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. and is it game overfor anyone trying to get their hands on the latest must—have gadgets?

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 voterfraud, 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 in georgia 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 —

struggling 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. 0ur 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. 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. 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. earlier i spoke with jeff ernst, a journalist in san pedro sula in northern honduras, about the preparations being made ahead of the storms arrival. right now, people are evacuating a lot of the flood zones, particularly the zones that flooded with eta, but there's widespread confusion, widespread panic. and people really don't know what to do. the government isn't giving clear information and that's 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 safer. all this of course has been made much worse by hurricane eta, can you explain how that has complicated affairs? well, hurricane eta, the water hasn't even fully receded yet. it was just two weeks ago so there are still places where water is up to rooftops, and then also, it destroyed most the major levies in the area where the epicentre of the damage, which is the sula valley around san pedro sula here. so with the water—logged and the broken levies, the conditions are really ripe for more flooding and quickerflooding.

and we could also see more landslides this time around which are huge danger. you talked about the panic a little earlier, people essentially then having to make their own decisions about where to take shelter, how to evacuate — there's no systematic government policy? the government is completely overwhelmed. they've just not been able to put out a clear message and they're not able to attend to the needs of their population. they're broke because of the covid—i9 pandemic and frankly, also due to a lot of corruption. and there's just 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, are these people who have lost everything able to get at least one or two meals per day. jeff ernst, thank you so much

for giving us a picture of what sounds like a really horrific situation. thank you. 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 stepa na kert, 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. austria has ordered a national lockdown lasting 2.5 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. russia has now recorded 1.9 million confirmed coronavirus cases and in an effort to halt the spread, it's imposed an11:00pm 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. 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. 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 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. ebrahim 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 armin all died. baby artin is still missing, presumed dead.

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 or 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 these countries. 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. 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. 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. avid gamers had been

counting down the days until the new xbox series x — and sony's playstation 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 usd$650 — 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. well, earlier i spoke to adam boyes who is ceo of iron galaxy studios and was formerly vice—president of third party relations at playstation. i asked him how good are these latest consoles supposed to be.

the graphics are top—notch, they are absolutely top—quality. they are absolutely top-quality. there as huge rivalry between the main companies, is it like a mediaeval religious war? have your side and you have to stick to it no matter what, or are you allowed to defect? we have seen over the last generation, sometimes people do switch but absolutely there are some fans out there that do love and pledge allegiance to one side 01’ pledge allegiance to one side or the other but through the new versions of the plat forms, we see new features come out, so we see new features come out, so sometimes we we see new features come out, so sometimes we see we see new features come out, so sometimes we see people move sides but very much there are some fans out there that stick with one throughout all the generation. this year, is the pandemic, it is the year of staying at home. would imagine it has been a huge year for gaming. absolutely, it has been the biggest year in the last two decades in gaming, we see record profits, record revenues from many countries around the

world copy we see more people playing and interacting together, social gatherings online right and that digital space so far online right and that digital space so far more online right and that digital space so far more activity than i think space so far more activity than ithink any space so far more activity than i think any of us would have imagined. new phones come out every year or imagined. new phones come out every year 01’ so imagined. new phones come out every year or so but from what they understand you consult only come out every few years. what takes the developers so long? this generation took about seven years and building about seven years and building a piece of hardware that needs to stand the test of time for six, seven, eight years as a huge undertaking. i think we're used to, on the phone market, to sing new reiteration every year but a lot of time and effort copy if we think about the size of game developing teams, we are talking to 300 sometimes over 1000 people building one game for the platform to the platforms really need to think about the future and think about how we can innovate and make the net only fantastic place for people to live on many, many years playing together. and what are non—gamers like me missing by not playing videogames?”

non—gamers like me missing by not playing videogames? i think the biggest bang, james, i'm actually playing a lot right now, i'm away from my family so i play with my kids online. to me it is about being together ina safe, me it is about being together in a safe, comfortable place but to me it is about really having super immersive experiences. during covid—19 we couldn't travel so i've played a game where i was able to explore greece, see the sights and learn about history, there's a lot of fantastic videogames as entertainment where we can explore and see the world around us without ever having to step up the front door of our house. interval. —— sensible. new york city has received a much—need boost with the arrival of a giant christmas tree that marks the unofficial start of the 2020 holiday season. the lighting ceremony for the tree which stands at the rockefeller plaza is due to take place at the beginning of december. but spectators won't be allowed at the event because of the pandemic although it's hoped people should be able to visit the tree closer to christmas itself. 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: there have been tense scenes between supporters of president trump and members of the black lives matter movement in washington. more and all our stories on our

website. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @jamesbbcnews. 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.

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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 tigrye region. the attacks came hours after a senior official in tigrye 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. now on bbc news, it's time for a look back