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.

now on bbc news, our world. on september 8, the moria refugee camp on the greek island of lesbos went up in flames. gabriel gatehouse investigates the events surrounding the blaze. a warning — this film contains scenes some viewers may find upsetting. 0n the night of the 8th of september, europe's largest refugee camp went up in flames.

the greek authorities say the fire was started by the refugees themselves, angry at conditions in the camp. more than 12,000 people already living in dire conditions were burnt out of their tents. among them was a group of young film—makers, most of them refugees from afghanistan. they've shared their footage with us... and what file number is that? ..a huge archive of evidence from the fire and its aftermath that raises troubling questions, about the blaze and about europe's dysfunctional policies on migration.

since his early teens, yaser taheri has wanted to be a film—maker. now 16 years old, he arrived on lesbos with his family in january after a ten—month journey from afghanistan. moria was built as a temporary camp to house 3,000 refugees. by the time yaser arrived, it had burst at the seams,

with 211,000 people living in squalor, waiting sometimes for years for their asylum claims to be processed. violence, disease and mental illness were commonplace. yaser found an organisation called refocus, an ngo that teaches camera skills to help the residents of moria document their lives in the camp. then came the pandemic. since march, the camp had been under lockdown. but it wasn't until the start of september that they diagnosed the first positive case.

the authorities began isolating suspected cases in a specially—built quarantine zone inside the camp. and that may have been a catalyst for what happened next. so this is...we‘re back to the 8th of september, yeah? in the footage that yaser shot on the night of the fire, we see a red car with its windows smashed in. yaser follows the crowd to the covid zone, where the migrants release those held in quarantine.

two hours later, what was a disturbance has become a riot, and it's now that the blaze really gets going. just tell me what we're looking at here. who filmed this? yeah. milad ebrahimi, 21 years old, also from afghanistan, is another member of the film—makers group. indistinct shouting protests were not uncommon in the camp. nor were fires.

but they'd always been kept under control, until this night. fire crackles, people shout was the camp torched by migrants, as the greek authorities maintain? some of the fires were lit by refugees. on that, milad and yaser both agree. but they don't believe

that's the full story. so, in your understanding of what actually happened, who started the first fires, and then what happened? yeah. so... small fires in protest? yeah. among the residents of the camp, few believe the official greek narrative. instead, they blame the fire on angry locals and far—right activists. just a few miles off the turkish coast, lesbos has long been one of the main entry points for refugees and migrants coming to europe. at the height of the migration crisis five years ago, thousands of people were arriving on boats here every day.

when we came, we found local people who are proud of a long tradition of hospitality. then came the eu—turkey deal, agreed in 2016, which effectively closed off europe's borders and turned islands like lesbos into permanent detention centres. when we returned here in spring this year, the mood had changed. there were reports of vigilante groups attacking migrants and ngo workers. a fire at a smaller refugee centre was blamed on far—right activists. near the camp, in moria village, angry locals had set up a roadblock. the regional governor arrived to try to calm things down. are you worried about the rise of the right? very worried. because i know that many times, many countries, the extreme right take profit out of the situations. if this situation continues, then what will happen?

that would be catastrophic. it has to stop. in moria village today, we could find only one person who was willing to talk to us, panagiotis deligiannis. he's lived here all his life. but as the camp grew, so did divisions within the village. some were making money letting their fields to the government or ngos to house the refugees. 0thers felt swamped as migrants at times outnumbered villagers by a factor of more than ten.

0n the night of the blaze, panagiotis called the fire brigade, who initially told him they were busy with other fires elsewhere on the island. you know this area. yes. you know how fires... ..there have been fires here before, you've seen them happen. do you think this could have been an accident? no. no accident. no. if locals were somehow involved in the fire, people here will almost certainly

know about it. and if so, they're not saying. less than two miles from moria village, thousands of refugees are still camped out by the side of the road. they've been here for days now without shelter, without sanitation or proper access to food and water. nearby, a new camp is being built. some refugees are already moving in. but many worry it'll be harder to come and go freely, and for us, finding witnesses to the fire may become more difficult. but for now, there are still people searching through the remains of the old camp. and here, we find someone who can tell us more about what happened. so yaser says that this guy says he saw some local greeks helping set fire to the camp.

