negative for coronavirus after he was on that stage with donald trump in that a very rowdy debate on tuesday night. last night, one of the great pre—election traditions, the president attending the al smith dinner, where donald trump addressed the coronavirus pandemic with what now appears to be grim irony. the worst is behind us, he said. the end of the pandemic is in sight, a next day will be one of the greatest in history of our country... then later in the evening the bombshell that will reverberate around the world, the most serious health issue to affect a serving president in decades.

the director general saying that europe adds north america should follow their example by persevering with anti-coronavirus measures in quarantining anyone who comes in contact with infected people. preliminary results from a late stage clinical trial in brazil showed that an experimental vaccine developed by the chinese company appears to be safe according to one of brazil's leading biomedical research centers. the trial's 13,000 participants will continue to be monitored. in the u.k. waeurls is the first european terror -- waeupls is the first european territory to reimpose a lockdown the beginning friday everyone but essential workers will have to stay at home in response to the second whatever in wales. police in tpropbs have searched dozens of homes belonging to suspected islamist militants linked to the beheading of a teacher in paris. a american of silence was held for the victim. he will used cartoons of the muslim prophet muhammad in a lesson about freedomf impression. imams were among those who paid respects outside the school where he worked in a paris suburb. >> it is very

let's speak to our north america correspondent, peter bowes. it is one month until in—person voting day. what kind of campaign can there be until then when one of the main candidates has just gone to hospital? well, it will be a campaign like no other, and we are already seeing signs of course from joe biden that everything has changed. the democrats, the biden campaign have pulled what they called "negative ads", the attack ads that we always see and they increase in intensity as the election campaign goes on, criticising the other candidate. so clearlyjoe biden will continue with his campaign, but he will focus on talking about his policies and what he will do if he has elected america's next president. and clearly central to that will be the coronavirus. and i don't think he is going to shy away from criticising the president over his past statements and past attitude towards the virus, because that is central to at least howjoe biden sees america's predicament right now, with a number of cases rising in some states, with more than 200,000

let's speak to our north america correspondent, peter bowes. lets sta nd lets stand back a little bit. donald trump is meant to be the most protected man in the world — not just most protected man in the world — notjust him but the inner circle around him — and yet we see news just now kellyanne conway, one of his main advisers, has contracted the virus. he has contracted the virus. he has contracted the virus. the question is — how did the white house allow this to happen? well, i think many have made the point that donald trump is a law unto himself, and he might be the world's most protected man, but he does things his way. and it seems as if perhaps impart his attitude towards the coronavirus and the protection of himself, and therefore by definition those around him, has been subject to his views on the virus, the use of masks, the use of social distancing. i think that in big pa rt distancing. i think that in big part is why we are seeing what is happening right now. and there is a crisis that seems to be worsening by the minute a

joining us is our north america business correspondent. is the recovery slowing and losing momentum? >> the video on growth reflects what is happening in the second quarter of the year. that really was othe coronavirus or the coronavirus shock first hit the u.s. economy. that is why you see such stark figures. this huge contraction. but when you look forward, the comparisons are hard to make a quarter to quarter. people are predicting a sharp rebound, from this dramatic decline. the first phase of the pandemic is the shock to the system. the second is this kind of recovery, and what economists are looking is to see how fast the recovery will be. we are getting close on the job market where we have seen improvements in may and june. the pace of the rebound has begun to moderate and i think that is what is worrying economists. when you hear announcements from companies like disney or from the american airline industry, it pois to this problem that many companies are still struggling with the aftereffects or the aftershocks of the coronavirus

