this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm reged ahmad. growing conflict in ethiopia with rocket attacks on two cities and reports of fighting across the eritrean border. armenia says it has uncovered a plot to stage a coup d'etat, involving opposition leaders who were detained earlier this week. supporters of us president—electjoe biden gather near the white house, to counter a rally by thousands of supporters of donald trump. retracing the steps of a kurdish family that drowned whilst trying to cross the english channel, as they're repatriated and buried in iran.

hello and welcome. rockets have been fired at the eritrean capital, asmara, from neighbouring ethiopia, in a major escalation of the conflict between the ethiopian government and local forces in the tigray region. the attacks came hours after a senior official in tigray threatened missile strikes on eritrea. earlier there were reports of clashes along the border between ethiopia and eritrea. the tigray people's liberation front see eritrea as supporting ethiopia's federal government. in an earlier attack, the tplf fired rockets at two ethiopian airports in retaliation for government air strikes in the region. let's take another look at the territory in the north, that's at the heart of the dispute. the ethiopian government says the rockets targeted the cities of gondar and bahir dar. our africa regional editor, will ross, reports. escaping from war, these

ethiopians are making the difficult journey across the border into sudan after fleeing the fighting in the tigray region. they were stuck between the opposing forces, and fearing for their lives abandoned their homes and a hurry. the un says thousands of refugees have made it to this very remote area of sudan where the conditions are tough. as the fighting intensifies, camps are springing up for displaced civilians. they spoke of the dangers that forced them to flee. in the chaos, many have been separated from their family members. translation: i went out with my father, my mother, and my child with only what we wore and now we have no money or anything. we fled from death. translation: forces entered burned our homes and killed people. they left nothing. we fled to sudan. translation: this is a conflict

between ethiopia's army and fighters who are loyal to the politicians in charge of the country's tigray region. the government says the fighting was triggered by an attack on a federal military base last week. with telecommunications switched off in tigray, it's hard to know what's happening on the ground but there have been reports of hundreds of soldiers being killed on both sides. and the conflict has heightened ethnic divisions. dozens of civilians were killed on monday night in what amnesty international describes as a massacre. ethiopia's been through big changes since its prime minister abiy ahmed came to power in 2018. he was awarded the nobel peace prize last year after reaching out to make peace with neighbouring eritrea. but the widespread reforms he pushed through sidelined the tigrayans of tplf party who had long dominated the political scene. they accuse mr abiy of teaming up with his new friend the eritrean president to attack the tigrayan forces. earlier came the threat to target every trap

with air strikes. —— to target every trail. —— to target eritrea. translation: whether they go from asmara or bahir dar to attack tigray or other places, whether it is by plane or other attacks, as per our statement that we'll commit retaliatory measures, we will undertake missile attacks on selected targets in addition to gondar and bahir dar airports. ethiopia's prime minister had predicted a swift win, but he may have underestimated the enemy. the impact of a drawn—out regional conflict would be devastating for the horn of africa region. will ross, bbc news. here's jens hesemann, senior field coordinator for emergency response with the un high commission for refugees. speaking from kassala on the eastern sudanese border with tigray province. he told us what refugees have been saying at the border. the people, the refugees arriving here in sudan are definitely afraid. they talk to us about scenes of war in ethiopia.

they say they fear for their lives. they are worried about their safety and they are traumatised in some cases as well. some people have said to us they continue to be worried. they look over their shoulders the whole time. we hear reports that there are still people hiding in the bush. just today we had another 3000 arrivals from ethiopia, so the influx continues from that country. it's very worrying here, they are mobilising the humanitarian response at a large scale. it's very difficult to reach some of these isolated border areas, but we are working together with unhcr, wfp, unicef and others to get help for these people. so, our people fleeing of violent cities happening in tigray or are they fearing what may be to come? it is very

difficult to say for a blanket statement for all of the people. what i can say is that we have people who say to us they have fled actual violence, they have talked to us that they have, some of them have lost family members. and they're worried about the situation very much. others say they think they are no longer safe in ethiopia so that's why they have left the country to come to sudan. it's obscene very hard to know what is happening there because of communication difficulties. but people who are fleeing are burning their belongings and bringing livestock. i they prepared for a long stay on the border? that is the impression we are getting. there are some people who have not brought much luggage but there's some people who have brought their agricultural equipment, they have brought their livestock and tractors in some cases... others have even brought their harvests as one of our teams reported today, a family came across

a truck of their harvest of their agriculture. what people are saying to us is it is very devistating for them because it is the harvesting season in that area of ethiopia and they cannot harvest their crops at the moment. it must be certain new scenes and scenes of any cross the border. is it sudan in a position to have so many refugees on the border for a length of time? over the past days i have been spending time speaking with the local communities and authorities and i must say they are really committed to receiving the refugees and giving them asylum here and that is positive to see. people don't have much but the little they have they share. we see the local communities sharing the food with them, providing tents to the arrivals as are up scanning this response. the immediate priorities are safe drinking water, food, sanitation at the borders, and we need to relocate people away from the borders but at the moment as we speak we speak we still have about 20,000 people in the border areas who just

