hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... self—isolating but showing no symptoms of coronavirus — this is bbc news with the latest prime minister boris johnson headlines for viewers in the uk is under orders from nhs track and trace after meeting an mp and around the world. who later tested positive. the former us president barack obama has told the bbc that the united states is more the former us president barack obama divided today, than when he was tells the bbc that america is more divided today elected twelve years ago. than when he first ran for office 12 years ago. scientists behind the first covid vaccine to be successful some of that is attributable to our in early trials say its full impact will be felt next year — but warn of a hard winter ahead. current president, who actively the side effects of statins may be signed division. because he felt it down to patient anxiety and have nothing to do with what's in them — was good for his politics. —— fanned according to a new study the uk's chief brexit negotiator insists he won't be division. changing course ahead of a crucial the trump administration is under pressure to begin the transition to the us—president elect, joe biden, as the country's coronavirus crisis deepens. week in trade talks with the eu. joe biden‘s going to become president of the united states in the midst of an ongoing crisis.

that has to be a seamless transition. self—isolating but showing no symptoms of coronavirus — british prime minister borisjohnson is under orders from nhs track and farewell to one of our best and trace after meeting an mp known entertainers — des o'connor has died who later tested positive. thousands of ethiopians at the age of 88. flee their country amid fighting between their government and forces now on bbc news — our world. in the tigray region — with the conflict now spilling across the eritrean border. and it's a magnificent seventh world title for lewis hamilton, as he wins the turkish grand prix, becoming the most successful driver in the history of formula one. hello and welcome, if you're watching in the uk or around the world, if you're watching in the uk and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here

and across the globe. former us president barack obama has told the bbc that america is more divided now than when he was in office. british historian david olusoga met him to discuss his long—awaited memoir, a promised land, a reflection on the volatile racial divide in the us. the bbc‘s james landale has more. congratulations, mr president. the election of the america's first black president was seen by many as a watershed moment that was a step to ending divisions that had scarred the us. but barack obama now believes those divisions have deepened, deepened, notjust of race, but also of inequality. we are very divided right now, certainly more than we were when i first ran for office in 2007, and more divided than we were four years ago when donald trump first won the presidency.

some of that is attributable to our current president, who actively fanned division because he felt it was good for his politics, but it preceded him and it will outlast him. in part, he says, that is because some americans feel they have lost their grip on the ladder of economic advancement and can be persuaded it is someone else‘s fault. resentments fanned, he says, and fuelled by conspiracy—fuelled social media. crazy conspiracy theories, and what some have called truth truth decay, right, where the facts don't matter. that has contributed enormously to these divisions. and, oh, yes, he believes the current president has played his part. what has been interesting,

obviously, and sad during this election, is that that kind of lack of fidelity to the truth has consequences when it is being promoted by the most powerful elected official in the country. fixing that truth decay, he suggests, will take time and potentially better regulation of the internet and the media. i think at some point it will require a combination of regulation and standards within the industries to get us back to the point where we at least recognise a common set of facts before we start arguing about what we should do about those facts. as a new president prepares for his first term, his predecessor is mulling the legacy he left his country. mr obama says the us was better off after his eight years in office, but he accepts deep fault lines

in american culture remain. you can watch the full bbc interview with former president barack obama on bbc world news tv on saturday, november 21st, at 7:30 and 19:30 gmt, and again on sunday, november 22, at 11:30 and 17:30 gmt. for viewers in the uk, you can watch on wednesday, november 18, at 19:30 gmt on bbc one. there are warnings that president trump's refusal to concede in the us presidential elections could have grave consequences for the fight against the coronavirus in the us. joe biden‘s team still hasn't had authorisation to begin transition efforts between his pandemic advisers and the white house coronavirus task force. joe biden‘s top advisor says the transition needs to begin this

week to allow the country to focus on tackling the pandemic. ron klain was speaking to nbc‘s meet the press. joe biden is going to become the president of the united states in the midst of an ongoing crisis. that has to be a seamless transition. we now have the possibility, we have to see if it gets approved, of a vaccine, starting perhaps in december orjanuary. there are people at hss making plans to implement that vaccine. our experts need to talk to those people as soon as possible so nothing drops in this change of power we are going to have on january 20. the us‘s leading infectious diseases expert, dr antony fauci, has been echoing those warnings. he said it would obviously be better for public health provision if he could start working with joe biden‘s team immediately, and that "you don't want to stop and hand it to them — you want to keep it going." the bbc‘s will grant in washington explains the significance of dr fauci's warnings.

