this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm nancy kacungira. with president trump still refusing to concede the election, barack obama accuses senior us republicans of undermining democracy. it's one more step in delegitimising, notjust the incoming biden administration, but democracy in general. it's official — aung san suu kyi's ruling party wins myanmar‘s general election. in nagorno karabakh, the ethnic armenians burning their own houses down to prevent them falling into the hands of their enemies

hello and welcome. senior us officials responsible for the integrity of the presidential election have said there's no evidence that any votes were deleted or lost or that the poll was in any way compromised. president trump has repeatedly circulated claims of fraud and errors and still refuses to acknowledge he lost to joe biden. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. the most secure election in american history, the verdict from senior us officials, refusing the presidents claims that there was widespread voter fraud, a top committee overseen by the department of homeland security has concluded there is no answer — a case to answer.

while we know there is a number of claims about the process, they say: barack obama, who campaigned alongside joe biden, his former deputy has now added his former deputy has now added his voice to the growing criticism of mr trump over his false claims of election fraud. they appeared to be motivated, in part, because the president does not like to lose, and never admits loss. i am more troubled by the fact that other republican officials who clearly know better a re republican officials who clearly know better are going along with this, are humouring him in this fashion. it is one more step in delegitimising, not just the more step in delegitimising, notjust the incoming biden administration but democracy in general, and that is a dangerous part. senior

democrats are urging the white house to acknowledgejoe biden's win, saying the president—elect should be given access to the security briefings that mr trump gets every day. the speaker of the health, nancy pelosi, said the absurd circus meant that the coronavirus pandemic was being neglected and the leader of the democrats in the senate in this message with senior republicans. stop denying reality. stop deliberately and recklessly selling doubt about our democratic process and start focusing on probit. the unease felt at mr trump continuing denial about the result has prompted the elders, a group of senior world figures founded by nelson mandela to condemn the presidents behaviour. the tragedy is that the united states has always been the supporter of the strong advocate for democracy and adherence to the will of the people. when the votes are counted, you accept that and

so, we do see it as being serious for the united states in the short—term also very worrying internationally because it is obviously that something autocrats and bad leaders are rejoicing because they're laughing, leaders are rejoicing because they‘ re laughing, they leaders are rejoicing because they're laughing, they are saying who talked about democracy? look at the united states! apart from playing golf last weekend and one official engagement to mark veterans' day, donald trump is confined himself to the white house since the election, venting his anger through social media. peter bowes, bbc news. onto the pandemic now and the world health organisation has issued a warning saying: "we may be tired of covid 19 — but it is not tired of us." many countries are in their second wave of infections and are seeing the number of hospitalisations or new cases reaching figures not seen since the start of the pandemic. in some countries the outbreak is worse than its ever been. the us has seen a record

number of new cases in a single 2a hour period, with more than 142,000 people being diagnosed with covid—19. and while cases are dropping in france, the number of people in hospital is now at an all time high of 32,638. in the uk, there's been a record rise, with 33,470 new infections and the second day since may where deaths exceeded 500. with more, here's simonjones. schoolchildren in liverpool and north—west england get tested as part of a citywide trial offering checks to everyone to try and stop the spread of the virus. definitely worth doing. 0bviously virus. definitely worth doing. obviously we have to keep safe because you don't want to get coronavirus, especially in a big school you don't want it to spread. there were 30 3000, 470 new infections recorded in the uk in the latest 24—hour

period, a record number, though testing capacity has increased greatly since the first wave stop the average new cases per day in the past week is now 23,857. it's important to look at the number of cases reported over a number of days and not to ta ke over a number of days and not to take one day in isolation but it's clear that infection rates have been going up as i've shown you on what's really important is to get them down. that is what will reduce deaths, and pressure on hospital. elsewhere in europe, portugal is expanding the number of places subject to a nighttime curfew, meaning two—thirds of the country will be under the toughest restrictions from monday. in france, while cases may be falling, the number of people in hospital is now at a record level. we've also seen in the last few days, one hospitalisation every 30 seconds and one admission into intensive care seconds and one admission into intensive ca re every seconds and one admission into intensive care every three minutes. in the us, the number

of cases and people hospitalised is at an all—time high, leading to new restrictions. chicago has told people to stay at home for the next month. if we continue on the path we are on, and you and me and others do not step up, and do more, our estimates are that we could see a thousand more chicago residents die from this virus by the year. but better news from australia, where the state of victoria has recorded 14 days in a row without any coronavirus cases or deaths. the world health organization has issued a warning though, saying they may be tired of covid—i9 but it is not tied of us. — — saying it be tired of. simon jones, bbc news. thousands of ethnic armenians are fleeing areas of nagorno—karabakh that will be handed over to azerbaijan, as part of the recent peace deal. there've been six weeks of violent clashes in the region which is internationally