came across into sudan. and that is not a good place to deliver a real humanitarian response. we need to be further away from the border so that provides safety to the new arrivals. armenia says it has uncovered a plot to stage a coup d'etat. the alleged plot involved several of the opposition leaders who were detained earlier this week after they organised demonstrations against the prime minister, following his decision to sign a controversial peace agreement with azerbaijan. as part of the peace deal agreed a week ago, several territories will be returned to azerbaijan. they were part of the country until the karabakh war in the early 1990s when they were taken by armenia's forces. this map shows how territory has once again changed control — following several weeks of fighting. the first region to be returned to azerbaijan will be kalbajar, on sunday. from yerevan, jonah fisher reports. the war over, its dreadful human cost is becoming clear.

this is a road near stepanakert, the largest town in nagorno—karabakh. it was the site of armenia's last stand a week ago. and there are scores of bodies and destroyed vehicles on the ground. armenia now says at least 2,300 of its soldiers died during the six weeks of fighting. azerbaijan has declined to publish its casualty figures. for armenia, this loss is not just about lives, but territory. in kelbajar, just outside nagorno—karabakh, the villagers are packing up their things to leave before the land is handed to azerbaijan on sunday. some chose to burn and destroy their homes, rather than let them be taken over by their enemy. 27 years ago, it was the other way around — armenians driving out azerbaijanis from kelbajar after they'd won the war. having negotiated this week's

peace deal, russia already has troops on the ground, overseeing its implementation. several thousand have been deployed to keep the warring sides apart and to maintain a land corridor between armenia and what's left of its nagorno—kara bakh enclave. this war has been a victory not just for azerbaijan, but for russia, too. jonah fisher, bbc news, yerevan. let me show you these pictures from washington. they show supporters of president—electjoe biden gathering at the black lives matter plaza, close to the white house. they're countering a rally by thousands of trump supporters who've been gathering in the nearby freedom plaza. joe biden's victory has been strengthened by his win in the state of georgia which gives him 306 electoral college votes, well over the 270 he needed. but president trump still hasn't recognised his defeat.

these are the pictures of supporters of president trump, rallying to back his unproven claims of voterfraud. as they started to gather earlier today president trump's motorcade passed the demonstrators and did a circuit of freedom plaza, before carrying on to his golf club in sterling, virginia. 0ur correspondent will grant explained why trump supporters came out to protest. certainly the vast majority of people who turned out to freedom plaza today hoped to catch that glimpse that you showed of president trump passing through on his way to play golf. remain convinced that some kind of fraud has taken place even though there's been no evidence proffered to support that. and they believe he should continue with his increasingly forlorn legal efforts, and in fact they have left their position now at freedom plaza and started making their way towards the supreme court. but you know it has not been a very well attended event.

maybe a few thousand, not the hundreds of thousands president trump claimed on twitter. you mentioned the legal attem pts you mentioned the legal attempts from the republican party and the white house. can you give us a party and the white house. can you give us a sense party and the white house. can you give us a sense of where things are at in that area? yes, some are falling sort of flat ready already. certainly they abandoned one in arizona because in maricopa county, the particular number of ballots that they were contesting would not have been sufficient to overturn the state going tojoe biden. similarly in pennsylvania, a request for 67 counties to be recounted and recast, that's been rejected. where else? michigan, a federal judge has thrown a request there to buck certification in detroit. bit by bit these different legal avenues are sort of meeting obstacles. whether or not the gop will keep going or they will have to leave it there depends on the state but none of these

attem pts state but none of these attempts look like they will be in any way sufficient to overturn one of the states let alone the several that donald trump would need to retain the white house for four more yea rs. white house for four more years. will grant there. austria is going into lockdown again from next tuesday. the country reported a record number of new daily infections on friday of 9586. that figure is nine times higher than at the peak of the first wave earlier this year. for the next two and a half to three weeks, schools and non—essential shops will close. people can leave their homes only for work, helping another person, essential shopping and exercise. here's our correspondent, bethany bell from the capital, vienna. a partial shutdown is already in place here in austria. restaurants, cafes and bars are closing and only doing takeaway services and high school students doing distanced learning but these measures have not been enough to bring down the soaring

number of new cases of coronavirus here. and now the government is taking stricter action. it is imposing a nationwide lockdown for the next three weeks. non—essential shops are being shut. all schoolchildren are now being told to have distanced learning although childcare will be provided if it is strictly necessary. and the government is hoping this will be enough to allow the shops to open at the beginning of december at midnight on the 6th of december this lockdown should end and there should be some christmas shopping and the people will be able to meet for christmas. but they say it all depends on whether they can flatten the curve. you are watching bbc news. the headlines. the conflict in northern ethiopia is growing, with rocket attacks on two cities and reports of fighting across the eritrean border. a thumbs up from president trump as thousands of his supporters line the streets of the us capital in support of his unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud

