this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. france plans a "national tribute" for a teacher brutally murdered on the outskirts of paris, in a suspected islamist attack. the number of daily covid—related deaths in the uk rises to 150, as europe becomes the pandemic‘s new epicentre. a british police officer poisoned in the salisbury novichok attack quits, saying he can no longer do thejob. the president of azerbaijan vows revenge on armenia after blaming it for a deadly missile attack on the city of ganja. and thousands of lebanese mark the anniversary of a mass protest movement against a political elite now blamed for august's deadly blast in beirut.

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's anti—terrorism prosecutor says the teacher brutally murdered on the outskirts of paris on friday in a suspected islamist attack had received several threats before he died. police believe samuel paty was targeted because he showed pupils controversial cartoons of the prophet muhammad. nine people have been arrested, including the father of a child at the school where he worked. the french presidency says a national tribute will be held for the teacher. here's our paris correspondent, lucy williamson. normal seems so alien in confla ns now. familiar school buildings

transformed overnight into a shrine of remembrance. to a man who will be forever a symbol of france's secular liberal ideals. translation: yesterday it was a state of shock and now the priority for us is to look after the children because it was very hard for them and it still is. samuel paty was a 47—year—old teacher of history and geography who decided to use two cartoons of prophet muhammad as part of a class on freedom of speech. investigators say a social media campaign by one outraged parent had gathered steam over the previous week. he is now among nine people being questioned by police. today, france's counter—terrorism prosecutor gave chilling details about the attacker. an 18—year—old chechen man with refugee status in france, who travelled from normandy to attack the teacher and had to ask school pupils to point him out.

flowers mark the places where lives were shattered. in france, that list has grown a little longer this week. conflans now remembered alongside paris, nice and other places where hatred of french values has left blood on the country's streets. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. global daily coronavirus cases rose by more than 400,000 for the first time on friday, a record one—day increase with europe emerging as the new epicentre of the virus. he french health ministry has reported a record number of new confirmed cases of covid—i9 on saturday at more than 32,400. it comes as a night—time curfew affecting 20 million residents across major cities has been implimented — it'll last for at least 4 weeks. the czech republic saw more than 11,000 new cases. in response, the army is to build an emergency field hospital in prague, amid leaked official warnings

that local hospitals will soon reach capacity. and more than 7000 cases have been recorded by germany in the latest 2a hour period. in response to germany's record—breaking figures, chancellor angela merkel has appealed for people to reduce social contact and keep nonessential travel toa minimum. translation: we are now in a very serious phase of the coronavirus pandemic. new infections are jumping day by day, the pandemic is spreading again rapidly and faster than at the beginning six months ago. in the uk, more than 28 million people in england have spent their first day under tighter coronavirus restrictions. it's also 2a hours since northern ireland started a four week "circuit—brea ker" lockdown — closing all hospitality venues, except to provide take—aways. daniela relph looks at the impact of the tightened restrictions. london now under tier 2 restrictions. meeting outside is ok with distancing and no

more than six of you. socialising indoors is banned, except with your own support bubble. the changes came into force at midnight and there was a reluctance to head home from the bars and restaurants. freedom! and today, a demonstration by a few hundred people in central london. protesting at the covid rules and not abiding by them either. the police said protests can be exempt from the restrictions and organisers here have met conditions to allow that to happen. in wales, a full lockdown remains a possibility, with a decision due on monday. the first minister believing that a circuit breaker for two weeks could slow the virus and then caernarvon today, there was caution but acceptance. it's a hard situation. it is needed to get things under control, but it's not going to fix it. i'm supportive of it. i feel that health comes before the economy. northern ireland have already introduced its own

form of circuit break. beauty businesses are now closed for four weeks, alongside hospitality venues. schools have an extended half term. there is, though, frustration. we have adhered to everything. we've done everything we should, we put all of our hygiene practices in place but yet, we still come away feeling punished. at the royal liverpool hospital, staff believe these tougher restrictions in their city and others are the only answer. this time last month, the trust was looking after 33 patients with covid. today, that figure stands at more than 300. we are overwhelmed and it's not winter. it's not even winter yet and look at us. it's... it'sjust really tiring and really upsetting. ensuring hospitals can cope in the weeks and months ahead is why the government says these restrictions are necessary. to control the spread of the virus and ultimately save lives. daniela relph, bbc news. armenia and azerbaijan say they've

agreed to declare a "humanitarian truce" from midnight local time. but the two sides have blamed each other for continued fighting over the disputed territory of norgorno karabakh, even after agreeing to the russian—mediated ceasefire last week. azerbaijan's president, ilham aliyev , has promised to take revenge on armenia after blaming it for a missile attack which killed 14 civilians in the city of ganja. in a televised address, mr aliyev called the missile strike a war crime and said azerbaijan would only stop fighting if armenia withdrew from the disputed region. armenia has denied targeting residential neighbourhoods and has accused the azeris of shelling populated areas inside nagorno karabakh. 0ur correspondent rayhan demytrie has been following developments from tbilisi in neighbouring georgia. it has been more than 17 hours since the strikes and the rescue operations are still ongoing. some people are unaccounted for.

