this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. nine people are being questioned in france saturday in connection with the murder of a teacher in a suburb of paris last night. millions of people are now facing tighter coronavirus restrictions in england — with lancashire in the north west entering the highest alert category, and household mixing has been banned indoors in london. hundreds of people have been queuing at a hospital in eastern china — where a covid—19 vaccine is being offered to the public for the first time. this for the first time. isn't part of a clinical trial, it this isn't part of a clinical trial, it is being rolled out to members of the public with the backing of the chinese government. anyone who wants it, anyone who has got the money, anyone who can come down here and queue, they can get this jab.

in new zealand jacinda ardern is re—elected with a landslide victory for the ruling labour party victory for the ruling labour party. the coronavirus pandemic. she was widely praised for her handling of the coronavirus pandemic. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world — and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. france is in shock today after the murder of a teacher in the outskirts of paris in what president macron described as an islamist terror attack. the man was beheaded outside the school where — earlier this month — he had shown his pupils cartoons of the prophet mohammed during a discussion about freedom of expression.

the killer — an 18—year—old of chechen origin — was shot dead by police. nine people, including his parents, have been arrested. the french prime minister jean castex has tweeted that "france will react with the greatest firmness, so that the republic and its citizens can live free". he says, "we will never give up, never." lucy williamson reports. the horror of this attack spread slowly through the quiet streets of conflans last night. the story of a history teacher whose lesson on freedom of expression ended with a playground full of police. the suspect, thought to have been an 18—year—old chechen man, decapitated his victim in a nearby street and posted an image on social media before being shot dead by police. police sources have confirmed to us that the motive may have been a lesson given by the victim to pupils at his school here. it was 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. parents say the lesson had caused some concern and that complaints on social media had sparked a debate. translation: he asked muslim students to raise their hands and to leave the classroom. my son said he didn't do it to discriminate or offend, but explained that he was going to show cartoons of muhammad and didn't want to shock them. a girl stayed behind and chose not to leave the room. that is where it started. president macron, arriving from a government crisis meeting, said the attacker would not succeed in dividing the nation. translation: i want to tell all the teachers of france tonight that we are with them, that the entire nation will be there, at their side, today and tomorrow, to protect them, to defend them. to allow them to do theirjob,

which is the most beautiful there is, to make free citizens. the education minister tweeted that unity and determination were the only responses to what he called a despicable assassination. france's national assembly stood in silence to honour the victim yesterday, a man who, just before the attack, had wished his pupils a happy half—term, with a joke. one parent said his daughter was devastated, asking, "how can i explain to her the unspeakable?" lucy williamson, bbc news, conflans—sainte—honorine. david chazan is a reporter for the telegraph in paris. david, thank you for being with us on bbc news. you know the city well, you know, more importantly, france's political culture. this whole debate about freedom of expression really highlighted by this terrible killing. absolutely. and so politicians from across the spectrum

left, centre, and wright have been condemning this brutal attack, this brutal killing, and defending the right to freedom of expression and making the point that in france, when we disagree with each other, we don't fight about it, we discuss it. now, as we heard in lucy williamson's reportjust now, as we heard in lucy williamson's report just now, now, as we heard in lucy williamson's reportjust now, the teacher who was killed had shown his pupils controversial cartoons of the prophet muhammad. now, of course, to muslims any depiction at all of the profit is —— prophet muhammad. profit is —— prophet he muslims any depiction at all of the profit is —— prophet he had given muslim pupils the opportunity to leave the class. we have heard reports that one muslim girl who was 13 years old stayed in class. but news of his class filtered out to some parents who were outraged. some began legal action against him over

the class and he received a number of death threats, and then we saw this awful attack yesterday. there is some reporting locally saturday suggesting that teachers are hoping to have some kind of demonstration, talking with the dead teacher's family about some kind of national expression of support and sympathy. yes. we have heard that the government is open to plans for a national homage to the teacher. of course, president macron himself is married to a former teacher and he is someone who feels a particular affinity with them. he visited the school and comforted colleagues of the victim and families who gathered there last night. and he said that france was facing what he described as an existential threat. but he said the nation would unite against

