welcome to 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. police in the united states have arrested mexico's former defence minister for helping one of the world's most notorious drug cartels launder money and narcotics. disney reissues warnings for viewers on some of its most famous films like dumbo and the jungle book.

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. police shot dead the killer, reported to have been 18 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 dead, decapitated. reports say the attacker ran from the scene, posted an image on social media, was apprehended by police and shot after threatening officers. he died shortly after. the incident happened in conflans—sainte—honorine, 25 kilometres from the capital.

translation: they will not get past us. our policemen, our gendarmes, all our internal security forces, our intelligence forces, but beyond that all those who hold the republic together. and at their side, magistrates, elected 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 prophet sacrilegious. and as such the teacher allowed any muslim peoples to leave the classroom. last month two people were stabbed outside the former offices of a french magazine, charlie hebdo, which first published the cartoons in 2015,

triggering a terrorist attack which left 12 people dead. a trial connected to the case is expected to conclude next month. back on the streets of conflans—sainte—honorine, parents spoke of their horror. translation: 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 the head next to it. he 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 a motive and a background of the attacker, thought to be an 18—year—old chechen man, closely scrutinised. the french parliament has denounced the killing as an "atrocious terror attack". armenian missiles have again struck azerbaijan's second city, ganja, as fighting continues over the disputed enclave of nagorno—kara bakh. two residential buildings have collapsed, and dozens of people are feared to be dead. in the past few days, both azerbaijan and armenia have accused each other of violating the terms of a ceasefire in the enclave. it's internationally recognised as part of azerbaijan, but is populated and governed

by ethnic armenians. konul khalilova from the bbc‘s azeri service has been monitoring the latest developments in ganja. 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 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 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 mingecevir, it is barda, naftalan, and other cities where people were killed and injured, and buildings have been damaged and collapsed.

the un special envoy for afghanistan has warned a new wave of violence in the country risks reversing what had been a downward trend in civilian casualties earlier this year. deborah lyons told the bbc that the rising levels of violence also threatens to disrupt any momentum at the afghan peace talks now taking place in the gulf state of qatar. her warning comes during a new taliban offensive in the southern province of helmand which has displaced tens of thousands of civilians. from the afghan capital kabul, our chief international correspondent lyse doucet sent this report. helicopter fire over helmand again. the afghan military pounding caliban targets. a week of all—out war after the taliban took mortality —— territory. another week of suffering for civilians. afg ha ns suffering for civilians. afghans escaping the violence, lives upended again. and it is not just helmand. in lives upended again. and it is notjust helmand. in eastern afghanistan, a classroom of empty spaces. of aching loss.

two other boys used to sit here. a few days ago, a truck bomb killed them. that day is still in my mind, it goes round and round in my thoughts. when the explosion happened, there was a massive cloud of smoke, even people far from was a massive cloud of smoke, even people farfrom here heard the explosion it was very big and loud. this was the target, and loud. this was the target, a security base. 60 civilians killed or injured. the bomber struck at midday, as students headed home. in a province with both taliban and islamic state fighters, no—one says they did it. translation: we thought when the peace talks started the war would end, but now even the war would end, but now even the talks are happening and the war continues right here. the violence in afghanistan now is an everyday kind of violence. afg ha ns an everyday kind of violence. afghans being killed as they leave their schools, as they go

to work at home. —— when they are sitting at home. every afg ha n are sitting at home. every afghan has a story of loss. 0n every side of this war, which has dragged on for decades. this public hearing on kabul is one of the only spaces where they can share their stories. and say their voices must be heard, including at the peace talks. we are not hopeful about the future in this case, because if they end this war, may be other wars start after the peace that it brings, because the wounds are still open, and... the wounds are not healed. someday, little amina will tell her story, of her wounds. she was shot in the legs in may, just two hours old. her mother and others killed in the clinic after giving birth. an attack blamed on the islamic state group. bloodied blankets shocking

symbol of this merciless war. but amina survived. this doctor saved her legs and her life. she is perfect, you know, i am really happy. definitely she is the symbol of resistance for all of us, for afghanistan, for couple, for everyone. including her father. —— couple. translation: if i tell you about the pain i have suffered, nobody should suffer like this. my nobody should suffer like this. my wife was murdered two hours after she gave birth, but despite this, if there is peace, my child, my country will have a future. the hostilities in helmand have driven home how hard it would be to make peace. if the guns keep firing, even peace talks may not survive. let's get some of the day's other news. voting is under way in new zealand.

