this is bbc news, i'm james reynolds. our top stories: a teacher who showed pupils cartoons of the prophet muhammad is decapitated north of paris — france's president condemns it as a cowardly attack. translation: our fellow citizen was attacked in a cowardly way. he was the victim of an islamic terrorist attack. armenian missiles hit azerbaijan's second biggest city for the second time in a week, as fighting over the disputed region of nagorno—karabakh intensifies. a no—deal brexit may be on the cards, as the uk calls off further trade talks with the european union. disney reissues warnings for viewers on some of its most famous films like dumbo and the jungle book.

hello and welcome to bbc news. president macron of france has paid tribute to a teacher beheaded by a knifeman in a suburb of paris, saying he was killed "for advocating freedom of expression". the teacher is said to have shown his class caricatures of the prophet muhammad, advising muslim students to leave the room if they wished. police shot dead the killer, reported to have been eighteen years old and born in russia. four people have been held in connection with the incident. gareth barlow reports. terror on the streets of france. a knife attack, a school teacher dad, decapitated. reports say the attacker ran from the scene, posted an image on social media, was apprehended by police and shot after threatening offices. he died shortly after. the incident happened in conflans—sainte—honorine, 25 kilometres from the capital.

translation: they will not get past us. our policeman, our gendarmes, all our intelligence forces, but beyond that all those who hold the republic together. magistrates, active officials, teachers, all of us, we will stand together. the teacher is said to have shown pupils a cartoon of the prophet muhammad during a discussion about a wider debate in french society. many muslims consider any depiction of the profit sacrilegious. —— prophet. last month to people were stabbed outside the offices of a magazine, charlie hebdo, which first published a picture of prophet muhammad in 2015, triggering a terrorist attack. a trial into the case is expected to conclude next month. 0n the streets of

conflans—sainte—honorine, prep —— parents spoke of their horror. we saw the police and i had a friend who called me when he saw the body at the top of the street. lying on the ground with a head next to it. he called me and we got together. my called me and we got together. my son was outside and we were panic stricken. we were very, very scared. an investigation is under way, with emotive and a background of the attacker thought to be an18 year of the attacker thought to be an 18 year chechen man, closely scrutinised. the french parliament has denounced the killing as an atrocious terror attack. in the past few hours azerbaijan's second largest city, ganja, has been shelled by armenia. two residential buildings have collapsed, and dozens of people are feared to be dead. konul khalilova from the bbc‘s azeri service joins us now. bring us right up to date with what we know? an attack on civilians in the second largest

city of azerbaijan, ganja, happened around 1am local time today. at least two residential buildings collapsed and at least six people have died, 35 injured. i have been watching live tv and i saw a lot of bodies, taken under the rubble by the rescuers. there were children as well, and some people had been wrapped in blankets, obviously they were sleeping at the time when the attack happened. there was a previous strike on ganja about a week ago, tell us about that? a week ago there was another attack on ganja, and that happened just one day after the ceasefire agreement was signed between armenia and azerbaijan, and again, that also happened

after midnight, when people we re after midnight, when people were sleeping. and several people died, and... there were many injured as well. is this, then, a sign that the conflict is spilling out of that disputed area of nagorno—karabakh into other areas ina nagorno—karabakh into other areas in a sustained way? it has already spilt, because we have seen attacks on other cities of azerbaijan, it is not only ganja, it is other cities where people were killed and injured, and buildings had been damaged and collapsed. also, azerbaijan has... i'm sorry, cani azerbaijan has... i'm sorry, can ijustjump in and ask you, there is meant to be a

ceasefire, that ceasefire was announced about a week or so ago, what state is that ceasefire in if we hear reports of attacks on both sides? the ceasefire, when the ceasefire was signed, the next day there we re was signed, the next day there were already attacks in nagorno—karabakh and in azerbaijani cities, and some a nalysts‘s azerbaijani cities, and some analysts‘s labelled the ceasefire dead. it has never worked. they blame each other for attacks. thank you so much for attacks. thank you so much for keeping us up—to—date. the british government has said that brexit trade talks are over and there is "no point" negotiations continuing unless there's a fundamental shift in the eu's position. the prime minister boris

