to argue he had no choice but to sue for peace. but few here are convinced. for weeks, the message from the government to the people was, "armenia can welcome to bbc news — never be defeated." my name is mike embley. but with this peace deal, our top stories. armenia has lost this war. and that has left the nation feeling shocked and angry. us president—electjoe biden meanwhile, armenians continue to mourn. names a key appointee the human cost of this to his administration — war has been huge. longtime aide ron klain the sense of loss almost will serve as white too much to bear. steve rosenberg, house chief of staff. as president trump still holds back from conceding defeat — bbc news, yerevan. officials in georgia confirm they'll recount the votes cast in the state. peru‘s new interim pro—democracy president manuel merino has lawmakers in hong kong resign en masse, after four announced his pick to lead of their colleagues a new cabinet. are expelled by china for backing independence. the former president mart—een vees—kaara was impeached over bribery allegations. as america's covid—19 cases climb to a record high — but protestors furious there's a warning hospitals at the impeachment are still marching on the streets of the capital lima, despite appeals for calm. mark lobel‘s report does include some flashing could soon be overwhelmed. images, from the start. further unrest on

the streets of lima. hours after the swearing in of a new president president—electjoe biden‘s these protesters think announced a key appointee will damage their country. to his administration. police have fired tear gas his longtime aide ron klain will serve and arrested people. as his chief of staff. he served in a similar role during mr biden‘s translation: they have damaged private property vice—presidency. and continue to come. earlier, president we have to disperse them. trump made his first official appearance since election night — to lay a wreath at the tomb the politicians call for unity, currently up in flames. of the unknown soldier the row flared up after at arlington national ceremony, monday‘s impeachment of former on armistice day. president martin vizcarra on bribery allegations, prompting his removal from office. protesters are unhappy at this change, with elections months away, with the country in the midst of a coronavirus mr trump still refuses to concede that he lost the vote. mr biden also attended a veterans day event crisis, and with economic policies to usher in in philadelphia, pennsylania. (biv)meanwhile, as the country georgia's top election official battles a recession. says the state will recount moments after the vote, all paper ballots by hand — and on live television, because the margin is so close. one protester had this message for a politician who backed i've been speaking to our vizcarro‘s removal. north america correspondent, lebo diseko, on georgia's recount and firstly about mr biden‘s newchief of staff.

yes, very interesting protesters sense a coup, disappointment of his long time as an interim government trusted aide ron klain. is swiftly ushered in. the interim president, this man, manuel merino, has been sworn in. the speaker of congress, this businessman, a member of the centre right action party, is peru‘s third he served as his chief of staff president in four years. when he was vice president. seeking stability, he‘s also for al gore as well during chosen an experienced former defence minister, who was sworn in on wednesday the clinton administration so he comes with lots of to lead his cabinet. experience in washington but also he was appointed to lead president obama's response to the ebola crisis translation: public security, a few years ago. and so that experience peace, a health crisis, in terms of public health is something that will be very useful at the moment, economic challenges, certainly. finding people work — interestingly, he went those are the challenges. viral a couple times also, there were april‘s elections, when we need during the campaign, standing to hand over power to in front of a white board essentially lecturing donald trump on what you should be doing differently in terms of the coronavirus and saying what whoever is elected. joe biden would do better. we'll a chance to see the new prime minister also appealed for protesters to calm whether that plays out. down, to help the government get out of the crisis. but with a nationwide protest called for thursday evening, president trump still there may be a stormy making all kinds of few days ahead. assertions about fraud and the mark lobel, bbc news. recount without producing any meaningful evidence. particularly on the

georgia recount. you have first—hand experience of the accounts. yes, there are a couple of things. donald trump has been quite quiet all day. we have not heard much from him apart from twitter and he tweeted not long ago complaining about the a court in the us has rejected singer britney spears‘ attempt to have her father removed way the votes were conducted as controller of her estate. in michigan and pennsylvania, a judge did say however complaining that republicans that she would consider future had not been allowed access watch the vote. appeals for his dismissal i was in detroit in or outright removal. a warning that this report michigan and i spoke from rachel stanton with an election official told contains flash photography. me that they have a set number an international superstar known for chart—topping hits of people from each party that since she was a teenager, are allowed in the room at any britney spears is now back in the time to watch the vote and they realise that they had more than headlines after a us court rejected her appeal to have her father removed as the set amount of people conservator of her estate. since 2008 her father at a particular time. jamie has been her legal they asked people to leave and that is guardian due to concerns when it really descended into quite shocking scenes, really. people banging on the windows about her mental health. demanding to be let in. he has been in charge in pennsylvania there is of her money. a separate issue which is to do the legal battle with how far they were allowed is taking place against a backdrop of the free to be from people countingand britney movement, a group of whether or not they fans who believe the star is being kept prisoner by her were able to see. father and others.

