mark lobel, bbc news. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @jamesbbcnews. hello. our spell of cold wintry january weather will be gradually easing through the weekend and into next week as things turn a little bit milder. but certainly on friday, we had a lot more snow for some parts of northern england. this was the picture in cumbria. north wales, as well, had a lot of lying snow. into saturday, still the odd flurry of snow around but most places largely dry, very cold and frosty with some freezing fog as well. look at these temperatures, first thing saturday morning at dawn around —11 degrees or so, could be —15 across some of the sheltered glens of scotland. so, widely subzero. we've got the freezing fog to contend with, particularly across parts of the midlands, central southern england and east wales as well. that should slowly tend to break up into low cloud with some sunshine coming through, but in places, it could linger all day. now, a lot of dry weather through the day on sunday, some sunshine for north wales, northern england, eastern scotland, for

snow is also forecast for parts of italy, turkey and greece, as mark lobel reports. coronavirus victims remembered in spain's capital, madrid, as a different storm sets in. parks were closed early. translation: for those who don't work, it is great. for those who work, it is a little more complicated. translation: i came to madrid and i was surprised, as it is not snowing in berlin. it must have to do with climate change. the snow in spain stopping people getting to their plane. real madrid's footballers among many stuck on the tarmac for hours at barajas airport. operations here suspended at times. storm filomena struck these houses on the portuguese island of madeira. translation: i am 66 years old and i had never seen so much rain and water like i saw yesterday. i have never seen anything like this. rescuers were on hand after this ferry ran aground in the canary islands. translation: we were afraid for the baby. as a blanket of snow covered eastern spain, lorries reach the end of the road. translation: we have remained in monreal del campo where we are stuck. thi

mark lobel, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: england's health secretrary has given a new warning that the national health service could soon be overwhelmed by the spread of coronavirus. it echoes concerns from england's chief medical officer, who says if hospitals are overwhelmed, this will lead to avoidable deaths. the labour leader, sir keir starmer is calling on the uk government to bring back daily briefings, to help reiterate the "stay at home" message to the public. as asymptomatic testing in the uk is ramped up and more than 500,000 people over the age of 80 are invited to mass vaccination centres. in the us, the outgoing vice—president, mike pence, will attend the inauguration ofjoe biden on january 20th. it's in contrast to donald trump who's said he won't be at his successor‘s swearing—in, breaking with tradition. meanwhile, democrats in the house of representatives say they'll start impeachment proceedings against president trump in the next 2a hours. our north america correspondent pe

mark lobel, bbc news. as if hospitals don't have enough to deal with at the moment — one in italy had this happen. a huge sinkhole suddenly appeared in a hospital car park in naples. the hole — about the size of two and a half tennis courts and 20 metres deep — swallowed up several cars, what philjackson patients had to be moved elsewhere — but fortunately no but fortunately no one was hurt. hello. our spell of cold wintry january weather will be gradually easing through the weekend and into next week as things turn a little bit milder. but certainly on friday, we had a lot more snow for some parts of northern england. this was the picture in cumbria. north wales, as well, had a lot of lying snow. into saturday, still the odd flurry of snow around but most places largely dry, very cold and frosty with some freezing fog as well. look at these temperatures, first thing saturday morning at dawn around —11 degrees or so, could be —15 across some of the sheltered glens of scotland. so, widely subzer

mark lobel, bbc news. residents in a city in eastern estonia have come up with a novel, if not chilly way of meeting up socially, while staying safe during the pandemic. this snow bar has been built in the city of tartu after a bar owner got the idea from a children's snow fortress. although the temperature was a freezing —7 degrees celsius, people still gathered to chat and dance at a safe distance. the first attempt at a snow bar only lasted one day before melting, but after making more robust snow bricks, it looks like this bar will stick around for a bit longer. a reminder of our top story: the indonesian navy has recovered pieces of fuselage and some body parts from the sea off the coast nearjakarta where a boeing 737 aircraft crashed on saturday a few minutes after taking off. 62 people were on board. the aircraft operated by budget carrier sriwijaya air fell more than 3,000 metres in less than a minute before disappearing from radar screens. 10 ships and four aircraft have been involved the recove

