hello, i'm ben bland, this is outside source. another breakthrough in the race for a covid—19 vaccine. clinical trials show moderna's jab is 9a.5% effective. there was a moment of pretty intense relief. it's been a long, hard strive. sweden faces a surge in infections and deaths. the prime minister says this is the new norm. don't go to gyms, don't go to libraries, don't host dinners, don't have parties. cancel. we'll report from kenya, where an africa eye investigation

has uncovered upsetting evidence of babies being stolen from homeless mothers and sold on the black market forjust $400 dollars. there's more good news in the search for a covid vaccine. another one has emerged, which appears to be even more effective than the first. it's after clinical trials by the us company moderna. interim results from its phase 3 trial show the vaccine is 9a.5% effective at stopping infections. the trial is still going on and involves more than 30,000 people. 42% of them from high risk groups such as elderly and black, asian and ethnic minority adults. that was not the case in the trials of the pfizer/biontech jab that announced positive results last week. the data on how safe

the vaccine is hasn't been released yet. but early indications are promising, according to this infectious infectious disease expert. we know that a lot of people, myself included, are really very interested in the safety results. i think the preliminary results from moderna are very promising. it's a similar safety profile to other vaccines that we might be familiar with like flu vaccines. you might experience some pain at the injection site, you might feel junky for maybe a day, but not something quite so severe as a prolonged fever or anything like that. also very, very good news. despite the optimism from the medical sector, today the head of the world health organization warned a vaccine on its own will not end the pandemic. it's really exciting, 0rbis is about vaccines and the testing capacity and all the great technologies coming on board but we still have some time to go, everybody, before the vaccines will make a dent on the nature of the pandemic. we are still in much of europe in a lockdown

right now and there is nervousness understandably that when the lockdown is released there will be another spike and people will once again be in difficulty, so please keep up the precautions, please continue to maintain physical distancing, masking, keeping yourself isolated when you are sick, lots of good hygiene and looking after the people who are particularly at risk. in today's announcement, moderna explained the vaccine requires two doses four weeks apart. the united states has preordered stocks of this vaccine, and moderna expects to have 20 million doses available for the us by the end of the year, and it plans to make 500 million to 1 billion doses available for use around the world in 2021. 0bviously, obviously, we are thrilled, it has been a long year for many of us. it's been a long year for many of us and, at ourcompany,

it's been a long, hard slog to get to the point where we now have clear evidence of the efficacy of the vaccine to prevent covid—19 disease. there was a moment of pretty intense relief. it's been a long, hard strive, as i said, but that quickly passed. after about a minute, it became a realisation that, now that we know the vaccine works, we have to get busy to work, manufacturing it and distributing it, but clearly an important milestone and a great milestone for us as a company and hopefully for us more generally as we fight this pandemic. the moderna vaccine can be transported at a standard freezer temperature of around —20 degrees celsius, which could be a significant benefit over pfizer's vaccine, which needs to be stored at —70 degrees. that makes distributing it much simpler but, because these are new vaccines, there are massive logisitcal challenges when distributing them. vaccines usually need to be kept refrigerated — usually between 2c and 8c. previous vaccination programmes have been effective using so—called cold chain facilities.

flying the supply of vaccines to a given country, delivering them to cold storage by lorry, they are then delivered to regional centres in ice boxes. the vaccines need to be kept refrigerated in regional centres before being put into cold boxes so they can be taken to local centres where people are given the vaccine. dr daniel kuritzkes is chief of the division of infectious diseases at brigham and women's hospital and a professor at harvard medical school. hejoins me live. when you look at the results of this, does it prevent those who had it or others as well? it makes sense that it prevent transmission. if you prevent somebody from becoming infected that person cannot then transmit to other people but this is an important issue because of the

way it interacts with the strategy for vaccine distribution, do you vaccinate older residents of long—term care facilities or do you vaccinate the caregivers who are the people most likely to be transmitting? that is why it is important to resolve that question. there are a number of challenges involved as they would be with any new type of vaccine, i suppose. that's right, we often do not have all the answers until the vaccine has been in use for a couple of yea rs, has been in use for a couple of years, and then we can look back and see whether patterns are spread were. that is the biggest challenge, making sure that people actually get the vaccine. in terms of the two different types of vaccine that we have heard about so far and the different temperatures they need to be stored at, do you think this one isa be stored at, do you think this one is a significant advantage because it doesn't need that extremely cold storage while it is being transported? i think it makes it logistically simpler to distribute,

we need both of these vaccines because there will not be enough that i do want to go around to eve ryo ne that i do want to go around to everyone who needs it and others are still in the pipeline. what i hear already been discussed at least in the united states is the pfizer vaccine might go to larger academic medical centres that have the capacity for cold storage whereas the moderna vaccine might be distributed to more rural and outlying community—based centres that lack that facility in order to really m es h that lack that facility in order to really mesh the capacity at each vaccination centre with each particular vaccine. thank you very much. president—elect biden will be speaking shortly.