that is something that has britney‘s lawyer gone to that state's supreme court. in georgia that is an automatic recount because told the court... of how close that margin is there. it has triggered an automatic recount but it has meanwhile, the lawyer been counted by hand which is above and beyond what they have forjamie spears said... to do, really. the judge said she would and the secretary considerfuture appeals of state there who is for his dismissal essentially a top official or outright removal. in charge of the election is a republican, but he has coming for a lot of criticism from his in the meantime, a financial company has been own party, the two incumbent appointed as a co—conservator senators there are republicans but for now it is not enough to and they have been calling for him to stop the frustration resign over the way the election has been of herfunds. handled, and he has been say not only does he think the election was done fairly and that there was no here‘s jem aswad, senior foul play at hand but he also music editor at variety on what‘s been happening. does not think this recount will amount to much. mental health is probably we know that the least specific recounts only change science that exists. things by about a hundred votes or so in either direction so, but you have to think that, if britney‘s lawyer said she was yeah, we will have to wait and see how that turns out. afraid of her father and that this was not mentioned earlier, there's been international that he had appointed criticism of china after a new business managerfor her

pro—democracy lawmakers in hong kong resigned en masse without telling her, among from the legislative council. the other allegations that were made, the other claims that the mass resignations came after four of their colleagues were made, they still decided were expelled for backing independence. earlier, beijing had granted the hong kong authorities not to remove him as her new security powers, to quell dissent. john sudworth reports conservator then her lawyer from beijing. it was a slow walk out of parliament failed to make a strong and a sign ofjust how swiftly enough case for that. it isjust for china has moved to quell hong kong's pro—democracy movement. four politicians, who had the time being but spoken in favour of us for the time being has been sanctions on hong kong, going on for 12 years. disqualified within minutes we are told she is not speaking to her of the announcement father, she will not perform as long as the situation goes on, from beijing. but there can be further hearings to try to resolve last year's mass protests, this. yes, exactly. fuelled by fears that china and things between her and her father have been contentious for several was undermining hong kong's years as her fans certainly have not failed to note, and freedoms, have been stopped also she said earlier this year she was not going to perform. by a sweeping national security law, so things have not really but few would have imagined that changed but apparently her parliamentary opposition attorneys have not presented enough compelling reasons for would be targeted too, things to change. by new powers handed to

the city's pro—beijing leader. an extremely rare purple—pink russian diamond has sold at auction in switzerland for twenty—six—point—six translation: from now on, at auction in every lawmaker must support switzerland for 26.6 million dollars. the basic law the 14.8—carat diamond, called of hong kong and be "the spirit of the rose," is the largest of its kind loyal to the people's to be auctioned, as almost republic of all pink diamonds are under 10 carats. it was sold to a telephone china, in order bidder who chose to build a political system dominated by patriots. to remain anonymous. in protest, the remaining pro—democracy the diamond was named lawmakers announced after a ballet performed that they were all resigning, by the legendary russian dancer leaving hong kong's leaders without any effective vaslav nijinsky in 1911. opposition at all. this act of resignation a reminder of our top story. is not just in protest against beijing's rule joe biden‘s named of...rule by decree — a key appointee to his administration. it's no longer rule of law. ron klain who first worked for it's not even rule by law, the us president—elect in 1989 will serve as the white house chief of staff. it's rule by decree. one of mr klain‘s more recent roles saw him oversee the obama administration‘s response hong kong's fractious parliament was not always to the ebola outbreak. a model of democracy and you can get in but it was one of the few spaces touch with me and most left for dissent. of the team on twitter — now it's gone, too. i‘m @bbc mike embley. let's get some of