when you put out the numbers like you just showed then, i think it's a snapshot, isn't it, ofjust how serious this coronavirus pandemic, this latest and most severe spike that the united states is going through, is. and i think that is clarifying minds around washington, around the country, no doubt, in terms of the job ahead. now, thatjob is simply not made any easier when the outgoing president, the incumbent, simply refuses to accept the result of a race that more and more is now seen as completely cut and dried. so clearly the call from joe biden‘s team is for that now to end. and i think what anthony fauci is doing is, as somebody who is coming at this from a public health perspective and not a political one, he is saying, "look, normal transitions are aided by the ability to sit down around a table, put political differences to one side and do what is best for the public health provision of americans." and i think it has simply reached

that point where he is trying to appeal to the greater good, if you like. we very nearly sort of had a concession... ..an acceptance that the election had been won byjoe biden and then we have, "no, we actually have a long way to go." just how far is president trump likely to take this? a lot of it must hinge on those lawsuits. how are they going? this was a tweet where he literally said he won at the beginning. it did look like a concession, but within seconds he was into of course the usual slew of unsubstantiated claims that there has been electoral fraud and so on. he still believes on some level, or is certainly pursuing it, that these legal challenges can change the situation and he is certainly not going to let that go until they have been exhausted. the thing is, most of them appear to be coming to nothing. the best 48—hours at least, we have seen arizona,

pennsylvania, elsewhere, constantly sort of falling down. they abandoned their own efforts in arizona because, simply, they had to accept the number of ballots they were contesting would not be enough to overturn the overall result. and the truth of the matter is, not only would they not be able to turn over the result in those individual states, they would not be able to turnover the overall result. so i do believe the pressure really is growing now for the white house to accept the reality that is before them. some breaking news in the past half hour, the prime minister borisjohnson has been told to self—isolate after coming into contact with someone who has tested positive for covid—19. 0ur political correspondent nick eardley is here. nick, what do we know? boris johnson was contacted today by the test and trace programme in the uk and told that he had come into contact with someone that he had come into contact with someone who has tested positive. my understanding is he had a meeting

with a group of conservative mps on thursday. since that meeting, one of those mps, lee anderson, developed symptoms and has subsequently tested positive. boris johnson symptoms and has subsequently tested positive. borisjohnson was contacted as a result. it is a pretty big deal. he will have to stay at home for the next ten days, it means he will not be able to be in parliament. i'm told he will be working from downing street. he still attends on communicating with the country, it is a big week for borisjohnson. he the country, it is a big week for boris johnson. he is the country, it is a big week for borisjohnson. he is trying to reset his government after some faction fighting in his office over the last few days. there are conversations taking part with the parliamentary authorities in the uk to see whether he can still contribute to the commons. but i think it is better sake, this couldn't have come at a worse time for borisjohnson. it is also worth bearing in mind he was extremely ill with coronavirus early in the year. but we also don't know exactly what getting the virus means

for your future immunity. he exactly what getting the virus means for yourfuture immunity. he doesn't have any symptoms right now. i am told he is absolutely fine and is feeling well, but under the test and trace programme in the uk, he has to self—isolate. trace programme in the uk, he has to self-isolate. thank you for the update. nick is watching this story closely for us. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news... peru's interim president, manuel merinom, has resigned — just days after he took the job. the political crisis started when former president, martin vizcarra, was impeached over alleged bribery — charges he denies. tens of thousands of his supporters took to the streets, describing it as an attack on democracy. two people have died in clashes in the capital, lima. azerbaijan has agreed to a last—minute delay in the initial transfer of land from armenian control, as part of a peace deal in nagorno—karabakh. some residents have set fire to their homes, rather than surrender them to the azeris. an aide to azerbaijan's president said

the deadline had been extended for ten days for humanitarian reasons. tropical storm iota has been upgraded to a hurricane as it moves across the caribbean towards the coast of honduras and nicaragua. there are warnings it could bring flash flooding to areas which are still suffering the effects of hurricane eeta, which struck earlier this month. as much as 16 inches, or a0 centimetres, of rain is forecast, and several countries have issued evacuation orders. the united states has denounced attacks by ethiopia's tigray region on neighbouring eritrea. in a statement, the us state department's top diplomat for africa, condemned what he called "efforts to internationalize the conflict in tigray," and urged "immediate action to protect civilians and restore peace. " earlier, the leader of ethiopia's tigray region confirmed his forces had bombed

the airport in the eritrean capital, asmara. the attack widens the conflict which erupted between the ethiopian government and the regional governing party in tigray last week. leaders in tigray have accused eritrea of siding with ethiopia. we'll cross has our report. —— ross has our report. 0n the 12th day of the conflict, refugees continue to pour over the sudanese border in their thousands. they've been forced to abandon their homes in ethiopia as the fighting intensifies. these are arduous journeys for young and old. many have witnessed appalling violence. translation: there is no food, there is looting. we lost our belongings, i lost my siblings. we came to sudan on foot and my children are not eating. translation: we have pregnant sisters on the streets.

