this is bbc world news. the headlines... this is bbc news with the latest the french presidency says headlines for viewers in the uk a national tribute will be held and around the world. the french prime minister for the teacher who was beheaded says his country will react with the greatest firmness near paris on friday in a suspected after a school teacher was beheaded islamist terror attack. in a suburb of paris. millions of people are now the victim has been named as 47—year—old samuel paty. facing tighter coronavirus millions of people are now restrictions in england — facing tighter coronavirus restrictions in england. with lancashire in the north west entering the highest alert category and household mixing banned lancashire in the north westjoins indoors in london. the liverpool city region in the highest alert category, while household mixing is banned indoors in london. in new zealand, jacinda ardern is re—elected with a landslide victory — new zealand‘s prime ministerjacinda she was widely praised for her handling of ardern and her labour party have won the coronavirus pandemic. a second term in office thank you to the many people with a landslide general election victory, after campaigning who gave us their vote, on their success in handling who trusted us to continue the coronavirus pandemic. hundreds of people have been queuing with leading new zealand's recovery. at a hospital in eastern china — where a covid—19 vaccine hundreds of people have been queuing is being offered to the public at a hospital in eastern china — for the first time. where a covid—19 vaccine it has not yet completed is being offered to the public

for the first time. and animal charities in the uk warn they're seeing a surge in horses clinical trials. being abandoned during the pandemic because of financial pressures on owners. 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. i'm shaun ley. we begin in france this lunchtime, a country in shock after the murder of a teacher in the outskirts of paris. the man was beheaded near the school where — earlier this month — he had shown his pupils cartoons of the prophet muhammad 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 ministerjean 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. the education ministerjean—michel blanquer is speaking to journalists now. he is talking to journalists there in paris. the important thing he has announced in the last few minutes is the name of the teacher. this gentleman's family have presumably now been informed of the

terrible circumstances of his death, and will have agreed to his name being released. he is samuel paty, he was 47 and a history teacher at the school were he was killed. what is interesting about the timing of this is thatjean—michel blanquer, only a few days, was making next was a commitment to back teachers, children and parents who had exposed breaches of the law on secularism in schools, saying that no one, either a teacher, headmaster, student or a pa rent a teacher, headmaster, student or a parent should feel isolated when a violation of secularism occurs. the french state was based from 1789 onwards on the concept of separating church and state. as new religions have come into france, islam is very important and significant one these days, in france, that has perhaps sometimes felt to be under some pressure, and certainly some teachers have felt that issues over

debating these highly sensitive subjects. clearly this is a most extreme example of that over the cartoons of the prophet muhammad, which of course for many muslims, as was mentioned earlier, would be regarded as offensive, and some take the offence deeply and very seriously, and even more so at the moment, as we will hear now from david chazan who works for the telegraph in paris, in a wider debate that is going on in france because of a trial taking place right now. politicians from across the spectrum left, centre, and right 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 report just 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 prophet is blasphemous. he had given muslim pupils the opportunity to leave the class. we have heard conflicting 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, or 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 1a 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, and that massacre, 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 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 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. more than half of the uk is now under tougher coronavirus restrictions after new rules came into effect overnight. lancashire 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 over 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. there remains stalemate between leaders in greater manchester and the uk government over whether the region should move into tier 3. yesterday, the prime minister said he may "need to intervene" if measures are not agreed. 0ur political correspondent — jonathan blake — says the comments haven‘t gone down well with leaders in the region. after the prime minister‘s

comments at the lectern in no 10 yesterday 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 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 that 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 telly and double down the pressure on greater manchester

to accept restrictions that we don't believe will work without the financial package to mitigate the damage to the economy. jonathan, there is still quite a lot of confusion, isn‘t there, about how one gets in and how one gets out of a particular tier, and what the criteria are forjudging if a region is doing better or worse. 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, among which sectors of the population cases are rising and the general prevalence of the virus as well. 0ne 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 lancashire nearby, also in the north west of england. there was less resistance to the new measures there, although leaders were able to secure a significant amount of financial 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. 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 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 or nationally. jonathan blake, our political correspondent. coming up for viewers in the uk, at 2:15pm, 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. so send us your questions, you can use #bbcyourquestions or email them using yourquestions@bbc.co.uk. in new zealand the sitting labour prime ministerjacinda 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.