cases of covid—i9 has now supassed 11 million. chicago, the third biggest city, is the latest to order its citizens to stay at home. we'll have more on that in a moment, but first let's take a look at the latest figures. it's taken only six days for there there to be i million more new cases. take a look at this graph — the number of cases is now increasing by close to 150,000 each day. 246,000 people have died in the us so far. almost 1,300 people died on saturday alone. as the case numbers rise, more states have been bringing in new measures to fight the virus. michigan has seen a doubling of cases in recent weeks — its governor has now suspended in—person teaching, indoor dining, and public entertainment venues have been closed. here she is. we are in the worst moment of this pandemic to date. the situation has never been more dire. we are at the precipice and we need to take some action. as the weather gets colder and people spend more time indoors, this virus will spread. more people will get sick and there will be more

fatalities. let's take a look at the restrictions in some other states now. authorities in chicago have declared a stay—at—home order for 30 days — residents can only leave for essential activities and non—essential businesses must close by 11pm. tougher restrictions have been brought in in oregon and new mexico. and in iowa, ohio, west virginia, utah and north dakota, there are now mask mandates — these states all have republican governors. other states have brought in new travel rules — the democratic governors of california, oregon and washington have issued a travel advisory discouraging non—essential travel. here's the governor of washington state detailing the rules there. restau ra nts restaurants and bars are closed for indoor service. 0utdoor dining with capacity restrictions and to go or ta ke capacity restrictions and to go or take out services are still allowed under this rule. in—store retail

including grocery stores is limited to 25% occupancy and must close any communal areas such as food courts in malls. while individual states are bringing in new restrictions, the national picture is complicated by president trump not conceding the election. president—electjoe biden‘s team says the white house's refusal to facilitate a presidential transition means his team is being excluded from planning for a campaign to roll out of a vaccine. here's his chief of staff. joe biden is going to become 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 need to see if it gets approved, of a vaccine, starting perhaps in december, january. there are people just 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 the 20th of january. the country's top infectious disease expert, anthony fauci, has also raised concerns about the transition. "it's almost like passing a baton in a race.

you don't want to stop and then give it to somebody, you want to just essentially keep going." and here's another expert on what a delay in the transition process will mean. this is why we need a government thatis this is why we need a government that is actually engaged. president trump has written this pandemic off, he has stopped paying attention, but he has stopped paying attention, but he has stopped paying attention, but he has to let the levels of government work with the biden team to start making some difference. the cost of what is happening right now with no coordination will be measured in tens of thousands of unnecessary deaths. we have got to do better than that. experts are also sounding the alarm about next week's thanksgiving holiday, when americans traditionally spend time with their extended families. here's the former director of the center for disease control... meanwhile, president—elect biden‘s campaign is urging congress and the white house to compromise

on a new package to stimulate the economy. remember, there was a $3 trillion deal agreed on in march and april, but there's been little progress since. as you can see here in this graph from the bureau of labor statistics, unenemployment has come down since its high in april, but it still remains at its highest since 2013. and the true extent may be hidden with more people dropping out of the labour force entirely, so they're no longer looking for work than before the pandemic. here's samiria hussein in new york. very ha rd to very hard to get an accurate picture of the true scale of the economic damage the pandemic is causing in the us. absolutely. you said it in terms of those numbers but as you mentioned, we are starting to see cases surge in areas in which we had seen that perhaps the virus was more under control, so even here in new york we are seen cases rise and that

means they are starting to close parts of the economy again in order to control the virus which means some of the hiring we saw over the summer some of the hiring we saw over the summer is probably going to be scaled back. in fact they are already scaling back what restau ra nts already scaling back what restaurants allowed to do in terms of in—person dining or in new york, and this is being done in all different states, so the picture in terms of the economy is somewhat clouded because it really depends on the trajectory of this virus. right now we are seeing the trajectory of this virus. right now we are seeing that the cases are continuing to spread pretty rapidly in some areas. thanks very much. we are keeping a close eye on the podium in wilmington where we are expecting the president—elect, joe biden, to give some remark shortly on both the pandemic and the economic recovery, his plans for how to build back better, you can see the slogan there on the lettering

behind where he will be giving that speech. we will keep across that and as soon as speech. we will keep across that and as soon as he starts talking we will bring that to you live here. to kenya, where a year—long investigation by bbc africa eye has uncovered evidence of babies being stolen from homeless mothers and sold on a thriving black market. africa eye infiltrated the trafficking rings which are selling children for as little as 400 us dollars. njeri mwangi reports from nairobi. an estimated 60,000 children live on the streets of nairobi. they have become prime targets for child traffickers. rebecca has been homeless for years. her firstborn child was stolen from her as she slept and has never been seen since. we were approached by an informant who claimed to know an active child trafficker

targeting homeless mothers. she agreed to speak on condition that we hide her identity. there is this girl. her name is anita. she has been stealing kids and selling them. at great risk, she agrees to go undercover. anita calls our informant to a meeting. to her horror, she finds that anita has just stolen a baby. anita claims she has a buyer lined up who is prepared to pay around $450 us. in a desperate attempt to stop her from selling the child, our informant tells her she knows of a buyer who is willing to pay over $700.

