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. for people have been taken into custody over the attack —— four people have been taken into custody over the attack. armenian missiles have again struck azerbaijan's second city, ganja, as fighting continues over nagorno—karabakh. video footage shows people searching for survivors in the rubble of a residential block. an azeri official said at least ten civilians were killed. —— an azeri official said at least 12 civilians were killed. friday saw an azeri attack on nagorno karabakh‘s main city, stepa na kert. a city in eastern china has started offering a coronavirus vaccine to the general public — although it has not yet completed clinical trials. hundreds of people have been queuing outside a hospital in yiwu where nurses are administering the injections for a fee of about $60.

the john lewis partnership, which includes waitrose, has launched what it calls a bold new plan to transform the business and boost its profits, which have slumped in recent years. it's investing a billion pounds in online services, and improving stores, over the next five years. but it also wants to become less reliant on shops to make money, by offering new services such as home insurance and housing. our business correspondent, emma simpson, reports. this employee—owned business has been going for 91 years but what about the next? nothing's guaranteed for retailers any more and these big department stores are under the most pressure. right now, for every 100 pounds that's spent atjohn lewis, 60 of it is done online, meaning it's harder for these stores to make money. time for some new ideas. more virtual services, for instance, like the christmas shop. more affordable prices and more investment online like expanding food deliveries, but in future, this business is going to depend on more than just retail.

financial services, we're already in and we're in in a small way, but we can see big opportunity to expand in an ethical way, given the trust in the brand. we're already are a landlord with a number of our stores today so we're looking at how we can expand housing to be even important to the community, and outlook living, again, both brands are quite active but in quite a way. and for me, we're an employee—owned business, we're not a conventional business, and retail margins are compressing. so over the longer term, if we want, if i as chairman want to be able to invest in my partners and invest back into customers, we've got to find new sources of growth that our customers love that are going to provide more sustainable profitability for us, and as you'll see, we're expecting that by 2030, about 40% of our profits will come from outside retail, allowing us to pay our partners better, allowing us to invest

even more in our customers. it's a big shift. stores remain important. question is, will they need as many of them in future? emma simpson, bbc news. now on bbc news, rajan datar drops in on rome as it prepares to mark 150 years since becoming italy's capital city. this week on the travel show. rajan is looking for a knees up in rome. face—to—face with neanderthals in gibraltar. and iam neanderthals in gibraltar. and i am braving the elements in japan. this is great!

welcome to the land of the trees. this is a short train ride from 0saka. and this is where many of japan's urban population has come to escape the congested cities during the pandemic. and i have come to try a style of drafting you can only do here. before that, we are off to europe and the italian eternal city. rome. a city that plays to its own tune. with iconic ancient history punctuating the landscape of this modern

metropolis. italy itself, however, is a relatively young country. for its nation builders there is only one city that could be the capital and this year is a special anniversary. because over the next year rome is supposed to be celebrating its 150th anniversary as the capital city of italy. but looking around me now, i get the feeling it is not going to be the fanfare they were hoping for. since its initial outbreak here, italy has suppressed the spread of the coronavirus better than many other countries. but cases are on the rise and international tourism is still way down. tour guide desiree has said she has seen demand from international travellers that drop by as much as 90%. turn right.

this is the colosseum and it is still incredible. so who are the tourists you have been showing around. where are they from? so there is good and bad? what i see here looks like ancient rome, ancient history. do you want to take a look? fantastic. the forum was once a place where romans gathered together for place where romans gathered togetherfor big processions, speeches and markets. to understand how rome was you have to come here to this place. but what is the connection between this, thousands of years ago, and you and your friends today? what is the connection? i feel the

connection today as well. in rome, when i am here and when i walk around the ruins i can feel the people that were here. and 150 years ago it was that historical connection that made rome an obvious choice to be capital. that in the country that we now know as italy was a separated collection of states with rome at the heart of the pope governed pa pal state. italy was in the process of becoming unified and all roads in this effort led to rome. why is it so important that rome had to be the capital of this newly formed country?

