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Donald Trump claims the US presidential race is being rigged

and says his rival Hillary Clinton should have a drugs test

I don't know what is going on with her! But at the beginning of her

last debate, she was all pumped up at the beginning, and at the end, it

was like, take me down. She could barely reach her car.

A deal to cut greenhouse gas emissions is hailed

Also coming up, as thousands mourn the Thai King,

what does it mean for tourists travelling their during this

And it's the moment our Moscow correspondent has

We get a look at the many faces of the Russian President

in next year's edition of the Putin calendar.

Donald Trump has been back on the campaign trail today,

and has again denied allegations of sexual assault.

He hit back at claims by a woman who said she was groped by him

on a plane three decades ago, saying she was lying.

The Republican presidential candidate also repeated his comments

that the media is trying to rig the election.

He also repeated his suggestion that the Democrat candidate, Hillary

Clinton, is taking drugs. We'll speak to our correspondent

in Washington in a moment. First let's hear some

of what Mr Trump said We can't let them get away with

this, folks. You have been seeing total lies,

but we are going to stop We are not going to back down

and remember this, it is a rigged election because you have phoney

people coming up with phoney allegations with no

witnesses whatsoever. Ending up from 20 years

ago 30 years ago. How about this crazy woman

on the aeroplane, OK? After 15 minutes, we don't know

each other, but after 15 minutes she says, that was too much

and I decided... With the ladies in this

place, it will be Mr Trump referring there

to allegations by Jessica Leeds that he assaulted her

in the first-class cabin She said the assault lasted 15

minutes. Well, for more we can join

Laura Bicker, who's As he addresses another rally,

another accusation is laid bare for him? Yes, a newspaper article in The

Guardian has come out with yet another allegation from a woman who

said Donald Trump forcibly kissed her 20 years ago. I count that that

is allegation number 12 at this point in time. As he has always

said, he denies these allegations. As you heard there, he calls this

lies perpetrated by a mass media, controlled by Hillary Clinton's

campaign. What he's saying to his supporters is, look, it is us

against them. At his rally today he said, this is the arrogance of

Washington and the righteousness of me and you, my voters, who will

overcome this. This is how he's framing this. It's a case of, this

is a Washington machine are used to be part of, I've now stepped out of

it and I'm being punished for it. -- are used to be. And you, my

supporters, can help overcome this if you go to the polls and vote for

me on the 8th of November. This is a rigged system, he is saying, and

he's eroding confidence before voters have even gone to the polls.

I just want to play a little more from Mr Trump's rally on Saturday.

He appeared to suggest that Hillary Clinton had taken drugs

So athletes, they make them take a drug test, don't they?

I think we should take a drug test prior to the debate.

We should take a drug test prior, cos I don't know what's

But at the beginning of her last debate, she was all pumped up

at the beginning, and at the end it was like, oh, take me down.

So I think we should take a drug test.

You mentioned he's trying to control this new narrative, him against a

rigged system. Is that a definite game plan or is it a method of

surviving? He's lost so much support from his own base, the Republicans?

It is difficult to establish whether this is a game plan they've talked

about and gone after. He's always been the antiestablishment candidate

and that's always been his main selling point. This is the kind of

thing they are really, as you can see, lapping up. They believe

Washington has become too big and too controlling, and when it comes

to Hillary Clinton, she comes from political lineage and is a political

person. She speaks in political pros. Therefore he is the

businessmen who has created all this business, trump Tower, golf courses.