mark lobel, bbc news. a professional paraplegic climber has become the first person in hong kong to climb more than 250 metres of a skyscraper while strapped to a wheelchair. lai chi—wai scaled the height using a piece of rope — and sheer grit and determination, as freya cole explains. from dizzying heights, lai chi—wai looks tiny, but in the grand scale of the situation, he has more strength than most. translation: i was quite scared, climbing up a mountain, i could hold onto rocks or little holes. but with glass, all i can really rely on is the rope that i'm hanging off. ten years ago, lai chi—wai was in a car accident which left him paralysed from the waist down. it ended his highly successful professional career as a climber as he knew it. but over time, he's overcome mental and physical barriers and now there is very little that will stop him. translation: i want to climb something higher| than lion rock mountain. i want the image of me climbing up in a wheelchair to become a reality, and it's

mark lobel reports. preparing his signature starter of cauliflower in cream and vanilla dressing a miniscule number of times, sylvain has had a grating year. translation: people are messing up takeaways _ and delivery guys are not getting paid well. these dark kitchens are dirty but booming. meanwhile, restaurants with high standards remain closed. it's a detriment to our culture and morale. hejoined the he joined the cream of the proper culinary visits to peru, thailand, japan and lebanon. he hopes michelin recognition will help restaurants bloom again, but for some food critics that is hard to do just. translation: | find it very curious. - with restaurants closed for more than six months and feverish because of curfews and sanitary rules, how michelin was able to investigate and hand out stars. but organisers of this year's socially distanced award ceremony held in the eiffel tower insist the show had to go on. translation: of course, this has been a _ complicated year. our inspectors have had to adap

mark lobel, bbc news. winter in rome means starling season, when up to four—million birds gather in the italian capital on their migration from europe to africa. their murmerations in the skies are beautiful — but their droppings create a hazard, and the city authorities are trying new methods to move them on. here's our rome correspondent, mark lowen. in the roman twilight, nature's great dancers flock to the stage. the acrobatic twirls like wisps of smoke. a synchronised spectacle of breathtaking beauty. the starlings migrate in winter south to africa. nesting at night in central rome for warmth, flying in formation to avoid predators. a murmuration, it's called, and this city of art marvels at the show. but beneath their charm, rome is rotting, and it's a hell of a mess. in the cold light of day, the other side of these gorgeous birds is clear, and for those unlucky enough to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, it's not exactly sightly, it can be a safety hazard, and i can tell you that even wi

mark lobel reports. rifle—wielding kidnappers storm this orphanage on saturday, abducting eight children in nigeria's capital, they�* re demanding ra nsoms. the police are calling for calm. it's part of a worrying trend. last month, over 300 boys were taken from this boarding school in the nigerian president's home state. and over 100 of the kidnapped chibok girls are still missing, despite global appeals for the release seven years ago. in a series of tweets, president buhari bowed to pressure from political allies and critics alike, to clear out his long—serving top brass. in one fell swoop, replacing the heads of the army, navy, airforce, and his chief of defence. it's welcome news for these internally displaced nigerians in the country's dangerous north—east region, living in fear during a decade of terror, brought upon them by boko haram jihadists. what we want is not to repel boko haram, but to kill them. translation: may god almighty restore a lasting peace _ in ourdearstate. these four ne

mark lobel reports. this 20 million —year—old tree stretches back so far, our eight ancestors may have gone, better shape. eight ancestors may have gone, bettershape. dug eight ancestors may have gone, better shape. dug up during highway works on this eastern mediterranean island, it brings new meaning to the word trunk road. translation: , road. translation: . ., , translation: it is particularly si . nificant translation: it is particularly significant at _ translation: it is particularly significant at the _ translation: it is particularly significant at the tree - translation: it is particularly significant at the tree was - significant at the tree was found with its branches still attached to the main trunk, intact. it is unique because not being that is nothing similar has been found in this forest orfrom what similar has been found in this forest or from what we know anywhere around the world. it was preserved after a thick layer of ash after the volcanic island was overrun by lava. there are

mark lobel, bbc news. we can focus on the russian opposition leader alexei navalny. he is about to return from germany to russia this afternoon. he has been recovering in germany from being poisoned with a nerve agent in russia last august. we can show you the scene now at berlin brandenburg airport. there are microphones there so we think mr navalny will be talking before he leaves on the plane from brandenburg airport in berlin back to russia, which is being seen as a direct challenge, that flight, to president putin. you are watching bbc news. winter in rome means starling season, when up to 4 million birds gather in the italian capital on their migration from europe to africa. their murmerations in the skies are beautiful — but their droppings create a hazard, and the city authorities are trying new methods to move them on. here's our rome correspondent, mark lowen. in the roman twilight, nature's great dancers flock to the stage. the acrobatic twirls like wisps of smoke. a synchronised spectacle of breathtaking beauty. the starlings migrate in winter south to

