There have been a further 71 deaths recorded in the UK of people who had had a positive coronavirus test in the previous 28 days.

It's the highest daily total for months, and brings the total to 42,072.

There have been 7,143 new cases recorded in the UK in a 24-hour period, according to new figures.

It's the highest number of new daily cases since mass testing began - although experts believe daily cases were far higher in the Spring.

It brings the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases to 446,156.

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The Spanish government is extending its Covid furlough scheme until the end of January, after reaching a deal with union bosses and employers.

The scheme was launched in April and was due to end this Wednesday, after being extended twice. About 750,000 are still on the scheme.

Unemployment in Spain hit 15.3% at the end of June, and the government has warned this could rise to as high as 19% by the end of the year. The IMF meanwhile predicts it could be even higher, at 20.8%.

Spain is seeing a second wave of Covid-19, and has the highest infection rate in the EU. Tighter restrictions are in place in parts of Madrid, but officials are avoiding imposing a city-wide lockdown.

The country has had more than 748,000 confirmed cases, and more than 31,000 deaths.

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More than one million people have officially died from coronavirus, although the true toll is likely far higher.

The new illness was first detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan roughly 10 months ago. The first death was reported on 11 January - authorities said a 61-year-old man had died two days earlier from the mysterious new illness.

The BBC has been following the spread of the virus since then. We've taken a look at how the world looked at major moments in the pandemic - after one death, 100, 1,000 - to see where the world was and where we are now in our efforts to tackle Covid-19.

You can read our look at the milestones of the pandemic here

Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap, which has the distinction of being the longest-running show in the world, was due to reopen next month - but that has now been put back indefinitely.

Performances were due to start again on 23 October, to a socially-distanced audience.

Producer Adam Spiegel said: "In view of the current uncertainty and with greater restrictions looming for London, I have had to make the difficult decision to postpone the reopening of The Mousetrap.

"When we took the decision in July that the show would reopen, it was in anticipation of a gradual easing of restrictions in general. The government’s announcement last week that the situation is deteriorating, together with increased restrictions being imposed across the country, makes it impossible to proceed with confidence.”

He promised The Mousetrap would return with a new date announced "as soon as there is a more certain environment and subject to government guidelines".

Ticket holders are being offered a credit note or full refund for the show, which has been running in London for 68 years and has been performed there 28,199 times.

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The Czech Republic says it's going to declare a new state of emergency, potentially within days, as cases surge.

Health Minister Roman Prymula laid out the details today, and will formally propose the state of emergency at a government session tomorrow. It will come into force on Monday.

This means the government will introduce emergency measures aimed mainly at schools and leisure activities. It also makes it easier for the government to redeploy health workers, as hospitals are starting to fill up with Covid patients again. Prymula said medical students might even be drafted in to help.

However, there wouldn't be any limits on incoming or outgoing travel, he said.

The country previously declared a state of emergency in March, and it was in place until May. Prymula reportedly earlier told MPs in a closed session that the country's hospitals could run out of ventilators within weeks if admissions keep rising at the current rate.

Meanwhile Igor Matovic, Prime Minister of neighbouring Slovakia, said they also needed to take "very bold decisions" in light of the "extremely serious" situation.

You can see the latest on lockdown measures in Europe here.

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The US is just over a month away from its presidential election, and tonight incumbent Donald Trump will face challenger Joe Biden in the first of three debates.

Our North America editor Jon Sopel says that Mr Biden will want to focus heavily on President Trump’s handling of the pandemic, and the gap between what Donald Trump told the journalist Bob Woodward – that he had deliberately downplayed the risk of the virus – and what he told the American people.

You can read Jon Sopel’s analysis here

An Indonesian journalist was supposed to interview the country's health minister on the government's handling of the Covid-19 crisis - but she interviewed their empty chair instead.

Najwa Shihab, who presents the talk show Mata Najwa on Narasi TV, told viewers that she'd invited Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto to come on the show several times, but he never replied, Coconuts reports, external.