the militia chased us to the border. there's looting and stealing and killing, like in rwanda. on the streets, people haven't eaten for three or four days. i don't know where my kids are. it's hard for aid agencies to get help to this remote area of sudan, and if the number of refugees rises sharply, they'll struggle to cope. we are starting to provide assistance services, we are working with various agencies and you can see some start of an assitance provision, but much more needs to be done. ethiopia's military has been fighting troops loyal to the politicians running the country's northern tigray region, the tplf party, which for years was the dominant politicalforce in ethiopia. the tplf has admitted attacking a federal army base last week, an event which the government said forced it into this war. but now there's been an a worrying escalation in the conflict.

the leader of the tigray region has confirmed that tigrayan forces bombed the airport in the eritrean capital asmara on saturday. debretsion gebremichael accuses the eritrean president isaias afwerki of backing the ethiopian government and sending soldiers into the country to try to topple their common enemy, the tplf leadership. it's true that the ethiopian prime minister abiy ahmed is close to the autocratic eritrean leader. after coming to power in 2018, he reached out to make a peace deal with ethiopia's long—time foe. but mr abiy denies the involvement of eritrean troops. in a tweet, he said... the stability of ethiopia is seen as vital for the whole region. ethnic conflicts have been a problem for some time, but this new crisis has taken

the country to a precipice. with its key ally, america, distracted by its own political drama, there are worrying signs that this could be just the start of a devastating conflict. cameron hudson was the director of african affairs in the us national security council under president george w bush. he's now based at the atlantic council. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. first, we hear this idea that the us is accusing the tigray region of internationalising the conflict. what you understand by that? of internationalising the conflict. what you understand by that7m of internationalising the conflict. what you understand by that? it is clear that through the statements of both my the defence secretary and the state department today that they are identifying the tigray of initiating the attack on the

headquarters in the region and bombing the airport in eritrea. they have clearly come out, washington, on one side of this conflict and they look deeply at what precipitated these original attacks, what the relationship is like tween the prime minister and the leadership in tigray over the last two years they have been there and what the state of ethiopian‘s ethnic federalism has been. this is a conflict that has been brewing for several years. we should not be surprised, but it is unfortunate that washington has clearly come in on one side of this rather than calling for a ceasefire, rather than called for more forcefully all sides to walk back and try to create some dialogue, there is a fee out there that washington could be green lighting the prime minister to eradicate the leadership in leeds right now, which would cause untold casualties and affect the region in

a highly negative way. you have described that conflict and the ethnic groups that two years ago we re ethnic groups that two years ago were pa rt of ethnic groups that two years ago were part of what made of the government, including those from tigray. it is very complicated, however, those from tigray have admitted they are taking on the prime minister of ethiopian and they have said they are being punished because of their defiance and they are prodding eritrea and others. what is the long game here? are prodding eritrea and others. what is the long game here7m are prodding eritrea and others. what is the long game here? it is a great question. clearly tigray want to reset the political table inside ethiopian. they are trying to, i think, reclaim some of their former glory, former prestige that they had under their long—term leader running the country essentially at the heart

of the ebrd f. they are feeling kind of the ebrd f. they are feeling kind of choked out of the political process when the prime minister delayed federal elections earlier this year because of the covid crisis, they felt cut out of the conversation and held their own elections. clearly i think the question is, what is the quality and the state of ethiopian's ethnic federalism right now? is not working for those in tigray and could not be working for other regions as well. they are trying to ferment instability within the country because they feel locked out now of a political process that the prime minister has taken over. clearly things will develop over the next few weeks. thank you for your time. thank you. thank you. 15 asian—pacific nations — which include ten southeast asian countries, china, japan, south korea, australia and new zealand have signed a trade

agreement which covers a third of the world economy, after eight years of negotiations. the regional comprehensive economic partnership or rcep aims to dramatically reduce tariffs on many traded goods. it's expected to cement china's dominant role in the region. joining me now to talk about the effect of the rcep in the region is peter petri, a professor of international finance. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. i want to pick up on the last point, china is dominant in the region. this will cause problems may be in the future? china is dominant, but it is surrounded by 1a other countries and at off to asia, this group of middle income countries that really engineered this agreement. china is the largest member of the region, but the agreement would not have been