mark lobel, bbc news. i asked our south east asia correspondentjonathan head, if there are any clues yet as to what might have happened. none at all. we know it was something very catastrophic, we have seen the pieces of wreckage that the search teams have pulled out of the water, and there is no doubt they are from the plane, it obviously came down from data we have seen on flight—tracking apps, very fast from 11,000 feet into the sea in the matter of 20 seconds in the last stages of its flight. it is impossible to imagine anyone surviving that, so it is just a matter of picking the wreckage up. they knew the location of the fight, not far from the airport, four minutes in, the sea is shallow. they know where the fuselage is, they will be able to retrieve large parts of the plane, and probably the flight recorders, and we will get answers within perhaps weeks or months. at this stage, no distress call from the pilots, an old plane, but had it been maintained properly, no particular reason for a problem.

mark lobel, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willetts. some of the freezing fog we have seen this morning could linger all day once again. it was bitterly cold where we saw this sunshine first thing. that resulted in the coldest night for nearly a decade for parts of northern ireland and northern england. resulting in some sunshine. as well as the freezing fog in southern areas, still a few wintry showers close to the south coast, the channel islands. cloudier skies will invade across northern ireland this afternoon, as well as northern and western scotland, where we have got some rain falling onto frozen surfaces, some snow over the hills, still icy. that will be a risk throughout the day. where we see the sunshine, although temperatures will not rise very high, where we had the snow yesterday, much brighter, staying bright east of the grampians. actually, temperatures are recovering a bit in scotland. that is because we have got the atlantic influence. staying bitterly cold where the fog lingers. that atlantic influence with its cloud,

mark lobel reports. the eu's rollout of the oxford—astrazeneca vaccine it hopes to approve on friday is already in doubt. the bloc is fuming after suggestions it may only get around a third of what it expects. pharmaceutical companies, vaccine developers, have moral, societal and contractual responsibilities which they need to uphold. astrazeneca has reported production delays in the netherlands and belgium. the eu says these unaffected production sites in the uk should provide shortfall. the uk factories are part of our advance purchase agreements and this is why they have to deliver. but astrazeneca has other customers too, including the uk. they could be affected in a tit—for—tat threat dubbed �*vaccine nationalism' if the eu restricts exports of other vaccines made in the bloc to deal with the shortfall. we're very confident in our supplies, we're very confident in our contracts and we're going ahead on that basis. astrazeneca denies eu claims it's backtracking on its commitments in order to

mark lobel, bbc news. thousands of devotees thronged a church in the philippine capital, manila, for a glimpse of a centuries—old statue of jesus christ believed to have miraculous healing powers, after an annual catholic parade was cancelled due to covid—19. 0fficial please to stay at home we re 0fficial please to stay at home were ignored as people gathered for the feast of the black nazarene. compared to previous years, 2021's feast of the black nazarene with a subdued affair. people were advised not to attend the event to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. according to the police, 23,000 people gathered today to listen to masses delivered from the church. translation: nothing can stop us now from performing oui’ can stop us now from performing our devotion, even if they block us with a tag, i will still visit the black nazarene because he kept us safe the whole year, even from covid—19, typhoons and calamities. however, today's event didn't feature a procession of the centuries—old statue

mark lobel, bbc news. tennis players are arriving down under ahead of the australian open, but as the build up to the tournament is dominated by the global pandemic, many will be confined to hotel rooms. the fact they�*re being flown in however has sparked anger from the near 40,000 australian citizens who remain stranded abroad. earlier i spoke to kate and davejeffries who have finally managed to make it home to australia after a long 10 months in canada. kate explained why couldn�*t they get home. unfortunately, it�*s a direct result of government policy which has placed flight caps on the amount of people allowed to enter the country. unfortunately, federal government haven�*t taken control of borders in quarantine and there�*s limited quarantine spaces in australia which means that there is a limited amount of australians that can make it home. isee, and dave, how did you eventually get home? what did it take? look, we had return tickets booked. we landed in february last year, we were suppos