where the labour prime minister, jacinda ardern, is hoping to win a second term in office. voters are casting ballots in a general election and also for two referendums. ms ardern has dubbed the vote "the covid election". new zealanders are also voting on whether to decriminalise the recreational use of cannabis, and if euthanasia should be allowed. the us budget deficit has hit a record $3.1 trillion in the fiscal year that's just concluded. the increase in the gap between government income and spending was almost entirely due to the us coronavirus rescue package. 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. protestors have clashed with police on the streets of the chilean capital, santiago, as anger intensified against president sebastian pinera's government. mass protests started a year ago, sparked by a hike in metro fees, but spread to encompass pent—up grievances over income inequality and soaring living costs.

the protests have left at least 31 dead and some 3,000 demonstrators and police officers injured. nearly a decade after the fu kushima nuclear disaster, japan's government has reportedly decided to release over1 million tons of contaminated water into the sea. the plant suffered multiple nuclear meltdowns after a 2011 earthquake and tsunami. there's limited storage for the water used to cool the melted reactors. japan's industry ministry said no decision had been made on the disposal of the water. american federal prosecutors have formally charged a mexican former defence minister of drug trafficking and money laundering. general salvador cienfuegos was arrested at the airport in los angeles on thursday. he led the mexican army for six years during the presidency of enrique pena nieto. mexico's current president, andres manuel lopez 0brador, said the arrest showed the extent of corruption in his predecessor's government. the bbc‘s will grant has more on the story.

the first thing to jump out from the unsealed court documents against general salvador cienfuegos is the name. the prosecutors say he was known as "the godfather", which is an extraordinary allegation which against the man who was the country's defence minister. the list of charges i have here involved first protect thing the h2 cartel from ministry operations, secondary, directing military operations against their rivals, also securing maritime transportation for drug shipments. those drug shipments involve methamphetamine, heroin and cocaine introducing cartel members to other bribe taking officials and the government, and finally, warning the cartel of us investigations against them. taken as a whole, that is a very damning indictment of the man who was supposedly charged with leading the fight against the drug cartels. in

terms of the political ramifications, i see two. one for the incumbent president, andres manuel lopez 0brador, this will bolster his efforts to present himself as the man leading the charge against corruption in public life. and secondly of course by his predecessor, former president enrique pena nieto. this is the second high—profile member of his government to have been arrested in recent months. previously the former head of the state run energy company was arrested on alleged bribery charges, and now this situation with the former defence minister. this comes at a time that they are trying to change the law on impunity for former presidents, all of which makes this extremely uncomfortable forformer president this extremely uncomfortable for former president enrique pena nieto. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: paddle power — the cypriot man raising money for the victims of the beirut explosion, one stroke at a time.

parts of san francisco least affected by the earthquake are returning to life. but in the marina area, where most of the damage was done, they are more conscious than ever of how much has been destroyed. in the 19 years since he was last here, he has gone from being a little—known revolutionary to an experienced and successful diplomatic operator. it was a 20—pound bomb which exploded on the fifth floor of the grand hotel, ripping a hole in the front of the building. this government will not weaken, democracy will prevail. it fills me with humility and gratitude to know that i have been chosen as the recipient of this foremost of earthly honours. this catholic nation held its breath for the men they called 'the 33'. and then... bell tolls ..bells tolled nationwide to announce the first rescue and chile let out

an almighty roar. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: a teacher who showed pupils cartoons of the prophet mohammad 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. the nigerian government has ordered that 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. cracking down on descent.

this social media footage filmed in lagos on monday reportedly shows live ammunition was used to disperse protesters against police brutality. bystander ikechukwu ilohamauz 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 ikechukwu was killed by demonstrators but eyewitnesses disagree. ikechukwu's wife ngozi is still in shock. i can't even believe that my husband died like this. i never believe my husband would just disappear like this from me. he leave me no money. just needed money to go to work. isaid bye—bye, god be with you, god protect

you and guide you. four days after ikechukwu was killed, the government of lagos announced the arrest of four officers involved in the shooting. what do we want? end sars! 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 hasn't been the case. hundreds of people have showed up. there's a carnival atmosphere but their aims are very serious. they're here to fight police brutality and they refuse to back down. activists have used social media to organise street demonstrations raising funds and recruiting 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 it's 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. and they won't be easily appeased. 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 110w. 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 jazz tangcay, who's the artisans editor at variety magazine. shejoins us now from los angeles. jazz tangcay, thank you so much for being with us. what was it like for you watching this films as a child? thank you so much for having me. i think, you know, as a child, i think, you know, as a child, i think, you know, as a child, i think, you know, it doesn't... you don't realise what you are watching. you know, i remember being very traumatised by dumbo for obvious reasons, and then as you get older, then you learn about what, you know, the world is, and you learn about, you know, things, especially now, going back to see that, you wonder, like, how on earth did they get away with it? if