for italy to become a unified country it was decided that rome had to be taken from the pope by force, starting right here at the city walls next to the monument that now holds a museum for the military unit who broke through the city walls first. so this is the document that marks the creation of the military unit. hard to believe i'm actually touching the document. i am allowed to touch the document thatis allowed to touch the document that is so essential to italian history. the military unit were sharpshooters and they were famed for their mobility. this is fascinating. this is where

we are right now and just along the city wall there is the actual invasion opening where they went through. this is proper history. history of this country. today, many hold them with deep affection here and not just for with deep affection here and notjust for their military accomplishments. at national events, the sharpshooters have long been known for a unique style of parade, displaying their historic speed and agility and i have been granted agility and i have been granted a private performance by the distinctive marching band. and here they come. trumpets play

bravissimo there. that is fantastic. tell me, how easyis that is fantastic. tell me, how easy is it to run and play? it must be really difficult? what is it like when you are out there in the streets under normal conditions and people are watching you? how does it feel? so can i have the honour then of giving that command before you start your march? yes. thank you. march! this

year there was due to be a larger street parade for the 150th anniversary with the sharpshooters taking a starring role. the event became low—key thanks to coronavirus with fingers crossed in 2021 there will be hearty celebrations. rajan reporting from rome. now over to america where we are meeting a woman in alabama putting the sparkle into mardi gras. the culture of mardi gras is so much fun stop we have a good time. it is fun, fun, fun.

mardi gras was the first. everything ceases at 12 o'clock. and then they come to atla ntic o'clock. and then they come to atlantic city it may be family orientated. people come home from mardi gras, coming home for christmas just to have a good time and reunite a lot. i grew up in mobile so i grew up with this in my blood and i am a mardi gras designer. ladies and gentlemen, royalty in the house tonight. the queen and king are selected as the royal ambassadorfor the king are selected as the royal ambassador for the city. there are many different organisations but there are two

thatis organisations but there are two that is this african—american association and another association and another association is caucasian, mostly of european descent but overall we blend and we enjoy each other and have a good time. i would each other and have a good time. iwould not each other and have a good time. i would not want there to be one big mardi gras association. i think the cultural differences and the beauty of the difference in the cultures make it so nice. i started sewing when i was 12 to my mother was a seamstress, she loves sewing and she would make all my clothes, all the pretty dresses. when i was 12 she said she needed some new clothes and i had to make them. i started to make trains for the ladies of the court. and from there i started making other people trained. atrain started making other people trained. a train is around 18 feet long and about nine feet wide so they are very large and they way up to 75 pounds

depending on the amount of on the train. and we will get a chance to see this tonight. the african—american version of it all, they had their first coronation in 1940. the queen and king's coronation is where the is proud already king but she is not queen until she is crowned so the coronation is the crowning of the kings new queen. ladies and gentlemen. her gracious majesty queen rosemary. we look at them as

role models and you have a leader mentality and strength to make the right decisions in life. and what we are doing, what we showcase in the trains and the coronation, we are showing how that person grew into life to be a role model. still to come on the travel show. back to gibraltar to find out why the rock was home to the biggest concentration of some of our ancestors and i am injapan to try out a distinctive style of drafting. i am totally soaked from my waist down. so don't go away.

now over to gibraltar to find out what it hidden secrets have been revealing about some of our closest human relatives. under the southern tip of the iberian peninsula last gibraltar, a small british overseas territory tucked between europe and africa. thousands of years ago, this was home to the highest concentration of neanderthals anywhere in the world. this caves have been excavated. they really are unique in the world and the two main ones are to caves. gorham's cave and vanguard cave. 24,000 years ago

they lived here, making it one of the last name places they occupied before extension. this was an open water when the neanderthals lived here. this was an open plain, like a mediterranean serengeti with wild creatures roaming ready for the hunt. taking a boat trip here is the easiest way to view the case but occasionally you can apply for special access because it is a unesco site and an active dig area. it was here that the first fully aduu was here that the first fully adult neanderthal skull was discovered in 1948 and later seven other individuals were discovered. incredible. it is amazing to think that these