mark lobel, bbc news. i think ithinki i think i drove past that a site dozens and dozens of times but never got to go there. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @jamesbbcnews hello there. quite a few of us had a pretty cloudy day, really, on sunday, but there were some cloud breaks, a bit of sunshine around. in the right place at the right time was pandapix, spotting this beautiful sunset in the doncaster area of south yorkshire. now, sunday was a day that was a little bit less cold than it has been over recent days. still chilly, though. just one in hereford, four in manchester. but it's turning milderfor the vast majority of us, and through monday, temperatures between 8—10 degrees celsius pretty widely. now that milder air is working in at the moment, so temperatures are lifting. we do have rain around, though. damp across north—western areas, rain turning a bit more persistent in northern ireland and heavy rain in western scotland combining with snowmelt brings the risk of some flooding here. the o

mark lobel reports. a new dawn on the bank of the riverjordan. a coronavirus—compliant congregation of priests, guests and soldiers celebrate the feast of the baptism ofjesus, for the first time in over half a century here. this sacred land once hosted jordan's war with israel which ended in the 90s, but left thousands of landmines embedded on these shores. they have now been cleared under israeli instruction. both sides want the bullet holes visible here on the side of the chapel to remain, as a nod to the site's violent history. for these important christian worshippers, accompanied by israeli soldiers in this occupied part of the jordan valley, a place of war is now an oasis of peace. allowing for a truly touching epiphany. translation: we are here at the jordan river where jesus was baptised. it is a historic, unique moment in the history of christianity and jesus. we christians renew our baptism procession here. the eucharist this year, led by the custos of the holy land, may have been a smaller affair because of the pandemic but this mome

mark lobel, bbc news. the mexican president andres manuel lopez 0brador has tweeted that he has covid—19. the president has been criticised for playing down the seriousness of the coronavirus pandemic by resisting pressure to wear masks or introduce tougher covid restrictions. mexico has recorded 1.7 million cases of coronavirus. the bbc�*s central america correspodent will grant joins us now from havana. thank you so much for your time. ., , time. how unwell is the president? _ time. how unwell is the president? he - time. how unwell is the president? he claims i time. how unwell is the l president? he claims that time. how unwell is the - president? he claims that his symptoms arejust mild president? he claims that his symptoms are just mild and, obviously, all mexicans on both sides of the aisle and all political colours wish him a speedy recovery but the honest truth is we just do not know at this stage. it is very early and obviously the initial symptoms are mild but we simply do not know whether

mark lobel, bbc news. in the uk, prince william has paid tribute to nhs staff working on the covid front line and thanked them for their continued efforts during the pandemic. in a video call with staff at homerton university hospital in east london, he heard about the challenges that they are facing — following the recent rise in patients with the virus. a recap of our breaking news, indonesian authorities say they've lost contact with a passenger plane shortly after take—off from the capital, jakarta. the sriwijaya air flight was en route to a province in the west of the country. the airline, which is an indonesian carrier says it's still gathering more information before it can make any statement. it's believed there were more than 50 people on board. flight tracking websites show the boeing 737‘s altitude dropped by more than 3000 metres, before disappearing from radars. the jet is not reported to be a 737 max—8 model. you are watching bbc news. helen willetts with the weather. hello they are.

mark lobel reports. the eu's rollout of the oxford—astrazeneca vaccine it hopes to approve on friday is already in doubt. the bloc is fuming after suggestions it may only get around a third of what it expects. pharmaceutical companies, vaccine developers, have moral, societal and contractual responsibilities which they need to uphold. astrazeneca has reported production delays in the netherlands and belgium. the eu says these unaffected production sites in the uk should provide shortfall. the uk factories are part of our advance purchase agreements and this is why they have to deliver. but astrazeneca has other customers too, including the uk. they could be affected in a tit—for—tat threat dubbed �*vaccine nationalism' if the eu restricts exports of other vaccines made in the bloc to deal with the shortfall. we're very confident in our supplies, we're very confident in our contracts and we're going ahead on that basis. astrazeneca denies eu claims it's backtracking on its commitments in order to