the day's other news. a british nurse, lucy letby, hello there. has been charged with murdering the weather will quieten eight babies, and attempting down for a day or so to murder another 10 at the before it turns more unsettled countess of chester hospital. as we move towards the end she was previously arrested in 2018 and 2019 as part of the week and the weekend. of a probe into deaths at the neo—natal unit. but today‘s dry and settled she's due to appear weather is thanks to before warrington a ridge of high pressure. magistrates on thursday. but it won‘t last long as cloud and showers start to push into western areas. australia will appoint a ‘special investigator‘ to prosecute allegations of war now that‘s the overnight wind crimes by its troops and rain clearing away in afghanistan. from the east coast. this ridge of high pressure settles things down briefly before the next low pressure moves the australian government is preparing to release a long—awaited report into the west into the conduct of special of the uk through forces during the conflict. the afternoon. so we could have a hang back of clouds and showers prime minister scott morrison for a time across the east, said australia had to confront hanging around shetland "brutal" truths about the actions of some pretty much all day. of its armed forces. and much of the country is dry with plenty of sunshine around, tropical storm eta has but you‘ll see spun towards the west the clouds thickening up out west. coast of florida. outbreaks of rain the strong winds and flooding have prompted the state's pushing in here, governor to declare a state more prolonged rain pushing in of emergency in 13 counties. around 200 people have died for western scotland by the end or are missing after eta of the day, along with hit central america. the strengthening winds. temperatures down on what we had the former leader of bolivia, evo morales, has returned home from exile , a day yesterday, 10—13 celsius. after a member of his now it‘s dry for much of central socialist party was sworn and eastern parts of the country in as the new president. as we head through the mr morales was bolivia's first course of the night,

indigenous president and left but this band of rain, some the country a year ago after losing support of it heavy, and strong winds of the army following slowly pushing eastwards followed by some blustery showers. very windy conditions across the northwest of scotland, a disputed election. but a pretty blustery night for most areas. those temperatures generally in single figures — high single figures, mind you, the us is seeing we could see 9—10 celsius a surge in coronavirus. across the south of england. currently an average of over 900 people a day are now so this is the pressure chart dying with the disease. for friday, low pressure more than a million new cases in november pushed the total to the north west of confirmed cases to over 10 million nationally withjust the uk, lots of isobars under 240,000 deaths so far. in the northwest, experts warn hospitals so very windy here. across the country could but it will still be quite gusty with this band of rain soon be overwhelmed. lying through central here's dr parts of the country davis, she's for friday morning. that should eventually clear an infectious disease way to the north sea, physician at the washington and skies will brighten up for most of the afternoon. university school of medicine. but there‘ll be lots of showers rattling into northern and western areas — some of these will be this is devastating at a really bad point and we have not seen heavy and quite frequent with rumbles of thunder across the northwest the worst yet. of scotland. we have reached over those temperatures 10—13 celsius, and with the wind it the 240,000 deaths. will feel on the cool side, despite it being fairly mild. com pletely u na cce pta ble the low pressure really dominates for a country with this much the scene as we head capacity. to the weekend. you can see lots isobars on the chart, particularly across the south

with the flu season here of the country, and plenty of weather fronts and the cold and people indicating some rain. after the last few cool days, coming indoors this will only unless we put in some very dire it looks like it‘ll turn milder measures soon. again into the weekend, particularly on saturday. something slightly cooler do you see the chance pushing in from west of those measures been as we head through sunday, especially across put in place under this the north of the uk. administration or soon enough so a pretty wild weekend in store, under a new administration? some heavy rain around, strong winds, gales across the south coast. very mild for a time the issue here on saturday, feeling a little is we are operating bit fresher on sunday. a power vacuum. we have just finished a very contentious election. and the white house is yet to address is regard us to the pandemic although president—elect biden and vice president elect harris‘s coronavirus task force is refreshing for those of us in the medical and public health arena, they are limited in what they can do untiljanuary 20 so it is up to the country to band together and put in place preventative measures until we can get to why they received

vaccine which we won't see into the middle of next year for most people. or more therapeutics that can help. the bigger issue here, though, is hospitals are already reaching capacity and with that issue and with limited resources by way of ppe in small rural hospitals and private hospitals we really are in for some trouble here. in italy, almost 33,000 new cases have been reported on wednesday — which takes the total number of confirmed infections pasti million. the government last week imposed nationwide curbs including a curfew. tuscany and four other regions have been designated as ‘orange zones‘ — that means bars and restaurants are closed but shops remain open. people are free to move this is bbc news. the headlines: within their towns and cities joe biden‘s named but not leave them. a key appointee to his administration. ron klain will be chief of staff in a biden white house. he first worked for the president—elect in 1989, when mr biden was a senator. stay with us on bbc more recently, he oversaw world news, still to come: a the 2009 economic stimulus

setback for britney spears programme and the response after a court rejects the singer‘s bid to retake control of her affairs to the ebola outbreak. from her father. while president trump still holds back from conceding defeat in last week‘s election, the state of georgia has announced its first ever vote recount. joe biden leads there byjust 111,000 out of the five million votes cast. officials there will recount all of the paper ballots by hand. pro—democracy lawmakers in hong kong have resigned en masse from the legislative council, after four of their colleagues were expelled for backing independence. it comes after china granted the authorities new security powers, to quell dissent. beijing said only those it regards as patriots can serve.