this and would show solidarity. so what for is that people will unite behind and defend the teacher's right to have held this class and to discuss these very controversial cartoons with his pupils. this killing comes at a highly sensitive time in france because of the ongoing trial of time in france because of the ongoing trial 01:14 alleged accomplices of two gunman who carried out a massacre at the offices of the satirical weekly charlie hebdo five years ago. and that must occur, according to the perpetrators, was because they had belittled the prophet muhammad by publishing these cartoons. and just three weeks ago two people were stabbed outside the former office of the magazine just a few days after the magazine just a few days after the trial had begun. so the nation

is on tenterhooks. people are stunned by the utter brutality of the attack, and some people i've been speaking to here in paris have expressed the hope that they will not return to the situation they endured five years ago when there we re endured five years ago when there were those awful attacks at the bata cla n were those awful attacks at the bataclan and at the national stadium in which 130 people were killed in a single night. david chazan, in paris, thank you very much. more than half of the uk is now under tougher coronavirus restrictions after new rules came into effect overnight. lancashire, in the north west of england, is now in tier 3 — the very—high alert level — while a four—week "circuit breaker" has begun in northern ireland — and london and essex are among eight parts of england to be banned from mixing indoors with other households. john mcmanus reports. the politicians have told us the entire country is engaged

in the fight against covid—19. but depending where you are this weekend, the view from the barricades will look very different. this is one of preston's oldest pubs and, like many others in lancashire that don't also serve food, it's now closed. the county entered the highest tier, ‘very high' alert, today. that means, as well as pubs closing, there's a ban on households mixing indoors, in private gardens and most outdoor venues. local leaders have agreed to a support package from whitehall, but some of those at the sharp end are still worried. if you see how many cases are only linked to hospitality, we aren't the biggest problem. yet, for the second time, we are the ones that get punished for it. and there will be more restrictions for lancashire on monday when casinos, bingo halls, bookmakers, betting shops and soft play areas will also close.

but gyms can stay open. that has caused some upset in the liverpool city region, which is also in the ‘very high' risk alert status, but where gyms have been closed. meanwhile, leaders in greater manchester have been largely resisting government attempts to place the region in the highest risk status. whitehall says it may simply impose tougher restrictions, but regional leaders are holding out for greater financial support. i stood by all day waiting for a meeting which never took place, i understand now it will take place on monday. and we need reassurances that this tier 3 will be time limited and will be effective. borisjohnson doesn't want to impose another full lockdown. but here in wales, that's exactly what's now being considered. a decision will be made on monday. the first minister says what he calls a "circuit—break" of two weeks could slow down the virus, and from last night, anybody from virus hotspots in other parts of the uk are banned from entering wales.

yesterday evening in belfast, there was an early closing time, as a 6:00pm deadline for bars, cafes a nd restau ra nts to shut kicked in. the half—term holiday has been extended to a two—week break, to run from monday to 30th october, and hair and beauty salons have also shut, and gyms face additional measures for the next four weeks too. i'm going to be at home, and who's going to put food on the table for my three children? you know, i'm going to be left sitting at home with absolutely no money, financially in dire straits. london, york and essex have now joined others in the tier 2 high alert category. it means that socialising indoors is now banned, unless it's with your own support bubble, though people can meet outside — provided they adhere to social distancing and follow the rule of six. john mcmanus, bbc news.

1.5 million people in lancashire in the north west of england are now under the highest level of restrictions in england. 0ur reporter luxmy gopal has been in blackpool this morning and explained how the restrictions are impacting the seaside town. blackpool, like the rest of lancashire, has, from today, entered tier 3. the second area in england to do so after liverpool. but tier 3 in lancashire isn't the same as tier 3 in liverpool because, of course, we've just heard in that report there that gyms and leisure centres are able to stay open here while they aren't in liverpool. however, the similarity is that bars and pubs will have to close from today. and actually, about half an hour ago i spoke to somebody who was just cleaning up at a bar across the road that has had to shut from today. he works for a cleaning company that cleans bars and pubs. so you can see that it's notjust

the direct impact on pubs and bars. businesses that have to shut. but the indirect ripple effect that affects the other businesses associated with it. and of course, here from monday we have bingo halls and casinos closing. and that really strikes at the heart of the economy here in blackpool because every year the tourism and leisure industry is worth around £1.5 billion to the blackpool economy. so it's not surprising that the labour leader of blackpool council said that these restrictions aren't what she would have asked for. they aren't what she would have wanted. but she had no choice but to accept them. and we've actually had stronger words from some other council leaders across lancashire saying they have been bullied, harassed and threatened into accepting these restrictions. but the overall lancashire county council leader, conservative leader, said that this is a good dealfor the area. and let's have a reminder of why those restrictions are being brought here. so here in blackpool the coronavirus infection rate, the number of cases per 100,000

