Hello and welcome. A manhunt is continuing in the austrian capital, vienna, for heavily armed gunmen who carried out what the countrys chancellor called a repulsive terror attack. Two people are known to have been killed one of them a woman and Police Say One gunman was also killed. At least one more is on the run. There were attacks in six different locations, near to each other. About 15 wounded people are being treated in hospital, including an anti terror officer. Mark lobel has the latest. Austrian police order people to take cover. Restaurants are locked down. Weve been told that because of an ongoing attack in the city centre that the restaurant is closed at the moment. We cant leave until the situation has actually been confirmed and cleared. News of the incident emerged at 7 53, this tweet revealing a Police Operation underway. Three minutes later, reports of shots fired. Details are emerging of several rifle wielding attackers in six locations. One witness recalls what he saw. We didnt know whats going on, to be honest. The only thing we heard of was the firecrackers, the sound of firecrackers, and then we only saw what happened sort of afterwards, you know, we saw the policeman in the street next to our restaurant. We saw the ambulance, you know, lining up next to our restaurant. We saw there were victims who seemed harmed, in a way. And sadly, we also saw there was still theres a body lying down the street next to us. Its taking place and a vibrant district of vienna, opposite a synagogue that was closed at the time, the night before a new 8pm coronavirus curfew kicks in for cafes and restaurants there. Translation we are living here in austria, and particularly in vienna, through difficult hours. We are victims of an appalling terrorist attack in our capital which is still ongoing. I want to thank the emergency services, theyre risking their lives to secure our safety. The police managed to eliminate one attacker but more attackers are on the run. I also want to thank the rescue services who are working at this difficult hour and i want to assure the relatives of the victims that all our thoughts are with you. The president of the european council, charles michel, tweeting that europe strongly condemns this cowardly act that violates life and our human values. He says he stands with austria. French president Emmanuel Macron says, the french people share the shock and grief of the austrian people. After france, he says, a friend of ours is attacked. This is our europe. Our enemies must know who they are dealing with. We will not give up. The british Prime Minister borisjohnson has tweeted. The latest message from the police is that the operation is still active, urging people to stay at home and if you are on the streets, they say, take shelter. Avoid public transport. Translation this is the hardest day for austria for several years. We are dealing with a terror attack, the severity of which we havent experienced in austria for a long time, thank god. Unfortunately, we have several injured, several dead. Our special forces have managed to eliminate a heavily armed terrorist armed with an automatic weapon. From what we know, there is at least one perpetrator on the run. As the manhunt continues for at least one heavily armed and dangerous attacker, the special forces are also looking beyond the capital. Mark lobel, bbc news. The most polarised Us Election Campaign in decades is drawing to a close, Withjoe Biden and donald trump both exhorting supporters in battleground states to get out and vote. After a frenetic pace of campaigning, President Trump is about to deliver his closing pitch to voters in grand rapids, michigan. With Vice President mike pence by his side. Earlier trump was in kenosha, wisconsin, and he promised to prove the pollsters wrong by repeating his triumph of four years ago. Tomorrow you have the power, you have the vote, you have the power, really, to save america. We cannot go down that path. We will never be a socialist country. We will never be. So get yourfriends, get country. We will never be. So get your friends, get your family, get your neighbours, get your co workers, grab your boss by the titan say, come on, bass, we have to get out and vote. And you can have a date tomorrow the likes of which people have not seen in a long time by the thai. Joe biden has finished his campaign in pennsylvania. Its one of the biggest battleground states and the winner will take 20 precious Electoral College votes that might be crucial to win the white house. The democratic candidate has had some star studded support for his final rally, appearing with lady gaga. Biden has concluded the campaign by calling on voters to ta ke back american democracy from president donald trump. The power to change this country is at your hands, in your hands. I dont care how ha rd your hands. I dont care how hard donald trump tries, there is nothing, nothing is going to stop the people in this nation from voting, period, and when america votes, america will be heard and when america is heard, i believe that the message will be loud and clear. It is time for donald trump to pack his bags and go home. Ben wright is our north america correspondent. It is now up to the American People as these two candidates, President Trump and joe biden of the democrats stop and see what happens. They do but a frenzied pace right to the continuing to demonstrate the start differences between them. Donald trump continuing to barrelled through battle states, continuing to feel arenas with people, not much social distancing occurring. Joe biden, you had the honking of cars with a big dollop of stardust from lady gaga. Very different looks and totally different looks and totally different messages. Donald trump telling his still very enthusiastic core supporters that four more years will