mark lobel, bbc news. the most senior democratic figure, nancy pelosi, has said the resolution would call on vice president mike pence and a majority of cabinet members to invoke the 25th amendment. do let me know how you are getting on. you can reach me on twitter, i'm @jamesbbcnews. hello there. quite a few of us had a pretty cloudy day, really, on sunday, but there were some cloud breaks, a bit of sunshine around. in the right place at the right time was pandapix, spotting this beautiful sunset in the doncaster area of south yorkshire. now, sunday was a day that was a little bit less cold than it has been over recent days. still chilly, though. just one in hereford, four in manchester. but it's turning milderfor the vast majority of us, and through monday, temperatures between 8—10 degrees celsius pretty widely. now that milder air is working in at the moment, so temperatures are lifting. we do have rain around, though. damp across north—western areas, rain turning a bit more persistent in northern

mark lobel reports. coronavirus victims remembered in spain's capital, madrid, as a different storm sets in. parks were closed early. translation: for those who don't work, it's great. for those who work, it is a little more complicated. translation: i came to madrid and i was surprised, as it's not snowing in berlin. it must have to do with climate change. the snow in spain stopping people getting to their plane. real madrid's footballers among many stuck on the tarmac for hours at barajas airport. 0perations here suspended at times. storm filomena struck these houses on the portuguese island of madeira. translation: i am 66 years old and i'd never seen so much rain and water like i saw yesterday. i've never seen anything like this. rescuers were on hand after this ferry ran aground in the canary islands. translation: we were afraid for the baby. as a blanket of snow covered eastern spain, lorries reach the end of the road. translation: we have remained in monreal del campo, where we're stuck. things lo

mark lobel, bbc news. this is bbc world news. our main headlines this hour: authorities in all 50 us states are bracing for more protests, asjoe biden�*s inauguration moves closer. 25,000 members of the national guard are patrolling washington dc. a sanitation worker becomes the first person in india to receive a covid vaccine, as the country begins to vaccinate more than 1.3 billion people. tennis players have arrived down under ahead of the australian open — but as the build up to the tournament is dominated by the global pandemic, the leadup is looking far different this year. 47 players have been forced into two weeks of hard hotel quarantine after three coronavirus infections were reported on two chartered flights, carrying them to the slam. meanwhile it�*s caused frustration for the near 40,000 australians still stranded aborad. craig gabriel has been a tennis commentatorfor more than three decades. hejoins me live from sydney. thanks so much for coming on the programme.— thanks so much for coming on | the programme

mark lobel, bbc news. residents in a city in eastern estonia have come up with a novel, if not chilly,way of meeting up socially, while staying safe during the pandemic. this snow bar has been built in the city of tartu in eastern estonia after a bar owner got the idea from a children's snow fortress. although the temperature was a freezing minus seven celsius, people still gathered to meet people and dance at a safe distance. the first attempt at a snow bar only lasted one day before melting, but after making more robust snow bricks, it looks like this bar will stick around for a bit longer. maybe they were just staying warm... do stay with bbc news. hello again. saturday was another cold day, but it's the last of a run of cold days really. it is to be turning milder over the next few. there were some places across east anglia, cambridgeshire area where the fog lingered all day. temperatures didn't get above freezing. but where the sunshine came out, we had temperatures about 3—4 degrees, but either way

mark lobel, bbc news. quite a sight, isn't it? of course, some parts of the uk have already seen decent false of snow. let us have a look at what is ahead heavy medical saturday evening. —— this ahead on this very cold saturday evening. hello there. it's been a very cold start to the weekend, widespread frost and ice up and down the country and also some low cloud and freezing fog, particularly in the south, which could linger all day. best of the sunshine further north, but for scotland we have had a weatherfront pushing in, bring outbreaks of rain to northern and western areas. some snow on the hills as well, and that weather will push into northern england overnight, bringing a little bit of rain here. more rain pushing into western scotland and again there will be further snow on the hills. now, a cold night to come, but not as cold as it has been of late. but still cold enough where any rain falls on the frozen surfaces and we could see an ice risk for sunday morning, eastern scotland and north—east england favoured for

mark lobel, bbc news. this is bbc world news, our main story this hour: authorities in all 50 us states are bracing for more protests, asjoe biden�*s inauguration moves closer. 25,000 members of the national guard are patrolling washington dc. well let�*s get more on this now, william bratton is a former nypd police commissioner, here�*s his take on the security threats across the country. i think, as evidenced by the preparations under way in washington, dc, our nation�*s capital, and many of the state capitals around the country, they have shown that with intelligence and intelligence analysis, the threat level is very high. i think the prevention capabilities also — unlike the events of january 6, are very high. my concern would more incidents such as that which just occurred in washington, the lone wolf, the individual actor, rather than large—scale crowds showing up at some of these very heavily guarded sites. i see, and those lone wolf actors, as you say, they are presumably pretty diffic