a child's life is in immediate danger, so we reported the case to the police, who agreed to try to arrest anita. i pose as the buyer and meet anita in downtown nairobi. to my dismay, there was no sign of the baby. anita agreed to return with a child later that day. anita never returns. we heard she sold the baby to a higher bidder. anita has disappeared into the shadows and never responds to our allegations. the police are still looking for her. the scenes that i have witnessed in the making of this investigation have shocked me to my core. as a woman, as a mother, as a kenyan. traffickers are operating in plain sight.

hundreds, perhaps thousands, of our children have been sold like cattle, stripped of their identity, of their roots. it's a national tragedy. tonight, thousands of children will sleep on the streets of nairobi. and those who prey on them are watching. waiting for their moment to pounce. njeri mwangi, bbc news, nairobi. there are two ways we found out, one is mother's and the pressure they get from the community, a woman if she cannot conceive or have children, it's a big problem, and a boy child is much more valued, so they tend to look for short cuts so

they tend to look for short cuts so they can solidify their position in they can solidify their position in the community and family. while we we re the community and family. while we were doing our investigation, anita said that some of the children are used for rituals. and here's the bbc‘s ferdinand 0mondi from nairobi on how widespread the problem is. (tx sor) it is really difficult because there are unreliable statistics on child trafficking in kenya but there is an ngo trafficking in kenya but there is an n60 and their ceo has documented at least ngo and their ceo has documented at least 600 cases of missing children in the past three years and she says that the demand is fuelled by women who cannot have children, so these are highly secretive and lucrative businesses in kenya which affect the country's most vulnerable, it causes widespread trauma. for more on this story, head to the bbc news website. that's at bbc.com/news. and you'll find all the details of that year—long special investigation by bbc africa eye

into kenyan child trafficking rings. supporters of al-qaeda have reacted with caution to unconfirmed news that the organisation's leader has died. here's what a middle east specialist tweeted on friday. he attributed the news to sources well connected to al-qaeda in syria. this is ayman al—zawahiri with 0sama bin laden in 2001. he was reportedly the mastermind of the september 11th attacks. after bin laden was killed by american special forces in 2011, he took over as leader. mina al—lami is thejihadism specialist at bbc monitoring. shejoins me now. is there any way of verifying this news at the moment? so far al-qaeda has not confirmed news of the reported death and neither have any

of its credible online supporters on messaging apps like telegram and supporters are adopting a very cautious wait—and—see attitude so they are saying we will not comment on this unless we get credible news from al-qaeda itself. and in your analysis, what effect would have if this turned out be true? of course symbolically it is a big blow for al-qaeda, the group has already lost al-qaeda, the group has already lost a number of leadership figures across the world, it has lost its leader in yemen this year, its algerian leader in north africa. just a month ago it lost its media chief in afghanistan so this is quite a big blow for al-qaeda that is already in disarray this year. however, operationally underground, it probably will not have a big impact because although he was absent from the scene of the various groups, the way al-qaeda operates is very much in a decentralised way which means regional branch run

their own business. but of course whoever the new leader is, if he is dead,it whoever the new leader is, if he is dead, it will have an impact, any major change in terms of the guidelines in the policy of al-qaeda, and one area for example is the relationships... al-qaeda was linked by allegiance. so it would be interesting to see if there will be a new leader and if that new leader will renew the pledge. and even whether they will accept that pledge ina whether they will accept that pledge in a recent deal with the us. and in terms of what marked him out in terms of what marked him out in terms of what marked him out in terms of someone who took on the leadership of al-qaeda, what were the hallmarks that his followers won't miss as there is a changeover? he is one of the last companions of