be more of the same. Joe biden tried to persuade americans that it tried to persuade americans thatitis tried to persuade americans that it is time for something calmer, it is time to train in the division in america, to get a grip in the coronavirus pandemic. Joe biden goes into election date knowing hes ahead the polls nationally. Leslie has into the battlegrounds but he is still ina battlegrounds but he is still in a consistently comfortable position in the polls but he also knows what happened four yea rs also knows what happened four years ago and so does donald trump he was telling his supporters to be prepared for another surprise. Many would argue that when you look at what donald trump has been doing in the last few days, it has been very strategic. To get those voters to come out and vote on a tuesday who perhaps are off the radar of the pollsters and that is why it is quite hard to say what might happen, what the outcome might be . That is very true. Of the 100 million early votes cast so far, quite extraordinary number, the democrats will the good proportion of those, certainly the mail in dallas will be going their way. The expectation of both camps is that perhaps people turning up on election day itself will be more republicans. There is a silent number of donald Trump Supporters who have not made themselves apparent to pollsters and to the parties over the last few weeks of campaigning who may give the president quite a left into the closing stages of this campaign. That is certainly a fear in thejoe Biden Campaign and a big hope in the Donald Trump Campaign by the early voting statistics are extraordinary. In some states more people have already voted than voted at tall last time. It shows the degree of enthusiasm and engagement in this pivotal election across the United States but there is also a real sense of foreboding because we do not know how long the final counting of votes will take. Donald trump has warned many times over the last few weeks and months that he does not think that postal ballots are a particularly legitimate way of voting. He discussed ungrounded aspersions on voterfraud. He discussed ungrounded aspersions on voter fraud. He said discussed ungrounded aspersions on voterfraud. He said he discussed ungrounded aspersions on voter fraud. He said he will put his nose into action on tuesday. We do not know what is going to happen but there is a sense of unease around this election. It will only really play out in the hours after the polls have closed. Thank you. Well have a special programme from 23 30 gmt on tuesday, bringing you the us Election Night as it unfolds. And you can also find more on our website, including this video guide to how the Voting System works. Just log on to bbc. Com news lets get some of the days other news officials in turkey have now said 100 people are known to have died following the earthquake in izmir on friday. 98 of them killed were in the city of izmir which was devastated by the quake, while two teenagers are known to have died on the greek island of samos. This is the deadliest quake to hit turkey in nearly a decade Perus Congress has approved a motion to begin new proceedings to remove president Martin Vizcarra from office over corruption allegations. It centres on claims he accepted bribes when he was a governor. The president has denied all the allegations against him and his opponents in congress are seeking to generate chaos and disorder ahead of a president ial election in april. Central americans living on the Atlantic Coast have been rushing to evacuate ahead of a hurricane expected to make landfall in nicaragua. The National Hurricane centre says the category four storm is rapidly strengthening and is expected to cause havoc across portions of central america. Honduras has placed five Atlantic Coastal regions on red alert. Jamaica, southern haiti, el salvador and southern mexico may also be hit. Afghanistan is holding a day of mourning for those killed in an attack on Kabul University on monday. Gunmen targeted a Graduation Ceremony for government personnel. Afghan Security Forces shot dead fter a stand off lasting more than five hours. The Islamic State group said it carried out the assault. Stay with us on bbc news, still to come a year after the devastating bushfires in australia, some lucky survivors are taken home. The israeli Prime Minister, yitzhak rabin, the architect of the middle east peace process, has been assassinated. A 27 year old jewish man has been arrested, and an extremist Jewish Organisation has claimed responsibility for the killing. At polling booths throughout the country, they voted on a historic day for australia. As the results came in, it was clear the monarchy would survive. Of the american hostages, there was no sign. They are being held somewhere inside the compound and student leaders have threatened that, should the americans attempt to rescue, they will all die. This mission has surpassed all expectations. Voyager one is now the most distant man made object anywhere in the universe, and itjust seems to keep on going. Tonight, we prove once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but the enduring power of our ideals. This is bbc news. The latest headlines two people and a gunman have been killed in a series of shootings in the austrian capital, vienna. Several others were wounded in the terror attack. At least one other shooter is still at large. In the last hours before election day in the us president ial contest, donald trump, promised supporters hed prove pollsters wrong by repeating his triumph of four years ago. His opponent, joe biden, ended his final rally in pittsburgh by urging voters to take back democracy. Regular coronavirus tests are going to be offered to everyone in liverpool from the end of this week, in the governments first mass