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beauty businesses are now closed for four weeks, along with hospitality venues. schools have an extended half term. there is, though, frustration. we have adhered to everything, we have done this is bbc news with the latest headlines everything we should. for viewers in the uk we put all our hygiene practices in place. and around the world. but yet we still come i'm reged ahmad. away feeling punished. tributes are paid to at the royal liverpool hospital samuel paty, the teacher beheaded in paris on friday, staff believe these tougher restrictions in their city in what the french president has called a cowardly attack. and others are the only answer. this time last month the trust was looking after 33 a new humanitarian ceasefire comes into effect between patients with covid. armenia and azerbaijan today that figure stands over the disputed region at more than 300. of nagorno—karabakh. we are overwhelmed, and it's not winter. countries across europe it's not even winter yet. see record highs in confirmed covid—19 cases, and look at us. as the continent becomes the you know, it'sjust really new epicentre of the pandemic. tiring and really upsetting. and thousands of lebanese ensuring hospitals can cope mark the anniversary in the weeks and months ahead of a mass protest movement is why the government says against a political elite, these restrictions are now blamed for august's necessary, to control the spread of the virus deadly blast in beirut. and ultimately, save lives. daniela relph, bbc news. people have no means to survive or continue and the ones who came here today are as we've heard, there sending one message — are conflicting reports
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they are here to stay as to whether the british government and local politicans and waiting for the change. in greater manchester will resume talks about changing the area's coronavirus alert level to very high. borisjohnson has already warned he would impose the toughest restrictions on the area without the consent of local authorities, who are calling for greater financial help for businesses. hello and welcome to audiences 0ur correspondent philip norton in the uk and around the world. reports from manchester. good morning! the french authorities have named the teenager who brutally murdered a teacher in a paris the morgan family in liverpool, suburb on friday in waking up to a birthday weekend with the tightest coronavirus a suspected islamist attack. restrictions in the country. eight o'clock in the morning. we've been up already for at least half an hour. police believe samuel paty normally we would be was targeted because he showed pupils controversial cartoons going and meeting some friends, of the prophet muhammad, in a lesson on free speech. but things have changed a little bit, haven't they? yes. so now we are just abdullakh abouyezidvitch, an 18—year—old chechen, going to stay in. died after being shot why? and injured by police. and play with our toys. here's our paris correspondent, no! but changes to plans are being lucy williamson. repeated in so many homes here. for myself, as mayor this is the moment police confronted the man who beheaded of greater manchester... a teacher on a suburban street. while the row deepens in manchester between civic leaders and downing street over the city's tier level.
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drop your weapon, they shout. the problem for many round here is that the layered restrictions brought in today have effectively created tier borders. the suspect shoots up there is lancashire. at them with a bb gun. everyone living beyond that the next sound you will hear sign is living with tier 3 restrictions. is police firing back. shots fired. but just a few steps down the road, and you can today, france's see the sign welcoming counterterrorism prosecutor you to the borough of wigan. named the suspect as abdoulak that is the greater manchester abouyezidvitch a, border and everyone living up there is living an 18—year—old chechen man with tier 2 restrictions. with refugee status in france. it means the village of appley bridge is now split in two. he lived an hour's drive at this dance school, away from confla ns, classes are back online. the prosecutor said, and had to ask school pupils ijust find it really to point his target out. confusing, every day changes. so i have schools in samuel paty was a 47—year—old teacher of history and greater manchester and also geography who decided to use schools in west lancashire. two cartoons of muhammed so we just go along as part of a class with the guidelines. on freedom of speech. one of the establishments down the road, the pub there investigators say it sparked is affected by the new measures a social media campaign on the lancashire side. by one outraged parent but then the pub trading on this side is not affected yet. and that there had been threats against the school. 0n the greater manchester side. i think it is a bit of a shame, really, because it has translation: yesterday there was a state of shock created a bit of a divide. and now the priority for us yesterday they were showing is to look after the children, two tiers on the app