of his unsubstantiated claims of voterfraud. the bodies of a kurdish family that drowned whilst trying to cross the english channel have been repatriated and buried in iran. an iranian man who is accused of being the captain of the boat, has appeared before an investigating judge in france, with a view to being charged with manslaughter. bbc persian's jiyar gol has been retracing the family's footsteps and talking to people who were on the boat with them. a warning, you may find some of the testimony in his exclusive report distressing. speaks own language nine—year—old anita auditioning to be a movie star. she can do happy... ..and sad. "say it, i want to be an actress." her dad tells her. the video captures a father's ambition to see his

child pursue her dream. but a year later, that dream was fatally dashed in the cold waters of the english channel. man speaks own language ibrahim and his friends were on the same boat. when it capsized, he tried to save anita. translation: the boat was turning upside down and rolling. i noticed the child was in the water. i held her. i kept shaking her. i wasn't sure if she was alive or dead but she felt limp. all i could do was to cry. anita, her parents, and her brother artin all died. baby artin is still

missing, presumed dead. —— brother armin. all passengers on board were from sardasht, an economically impoverished and politically oppressed kurdish border town in western iran. alex met the family in france. those regions, they have less opportunities definitely. the governments, iranian governments oi’ even on the other side of the border, iraqi government, they fail this community. the governments do not consider them as a first—class citizen in this country. on an early october morning at this beach, the family crammed onto an eight—man boat with 18 others. anita took shelter in the cabin with her mum and brothers. but when the boat sank, they were trapped. translation: we tried to break the glass of the cabin but we couldn't even crack it.

i saw baby artin floating inside, and his dad outside crying for help. hundreds of kurdish refugees are waiting in france to cross. the tragedy of anita's family has not persuaded them to give up on their dream — whatever the cost. jiyar gol, bbc news. russia has now recorded 1.9 million confirmed coronavirus cases and in an effort to halt the spread, its imposed an 11pm curfew on bars and clubs. bar owners say they're struggling under the new restrictions but say they won't risk breaking the rules. freya cole explains. police have ramped up patrols of nightclubs across russia. and it's not a job they are taking lately. this bar in moscow was on their hitlist. cocktails can still be

served before 11pm. but crowds must be kept to a minimum and masks must be worn. translation: it's a hard time for us. this affects all restaurant businesses. we'll see how we manage to live like this in the next two months. but dozens of people are struggling to come to terms with the curfew, spilling onto the street with nowhere to go. translation: we couldn't find any place to eat out. can you imagine? we're going home and now have to plan friday and saturday in a completely different way. it's a similar picture across much of europe — packing up before the night has really begun. freya cole, bbc news. the world health organization has told the bbc it's "really concerned" that some young people are doubting whether to get vaccinated against covid—19. experts say a vaccine is the only way to rapidly stop the pandemic. but with misinformation online, research shows that a number of young people may choose not to get the jab. as 0livia le poidevin reports.

i would definitely take it. i would not get vaccinated. i'm on the fence. vaccination is the only thing that can get us out of this situation. the covid vaccine is looking more like a reality, with some trials showing promising results. it's the only thing that can rapidly stop this pandemic. vulnerable and older people will be first in line. but young people will need vaccinating eventually to stop covid spreading. but some are questioning whether they would want one. this king's college london study suggest 16 to 3a—year—olds in the uk are twice as likely as 55 to 75—year—olds not to want a covid vaccination. meanwhile, in the us, one poll by pew research found only 56% of 18 to 29—year—olds they asked said they would definitely get a vaccine. some young people question why they would need to get a vaccine if they're low—risk. and this has got the world

health organization worried. young people are an incredibly important part of ending this pandemic. it will be really important for young people to be vaccinated because we know from what's going on now is lots of transmission is going on among young people. so where is this concern coming from? well, partly it's about the volume of misinformation we're being exposed to. hashtags like #vaccinesaredangerous and tiktok videos are wrongly suggesting the vaccine could be dangerous to us. and some people are worried about the speed at which things are moving. i believe in the power of vaccines, but i'm having some trouble right now trusting the federal government, and believing that anything pushed out in the short timeframe has had rigorous tests applied to it to make sure that it's safe long—term. we are concerned that there are some people who are questioning whether the vaccines are safe. there is absolutely no compromising on scientific evidence that's being collected and is being scrutinised around

the safety of these vaccines. even at this speed? we get speed because there's so much support and funding that we can move quite quickly from one stage to the next without having to pause for several years and search for additional support and funding. so here are the key points — if you're under 35, don't forget, you can still get covid and become very ill. even if you're not worried about getting the virus yourself, you can still spread it by not getting a vaccine, and that would stop herd immunity from developing. and finally, all covid vaccines would have been tested on tens of thousands of people and gone through tough safety checks before you even get one. at least 10 people have been killed and several others seriously injured in a fire at a hospital treating coronavirus patients in romania. the blaze broke out in the intensive care unit of the public hospital in the north—eastern city of piatra neamt.