people is around 240. we're over on the west side, the western part of the county. if you go over on to the eastern side in pendle the coronavirus infection rate there is about a50 cases, infection rate, per 100,000 people. and overall in the north west, the rate coronavirus infection rates have been rising faster than elsewhere in england. that's luxmy gopal in blackpool. there's stalemate, though, between leaders in greater manchester and the government over whether the regions should move into tier 3. let's talk now to our political correspondent — jonathan blake. it has to be said not much has changed since friday night. no, still a stand—off between the government at westminster and greater manchester elected mayor, labour's andy burnham, and his collea g u es labour's andy burnham, and his colleagues on local councils there, after the prime minister's comments at the lectern in no 10 yesterday

evening, but he understood the relu cta nce evening, but he understood the reluctance of local leaders there to embrace these further restrictions. but, he said, the situation was grave and he may need to intervene, in effect, as he put it, to save lives as cases of coronavirus continues to rise. it is fair to say those comments have not gone down very well, as you might expect, with those in the region, and among those reacting this morning, the labour leader of 0ldham council, sean fielding, speaking to bbc breakfast this morning, saying that he was staggered by what the pm had to say. we had a meeting on thursday morning when we were talking about what the restrictions might be in greater manchester and what financial package we might be able to secure in orderto package we might be able to secure in order to mitigate the economic impact, but that broke up without agreement, we were promised a further meeting later that day, we did receive an apology to say that i couldn't be accommodated but we were on standby all day yesterday to meet again with the government to talk about these things. but instead what we saw was no meeting and we saw borisjohnson go on

we saw was no meeting and we saw boris johnson go on telly and double down the pressure on greater manchester to accept restrictions that we don't believe all work without the financial package to mitigate the damage to the economy. jonathan, there are still quite a lot of confusion, isn't there, about how one gets in and how one gets out ofa how one gets in and how one gets out of a particular tear, at what the criteria are forjudging if a region is doing better or worse. —— tier. there is a fair bit of mystery around that, there is no magic formula for when the government decides it is appropriate to move a particular region up from the medium to high, or high to very high level of this new alert system, the three tiers that are now in place. it is based on various different factors including, but not limited to, the prevalence of the virus in one region. so, how fast cases are rising and among which sectors of the population cases are rising and the population cases are rising and the general prevalence of the virus as well. one region that has gone into tier 3, which is what greater manchester is expected to move up into, whether local leaders there

agree or not, is a lancashire nearby, also in the north west of england. there was less resistance to the new measures there, although leaders were able to secure significant amounts of financial support to accompany the new restrictions. 0ne support to accompany the new restrictions. one of the mps representing a constituency there, jake berry, himself a conservative and former government minister, has said that there does need to be more information coming from government about what might allow lancashire to move down a tier when the virus is hopefully brought back under control, and he said it might be time for the government to reconsider its approach.|j time for the government to reconsider its approach. i don't think a national lockdown which people have spoken about is the right thing, but if tier 3 doesn't work in lancashire, or if the continuance of tier 2 in other areas of the north west doesn't work, i do think now is the time for the government to be considering a firebreak lockdown across the north we st of firebreak lockdown across the north west of england for a time limited period of, say, three weeks. so

another day, another voice adding to the calls for the government to rethink, and possibly enter a period of time limited restrictions at a much tougher level, either locally 01’ much tougher level, either locally or nationally. jonathan blake, thanks very much. coming up for viewers in the uk, at 2:15pm uk time, we'll answer your questions on the new coronavirus restrictions. we'll be joined by dr chris smith, consultant virologist at the university of cambridge, and dr bharat pankhania, senior clinical lecturer at university of exeter medical school. send us your questions — you can use #bbcyourquestions or email them using yourquestions@bbc.co.uk. new zealand's prime minister, jacinda ardern, has won a resounding general election victory. with around 90% of the votes counted, her centre—left labour party looks likely to be able to form a single—party government — something not seen in the country for decades. ms ardern addressed her party faithful a few minutes ago,