johnson says the uk should get ready for leaving without a deal on 1january after an eu summit in brussels insisted it is the british who should be making concessions. here's our europe editor, katya adler. eu leaders had lots on their mind at this summit — the covid crisis first and foremost. but eyes and ears here were also very focused today on downing street. how would borisjohnson react to their demand that the uk must give way first if a trade deal is to be agreed? the answer — not positively. it is clear from the summit that, after 45 years of membership, they are not willing, unless there is some fundamental change of approach, to offer this country the same terms as canada. and so, with high hearts and with complete confidence, we will prepare to embrace the alternative and we will prosper mightily. downing street's clear message — trade talks are over unless the eu changes its tune. "no chance", retorted

france's emmanuel macron. translation: we are always aware that it is the united kingdom that wanted to leave the european union, that is leaving the european union and that needs an agreement even more than we do. after months and months of eu and uk negotiators shuttling backwards and forwards between london and brussels, both sides are fed up. the key sticking points still in talks — the rights of eu fishermen to fish in uk waters after brexit, competition regulations — known as the level playing field — and how disputes should be resolved if a trade deal is agreed. angela merkel said today the eu's chief negotiator would head to london on monday to launch intense last—ditch talks, but this evening, the government said no. as things stand, there was no point. this flexing muscles

and ultimatum—giving by the uk and the eu is hardly surprising at this stage, but is it the end of the road or political posturing before difficult compromises are reached? concessions are going to be needed by the government and the eu if a deal is to be found, and for those who really believe in this deal, tonight feels like a case of so near and yet so far. katya adler, bbc news, brussels. the election commission in myanmar has cancelled next month's poll in several townships, due to what it called "unfavourable conditions." it said free and fair elections could not be guaranteed there, but did not elaborate further. many of the areas named are said to be home to ethnic minorities. the general election planned for 8 november is being seen as a test of myanmar‘s fledgling democractic government led by aung san suu kyi. the nigerian government has ordered judicial panels of inquiry be set up to investigate allegations of abuse carried out by a notorious police unit, popularly known as sars. the special anti—robbery squad has been accused of committing extrajudicial killings and torture.

the unit was dissolved by the government last sunday but protests have continued. the bbc‘s mayeni jones sent this report from lagos. gunshots. cracking down on dissent. this social media footage filmed in lagos on monday reportedly shows live ammunition was used to disperse protesters against police brutality. this bystander had stepped out of his car when he was hit by a stray bullet. social media footage analysed by the bbc shows he was more than 250 metres away from the protest centre. the police initially said he was killed by demonstrators but eyewitnesses disagree. his wife is still in shock. i can't even believe that my husband died like that. i never believe my husband would just disappear like this from me.

he leave me no money. just needed money to go to work. i said bye—bye, god be with you, god protect you and guide you. four days after he was killed the government of lagos announced the arrest of four officers involved in the shooting. young nigerians say the violent crackdown on police brutality protests, including the use of live rounds shows nothing has changed. it rained here earlier and many thought that might dampen the protests, but that has not been the case. hundreds of people have showed up. there is a carnival

atmosphere but their aims are very serious. they are here to fight police brutality and they refuse to back down. activists have used social media to organise street demonstrations raising funds and recruit volunteers. we are just here to encourage the protesters, to make sure that you don't go hungry, you don't go tired, you don't get wet. you have everything that you need and its just been amazing the support we've been seeing. we banded together together on that one unified factor of anybody can be killed. and now we are just sustaining as a unified youth to just ask for a better nigeria. the authorities have been slow to deliver. the central government is yet to address some key demands. activists want compensation for the families of the victims and better funding for the police. they won't be easily appeased. this is bbc news. the headlines: a teacher who showed pupils cartoons of the prophet muhammad is decapitated north of paris, in an attack condemned by president macron. azerbaijan's second largest city, ganja, has been shelled by armenia. two residential buildings have collapsed, and dozens of people are feared to be dead.

