welcome to bbc news — i'm james reynolds. our top stories: tense scenes between supporters of president trump and members of the black lives matter movement in washington. 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.

thousands of people have marched through the streets of washington to show their support for donald trump's unfounded claims of fraud in the presidential election. the demonstrations came after projections gave the state of georgia to the president—electjoe biden. many of the protesters gathered in ‘freedom plaza' before marching towards the supreme court. president trump's motorcade passed the demonstrators and did a circuit of the plaza, before carrying on to his golf club in sterling, virginia. since election night, president trump has tweeted dozens of times promoting claims of voter fraud — without providing any evidence. meanwhile supporters of president—electjoe biden gathering at the ‘black lives matter plaza', close to the white house. 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. and there have been reports of clashes between the two sets of supporters. police, some on bicycles, struggled to keep them apart.

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. earlier, i spoke to alex bruesewitz who is a political consultant. he was a speaker at the trump protest in washington. i asked him if he accepted trump's victory in 2016, why isn't he this time withjoe biden in 2020? well, look, thank you for having me on and ijust want to make one thing very clear, is that your country's opinions stopped mattering in our country in 1776, so when you're put this fake news on your networks saying unsubstantiated claims, that's completely out of line and you should be ashamed of yourself as a network. all right, let's slow down. let's slow down. when we say ‘unsubstantiated claims‘, the reason we're saying that is because on the 12th of november, two organisation said the november three election was the most secure in american history, the department of homeland security said that there is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised. that's the us government itself saying that, that's the election system

saying that. that isn't the heads of these agencies saying that. there is some low—level staffer saying that. no, no they're not. crosstalk i'm so sorry, i'm talking now. it's the cyber structure, and infrastructure agency, an 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's happening with dominion software should worry every person across the world. if it happens in america, the most successful country in the history of the world, it can happen anywhere. dominion software is incredibly corrupt, and... 0kay, alex, you've said it's corrupt. just to add a fact check to that by one media organisation, there have been no credible reports that any issues with dominion‘s technology has affected vote counts — so, do carry on. well, that's actually wrong, if you look online there's many cases where they show what it's done. there's been counties in michigan where they have 6000 votes that were for biden and then they flipped to trump after, you know, the system got fixed and they call them glitches, it's not glitches. is not a glitch when it only

happens in one direction. there's never a glitch in favour of the president and a lot more is going to come out about this. look, you in the media, across the pond and here in the us, forfour years, you guys called donald] trump an illegitimate president, not for four days, four weeks but for years. it's been 12 days, let us do our process. and again, your country's opinion stopped mattering in our country in 1776. okay, you did say that before, we did hear you. now we would like to get on with the interview. is that 0k? let's go ahead, yeah. if you're a real news journalist, go. ok, you might think that mr trump's refusal to concede is a useful tactic or even a principle, but isn't there a danger for you that mr biden... look, the election‘s not over! can i just finish my question, please? if you can ask it. alright, 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's already speaking to foreign leaders, he's making plans, isn't there a danger that refusal to engage with the election result is simply a path to a dead end? it's a danger on his behalf. look, for four years you said logan act, logan act, you got general flynn for talking to a foreign leader. president trump is still the president of the united states. joe biden has not been certified, the election results are not final. the news media does not declare or decide the winner of these elections. my first question was that you must have accepted donald trump's election in 2016 based on... crosstalk when they were officially certified, absolutely. so you are telling me that first month, you said nothing? well, look, the election results are not certified... sorry, that was a specific question. the election results are not certified... crosstalk ..and untilthey are, donald] trump is my president. well he's everybody‘s president until the 20th of january, as you know. but then, as you know, according to the 20th ammendment, at noon the terms of his successor begin. well, i do believe that the president will still be re—elected, there is a lot

of voter fraud, and you say it's not substantiated, but... we're not going to go through that again. crosstalk all the evidence is going to come out. and you guys say ‘widespread'. widespread. it doesn't have to be widespread, it doesn't have to be millions of votes. there's something called strategic. and so it's strategic fraud, what's happening, and it is going to come out and president donald] trump will be re—elected forfour more years. 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 local forces 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. 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 the people will be able to meet for christmas. but they say it all depends on whether they can flatten the curve. 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—karabakh enclave. this war has been a victory not just for azerbaijan, but for russia, too. jonah fisher, bbc news, yerevan. you are watching bbc news, the headlines: there have been tense scenes between supporters of president trump and members of the black lives matter movement in washington. 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. claudia maite matheu is the honduras director for the international humanitarian organization care. thank you so much forjoining us. thank you so much forjoining us. how is your organisation dealing with the threat posed by this storm or hurricane? we are now, we are part of the humanitarian team and we are supporting the effort of

