Withdrawal agreement. Israel has announced a three week nationwide lockdown to try to contain a new surge in coronavirus infections. It will take effect on friday, making it the first country to re impose such a blanket measure. It comes as the World Health Organization says covid 19 cases have reached a record one day high globally. People will be banned moving more than 500 metres from their homes. All but essential shops will be shut. With me is our News Reporter paul hawkins. Tell us more about this because israel is the first country to go back to National Lockdown, isnt it . Yes, it is. Up until now, every country in the world has tried to perform the alan singh act of maintaining Public Health and judgement balancing act of protecting the economy and Public Health. Israel is the first country to ditch that act because they have been more than 4000 rotavirus cases every day in israel at the moment. The Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu, earlier at a press conference, explaining why they need to reimpose National Lockdown. Translation on thursday they waved a red flag. Health executives and hospital managers have warned that death rates are forcing the application of immediate measures. Some medical staff and hospitals are overwhelmed. And the timing is pretty bad with a fewjewish National Holidays on the horizon . And yaa kov holidays on the horizon . And yaakov lipson has resigned because he said he this will impact families coming together and celebrating variousjewish festivals. However, the interior will minister, he supports this measures, he leads and ultraorthodox coalition. He says that it is tantamount to murder if anyone brea ks tantamount to murder if anyone breaks these measures. It is not something they wanted to do, the country is currently in recession at the finance Ministry Says this is going to cost israel 1. 9 billion. Lets talk about global covid 19 ina talk about global covid 19 in a global sense. The latest figures from the who are pretty worrying. They dropped in the last 2 three hours. A record one day increase in infections, 300,000 reported in a 24 hour period. Death rose by more than 5500, bringing the global total to 900,000. That is the biggest increase in infections in india, the usa and brazil. In fa ct, india, the usa and brazil. In fact, more than half of the worlds 28 million confirmed cases are now in the americas so cases are now in the americas so that is definitely the hot spot. Paul, thank you very much indeed. Gavin yamey is professor of Global Health and Public Policy at Duke University in north carolina. Hejoins me now. Let me ask you, a return to National Lockdown from israel. How unusual is this, do you think . It must have been a pretty big decision for the government, both in a political sense and an economic sense. Yes, thank you very much for inviting me on. That is right. It was probably at this stage the least worst option. It is true that no other country has had to reimpose a nationwide lockdown. Though of course we have seen targeted a local lockdowns all over the world. We will see these on and off, i think, until we can get a vaccine and deploy it at scale at what is going on in israel was a very, very rapid rise in the number of new daily cases. You heard just now from your reporter, 4000 cases a day. Israel was at 2000 today get by the end of august so a very sudden rise. We have to holidays coming up, friday will be thatjewish nude jewish new year. And about two days later, the holiest day of the year and that is when people we re year and that is when people were intending to gather inside which we know is a high risk, for extended periods of time. That is a risk of so called super spreading events. The last important point is that israel had been contemplating a more targeted lockdown. The there was going to be a traffic light system, red and green, for cities that had bad outbreaks. They were going to have targeted lockdowns for cities where there were less, they were going to be called green cities and they would have less lockd owns. Green cities and they would have less lockdowns. There was going to be a push on masks. That plan went nowhere. There was a lot of political opposition, particularly from ultraorthodox who were going to feel stigmatised from it. When naplan failed with cases rising, the high holidays coming when that plan failed. This worrying trend of u pwa rd failed. This worrying trend of upward infections, there were few good options left on the table and other countries of course might face that risk if they see a similar sudden explosion. Hospital capacity is already near full, as you heard, what choices do you have left . What is it that pushes a country from targeted lockdown to National Lockdown . What is the line that countries need to cioss the line that countries need to cross to get there . In general, the questions around opening and closing your country are decided by a number of factors. Of course, the first is how much infection there is a top israel now has one of them highest infection rates in the world, that is new cases parts per million in the population. That is worrying. You always wa nt to that is worrying. You always want to spare Hospital Capacity in case there is a surge of hospitalisations. You always wa nt to hospitalisations. You always want to test widely, isolate anyone who is infected, do contact tracing, to find eve ryo ne contact tracing, to find everyone exposed and ensure they are quarantined. You have to have excellent local data on where those outbreaks are and you also need to know what proportion of those tests are coming back positive. In a case like israel where you have rising numbers, you have hospitals saying we are at capacity already, no obvious end in sight, this lockdown