Chaotic, bad tempered and packed with personal insults - the first televised debate has taken place between Donald Trump and his White House challenger Joe Biden. 

Our North America reporter, Anthony Zurcher, felt it was the political equivalent of a food fight and it's unlikely many voters' minds were changed. Nevertheless, the winner, in his view, was Mr Biden - he proved he could keep his cool under pressure, although he didn't land any killer blows, including over recent tax revelations. Mr Trump was the man who needed to shake up a race that's tilting against him and he missed his chance.

The biggest battles were over coronavirus, the economy, election integrity and race. Mr Biden criticised the president's pandemic response and said Americans had grown "weaker, sicker, poorer and more divided" under his leadership. Mr Trump's key message? He'd done more in a few years than his rival had achieved in nearly half a century in public office.

The feistiest clashes happened when the candidates brought up their families and Mr Trump levelled accusations at his opponent's son, Hunter. In another memorable moment, the president was challenged to denounce white supremacists, but failed to do so outright. Mr Trump also repeated his allegations that postal voting, which millions of Americans will rely on this year, is fraught with corruption and incompetence.  BBC Reality Check has examined that claim and others and tried to sort fact from fiction for you.

This was the first of three head-to-head debates - the next is on 15 October. Opinion polls indicate Mr Biden has a steady single-digit lead with 35 days until election day.

Disquiet has been growing in some quarters about the restrictions being implemented to tackle coronavirus, and later today, MPs will vote on whether to renew the legislation that gives the government the powers to impose them. The "rule of six", the 10pm closing time for pubs and a host of tougher local rules have been announced with a few hours' notice and without being subjected to parliamentary scrutiny. 

A group of Tory MPs was already threatening to rebel, and now the Commons Liaison Committee - an influential body made up of the heads of individual select committees - says introducing further measures without Parliament's direct approval would "not be acceptable". Ministers insist they're trying to protect lives, but they're worried enough about the dissent to be working on a way to appease unhappy MPs with some kind of compromise.

Tougher restrictions already covering two-thirds of the Welsh population are being extended further on Thursday to bring in four more councils. And across a large swathe of the north of England it's now illegal to meet anyone from another household in any indoor setting.         

Two-fifths of the world's plants are at risk of extinction, according to a report published today by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The stark assessment says plants and fungi hold huge promise as medicines, fuels and foods, but opportunities to use them are being lost. The director of science at Kew, Prof Alexandre Antonelli, says "species are disappearing faster than we can find and name them". World leaders will gather at a United Nations summit later and agreeing collective action to tackle biodiversity loss is a top priority.

Several front pages use an image of Boris Johnson scratching his head to illustrate his confusion about the latest coronavirus restrictions for north-east England. "Sorry, the PM hasn't a clue," declares the Metro. "And you thought YOU were confused?" the Daily Mirror says, adding: "Busking and jokes helped him win an election, but there is nothing funny now." The leader of Bolton council tells the Guardian the government's handling of local lockdowns is "breeding resentment among red wall voters who switched to the Tories in December's general election". The Daily Telegraph agrees that MPs who gained those seats in the North East "reacted with anger and disbelief when the prime minister got his facts wrong". Elsewhere, the Daily Mail, Daily Express and i all carry the finding from a charity that as many as a million women missed out on breast cancer screening during lockdown. Breast Cancer Now fears the four-month suspension of services could result in thousands of deaths.

When Love Island star Chris Hughes had a testicle examination on live TV, he didn't imagine it would save his brother from cancer. Now the pair want to shine a spotlight on male fertility. Elsewhere, to mark 60 years of Nigeria's independence from British rule, the BBC's Nduka Orjinmo selects six images that represent watershed moments for the nation. And finally, China has announced plans to go carbon neutral, so is the world finally getting serious about climate change?

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