It is a campaign tactic that could well work, but when it comes to the

rigged system, Hillary Clinton's campaign manager has put this out,

and he says, this election will have a record turnout because voters see

through Donald Trump's shameful attempts to undermine an election

weeks before it happens, and when it came to those allegations of drug

taking, a Clinton support group have put out a statement describing it as

simply outrageous. Laura, thank you very much. She was live from

Washington. Let's take a look at

some other stories now. Talks on renewing a ceasefire

in Syria have ended in Switzerland. The US, Russia and other regional

powers took part. US Secretary of State John Kerry

said that many ideas came from the meeting and that talks

were candid and tense. Meanwhile, in Syria,

Turkish-backed rebels are advancing on Dabiq,

a symbolically important stronghold The small town holds great value

to IS because of a prophecy of an apocalyptic battle,

and features heavily Floods in Vietnam's four central

provinces have killed at least 11 Seven people drowned

or were electrocuted in Quang Bing province,

four others were killed in three nearby provinces, and at least

30,000 homes were submerged. More rain is also predicted to hit

the country in the coming hours. Thousands of people in Milan

have paid their last The Nobel Laureate died on Thursday

after suffering from lung disease. Fo was famous for writing political

satires including Accidental Death Of An Anarchist,

a play that has subsequenlty been Nearly 200 countries have

reached a deal to reduce The agreement, hailed

as a "monumental" achievement, will cut the use of HFCs,

which are widely used in fridges, aerosol sprays

and air-conditioning units. Richer countries will start

cutting back within three years, with developing

nations following later. Around the world, demand

for air-conditioners and other household appliances is soaring,

as people in developing Another 1.6 billion air-conditioners

are expected to be installed The amendment and decisions

are adopted. And that's why the legally binding

agreement reached in the Rwandan It requires that the greenhouse

gases used as coolants in air-conditioners and fridges be

phased out globally. It's a monumental step forward that

addresses the needs of individual nations, but it will give us

the opportunity to reduce the warming of the planet by

an entire half a degree centigrade. The gases, hydrofluorocarbons,

eventually leak out into the atmosphere from appliances

like fridges and have a far bigger impact than carbon dioxide

in trapping heat in the Earth's atmosphere, the cause

of global warming. Today's agreement commits

developed countries, including the United States,

to start cutting use of these gases While China and other developing

countries have to make And India has even longer,

till 2032, before it has to begin. For some environmentalists

attending the talks, that's far too long to wait before

developing countries have to start We are witnessing here in Kigali

the power and the control and the dominance of the chemical

industry over our process and environmental

imperative has been lost. The deal is inevitably a compromise

but could be a big step in preventing global temperatures

rising by two degrees Celsius, the point at which it is feared

climate change would As you heard in that piece,

the deal has been described as "monumental" by the US

Secretary of State. A short time ago, I was joined

here in the studio by Richard Black, the director of the London-based

Energy and Climate I asked him if he agrees

with that assessment. I think it is a significant step

forward. I wouldn't call it momentous. It is actually a logical

thing to do because you are talking about a group of chemicals used in

one industry, refrigeration and air conditioning, and we already had a

mechanism in place which has phased out two other groups of chemicals

from these industries, largely from reason is because they were

affecting the ozone layer. So why not use the same mechanism to do

another group of super greenhouse gases? It's certainly a logical

thing to do but it's certainly not the whole shebang. Countries like

China get a whole decade more to reduce their emissions and India

gets even more. Too many concessions given to those countries and was

this and what -- an opportunity missed? It's difficult. Every

country stands up for what it wants and you can't force them to do other

things, but having that delay is consistent with what happened to the

ozone-depleting chemicals. But it is logical. Western countries have the

money, technology and know-how and they also have consumers who care

about these things, so in European countries, for example, very few

fridges you buy would have HFCs in them because the industries have

already made the transition, so it is really a question of the West

helping developing countries to move their industry as well. And we have

to make it worth their while to get on board with these agreements.

Because the conventional wisdom is that being sustainable is expensive.

Is that a fact of life or is new technology adopting a more

profitable stance? There are some industries where it is very, very

difficult to see how you can get to a low carbon future. Aviation is

one. But with fridges, those are pretty simple things. You need fluid

that changes from liquid to gas fairly easily and will take heat out

of the room or out of the fridge compartment, so in a sense, you have

a range of things you can play with. It is really just a technological

thing that engineers have to do. A Saudi report on how its warplanes

attacked a funeral in Yemen, killing at least 140 people,

has blamed bad intelligence BBC Arabic's Karim Gohary says many

will think the Saudis are just Initially we know the Saudis deny

involvement. Then they said they would co-operate with an

investigation which they are leading from the top, and now they have said

it was one of their coalition planes that actually hit this funeral hall.