testing pilot involving a whole city. Troops will help carry out rapid turn around tests on about half a Million People who live or work in liverpool, even if they dont have symptoms. Our Political Correspondent nick eardley reports. Many of us have had tests like this in the last few months stopping the government thinks theyre going to be crucial to controlling the virus in future. Yesterday we had a target with half a million daily tests available and from friday a new mass testing scheme is being rolled out here in liverpool with a number where the number of cases is among the highest in england stopping everyone, even those without symptoms will be offered a regular test. 2000 Armed Forces Personnel are being deployed to help in what the Prime Minister hopes will bea the Prime Minister hopes will be a new weapon against the virus. Borisjohnson was in Parliament Today to explain his plans for a new england wide lockdown, coming into force for a month from thursday. Modelling presented by our scientist suggests that without action we could see up to twice as many deaths over the winter as many deaths over the winter as we saw in the first wave. Faced with these latest figures there is no alternative but to ta ke there is no alternative but to take further action on a national level. He said the measures would end in four weeks and it would be up to mps what happened next. Leader of the opposition keir starmer. s based claims he waited too long to act. As a result this lockdown will be longer than it needed to be, at least four weeks. It will be harder, we have just missed half term, and the human cost will be higher. Labour will back the measures, so they will almost certainly pass. As we drift further into an authoritarian state, the only Legal Mechanism left open to me is to vote against that legislation. Can the Prime Minister demonstrate to me that the damage that will be caused to east sussex by looking down on our economy, on liberty, on lives and livelihoods, would be a lot worse were we to do absolutely nothing . So england is heading for another lockdown, but there remain questions over the cost of a longer term exit strategy. Nick eardley, bbc news. Lets get a round up of the latest sport. Hello, im Chetan Pathak with your tuesday sport briefing. Well start in the English Premier League where Leicester City are are up to second after a 4 1win at leeds united. Jamie vardy amongst the scorers again as was Youri Tielemans who got two including a late penalty. Its four wins in a row now for leicester who are within a point of the leaders liverpool. Think if we get to march it will be nice, but was better to make a better start and be there than second from bottom, but its still very early, seven games and yeah, long way to go. Spains Feliciano Lopez is into the second round of the Paris Masters after a straight sets win over serbias filip krajinovic. Lopez, whos 39, will play fellow compatriot nadal on tuesday with rafa having won the french open last month, having not played a lot of tennis in 2020. What works, work it well, but it was not the ideal situation. Normally, i like to play a little bit more before important tournaments, but not because of the important tournament going there, no, its because they like to play tennis, i like the competition and that is what i do. Liverpool are in italy on tuesday where theyll be hoping to make it three wins out of three in the Champions League group stages defenderjoel matip and midfielder naby keita face late fitness for the match against atalanta. The italians reached last seasons quarter finals and this will be the first time liverpool are facing them in europe. I think we do pretty welljust being focused on the next game, and the next one is for sure so far the biggest challenge in the Champions League, with all they did in the last two or three years, it is a really settled team and difficult to play against. Very special in their approach. In the other game in the group, ajax are away at fc midtjylland but manager erik ten hag is without 11 players because of coronavirus including substitutes the dutch side are stretched to the limit with only 17 players travelling to denmark. In cycling, tuesday sees stage 13 of the vuelta a espana. Ineos grenadiers Richard Carapaz retook the overall lead on stage 12 on sunday after a gruelling final ascent on the angliru, so hell be the final rider to roll down the start ramp on tuesday for the crucial time trial in northwest galicia which starts in muros. Primoz roglic is the favourite to win the stage and could retake the leaders red jersy from carapaz, as hes just 10 seconds off the lead. And finally, football and golf are amongst the two most popular sports in the world as you know but what happens if you put them together . Footgolf is the answer, and one of the highlights of the uk footgolf calendar has seen ben clarke win the mens english open watch the ball go splash thats how wet it was on the purpose built course near gatwick airport. It involves kicking a regular sized football into a 52 centimetre diameter hole, with two rounds of 18 holes. Theres no footgolf on the bbc sport website, im pretty sure, but there is plenty of other sport including build up to tuesdays Champions League games. But from me, Chetan Pathak and the rest of the team, thats your tuesday sport briefing. The bushfires that raged across australia this time last year caused devastation. As well as claiming more then 30 lives, the countrys wildlife was also badly hit. The koala population was decimated and ever since volunteers on kanagaroo island have been doing their best to help them recover. Our australia correspondent Shaimaa Khalil reports. They survived australias fires, now these koalas are ready to go back where they belong. Its a very different thing from nearly a year ago. Pictures