it seems that some people who were not refugees or migrants were, at the very least, seizing the opportunity to stoke the flames. it's 5:30 in the morning and we get a tip—off that the police are about to start clearing all the refugees off the road and into the new camp. the police have stopped us from driving through at the checkpoint, so we're taking the little back roads and trying to climb

in over the mountainside. as the camp wakes up, news of the police operation begins to spread. beyond the police cordon, officers in protective suits are clearing the roadside. section by section, the riot police move forward while officers in plain clothes tell the refugees to pack up. and they don't like the cameras. the new camp is built on a disused military firing range, enclosed by the sea on one side... ..and fences on the other. those who want to remain outside must now avoid the police.

milad has been on lesbos for about nine months. he's afghan, but he's come from iran. his parents sought refuge there when he was a young boy. his decision to leave behind an imperfect but relatively secure situation was a complicated one. yeah.

so far, for milad, europe has not turned out to be that kind of place. he and yaser are still resisting the new camp, trying to help us unravel what really happened. in the footage they filmed in the aftermath of the fire, there is another piece of the puzzle. american-accented man: yaser. did you find your family? yeah. where are they, over here? yeah... these pictures were filmed a little after 7pm the evening after the fire. this is insanity, man. the american voice you hear is doug herman, who runs refocus,

the film—makers‘ ngo. they walk through the half—burnt camp to check on yaser‘s family. hi. hello, stranger. how are you? i'm good. good to see you again. and then this. hmm? oh, man. at 23 minutes past seven, a second fire. much of the camp had burnt the previous night, but not all of it. now, it looks like someone is back to finish the job. oh, my god. the fire spreads rapidly

through the remaining tents. what is he trying to get? the cat? oh, come on. come on. don't go in there. oh, my god, this is hot. stand back. but here's an odd detail — going back through the footage again, people are packing up and leaving before seven o'clock, before the second fire starts. it seems like a lot of refugees in the camp knew what was about to happen, including milad.

so it seems the second fire, at least, was not a spontaneous event. but if it was planned, then by whom, and who else knew? the film—makers tell me about a conversation they overheard among a group of camp residents earlier that morning. burn the rest of the camp? he said that? yeah. you heard him say that? yeah. if that's true, that means

that the locals basically helped a number of refugees to burn this whole place down. we managed to track down one of the migrants in this conversation. perhaps unsurprisingly, he told a different story. he said the fire was the work of fascists, the term many migrants use to refer to local far—right activists. one thing seems clear. many residents of lesbos, locals and migrants alike, found themselves in an intolerable situation they felt powerless to change. yeah. they felt stuck. and in a way, you can understand the locals, as well, who've been with this for five years. yeah.

in their attempt to stem the flow of migrants across europe, the greek government and the eu turned lesbos and other islands into pressure cookers. the moria fire was perhaps an inevitable consequence. it's ten days since the fire. we get a message from yaser. yaser. hey, what's going on? the authorities now say anyone who wants their asylum claim to be considered must first come here.

no—one knows exactly what to expect. will yaser and milad be separated? the families from the single men? once inside, will they be allowed out again? most people here say they'd be happy just to make it off the island. yaser and his family hope one day to reach germany. the old moria embodied the failures of the eu's migration politics. now it's gone, in brussels, they're talking of a new start. but behind these fences, it feels like they've swapped one prison for another.

in ten years‘ time... yeah. ..when this is all over... let's hope so. ..where do you see yourself? in ten years, well... ..since the situation is so uncertain... ..i don't really know... i can't really plan for it. but as i plan now, i'm going to be making my first movie. or maybe in ten years, i'm going to be still in this closed camp. i still don't know. yes, accept this reality. this is the world that... it's like... ..people don't respect

the differences between each other. but. . . but. .. ..i still have hope that the world is notjust darkness. there's a narrow, bright light inside this dark world. 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

into wednesday, and then showery to end the week. that's your forecast.

kingdom hello. this is bbc news with lu kwesa burack. kate silverton will be here in a few minutes with a full round up of they day's news but first, downing street and the mayor of greater manchester have contradicted each other about possible talks to end the row about local coronavirus measures. the mayor, andy burnham, has been demanding greaterfinancial support for companies and workers who'd be hit if the government imposed the highest restrictions. downing street said a phone call between the two sides had been arranged for tomorrow morning, but mr burnham's aides said that was not the case. it comes as more than 28 million people in england have spent their first day under tighter measures.