I think one of the most interesting things is the details within this

statement that came out of the preliminary findings. Things that

refer to a party affiliated to the Yemeni presidency of the General

chief of staff was the one which gave us the wrong information.

Things like the decision being made without our approval in the command

centre in Riyadh. These are questionable things. It would appear

one way or another, or many will feel this way, that the Saudis are

trying to pass the blame or the majority of the blame onto the

Yemeni intelligence and government. Adam Baron, a visiting fellow

at the European Council for Foreign Relations and expert

on Yemen, says the Saudi admission raises more

questions than it answers. It is significant that the Saudis

are accepting responsibility from allies of the coalition for this

strike. After all, this strike initially happened, at the time,

there were denials from the Saudis and the Yemeni government in exile,

backed by the Saudis, which in effect was responsible for this. In

a lot of ways, this statement raises more questions than it answers. It

raises the question of lack of intelligence, blaming the strike

effectively on a rogue Yemeni FO 's jet dash project, which is

interesting, but when you read through this report, it underlines

the necessity of an international independent investigation into

allegations of war crimes by both the coalition and by them and their

allies in Yemen. This could be a positive first step but in a lot of

ways, when you are dealing with things, it can be described as a

first step but it's not closed yet. Stay with us on BBC News.

Still to come: Chelsea start the Premier League

weekend with a win, but both Scotland's First Minister,

Nicola Sturgeon, But has for business and will stay

at the heart of Europe despite the UK voting

to leave the European Union. we know what kind of country we want

Scotland to be, and I believe it is a vision that unites us, and

inclusive, socially just and outward looking country. The question now,

in this new age, is how best to secure it. Let's resolve as a nation

to answer that question together. We have already come so far. Our form

real journey has given us new confidence, new self belief,

determination not to be taken backwards, but to finish building

tomorrow's Scotland. Friends, the time is coming to put Scotland's

future in Scotland's hands. These are the latest

headlines: Donald Trump has once again asserted

that the US presidential race is being rigged

and says his rival Hillary Clinton

should have a drugs The US has hailed a global deal

to phase out HFC gases, a major cause of global

warming, as monumental . But some environmentalists say

it Thousands of people have been

queuing outside the Grand Palace in the Thai capital,

Bangkok, waiting to pay their respects following the death

of King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Mourners dressed in black

are being allowed into the palace As the period of official

mourning is taking place, what does it mean for the many

millions of visitors In 2015, nearly 30 million people

travelled to Thailand. Tourism makes up 10%

of the country's GDP. On the surface, nothing much has

changed on Thailand's beaches. But the death of the King has

cast a shadow even here. I felt quite upset because you could

see the emotion in people's faces. Everywhere in the streets,

people were crying. The place was devastated,

absolutely devastated. Tourists are being

advised to be careful. Swimwear is still

fine in the resorts. Away from the beach,

though, the advice is to pack one It will be seen by Thais

as a mark of respect. And people should

watch what they say. Insulting the King

can land you in jail. 72-year-old Colin Marsden

says his Thai fiancee has made it clear just how sensitive

a time this is. She will soon put me right

and make me conform and do She'll make sure you do not say

the wrong thing. Many clubs and discos are now closed

for up to a month. But bars and restaurants

remain open. You might be pleased to hear that

you can still have a drink. But you might want to draw the limit

just a little lower than normal. The message is simple -

along with the sunscreen, At least 24 people have been killed

and dozens injured in a crush at a religious gathering in northern

India. It happened near the Hindu

holy town of Varanasi as thousands of people tried

to cross a narrow iron Panic apparently broke out

after false rumours spread that the bridge had

started to collapse. Some of those caught up in the crush

have been describing what they saw. TRANSLATION: Suddenly the crowd got

bigger. We were just standing there and suddenly people started to fall.