mark lobel, bbc news. the us company spacex has set a new world record for the number of satellites launched on a single rocket. 143 payloads were on board the falcon rocket which launched from florida. it beats the previous record of 104 satellites set by an indian mission four years ago. jonathan mcdowell is an astronomer at the harvard smithsonian center for astrophysics. he's in boston. jonathan, thank you so much for your time. jonathan, thank you so much for yourtime. can jonathan, thank you so much for your time. can you jonathan, thank you so much for yourtime. can you paint jonathan, thank you so much for your time. can you paint a picture ofjust how busy space is looking at the moment and what this latest device has done to contribute to those numbers?— done to contribute to those numbers? ., ., numbers? right, there are now over 3000 _ numbers? right, there are now over 3000 working _ numbers? right, there are now over 3000 working satellites i numbers? right, there are now over 3000 working s

mark lobel, bbc news. ten climbers from nepal have completed one of the last remaining challenges in mountaineering, reaching the summit of the world�*s second highest peak, k2, in winter. it�*s the last of the 1a tallest mountains to have been conquered during the winter months. alan arnette became the oldest american to reach the summit of k2 in 2014, he told me why this was such a fantastic achievement. it�*s a fantastic day for mountaineering. i am just so proud of the nepali team that they got up there and they are back down now at camp three. actually, two went back down to base camp. it was a 16—hour summit day, and what makes k2 so hard anytime is that it is steep, steep, steep and the weather is unrelenting. there is also tremendous objective danger and by that i mean avalanches and rockfall. so that is in the summertime, and that is when the winds will maybe hit 60 or 70 miles an hour. in the wintertime, it can be 100 degrees below zero fahrenheit wind chill, so what they went through wha

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mark lobel, bbc news. england have completed a thrilling victory against sri lanka — beating them by six wickets in the second test match at galle. it means england wrapped up the series 2—0. joe wilson watched the action. all around galle, and between every coast, the world turns. the cricket spins. first sri lanka were bowled out, partly by dom bess. bowled him. partly by jack leach. there were some bad shots and some fine catches. who is under that one? relax. it is james anderson. great reactions here by zach crawley, the catcher, grateful reaction from bess the bowler. but what's this? lasith embuldeniya hit a0 precious runs to rescue his team's total, england would bat needing 164 to win. that demanded serious attention. lasith embuldeniya, the bowler, crawley out in england's second innings. johnny bairstow batting, where has that gone? well, think you seen everything? it's gone all the way for six. plucked from a bucket of paint, the ball, formally red. different ball, same embuldeniya, trappin

mark lobel reports. could these be vital clues as to what happened to sriwijaya airflight to what happened to sriwijaya air flight sj182? divers from ten navy ships, assisted by military helicopters, are slowly piecing together the wreckage from their ongoing search of the waters where they believe the plane fell. as the flight believe the plane fell. as the flight tracking up flight radar shows, four minutes after the 26—year—old boeing 737 took off from jakarta on saturday afternoon, with 62 passengers on board, including seven children and three babies, contact children and three babies, co nta ct was children and three babies, contact was lost, as it reportedly plunged 3000 metres in less than a minute. before its disappearance, its operator said no problems had come to light. translation: based on the information i have, the plane was in a good condition when it was flown from kalimpanag and this was the second route. they shouldn't have been any problem and the maintenance report was also fine

mark lobel reports. with painstaking precision parts of flight sj 182 are brought back above ground. laid out piece by piece at this port injakarta, rescuers now think at least the positioning of the wreckage offers a crucial clue as to what may have happened. one indonesian investigator speculating it ruptured when it hit the water, casting doubt on a mid—air explosion. translation: so far we are focused on narrow areas, but we may expand. we employed around 30 ships, so going forwards, 53 ships will be directly involved in the search and rescue operation. the fate of the missing 62 people on board is now theirfamilies' burden, including this 23—year—old crew member. watching for news about her is her brother, who, along with her father, still doesn't understand why she didn't make her regular call to her mother before flying. translation: we really appreciate everyone is doing their best. we can only pray that everything goes smoothly so that the plane and the people inside can be found. the myst