more on our top story now. 0ur correspondent lucy williamson is on the scene in paris — and sent us this update. the horror of this attack is really at odds with this quiet, sleepy, small suburb. the victim was a teacher at the local middle school behind me. he was attacked this afternoon by a man with a large knife who decapitated him and then posted an image on social media, before being confronted and shot dead by police. police sources have confirmed to us tonight that they believe the attacker may have been an 18—year—old man from chechnya and that the motive may have been a lesson given by the victim to pupils at his school here — reportedly a lesson on freedom of speech, and he showed them cartoons of the prophet muhammad, the same cartoons we think that were reprinted by the satirical magazine, charlie hebdo. now, the police said they are searching the house of the presumed attacker, the suspect that they shot dead earlier today. president macron has been

here at this site this evening, calling it an act of islamist terrorism. "somebody wanted to destroy the republic," he said; "they won't succeed, we will stick together." but, yet again, tonight, there was a part of france that was suddenly the focus of this presidential solidarity, this national outrage and this local grief. the entire world has a stake in us foreign policy. and therefore, the upcoming presidential election. americans will either re—elect president trump, a man who's shaken up the global system with his america first nationalism; or replace him with his democratic challenger, joe biden, the former vice—president vowing to piece the international order back together again. so what exactly would change under a biden presidency? here's our state department correspondent, barbara plett usher. president trump has made

history. he has praised autocrats and insulted allies, brandishing a form of disrupting unilateralism that he says, puts america first was that he is the most reckless and incompetent commander—in—chief we have ever had. joe biden claims donald trump has damaged american leadership and interests abroad. he is promising a major foreign policy research. abroad. he is promising a major foreign policy researchlj don't want to overstate this, but the future of the global order is at stake, because we have two very fundamentally different visions of what the world should look like and what american leadership of the world should look like. so, what would actually change? a few things stand out. the approach to allies, to climate change, and to the middle east. at the top of mr biden‘s to—do list, is repairing strained relationships, especially in nato, and re— engaging global alliances. he would also make

fighting climate change a priority, and rejoined the paris climate agreement, which is one of the international accords that donald trump dumped, as is this... i am announcing today that the united states will withdraw from the iran nuclear deal. this is another pullout mr biden would reverse, but only if iran resumed its compliance with the deal‘s nuclear restrictions. what he would and is us support for the saudi—led war in yemen. i do think that on the middle east there will bea on the middle east there will be a sea change, a more pro— iran policy and a less pro— saudi policy. like president trump, mr biden also wants to end the four ever was in afghanistan and iraq, although he would maintain a small presence in both to help battle terrorism. what would stay the same, sort of? russian policy

wouldn't change that much. china policy may change less than you may expect. 0n russia, the relationship at the top would certainly look different. president trump often seemed personally ready to forgive latimer putin for violating international norms, but his administration punished russia with sanctions. that would probably continue under a biden presidency. 0n china, mrtrump has traded his friendship with xijinping for has traded his friendship with xi jinping for accusations about spreading the coronavirus stop for harsh measures, and new cold war rhetoric. mr biden also wants to get up on china, especially with trade. but he'd be less confrontational and work more closely with allies to pressure beijing. joe biden says he wants to not only revived american leadership reinvented for the times. yet the world has also changed over the world has also changed over the past four years, not only the past four years, not only the united states, and his effo rts the united states, and his efforts could reveal just the united states, and his efforts could revealjust how much. barbara plett usher, bbc

news, washington. the us budget deficit has hit a record $3.1 trillion in the fiscal year that's just concluded. this is more than twice as big as the previous record set during the financial crisis just over a decade ago. the increase in the gap between government income and spending was almost entirely due to the us coronavirus rescue package. disney has strengthened a content advisory message on its streaming service, warning of racism and stereotyping in some of its classic films. the message says that certain films include "negative depictions and/or mistreatment of people or cultures", adding that "these stereotypes were wrong then and are wrong now." some examples include lady and the tramp, released in 1955 where a scene includes two siamese cats, si and am, who are depicted with anti—asian stereotypes. and a scene in 1941's dumbo where a group of crows that help dumbo learn how to fly have exaggerated stereotypical black voices. the lead crow is called jim crow — a reference to a set of racist segregationist laws in the southern us at the time