of the badly burned animals shocked the world. Hundreds were brought to this wildlife park when the flames tore through the island. As well is being faced with the burns and starvation and the dehydration, they were also very mentally affected as well. A lot of them were just feeling so terrible that they were just kind of cuddled and a ball, they didnt have that fight response that a wild animal should. Of the 50,000 koalas living on Kangaroo Island before the bushfires, it is feared most of them were killed. Images of the destruction and the loss of wildlife were seen across the globe, prompting millions of dollars of donations. It was just incredible to see how many people from pretty much every country in the world jumped on board to donate to looking after and saving as much wildlife on Kangaroo Island here as we could. Helping koalas survive here is vital for australias ecology. It is the one place where the animals are disease free. For months now, hundreds of koalas have been looked after in the wildlife park and it has been a long and tough journey for many of them. The aim is to get them Strong Enough to survive on their own here in the wild and today, one of them is being released. After ten months of care, its time for mertons big move. Watching . He goes for dayna, its a bittersweet separation. There is no better feeling than watching someone who you have helped raise from ajoey or get who you have helped raise from a joey or get through all of that treatment and watching them get back into the wild, climb back up the tree where they are meant to be quite it will take years for the island to recover but it is hoped that koalas like merton can thrive ina much koalas like merton can thrive in a much changed habitat. Its not good buy from mejust yet though because obviously it isa yet though because obviously it is a huge day in america with the election for the president and while this has been anything but traditional in terms of a campaign, somethings have stayed the same and these are the of the tiny New Hampshire town, just five people are voting and they have done so and the results are in. Every single one of them was forjoe biden, so there you have it. We have some results to report for you already. Lets remind you of our top tory thus our. Police in austria are still searching for at least one perpetrator after at least one perpetrator after a multiple shooting attack in the centre of the capital vienna. Two people were killed and 1a wounded when several men with rifles opened fire at six different locations. One suspect was shot dead by police, another has been arrested. The austrian chancellor Sebastian Kurz called the shootings a repulsive terrorist attack. Still to come, all the top business stories, including a look at how divided america is in the to this election, so we will be looking at that in detail, we will keep you right across all the Financial Markets as they prepare for what will be a very volatile 2448 what will be a very volatile 24 48 or maybe more hours. All of that to come in the next 30 minutes, i will see you in a moment. Hello. The much advertised change to drier, calmer weather is still coming this week though for the day ahead it is still blustery out there. Sunshine yes but showers some heavy but, in the wind, will move through quite quickly. High pressure will finally build in from wednesday for a few days but, as that happens, there will be an increasing chance of getting some frost and some fog as well. But that may well be a better deal than the recent flooding some of us have been dealing with. A chillier start in the morning, particularly in england and wales and a few areas of wet weather to contend with. One running eastwards across southern england, parts of the midlands, into east anglia some heavier bursts here. A bit of rain and hill snow into parts of scotland, gradually easing, as both areas of wet weather ease, clear away. Were in the afternoon with sunshine and showers. The greater chance of catching a shower would be in the west, where some will be heavy, possibly thundering in western scotland. It is still windy out there, not as windy as its been. These are average wind speeds. Still some gusts around 30mph. More than that through the English Channel and the far north of scotland as we go into the evening. And for many of us, temperatures hanging on into single figures as we go on through the afternoon, despite any sunshine around. Still a few showers overnight and into wednesday morning in parts of scotland, running down into northern england. Many places though will be dry and clearand, as the winds turn lighter further south, across england and parts of wales, frost on the cards for some and for some of us the first, of course, of the season. So a chilly start on wednesday but a bright start. Plenty of sunshine around although most will stay dry, a bit more cloud running into Northern Ireland, especially scotland, and some rain pushing in to the far north of scotland on through the afternoon and into the evening. Again, frost and chance of fog in parts of england and wales, as thursday begins. That could be slow to clear. Some areas of cloud around parts of scotland and Northern Ireland but you can see the extent of the dry weather on thursday. Fog could be rather more wide spread as we start the day on friday and going into the weekend, High Pressure is moving away, low pressure starts to edge in from the south. A chance of rain increases again, though temperatures head up with a milder southerly wind. Although there is a chance of rain over the weekend, it does not look anywhere near as wet or as windy as it has been recently. This is bbc news with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world wake up and smell the coffee trump says he is full of beans, biden argues he is a more serious