mark lobel reports. rifle wielding kidnappers storm this orphanage on saturday, abdullah unique children in nigeria plasma capital. —— abduct in eight children. it is part of a worrying trend. last month, over300 part of a worrying trend. last month, over 300 boys were taken from this boarding school in the nigerian president's home state. and over 100 of the kidnapped shoebox girls are still missing, despite global appeals for the release seven years ago —— chibok. in a series of tweets, the hummer do bid to hurry... in one fell swoop, replacing the heads of the army, maybe, and his chief of defence —— muhammadu buhari. these are placed nigerians in the country's north—east region, weaving and fair during a decade of terror, upon them by boko haram jihadists. we by boko haram 'ihadists. we want to kill _ by boko haram jihadists. - want to kill them. by boko haram jihadists. we - want to kill them. translation: miuht god want to kill them. translation: might god almighty _ want to kill them

they now seem intent on replacing the court mark lobel, bbc news. president biden has overturned president biden has overturned president donald trump's ban on transgender people joining the us military. he announced the and in 2017 citing what he called disruption and medical costs. the 0bama administration found transgender people had very little impact on military healthcare spending. it is just over a year since china imposed the world's first look down on the world's first look down on the city of wuhan. by then, coronavirus had been spreading there for several weeks and the chinese government insisted everything was under control. a new bbc documentary has revealed the gap between what was happening on the ground, what chinese officials and scientists knew, and what the world was told. new year's eve, 2019. by now, it has been 30 days since a chinese man in his 70s was hit by a mysterious pneumonia—like disease. but the world still blissfully unaware of the virus that's about to change all of our lives. preparing to ring in the new year, an

mark lobel reports. another two people froze to death in spain's capital. translation: we are amidst the worst snowstorm that has had the country since records began. in some places like madrid we have seen the biggest snowfall in recent decades. this is an absolutely exceptional situation that has exceeded even the most pessimistic forecast. around 20,000 kilometres of road were affected at. 1500 people trapped in cars needed rescuing. with the police, civil guard in the military‘s emergency unit all in action. passengers were snowed in at spain's main airports. translation:. we spain's main airports. translation: . we had spain's main airports. translation:. we had to sleep here. they didn't give us food 01’ here. they didn't give us food or drinks but with nowhere to sleep we had to lie on the luggage belt and desks. some parts of spain's north—eastern region hadn't seen any snow for yea rs. region hadn't seen any snow for years. translation: region hadn't seen any snow for years. translationzlj region hadn't seen any snow for years. translation: i

welcome to bbc news, i'm mark lobel with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. president trump is recorded on tape asking an election official to ‘find' him extra votes in the state of georgia. well, it's off to be shocked anymore by what the president does but this was truly shocking. a retired republican senator calls the tape a new low by donald trump but others in the party stand ready to back the president over unproven claims of election fraud. borisjohnson warns that covid restrictions in england are "probably about to get tougher" — as the uk records another 50,000 new cases in a single day. could julian assange finally be heading to the us to face charges of espionage? a judge is set to rule on his case later. # walk on, walk on. and tributes to gerry marsden, the singer of ‘you'll never walk alone‘ who's died at the age of 78. hello and welcome to our viewers in the uk and around the globe. a recording has been released which appears to show president trump trying to persuade a senior republican official to "find" enough votes to overturn joe

mark lobel reports. a police crackdown in tunisia's capital during a coronavirus lockdown. violent clashes as mainly teenage protesters are quickly pursued for allegedly blocking roads and throwing stones at. in response, water cannons, teargas, and over 200 arrests. this moment, caught on camera, in the northern town of silly honour and fuelled the demonstrator�*s anger, the apparent harassment and humiliation of a shepherd at the hands of government official for allowing the hands of government officialfor allowing his the hands of government official for allowing his sheep to stray too close to a state building. its timing, adding to its impact. it's ten years since this man, mohamed noor is easy, a fruit salad, set himself ablaze after officials repeatedly confiscated his produce. a moment remembered annually on these now empty streets, for it lamented the popular tunisian revolution againstjustin popular tunisian revolution against justin and popular tunisian revolution againstjustin and corruption which sparked the arab spring, except this year there was barely an a