0sama bin laden, so these high vetera n 0sama bin laden, so these high veteran al-qaeda figures, very few remain, the majority have been killed in us air strikes whether in yemen, syria or afghanistan. there are very few of these figures left and also his seniority, he had very long history ofjihad from his days in egypt or the way through to afghanistan. but it's good news for al-qaeda's enemy, islamic state group, their supporters have been gloating online and gleefully sharing news of his death. thank you. nasa astronauts are speeding towards the international space —— international space station. it's using space exeter taxis crew

towards there. it ends almost a decade of it relying on russian rockets. —— spacex. this is the moment of logic last night. it is the first ever public private space mission apart from the one practice run in may. the mission was set to dock with the international space —— international space station 4am gmt on tuesday. nasa says contracting out transportation to private transporters will save it brilliant. the last space shuttle cost $1.7 billion to build and nasa says each mission lands with $450 million. nasa also has a deal with the boeing aerospace company although it services more than a year before spacex. he is james from nasa. this mission is so unique in that we are

now going into operational missions that are commercial in nature where nasais that are commercial in nature where nasa is accustomed to. our goal has been to be one customer in a very robust commercial marketplace. with the retirement of the space shuttle private operators such as spacex will step into ferry astronauts into orbit. certainly, the future for how american and european and japanese astronauts will be getting to and from the space station, nasa have switched from owning and operating a space shuttle to buying these tickets from private companies for trips to space. we will also see private companies are playing a part as we look to explore the moon and back to mars. nasa, the european space agency and others are contracting companies around the world including here in the uk to provide the services that they need,

things like lunar communications, which will be a small space station outlive the gateway and it will get built. who is on the mission? there are three americans and one japanese space agency astronaut and they will join another colleague and two russian cosmonauts. having seven people on board will triple the amount of science that can be performed. the research cannot be done anywhere else on earth and cove rs a done anywhere else on earth and covers a wide range of different scientific disciplines. from life sciences to material sciences, we also use it as a platform to look out into the universe and look down on earth. 0ne out into the universe and look down on earth. one of the area is beneficial to all of us is human health, we research diseases like alzheimer's, parkinson's, cancer and asthma, and the astronauts in space... libby jackson of the uk

space agency. thank you for watching and we will be back more injust a few minutes. later this week but probably only briefly we are in for some colder weather but for the next couple of days it will be mild for the time of year, a lot of cloud, and the western scotland heavy enough rain to triggerflooding by western scotland heavy enough rain to trigger flooding by the middle of the week. we have seen the cloud rolling in today, sunshine has been ha rd to rolling in today, sunshine has been hard to find, rain and drizzle has come in from the west, maybe on that weather front. and that is continuing to push its way eastwards at the moment. 0utbreaks continuing to push its way eastwards at the moment. outbreaks of mostly light rain and drizzle effecting many parts of the country for a while but it is across western scotla nd while but it is across western scotland that we will see the rain turning steadier and heavier as the night goes on. especially for the highlands and into argyll and bute. a lot of cloud over night and if anything temperatures will rise as the night goes on so a very marked

12-14 the night goes on so a very marked 12—14 and by this time the stronger south—westerly wind. that will blow in cloudy skies on tuesday, light rain or drizzle in cloudy skies on tuesday, light rain ordrizzle in in cloudy skies on tuesday, light rain or drizzle in the hills, but most of the rain affecting western scotland. very mild, temperatures 15-16 , scotland. very mild, temperatures 15—16 , get some breaks scotland. very mild, temperatures 15—16, get some breaks in scotland. very mild, temperatures 15—16 , get some breaks in the cloud and sunshine and temperatures could reach as high as 18 celsius. we have this very large air coming from a long way south all the way from the tropics. but things will change and by thursday the air is coming down from the north and it will feel much colder. and transition day is wednesday, this is when the weather changes. low pressure brings heavier rain in scotland through the day. on that weather front as it runs eastwards the rain becomes light and patchy but we still had the last of this mild air in the south—east. elsewhere, temperatures sliding away in the stronger winds during the afternoon but there is much colder

airto afternoon but there is much colder air to come. 0vernight on wednesday night into thursday morning very windy, spell of wet weather for a while, and then those northerly winds arrived by thursday morning and there could be ice and snow in northern parts of scotland. sunshine and showers through the day on thursday, the showers become fewer, the strong winds down those north sea coasts eventually eased down, but it will feel cold, especially in those strong winds for a while, temperatures will be lower, only four or temperatures will be lower, only fouror5 temperatures will be lower, only four or 5 degrees in scotland, perhaps double figures in the far south.

hello, i'm ben bland, this is 0utside source. another breakthrough in the race for a covid—19 vaccine. american company moderna says it's jab is nearly 95% effective. it has been a long hard dry. it's the second vaccine to be proved effective so far — and could be easier to deliver to the millions who'll need it. sweden. don't go to gyms, don't go to parties, cancel.