brew, but will either be roasted at this election . We assess the mood in the business community. Wall street rallies on the eve of the us president ial election. Are investors betting on a biden or Trump Victory . Plus in the year that Global Demand for oil collapsed how has the Worlds Biggest Oil Company Performed . We look ahead to saudi aramcos Third Quarter results. Americans will be waking up to election day and as youve been hearing a Record Number have already cast their vote by post. Still millions more will head to polling stations to choose their president for the next four years. Will it bejoe biden, or will donald trump win a second term . The election has revealed, perhaps like never before, just how divided americans are. Observers have been left wondering is there anything that can reunite them . The divide is on show across the us even in the coffee shops of pennsylvania, as Samira Hussain discovered. For a jolt of partisan inside, check out the rival coffee shops in pennsylvania. These are the most popular order. There is nothing more american than coffee and doughnuts but ata time than coffee and doughnuts but at a time in which this country is so divided, i am wondering what do peoples coffee orders tell us about their politics . |j just do not trustjoe biden. They have been serving coffee and deep fried deliciousness since 1916 and many customers are still sweet on President Trump. He is kind of a blue collar billionaire, if there is any such thing. He seems to relate to the common person. But get use of downtown and a very different taste in coffee and president s reveals itself. I am voting forjoe biden and kamala harris. Iam ready for change. I think im drinking pumpkin something. Some say the business president has left the little guy behind. A lot of Small Businesses have had to go out of business. At maple donors, the economic record of President Trump is a point of pride. Doughnuts. He has brought businesses back to the country. It is at sad state of affairs when you have to pick the lesser of the two evils. I want to know who you are voting for this election and why . I am mostly leading towards donald trump, unless convinced otherwise. Towards donald trump, unless convinced otherwiselj towards donald trump, unless convinced otherwise. I am voting forjoe convinced otherwise. I am voting for joe biden. Convinced otherwise. I am voting forjoe biden. What is your favourite doughnut . Some choices are easier than others. Samira hussain, bbc news. In this election, particular attention is being paid to the swing states that could decide the outcome. Pennsylvania is one, but there are others. North carolina, michigan, wisconsin, arizona and florida could all be decisive. So were going to miami, florida now and john quelch, dean of the university of Miami Herbert business school. Very good to welcome you to the programme. First of all, it has been a year that is unprecedented, a year of pandemic, of economic recession in the United States. To what extent has the economy played a pa rt extent has the economy played a part in this election for voters, do you think . Prior to the virus everything was on track for President Trump but clearly the virus upended his game plan for re election and, while employment has come back from its lows, while there has been a gdp rebound in the Third Quarter, the fact of the matter is, many, many millions of americans are still out of work and many Small Businesses are under severe pressure, if they have not already gone bankrupt. Jerome powell, the chief of the central bank, has been calling for more government stimulus to help the situation. We have seen the stand off between the democrats and republicans on what that look like. To what extent is this going to be on the mine of those going to the polls is this a critical issue in terms of how the result is seen . I think there are two critical issues. One is the handling or perceived handling or mishandling of the virus by the president and his administration and the second issueis administration and the second issue is the economy. The two are obviously interlinked but especially for seniors over the age of say 60, 65, the handling of the virus is a very important negative and, for those under 60, who were still gainfully employed or wish to be, the state of the economy is very, very critical. In terms of what the two men have promised when it comes to the worlds biggest economy, what have they said . President trump is saying i know business, i know how to run an economy, i have shown i can do that before covid, that you should trust me before mr biden to be able to manufacture a quick and effective rebound. Mr biden, on the other hand, is saying that the other hand, is saying that the president s policies repeatedly have favoured the rich and not pushed money down, and in particular stimulus money, directly into the hands of consumers and citizens on the ground who are most in need. That is a little bit unfair, i think, need. That is a little bit unfair, ithink, of need. That is a little bit unfair, i think, of mr biden, says that the stimulus package did deliver money directly into the hands of people who were suddenly made unemployed but it is really a contrast of two approaches to economic management. In terms of the impact of the pandemic on the american economy, we so after the 2008 financial crisis that the 2008 financial crisis that the poor became a lot poorer and their situation did not change for a long, long time. Is that the situation we will see from this pandemic that those already in poverty are going to be in a very dire position . There is considerable concern about that, sally, because frontline workers in most industries are less well paid, they are not in the managerial class. They are suffering because of the restrictions on the Service Sector