people who suffer." suddenly, air raid sirens. we head for cover. officially, nagorno—kara bakh is part of azerbaijan, but it is controlled by ethnic armenians. ophelia has spent more than two weeks down in the shelter. "my house was destroyed and there is bombing every day," she says. "where else can i go?" "the graves of our grandparents and great grandparents are here," says vladimir. "we are not leaving karabakh." i asked this lady, could she imagine peace between armenians and azerbaijanis? "that's impossible," she says. "we've lost so many young people,

sons and brothers". in this conflict, there is a lot of history, a lot of raw emotion, as we have been hearing, and a lot of violence. what there isn't much of it all, though, is trust, and until that can be somehow created and built between armenians and azerbaijanis, this is a conflict which is going to be very difficult to resolve. and in this conflict, the other side is grieving, too. norsin and her husband anar were killed on sunday in a missile attack azerbaijan blames on armenia. this ceasefire between them isn't in ruins just yet, but it is extremely fragile. building a lasting peace in the south caucasus is a huge challenge. steve rosenberg, bbc news, in nagorno—karabakh. more than 1,300 arts venues

and organisations in england will share over a quarter of a billion pounds from the government's culture recovery fund to help them survive the pandemic. many haven't been able open their doors to audiences since march. our arts editor will gompertz has more. students at the royal academy of dance are put through their paces, and breathing a sigh of relief at the news of a £600,000 emergency funding grant from the government, which will enable their institution to stay open this winter. this is a life—saver. to know that all these teachers that come here to the royal academy of dance have a chance now to have a career as dance teachers to go and inspire the next generation of wonderful students, kids out there that, you know, get so many attributes from what dance has. notjust physical wellbeing, but mental wellbeing as well. the culture secretary was pleased with the funding... it's a really important moment for arts in this country.

the money is flowing through. ..but not pleased with this — an unrelated, government—approved advert that some thought implied it considered being a ballet dancer not to be a proper or valid job. yes, look, i saw that. first of all, it certainly didn't cross my desk as a minister, and i understand it was from a partner organisation. i accept that that was very crass, and that was not the message that we are trying to get out. i understand that. among the 1,300—plus beneficiaries of the culture recovery fund are the national maritime museum in cornwall, the halle concert society in manchester, the beamish living museum of the north, in county durham, and thejohn peel centre for creative arts in stowmarket. the bristol old vic, where 0livia colman and daniel day—lewis started their careers, was awarded a £610,000 grant. it's transformative for us as a business. without it we wouldn't have been able to sustain our business and we would have had to go through a second round of la rge—scale redundancies, and we don't have to do

that any more. so, good news for those on the receiving end, like the yorkshire sculpture park, but a major disappointment for the 578 arts organisations that had their grant applications rejected, with a combined financial requirement of £113 million. for them, the future is not looking so bright. will gompertz, bbc news. that's it.

hello to viewers in the uk joining those around the world. it's now time for us to take a first look at the national and international front pages in the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are lucy fisher, defence editor, the times and agnes poirier, french writer and broadcaster. welcome to you both. quite a few front page is already in. starting here in the uk, ‘mersey mission‘ is how the metro describes the prime minister's attempt to stop the spread of coronavirus in the north east of

england. boris johnson announced new restrictions around the country with liverpool facing the toughestest rules. —— the northwest. the daily mail says it's back to the bad old days, with 22 million people now under stricter restriction and nine million more could join them later this week. their fuse of a spike of cases in london —— there are fears. the guardian leads on anger over the level of financial support provided by the chancellor, rishi sunak. it mentions of the three nightingale hospitals in the north of england that have been asked to mobilise his cases continues to rise. the telegraph says that borisjohnson ‘overruled' scientists that said the lockdown rules should be tougher than the 3—tier system. the scientific advisory group for emergencies warned the prime minister of ‘catastrophic

consequences‘ if there wasn't a harsher lockdown. elsewhere, the french paper le figaro notes the rise of illegal parties in paris and shows a picture of a deserted louvre as france announces more support for the tourism industry announces more support for the tourism industry. and basketball legend lebronjames fronts the phillipine star as his team, the la lakers, win their 17th title after defeating miami in the nba finals. lots to get through. lucy, can i start with you? the mail, back to the battle days. not quite the worst old days, but still pretty tough. yes, i think their headline will chime with many viewers, and britain‘s around the country. that sinking feeling on