ari from north america to south america centrist candidate carlos mesa has conceded defeat in bolivia's presidential election and has said that he will lead the country's opposition the official results is yet to be but socialist candidate luis are saying is set to win he has a 20 percentage point lead that is a far larger margin of victory than what the polls had predicted are seen as a close ally of the former bolivian president evo morales who stepped down last year and fled into exile after claiming victory in a disputed election in the election that was a no. johan ramirez joins me now from the pause good afternoon to you johann so what does victory what does it mean for the country. victoria. means a remarkable a remarkable coming back off everybody's party to the power here in bolivia to understand it i mentioned a piece of victory we had to just remember that one year ago we were in the same city and there were hundreds of thousands of people in the streets protesting against every morales i cutely him off a fraud and asking his resignation and one year later his party is back t

anthony zurcher there, joining us, our north america reporter. anthony, thank you very much forjoining us. if you're joining us, this is special ricky news coverage from the bbc of the president's diagnosis of being positive with covid—i9 and the news we got from the white house within the past hour that he will be transferred to a hospital. the white house is saying this is out of an abundance of caution. he will be there for a few days, where he could be monitored. we have been told by the white house that his fatigues, that he has mild symptoms of the coronavirus, would none the less they've made the decision this evening, 6:15pm here in washington, to move to the walter reed hospital. that is all we have for the moment from washington, samantha. back to you, but clearly this news moving very fast out of the united states this evening. absolutelu. katty, we will back with you. it's well known that the older you are and the heavier you are, the higher the risk of having serious complicatons, with covid—i9. our medical editor fergus walsh lo

europe and north america. most of the energy is produced from biomass from something like me. but the other sources on doing so badly either. however i've come under a lot of criticism recently why see for yourself. this field is lush and green but in a way. it's a desert a desert of corn planted to produce biofuel fields like this cover more than a 1000000 hectares in germany corn provides hardly any food for insects biologists say that's one reason for massive insect die offs. when committed by 90 you can't generate biodiversity with a single type of plant a monoculture so you need to sow a range of different plants to get a range of insects it just doesn't work with corn it was the hope and. the idea is to replace the corn with plants that can also be used to produce biofuel and provide food for insects at the same time. up to 30 different species should begin flowering here soon. so far only come a mile is visible. to see look at the state of that disco stain even though it's lost something nicely. all wrong we want to have a field of flowering prairie shrubs here you need

for north america -- north america for north america, europe for europe. we are very much in favor of free and open trade, but the core capability for us to execute profitability is really reliant on our regionalized supply chain. it is not a critical issue for us, but it is important. critical but important. jonas samuelson, ceo of electrolux. ourng up, more from conversation with barclays ceo jes staley after the bank posted a beat on earnings. shares taking off this morning. this is bloomberg. ♪ annmarie: this is bloomberg surveillance. i'm annmarie hordern first thought -- i'm annmarie hordern. offsetting headwinds in the consumer business. shares surging this mournful them it is the best performer on the stoxx 600, europe's benchmark index. jes staley spoke to anna edwards about the risk in the u.k. market. jes: the challenge for all the banks, but particularly in the u.k., a close to zero environment is tougher a bank that regard -- that relies on a large balance sheet asset and reliability. a lot of our banking services in the u.k. are for free. g

europe and 'd north america. most of the energy is produced from biomass from something like me. but the other sources aren't doing so badly either. however i've come under a lot of criticism recently while you see for yourself. this field is lush and green but in a. way it's a desert a desert of corn planted to produce biofuel fields like this cover more than a 1000000 hectares in germany corn provides hardly any food for insects biologists say that's one reason for massive insect die offs. when committed by 90 you can't generate biodiversity with a single type of plant a monoculture so you need to sow a range of different plants to get a range of insects it just doesn't work with corn it will help and. the idea is to replace the corn with plants that can also be used to produce biofuel and provide food for insects at the same time. up to 30 different species should begin flowering here soon. so far only come a mile is visible. to see look at the state of that disco stained even though it's a loss something nicely satisfied it has all wrong we want to have a field of flowering p