— and he is voiced by a white actor, cliff edwards. we can now speak to piya sinha—roy who's a film and entertainmentjournalist. she joins us from los angeles. we have heard of this message, then, before, streaming films. would you now be happy to sit down with a bunch of primary school children from all races and watch these classic films? i think it is, you know, these films are, they are animated and they are part of, like, you know, growing up about a lot of us know, growing up about a lot of us have had. but i think it's important to have these warnings, because i think it is really, really important to understand what was wrong with these films and to make sure that these same stereotypes and caricatures and racist there is even, i'm not being repeated by the next generation. even, i'm not being repeated by the next generationlj even, i'm not being repeated by the next generation. i most all of us grew up watching the films, including many different

countries. what was your experience? i grew up with these films in the 90s, and one thing that really does stick out to me is quite often people who oppose these warnings don't necessarily understand the impact that the negative, you know, betrayals had on very specific people. i grew up in sorry, i went to school there, primary school, and i remember in school having these lures used in peter pan used against me. i'm not native american. i'm south asian. but still, i had brown skin and i was in a white school. kids, when you are six or seven white school. kids, when you are six or seven years white school. kids, when you are six or seven years old, you don't differentiate. i definitely had those terms used against me, so much so that i still remember it. you have to realise these things happen, they are real. a message is just a message but the characters are still going to say those lines. in the playground, young kids pay more attention to what the characters say than what the

message says. i think that's a good point. ithink message says. i think that's a good point. i think this is the absolute bare minimum that, you know, disney is doing. personally, you know, it would be better do not have those lines at all? yeah, i think so. because it's children's programming, ithink because it's children's programming, i think it would be nice do not have do see those things repeated. i know a lot of people are opposed to that, these films should be shown as they existed and that isa shown as they existed and that is a hot debate. i am a little against that because of my own experiences. i wish they would change. but if the warning doesn't at least mean parents can talk to their children and make sure that those children don't continue these mistakes, then at least that is something, right? and it's not just about the past, john boyega, who is black, accused him of —— accused disney of sidelining black characters in the latest star wars. does he

have a point? i think you does. he spoke so eloquently about his so its variants, now that he can speak openly and is done with his contract. i think it's really eye—opening to hear it from him. ithink really eye—opening to hear it from him. i think a lot of us, we have been reporting on the industry and someone like me who looks at diversity and inclusion in film and entertainment in hollywood, we have seen that and talk about it and mentioned it, but it really requires someone who is really requires someone who is really experiencing it to speak out as well. and john boyega, the platform he has and just being able to bring a spotlight of that experience was really important, i think. piya sinha—roy, thank you so much. let's sail to the beautiful tanzanian archipelago of zanzibar now — well—known for being a spectacular tourist spot. and what better way to get around the islands than on a boat tour? well, the tours are a source of income for some locals, but cancellations caused by tourists' fears about covid—19 have affected their incomes. hajib mwalimu tells

us his story: i have been doing this for more than ten years. translation: my work is to take visitors to the islands. sometimes they bring them to an island like this, or i take them to coral stones. they swim and explore welds under water like the starter shanties that live on the coral. —— explore welds under water like the starfish and fish. when they have paid the tour office on the island, it means they are cleared to enter the marine parks here. if i get a customer from my agent, then in one day ican earn from my agent, then in one day i can earn $13 on average. but ifi i can earn $13 on average. but if i get the customer myself, i can get more than that, around $25 a day. i have five kids.