speaking in both maori and then english. thank you to the people who worked so hard to share our message. who volunteered for us in what felt like an endless campaign. thank you to the candidates and members of parliament who worked notjust for six weeks but for three years to earn their communities' support. cheering and applause but most importantly, thank you to the many people who gave us their vote, who trusted us to continue with leading new zealand's recovery, who backed the plan we are already rolling out. and to those amongst you who may not have supported labour before, and the results tell me there were a few of you, to you, to you i say thank you. we will not take your support for granted. and i can promise you we will be

a party that governs for every new zealander. jacinda ardern. 0ur correspondent, shaimaa khalil, joins us from sydney in australia. a hugely significant victory, not just for her personally, but given the political system, and being able to form potentially a government on her own rather than having to rely on coalition partners, how much, though, is it a victory for her style of victory no leadership because she is rather different from the leader of the opposition? absolutely, and i think there has been a lot that has been said during the campaigning, during the presidential debate, betweenjacinda ardern and the leader of the oppositionjudith ardern and the leader of the opposition judith collins ardern and the leader of the oppositionjudith collins about ardern and the leader of the opposition judith collins about the style of leadership. jacinda ardern campaigned on compassion, steering the country through very difficult times. remember, she has led the country through the christchurch terrorist attacks, through the volcanic eruptions at the end of 2019, and through the coronavirus

pandemic and new zealand's success in containing the virus has put a co mforta bly in containing the virus has put a comfortably ahead in the polls, even before the results were counted. so her star power, her charisma, before the results were counted. so herstar power, her charisma, has played a very big role in carrying labour through. that popularity, though, is going to be put to the test, i must say, through the second term. this is going to be a very different picture for new zealand, coming out of a tumultuous first term, new zealand is now in a recession for the first time in 11 yea rs, recession for the first time in 11 years, labour have been criticised for not being clear enough on an input economic recovery covid—19 plan. so today in her speech she said there is a lot of work that needs to be done over the next three yea rs. needs to be done over the next three years. tomorrow it will start. and i think a big bulk of this work is going to be convincing new zealanders who voted for her, and who didn't vote for her, that she will be able to turn the economy around, but she will be able to make those decisions to put people back

at work. we didn't get a lot of policy differences, in truth, between national and labour during the course of the campaign, a bit on taxation for high earners, but in essence she is, if you like, liberated from new zealand first, who were coalition partners. how much difference do you think that will make? you know what, in so many ways, she now has little convincing to do. she now comes back as the incumbent. in 2017 she came in as an unknown entity and she has been able to prove herself time and time again when tested. new zealand first has been an obstacle, if you will, for labour in the way they have wanted to conduct their policies. so now they are free, now they have a mandate. but they were actually quite quick to say that this is a labour party that is going to govern for all new zealanders, but i going to make things work for the whole of the country, meaning that they are going to bring that party quite

close to the centre. i think, in many ways politically, it is freeing for them to really do whatever they wa nt for them to really do whatever they want because they are the majority. but i think they are also very keen to show that they are essential party, that they are there for the whole of new zealand. shaimaa khalil, monitoring the new zealand election results for us, thank you very much. for the first time a coronavirus vaccine is being offered in part of china — to anyone who wants it. this is an experimental vaccine — we're told it is still in its final trial stages and has not yet received final approval yet. but residents of the city of yiwu, near shanghai, can buy the treatment now, for a fee equivalent to $60. our china correspondent robin brant is the onlyjournalist to report on this story — and has been outside yiwu hospital, where nurses have been giving the vaccine. it's just after seven o'clock in the morning and the hospital actually isn't officially open yet, but nonetheless, people are turning up, taxis pulling up. we have actually seen a few families break out into a bit of a jog down this road, to get down there, get their number and get in line and queue up for the vaccine.

now, it wasn't that long ago that people were queueing to be tested for covid—19. now they're queueing to get a vaccine that they hope will make them immune from it. what is most significant about this today is this is members of the public, anyone can turn up, pay their money and get the vaccine. now, just peek through the railings here you will see the queue for the clinic, which will be open in a few hours' time. we just spoke to one woman going into that line. i said to her was she nervous, and i kind of got a nervous smile back. did she trust it, did she trust the doctors? yes, she said. the most significant thing about this is this isn't part of a clinical trial. this is being rolled out to members of the public, with the backing of the chinese government, for anyone who wants it, anyone who's got the money, anyone who can come down here and queue, they can get this jab. robin brant there in yiwu.