historically, north america has made up half or more of its sales, but that is now down to about 33%. would do well to remember uncertainty around the election, but there were a lot of factors working against shale long before now, including that saudi price were in the spring. kailey: that was one of the catalyst for oil prices going negative in the spring. as you alluded to, the pandemic is really the story of 2020. and has weighed on prices oil companies more broadly. you speak about the election, and that is what is represented here in the blue line. bets.racks clean energy it has been performing on the year but those bets have ramped up in the recent weeks as the market prices in the odds of a biden presidency. bet a biden presidency, the is that it will come with more green infrastructure spending at the expense of some of these traditional players. vonnie: thank you, kailey leinz. coming up, big tech's antitrust saga. we will look at the case be prepared against google with david balto. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: this is bloomberg markets. i'm vonnie quinn in new york. goog

with the latest, our north america editor, jon sopel. this presidency hasn't wanted for astonishing drama but nothing like this. just hours after the president confirming that he is tested positive for covid, he's on his way to a military hospital for treatment, suggesting the situation is a whole lot more serious than the white house has admitted. from the president a video designed to calm nerves. i want to thank everybody for the tremendous support. i'm going to walter reed hospital. i think i'm doing very well. but we are going to make sure that things work out. the first lady is doing very well. so, thank you very much. i appreciate it and i will never forget it. thank you. today, a briefing from the presidential physician at the medical centre, and the news appears good... this morning the president is doing very well. at this time, the team and i are extremely happy with the progress the president has made. thursday he had a mild cough and some nasal congestion and fatigue, all of which are now resolving and improving. but then th

europe and north america. most of the energy is pretty used from biomass from something like me. but the other sources aren't doing so badly either. however i've come under a lot of criticism recently why see for yourself. this field is lush and green but in a way it's a desert a desert of corn planted to produce biofuel fields like this cover more than a 1000000 hectares in germany corn provides hardly any food for insect biologists say that's one reason for massive insect die offs. from canada i know if you can't generate my own diversity with a single type of plant a monoculture you need to sow a range of different plants to get a range of insects it just doesn't work with corn was the hope and. the idea is to replace the corn with plant. that can also be used to produce biofuel and provide food for insects at the same time. up to 30 different species should begin flowering here soon. so far only come a mile is visible. to see if you look at the state of that disco stain even though it's a loss something nicely some us fighting is all wrong we want to have a field of flowering

on november 3, we need north carolina to show america that this is trump country. [applause] is greate: it really to be with you all. thank you for coming out on such a beautiful day. give yourselves a round of applause. [applause] v.p. pence: it is a special privilege for me today to be with a man who personifies north

our north america corresponent david willis was watching. the white house at pains to stress this was not a campaign event, stress this was not a campaign eve nt, eve n stress this was not a campaign event, even though it very much took on the form of such with a loss of the crowd wearing those maga hats. they wore masks, but we re maga hats. they wore masks, but were not socially distanced, about 400 of them in total. mr trump said he was feeling great and, as you mentioned, that a vaccine was not far away. now, he has clearly been itching to get back on the campaign trail, having been forced to sit it out, of course, for more than a week because of the coronavirus diagnosis. the president looking to make up for lost time, as it were, withjoe biden leading and some of the key battleground states as far as the polls are concerned and just, what, 22 days to go before the presidential elections. not too long to go at all. still questions about the specifics of his health, though, david? absolutely. and the white house declining to say whether

it is called the map of the western part of north america. you can see that the mississippi river and the great lakes, and even the route of canadians is quite well defined. as is the pacific coast, where vancouver and captain cook and others had mapped and charted the pacific coast. but i love this word right in the middle. i have looked at hundreds of maps in my life and this is the only time i have found this word. i have blown it up so you can read it and it says conjectural. basically that means we don't know what is there. and this is amazing, because lewis and clarke are pretty much -- they know where their destination is, but they are not quite sure what they are going to encounter in the interim. there were all kinds of stories of what they might find. they might find exotic animals or blue-eyed welshmen. lost tribes of israel. mountains of silver. mountains of salt. a northwest passage. large, furry beaver that were six feet long. i mean, who knew what to expect in this area? so, they are kind of exploring naturalists, they going to