march the 23rd when the original lockdown measures were introduced. as of tomorrow, a third of the population will be facing tougher measures, including in liverpool, closure the pubs and bars, a com plete closure the pubs and bars, a complete ban on household mixing and slightly less stringent measures across other parts of the northeast. the thing is, it might not be enough. will come onto more about that in a moment, but chris whitty, the chief medical officer today really warning that this probably wasn‘t going to be enough. absolutely. it's quite terrible for us absolutely. it's quite terrible for us all because it's the same in france. 0f us all because it's the same in france. of course, when we talk about the closure of pubs and restaurants, it was the case that

actually, if you have a full functioning kitchen, ithink actually, if you have a full functioning kitchen, i think it's the same thing in the north of england. . so there are loopholes, and ways of making it work for a lot of doctors and medical officers. but it's not enough. we have 27 new cases of covid, and now we learn today that 32% of beds in intensive ca re we re today that 32% of beds in intensive care were occupied by covid patients. last week in italy was really a good day in europe. the case in the last few days are now rocketing, so it looks as though

it's not a second wave. it's the tide. and inevitably —— nobody is going to be spared. let's go on to the metro. lucy, if you are in the top tier, financially you are better off for small businesses than you are in tier two and one? that's right. two slightly... unveils a package of support for those places that have agreed to go into tier three, the highest tier. making quite clear that it would be unforgivable if northern leaders in other areas where cases are rocketing didn‘t also agree to go into the very high alert level. at the moment, he still trying to seek consensus with who he is agreed with the leaders, but as

we say, he‘s offered financial support for enforcement for track and trace and the armed forces in the area. we are seeing some pushback from some of the places that have been placed into tier two. it stuck me that the labour mastro mayor which has been placed into tier two was complaining today that it seems that he doesn‘t have the tools and resources to be able to cope with the virus. he sort of characterize that as a sort of perverse way in which the government has acted to those already almost overwhelmed with covid cases. there are people who are very unhappy. borisjohnson was asked about christmas, which he said we will do our best, but it will be dependent on getting the rise in the numbers

down. is it such a big issue from emmanuel macron in france? know, christmas is very much a british obsession. 0f christmas is very much a british obsession. of course we do christmas here, but not the way the british do. we will speak about it in a few weeks' time, perhaps. the mirror what's happening in the uk, is quite interesting because we have an alert level system in france and we've had it for weeks, if not months. when very tough measures were introduced two we e ks very tough measures were introduced two weeks ago, marseilles sort of protested and the local mayor and local authorities were quite unhappy for some time until there was... then we felt into where the cases

we re then we felt into where the cases were rising so rapidly in marseilles that they had to confront reality. even in france, there have been very little protest about wax wearing in the industry itself —— mask wearing. well, the prime minister who comes from the southwest of france is very much on the front line in order not to appear as imposing on restrictions on the provinces and the rest of france. emmanuel macron has takena the rest of france. emmanuel macron has taken a step back. the prime minister has a lovely accent to talk to his combat tricks, and so far it has worked it‘s not just local

it‘s notjust local mayors and council leaders who are getting angry about this. it is the members of the sage group itself. i‘m pretty damning information coming out in the guardian, specifically about the test, trace and isolate system, which is really having a marginal impact at the moment. yes, well, the criticisms of the track and trace system have been well documented and tests are taking too long. tracings are not reaching enough and fast enough, and obviously, matt hancock has had to answer a lot of questions in the past week about the 15,000 positive cases missing out of the debacle with the spreadsheet failure to capture all the information it needed to. i think it really will focus on what sage has advised on how that matches up to what the

government has implemented. three weeks ago, and date of the government hasjust weeks ago, and date of the government has just published this evening, sage was already urging the government to implement the measures we see now three weeks later. so, i think we do start to see hospitalizations rocket, death rocket, people will ask why didn‘t the government asked sooner when the scientists were urging them that was the time to do it? itjust shows what the science isn‘t clear—cut because different numbers are so different. let‘s go on to the ft. rich nations d raft let‘s go on to the ft. rich nations draft for $100 billion revolution in corporate tax. this is being put forward i think but quite dependent on probably who wins the us election. yes, actually, in the interview in the