25—000 ethiopians have now fled conflict in tigray as the government steps up aerial attacks against local forces in the region. and we'll tell you how this welsh football club plans to become a globalforce, with a little help from hollywood. the second wave of coronavirus has swept across europe so fast that many countries have had to change or even reverse their policies to fight it. sweden is the latest to rethink its approach. when the first wave struck, sweden was an outlier. it refused to introduce a lockdown, relying instead on people — voluntarily — following guidance on social distancing. through the summer that approach seemed to be keeping infections at bay. but that didn't last, and the number of cases being reported each day has risen six—fold in just the past two weeks. sweden's prime minister made the following announcement, earlier today.

translation: from november the 24th, a maximum of eight people can participate in public gatherings and public events. this is the new norm for the entire society. for the whole of sweden. don't go to gyms, don't go to libraries, don't host dinners, don't have parties, cancel. this chart shows why the authorities in sweden thought it necessary to change course. you can see cases in sweden have risen dramatically over the past four weeks, whilst in its smaller scandinavian neighbours — denmark, finland and norway — the increase has been much less rapid. maddy savage is in stockholm. how are people taking to the new rules ? how are people taking to the new rules? there has been a mixed reaction. the message over the last few months from the authorities and politicians here has been, we are

going to have recommendations and guidelines decided to last weeks, not months, and there is a longer term. now, we are seeing stricter recommendations, we have had local recommendations, we have had local recommendations introduced across almost all of the country in the past few weeks advising us to do things like not go to shops, gyms, not a physical contact with those we do not live with, but now this has been topped up with fresh legal changes as well. today, a ban on public gatherings of more than eight people. that follows an announcement last week that you cannot have more than eight people sitting together ata baror than eight people sitting together at a bar or restaurant, and there is also going to be a ban on serving alcohol after ten o'clock from friday. so, ithink alcohol after ten o'clock from friday. so, i think this really signifies a shift in the tone from the authorities, following a spike in cases, a spike in cases that the swedish public health agency didn't even predict in his worst case scenarios. we haven't seen the levels of immunity that some —— some scientist here predicted. but whether swedes will come after

months of having relatively more freedom than others, if they will really stop going to the gym, really stop having dinner parties and really restrict their lifestyles even more than they are going to do now, we will have to wait and say, but it certainly does feel like a shift in a turning point here. and a lot of people are very worried about what it is going to be like living here through the cold and dark winter, as these cases continue to rise. have a number that we had seen in the past couple of weeks changed attitudes there towards a pandemic? i think seeing several thousand cases being reported a day, when he was seeing single figures during the summer, has really started to change things. and i think the message from the authorities has really been that swedes started to relax after the summer. there was a sense of national bright and a strategy, we seem national bright and a strategy, we seem to have got numbers are down here without having had a lockdown like everybody else. and now seeing that the figures are going up, not just lightly, but dramatically, that is starting to shift debate here,

both in the media, in terms of public conversations and from doctors and scientists that at the beginning of the pandemic kept a bit quieter than some of the international debates. i think hear the debate among scientists were a bit more nuanced. now, people are coming out, like the head of infectious diseases at a big research hospital an hour outside of stockholm, saying that even the local recommendations have been introduced in that area, there is still -- introduced in that area, there is still —— they are still not seeing a reduction in the cases, they are worried about the pressure this might put on hospital beds and intensive care places over the winter. so, ido intensive care places over the winter. so, i do think the public are worried, i think there is more critical debates happening in the media and on a political level, and we will just media and on a political level, and we willjust have to wait and see whether there is a shift in behaviour and whether that will be enough to stop the spread of the virus at this stage. let's turn to ethiopia where the government is denying striking civilians as it steps up its attacks in tigray region. a government military offensive against tigray‘s powerful local leaders —

the tplf — is now in its 12th day. hundreds have died. in the past 24 hours, federal troops have claimed control of a strategic town — alamata — 20km inside tigray. according to reuters, ethiopia's air force have also bombed the regional capital, mekelle, held by tplf forces. it's extremely difficult to verify information from tigray. phone lines have been cut. roads into and out of the region are blocked. alot of what we do hear is coming from state media. these pictures were aired on an state—affiliated tv show — you can see ethiopian soldiers training before being deployed to fight in tigray. their location hasn't been disclosed. here's one commander. translation: the ethiopian people and the allies expect us to restore peace of the country, and in a short period of time. by destroying the terrorists, as per the orders we

have received. the conflict has escalated outside of tigray. on saturday, tigrayan leaders admitted to striking airports in neighbouring amhara state — in the cities of bahir dar and gondar. they also admitted to cross border attacks in neighbouring eritrea. tplf claim to have fired several missiles at the capital asmara. according to reports, one rocket landed close to the ministry of information, although that information is hard to verify. tigrayan forces accuse eritrea of helping ethiopia in the conflict — something both governments deny. tigrayan's leader had this warning: five million people live in tigray. 25,000 have now crossed into neighbouring sudan. the un estimates half of them are children. we're told many are arriving hungry and exhausted from the heat. this border crossing is overwhelmed. 6,000 are here. there's only room for 300. conditions here are poor. we're told the area has no