recognised as azerbaijan's but has been run by ethnic armenians. some armenians have resorted to burning down their own homes rather than see them in the hands of their enemies. steve rosenberg reports. in nagorno—karabakh, the fighting has stopped but the exodus has started. ethnic armenians are rushing to leave before much of this area is handed to azerbaijan. for these armenian soldiers, defeat is hard to swallow. everyone has lost comrades. but for these young men there is relief, too, that a bloody six—week war is over. translation: if this war had continued, we would have all been killed. azerbaijan has more money, weapons and military equipment than us. armenia was given less than a week to vacate this land. this man is packing up and taking absolutely everything with him.

he is stripping the house bare. he's even removed all the windows. "i feel so much pain, you cannot imagine," he tells me. i do not know when to go. i have seven children but i have no home. nearby, silent prayers in an armenian monastery, but within days, azerbaijan will control the town. the ancient monastery in dadivank is proof, say people here, that this land was and is armenian. but history is complicated in the caucasus. only 30 years ago, dadivank was part of azerbaijan, until armenian forces captured it.

and if they must leave now, some armenians are leaving nothing behind. this family are destroying their home, so that no azerbaijani can move into it. translation: i built this house from scratch. i can't leave it to anyone. we've taken whatever we can and now i'm just going to burn it. if my children can't use this house, then no—one can. there is nothing these people can do about this peace agreement. there is nothing they can do about losing this land. the only thing they can do is make sure they leave nothing behind for azerbaijan. a peace agreement may have ended war, but the hatred keeps burning. steve rosenberg, bbc news, dadivank. in myanmar, counting is continuing after sunday's general election, but with votes so far counted and published its now become clear that aung san suu kyi's

ruling national league for democracy has won enough seat to form the next government. simon adams, from the global centre for the responsibility to protect says he's concerned about a lack of democratic process. it has been a great victory for aung san suu kyi obviously and that will be the story that will be in many international newspapers and sent around the world but i guess my question is somebody who comes from a human rights background in terms of the work that is done by my centre is at what cost? because i think it's fair to say that this election was not free and certainly not democratic when you're systematically disenfranchising, for example, the minority rohingya in the rakhine state in the north and in other areas like shan and kachin, with the electoral commission did not let people from minority populations vote. that is about 1.5— 2 million

people who did not get to vote simply because they were of a particular ethnic group and in the wrong part of the country. so, ithink the wrong part of the country. so, i think in some ways it's been a consolidation of power of aung san suu kyi but at what cost for democracy in myanmar? stay with us on bbc news, still to come: 18 months after winning the title, tiger woods is amongst the early runners as the masters finally gets under way. the bombastic establishment outsider donald trump has defied the pollsters to take the keys to the oval office. i feel great about the election results. i voted for him because i genuinely believe that he cares about the country. it's keeping the candidate's name always in the public eye that counts. success or failure depends not only on public display, but on the local campaign

headquarters and the heavy routine work of their women volunteers. berliners from both east and west linked hands and danced around their liberated territory. and, with nobody to stop them, it wasn't long before the first attempts were made to destroy the structure itself. yasser arafat, who dominated the palestinian cause for so long, has died. the palestinian authority has declared a state of mourning. after 17 years of discussion, the result was greeted with an outburst ofjoy. women ministers who'd long felt only grudgingly accepted among the ranks of clergy, suddenly felt welcome. this is bbc world news. these are the latest headlines: barack obama criticises senior republicans as president trump continues to refuse to accept that he lost the presidential

election. it's official — aung san suu kyi's ruling party wins myanmar‘s general election. it means another five years in power. it's understood the uk prime minister's senior aide, dominic cummings, is expected to leave the government by the end of the year. now, he told the bbc that his position hasn't changed since the start of the year, when he wrote that he wanted to make himself "largely redundant" by the end of the 2020. with me is our newsroom reporter mark lobel. mark, it's great to see you. sta rt by mark, it's great to see you. start by telling us exactly who dominic cummings is and what position he had? he is dominic —— boris johnson's chief adviser. they worked together in the vote leave campaign. borisjohnson in the vote leave campaign. boris johnson brought dominic

