welcome to bbc news — i'm james reynolds. our top stories: supporters ofjoe biden gather near the white house, to counter a rally by thousands of supporters of donald trump. growing conflict in ethiopia, with rocket attacks on two cities and reports of fighting across the eritrean border. a new tropical storm is threatening nicaragua and honduras, as the people struggle to recover from the destruction caused by hurricane eta. egypt discovers a new ancient treasure trove including hundreds of mummified animals, birds and crocodiles — the biggest find this year.

supporters of president trump have been rallying in washington dc to back his unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud in the us election. the demonstrations came after projections gave the state of georgia to the president—electjoe biden. since election night, president trump has tweeted dozens of times promoting claims of voter fraud — without providing any evidence. experts now fear that online disinformation has undermined faith in democracy for millions — as marianna spring reports. chanting: stop the steal! stop the steal! in washington today, protesters took to the streets making unsubstantiated claims that the election was rigged, with donald trump even driving through the crowds. small demonstrations started before joe biden was declared us president—elect. this is why. .. this is a case where they're trying to steal an election. they're trying to rig an election. and we can't let that happen. #stopthesteal went viral after unsubstantiated allegations that the

democrats had rigged and stolen the election. but seeds of mistrust in the democratic process were sown long before election night. trump tweeted allegations of voter fraud and election rigging over 70 times in the build—up to polling day. it's not a new theme — he made claims about fraud back in 2016, too. the difference this time is that lots more people have been seeing it all over social media for weeks and joining big facebook groups. i'm an admin of the "stop the steal" group on facebook. our movement believes that fraud has occurred, and we're angry. ijust think the voter fraud in this election — just with the mail—in ballots, those have been a concern. president trump will be the winner after there is an honest recount in the states and fraudulent votes are thrown out. the experts are worried about its imminent and lasting impact. there were all of these breadcrumbs and a whole narrative framework

that there was a foregone conclusion that the democrats were going to steal the election. and now, we just have to watch the ways they're trying to do it. social media sites have been struggling to keep up with a new wave of misleading posts. chanting: where's our votes? the big worry going forwards is that viral disinformation risks seriously undermining the faith of millions in democracy. marianna spring, bbc news. alex bruesewitz is chief executive of the political consulting firm x strategies and he was a speaker at today's pro—trump protest in washington. good to see you. i'm sure you accepted donald trump's election victory as soon as it was called in 2016, i want why you won't do the same forjoe biden in the 20. well, look, thank you for having me on and ijust want thank you for having me on and i just want to make something very clear, and that is that

your country's opinion and our country stop nattering in 1776, so country stop nattering in 1776, so when you put this fake news on your networks of unsubstantiated claims... all right, let's slow down. the rhythm with a unset and shattered claims is because on the 12th of november two organisation said the november three election was one of the most secure in history, the department of homeland security said that there is no evidence of the election being in any way compromised, that is the us government and election system saying that. that isn't the heads of these agencies are saying that. there is some low—level stuff that. saying that. there is some low-level stuff that. no, no, i'm so sorry... i'm talking 110w. i'm so sorry... i'm talking now. it's the cyber structure, and infrastructure agency of the department of homeland security and that was a statement issued on the 12th of november. well, look, you can't deny the fact that what is happening with the software should worry every person gci’oss

should worry every person across the world stop if it happens in america, the most successful cou ntry happens in america, the most successful country in the history of the well, it can happen anywhere. dominion softwa re happen anywhere. dominion software is incredibly corrupt... just to add a fact check to that, there have been no credible reports that any issues with dominion‘s technology has affected vote counts, so do carry on. that is actually wrong, if you look aligned as many cases where they show what it has done. there's been counties in michigan where they have 6000 votes that were for biden and then they flipped to trump after the system got fixed and they call them glitches, it's not glitches. is not a glitch when it only happens in one direction stop it is never a glitch in favour of the president and a lot more is going to come out about this. look, you and the media, across the pond and here in the us, forfour the pond and here in the us, for four years, you guys the pond and here in the us, forfour years, you guys call donaldj forfour years, you guys call donald j trump and forfour years, you guys call donaldj trump and a legitimate president, not forfour days, four weeks but for years. let us four weeks but for years. let us do our four weeks but for years. let us do our process. four weeks but for years. let us do our process. again, your country's opinion stop measuring and our country in