added those restrictions are obviously likely to continue as long as the virus continues. Sorry, did want to interrupt. I just wanted continues. Sorry, did want to interrupt. Ijust wanted to say the president is acutely aware of this and he and his policymakers have been trying desperately, as have policymakers, including Prime Ministerjohnson in the uk, to find a way through the Public Health economy dichotomy to thread that needle in a way thatis thread that needle in a way that is optimal but it has resulted in eight stop start economy here in many parts of the us, as well as in europe. A stop start. The us, as well as in europe. A stop start. Are you concerned about how this might play out in terms of results . Are you worried about that kind of scenario . It will be worrisome for the markets but one thing i would say is that the following, watch florida very closely. Florida is a state that allows for early voting to be counted promptly and so by Election Night, if there is a clear when for the challenger, mr biden, in florida, it will be very difficult for the president to regain the white house and find a pathway to victory so an early winter for a pathway to victory so an early winterfor biden in florida will be very, very upsetting to the trump campaign. Top t. Thank you for staying up for us. Then of the university of miami business school. We will have special programming this time tomorrow andi programming this time tomorrow and i will be here to tell you all about the Financial Market reaction as those results start to be revealed and we will be watching out for florida. They may be thousands of miles away, but exporters in europe will also be watching the us election closely. Many have been affected by the spat between the white house and the European Union over claims of unfair help given to their respective aircraft makers, boeing and airbus. Our global trade correspondent, Dharshini David has been taking a look at what a biden presidency might mean for theirfortunes. Made in france, destined for ta bles made in france, destined for tables will bite but this vineyard is squeezed by a row between the us and europe over support given to their aircraft makers. It means french wine sold in america bears terrace of 25 . It did impact the business significantly. One gross have not seen any orders so far. Wine growers. The American Market is an important market in terms of number, of course, it can change the fate of your winery. Cheese, olive oil, even scotch whiskey, 7. 5 billion worth of european goods are now facing tariffs in the us and, in retaliation, the europeans have targeted almost 4 billion worth of American Business such as blueberries. These are just a tiny slice of the 800 billion worth of good that trade between the two every year but these tariffs are specifically designed to hit where it hurts. By american and higher american. The goal between the president s tariffs is clear but are joe between the president s tariffs is clear but arejoe bidens aims that different . When we spend taxpayers money, we should use it to buy American Products and support american jobs. Both are also concerned about chinas ambition but with different approaches. They might want to get the eu back onside for that matter. This is not normal in our engagement with the eu. We have so many operations in other countries, why would we try to undercut our trading partners . Our largest and best trading partners . I think they would be better engagement. There would be. But better engagement. There would be. But i have to say, the bar is kind of low. Indeed, there were no handshakes when donald trump first met angela merkel. The relationship has been frosty but with unresolved issues, such as a taxing of internet giants, how far will they warmup . We have heard about tech but also a lot of investment into technology and innovation and therefore the question is whether europe and the us may be finding each other more in terms of taxation but at the same time it is also a very important part of the economy forjoe biden. French winemakers caps may be high but with rebuilding the domestic economy, it may take a while before they get on that agenda. Lets look at Financial Markets. A strong session in asia pretty much across the board. No action injapan. Australia, all ordinaries up by 296. Oil australia, all ordinaries up by 2 . Oil has been pushed up really after pulling back earlier losses from signals that russia, a key opec ally, talks to postpone output hikes. That is boosting oil prices around the world. In the us, we saw a wall street bounce. I will be here tomorrow to talk you through how these markers are faring and what it is like in terms of volatility as a result of the us election come through because that is what all eyes are on in the next 24 hours. Lets get some of the days other news more than a third of uk workers are concerned about catching coronavirus on thejob, according to a study by the Resolution Foundation think tank. The poorest paid are particularly worried, the research found, but also the least likely to speak up about it. Younger workers are also less likely to raise a complaint, the Resolution Foundation said. Australias central bank has cut Interest Rates to almost zero an historic low. The reserve bank of australia reduced the cash rate to 0. 1 from 0. 