three of them are in school. two of them are still young. life is really difficult, but i appreciate that for it daily home up key. this brings sustenance to ours. at least they get food for the house. the challenges? well, when it is busy, we are happy, but when there are no visitors, it means there are no visitors, it means there is no business for us. at there is no business for us. at the moment there are very few visitors, they are not as satisfied with the numbers like before. the effects of corona? there was no work. i had no money. it was a problem. i had to go out to fish. that way i

was able to survive. even then, when we would go out and fish we had to organise ourselves. 0nly we had to organise ourselves. only a few of us at a time, so that we wouldn't transmit the virus to each other. my greatest joy is virus to each other. my greatestjoy is when i'm with the visitors, a guarantee that i have something for that day, but just i have something for that day, butjust on my own, there is no jov- butjust on my own, there is no joy. i'm butjust on my own, there is no i°y- i‘m happy butjust on my own, there is no joy. i'm happy when they come, because immediately i know i have no worries. a reminder of our top stories: a teacher who showed pupils cartoons of the prophet mohammad is decapitated, north of paris — in an attack condemned by president macron. and azerbaijan's second largest city, ganja, has been shelled by armenia. two residential buildings have collapsed and dozens of people are feared to be dead. we will have more on all of

those stories on our website. don't forget, you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter — i'm @jamesbbcnews. do stay with us. hello there, the weather is set to change in a big way next week. but before then, essentially we've got more of the same. and probably skies looking a bit like this across many parts of the country. there will be a lot of cloud around this weekend. for many places, it may well be dry, but for all of us, it's going to be on the cool side. we've still got this nose of high pressure sitting across the uk. keeping this area of low pressure away, but threatening with some showers in the far south—west. also we've got cooler air coming down from the north, bringing all this cloud into scotland, into northern england and into northern ireland and there may be a bit of drizzle in that quite low cloud as well, so quite

grey and gloomy. further south, still fairly cloudy out there but there may be a little sunshine at times, the odd shower more especially towards the far south—west of england. for many of us, temperatures like they were on friday, 12 or 13 degrees. that cloud still around into the evening and the cloudier skies continue to move across the northern half of the uk overnight. and again, a few pockets of light rain or drizzle further south. some breaks in the cloud, perhaps. the cloud certainly thinner here, so temperatures could be a bit lower than those sort of numbers suggest. but for many, we're looking at sixes and sevens on saturday night into sunday morning and a lot of cloud again on sunday. and again, we've got a few pockets of light rain or drizzle here and there. the showers should be moving away from the south—west over more southern parts of england and wales. there will be a better chance of seeing some sunshine, giving the temperatures a bit of a boost, 1a or 15 degrees, contrast that with the eight or nine that we're struggling up to the north—east of scotland and perhaps the north—east of england. high pressure over the weekend, doesn't last into next week.

instead, we've got areas of low pressure coming in steadily from the atlantic, and that means the weather is changing. so, we've got some rain on the way on monday. at the moment, it looks like it's mainly going to be across northern ireland and into scotland, some heavier rain over the hills. england and wales with a little bit of sunshine at times. there will be a stronger wind from the south at this time. and that means temperatures are going to be higher, perhaps as high as 15 or 16 in the south—east of the uk. next week, though, looks very different from what we've seen just recently. it will be a bit milder but the winds will be strengthening with showers or longer spells of rain. usher.

this is bbc news, the headlines: president macron of france has paid tribute to a teacher beheaded by a knifeman in a suburb of paris, saying he was killed for "advocating freedom of expression." the president called him a victim of an islamist terror attack and declared that deception and violence would not win. armenian missiles have again struck azerbaijan's second biggest city, ganja, as fighting continues over the disputed region of nagorno—karabakh. the missiles are reported to have hit a residential block, destroying more than 20 homes. authorities said more than 30 people had been wounded and at least six people killed. britain's prime minister borisjohnson has said the country should prepare for ending the brexit transition period without a trade deal at the end of this year. he said this could only be avoided if the european union fundamentally changed its negotiating position.