cummings with him into downing street. they embarked on a risky strategy and took on remainer mps risky strategy and took on remainermps in risky strategy and took on remainer mps in parliament and through the gauntlet out to the country under the banner of get brexit down. he looks like the cat that got the cream. he has had a controversial time as well. he confused coronavirus legislation when he took he long drive to check his eyesight. many felt that bent the spirit of the rules. and lee cain, another from the tampa mac faction, lost out in a very public power battle for boris johnson's year to a very public power battle for borisjohnson's year to the incoming press secretary allegra stratton, and boris johnson's beyonce, carrie symonds and minera meza, his policy chief. the two will be leaving downing street at the end of the year. what does this all mean for the future

direction of downing street? potentially this is significant. there could be a reset. what has been briefed to nicholas what is there will be more emphasis on climate change, music to the ears of president—electjoe biden in the us and levelling up the agenda for left behind towns in the uk, a less abrasive approach on the culture wars, so nice a language for institutions like the bbc, and a more positive case for the union rather than insisting on not holding a second independence referendum for scotland. all of this is meant to neatly segue into a time where we are not talking about the uk topping the coronavirus death charge in europe, but rather when there is a vaccine, possibly happening, and also if dominic cummings gets his wish that brexit is fully done and dusted. that is the hopeful environment for changes to come. and within boris johnson's party, will there be a sigh of relief? i think so.

there have been some screeching u—turns, which do not look good for any government. one of boris johnson's for any government. one of borisjohnson's predecessors, john major, said watch out for over mighty advisers. i wonder who he was talking about. now we have the so—called leading ladies in downing street who have boris johnson's ladies in downing street who have borisjohnson's year, i think you are more likely to see a more centrist boris johnson than when he was mayor of london. this feuds with the media and mps and civil servants. mark lobel, thank you very much. —— less feuds. austria has admitted that intolerable mistakes were made in the way its intelligence services handled information about the 20—year—old gunman who killed four people in a shooting rampage in vienna last week. the interior ministry has confirmed the attacker had taken part in a large meeting last summer that included islamists from abroad. in 2019, he served a prison sentence for trying to go to syria to join islamic state, but was released early because of his youth. bethany bell reports from vienna, on how the

country is coping with its first major terrorist attack in years. vienna is still morning it's dead. this restaurant lost one of its serving staff, a young german art student. peter raabe was having dinner here when the gunman struck. there was a big bang, ifirst gunman struck. there was a big bang, i first thought it could bea bang, i first thought it could be a joke? but it was too loud andi be a joke? but it was too loud and i realised it's not a normal situation. we waited, thenit normal situation. we waited, then it was gone, the police came and we couldn't go out. the gunman ran through the streets for nine minutes before he was shot dead by the police. vienna has had a reputation of being a very safe city. now that has changed. many people

asking why the attacker, a convicted jihadist, wasn't more closely monitored. in vienna this summer, the attacker met foreign islamist under observation in germany. he then travelled to slovakia, where he tried unsuccessfully to buy ammunition. the austrian authorities who were tipped off by the germans and the slovaks admit mistakes were made. the critics say too much went wrong. the secret service needs a complete reform, they have two get the best people in this country, and may be from other countries, and people in vienna have to be aware that this could happen again. in theatres, in rock holes, in, i don't know, public transport, um, we are not a safe haven anymore. two masks have been closed. these are difficult days for austria's muslim

community. it's like a nightmare. we still feel very much shocked and very, very sad. our values are much stronger than hatred and terrorism. together against terrorism, says this sign. a message against divisions. bethany bell, bbc news, vienna. let's ta ke let's take a look at what else is making headlines today. the six people in the philippines have died after typhoon van —— vamco last parts of the country. it triggered landslides, flooding and down power lines with the search operations are ongoing. swathes of mexico's golf state of

tabasco —— gulf state have been flooded after storm eta. the outcome of the vote in peru has led to riots outside the congress building. time for the sport now from the bbc sports centre. hello, i'm hugh ferris. some things are very different at augusta this year, but seeing tiger woods contending at the masters is not. the defending champion is handily placed after his first round, sitting three shots off paul casey's lead at four—under par. woods is attempting to win a record—tying sixth green jacket and matched his career best masters start with a bogey—free round after play was delayed by rain. a few of the camera guys, i

asked where did the ball go, because we didn't know. that was very different. a lot of firsts today. this is kind of the way this entire year has been. and the fact we are able to compete for a masters this year considering everything else that has been going on, it isa else that has been going on, it is a great opportunity for all of us. hungary, scotland and slovakia have qualified for euro 2020 after their play—off matches on thursday. and there'll also be a new name joining them in the finals. north macedonia, ranked just 65th in the fifa world rankings, won1—0 in georgia to claim a place in theirfirst major tournament. and the celebrations are probably still continuing. there is no single person in macedonia here who is not proud. this is like a national holiday. it api first because we only 2 million in this nation, so you can understand how important this success for