which neta nyahu says end in sight, this lockdown which netanyahu says is going to be short, Something Like three weeks, is a kind of a short, sharp Shock Therapy to break those cycles of transmission. Of course, the more targeted approach would have been less problematic to the economy but the first rule of virus economics is that you must control the virus. You are never going to get on top of your economy and your Economic Growth if the virus is out of control. Thank you for your analysis. And on the bbc website youll find analysis of the global increase in coronavirus cases, thats led to israel becoming the first country to re impose a nationwide lockdown. Just go to bbc. Com news or download the bbc news app. At least 30 people are confirmed to have died in wildfires that are engulfing the west coast of america. Millions of acres of land have been destroyed across the states of washington, california and oregon, from where our correspondent, Aleem Maqbool now reports. Nightmarish scenes have been facing those in oregon for days now. Weve met people whove one day fled from one fire only to be faced by another the next. Theyve sought refuge in trailer parks or temporary camps the pandemic complicating the effort to help them. If we have to rebuild, we have to rebuild. If we dont have to rebuild, we still have so much clean up to do because of the ash. Because when we left, like i said, the last time we pulled out, there was almost two inches. There have been around 100 fires burning along huge stretches of the west coast. The smoke caught on nasa images. They include some of the biggest wildfires ever recorded in california. San francisco, one of many cities thats disappeared under a shroud of smoke. Im trying to keep a positive attitude, but its scary. Its scary. One of those things, you just have to take into consideration that you have to be careful when youre breathing because you can be inhaling the smoke. Unprecedented fires have led to Desperate Measures to tackle them scrambling, even, to fly in fire engines. Oregons governor has called this a once in a generation event. Thousands of homes have been lost. Many dozens of people are reported missing. Those who survived have been left to salvage what they can of their belongings. Others guard their homes for fear of looting. Its been a rough couple of days, but its. I just didnt feel right, leaving home. Officials here say its the impact of climate change. The white house says its poorforest management. But some of these fires have now been burning for a full week. And the main concern for so many here is still how to safeguard their lives. Aleem maqbool, bbc news, near salem in oregon. More than 400 people have been detained in belarus during the latest mass demonstrations against the continued rule of president alexander lukashenko. Its the fifth sunday in a row that protests have taken place. Our correspondentjonah fisher sent this report from minsk. Chanting. With each passing week, belarus protesters add something new to their long list of grievances. What began as a response to a disputed election now encompasses the Police Crackdown that followed, and the targeting of opposition politicians. This week, one of them, maria kolesnikova, was being celebrated, after she tore up her passport to stop herself being sent into exile. Maria kolesnikova is a hero. I think we need to build a monument after we win this. Do you think this will end with president lukashenko leaving . I think yes. I dont know. Its not a sprint, its a marathon. President lukashenko was no doubt hoping that, by detaining key opposition leaders, that these protests would run out of steam. If that was the case, he was wrong. This is the fifth sunday in a row that the centre of minsk has seen a huge display of people power. On the fringes of the march, the violence continued. President lukashenkos Security Forces detained at least 400 people today, hunting down those in smaller groups. Women, once considered off limits, are now being manhandled and dragged away, too. Yevgeniya, a mother of two, was briefly detained on saturday. All the men are very frightened, but women, they werent treated like this until yesterday. Now were trying to, i dont know, to regain our power. I dont know what to do now. Having upped the violence but failed to stop the protests, president lukashenko heads to russia tomorrow. The key question, what moscow will demand in return for continuing to back belarus unpopular leader. Jonah fisher, bbc news, minsk. Stay with us on bbc news, still to come will still to come get the latest on the brexit will get the latest on the brexit Withdrawal Agreement. George w bush freedom itself was attacked this morning, and freedom will be defended. The United States will hunt down and punish those responsible. Bishop tutu now becomes spiritual leader of 100,000 anglicans here, of the blacks in soweto township, as well as the whites in their rich suburbs. We say to you today in a loud and a clear voice, enough of blood and tears. Enough translation the difficult decision we reached together was one that required great and exceptional courage. Its an exodus of up to 60,000 people, caused by the uneven pace of political change in eastern europe. Iam free this is bbc news. The latest headlines the who has reported a record one day increase in global coronavirus cases as israel becomes the first country to reimpose a nationwide lockdown. More than 20,000 firefighters are now tackling wildfires that have killed at least 30 people on the west coast of america. Lets stay with that now. We can now speak to rob mayeda, whos a meteorologist at kntv in san jose, california where he joins us from now. Its good to talk to you. Thanks for taking the time to talk to us once again on bbc news. I