the number of dead has also risen to 14 and more than 55 injured. we have also seen today quite harrowing pictures emerging from azerbaijan, showing the funerals of those people who were killed in the early hours on saturday and that includes small children. similarly, we are getting reports that the shelling of the largest city in the district of nagorno—karabakh, stepanakert, has continued also and the defence ministry is saying that they are targeting civilian infrastructure. so what we are seeing is that tomorrow will mark three weeks since the start of this escalation and what is becoming clear is that without the international mediation, if this countries are left to fight, this conflict will continue to escalate. the british police officer

who was poisoned in the nerve agent attack in the english city of salisbury in 2018, is leaving the force. detective sergeant nick bailey was contaminated with novichok at the home of sergei and yulia skripal — where it had been sprayed on a door handle. but, after returning to duty last year, he's tweeted that he's "had to admit defeat". jon donnison reports. detective sergeant nick bailey has been a police officer for 18 years, but his life has not been the same since the salisbury attack. as the investigation began, he was one of the first officers to visit the home of sergei skripal, the main target of the poisoning operation. it's not entirely clear how detective sergeant bailey became contaminated, but the nerve agent had been sprayed on a doorhandle. within hours, he began to fall seriously ill. he ended up in intensive care. 0nce i'd come back from the house, the skripals' house, my pupils were like pin pricks.

and i was quite sweaty and hot. at the time, i put that down to being tired and stressed. in the two and a half years since the attack, detective sergeant bailey has made three attempts to return to work but today, in a series of posts on twitter, he said he'd admitted defeat. he said although he'd tried hard to make it work, he could no longer find peace while working in the policing environment. in a statement, the chief constable of wiltshire police, kier pritchard, said... detective sergeant bailey praised the support he had received from his colleagues and said that he was just sorry he'd made the thin blue line a little bit thinner. jon donnison, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news. france plans a "national tribute"

for a teacher brutally murdered on the outskirts of paris, in a suspected islamist attack. let's get more in this story. monia bouguerra is a member of the union of french muslim democrats political party, which wants to tackle the under—representation of muslims in french politics. thank you forjoining us. first of all, what is your reaction to this attack? first of all, obviously we are shocked. we were horrified by this terrorist attack and we deeply condemn what happened yesterday. it was just horrible. condemn what happened yesterday. it wasjust horrible. is their condemn what happened yesterday. it was just horrible. is their concern among the muslim community of any kind of retribution now given the nature of the attack and the pedicle

environment? yes, the muslim community is concerned because we fear that it might increase its llama phobia. —— islamophobia. what happened yesterday has nothing to do with our faith. we condemn what happened yesterday, this terrorist attack does not represent what we believe in and yes indeed we are afraid and concerned about what will happen after this because it's not the first time that some people, some disoriented and, how shall i say? people with mental issues, kill people without, in the name of

islam. so, the muslim community is held responsible for that and that is what we are fearing. it was quite a brutal attack and there has been this ongoing issue of some people becoming radicalised in france and carrying out attacks, so what do you suggest is the solution to ensure that the muslim community is brought with the rest of the population and make sure they are part of the solution? first of all, we would like politicians to stop treating us differently. if the french state and the french intelligence has failed to prevent terrorist attacks, it is not our fault. to prevent terrorist attacks, it is not ourfault. then, we to prevent terrorist attacks, it is not our fault. then, we would to prevent terrorist attacks, it is not ourfault. then, we would like to just be treated like everybody else. we have been treated as the enemy within. there are maybe six or 7 million muslims in france whojust wa nt to 7 million muslims in france whojust want to live peacefully. we actually

are members of the society. we are doctors, teachers and we work in this country, we were born and raised here. we would just like to be treated like everybody else. what we notice is that the french government is actually trying to polarise french society by diverting french people's attention from the serious issues that we are facing and not stigmatising us as the problem. thank you very much for your time problem. thank you very much for yourtime and your problem. thank you very much for your time and your thoughts on a difficult subject. in beirut, demonstrations have taken place to commemorate the first anniversary of a mass protest movement demanding political reform in lebanon. thousands of protesters also held a minute's silence in memory of those who died in the devastating blast at the port in august. lina sinjab reports from beirut. one year since the protests began in lebanon.