our north america editor has this report. >> last night, and went now appears to be grim irony, the president made a speech in the white house about the pandemic. the worst was behind us, he said. president trump: i just want to say that the end of the pandemic is in sight and next you will be one of the best years in the history of our country. >> later in that evening came a bombshell statement that will reverberate around the world, the most serious health issue to affect a serving president in decades. he tweeted "tonight the first lady and i tested positive for covid-19. we will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. we will get through this together!" today, the president's chief of staff gave reporters this update. >> the president and first lady tested positive for covid-19. they remain in good spirits. the president does have mild symptoms. >> a hint of something big wrong came early in the evening last night when it was announced this woman, hope hicks, had contracted the virus. on wednesday, she was part of the inner circle to travel with the president on the crampe

europe and north america. most of the energy is produced from biomass from something like me. but the other sources aren't doing so badly either. however i've come under a lot of criticism recently by see for yourself. this field is lush and green. in a way it's a desert a desert of corn planted to produce biofuel fields like this cover more than a 1000000 hectares in germany corn provides hardly any food for insects biologists say that's one reason for massive insect die offs. one can need i know if you can generate biodiversity with a single type of plant a monoculture so you need to sow a range of different plants to get a range of insects it just doesn't work with corn it was the hope and. the idea is to replace the corn with plants that can also be used to produce biofuel and provide food for insects at the same time. up to 30 different species should begin flowering here soon. so far only come a mile is visible. to see look at the state of that disgusting even though it's a law something nicely of us fighting is all wrong we want to have a field of flowering prairie shot

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from miami, our north america editorjon sopel sent this report. this is donald trump's hispanic armada making a splash against miami's famous skyline. around 200 boats. it is chaotic, noisy and exuberant. if every election throws up a new way of campaigning, this is 2020's innovation — the boat parade. the president's son eric is the star attraction. eric, are you feeling confident? how are you feeling? you tell me how it looks, right? is there love in this country or is there love in this country? tremendous love. we're going to win this thing. if you look at the polls, donald trump is facing, well, very strong headwinds. he is being outspent. in key battle ground states, he is down. but among hispanic voters, his head above water and in this critical state, that could be a vital lifeline. the hispanic and latino vote in florida is critical. many of these latinos have already seen what the rhetoric is on the left side, pushing socialism, free stuff. they don't want it, they are hard—working americans that are here and they want the freedom to

in britain and in north america. among christians who got really interested in the holy spirit's work in a christian after conversion. what they called the second blessing. the feeling of spiritual power and the total suppression of sin. by the holy spirit. john wesley had argued that since scripture demands that humans fulfill god's loss, the state of what he called christian perfection must be obtainable. even if it takes us our whole lives, right? you remember that from what you read of wesley. holiness christians really focused on this. and they took wesley's idea and they kind of ran with it. and they sentence, sin must not be inevitable then. it must be possible to totally suppress it in the course of this second blessing. and they came to really hold this experience of the second blessing as being almost as significant for a christian as conversion because it could bring to you what they called entire sanctfication, god's grace can free one not just of the sin but the individual to commit sins. so they had a m

the bbc‘s north america editor, jon sopel, was right there and witnessed the moment. he was leaving the hospital but i don't think he's going back to the white house. it was the most extraordinary scene and you can hear the noise now. they have closed the road. police suddenly found out and cleared this huge highway behind us. i'm thinking, who would you clear the highway for, the first lady? then we see the convoy that is familiar if you live in washington. there is the president's convoy driving incredibly slowly. firstly down the other side of the road, and you can see all these people going mad, it's obvious it's the president, and then he goes down about half a mile, does a u—turn, and the convoy, six feet away from me, the president is waving. and waving again. and then goes down the line very slowly. it was the most unbelievable thing i've seen. everyone in all the cars were wearing masks but the president, who was diagnosed positive with coronavirus, 36 hours ago, has done a drive—past. who would have thought that? quite extraordinary, quite the most unbel