wanted to ask you the latest on what is going on with those fires and the weather, which is so important, isnt it, in terms of the story . They really are intertwined. Overs we have been watching in this pharisees and 2020, nearly 3 million acres burnt, by the way, more than 1 million acres burnt, by the way, more than1 million million acres burnt, by the way, more than 1 million acres more than the previous record in 2019, we have seen expanding drugs and these hot, dry conditions and heat spells and we have had an hour almost an entire month in the San Francisco bay area with unhealthy apple 27 straight days. We have never seen anything like that before in recent times. Youll notice in this year alone, three of the top four largest buyers in california history, still burning even today, have happened just this year, and when you look at 2020, it is just an asterisk in a more active fire season . Go back over the last 20 years or so back to 2000, you realise this list of top 20 fires, 85 have occurred in the last three yea rs occurred in the last three years and we are seeing warmer temperatures and increasing drought in that time frame. What does that tell us . What it tells us is when were looking at the changes to californias climate, we have been seeing some of the last five years or so some of the last five years or so since 2014, have included some of the warmest years in the same time frame, we have not only seen more drought, but at times, more intense drought, in 20142017. So it is at times, more intense drought, in 2014 2017. So it is notjust we are seeing in 2014 2017. So it is notjust we are seeing more in 2014 2017. So it is notjust we are seeing more fires, but intense fire behaviour. We saw the greek warren or complex firing california and bekaa fire in 2018, these large pirate cumulus and pirate cumulonimbus clouds that have the ability to create their own weather and other acreage in a short amount of time and it is these foreign tornadoes which we have been seeing a lot more of in these larger fires. This is something, by the way, the Fourth Annual claimant assessment for california predicted would happen within the next 50 years. These are some of the things we would expect to see happen as damages continue to 100 continues to get more extensive. And looking at the Weather Forecast in the coming days, i know you are going to be looking at that very closely. What are we expecting . Are we expecting some rain fall at least . Yeah, in the north west there is a chance we might see a little bit of rain, but unfortunately what typically happens in september as we get is months where we get short chances of rain followed by a more offshore wind events. And as bad as the statistics were great there, the top three and four california wildfires, the peak season doesnt happen until october, so the next four happen six weeks in a typical year we see fires is an increase with those dry offshore wind is picking up. Interesting statistics there. Rob mayeda, thank you very much indeed for talking to us. The ukjustice secretary has defended British Government plans to potentially override elements of the brexit Withdrawal Agreement, signed with the european union. The proposal would give the government power to change or ignore rules relating to the movement of goods between britain and Northern Ireland but could also break International Law. Heres our chief political correspondent, vicki young. A lots changed since brexit day. Crowds can no longer gather, but the arguments have reignited since the government announced it would pass a law overriding parts of the legally binding treaty which laid out the terms of our departure. In a sign of how tense things have become, the eus chief negotiator took to twitter. Michel barnier said Boris Johnson had agreed a delicate compromise to protect peace and stability on the island of ireland. It means Northern Ireland will follow some eu rules. His british counterpart, lord frost, hit back, complaining that the eus position meant it would be automatically illegal for Northern Ireland to import Food Products from other parts of the uk. Government ministers say they need an insurance policy to make sure that doesnt happen. We hope very much never to have to use this. Its a break the glass in emergency provision, if we need it. But theyre not denying that giving uk ministers the power to change the Withdrawal Agreement breaks International Law. How could anyjustice secretary stand by and let that happen . Is that the moment that Robert Buckland resigns from the government, if we break International Law itself . If i see the rule of law being broken in a way that i find unacceptable. Ah. Then of course i will go. We are not at that stage. Four years ago, these two former Prime Ministers campaigned against brexit. Today, sirjohn major and tony blairjoined forces again, writing in the sunday times that the governments action was irresponsible and questioned the very integrity of our nation. Irelands foreign minister agrees. The British Government, in my view, is behaving in an extraordinary way, and british people need to know that, because, outside of britain, where this issue is being discussed now, the reputation of the uk and britain as a trusted negotiating partner on important issues like this is being damaged in a very serious way. Tomorrow, the action returns to parliament. Several conservative mps have said they cant support a bill that breaks the law. Shinzo abe is stepping down from the role of Prime Minister after almost eight years due to health reasons. The liberal Democratic Party has a majority in parliament, so whoever wins the leadership contest will automatically become Prime Minister. Protests have been held in several cities in argentina against the policies of pr