one year of rising and fading hopes. people came from different backgrounds and sects, commemorating a pivotal moment in lebanon's modern history. a moment when the lebanese people pushed for change but were faced with devastating economic, health and security challenges. the power is to the people and we are the change here. we are going to fight for this country because we deserve a better lebanon. this is what is left of the momentum of the protest that erupted last year across the country. the ones who came here today are defiant and they want to send a message to their government, but also to the world, that they want to keep up the hope and they want change, even if it takes a long time. people are tired and exhausted. it's economic collapse, its coronavirus and it's the blast. people have no means to survive or continue and the ones who came here today are sending one message.

they are here to stay and waiting for change. as they continue their march, they raise their voice with anger. anger over corrupt and impotent government who not only made the country poorer, but fails to protect lives. the day ended with a moment of silence for the lives lost in august's deadly blast. but it will be long before lebanon heals its wounds and rises again. new zealanders are waking up to largest victory by any political party since 1996. jacinda ardern‘s labour party has won 49.1; percent of the vote, bringing them a projected 64 seats — a rare absolute majority in parliament. the opposition centre—right national party won twenty—six—point—eight

the opposition centre—right national party won 26.8 percent of the votes, winning a projected 35 seats. labour campaigned on tackling climate change, reducing poverty and their record on handling the coronavirus pandemic. ms ardern spoke after her victory was confirmed. 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. with me is bbc reporter emily cooper, who covered the previous election. thank you so much for your time. first of all, it is a rare majority in new zealand. what you think she's going to do with it? yes, as you just heard, history has been made in new zealand. new zealand has a mixed member proportional voting system which means that parties usually need help to form a government from minor parties which is what we saw in the last election, but with this landslide now, she can basically do what she wants. she will have the power. so this is unprecedented,

there is usually no majority under there is usually no majority under the system, so she can now basically go hard on a transformational politics, her so—called progressive politics, her so—called progressive politics, as you mentioned climate change, child poverty. she has been held back a little bit the past three years by one of her coalition partners, new zealand first, whose leader is also new zealand's former dp prime minister. his career is now pretty much dead on the water after this election. he made her prime minister after the last election following coalition negotiations and 110w following coalition negotiations and now she doesn't even need him to govern, so now she doesn't even need him to govern, so he is new zealand's most experienced politician, winston peters, and he couldn't predict her popularity. he is almost a victim of it herself or himself. some of the criticism of her party was that some of her policy was thin on the ground in detail. can she step up to the plate, especially to deal with economic issues then i —— they now

have. you'll she has faced opposition when it comes to the economy but to be fair, 2020 has been predictable. jacinda ardern said herself it has been a time of uncertainty, she plans to focus on the recovery and response to covid—19. the economy has taken a hit and she will have to take some decisions, including around what happens with new zealand's borders and of course, even she admitted in her speech that it won't be an easy few years. she's a really different style of leader. she is personable, she's very informal, how much do you think that was part her success? both globally and at home, she has resonated with that personable, compassionate style of politics. she made headlines globally for her response to the christchurch mask attacks, the volcanic eruption, ——

mask attacks. but what we see here for labour has been a landslide. even traditional national voting areas seem to... a lot of places like that have turned to labour after this election. i include my old home town of nelson that had a national mp for 30 years. it's a stark contrast to the election is or three years ago. labour may govern on its own, it may still need help from its green party friends. does this all show a shift to the left? bye— bye this all show a shift to the left? bye — bye yes, this all show a shift to the left? bye—bye yes, but it shows a change in feeling in new zealand and also personality politics does come into it as well. everyone will be keeping an eye on the next three years. thank you so much. sport now and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's 0lly foster. the international break over, the domestic football leagues across europe returned — and the merseyside derby was a fantastic match to get the premier league going again.

everton came from behind twice to draw 2—2 with liverpool. sadio mane put liverpool ahead in only the third minute at goodison park. michael keane equalised, mohamed salah put liverpool ahead again, only for dominic calvert—lewin to get another equaliser. there was late drama with a red card for richarlison and then jordan henderson goal disallowed for a very marginal offside decision against mane. 2-2. somebody showed me the situation with the henderson goal and i don't know where the line is and where you can do offside. ijust don't understand it. so, yes, obviously we should have won this game, but we didn't. so we accept that obviously. so everton stay top, with liverpool second, and chelsea missed the chance to move into the top four, timo werner gave them a 2—0 lead at home to southampton, but saints equalised clawed their way back, danish defenderjannik vestergard

with an injury—time equaliser. 3-3. two other games. raheem sterling scored the winner as manchester city beat arsenal 1—0 and newcastle against manchester united is 1—1. they are into the second half. they have had a penalty saved. rangers have gone four points clear of celtic at the top of the scottish premiership after beating them 2—0 at celtic park. conor goldson scored both goals. there were wins for st johnstone and kilmarnock. st mirren had only eight available outfield players because of coronavirus, so their match against motherwell had to be postponed. exeter chiefs are european champions for the first time. it was an incredible final in bristol as they held off a comeback from french side racing 92, winning by 31—27. they face wasps in the premiership final next weekend. it was also rugby league's challenge cup final on saturday, and leeds rhinos have won it for a 14th time, beating