25 and announced a slew of measures to try and keep the economy alive. The rba governor, phillip lowe said rates were not likely to rise for at least three years. In california, voters are not just choosing their president , the state is also voting on tuesday over something called proposition 22, which could shape the future of the whole gig economy. If proposition 22 is passed, that would allow app based transportation and Delivery Companies like uber or lyft to classify their drivers as independent contractors, effectively exempting them from a landmark labour law passed last year, under which the drivers would probably count as employees. Whats at stake is notjust the benefits that gig workers should be entitled to, such as Unemployment Insurance and sick leave, but also the Business Model of the companies that rely on them. Heres more from our Us Technology reporter james clayton. When it comes to the selection, in california anyway, the president ial election is not that the democrats are probably to win here, you wont find many people who think the republicans have a chance. That makes smaller referendums how much more interesting and is one particular that his court ally called proposition 22. At the proposal from Companies Like uberand the proposal from Companies Like uber and lyft to overturn a Court Decision this year that said its workers were employees and that means that uber have to pay minimum wage, they have to pay minimum wage, they have to pay minimum wage, they have to pay for employment rights. They dont particularly want to do that, they see themselves more as the platform rather than the employers of these people and they say that if they have two treat them as employees, they will have to raise prices, they even threatened about leaving california completely. People on the other side say that proposition 22, if it was passed, would create a permanent underclass of employees that didnt have employees that didnt have employee rights. They need to get over 50 to pass this proposition, at the moment polling suggests they are somewhere in the 40s. It could be passed, it is going to be very close, so when it comes to california, in terms of electoral politics, even a else will be talking about biden or trump, most people here will be talking about proposition 22 and we will be looking at that too on election day. Stay with us on bbc news, still to come the Worlds Biggest Oil Company Reports results amid falling oil prices. We will tell you all you need to know. The israeli Prime Minister, yitzhak rabin, the architect of the middle east peace process, has been assassinated. A 27 year old jewish man has been arrested, and an extremist Jewish Organisation has claimed responsibility for the killing. At polling booths throughout the country, they voted on a historic day for australia. As the results came in, it was clear the monarchy would survive. Of the american hostages, there was no sign. They are being held somewhere inside the compound and student leaders have threatened that, should the americans attempt to rescue, they will all die. This mission has surpassed all expectations. Voyager one is now the most distant man made object anywhere in the universe, and itjust seems to keep on going. Tonight, we prove once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but the enduring power of our ideals. This is bbc world news, the latest headlines two people and a gunman have been killed in a series of shootings in the austrian capital, vienna. One of the gunmen was killed by police. 15 people were wounded in the terror attack and at least one other shooter is still at large. The first votes have been cast in the us president ial election. Voters in a village of twelve people in New Hampshire traditionally cast their ballots at midnight on election day. Polls on the east coast will open from 6am local time. Indonesias president joko widodo has signed the job creation bill. Its a controversial law which spurred demonstrations recently. Lets go to our Asia Business hub and Maura Fogerty whos foillowing the story. Good morning to you, and this was indeed a very controversial bill when it was passed, it now has taken effect with the full force of the law behind at. In fa ct force of the law behind at. In fact it took effect on monday when he did sign that bill. As you mentioned we saw thousands of people on the streets back in october when they were still debating the bill back in parliament. The government says if changes were needed across labour laws and environmental laws to reduce the bureaucratic red tape and to make it easier to attract Foreign Investments coming into indonesia stopping the government there is trying to, companies are looking to set up factories outside china, to set those factories up in indonesia instead and they are expecting that these new laws will create millions ofjobs for indonesians. As a mention, the laws will affect mostly labour and environmental regulations, in fact it affect about 79 laws altogether in indonesia, but on the labour side there are two key parts that have gotten people quite upset with the new regulations. One is getting rid of setting the minimum wage by industry and that is what they call sectoral minimum wage status. Instead it gives that power to the Regional Governors to set the Regional Governors to set the minimum wages in their own area. The second thing was mandating companies to give employees one day off a week instead of the current two days that they have and Environmental Standards were relaxed as well, so for example businesses will only have to file an Environmental Impact analysis if their project is considered high risk. Critics say this does a couple of things. It lowers wages overall and lowersjob things. It lowers wages overall and lowers job security and they also worried about the fa ct they also worried about the fact that you have seen Environmental Protection is rolled back slightly, so it was extremely controversial but the deal is done, the laws have been passed and this ideally, according to the government, will help to create more jobs especially at a time when more jobs are needed because millions have been laid off because of the pandemic. Thank you so much there in singapore for us. Its been a tough year for saudi aramco, with oil prices mainly heading south. As