let's speak to our north america correspondent ben wright. an interesting evening there in the states, both rival candidates on their the same time. what has been happening? they were meant to be taking pa rt they were meant to be taking part in the debate, this was meant to be the night of the second presidential debate which was scrapped in president trump refused to take part in a virtual debate which the broadcasters suggested as an alternative because he was still, at that point, recovering from coronavirus, so this is very much a second—best option, to networks going head—to—head with these two rival townhall events. president trump is on the stage, an outside stage in miami in florida and its been quite a robust hour so far taking questions both from the moderator but also from the audience. i think some of the highlights, he was asked point blank whether he would denounce white supremacy, something he did not do what he sort of sidestepped in the first debate. he did, more clearly than he did in the first debate, saying that he

let's speak to our north america correspondent, peter bowes. what do we know about what is going on here? we know from several us officials, citing multiple sources, that hope hicks has contracted coronavirus. as you say, she is one of the president was my closest advisers. she has travelled with him on at least two occasions this week, to minnesota for that rally and as the world saw on tuesday, she was with the president, having travelled on air force one to clear land for the debate. there is a photograph circulating now on social media of her leaving that flight and arriving, not wearing a face mask, obviously in the next few days going to be the subject of some scrutiny. peter, i am sorry to stop you mid— flow. we are having trouble with the line. we will come back to peter as soon we can re—establish that line. for now, peter bowes, thank you very much. next, the european union will immediately impose sanctions on belarusian leaders involved in the country's flawed presidential election and the crackdown on the opposition which follow

america. a bad trade deal is bad for public health. then you have farming, we have got a farming community that holds some of the best standards in the world. if they have to fight against an influx of lower standard products, they're not geared up for that. the government has repeatedly said standards won't be compromised, but campaigners want that to be legally binding. no one person should ever be able to promise the british public that it's all going to be all right. that's why we have legal frameworks. blooming hell, all we're asking for is debate in parliament, and not a back door to do a quick deal. you know the government has set up this agriculture and trade commission, which they say can oversee the trade deals, make sure the standards are up to scratch. why is that not enough? because they don't have any legal power, as far as i can work out, so for me it just feels like a gesture just to shut everyone up. despite the government's reassurance, there's pressure building here too. nex

let's speak to our north america correspondent, peter bowes. potentially significant ramifications, let's focus on donald trump. not much social insta nce donald trump. not much social instance in, wearing masks. his rallies have been saved, he will say, because they've been outside. the president or the long, for many months now, has been slow to come on board. people wearing a mask in particular. hope hicks was seen getting off air force one without wearing a mask a couple of days ago. a lot of scrutiny and attention. politically, the ramifications, we are really in uncharted territory, with the president talking about being in as we've been discussing, we don't really know how it's going to last and affecting those plans. the next three weeks which are clearly crucial to his election campaign. just remind us where we are with the coronavirus outbreak in the us. steep rises in many countries in europe but nowhere near as bad as when it first happened. where are we in the us? we are not ina where are we in the us? we are not in a good place. t

from such north america were in california more than 100000 people have been forced to flee their homes amid wildfires burning out of control in the region especially planes battling the blazes police 2 firefighters have been injured on are currently in the critical condition. of typhoon has made landfall just the vietnamese resort city of dunn leaving at least 2 people dead 2 fishing boats with 26 crew on board are also sunk more than half a 1000000 people fled the area to head off the typhoons arrival it's believed to be the strongest storm in vietnam in 20 years and comes as the country continues to recover from severe flooding which killed more than $130.00 this. for the new studio but more great r.t. programs get going and moments find out what's playing where you are after the shortest the breaks by. normally speaking the role of the media is to inform the public this mission is now on hold large parts of the media landscape particularly. to believe. what the public can and. has controlled speech please. the maternity town the slums go in and you may never get out so those are the