salford red devils 17—16. guest of honour was rob burrow, the leeds legend who's living with motor neurone disease. and although he was watching the match from home, his presence was certainly felt at wembley. rob's as well as with spirit. we have carried him all the way through and he has been very much an inspiration for us and i think it's really fitting that we have done it this yearfor rob really fitting that we have done it this year for rob and it is gale with number seven on his back that came up with the big play. northern ireland'sjonathan rea is the world superbikes champion for a sixth year in a row. he only needed three points from the first race of the weekend at estoril in portugal and he finished fourth to take the title. he's won 11 of the 22 races staged so far and he can make it 100 career victories in race two on sunday. there's a huge fight coming up in the next few hours in las vegas. world champion teofimo lopez will face vasiliy lomachenko for a winner—ta kes—all bout

in the lightweight division. three belts are at stake. the covid protocols called for both fighters to stand behind the ropes in the pre—fight head to head. that didn't stop them. there's plenty of animosity between the two that was sparked by an altercation between lopez's father and lomachenko a few years ago, so the fight itself could be explosive. that guy is there to take my bread—and—butter. and that's what it comes to and i'm not going to have no man, all the sacrifices and everything i'd been through, just one man. because i'm scared? no, i'm not scared. why would i be scared? its one and a half rounds. these are world champion. i respect him.“ its one and a half rounds. these are world champion. i respect him. if he doesn't, i will make him respect me. personally for me, it's just another belt. he has to face somebody like me. and ijust can't wait.

that's all the sport for now. just a reminder that tighter covid restrictions are kicking in across europe. new rules are in place for a number of areas across england and this was the scene in paris in the past couple of hours. a curfew came into place at 9pm local time in the french capital and in eight other cities around the country. restaurants and bars locking their doors. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello. far from the sunniest day we've ever seen today. just a lucky few with a bit of brightness and blue sky. at least this weather watcher in lincolnshire was treated to a view of some crepuscular rays coming through the cloud. the sun getting lower in the sky, just finding a few holes in that cloud to shine through. this weather pattern we know is very quiet at the moment and will be again tomorrow, but a word of caution, low pressure is gathering to the west. 0ur weather pattern will be very different in the week ahead.

0vernight, still plenty of cloud, and from it in scotland, northern england and northern ireland, some patchy light rain and drizzle, low cloud around, some hill fog around, too. the far north of scotland and for the southern half of england and for wales, there will be a few breaks in the cloud allowing temperatures to fall a little bit lower than this in the countryside. but most of us around 4—8 degrees as we start the day tomorrow. and across much of scotland, northern and eastern england and northern ireland, a damp, drizzly start to the day. northern ireland brightening up a bit into the afternoon. northern scotland seeing a few sunny spells, but some rain heading into the northern isles and for the southern half of england and into wales, overall brighter than today, a greater chance of seeing a few sunny spells coming through that cloud. still a rather cool day out there. and i mentioned there is this low pressure gathering to the west, and one of the first signs of that will be this rain. some heavier rain heading into northern ireland as we go through sunday evening. and more of us seeing the wetter weather overnight into monday. northern ireland, scotland, parts of northern england as well, a very active—looking weather pattern now as low pressure takes shape and these weather fronts start to come in.

so, some heavy rain at times on monday into northern ireland, parts of scotland. some patchy rain just reaching in towards westernmost areas of england and wales at times. increasing cloud elsewhere, so any sunshine turning increasingly hazy. the breeze starting to pick up. it's a southerly breeze, though, and that does lift temperatures a few degrees. 0vernight and into tuesday, still some heavy rain into scotland and northern ireland. a band of rain pushing north and east across the rest of the uk. still raining at times in scotland on tuesday, especially in the north. elsewhere, some sunshine and showers, heavy and possibly thundery, especially in the west on what will be a blustery day. but again with that wind direction, it will be a milder day. 18 degrees celsius is possible. temperatures trail off again as we go through the rest of the week, but it does stay wet at times. more heavy rain potentially across southern areas as we go in into wednesday, and then showery to the end the week. that's your forecast.

hello, this is bbc news with reged ahmad. the headlines: more than 16,000 new coronavirus infections are recorded in the uk in the past 2a hours — with the number of covid—linked deaths rising to 150. millions of people are now living with tighter coronavirus restrictions in england. lancashire moves into the highest alert category, but there's still a stalemate over greater manchester. french police say samuel paty — the history teacher who was beheaded in a suspected islamist attack — had been threatened for several days. new zealand's prime minister, jacinda ardern, and her labour party have won a second term in office with a landslide general election victory, after campaigning on their success in handling the coronavirus pandemic. a police officer who was poisoned in the salisbury novichok attack has quit, saying he can no longer do thejob.