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because i think it was very and things like that. and then theyjust said hard for them and it still is. finally, eventually, you are all locked down. translation: memories are going to come back, millions in the north—west he is going to say my teacher are now watching their step with these new rules. is not there. but many say they are and apparently there are photographs going round of the scene. confused, worried about i hope they don't see putting a foot wrong. those because i think they are already going to be philip norton, bbc affected by this for life. news, appley bridge. flowers mark the places this is bbc news. our main headlines: where lives are shattered. france plans a "national tribute" for a teacher brutally murdered on the outskirts in france, that list has grown a little longer this week. of paris, in a suspected confla ns now remembered alongside paris, nice, islamist attack. all the other places where hatred of french a new humanitarian ceasefire values has left blood comes into effect between armenia and azerbaijan — on the country's streets. lucy williamson, over the disputed region of nagorno—karabakh. bbc news, paris. earlier i spopke to monia bouguerra who is a member new zealanders are waking up of the union of french muslim democrats political party, to the largest victory by any political party since 1996. which wants to tackle jacinda ardern‘s labour the under—representation of muslims in french politics. party has won 49.4% of the vote, bringing them she gave me her reaction a projected 64 seats — to friday's attack. a rare absolute first of all, obviously majority in parliament. we are shocked. the opposition centre—right we were horrified by national party won 26.8% this terrorist attack and we deeply condemn of the votes, winning
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what happened yesterday. a projected 35 seats. it was just horrible. labour campaigned on tackling climate change, reducing is there concern among poverty and their record the muslim community of any on handling the coronavirus pandemic. kind of retribution now given ms ardern spoke after her the nature of the attack victory was confirmed. thank you to the people and the political environment? who worked so hard to share our message, the muslim community who volunteered for us in what is concerned because we are... we fear that it might felt like an endless campaign. increase islamophobia. thank you to the candidates and members of parliament we are in a country where who worked at notjust for six muslims have the impression weeks but for three years to that they are treated differently from the earn their community's support. rest of the society. and what happened yesterday has nothing to do with our faith, but most importantly, thank you to the many people we deeply condemn what happened yesterday. this terrorist attack does not who gave us their vote, who trusted us to continue represent what we believe in, with leading new zealand's and yes, indeed, we are afraid recovery, who stuck to the plan we are already rolling out, and concerned about what and to those amongst will happen after this. you who may not have supported because it is not the first labour before, and the time that some people,
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results tell me there some disoriented... people with mental issues were a few of you... kill people without... to you, i say thank you. in the name of islam. we will not take your support and so the muslim community for granted, and i can promise is held responsible for that you we will be a party that and that's what we are fearing. governs for every it was obviously quite a brutal new zealander. attack and there has been this ongoing issue of some people becoming radicalised in france and carrying out attacks, i spoke to emily cooper who so what do you suggest is the solution, then, explained why this was such a significant victory. to ensure that the muslim community is brought new zealand has a mixed member with the rest of the population and make sure they are voting system, which means part of the solution? party usually need help to form a government from minor first of all, we would like politicians to stop parties. but with this treating us differently. landslide, she can now basically do what she wants. she will have the power. this if the french state and french intelligence have failed is unprecedented, there is usually no majority under the to prevent terrorist attacks, it is not our fault, first of all. mmp system. she can now and we would like to be treated basically go hard on her transformational politics, her just like everyone else
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progressive politics, climate we are maybe six or seven change, child poverty. she has been held back a little bit the million muslims in france who just want to live peacefully. last three years by her we actually are members of the society — we are doctors, teachers — coalition partners. new zealand and we work in this country. first, whose leader is also new we were born and raised here. zealand's former deputy prime we would just like to be treated like everybody else. minister. his career is now pretty much dead in the water what we notice is that the french government after this election. he made is actually trying to polarise her prime minister after the the french society by diverting last election following coalition negotiations and now she does not even need him to french people's attention govern. he is new zealand's on the serious issues most experienced politician and that we are facing and even he could not predict her popularity. he is almost a victim of her popularity stigmatising us as the problem. himself. some of the criticism of jacinda a new ceasefire has come himself. some of the criticism ofjacinda ardern himself. some of the criticism of jacinda ardern was that her into effect in the bitter policy was a little thin on the ground in detail, do you think conflict over the disputed territory of nagorno—kara bakh. she can step up to the plate, the humanitarian truce was announced in identical especially to deal with the statements from armenia economic issues they have now and azerbaijan, and came after the russian foreign minister, got post covid—19? he or she is sergei lavrov, spoke a source of criticism from the to both sides. opposition party, particularly over the past couple of days when it comes to the economy. each side has accused the other of fresh attacks violating to be fair, 2020 has been another truce, including