electricity or clean water. new shelter is being built. five million people live in tigray. this is the um raquba camp — which once housed refugees during ethiopia's famine in the ‘80s. it's been closed since the 2000s but has now reopened. to get to this camp, refugees have to cross this river by boat. many who are arriving have reported horrific violence in tigray, including street shootings and machete killings. ethiopia's prime minister abiy ahmed blames tigrayan forces for rights abuses. he tweeted this statement over the weekend: the bbc‘s kalkidan yibeltal is in addis ababa on other developments. we are also seeing efforts scaling up we are also seeing efforts scaling up to bring both parties to the negotiating table. but authorities have been firm in a position that

they are not going to sit the mediation without bringing what they bring criminals to justice. in france, a trial has resumed of suspected accomplices in the 2015 attacks in paris against the charlie hebdo satirical magazine and a jewish supermarket. these are the latest pictures from the court. the hearings were suspended earlier this month, after three defendants tested positive for covid—19. 14 people are on trial, accused of having helped the killers. the killings were the start of a wave of attacks across france that left more than 250 people dead. the magazine marked the start of the trial by reprinting controversial cartoons of the prophet muhammad. that has sparked protests in several muslim countries. among them, pakistan. thousands of demonstrators blocked a vital interchange in the capital islamabad, demanding that the french ambassador be expelled. secunder kermani is there. we are here at the very edge of the protest. you can see down there in the distance a large crowd has

gathered. —— a large crowd. this is usually one of islam slimer bad's busiest roads that you can see a stone barry has been put in place over there. —— islamabad. stone barry has been put in place overthere. —— islamabad. officials have put shipping containers in place. this is the first time —— third time in the past few years that supporters of this hardline group have gathered in this same location. they are a group dedicated to calling for stricter punishment of those they accuse of committing blasphemy, and this latest demonstration, they are calling for the expulsion of the french ambassador after the republication the magazine charlie hebdo of the caricature of the perhaps —— prophet muhammad. there were clashes between police and protesters. in the past, the sit ins have posed a challenge to the government by going on for a few days and so far there is no sign of the demonstrators going home. the french president emmanuel macron says he'll continue to the fight for freedom. and he's accused the

english—language media of legitimizing this violence after the murder of samuel paty a french teacher who was killed for showing cartoons of the prophet muhammad to his students. in this new york times article, the president vs the american media, ben smith details a phone call he had with emmanuel macron last week in which the president accused english—language media of blaming france instead of those who committed a spate of murderous terrorist attacks. and new york times columnist, ben smith, joins me now. firstly, ben, what did the french president say to you? well, you know, i think he believes that parts of what he calls the anglo—american edn -- of what he calls the anglo—american edn —— media, which i suppose includes you new aunt may, were very quick to explain it acts as a product of french policies, or french attitudes towards islam, instead of as a product of international terror networks or ideologies, and i think that is his

basic complaint. i suppose what he detected, according to the write up that you published in the new york times was what he saw as a very different tone in the international media, compared with the sympathy and support that was shown shortly after the charlie hebdo attacks several years ago, compared with the response and the tone of the publications now. yes, i think there area publications now. yes, i think there are a lot of different things going on. i do think that he is not wrong that a lot of media were very quick to sort of try to understand and to explain the context around the murder of this teacher, without may be pausing to discuss what had really happened and this was a teacher teaching free expression, and it wouldn't have hurt to really liked well on that a bit more. on the other hand, he has his own domestic political situation that has chosen to really, you know, to say very ambitious things about remaking islam in the french mould

that have been controversial. do you think he expected a more sympathetic tone from us media, given how fiercely the first amendment is defended, freedom for expression, there? well, i think he was,... discussing the different interpretations of freedom over religion. politicians can't talk for ten seconds without that talk about god in here, in the us. in france, much more complex or different view that often pushes religion out of the public square. given that some publications are deleted articles, which is quite unusual, following complaints about the wording and the effect it might have, do you think they did get it wrong? you know, i think it was really a measure of how he did this was, notjust or even primarily from the president's

office but from a lot of their french readers, the financial times and politico each deleted opinion polices —— pieces. politico felt it was too soon. the financial times piece had a couple of errors, but things you can correct, and i think it was a measure of how intense these conflicts are that these publications took a very unusual step of deleting these articles. ben smith from the new york times, thank you very much. stay with us on outside source. still to come... we'll tell you that the arrival of the hollywood at this club in north wales. a british diplomat has been described as a hero. stephen ellison is the new consul—general in the south western city chongching.