"Why have you disappeared, sir? You rarely appear in front of the public to explain about this pandemic," Najwa asked the empty chair.

"It seems like the only health minister in the world with this low a profile during the crisis is Indonesia's."

Earlier in the year, before Indonesia had registered any cases, Terawan suggested that prayer had shielded the country from the virus. After the virus started spreading, he stopped making public appearances.

Indonesia now has the highest death toll from the virus in South East Asia, and the second-highest number of total cases. It has recorded more than 282,000 cases and more than 10,000 deaths.

One million people have died worldwide from the coronavirus, just 10 months since it was first spotted in the Chinese city of Wuhan. More than half of all those confirmed dead come from the top five countries by death toll.

• The US has recorded more than 205,000 deaths and over 7 million infections. Cases are once again rising; on average the country is reporting around 45,000 new cases each day. US President Donald Trump has repeatedly downplayed the risks of the virus, and critics accuse him of mishandling the pandemic
• Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has also dismissed the threat of the virus, even after catching it himself. The country is second by death toll worldwide, with a tally of more than 142,000
• With more than 96,000 deaths, India has reported the third highest toll. But critics fear the government is under-counting the true numbers, as cases rise by tens of thousands daily – the country soared from five million to more than six million infections in a matter of days
• Mexico has recorded more than 76,000 deaths. Its authorities have already reopened much of its economy despite recording more than 700,000 infections – although the health ministry said the true number of cases is unknown due to limited testing
• And the country with the fifth highest death toll is the UK. Daily infection numbers have shot up in September, from a few hundred to several thousand per day. The government is imposing strict lockdown conditions in different parts of the country in a bid to combat the spread and to stop daily deaths from rising again.

Marianna Spring
Specialist disinformation and social media reporter

Claims suggesting that someone’s “mum’s friend” was unable to get a coronavirus test - and still received a positive result - are being used to fuel conspiracy theories that the pandemic is fake.

The claims were initially posted on Twitter by a user in England with the caption “tell me that's not dodgy”.

The story - originally posted from Derby - was then reposted on various Facebook groups and Instagram stories, including those that regularly promote disinformation about coronavirus. A number of those who saw the message contacted BBC News.

The post claims that the person in question “booked a Covid test, went to the test site but the queue was ridiculous” so she left before doing one. It then says they “received a positive test result emailed to her a couple days later”.

It’s unclear what happened in the specific incident mentioned, but if you don’t get a coronavirus test you will not receive any result.

This could only happen if there was a mix up with email addresses. There is no evidence to suggest positive coronavirus test results are being fabricated, and plenty of evidence that the pandemic isn’t a “hoax”.

Have you seen false claims or unfounded conspiracy theories going viral on social media? Get in touch and we’ll investigate -Marianna.spring@bbc.co.uk

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The New York Times reports, external that the White House pressured the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to play down the risk of sending children back to school amid the pandemic.

Documents seen by the newspaper reveal how the administration tried to force public health officials to support US President Donald Trump’s push to reopen schools and the economy.

Republican President Trump faces Democratic challenger Joe Biden in November’s presidential election in November.

The New York Times story comes just the day after NBC News overheard the CDC director Dr Robert Redfield, external attacking one of Mr Trump’s coronavirus task force members, Dr Scott Atlas – who has publicly called for the country to reopen, in line with the president.

“Everything he says is false,” Dr Redfield reportedly said. The broadcaster said he later acknowledged he had been speaking about Dr Atlas.

Alistair Coleman
BBC Anti-Disinformation Unit

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Posts on social media are encouraging a boycott of the NHS Test and Trace phone app on the incorrect grounds that it is run by private contractor, Serco.

Typical claims say that the app is “spyware” and has been “incorrectly” branded as an NHS product. Many express fears that their private health data is being harvested for commercial use.