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an azeri claim that armenia had incredibly unpredictable. she shelled its second city said herself that it has been ganja, killing civilians. incredibly uncertain, she has had to focus on the recovery rayhan demtyrie's report contains distressing and response to covid—19. images from the start. 0bviously new zealand's economy has taken a hit, she is going to have to make some tough decisions, including around three weeks of fighting has left a heavy toll, what happens with the borders. hundreds of people have been even she admitted in her speech killed on both sides. that it will not be an easy few a new ceasefire, if it yea rs. that it will not be an easy few years. she is a really different style of leader. she is very personable, very holds, has come too late. informal. how much do you think the azeri authorities say that was part of her success?” there were at least 14 think both globally and at civilians killed when armenian missiles struck home, she has resonated with a neighbourhood in ganja, azerbaijan's her personable, compassionate second—largest city. style of politics. she made the rescue works continued late headlines globally for her into saturday evening, response to the christchurch there may be more people trapped under the rubble. moscow tax, taking her baby to azerbaijan's prosecutor general said armenia would be held responsible for the attack. the united nation's —— mosque attacks. it has been a i think this is really serious crime. this is war crime
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against civil people. landslide. even traditional, people who are not national voting areas seem to involved in war, in write rural new zealand, a lot fighting against armenia. of places like that have turned to labour after this election. this is, i think, including my own hometown. they a crime against humanity. had a national mp for 30 years. the armenian government denies that rockets were fired it isa had a national mp for 30 years. it is a stark contrast to the election we saw three years from its territory. it maintains that the fighting ago. labour may still govern on its own, it may need help from is between armenian—backed karabakh forces and azerbaijan. its own, it may need help from its green party friends. does this show a shift to the left? it says azerbaijan continues to bombard probably, yes. but it shows a nagorno—kara bakh‘s capital. change in feeling in new this local resident zealand and also personality politics does come into it as describes what he saw. well. translation: it was a plane the british police officer who was poisoned in the nerve that hit us because the damage is so great. agent attack in the english it was a small missile that hit city of salisbury in 2018, is leaving the force. detective sergeant nick bailey over there, the main area. was contaminated with novichok at the home of sergei and yulia skripal — now armenia and azerbaijan where it had been sprayed have agreed to a new on a door handle. humanitarian ceasefire. but, after returning to duty last year, he's tweeted that the same pledge he's "had to admit defeat". was made last week. jon donnison reports. it did not hold. detective sergeant nick bailey has been a police officer for 18 years, but his life has not been the same since
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daily global coronavirus cases the salisbury attack. rose by more than 400,000 as the investigation began, for the first time on friday — he was one of the first a record one—day increase — officers to visit the home with europe emerging as the new epicentre of sergei skripal, of the virus. the french health ministry has the main target of the poisoning operation. it's not entirely clear how reported a record number of new confirmed cases detective sergeant bailey of covid—i9 on saturday — became contaminated, at more than 32,400. but the nerve agent had been sprayed on a doorhandle. it comes as a night—time curfew within hours, he began affecting 20 million residents to fall seriously ill. across major cities has been he ended up in intensive care. implemented — set to last for at least four weeks. 0nce i'd come back from the czech republic saw more the house, the skripals' house, than 11,000 new cases. my pupils were like pin pricks. and i was quite sweaty and hot. in response, the army is to build an emergency field hospital in prague. at the time, i put that down and more than 7,000 cases have to being tired and stressed. been recorded by germany in the two and a half in the latest 2a hour period. years since the attack, detective sergeant bailey has made three attempts to return in the uk, more than 28 million to work but today, in a series people in england have of posts on twitter, spent their first day under he said he'd admitted defeat. tighter coronavirus restrictions. it's also 2a hours since he said although he'd tried northern ireland started a four hard to make it work, week "circuit—brea ker" lockdown he could no longer find peace — closing all hospitality while working in the venues, except to provide take—aways. policing environment. in a statement, the chief
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daniela relph looks constable of wiltshire police, at the impact of the kier pritchard, said... tightened restrictions. london, now under tier 2 restrictions. meeting outside is ok with distancing and no more than six of you. 00:10:11,679 --> 2147483051:41:50,554 socialising indoors 2147483051:41:50,554 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 is banned, except with your 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. 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.