sharing the humanitarian efforts, and care is already helping people who are displaced and at shelters in the north region of the country, so in particular, we came to visit, to monitor the situation in the region called sula valley, which is a region thatis sula valley, which is a region that is more affected by iota hurricane, and we see people really worried and they are nervous about all the countries in red colours, so care is recording the situation, and they will co—ordinate with authorities in the area to co—ordinate with other organisations that are more, that are part of the evacuating and monitoring system in the country. what do ordinary people in honduras need? to any

tents ? people in honduras need? to any tents? food, water? yes, they need food, water, protection, and also support for coming back to their homes wants this threat has passed. people are sleeping on the streets, people are in shelters, but thousands of people are displaced, so there is an immediate need for these people to have a dignified condition in shelters. revisit shelters and shelters. revisit shelters and shelters are not in proper condition for these people that have lost everything. thank you so have lost everything. thank you so much forjoining us from honduras thank you to you james. 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. avid gamers had been counting down the days until the new xbox series x and sony's play station 5

console went on sale across the world. in the past 25 years, versions of both consoles have sold over 100 million units. the manufacturers made the sales online only to maintain social distancing during coronavoruis, but only the most quick off the mark were able to secure one of the consoles, which nornally sell for around $650 us, as stocks were sold out within minutes. the new units are now on sale on some auction sites for over $30,000. the manufactures say they're hoping to have fresh stocks available before the end of the month. we can now speak to adam boyes, who is ceo of iron galaxy studios, and was formerly vice—president of third party relations at playstation. adam, iam adam, i am tragically a non— gamer, so adam, i am tragically a non— gamer, so i ask this question from a complete novice's point of view. how good are the new consoles? they are fantastic. if you about our focus these

days on really having really quick experiences, load times are faster, we can quickly resume and get back to games faster than before, the graphics are top notch and the online experience is phenomenal. there is huge rivalry between the main companies. it is a locate mediaeval religious war? you have your side you have to to it no matter what, or are you allowed to defect? we have seen over the last generation sometimes people do change, but absolutely there are some fans that just love and absolutely there are some fans thatjust love and pledge allegiance to one side or the other, but through the new versions of the platforms, we see new features come out, so sometimes we see people move sides but very much some fans out there stick with one to all the generations. this year causes the year of the pandemic, the year of staying at home, i would imagine it has been a huge year for gaming? absolutely, the biggest year i have seen in the last two

decades in gaming, record profits, record revenues from many companies around the world, more people playing and interacting together, we see a lot of people getting together for social gatherings online, in the digital space, so a lot more activity online than any of us would have imagined. new phones come out every year, but from what i understand, new consoles only come out every few years. what takes the developers so long? it's about, this generation took about seven years, and building a piece of hardware that needs to stand the test of time, a6, seven, eight, years, it's a huge undertaking. we are used in the phone market of seeing a new iteration every year, but we think about the size of game development building these, we are talking about 300, even a thousand people calling one game for the platform, so the platforms need to think about the future and how they can make a fantastic place for people to live on for many

yea rs, people to live on for many years, playing together. what are non— gamers like me missing by not playing? i play a lot, right now i am with my family and soi right now i am with my family and so i play with my kids alone, so it's about, to me, being together in a safe place, but to me it's about having supermassive experiences, during covid—19 we can't travel so during covid—19 we can't travel soi during covid—19 we can't travel so i played anything where i was able to explore, see the site to learn about history, so there are lots of fantastic videogames as entertainment where we can see the world around us without having having to sta b around us without having having to stab at the front door of oui’ to stab at the front door of our house. that is a convincing answer. thank you so much for joining us. 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.

fantastic celebrations... a reminder of our top story: there have been tense scenes between supporters of president trump and members of the black lives matter movement in washington. read it follows a day of demonstrations earlier today, a pro trumpet demonstration held an event in the middle of the city and the president passed by in city and the president passed byina city and the president passed by in a motorcade. the president and his supporters continue to resist that the president lost the real action byjoe biden has 306 electoral votes at last count.

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.

this is bbc news, the headlines: there have been tense scenes between supporters of president trump and members of the black lives matter movement in washington. it followes rival rallies between supporters ofjoe biden and donald trump over the disputed presidential election results. 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. other countries in europe have also enforced their own restrictions as the pandemic spreads.

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