a sunny day by the river, but look closely on the left. someone has fallen in. there is a moment of shock, no one moves, the woman is clearly struggling as she disappears under the bridge. she is beginning to lose consciousness. but step forward stephen ellison, her majesties consul general in china. he didn't hesitate. there is no time to think or consider, there is no rational decision. there was a girl clearly in some great difficulties, andi clearly in some great difficulties, and i think you know, if no one had taken action, she clearly would have lost her life. as it pulls the bank, who lifts her face clear. for a short time, he feared the worst, but suddenly she is breathing again. i'm sure someone suddenly she is breathing again. i'm sure someone would have jumped in, suddenly she is breathing again. i'm sure someone would havejumped in, i was just first to get my shoes off andjump in. after

was just first to get my shoes off and jump in. after a struggle, they eventually haul her up and our sudden hero climbs out to the side. i have had a few comments from my friends on the socks. unfortunately, ididn't friends on the socks. unfortunately, i didn't have time to take my iphone out of my pocket so that has gone, it has seen better days. mr ellison has been hailed a hero in china where his courage has been shared with millions on social media, and done much to improve britain's reputation. the woman, 24—year—old student from wuhan, has recovered and has invited her rescuer to dinner next weekend. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story. a second breakthrough in the race for a covid vaccine. american company moderna says it's

jab is nearly 95 percent effective — a week after positive results were reported for a rival vaccine. talks to thrash out a post brexit trade agreement have resumed in brussels, with one senior eu official saying, it "may be too late already" to put in place, any deal with britain, before its informal membership of the eu expires at the end of this year. katya adler has the latest. let's get one thing clear, the formal membership of the eu is already over for the uk, formal membership of the eu is already overfor the uk, it formal membership of the eu is already over for the uk, it ended formal membership of the eu is already overfor the uk, it ended on the 31st of january. we are currently in what is known as the transition period, it is where the uk has legally left the eu but it has this extra year in which the uk still pays into the eu budget, it still pays into the eu budget, it still has access and full membership to the single market and customs union until the end of this year. it is until that point that both sides have to reach this deal, not only that, but i have it ratified, so

signed off by parliament in the uk and here in brussels, the eu parliament as well. there is a lot of agreement on both sides, joint legal papers are already being drawn up, but they are three main sticking points, they have been the same for months, over how much eu fish at men and women can have access to uk waters, after brexit, competition regulations for the two sides, and for the uk to have full access to the single market in goods, and also how to govern an eventual deal as well. if you do the maths, time is definitely running out. those difficult compromises both sides have to make to reach a deal will have to make to reach a deal will have to make to reach a deal will have to be found, if not this week, which looks unlikely, the next week. we are still waiting for president—electjoe biden, he is due to be speaking. in fact he is now overdue, as you can see. he is expected to speak in wilmington. we expected to speak in wilmington. we expect him to talk about how to get

the us economy back on his feet, there is plans for that, with states as it is currently rushing to reintroduce coronavirus restrictions. we will keep a close eye on that podium so you don't have too, and as soon as he begins speaking, we will bring that to you life. asia's largest remaining rainforests, in papua province, in indonesia — are being cleared to make way for palm oil plantations — a product found in food, cosmetics and cleaning products. a korean palm oil giant — called korindo — is one of the biggest companies in the remote region. a bbc investigation has heard claims, that the company was involved in unfair land deals, and that fires were deliberately set on the land. something korindo strongly denies. our asia editor rebecca henschkey reports. these forests in indonesia are sacred and essential to the tribes who live here but six years ago, a

man says he worked with a korean palm oil company, persuading tribes to a cce pt palm oil company, persuading tribes to accept compensation for their forests. according to my face, i have sinned. i deceived ten tribes. the company said, thank you for looking after our soul but in my heart i knew i had done wrong. the company, korindo, cleared nearly 60,000 hectares of forest and the government granted concessions, an area the size of soul. they insisted they paid —— paid their compensation and followed the law, denying that fires were set on the land. but this visual investigation by the uk based group forensic architecture test this claim. this footage taken by greenpeace international for a plane in 2013 shows stacks of timber burning. using clues in the image, researchers located inside a korindo

concession. they then went back to 2011 to reveal the pattern in the forest was cleared in. the blue shows thick vegetation, red cleared earth. they then looked at hotspot data, intense heat sources picked up by nasa satellites. it was over the same period of time. the patterns, the direction and the speed with which fires were set matched perfectly with the direction, the pattern and the speed with which land clearing had occurred in these concession sites. that is evidence that the fires were set intentionally. korindo insist all land clearing was carried out with heavy machinery. in a statement, they said they were many natural fires in the region due to extreme dryness, and claim that the fires in their concessions were started by villagers to hand giant wild rats

hiding under stacks of wood. but villagers who live near the concession told the bbc a different story. translation: the burning happened for years, as they cleared the forests, they collected leftover word, put it in high piles, put petrol on them, and burned it. the forest replaced with royals —— rows of oil palm trees. korindo say they are creating jobs and economic development here but there are indigenous elders who grieve what is lost. translation: i walk past the plantation crying, and asked myself, where are our ancestor spirits now, now that our forest is gone? and it happened under my watch. you can