us. “— how important this success for us. —— it is our pride. india's cricket team arrived in australia and went straight into quarantine ahead of their multi—format series. the tour will begin with three one day internationals, starting on november the 27th in sydney, followed by three t20 matches and four tests. virat! brazil take on venezuela in the latest round of south american world cup qualifiers later on friday. tite's side will be looking to make it three wins from three, having beaten bolivia and peru in their opening qualifiers. they will be without their talisman, neymar, though, with the paris saint—germain player still recovering from a thigh injury. he's also been ruled out of their next game against uruguay on tuesday. england's georgia hall takes a one—shot lead into the second round of the first ever saudi ladies international. it's the first time a women's event had been held in the country. hall, a former british open champion, made the most of benign conditions at the start of the round to shoot a course

record 65, which included seven birdies for her on thursday. there's a new dog in town in turkmenistan — the president showing off a new trick for a beloved national treasure, and it's one you can't miss. tanya dendrinos reports. balloons, music and dancing. the full fanfare in ashgabat. you can't miss this new statue in turkmenistan. balloons, music and dancing, full fanfare in ask about some of the unveiling of this, a 19—foot statue of the alabai, in this case, all that glitters is gold. turkmenistan's president bestowing the honour on his favourite dog breed. dogs are of course known as man's best friend, and as part of the ceremony, one boy was handed another. the alabaiis a variety of the central asian shepherd dog and is listed under the country's national

heritage. the president's affinity runs deep, last year he devoted a book to the alabai, while in 2017 he gifted a puppy to russian president vladimir putin. translation: we have a common friend. you probably know this is the world's unique alabai dog, and today i brought this one with me. the price tag for the city's newest guard dog is unknown, but its grandeur it certainly isn't representative of a nation where much of the population is impoverished. tanya dendrinos, bbc news. before we go, a reminder of our top story, with donald trump yet you can see, oh president barack obama yet you can see, oh president ba rack obama has yet you can see, oh president barack obama has severely criticised senior republicans. any in mrtrump criticised senior republicans. any in mr trump is my party have backed the president was max dance in not yet conceding the election to his democratic rival, joe biden. says the us officials responsible for the us election says there is no

evidence that both were lost or deleted or that the election was in any way compromised. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @kacungira. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. hello there. today is shaping up to be not too bad a day. we should see a bit of sunshine around once we lose the morning rain. that band of rain has been spreading its way eastwards slowly during overnight and followed by blustery showers which will be running into scotland and northern ireland. so this is the rain i'm talking about, lying on the cold front, some slightly fresher air behind it. it will be working its way eastwards and ahead of it, cloudy, breezy and mild. there will be lots of showers across the north—west from the word go. some sunshine behind this rain band, continuing to journey eastwards through this morning, eventually clearing the south—east by around lunchtime. then it's a bright afternoon for most, but the showers will continue in the north—west — some heavy, perhaps even thundery.

then, a blustery day to come for all but very windy for the north—west of scotland, and winds here touching 50 mph. now, for the temperatures, it will actually feel on the cooler side, particularly in the north, 9—11 degrees. 12—14 degrees for the south. as we head through the overnight period, it looks like it will stay dry for a while, but then the next area of low pressure starts to sweep in from the atlantic, bringing increasing cloud and wind and rain getting heavier across southern and western areas. signs of milder air just getting into the south of the country by the end of the night but most are in single digits. now as we head on into the weekend, it will stay unsettled because we will have low pressure nearby. windy with gales and heavy rain in places, too. so low pressure will be moving in right across the country for saturday, lots of isobars on the charts, and it will be largely cloudy for most. outbreaks of fairly heavy rain at times — it's not going to be raining

all the time, it's going to be windy with gales around the irish sea coast and south coast, up to 50 mph. a mild day to come — 14—16 degrees in england and wales and 10—12 further north. it stays cloudy with further rain saturday night into sunday. low pressure still with us — a squeeze in the isobars, you'll notice there, across southern britain and lots of weather fronts, indicating outbreaks of rain. so it will be southern britain that sees more gales, up to 50—60 mph through the day causing disruption and spells. showers and longer spells of the rain in places, but there will be some sunshine around as well. not a complete washout. a slightly cooler day on sunday — your highs 10—14 degrees.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world: going out fighting — president trump ramps up the pressure on china, with a us investment ban on firms with alleged military ties. and, as the pandemic shuts down theme parks and movie studios, there's one major ‘plus' for disney. its video streaming service means earnings are far better than expected.