everything is very much up in the air. jon sopel, our north america editor, thank you. here, public health england have admitted tonight that nearly 16,000 cases of coronavirus — between the 25th of september and the 2nd of october — were not included in daily figures for that period, and not transferred to the contact tracing system. some of them were included in the figures published yesterday and today. the latest daily figure shows 22,961 were recorded in the past 2a hours. 33 deaths were also recorded — that's of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—i9 test. which takes the total number, across the uk, to 42,350. 0ur health editor hugh pym is with me now. so, all of these nearly 16,000 cases that we are only now seeing recorded in the figures, how did that happen? it seems as if it was an it error, but quite an extraordinary announcement late this evening. nearly 16,000 of these positive tests were not put into the system. by tests were not put into the system. bya tests were not put into the system. by a quick calculation, it looks as if what

our north america editor jon sopel reports. coming out on stage and not hitting each other was more or less of the most dignified thing about last night. how doing, man? this was an exercise in ugliness, with donald trump determined to trip his opponent, joe biden, up by repeatedly interrupting him. number one... joe, you agreed with bernie sanders and his far left on the manifesto. socialised medicine. look, hey... are you saying you didn't agree? and then, as the moderator tried to regain control... let me ask my question. i'll ask joe. no! picking fights with the umpire. i guess i'm debating you, not him. lagging behind in the polls, the president was clearly going for a knockout blow, something that would turn this election around. but biden didn't go down. instead, he grew exasperated. radical left... will you shut up, man? who is on your list, joe? this is so... don't ever use the word "smart" with me. don't ever use that word. 0h, give me a break. because you know what? because you are a president screwing things up. you

. —— north america correspondent. twitter has attached a disclaimer to another of president trump's tweets — saying it violated its rules on spreading misleading information about the coronavirus. mr trump tweeted that he was now immune to covid—19. scientists say the virus hasn't been around long enough to understand an immune response. mr trump made the same claim on fox news after his doctor said he was no longer a transmission risk. it seems like i'm immune. so, i can go way out of a basement, which i would have done anyway, and which i did, ‘cause you have to run a country, you have to get out of the basement, and it looks like i'm immune for, i don't know, maybe a long time. or maybe a short time, it could be a lifetime, nobody really knows, but i'm immune, so... so the president is in very good shape. joining me now is professor bob wachter, chair of the department of medicine at the university of california, san francisco. thank you for being on the programme. so, the president says, iam programme. so, t

in asia, we are seeing some good progress being made but much less so in europe and north america. vonnie: how many of your hotels and residences are open right now? but two.l open vonnie: how are you pivoting the business? are you preparing for a day where there will be significant business travel again, or do you imagine it will be so long before that day comes, you have to do something to your business model? james: my focus for some time has been on leisure travel. i believe at the luxury end of the market, leisure and business leisure have been at the heart of luxury travel. i have been seeing business travel gradually declining as a proportion of our business for some time. the pandemic has accelerated that trend. as a group, i would characterize us as focusing very much on leisure, some 60% of our business would be leisure. about 25% may be business. that business segment will be slow to come back. it will come back particularly only in areas of the premium element, rather than the volume of business travel. vonnie: which governments have been most helpful? james: in europe,

let's speak to our north america correspondent ben wright. ben, i'm assuming you have a remote control in your hands, and you will be channel hopping when these events kick off. what can we expect?m will be quite a challenge for the committed american voter wanting to see both of these programmes tonight, which began in two are as rival tv networks, so president bush on nbc in front of a studio audience, a live audience in miami, and now on abc will bejoe biden taking part in a similar town hall debate in pennsylvania, and there is some controversy particularly from people within nbc that that network decided to schedule this at the same time as abc, denying viewers the chance to see both candidates be grilled at the same time, but this of course would've been the night of the second presidential debate. that was scotch after president trump refused to take part in a virtual one. as a second—best, really. i'm not sure how may people will tune into this. it certainly it's not going to be like the fireworks was on that first presidential deba