watch the full documentary, and the burning star on wednesday and saturday on the times on the screen now. here in the uk — a small piece of hollywood glamour has arrived — in wrexham in north wales. the hollywood stars ryan reynolds and rob mcelenney have become the new owners of the fooball club. members of the wrexham supporters trust — voted overwhelmingly to back the take over. the club one of the oldest professional football clubs in the world — but they're currently languishing in the lower leagues of the game. the hollywood stars have promised to help the welsh side return to their past glory days. the pair have promised a netflix style documentary about the club and have said they'll turn up for as many games as possible. have a listen. we just became owners of wrexham football club. you may have never heard of wrexham, the racecourse ground, but you will. so, to the wrexham supporters trust, thank you for your faith, wrexham supporters trust, thank you for yourfaith, and wrexham supporters trust, thank you for your faith, and your trust in us. we are humbled and we are

already getting to work. this is really happening. so why has this happened? it could — possibly — date back to a social media conversation beween two school friends who made the unlikely prediction that ryan reynolds would one day attend a life—drawing class in wrexham. eight years later and the deadpool star has replied to them on social media to say you never know. that was after it was announced he is in talks to invest in wrexham fc. reynolds‘ responses, in which he said he had "waited eight years" to reply, have received more than 130,000 likes and left football fans scratching their heads. next, let's hear from next, let's hearfrom ceri evans who is the club disability liaison officer. absolutely mind blowing.

what i thing for wrexham as a town, as well as wrexham fc. they have very much given to fans that think that they want to work within the community, they want to embrace the community, they want to embrace the community club that we have been for so community club that we have been for so many years, they really, really wa nt to so many years, they really, really want to embrace that and hopefully we are going to go places. president—electjoe biden is due to be speaking in his home state of delaware about the us pandemic and the us economy. as you can see, there is an empty podium. so, he has not started speaking yet, which is goodin not started speaking yet, which is good in that you haven't missed any of it but we were hoping to bring that to you. we will of course keep an eye on that. he is now a somewhat overdue to begin that speech but as soon as overdue to begin that speech but as soon as it begins, we will bring it to you live here on outside source. plenty more on the website and on social media. i'll see you soon.

goodbye. hello, again. later this week, but probably only briefly, we are in for some colder weather. but for the next couple of days, it is going to be very mild for the time of year. there will be a lot of cloud, mind you, and for western scotland, some heavy enough rain to give some flooding by the middle of the week. we are seeing the cloud rolling in today, sunshine has been hard to find. we have had some rain and drizzle coming in from the west, mainly on that weather front end there. that is continuing to push its way eastwards at the moment. so, some outbreaks of mostly light rain and drizzle effect in many parts of the country for a while, but it is really across western scotland that we will see the rain turning steadier and heavier, as the night goes on, especially for the highlands and into argyll and bute. a lot of cloud overnight, and if anything, temperatures are going to be rising as the night goes on. so a very mild 12 to 14 by the end of the night, and by this time,

we will have a stronger south—westerly wind. that will continue to blow any cloudy skies on tuesday, a bit of light rain and drizzle on the hills, most of the rain, though, continuing to affect western scotland. it is going to be very mild, temperatures widely 15 or 16 degrees. get some breaks in the cloud and some sunshine to the east of high ground, and temperatures could reach as high as 18 celsius. now, we've got this very mild air from coming from a long way south, all the way from the tropics, this is tropical maritime air. but things are going to change and by thursday, the air is coming down from the north. it will feel much, much colder. and a transition day, really, is wednesday. this is when the weather starts to change. we still got low pressure bringing some heavy rain in scotland through the day. one that weather front, as it runs eastwards, the rain becomes light and patchy, but we still got the last of this very mild air in the south—east. elsewhere, though, those temperatures probably sliding away little bit in those stronger winds during the afternoon. however, there is much colder air to come. overnight on wednesday night into thursday morning,

it is going to be very windy. spell of wet weather for a while and then the northerly winds arrive, and by thursday morning, there could be some ice and snow in northern parts of scotland. they will be some sunshine and showers through the day. on thursday, the showers become fewer. those strong winds which we will have in the morning down those north sea coasts do eventually ease down. but it is certainly going to feel cold, especially in those strong winds, for a while. temperatures are going to be lower, maybe only four or five degrees in scotland, perhaps double figures in the far south.

this is bbc news, i'm tim willcox. the headlines at 8pm. another breakthrough in the battle against cornavirus — this time an american vaccine said to be nearly 95% effective. britain secures up to five million doses. i broke into an ear to ear grin when i heard the numbers. it really exceeded our best hopes, and it is an incredibly exciting moment for us. it doesn't matter that i'm fit as a butchers dog, i feel great, as so many people do. but the prime minister is still forced to self—isolate along with six tory mps and two political aides after a breakfast meeting last week at downing street. new pilot schemes mean relatives should be able to visit loved ones