possible about the patient negotiations. sorry, we are talking about a third's worth of the world's gdp. they are now, i believe, the biggest trading bloc in the world. while nerve has india notjoined them? —— why on earth... while nerve has india notjoined them? -- why on earth... india was going to put dropped out at the last minute. i think they were afraid of the competition from the block and especially from china. the agreement has a close open for india to return. they have been asking india to return several times in the final daysin to return several times in the final days in the conclusions of the agreement. it is possible in the future, but for now india is preoccupied by its own domestic economy. and very quickly, when do we start to see the effects of this trading? probably not for another

year or two. all of the other countries will have to ratify it and that means still, for example, the other large agreement concluded in the region still has not been fully ratified after two years. that takes time. but this agreement is symbolically significant and ultimately will be economically very significant as well. 0k. ultimately will be economically very significant as well. ok. we have to leave it there. make you very much for your time, though. thank you. sport and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. there is another champion, the world number one dustin johnson has there is another champion, the world number one dustinjohnson has won the masters in the last hour or so at augusta, the american started his final round for the field. he finished five clear in the end after posting the lowest total score in

masters history. 20 under par, a... johnson's second major after the 2016 us open, but this was so much more special. as a kid, you always dream about being a masters champion. it's hard to talk. you have earned this right. but, you know, it isjust incredible. as you can tell.|j but, you know, it isjust incredible. as you can tell. i could tell. same with golf, emily pedersen has won the inaugural saudi ladies international. it went to a play—off with georgia hall, who let slip a three shot lead. she birdied the

extra hole to get a third tour title. this is ourfavourite extra hole to get a third tour title. this is our favourite story, lewis hamilton is formula 1 world champion for the seventh time, equalling the record of michael schumacher. he only need to finish ahead of valtteri bottas to get another title, but lacked his team—mate and took the chequered flag in treacherous conditions in the turkish grand prix in istanbul. he says he wants to do more now to drive change and improve diversity in formula 1. this one was important to him because of the motivation behind his season. he came into this with a different mindset. it was all about black lives matter, it was about black lives matter, it was about all of formula 1 recognising that not only his e the only black man in the championship and has ever driven in formula 1 at this level, but we need to do more in diversity, to help the world, and hamilton is shouting that from the highest platform. tennis and the atp tour

finals are under way in london and rafael nadal has taken the first set in his match. dominic thiem has also started with a win. this was a repeat of last year's final which dominic thiem lost. both said they struggled without a crowd as the last time the event is going to be held there. it moves to during next year or being well. —— it moves to northern italy next year. ray clements, the former england, liverpool and tottenham goalkeeper has died at the age of 72. he won every trophy with the ball in the 19705, including five league titles and three european cups. the club said today that they are deeply saddened by his passing. he played 61 times for england and later went on to become a goalkeeping coach with them. he had been living with advanced prostate cancer since 2005.

a great great goalkeeper. he has died at the age of 72. that is all for now. thank you very much. you are watching bbc news. more coming up. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello. wind gusts of 92 mph on the isle of wight today at an exposed weather station. although it has been stormy to the english channel on an adjacent coasts, a bit of sunshine, it has not been a complete wash—out everywhere. there were very strong winds as we get them through the night, the rain will be easing too, a little gap between the systems that will develop and it will be turning wetter as we go into tomorrow afternoon. through the night, we are left

with the some showers and rain across northern parts of scotland in northwest england and few spots of rain elsewhere in england and wales, fair amount of cloud, yes, but some clear spells and it will be a cooler stretch of the day for monday morning. and what is left of the showers and rain will gradually fade away and for many of us by the end of monday morning, it will be dry and some sunny spots around, but remember the next weather system coming in and spreading into cloud from wales, parts of england and northern ireland will get some outbreaks of rain as you get deeper onto the afternoon. it will be breezy but not as windy as it has been of the weekend and temperatures around nine or 13 celsius, staying dry during the day, but we'll see some rain driving through the evening and into the night and behind that, we are seeing plenty of cloud and plenty of mild air. it will be a mild start to tuesday morning and some of us in double figures, but a very wet start in northwest scotland and we will see a lot of rain through tuesday and wednesday as well, with weather fronts,

which does bring a risk of flooding. whereas elsewhere on tuesday, there will be some cloud around and a few spots, they're coming in from the south and the thicker cloud particularly towards the western hills, some light rain or drizzle but heading into northwest scotland. temperatures will be in the mid teens in parts of northeast scotland in the eastern side of england and may be even 17 celsius. this weather system gets a move on as we go to on wednesday, sweeping over the front east of the uk with the rain clearing to brightest skies on thursday with the few showers moving south and it will feel colder, with temperatures sinking down 00:28:46,619 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 to single figures by friday.