While Serco supply half of the Tier 3 phone staff responsible for making contact tracing calls as part of the physical Test and Trace system featured on last night’s Panorama programme, the government has told the BBC it has not been involved in the development of the app. Serco also manages about a quarter of drive-through and walk-in testing centres.

The Department of Health said the project was led by the NHS, in conjunction with developers and support staff from Accenture, Alan Turing Institute, NHS Digital, NHSx, Oxford University, VMware Pivotal Lab and Zuhlke Engineering.

As with most large IT projects, it’s standard practice to involve experts from outside organisations. As tech journalist Ian Betteridge explains, external, "it’s not like the NHS has a big team of Android/iOS coders always on hand".

• Your questions answered on the Covid app
• How does the app work?

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Russia has the fourth highest case count in the world after the US, India and Brazil, and those numbers continue to climb.

On Tuesday the country recorded 8,232 new infections in the previous 24 hours - the highest number since June, and higher than the 8,135 reported on Monday.

Moscow remains the worst affected city, with more than 2,000 new cases. On Tuesday Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin extended a school holiday by a week after cases surged following the return to school.

"Today a significant proportion of the sick - who are often asymptomatic - are children," Mr Sobyanin reportedly said on his website. "When they come home, they easily transmit the virus to adults and elderly family members who get much more sick."

Last week the Kremlin announced it did not plan to bring back lockdown measures amid the rising infections. But on Monday President Vladimir Putin urged people to stay "vigilant" to avoid a return to "burdensome wide-ranging restrictions".

This afternoon, Boris Johnson admitted "misspeaking" over new virus rules in north-east England.

Earlier, education minister Gillian Keegan was similarly unsure - she said she was unable to clarify whether or not people from different households would be able to meet in outdoor areas such as beer gardens.

Here's a clip of exactly what she said.

Kate Osborne, Labour MP for Jarrow, South Tyneside, has reacted to Boris Johnson's comments about the rules in place in north-east England - in which he initially seemed confused about how they were to be applied.

She said: "For the prime minister to not know the latest rules that his government set is an outright disgrace.

"He's not fit to be prime minister."

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The Belgian capital Brussels currently has the highest infection rate in Belgium, with about 10% of all those tested returning a positive result - more than double the national average for the previous week.

Authorities in the city on Monday announced a ban on prostitution until further notice to combat the spread. They also shut down three hotels hosting sex workers, and sent police out to inform prostitutes and ensure the ban was respected.

Sex workers have been badly affected by the pandemic, seeing their incomes disappear overnight.

Here's a clip of what the prime minister said in a news conference earlier.

Boris Johnson replied to a question on the new coronavirus rules for parts of north-east England by talking about the rule of six instead of households not mixing.

He has since apologised for "misspeaking".

Nick Forbes, Labour leader of Newcastle City Council, is among those to have reacted to PM Boris Johnson failing to clarify the rules about socialising in north-east England.

Writing on Twitter, he said: "You can't just bluster your way through situations like this - making it up as you go has massive consequences, confuses people and undermines the very public health goals both local and central government are trying to achieve."

Mr Johnson said he "misspoke" when answering a question earlier about the rules.

Mixing between households in pub gardens and outdoor restaurants spaces will be against advice from midnight. And in indoor spaces, it will be against the law.

Nick Triggle
Health Correspondent

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The new laws on households mixing indoors in north-east England send a strong message – even though there has been some initial confusion, including from the prime minister, about exactly how they will be applied.

But questions are also naturally being asked whether these rules will be applied elsewhere.

The North West has areas with higher rates of infection than the North East.

Only Newcastle from the North East is in the top 10 worst affected places currently, whereas several Greater Manchester and Merseyside areas feature.

The reason for this anomaly appears to be down to North East leaders being more enthusiastic for tougher measures.

Talks over the weekend between the government and officials in that region showed an appetite to go further.

Discussions are now being held behind the scenes with North West officials. An announcement could come in the next few days.

Boris Johnson attempts to clear up the confusion...