not since it changed its electoral system in the 1990s. ms ardern addressed her party faithful a few minutes ago, speaking in 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 not just 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... laughter 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. earlier i spoke to former prime minister of new zealand helen clark. she was leader of the labour party for about ten years. i asked her how no longer be reliant of parliamentary support of the right—wing new zealand first party would changejacinda ardern‘s approach to government. new zealand first put labour into government. there will always be a feeling of gratitude from the labour party for that. but it also acted as something of a brake on a number of areas, things that are crying out for reform, for example, on justice and prison policy, new zealand first prided itself on being a law and order type party.

there have been things that have just not been possible to progress and i really hope that with this strong progressive majority that the new zealand parliament is now looking like having, that some of these issues can be addressed. what do you make of the way ms ardern has matured as a political leader? she came to the role of leader of the opposition seven weeks out from the last election, it was almost mission impossible. she ended up as prime minister, that was phenomenal. what the world has seen is that she has handled incredible moments of crisis extremely well. this election, let‘s face it, is about covid. who do you feel safe with? who puts the health of you and your family above anything else? the answer is jacinda. so this is a huge personal victory for her.

new zealand has a proud tradition of women in national political life. it is one of the first countries to give women the vote. what sort of signal do you think it sends to the broader world? it is almost a daft question for me as a man in this country to be asking you, but i‘m genuinely interested in what impact it has do you think beyond the shores of new zealand? new zealand is definitely on the global radar at the moment, which is quite an achievement for a small western country on the periphery. but i think the way it has handled covid, the way it handled the mosque murders in christchurch was handled, there have been a lot of progressive things happening in new zealand and that has got global attention. helen clark, prime minister of new zealand until 2008 talking to me in reaction to jacinda ardern‘s election victory in new zealand.

as well as voting in the general election, today new zealanders have also cast their ballot on assisted dying and whether those with severe life—limiting illnesses should have the legal right to die. the end of life choice act 2019 was passed by parliament last year after two years of debate but will only become law if it gains more than 50% support from the electorate. we will not get the results on that until early in november. let‘s talk now to sarah wootton, the chief executive of dignity in dying. it campaigns for the rights of those in this situation. you have obviously been watching the campaign in new zealand and obviously know what the act itself says. what potential difference could this make of new zealand voters of today approve the latest legislation?” think it is part of a growing international trend, really. think it is part of a growing internationaltrend, really. if new zealand legalises, then it willjoin

two australian states and ten jurisdictions in the us. it is really about assisted dying, the choice at the end of life being the hallmark of a progressive, compassionate country. that is what the uk needs to do as well, grasp theseissues the uk needs to do as well, grasp these issues and act. i talked to stuart earlier, one of those campaigning in new zealand, he has terminal cancer and he is a father of two, he is full of life but once the choice of how he dies, he knows he‘s going to die and sooner than he wa nts, he‘s going to die and sooner than he wants, and partly hisjudgment was influenced by watching someone else die and becoming dependent on morphine to try and relieve their pain at losing really the quality—of—life. do you think the quality—of—life. do you think the quality—of—life debate has changed in recent years in how people approach this issue?” in recent years in how people approach this issue? i think it has. i think that people actually realise that having the choice means you don‘t actually have to use it. and in fact, having the choice extends life. so we know that britons go to

switzerland at a rate of one a week, and of course they are going much earlier than they have to because of being able to get there. so i think theseissues being able to get there. so i think these issues around quality are very important. we know there are other trend is changing, i mean, look at the british medical association poll, the rock salt that wear out last week and doctors‘ views have shifted enormously —— the result of that. there is overwhelming support for a change to the bma‘s position on assisted dying, 61% of doctors said it should change and 51% of doctors said they personally supported law reform. sarah wootton, chief executive of dignity in dying, 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 but 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.

0ur china correspondent robin brant 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. and what‘s 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. now, 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. you‘re watching bbc news. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello, the weather looks fairly quiet if a little bit uninspiring this weekend. 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 clear spells probably to be found down across england and wales where we could see some mist and fog patches developing. temperatures widely 5—8 , getting just a touch colder than that in some places, particularly out in the countryside. tomorrow, high pressure is stilljust 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 a brighter day across scotland, some sunny spells further south as well, 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 5 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 of the sunshine 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 milderfeel as we head on into tuesday and wednesday. there will be outbreaks of rain at times and it will often be windy. that‘s all from me. 00:28:39,032 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 bye for now.