1776. you did say that before, we did here you know we would like to get with the interview. is that 0k? let's go ahead. if you are a real news journalist, go. 0k. you are a real news journalist, go. ok. you might think that was to trump's refusal to concede is a useful tactic or even a principle, but isn't there a danger for you that... look, the... can eitherjust finished my question, please? if you can ask at. all right, we will carry on with this one final question. mr biden says it is entirely possible for him to work around the absence of a concession, he is already speaking to foreign leaders, making plans, isn't there a danger that refusal to engage with the election result is a path to a dead end with yellow it's a danger on his behalf. forfour it's a danger on his behalf. for four years you it's a danger on his behalf. forfour years you said it's a danger on his behalf. for four years you said logan act, you got general phlegm for talking to a foreign leader. president trump is still the president trump is still the president of the united states. joe biden has not been certified, the results are

not... my first question was that you must have accepted donald trump's election in 2016 based on... when they were officially certified, absolutely. so you are telling me that first month, you said nothing? the election results... sorry, that with a specific question. the election results were not... (crosstalk) his everybody‘s president until the 20th of june his everybody‘s president until the 20th ofjune but then after that the terms of his successor began —— the 20th of january. ido began —— the 20th of january. i do believe that the president will be re—elected, there is a lot of voterfraud... will be re—elected, there is a lot of voter fraud. .. we're not going to go through that again. (crosstalk) doesn't have to be widespread, something called strategic honour so it is strategic honour so it is strategic fraud that is happening and it is going to come out and president donaldj trump will be re—elected for four more years. we have been through this, thank you so much forjoining us. rockets are reported to have been fired at the eritrean capital, asmara, from

neighbouring ethiopia, in a major escalation of the conflict between the ethiopian government and localforces in the tigray region. the attacks came hours after a senior official in tigray threatened missile strikes on eritrea. 0ur 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. 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 eritrea with air strikes. 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.

let's speak to getachew temare, a tigrayan human rights activist who now lives in the united states. he left ethiopia after being persecuted for his political opposition to the tplf party. you know people in tigray, you have family there, how concerned are you? i am mainly frustrated at this time, because this civil war is better and i couldn't get any information from my family, the internet and telecom services is not working, yeah, so i am highly, highly, or extremely concerned. so without internet, without phone calls, how can you find out what is going on? so, right now, most of my

information is coming from the capital city, from addis ababa, and also other news agencies that are working in solidarity there, and my friends and some relatives and addis ababa telling me the grim situation of tigray. i wonder what could be the impact for civilians in the tigray region if nothing stops the escalation? it will be very worth, because right now, i and be very worth, because right now, iand my be very worth, because right now, i and my friends are trying to gather some human rights violations and they know the civilians are being attacked, the airstrikes, bombing civilians are telling us even bombing civilians are telling us even from sudan in their refugee camps, so us even from sudan in their refugee camps, so it is very,

very difficult. and you mentioned sudan there. there is obviously a concern raised by the united nations and other organisations that this conflict could become more international, could spread to other countries? yes, because both these administrations are highly armed administrations. they have large military abilities, so there are also other, like eritrea, which is pa rt other, like eritrea, which is part of the ongoing civil war directly or indirectly, so it will for sure destabilise the whole of africa, that is a very grim situation. and are you able to follow any efforts for negotiation or dialogue? have you seen negotiation or dialogue? have you seen any serious effort at that? yes. i can say a lot of

effo rts that? yes. i can say a lot of efforts have been made by different international or national institutions, but both administrations have very rigid interests to dialogue, but i think right now because of the consequences of the civil war, for sure, both administrations will come to the table, i think, because they are in very high pressure right now. thank you so much forjoining us. thank you. austria has ordered a national lockdown lasting two and a half weeks — to try to bring soaring infection rates under control. schools will teach pupils remotely, and non—essential shops will shut. bethany bell reports 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 are already 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 sixth of december, this lockdown should end, and there should be some christmas shopping and 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: supporters of us president—electjoe biden have gathered near the white house,

to counter a rally by thousands of supporters of donald trump. growing conflict in ethiopia — with rocket attacks on two cities and reports of fighting across the eritrean border. central america was hit by hurricane eta just two weeks ago, and is still dealing with destruction caused by mudslides and floods. now a new storm is approaching, named iota — currently a tropical storm, but it's feared that it'll have strengthened to a hurricane by the time it makes landfall in nicaragua and honduras on monday. jeff ernst is a journalist in san pedro sula in northern honduras and hejoins me now. jeff, we mentioned that potential landfill on monday. what is being done at the moment in honduras? right now, people are evacuating a lot of the flood zones, particularly the flood zones, particularly the zones that flooded with hurricane eta, but there is widespread confusion and widespread confusion and widespread panic. and people really don't know what to do. the government isn't giving clear information and that is just causing more chaos. and