this is bbc world news, the latest headlines. us president—electjoe biden names a key appointee to his administration — longtime aide ron klain will serve as white house chief of staff. as president trump still holds back from conceding defeat — officials in georgia confirm they‘ll recount the votes cast in the state. the acting un envoy for libya has announced a breakthrough at talks on the country‘s political future between the warring factions. stephanie williams said there‘d been a preliminary agreement on a roadmap to elections within the next 18 months. jonathan winer is the former us special envoy for libya.

he gave us his reaction to the announcement. williams is very experienced and tenacious and she has driven the process forward that gives libyans the chance of selecting their own government. after years of an appointed government, un brokered government. and after years of fighting civil conflict. it‘s really a very positive development and let‘s hope that it turns out to happen. how hopeful are you? i would be very cautious but libyans will fight and dispute and avoid solutions until the moment until the moment they decide the fighting in the disputing and avoiding solutions is over. and i‘ve seen them come together sometimes very quickly as they did for the formation of the current government when they decided enough is enough and when there are opportunities for a wide range of people in the country to get benefits from a deal. and certainly, getting

elections, potentially, could benefit the entire nation of libya. the entire nation suffered horribly since the fall of colonel gaddafi. what would you pinpoint as the key problem? well, it is not helped libya to a foreign country supporting various clients and giving them weapons and fomenting civil war for advantage, for regional advantage. and when the foreigners tell their clients, you need to deal, you need to reach an agreement, then deals become possible. libyans also need to put aside personal ambitions and their desire to bring home more for their little local group. to realise that libya has enough wealth from oil to share so that every libyan can be made better off by peace. elections are the way to go and provide tremendous opportunity for the company to move beyond the chaos.

the regional government in ethiopia‘s northern tigray region has issued a decree ordering the total mobilisation of its people. state television said the authorities had ordered the population to defend itself against what it described as the flagrant aggression of the federal government. hundreds of fighters from both sides are reported to have been killed during a week of clashes between regional forces and federal troops. the bbc‘s reporter has the latest from addis ababa. 550, that‘s a number provided by the federal authorities here in addis ababa, as the number of fighters they say they killed when they were fighting on the side of the tigran people‘s liberation front. this number, needless to say, was not independently verified. but it comes as various reports indicate there have been hundreds of casualties from both sides. yesterday, the federal police here in the capital said that they have arrested 17 military

personnel, including top officials, because they accused them of colluding with the tplf when the northern command located in tigray was allegedly attacked. but these are not the only arrests that we are hearing. there are at least six journalists currently in detention and who are being investigated for various crimes. different rights groups have expressed their concerns over their arrest. this conflict, that‘s showing no sign of waning, is already impacting neighbouring countries. there are reports indicating there is an influx of refugees that are crossing the border to the sudanese territory. more refugees are expected as the conflict continues. authorities at the central government here say that they are going to end the military operation only when perpetrators that they accuse of attempting to destabilize the country face justice. but many are not sure how soon that‘s going to happen. kalkidan yibeltal, bbc news, addis ababa.

thousands of people have taken to the streets of the armenian capital, yerevan, to protest against a deal to end the fighting in the disputed region of nagorno—karabakh. the deal, brokered by russia, has been celebrated by neighbouring azerbaijan as a victory. but the agreement is deeply unpopular in armenia. steve rosenberg has this report from yerevan. wailing. at a military cemetery in yerevan, there are so many families grieving. so many fresh graves. burning incense — the armenian way of sending prayers to heaven. the sense of loss here is made more acute by defeat. this family lost a son recently in kara bakh. they‘re angry with russia for not backing armenia against azerbaijan. "president putin," he says, "has betrayed all christian people." his wife blames defeat

on armenia‘s own leaders. "for years," she says, "they‘ve been selling us out, selling our land with the blood of our sons. they‘ll pay. the parents of the dead will gouge out their eyes." "go away," she shouts. "traitor," they say. they‘re talking about armenia‘s prime minister, nikol pashinyan. these protesters believe that by ceding territory to azerbaijan in and around karabakh, mr pashinyan has betrayed them. we are here to demand the prime minister, nikol pashinyan, to resign. only one person decided to give land. but this land is not his land. it is our nation‘s land. 00:19:02,269 --> 2147483051:46:15,849 in hiding since the peace deal, 2147483051:46:15,849 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 mr pashinyan used social media