you're a four—year—old, you don't — i didn't know about racism when i was four. four decades later, i shall know what it is. it's in the spotlight —— i sure know, and this is a movie released by a major studio, and dumbo wasn't the only one. jungle book was another one. lady and the tramp, song of the south, this is why parents —— what parents raised us on, you know, in the 60s, 70s. can ijust ask you, at the time these films came out, where these stereotypical portrayals pretty standard in mainstream american culture, or did they stand out even then?|j think did they stand out even then?” think they stood out even then, but bear in mind we didn't have the scrutiny of, you know, twitter or social media or people saying, you know what,

this is actually unacceptable. yes, it did exist, yes it was pointed out, but i don't think it was amplified and could —— it was amplified and could —— it could easily get buried and drowned out in the next disney really —— really is. we have papers every day, but it wouldn't be covered as frequently. would you be happy with the message at the front of these norms, would you be happy to watch these films with the kids of today? i think i would if i had children or if i had my friends' children around me. we have our better content now, diverse content, content thatis now, diverse content, content that is not racist, that is, you know, doesn't have those m essa 9 es you know, doesn't have those messages in it. would i show to make kids or my friends' kids? probably not, now. and you

mention one film, song of the south, 1916, mention one film, song of the south, 1946, it mention one film, song of the south, 1916, it is largely now out of circulation and has been criticised for its portrayal of african—american characters. should it remain out of circulation or be seen? perhaps as an artefact? i am on the fence with that. disney released that, it is so problematic. it should be left in the disney vaults, but at the same time, let's study it as an example of, this is not 0k. as an example of, this is not ok. we should never have had content back then — let's look at how we can make content now. let's be diverse, let's tell authentic diverse stories. there's no need to tell — you know, have depictions, problematic depictions in your

storytelling, especially in 2020. can i put you on the spot and say, when you look back at all the disney films you have watched, is there one character thatjumps watched, is there one character that jumps out and watched, is there one character thatjumps out and you think, thatjumps out and you think, that is the person that stands for me? gosh! you know, princess jasmine, but they had allowed in 2019, the guy ritchie version. they fixed it simply by giving her a song, speechless, about empowerment, and that simple thing. , thank you so much forjoining us. —— jazz tangcay, thank you so much for joining jazz tangcay, thank you so much forjoining us. it's more than two months now since the massive explosion that rocked the lebanese capital — beirut. at least 200 people were killed and thousands more were injured. 0ne cypriot man is trying to raise money for those who lost their homes

and their livelihoods. and he's doing it in an unusual way — as the bbc‘s tim allman reports. dawn in the mediterranean as this man begins hisjourney. stroke after stroke, wave after wave, he's a stand—up paddle border, and he's got quite an adventure ahead of him. the reason behind this trip is to gather money, contributions, to help lebanon. at the same time, to help offer moral support, psychological support for the people of lebanon that are really struggling at this moment. the explosion that took place in beirut in august was devastating. thousands of tonnes of nitrate and fertiliser, left unattended, it finally blew up. as well as the dead and the injured, an estimated 300,000 people were left homeless. so, christis has set off from cape greko in

cyprus, beginning a roughly 200 kilometre journey to beirut, raising money and attention, as long as conditions remain fair. you need a certain degree of luck in this thing, as far as the weather is concerned. so, if the weather permits, everything is going to be ok. it's not going to be perfect, but hopefully it will be good enough. he is not completely on his own. there will be a support ship nearby in case he gets in any trouble. the trip is expected to last three days. three long days. tim allman, bbc news. what a journey! let's remind you of our main developing story this hour. armenian missiles have struck azerbaijan's second biggest city, ganja, as fighting continues over the disputed area of nagorno—karabakh. a residential area was struck 60

kilometres away. this image of search crews in the dark. we will keep you updated. 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.

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. he 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 city, ganja, as fighting continues over nagorno—karabakh. images from the scene show a huge pile of rubble with people searching for survivors in the dark. an azeri official said over twenty homes were destroyed and at least six people killed with more than 30 wounded. 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.