let's go to bangkok now where hundreds of anti—government protestors are on the streets again. this is despite a crackdown on friday when police used water cannon to break up the demonstrations. jonathan head is there. this is just this isjust one this is just one of a number of what they call flashmob protests that they call flashmob protests that they are mounting today in different parts of bangkok. officially, the authorities say this is not allowed. they have shut down the entire public transport system, the metro system in the centre of bangkok, pretty much bringing the city to a halt, to try to put a stop to these kinds of gatherings. but as you can see there is no success at all. these youngsters are determined to come out and defy this ban that has been imposed by the authorities on these shows of dissent. we have had lots of arrests, lots of threats from the authorities, plenty of people rounded up, and most recently, of course, the use of water cannon with chemicals against the protest late on friday night, and yet they are all still coming out here. there is no sign yet that the authorities have an answer to this massive show of defiance that

is definitely getting a huge amount of sympathy from the broader thai public. jonathan head there in bangkok. all the latest on bbc news.com. you're watching bbc world news.com. you're watching bbc world news. and now the weather with ben rich. hello, the weather looks fairly quiet if a little bit uninspiring this weekend. it will be predominantly dry, not com pletely it will be predominantly dry, not completely dry, but many places will avoid the wet weather, often quite cloudy, though, with grey skies overhead. so this is the weather forecast for this afternoon. you can see extensive cloud across the map. some breaks in the cloud, some spells of sunshine, the odd shower towards the south—west of england and some patchy rain here and there, particularly, though, across northern parts of scotland where the winds are coming from the north, so it's going to feel rather chilly, 9 degrees in aberdeen and even further south highs of 12 or 13, nothing to write home about at this time of year. through this evening and

tonight, still large amounts of cloud filtering down from the north with some spots of rain. the best of any with some spots of rain. the best of a ny clear with some spots of rain. the best of any clear spells probably to be found down across england and wales where we could see some mist and fog patches developing. temperature is widely 5—8 , getting just a touch colder than that in some places, particularly out in the countryside. tomorrow, high pressure is still just about in charge, the centre of the high is a long way away to the west but you can see this ridge in the isobars here. the weather is still relatively settled, but still quite cloudy and there will be a frontal system just about here giving some thicker cloud and perhaps some spots of rain. there will be some spells of sunshine here and there, perhaps bright across scotland, some sunny spells further southis scotland, some sunny spells further south is welcome of the wind is relatively light, that's why things are not moving around relatively quickly at the moment, the air is pretty still and calm. but rather chilly in the north tomorrow, in shetland five or 6 degrees the top temperature, further south 13 or 1a. quite a big change as we head into

next week, high—pressure retreats. low pressure starts to dominate the scene. we will see a frontal system on monday bringing cloud and outbreaks of pretty heavy rain across northern ireland and scotland. england and wales are likely to stay predominantly dry but increasingly cloudy, the best sergeant in east anglia and the south—east. it will be a windy day but the wind coming up from the south, dragging some milder air towards us. temperatures on monday between 13 and 15 degrees. we stick with a slightly milder feel as we head into tuesday and wednesday. —— the best sunshine. they will be outbreaks of rain at times and it will often be windy. that's all from me. bye for now.

hello, i'm shaun ley. welcome to the programme which brings together distinguished columnists, bbc specialists and the correspondents who file their stories to the folks back home dateline london. this week: not all over by christmas. borisjohnson resists calls for a short, sharp lockdown. are northern ireland and wales undermining his argument or are they arbiters of things to come? and brexit is back — but it's a fishy business. your dateline panel this week:

analisa piras is italian and a documentary film maker; stefanie bolzen is german, the london correspondent for die welt. and he's british, he's simon jack, he's the bbc‘s business editor — and he's here in the studio. "back to square one". how one british mp characterised the new tiers of covid restrictions announced by prime minister, boris johnson on monday. although the number of people hospitalised by the virus is almost exactly what it was on the day the uk went into a nationwide lockdown back in march, mrjohnson said he doesn't want to do that again. labour, the main opposition party at westminster, says it's time for what's being called "a circuit breaker", for a short period. on wednesday, northern ireland announced a two week shut down of schools and hospitality venues in the hope of slowing the rate of infection. wales is shutting the border to people from high risk areas in the rest of britain. back to square one, a cry of frustration, or that sacrifice and

where has it got us?