so, there is tons of traffic out of the city, people are going, trying to find higher land and trying to find anywhere they can that they feel is safe. all this of course has been made much worse by hurricane eta, can you explain how that has complicated matters? well, hurricane eta, the water hasn't even fully receded yet. it was only two weeks ago so there are still places where water is up to rooftops, and also, it destroyed most the major levies in the area where the epicentre of the damage, which is the valley around san pedro here. so with the water bogged and the water levies, the conditions are really ripe for more flooding and quicker flooding. and we could also see more landslides this time around which are huge danger. you talked about the panic a little earlier, people essentially than having to make their own decisions about where

to ta ke their own decisions about where to take shelter, how to evacuate, there is no systematic government policy? the government is completely overwhelmed is. they havejust not been able to put out a clear message and they are not able to attend to the needs of their population. they are broke because of the covid—19 pandemic and frankly, also due toa pandemic and frankly, also due to a lot of corruption. and there is just to a lot of corruption. and there isjust nothing... the people are really reliant on other people. if it weren't for the goodwill of other honduran citizens, we would already be having tons of people on the brink of dying from hunger only because other honduran citizens are driving around and finding all of these encampments that have come up and dropping off food, these people who have lost everything able to get at least once or two meals per

day. jeff, thank you so much for giving us a picture of what sounds like a really horrific situation. thank you. let's get some of the day's other news. 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. the emergency services on the spanish island of la gomera are looking for possible victims after part of a cliff fell onto campervans parked below. five people who'd been stranded by the landslide on argaga beach were rescued by a helicopter crew. two people were reported missing, but further helicopter sorties were suspended due to fading light. people living in the falklands have been celebrating after all landmines were cleared from the islands four decades after the war between britain and argentina. 13,000 explosives were scattered by argentine forces in the 1982 conflict.

beaches near the capital, stanley, which had been out of bounds, have re—opened for the first time since 1982. 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 kalbajar, 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 kalbajar 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. egyptian officials have announced the discovery of more than 100 ancient coffins dating back more than 2,500 years. it's the latest stunning find from the famed saqqara necropolis and went on display on saturday. tanya dendrinos has more. in the shadows of the ancient pyramids, a discovery to help unlock more of the secrets of an ancient civilisation we've long been fascinated by. today, we're announcing the discovery of more than 100 sealed, coloured, intact, human coffins. all coming from the area only hundreds of metres away from here.

the colourful sarcophagi along with more than a0 funerary masks, statues and canopicjars were buried more than 2,500 years ago and were unnearthed by archaeologists in an ancient egyptian acropolis in saqqara, south of the capital cairo. the sheer size of the find is of incredible significance, along with the nature of the items. beautifully painted, and remarkably well preserved, offering a hint as to who these people were and where they sat in society. the standard of living, high—ranked people — that is why the condition of the coffins, not like the ones that we did announce 0ctober three,

with those 59 coffins. no, this time, most of them were littered with riches or richer than the other one. a little bit higher rank than the other one. there's still plenty more to learn from this haul and plenty more to find in the treasure that is saqqara. tanya dendrinos, bbc news. 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.

a reminder of our top story: thousands of people have marched through the streets of washington to show their support for donald trump's many of the protesters, chanting "four more years", marched towards the supreme court. tense scenes followed between mr trump's supporters and counter—protesters and members of the black lives matter movement. at times the police had to work hard to keep the two sides apart. president trump is continuing to insist thatjoe biden's victory was invalid, despite election officials declaring the election to be the most secure in us history. you can see there, donald trump's motorcade moving towards the centre of washington. more on that story of course on our website, abc .com/ news and on twitter.

you can reach me on twitter — i'm @jamesbbcnews. -- bbc. 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 english 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 persistent 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.

bethany bell reports from the capital, vienna.

this is bbc news, the headlines: 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. 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 tigray region. the attacks came hours after a senior official in tigray threatened missile strikes on eritrea. austria has ordered a national lockdown lasting two and a half weeks — to try to bring soaring infection rates under control. schools will teach pupils remotely, and non—essential shops will shut.