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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
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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. from monday, all plastic bags will be banned across the state of new york where more than 23 billion bags are used every year. and helping to make the point about plastic waste is this ‘grocery‘ store in times square, as gail maclellan reports. fancy some sushi? or how about this delicious sausage? it probably wouldn't be wise to start your day with this cereal because, like all the products in this grocery store, it is made of plastic. this art installation
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is intended to highlight the amount of single use plastic that ends up being thrown away and harming the environment. there is an excessive amount of waste and single use plastic that is used daily in new york city and all over the world, and it is designed for convenience, designed to be used for a very brief period of time and then thrown away. but there is no away and it does not go anywhere, it does not decompose and it is ending up in our oceans and the environment, and it is a real problem. the director of the exhibition says the novelty of the plastic veg, frozen or baked goods is that people get the message about the effect of waste on the environment without the need for long explanations. it just holds again that mirror up to all of the plastics that are part of our everyday experiences and everyday retail experiences, in particular, that we just do not see. and one of the things i love about this project is that without presenting the facts and figures, it still is
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something that stays with you. you almost cannot un—see the plastic bag store when you step into your next grocery store experience. the installation will only be in place for three weeks but took years to design and create. the material, though, was easy to find. as the artist says, it is trash and unfortunately it is everywhere. a reminder of our top story. france plans a "national tribute" for a teacher brutally murdered on the outskirts of paris, in a suspected islamist attack. more on that story which is being discussed quite a lot in france. if you go to our website. all the latest as they are. stay with us.
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hello. sunday will be the last day in this spell of fairly quiet, settled weather. that said, there will still be enough cloud out there to produce a little patchy rain in a few spots as we go through the day. but some of us will actually end up being a little bit brighter than we were on saturday. we're just in this weather pattern waiting for something to come along, and the signs are there in the atlantic as low pressure's starting to form and heading our way to bring some very different weather in the week ahead, as we'll see in a moment. now, this is how we start off on sunday morning. the thickest cloud through northern ireland, scotland, through northern and eastern england, giving some outbreaks of mostly light rain. so, some of us getting off to a damp start. there may be some early sunny spells in the far north east of scotland that will cloud over. and as all this starts to push north again, it will stay damp for some of scotland, but northern ireland will brighten up for a time. parts of wales and across the midlands and southern england, a greater chance of seeing some sunny spells on sunday compared with saturday. but it will still be another
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rather cool day, but for now the winds are light. some rain will push across northern ireland on through sunday evening. 0n across the northern isles, too. and more widely into scotland, into parts of northern england as the night goes on. south of that, there will be a few clear spells around. for all parts, the breeze is starting to pick up. starting to come in, though, from the south. look at this, it has been so quiet. it is much more active on the big picture here, though, for monday. weather fronts out towards the north and the west, and of course low pressure taking over. and during monday, there will be some further heavy rain, particularly into northern ireland and scotland. but some outbreaks of rain also affecting some of us towards the west of wales and western fringes of england, whereas elsewhere, cloud's going to increase. still some hazy brightness. again, the wind is starting to pick up as well, but it's a southerly breeze. those temperatures are a little bit higher. the spell of rain will push east across all parts during monday night. on tuesday, still some further heavy rain in northern scotland. further heavy showers elsewhere in scotland
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and northern ireland. a few elsewhere on this brisk south—southwesterly wind. but that flow of air will bring some milder weather in, particularly into england and wales, where some will reached towards the high teens. temperatures trail off again later in the week, and as the week goes on, there will be further spells of rain clearing to showers to end the week. bye— bye.
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a teacher in paris on friday had been waiting outside the school and had asked pupils to identify his victim. it's thought the teacher, samuel paty, was targeted for showing cartoons of the prophet muhammad. a national tribute will take place for him on wednesday. a new ceasefire has come into effect in the deadly conflict over the disputed territory of nagorno karabakh. the humanitarian truce was announced in identical statements from armenia and azerbaijan, and came after the russian foreign minister, sergei lavrov, spoke to both sides. a number of countries across europe have reported new record highs in their daily coronavirus cases. france, poland, cyprus and belgium are among them. the continent is now once again the epicentre of the pandemic. the rspca says it's dealing with a surge in the number
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