people were standing exactly where we are now and they would look out at this fantastic view and instead of the sea that would have had the planes, herds of animals herding and they could plan exactly where they could plan exactly where they could plan exactly where they could go and do the hard from here and they could also retreat into the safety of the cave afterwards. what you have here are different event. for example, a limpid shell here. that would have had to be a place where they were living and eating here. each of these layers is an event. there are hundreds of stories to be told just in this one cave. most of the discoveries from the case can be seen at the gibraltar national museum. while neanderthals are a different human species, they have identified a lot of similarities. clive has 2.5%

neanderthal. is this an artist interpretation? no, this is a forensic reconstruction and using as much detail information that we have at our disposal today. this is as close as you're going to get to seeing a neanderthal or what he or she could look like. there a twinkle in the eye. i think thatis twinkle in the eye. i think that is what makes a human. the female's skull are first discovered in 1948. the little one, called flint, was found yea rs one, called flint, was found years later. one, called flint, was found yea rs later. extracted one, called flint, was found years later. extracted dna has meant we know what the hair and eye colour would have been. what is it you are doing here? lam painting what is it you are doing here? i am painting with silk. did you start with this and and up with this? i spent five

months... five months! that is incredible, so much detail. do you mind if i touch it? you can proceed. it is like skin. exactly like skin. this model is based on a skull found in france but the now have the skill to reconstruct him here in the benefit of seeing the flesh rather than just the skull? it helps to understand and empathise with these people. you put flesh, you give them names and suddenly you're looking at people and that is what makes a difference. part of the hard science we have done over the years has missed the fact that we have not seen them as people. it will be awhile before one is finished but i just could awhile before one is finished but ijust could not leave without knowing one thing...

what is the hairstyle? rockstar style. flowing locks, it was all the rage! to finish up this week, i am in the japanese prefecture of wa kayama, week, i am in the japanese prefecture of wakayama, the land of the trees. tourism has risen with the government subsidising japanese getaways, making escapes to remote wildernesses like wa kayama popular. the centre is the word here was so sought after it was used in buildings all around the country but transporting it was no easy task. they came up with solution and today travellers can experience the old journey downstream. it really does look quite strange by today's standards. i do not know what i was expecting but it really is just a bunch of logs strung together. it must float 0k, it has been around long enough.

so what is it like to drive and steer such a long raft like this?

in the past, once the trees have been failed and strung together, the rafters would write them down the river to their destinations. today, with travellers on board, they are safer with lifejackets, handrails and a bench plus additional measures for coronavirus. it is still very open to the elements. we are approaching the first rapids and it is going to be the steepest and most exciting. hang on. this is a great! i am totally soa ked hang on. this is a great! i am totally soaked from my waist down.

this is the slower part of the ride, so to speak, but it is just fascinating to think this is what they would have been doing 600 years ago to transport all the logs down to the city to make the temples and at the shrines. and these skills that may come in handy these days when the temptations that getting away from big city life and all the big restrictions is greater than ever. not that it it is all tranquil relaxation. we are approaching a rapid now and we stand up so we do not get too wet. here we

go! so that was our last rapid. so interesting to watch these four quys interesting to watch these four guys navigate this log raft down the river. just like people did 600 years ago. it is amazing. that is all we have time for this week. coming up next week, we will be looking back at some of our most memorable trips to africa, like when lucy met the, poje is now responsible for protecting some of the primates. —— the coaches

who were now responsible. and don't forget to follow us in all the usual places on twitter and facebook and instagram. in the meantime, from me carmen roberts and the rest of the tea m roberts and the rest of the team here in wakayama, it is goodbye. 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, 14 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.

welcome to breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. 0ur headlines today: millions of people across the uk are now subject to tougher coronavirus restrictions after new measures came in overnight. lancashire is now covered by the highest level of restrictions, but the leaders of greater manchester are still refusing to follow suit. shock in france, as a teacher is killed in a suspected terror attack. tougher rules for motorists — now drivers are to be banned from picking up and using their mobile phones. it's a huge day of sport, with two rugby finals in league and union, after two lunchtime derbies in glasgow and liverpool,