Some had already fallen down. I was trying to stay standing but I fell

and two or three people fell on top of me. I lost my purse in the

process. People started to push each other from both sides of the bridge.

In the middle there was a car. There was no space for people to move, so

people started to fall on top of each other.

Manchester City missed two penalties as they drew 1-1 with Everton

Everton striker Romelu Lukaku put the Merseysiders ahead

just after the hour mark after a great solo run.

City substitute Nolito then equalised eight minutes

A point from their last two matches, but Pep Guardiola's side stay top

We played good, we missed penalties, the chances, how we defend with the

ball, they created just one chance in the game, it was a goal. That is

why I'm sad. Not sad, disappointed for the players. To David did not

deserve that. Compliments to Everton, two Ronald Koeman, for the

massive defensive performance. That is why I just can say, well done. I

think we had really very good defending. They did not create open

chances. Yes, the two penalties. You need to be lucky that the goalkeeper

Maarten Stekelenburg maybe had his best game of his life. They shot

from De Bruyne. Another shot. We punish them at the first chance we

got. Not many teams will get a point out of the stadium.

In the early game, champions Leicester suffered another

Bournemouth thrashed Hull City 6-1, as Mike Phelan took charge

of the visitors for the first time on a permanent basis.

Arsenal beat Swansea to signal defeat for Bob Bradley's

West Ham were 1-0 winners at Crystal Palace.

Stoke beat Sunderland 2-0, and Spurs were held to a draw

Novak Djokovic smashed his racquet, tore his shirt and raged

at the umpire as he was knocked out of the Shanghai Masters

The clinical, calm world number one we're used to was

Djokovic, who's the defending champion and a 12-times

grand slam champion, made a catalogue of mistakes.

He was broken once in the first set, and three times in the second,

as he lost 6-4, 6-4 in his first-ever defeat to the Spaniard.

Credit to Roberto. He was the better player, no question about it. In

important moments, I had lots of chances, but I was losing my service

game. In the important moments, he was more consistent. He was more

solid. I made too many unforced mistakes.

Andy Murray had his own anger issues in the other semifinal

But the second-seeded Scot regained his composure

and pulled out a 6-4, 6-3 victory to advance

Valentino Rossi took pole at the Japanese MotoGP on Saturday,

with his team-mate Jorge Lorenzo recovering from a dramatic crash

Rossi, who is currently second in the championship standings

behind Marc Marquez, lapped the circuit in one

minute 43 seconds, passing the Spaniard late in a lively

Lorenzo earlier escaped serious injury

after his bike high-sided near turn two and hurled him into

the air before he slammed back down on his back.

The Spaniard was air-lifted to hospital for tests

but returned to the track, shrugging off the pain to grab

Fans of the Russian president Vladimir Putin can now

get their hands on his official calendar for 2017.

Steve Rosenberg has been flicking through the year ahead.

Time flies. I cannot believe a whole year has gone by since the Putin

2016 calendar came out. This is the 2017 calendar. 12 months, 12

portraits of the President, Putin with a candle, Putin with a child,

with a kitten, Putin by himself, with war veterans, and so on, and so

on. 365 days of Vladimir Putin. This is August. Putin with a combine

harvester, talking about the importance of bread. Putin with the

Delta plane, and a crane, very fluffy and cute. In October, Putin

with a horse, Putin dressed as a fighter pilot, who says that the aim

is to create the kind of army that will guarantee Russia's sovereignty,

the respect partners, and a stable peace. This is December. Finally,

the calendar looks ahead to 2018. There is this portrait and these

words. Vladimir Putin says Russia is a peace-loving and self-sufficient

country. We do not need other people's territories, other people's

natural resources, but if we are threatened, we are prepared to use

weapons to guarantee of her security.

What to get the person who has absolutely everything. That is all

from the programme. Catch up with me on Twitter. Thanks for joining us.

We will see you soon. We have seen different sides to them

today, massive contrast in the weather depending on where