0ne doctor who tried to rescue patients is said to be in a critical condition after suffering serious burns. romania's health minister told local media the fire was most likely triggered by a short circuit. now, alligators are a common sight in the state of florida, but you'd be forgiven if you took a second glance at this. it's a huge adult, strolling across the course at the valencia country club. the footage was filmed — from a safe distance — by pga tour professional, tyler stolting. yeah, so i was actually out on the golf course getting it ready for a tournament this weekend. and i was driving away, and i saw something moving across the tee box — where the players tee off from — sped up, and then decided to get a quick video. the closer i got, the bigger it got.

i've never seen anything like that, and i've never seen something that big, even in, like, the zoo here, you know? being here in florida, we are pretty used to the chance of seeing one, so i was pretty comfortable. i wasn't too worried. i know if you leave them alone, they leave you alone, so i wasn't too worried about getting attacked or anything like that. i got a great look at it. i was really close. i was in the golf cart and i could see that it was real, and the only unusual thing was the way it was walking. it was walking very high — i've learned it's "a high walk," they call it. usually, they are on their bellies and along the ground, so that was a little different, definitely, to see them walking that high and it being that high off the ground and being so massive.

leave them alone, good advice. diwali — the festival of light — is being celebrated today by hundreds of millions of hindus, sikhs and jains around the world. festivities this year have been limited by the pandemic, but people have found new ways of coming together. beautiful pictures there of diwali lights. a reminder of our top story. the conflict in northern ethiopia is growing, with rocket attacks on two cities and reports of fighting across the eritrean border.

much more on bbc.com. stay with us. hello. if you think this weekend has already delivered enough rain, well stand by — there is more to come. and along with heavy downpours during sunday, for some of us, it will be even windier particularly along the east channel coast and for the channel islands, and that's as this area of low pressure stays close by as around it spiralling will be these bands of rain or showers. so, it really is the case of rinse and repeat with the occasional blow—dry. and some of the rain will be heavy particularly across southern and western areas as we start the day. nowhere starting particularly cold but particularly wet across south east england during the first part of the morning where some of the rain here could be torrential with a risk of flooding. now, a lot of the early rain will push on eastwards allowing many of us to brighten up for the afternoon with sunny spells, but with further showers.

more persistant rain continuing in south—west scotland. and then through the afternoon, another spell of heavy rain runs along southern england accompanied by very squally winds as particularly along the english channel coast, 50—60 mph, maybe be a bit more in exposure and perhaps a bit more than that — maybe near 70 mph in the channel islands. it will be a cooler afternoon, there's a risk of coastal flooding in the south and west as these big waves and strong winds combine with high tide. and then as we go on through the night and into monday morning, still plenty of showers running down in towards the north—west in what will be a cooler start on monday. now, there is a very brief ridge of high pressure building in on monday, this little bump in the isobars. that promises something quieter for a short space of time before another weather from comes in from the west connected to yet another area of low pressure. so, there will be some sunshine. some of us will stay dry on monday especially in the east but then we see the thicker cloud or rain spilling in towards wales, western england and northern ireland and then into south—west scotland and as monday comes to an end

and the breeze will start to freshen once again. so, the next area of low pressure in no hurry to move away drawing out mild air ahead of it for a time bringing more rain across the uk but then as it does pull away later in the week, look what happens. behind it we drag in some much colder air from the north. so it may be drier by friday, but it is going to feel colder and there may be a frost to start the day. so, wet, windy at times, milderfor a time, but look at the temperature change as the week comes to an end.

this is bbc news, the headlines. there's growing conflict in ethiopia — with rocket attacks on two cities and reports of fighting across the eritrean border. it's a major escalation of the conflict between the ethiopian government and local forces in

the tig—rye region. the attacks came hours after a senior official in tig—rye threatened missile strikes on eritrea. armenia says it has uncovered a plot to stage a coup d'etat, involving several of the opposition leaders who were detained earlier this week. they organised demonstrations against the prime minister, following his decision to sign a controversial peace agreement with azerbaijan. supporters of us president—electjoe biden have gathered near the white house, to counter a rally by thousands of supporters of donald trump. mr trump's motorcade passed the demonstrators and did a circuit of freedom plaza, before carrying on to his golf club in sterling, virginia. the bbc understands borisjohnson is poised to announce that the government is bringing forward a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by a decade — from 2040 to 2030.