the oil giant prepares to release Quarterly Earnings, our middle east Business Reporter Sameer Hashmi breaks down whats expected. Its been less than a year since saudi aramco got listed but when the company is about to announce its Quarterly Earnings the Global Oil Industry keeps a very close watch because the companys performance has become the benchmark as far as the health of the industry goes. Last time when aramco announced its earnings for the period of april tojune, earnings for the period of april to june, its profits earnings for the period of april tojune, its profits had gone down by 73 . This time also analyst expect its earnings to remain under pressure because oil demand hasnt picked up and economic recovery has been weak. The only bright spot for the industry has been china where oil demand has picked up and has remained firm, and china is the biggest importer of oil but the biggest importer of oil but the demand over there isnt good enough to compensate for the drop in demand across the globe stopping the other thing to watch out for will be the commentary from the aramco management as far as the outlook goes because europe, many countries in europe are now under lockdown which again will have an impact on oil demand. Opec has been continuously saying that it does not see oil demand picking up, infact does not see oil demand picking up, in fact the production cuts that were announced by many Oil Producing nations which are pa rt Oil Producing nations which are part of opec earlier this year we re part of opec earlier this year were planning to ease some of those measures from january 2021 and now there are talks of keeping, ongoing ahead with those measures even in the next year because they dont expect demand to pick up any time soon. So these are some of the major challenges that the oil industry is facing and aramcos results will give us an idea as to where does oil demand stand right now and how soon can we expect the situation to improve . Its results are due in the next hour or so. And, before we go, remember baby shark, the catchy childrens ryhyme . Baby shark do, do, do, do. Its become the most watched video ever on youtube, played more than 7 billion times. And we have just played it now, adding to the total. Pinkfong, which is the south Korean Company that recorded baby shark, is estimated to have earned about 5. 2 Million Dollars from youtube streams alone. And we have just boosted their coffers one more time, havent we . Thank you so much for your company, you are now up have a really good day and i will see you soon at. Hello. The much advertised change to drier, calmer weather is still coming this week though for the day ahead it is still blustery out there. Sunshine yes but showers some heavy but, in the wind, will move through quite quickly. High pressure will finally build in from wednesday for a few days but, as that happens, there will be an increasing chance of getting some frost and some fog as well. But that may well be a better deal than the recent flooding some of us have been dealing with. A chillier start in the morning, particularly in england and wales and a few areas of wet weather to contend with. One running eastwards across southern england, parts of the midlands, into east anglia some heavier bursts here. A bit of rain and hill snow into parts of scotland, gradually easing, as both areas of wet weather ease, clear away. Were in the afternoon with sunshine and showers. The greater chance of catching a shower would be in the west, where some will be heavy, possibly thundering in western scotland. It is still windy out there, not as windy as its been. These are average wind speeds. Still some gusts around 30mph. More than that through the English Channel and the far north of scotland as we go into the evening. And for many of us, temperatures hanging on into single figures as we go on through the afternoon, despite any sunshine around. Still a few showers overnight and into wednesday morning in parts of scotland, running down into northern england. Many places though will be dry and clearand, as the winds turn lighter further south, across england and parts of wales, frost on the cards for some and for some of us the first, of course, of the season. So a chilly start on wednesday but a bright start. Plenty of sunshine around although most will stay dry, a bit more cloud running into Northern Ireland, especially scotland, and some rain pushing in to the far north of scotland on through the afternoon and into the evening. Again, frost and chance of fog in parts of england and wales, as thursday begins. That could be slow to clear. Some areas of cloud around parts of scotland and Northern Ireland but you can see the extent of the dry weather on thursday. Fog could be rather more wide spread as we start the day on friday and going into the weekend, High Pressure is moving away, low pressure starts to edge in from the south. A chance of rain increases again, though temperatures head up with a milder southerly wind. Although there is a chance of rain over the weekend, it does not look anywhere near as wet or as windy as it has been recently. This good morning, welcome to breakfast with Louise Minchin and dan walker. Our headlines today a terror attack in the austrian capital vienna three people have been killed, many are injured and at least one gunman is still on the run. Regular coronavirus tests for everyone in liverpool in the governments first mass testing pilot involving a whole city. The campaign to allow grass roots sports to continue during lockdown childrens sport, outside of school, will have to stop for the four weeks. But there are hints this morning that some tennis and golf could be allowed. Good morning. Theyve invested big to keep cash flowing through a winter
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