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By Andrew McFarlane

 
 

Trump 'ready to return' to public events

 
 
Donald Trump

Donald Trump expects to be back on the US election campaign trail this weekend, saying he hopes to hold a rally, days after being released from hospital where he was treated for coronavirus. His physician Dr Sean Conley says Saturday will be day 10 since the president's positive test. "Based on the trajectory of advanced diagnostics the team has been conducting, I fully anticipate the president's safe return to public engagements at that time," he adds in a White House memo.

Mr Trump told Fox News he was feeling "really good" and hoped to hold a campaign event on Saturday evening, possibly in Florida. Although his doctor says he is showing no symptoms, questions remain about whether the president could still be contagious. Mr Trump says he will take another test on Friday. The president had earlier pulled out of next Thursday's TV debate, refusing to "waste my time on a virtual debate", after organisers said it would take place remotely in light of Mr Trump's positive test.

 
 
 

Virus 'getting out of control'

 
 

Downing Street has yet to announce any toughening of coronavirus restrictions in the worst-hit parts of England but the prospect of pub and restaurant closures is already proving controversial. Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham says he only learned of it from newspapers and that he will challenge any closures that come without financial support. It's prompted an outcry from MPs in affected constituencies, and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is demanding local leaders be "in the room" and included in local lockdown decisions.

On BBC Question Time, junior minister Gillian Keegan acknowledged communication needed to be clearer but said the virus was "getting out of control" in northern England and that the country was in an "unbelievably serious situation". She added: "Clearly we have to do something if we're going to bring those cases back under control." The new tiered system of measures for England is expected to be announced within days. Meanwhile, tighter restrictions in Scotland come into force at 6pm, when pubs and restaurants in the central belt will close until at least 25 October. Bars in the rest of the country will see a bar on serving alcohol indoors and opening hours limited.

 
 
 

Homophobic hate on the rise

 
 

The 12 months following the legalisation of same-sex marriage in March 2014 saw some 6,655 homophobic hate crimes. However, by April this year, the annual figure had almost trebled to 18,645, according to figures from all 45 police forces in England and Wales. And the past year saw a 20% rise in reports of homophobic hate crimes to police. Two years ago, 50-year-old Tommy Barwick was attacked after London's Pride Parade. "I heard shouting behind me that was homophobic. Then I was hit. I felt my back crack and I fell to the floor. They stamped on my back," he says. The attack left him requiring the use of a wheelchair. Read our LGBT correspondent Ben Hunte's report in full.

 
 
 
 

North Korea gears up for 'biggest parade'

 

North Korea is preparing for what is expected to be the largest military parade in its history. Thousands of soldiers have practised for months to ensure that each step is marched with precision and each fervent cry of adoration will be heard by the Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un. It's certainly going to be big, according to the editor-in-chief of the Daily NK, a Seoul-based website with paid sources in the North.

Lee Sang Yong told me that as early as March, Pyongyang had ordered its military to mobilise 32,000 soldiers. It's become so large the site where soldiers practise has had to be expanded. He said: "The Pyongyang Mirim airport now has two new roads and 10 new buildings. It is likely that we will see Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles or Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles on display."

 
 
 
 
 
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Laura Bicker

BBC News, Seoul

 
 
 
 
 

What the papers say

 
 
Composite image featuring the Times and Daily Mirror front pages

Hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people face being told to stay at home this winter as ministers plan to resume shielding in infection hotspots, reports the Times. The Daily Mirror reflects a "northern fury" over a potential shutdown of pubs and restaurants in parts of the country with the highest rates of infection, with bar owners demanding financial support from the government. But the Guardian says scientists advising the government believe measures expected to be introduced from next week do not go far enough. And a majority of Britons support a tougher lockdown, according to a poll commissioned by the Daily Express. The Daily Mail says the full impact of the pandemic on the NHS can be measured by the fact more than 110,000 people have been waiting over a year for treatment. Read the review.

 
 
 

Daily digest

 
 
   

Harry and Meghan News agency apologises over 'drone photos' of son

 
   

Mali abductions Last French hostage among four released

 
   

US militia FBI busts 'plot' to abduct Michigan governor

 
   

Thailand US man avoids jail over bad resort review

 
 
 

If you watch one thing today

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If you listen to one thing today

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Desmond's: a sitcom that changed Britain
 
 
 
 

If you do one thing today

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Need something different?

 
 

Entertainment reporter Ian Youngs has the story of how an insult-laden track by a 16-year-old Blackpool MC became the soundtrack to TikTok's most-watched clip. And we examine how in-car entertainment has become a key battleground for marques hoping to win your custom.

 
 
 

On this day

 
 
   

1991 The first Sumo wrestling tournament to be held outside Japan begins at the Royal Albert Hall - watch our archive report.

 
 
 

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